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Carrying reloads on duty was never allowed during my 20 years (1983-2004) as a Wyoming LEO. My old swing shift sergeant shot and killed an armed felon with .357 reloads circa 1979. Thereafter, officers were required to purchase and carry factory ammo until the 1990's when the department issued...

Welcome from Laramie, WY!

You are a good sport, Mr. Bean! I check out this thread first thing to kick the day off with a good belly laugh. I'm never disappointed.

You noted that the Winchester brass that failed was "old". One other factor might be cold welding of bullet to case. There is a forum here on LRH about 4 years old that discusses that. I saw this about 3 years ago with blown primers in some .243 rounds that my father had reloaded 35 years...

What works for me is a steady diet of meat (mostly game), leafy greens, and smoothies with protein isolate. It takes about 3 weeks to settle in to that but you will find that after that you will be less hungry through most of the day. If you continue to work out the weight should come off; shoot...

I ran into a similar problem with .243 ammo, which was reloaded by my dad and stored in a Pennsylvania basement 20 years or so earlier. Read about chemical welding of case mouth and copper jacket. When I went back and re-seated the bullets by a thousandth or so, I noticed that several of them...

nicholasjohn, thanks for your post. I read Protein Power years ago but will look for Body by Science.

Lots of good advice in the previous posts. Can be pretty much summed up as follows: Restrict simple carbs by replacing sugary and refined flour foods with non-starchy, fiber rich vegetables and nuts such as almonds, walnuts, etc. Resistance exercises (weights or body weight) 3 days a week. On...