The High Road

Hoping to pick the brains of those more educated and experienced than me on this.

So from my understanding, there's different forms of ammunition:
-Factory, the rounds made in a factory.
-Reloads, the factory-made and/or reused components of a cartridge put together in people's garages and porches.

It is also to my knowledge that some people...

I have a shockwave and am trying to pattern buckshot. I bought a box of federal #4 Buck and a couple boxes of win 5 pellet 000.
The Federal patterned terribly and I found one pellet sunk into each wad. The win patterned over 10" at 30 yards while my 3 pellet .375 RB patterns at 3.5".
What is with the 4 buck pellets penetrating into the wad every time?

I have built myself a PRS rifle for Fclass Ftr in 308.

Savage 110 308 action, 30 inch SS Handlapped Criterion Barrel, Richard Microfit stock, Arcrail and bipod with bag rest and Athlon Argo Gen3 6x24-50. The barrel is 1:10 twist.
Brass I have stocked up in LC. Powder for use or planning on is N135 and N140. Primers at this point in time still Winchester Magnu...

The friend of a friend found an old unmarked box of those (left), .22LR on the right for scale.
Case length 1.050", overall length 1.338", case diameter .238", bullet diameter .222". They won't chamber in a .22LR pistol or revolver.
There's a "C" headstamp. They could be antique but I doubt that.
Could they be anything else than CCI .22WMR?
Thank you for ...

OK, I have had my LNL for a fairly long time (at least 20 years) and after today's reloading session I finally decided my 80 year old muscles and bones would benefit from a handle upgrade. But I can't decide between the ergonomic roller handle and the standard height straight handle.

One big concern with the ergonomic handle is it seems to put the roller pretty far ...