Lyman Reloading 380 Auto Pistol Max Cartridge Gauge

nicely made as is most Lyman gear, pleased with purchase

good value for the money

If you are a reloader, this chamber gauge is a must. I have a Kahr Arms P380 in 380 ACP and it is finicky as hell with the rounds that it will chamber correctly and fire. This chamber gauge allows me to check each round I reloaded to make sure it will chamber in my weapon. I use this after full length resizing and after bullet crimping. It saves a ton of headaches at the range with jams and misfires.

Works great! The serious reloader should check every round loaded in a chamber checker / case gage. This worked fine to check some .380 auto that I loaded. For all other calibers rifle and pistol I actually purchase an "EGW" "Chamber Checker." The case gage is used most of the time to set your sizing die (for case shoulder adj) where the chamber checker checks the empty brass or the loaded round and it falls cleanly in the checker it will chamber properly. With the advent of unsupported barrels (Glock's for example) the pistol brass must be restored by utilizing a pass through de-bumper like Lee's Buster or Redding's GSX, then the brass resized- I prefer utilizing the Lee "undersize die" for the caliber, as it resizes the brass about .001 more. Then I trim the brass if nec and clean up the primer pocket with an RCBS primer pocket uniformer. When each batch of brass is made ready I mark it and update the "things to do list on the bag" now they are ready (fully reconditioned) for reloading.

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