Reloading metallic cartridges

[villiers]

Agree that the bench dispenser also gives me more assurance in getting consistent results filling metal cartridges. And also using a die and press for seating. The Mauser `71 bullets are a perfectly tight fit after I´ve neck sized the cases. But bullets in the Werder cases are a bit loose and I´m experimenting with a .44 taper crimp.

I use just a drop of Bore shine on a felt cleaning tip after every few rounds but only `cos that´s what I´d been told to do. Can´t see that it does that much good. And just put a dab of grease in behind the bullet with the point of a knife (is it really necessary?). The Swiss powder you get here seems to be almost as clean as nitro.

Main prob. is that the sights on both are far too high which spoils the fun of shooting at 100 metres. Neither are all that accurate at 300. The Werder´s not much bigger than a long pistol and I can´t get more than 30 grains of BP into the small cartridge.