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By Jeff BrownLately I have been working on a load for my .303 Pygmy (.303 British x 1.5 inches) that will produce field accuracy with a 180gr air cool wheel weight alloy (ACWW) and a muzzle velocity of 18-1900fps.  The Pygmy has a case capacity similar to the 7.62X39mm so rather limited and to compound this situation and in order to produce the desired velocity in such a small cas

CASE SHORTENING:I would like to comment on the article "The Long And Short Of Case Length" that appeared in TCB-119. My reloading experiences over the last thirty years have led me to the same conclusions Mr. Fortier reached, although I am more inclined to believe that case shortening is the result of good case fit rather than a fat chamber. This "good fit" is, in my opinion, definite

A few weeks back a friend of mine offered me the use of his ultrasonic cleaner to run some of my cartridge brass through.  He assured me that the device was the 8th wonder of the world and would restore the lustre to my long suffering cases and much to my amazement that is exactly what it did.  I ran .22 Hornet, .303 Pygmy, .303 British and 6.5X52mm Carcano brass through the