Mine is also 30" long - boy does it make a shotgun heavy. Wayne, I'm not really into rifle reloading. I use a small punch to deprime, a 6" piece of cedar arrow shaft to prime, weigh each charge, and push the lead slug in by hand. Two hundred primers were given to me, and a pound of 4198. It damn near killed me having to shell out 90$ for a Lyman mould. Good thing I had a nice bottom drop lead pot from my muzzleloading days. Another friend gave me all the lead/tin mixture I can ever use. The same guy had the 30/40's to fire form, and he helped me slug the barrel. It's been a fun learning experience. Now I have to make some sights that work and look a little better - I have Semmers book, and he has a nice photo of what I need.
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Paul Harm
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