What did you do in the reloading room today?

[websterz]

It was time to give my Lee 4-20 bottom pour pot a good cleaning so I fired it up and poured it empty. Well, since I was casting anyway I added a few pounds along the way. I ended up with a clean pot, tired hands, and about 35 pounds of .40 cal bullets. I'll get them sized and tumble lubed this weekend.
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[kungfustyle]

"Why I'm at it" can get to be a three day event.....only to be stopped by wife, children or work....

[websterz]

"Why I'm at it" can get to be a three day event.....only to be stopped by wife, children or work....

Ain't that the truth!!

[texassako]

I cleaned up the casting area today. Found a few things I was missing, and will probably forget where I placed some of the things I put away.

[s mac]

All I had time to do was mic a few boolits I cast last night with a new to me mould, then off to work. It's a shame to have to work for a living.

[Nueces]

I'm about to load 120 45 Colts for a cowboy match tomorrow.

[runfiverun]

put some powder away and stacked some monster coffee's up in the cupboard...
yeah I keep them in the gun room it's chilly in there.

[bedbugbilly]

I loaded up 50 rounds of 38 Spl. with 3 gr of Bulls Eye under Lee TL358-158 SWC to try out in my "new to me" S & W Model 36 3". The weather was overcast but mid 30s so I tried them out - they worked pretty nice in the 3" as well as the 36 snub. As much as I like RN boolits, I still keep going back to this boolit in my 38 spls. - it just plain shoots good out of "em. I de-primed the spent casings and tonight will start on doing a couple hundred rounds.

[nagantguy]

Loaded 100 roads of my smurff bule 230 grain Lee tl powder coated boolits and cast about 100 320 grain 50 cal reals and flaired the mouthes of about 200 .38 special and 50 30-30.

[gnostic]

I'm wrestling with new small base 5.56 dies that appear, to size the case so small. That, I can't seat the primer. Is That possible?

[prs]

I need to get in there and size some boolits I want to powder coat. No rush as it is high humidity today and next several days, need low humidity for best result.

prs

[osteodoc08]

I'm wrestling with new small base 5.56 dies that appear, to size the case so small. That, I can't seat the primer. Is That possible?

Get rid of the crimp first.

[osteodoc08]

I received my MP Ruger Only mold yesterday and set it up using the cup pins. It will be going in the oven shortly to do a 3 cycle heat treat and plan on casting tomorrow.

[Rimfire]

I loaded some 38 spec. with the old lyman 310 tool.

[jonp]

Put a pocket grip/clip on my sweeties Christmas present. A NAA derringer in 22Mag. The PUG http://northamericanarms.com/firearms/minis/pugs-1.html

Last year I got her a Judge. This year a Pug. Talk about different sizes! Not sure about next year but she keeps pointing at the 454 Raging Bull or the 460 SW in the case every time we go into the lgs

[mold maker]

Deprimed/sized over 700 45 ACP and deprimed 300 223 cases, ready to start cleaning if its cool enough to fire up the furnace to dry them tomorrow.

[waco]

Loaded up some NOE 360477 boolits in .357 cases with H110. Loaded up some Lee 180 rn with H335 in .308.
Bought a new shelf for the gun room to store coffee cans of brass and what not on.

[Okie73]

I did absolutely nothing because we haven't found a house yet and have been stuck in an apartment for two months! I'm going through reloading withdrawls.

[Love Life]

I looked at my reloading room through teary, OC ravaged eyes, and then went back to sit in front of the fan.

[10mmShooter]

Nothing today, but I setup the pot and tools and 30# of alloy for a casting session Saturday, need to cast up a 1000 new .44's for my Henry I go a new mold. It'll take me about 4-5 hours to cast that many. Then I'll need to size and lube em Sunday.

[gnostic]

That's done with a Dillon primer pocket swagger. The cases are sized down seven thousands at the base...

[Babbott213]

Cleaned some .44 mag cases and .38 Spl cases and then tried out some newly loaded .45LC in my Ruger New Vaquero and in my Winchester Model 94AE. In the Vaquero they were great and in the Winchester I was hitting the steel plate at over 150 yards with iron sights. I had a big smile every time I seen the plate twist and swing and then hear that lovely sound of lead hitting steel.

[Black Powder Bill]

I moved out of New Yorkisstan to Georgia and am in the process of setting up a new room. Spent 4 days cleaning a concrete floor and painting.

[Jack Stanley]

Filling 303 British and 45 Govt. cases .

Jack

[pjames32]

Cast some 40cal 180 SWC. Primed some 45-70 brass. Got some "orange" ready to take an 11 and 12 year old on their first cow elk hunt tomorrow.

[shoot-n-lead]

Loaded some 429421 rounds and loaded some bullets from a new mold that I intend to try sometime tomorrow.

[sigep1764]

Loaded a hundred rounds of 358120B tc boolits for the 9mms and cleaned 1000 9mm brass.

[BNE]

70% chance of rain tomorrow:bigsmyl2:.... I plan to cast some .45s with a new Accurate mold and hopefully get to some .44s.

[btroj]

I polished a new 9mm push thru sizer to .3575. If it turns out I need bigger I will polish it out more.

[therealhitman]

I have my pinball machines in the Gun Room too. Do playing three games of Gottlieb Touchdown count?

Guess I did shake media out of fresh polished .45acp brass before playin pinball.

[rexherring]

I cleaned, polished and re-strung an acoustic guitar for our church youth group. I did clean the reloading bench too.

[rmatchell]

Still working on a few hundred pounds of brass. That keeps building up.

[StratsMan]

Loaded ~200 or so 300 BlackOut "plinkin" rounds... (not cast, tho...)

[mac60]

Unboxed a Lyman case prep express and loaded the following;

7.62x54R - 20 rds.
7.5x55 - 20 rds.
.303 Brit. - 20 rds.
.223 Rem. - 50 rds.
.357 mag. - 50 rds.
.30 carbine - 50 rds.
.40 S&W - 100 rds.

I don't know which I enjoyed more - shooting it or reloading it - oh well 1 feeds the other.

[triggerhappy243]

built and installed a new larger reloading bench.

[1911KY]

Just finished up 100 rounds of 200 gr SWC 45s over 4.1 gr of WST. That was my first 100 thru my new to me Dillon sizer die. A few Winchester cases were pretty tough to size. Finally dialed in my new to me RCBS 505 scale and was pleased to see that i am getting an extremely consistent powder charge. My Lee scale was off on my check weights so I decided I had better upgrade.

[waco]

I polished a new 9mm push thru sizer to .3575. If it turns out I need bigger I will polish it out more.

How is the new lathe working out Brad?

[nemesisenforcer]

No casting, but sized 100 44 mag cases to test out some new boolits I cast in my new 44 mold.:bigsmyl2:

[kbstenberg]

Yesterday I reamed a 44 mag sizing die to size .451.5 It was the first time I tried something like that so it look a while.
I went out to my new heated casting room (in my pole barn) and cast 400 good 286407 and 200 good 7mm Hammer of Thore's. My wrists are paying for it this morning.
When did I get old? Kevin

[websterz]

I moved out of New Yorkisstan to Georgia and am in the process of setting up a new room. Spent 4 days cleaning a concrete floor and painting.

Congratulations, and welcome to the free world!

[slughammer]

I'm wrestling with new small base 5.56 dies that appear, to size the case so small. That, I can't seat the primer. Is That possible?


That's done with a Dillon primer pocket swagger. The cases are sized down seven thousands at the base...

If you are running them into the small base die first, then you don't have the swager set up quite right yet.

I went into the loading room to put some 357 ammo along with a couple of revolvers into my shooting bag before heading off to the range. Finished up the last of my group buy C358-180 that were loaded with 9 gr of surplus (AA7) out of my GP100 and a bag of 125jhp out of my model 65.

[echo154]

UH LOVE LIFE……why you get hit with OC…..hopefully not the SABER RED!!!!!!:evil: It's vile….. I'll take a 5 second lightning ride to that stuff anyday….Oh I cleaned the Lee melter out and stoked it back with Lyman #2 so I can cast tomorrow when I get home from work….got some 460-405s and some 432-265s to do.

[Green Monster]

Shot everything i loaded yesterday but thats what sundays are for

[taco650]

This is yesterday's casting, sized today. Should keep my 303 British happy for a while. ;-)

[Tom W.]

I finally got a reloading area back and am putting it together....My press, bullet sizer and lead pots are all ready, but still gotta do more puttering before I'm ready, not to mention find my tumbler....:groner:

[waltherboy4040]

Pulled a bunch of 30 cal bullets, 223 doesn't seem to move past the crimp so I think I will buy a collect style puller also.

[Echo]

Not today, but yesterday I cast up a few pounds of MP 45 200-gr HP's for a Christmas present for my GF's son.

[David2011]

What did you do in the reloading room today?

I turned the heater on; haven't gotten much farther yet. Discovered my truck is draining the battery and I don't know why so that distracted me from the work at hand.

David

[Motor]

Get rid of the crimp first.

Then get rid of the small base die.:lol:

Oh yeah, With it being hunting season the loading room is a mess. Well who am I kidding, the loading room is always a mess. :(

I tried to clean it up some.

[Motor]

What did you do in the reloading room today?

I turned the heater on; haven't gotten much farther yet. Discovered my truck is draining the battery and I don't know why so that distracted me from the work at hand.

David

David, Is it a Ford truck? If the diode goes bad in the alternator it will do that.

waltherboy4040, Use your bullet seater to push in those .223s a little farther. It breaks the crimp. Then use the kinetic puller on them.

[taco650]

I looked at my reloading room through teary, OC ravaged eyes, and then went back to sit in front of the fan.

OC ravaged eyes... Been there, done that! Be sure to wash your face w/ dish soap several times & rinse well. Pay dry w/ towel but don't rub!

[Bullwolf]

I looked at my reloading room through teary, OC ravaged eyes, and then went back to sit in front of the fan.

That reminds me of two practical joker brothers. One had sprayed Oleoresin Capsicum into the other brothers defroster vents in his truck. I remember the event not so fondly, as days later I went for a ride in said truck, with the windows rolled down with my eyes watering, along with my nose and throat. It was nasty stuff even second hand like that.

But to get back on topic. I de-primed a batch of 30 carbine brass, gave them a citric acid bath, dried, and then re-sized all of the of brass.



- Bullwolf

[Rugerman]

I was separating wheel weights.

[Grendl]

Fired up the star press, haven't used it in long time. Ran off 400 158 gr 38 special ....
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Really is a Zen thing once the rythym is going[emoji4]
Rick

[milrifle]

I cast up a few bullets from 3 different new molds that I was getting the second heat cool cycle on. I was really impressed with the NOE 2 cav 314299. I had quite a few with wrinkles which I sorted visually, but when it came time to weigh what was left (Maybe 50 rounds. Was just doing a small batch), I didn't cull a single one for weight. They ranged exactly 1 grain from lightest to heaviest. Had to be the mold, as I culled several of the Lee C309-155 for weight.

[jimbo1950]

Nothing today, but I setup the pot and tools and 30# of alloy for a casting session Saturday, need to cast up a 1000 new .44's for my Henry I go a new mold. It'll take me about 4-5 hours to cast that many. Then I'll need to size and lube em Sunday.

What mold do you use for your .44 Henry?

[jimbo1950]

Spent a few hours tryin to get the Mec 9000g running correctly, and installed a new powder measure on the Dillon 550 which was just sent back from Dillon under there warranty.

And then swept up a zillion 7.5 lead shot off floor! The Mec is pissing me off, but almost running
Correctly.
I used it extensively back in the 90's when my wife and i shot a lot of trap when we lived in
Taxachusetts. My wife was womens ATA Handicap state champion in 3 states back then.
I think the Mec is a little worn out, might have to go back to Mec for a factory recondition job.

[mrrch]

123842
Loaded up 18 rounds of 303 british
Lee 312-185 over 25 grains of 3031
Found it shoots quite well

[taco650]

123842
Loaded up 18 rounds of 303 british
Lee 312-185 over 25 grains of 3031
Found it shoots quite well

Looks great! Have to remember that load too for mine. I never think of using rifle powders for cast.

[MOcaster]

I had a can of stain laying around...
123861

[Kyle M.]

I shot 300 rounds of .38spl earlier today, I've got the brass tumbling right now, and should be able to start loading them in about an hour.

[zuke]

Cleaned up and found a couple thing's.

[bigarm]

Not much. I measured a 44 caliber bullet that I used before in cowboy action shooting and know will feed in my Marlin 94. Would like to get a mould for a bullet similar. Thought about some storage ideas for my moulds and sizing dies. Would like to build something useful out of wood since my shop is all finished in pine.

[altheating]

Cleaned up a bit. Loaded 50 rounds of 22 K Hornets, sorted brass and ran three batches of brass through the SS tumbler and put some brass up for trade on Cast Boolits.

[JWFilips]

Loaded a bunch of 165 grain 30-30 rounds to play with@ 16 gr 2400. Also a bunch of 8mm 170 Grain Rounds with @19 gr 2400...Now just waiting for the end of Deer rifle season in Pa so I can get back to a bench on the public range to really do some shooting!. Also turned 30-30 brass necks on 150 cases...but should have been smelting in the sunshine and 33 degree weather

[1911cherry]

I smelted about 150 lbs of lead, anchors , pipes and wheel weights, all poured into ingots ready to cast.

[Kyle M.]

I loaded 200 rounds of .38spl last night, lee 158gr SWC over 3.0grs of Bullseye. This morning I cast about 350 more of the same bullet, might cast another pot tonight. Or I might just lube and size the ones I have, of course I also have 100 more pieces of .38 brass to load, decisions decisions.

[bigarm]

I started working on a drawer to hold my sizing dies.

[Friends call me Pac]

Just stumbled across this thread and thought how appropriate. Haven't poured any in several months and since it was nice out today I poured up around 30 pounds of .45's

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[michiganmike]

I am the proud owner of a Ruger 77 Hawkeye in 7mm-08. One of my two moulds is the Lyman 297405. It is rated to drop a 150 gr. bullet. But mine are typically 145 gr. with clip on wheel weights. With H4895 it will shoot 2 MOA so reliably that it is only boredom that causes me to stop.

The other mould is the RCBS #82018. It is rated to drop a 168 grain bullet. But for some reason it yields 180 gr. bullets with Lyman #2. Go figure. However, I have not as yet found an accurate load with either H4895 or H4350, or a couple other slower powders I've tried.

So, I decided to try faster powders. I went powder hunting and purchased two pounds of AA5744 for $35 each, and 1 pound of H4198 (different shop). Those are very good prices here in Lansing, MI. I have seen several powders priced at $40.

Tonight I loaded up 20 rounds. Ten with 20 grains of AA 5744 and ten with 20.5 grains of H4198. They are seated to an OAL of 2.6" which for this bullet is just off of the rifling. Estimated fps is is the 1700 - 1800 range.

My goal is to get a recipe that will yield consistently good accuracy. If I achieve that goal, It should be a potent white tail deer round.

So, that is what I did at the reloading bench tonight. The culmination of a fruitful, enjoyable day of retirement.

MichiganMike

[tazman]

I loaded up 300 rounds of 9mm to practice with this weekend. Some in Lee 120tc and some in NOE 358-121rn. I want to see if there is any difference in accuracy between the two boolits.

[taco650]

I loaded up 300 rounds of 9mm to practice with this weekend. Some in Lee 120tc and some in NOE 358-121rn. I want to see if there is any difference in accuracy between the two boolits.

I'd be really interested in knowing the outcome of your testing with these two boolits. PM me if you don't want to start a thread on it or add the results to this one.

[Jal5]

Sized and Lubed about 100 boolits for my 45 ACP. Lee TL452230-2R. Used the 45-45-10 lube mixture.
These will be my first trials for the 45, should load them up later this week for trials over the weekend weather permitting!

[another gsxr 1k]

I took the next step from Websterz post. I put 400 of those 180g Lee .40 TC boolits into their own little brass cases with 4.8g of HP-38. Thinking that tonight will be a .45 night, have 45lbs or
so of 452374 boolits, and two 4 gallon buckets of LPP 45 brass on hand.

[MT Gianni]

Moved everything out for my wifes whole house flooring remodel. With ice fishing coming on I hope to have it back the way it was by February. Has to be 20+ boxes scattered between garage and shop.

[dragon813gt]

Decided to see if I could find anything I didn't need to give away in the Christmas thread. Found some 7mm bullets. I was casting over the weekend so I wiped the top down w/ Ballistol while I was in there. And yes, it always looks like this when not in use.
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[quickshot]

Got the turrett holders and utility case off the bench and mounted on the wall.

[triggerhappy243]

quickshot, that is a nice setup........... but now i need to go find a chiropractor to fix my neck. Do you think you can rotate the picture 90 degrees to the right?

[quickshot]

I didnt even notice. It showed up just fine when I posted it from my phone. Ill see if I can fix that!

[quickshot]

fixed the pic . I hope!

[triggerhappy243]

oh yes that is nice. now i can better plan my new bench.

[bigarm]

Went out to work on the drawer for the sizing dies and decided I need drawers for moulds also so I built 4 drawers for moulds. Got the drawers put together and filled the holes. I can now sand and coat the drawers with Danish oil, probably the day after tomorrow as I have appointments in town tomorrow. Then I have to build a cabinet around them. That will be a challenge for me.

[mold maker]

I didn't get down stairs at all today. Between entertaining guest, a Dr appointment and the ache from yesterday, today was a bust!

[trixter]

I'm wrestling with new small base 5.56 dies that appear, to size the case so small. That, I can't seat the primer. Is That possible?


Is it possible that they had military crimps around the primer pocket that need to be dealt with? Just a thought, because I am right in the middle of doing 1000 that were unknown, so I have to do all of them, whew, quite a task.

[C. Latch]

Yesterday I reloaded my first Tula steel cased .45acp.

'Brass' was picked up while scrounging the local range. Worked perfectly. Now my curiosity is satisfied.

[Roosters]

Just sat and enjoyed a couple of cold beers thinking about all the things I should be doing . :drinks: :bigsmyl2:

[rr2241tx]

20 rounds of 38-55. Trying out some new boolits. Hoping one of the charges regulates to the sight elevator steps.

[paul h]

I'm in the process of packing my casting and loading area up for a move in about a month.

[trixter]

Couldn't sleep past 3:30, so I got up and attacked more of the swaging the primer pockets, I think I am over 2/3 done, then the fun cam begin.

[bigarm]

Opened packages! Got some new Starline brass for 45-70, 5 boxes of factory 45-70 ammo and a die for 45-70 that all came from my trade for the Marlin LTD V.

[dragon813gt]

Boxed up a package of bullets. Opened up a package that contained 30-30 and 444 Marlin Brass. Bagged up the new to me brass and placed them in the appropriate storage boxes. Hoping to have some free time this weekend to convert the 444 brass to 356 Winchester.

[AFK]

I started setting up my casting area. I have been buying some equipment and doing a lot of reading. I haven't ordered a pot yet, but I'm getting there. I set this hood up so I can open the window and pop the wood in so it can vent to the outside when casting. When I open the window on the other side of the basment, it works great. Variable speed squirrel cage blower up to 600 cfm should do it.

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[triggerhappy243]

AFK, if you can find a retired forced air furnace, get the blower unit from it.

[dragon813gt]

AFK, if you can find a retired forced air furnace, get the blower unit from it.

Complete overkill. A small drive will move 1200 CFM on average. They come in 3 ton and 5 ton from the manufacturers. You don't need to move three tons of air. Remember that you need to makeup any air that you exhaust. I've found no need for a hood over my casting pot. It doesn't produce any toxic fumes. The only thing that goes into it is lead.

[AFK]

Well, I work at an appliance store and this was a damaged unit that was going to get scrapped anyway so I figured it couldn't hurt to hang it. It's a handy thing to have in the shop for other things as well. I am very familiar with make-up air also. It is becoming part of the building code around here. Anything over 400 cfm now requires a make-up air system.

[dragon813gt]

I have quite a few squirrel cages mounted to 4x4s. They make great fans in the warmer months. Thankfully I rarely have to use them because I haven't been installing equipment for over a decade.

[triggerhappy243]

I dont understand where the 3 and 5 ton comes in. I built an air recirculator out of an older furnace blower unit over my den that moves the warm air from the wood burning stove to other parts of the house. I have it wired on the slowest fan speed. and by the way, I do not cast in doors.

[opos]

I made a list

[dragon813gt]

I dont understand where the 3 and 5 ton comes in.
Those are the sizes the blowers come in. Basically the small units can handle up to 3 tons of AC. The larger ones can handle 5 tons. Companies like Trane and Carrier have the specs in the model number. You don't get a furnace that's matched perfectly to your AC size. They give you two sizes to cover them all. A real small furnace like a 40k BTU will most likely have a two ton drive in it. But they are oddball furnaces. Yes, the motors are multispeed. But even on low they move to much air for a hood application. They are also loud.

[triggerhappy243]

the blowers I am referring to are pre Forced air A/C blowers. +20 year old furnaces.

[dragon813gt]

the blowers I am referring to are pre Forced air A/C blowers. +20 year old furnaces.

All blowers are forced air. Do you mean natural draft furnaces? Blowers were the same in them as well. 20+ years is the mid nineties which is well after natural draft was being phased out.

[taco650]

Dip lubed the 303 slugs I cast last week. Lube is a home brewed combo of two tubes of RCBS pistol lube, two skinny candles, about 2/3 of a bottle of Lee LLA and about 4oz of moly general purpose axle grease I got at Walmart. It seems to work fine for my purposes.

[MT Beard]

Two days ago I belled and primed 1000 45 auto cases. Not the most fun with a hand primer! Yesterday I nursed my sore hands by casting and powder coating about 400 each of lee 311-93's and lee 309-180's. Now I get to load 'em!

[dragon813gt]

Starline sent me a box of 327 Federal brass so I bagged that all up and put it away. Also received a package from Titan that contained some die sets and turrets. Put them together and organized the shelf to make a spot for them.

[waltherboy4040]

Loaded up 100 223 soft points

[triggerhappy243]

My blower unit came out of an older home natural gas furnace. Does not look huge. 7 inches wide and 12 inches in dia.

[Jevyod]

Absolutely NOTHING!!! It is hunting season here in Pa and I am doing my best to shoot my first game animal with cast! Keep seeing some, and had my crosshairs on a doe last eve, was slowing my breathing, and steadying the crosshairs, and she moved. It is terribly thick where I hunt as it was logged out 15 years ago. Plus we had 7 inches of fresh snow and it was sticking to the trees, making it difficult to see far. Anyway, wish me luck as I go out again this afternoon!!!

[websterz]

Today I mounted the four jaw chuck on my lathe and started work on a new set of mold blocks. I also finished making the form tool for cutting the bullet cavities in this:
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I recently acquired a large piece of 7075-T6 aluminum that should make for a much more robust mold than the gummy aluminum that Lee uses. My form tool is a copy of their 175 grain .401 TC bullet. While I have the mold in place on the lathe I'm going to go ahead and drill and ream the cavities for HP pins. I finished my blocks to about .400" wider and taller than the Lee blocks. I'm hoping that will eliminate the warping issues that plagued my earlier hollow point conversion project.

[MOcaster]

Absolutely NOTHING!!! It is hunting season here in Pa and I am doing my best to shoot my first game animal with cast! Keep seeing some, and had my crosshairs on a doe last eve, was slowing my breathing, and steadying the crosshairs, and she moved. It is terribly thick where I hunt as it was logged out 15 years ago. Plus we had 7 inches of fresh snow and it was sticking to the trees, making it difficult to see far. Anyway, wish me luck as I go out again this afternoon!!!

Good luck! I got my first one this year. I was so proud. You will be too.

[wlc]

Been cleaning and "organizing". Now I'll never be able to find anything. Did do some consolidating and stored away some seldom used "stuff" making room for more stuff.....

[kbstenberg]

HOPEFULLY I intend to cast some then PC some I cast last time. But you know how the best laid plans go!

[daniel lawecki]

Loading some 200gr SWC in 45acp and some 250gr SWC in .44Mag.

[30Carbine]

Websterz be vary careful with 7075 t-6 when trying to make a mold it's annealing temp is lower than 6061, it is harder also but its hardness comes in the form of zinc which can leach out. some of us casters are bumping up to the homogenizing temp of 842f and the annealing temp of 249f will be reached real quick which will soften it. also it builds aluminum oxide faster than 6061, I am not saying don't try it just be mindful of the properties of it.

[fouronesix]

Today nothing. Various odds and ends the last few days-

Sorted and cleaned a bunch of once fired 45 ACP brass. Cleaned and prepped a bunch of 45-70 brass. Turned the necks on 50 270 W cases. Loaded 5 test rounds of 270 W with Rel 19 and 110gr TSXs. Trimmed the noses of 50 450gr 458 TSXs. Loaded 5 test rounds of 450 Watts with Varget and modified 450gr TSXs. Loaded 10 rounds of 30-06 with 5744 and 314299 cast bullets.

[triggerhappy243]

nothing today, but will start loading 44 mag in the morning if this rain keeps up.

[waco]

Just cast up some Lee .44-310 boolits. Not really the gun room, but out in the shop. Finished loading some 120gr Lee 9mm boolits also.

[1Shirt]

Gas checked/sized/lubed about 600 .358's
1Shirt!

[JWFilips]

I converted 60 pieces of Federal 30-06 brass to 8x57...... Last batch is in the tumbler now....Then I will anneal the lot and head to the range to blow out the cases to my chamber

[TXGunNut]

Nothing! A couple of cast boolits from my reloading room are the reason I've been working to put a nice hog and a spike buck in the freezer tonight.
My hunting season is over, freezer will be full by the time I'm done tonight. :bigsmyl2: THEN I get to try out some new moulds and do some loading. [smilie=w:

[dragon813gt]

Loaded 200 rounds of 158 grain LSWCs for my Uncle's snub nose 38. Was going to weigh my rifles so I could enter the info in Quickload but I ran out of time.

[Love Life]

Inspected and cleaned 34 sets of dies. Smells like naval jelly up in here.

[str8shot426]

Loaded my first universal (10 grains of unique) loads for my '77JM 30/30.....unloaded them soon after.

At the range, of coarse![emoji6]

[TCLouis]

Chased loading data and D$^%%& sights on my Rossi 92 all afternoon.

13.5 of Lil Gun Lar45 or RD190 and 358156 with 12.6 grains of 10B101 came and went and I am sure it is me and the "buckhorn" sights on that gun.

Had plans to hunt with it, but it (me) has to place the group consistently.

Closed out with 5 rounds of the 127 grain HPs I bought on this site recently.
Stuffed IN FRONT OF 6.0 grains of AA #5 and fired double hand hold at 50 yards. Dang good penetration in the wet clay and about a 1.5-2" hole.

Perfect function and ejection so I will have to brag on a simple Taurus PT 92AFS for now. Wonder how long the Aluminum frame will last?

Good enough to load some to have around the house until I can do something better.

[AFK]

Cast my first Bullets today! I started a thread on this as well. I'm already hooked!

[websterz]

Today I am going to cast a couple thousand .401 TC 175 grainers to replace what I screwed up last night. I was getting ready to tumble lube some .451 TC 230's and I knocked a tub full of .401's over on the floor. I won't risk the grit and **** getting into my barrels so I just dumped the whole lot back into the smelting pot. Right now I'm waiting on my pot to get up to casting temp. :-(

[websterz]

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My hands are tired, think I'll call it good for today.

[triggerhappy243]

sorry about the mishap, that had to hurt.

[websterz]

It happens, not a big deal really. I get to have fun recasting them now. :-)

[gwpercle]

I worked on cleaning a Lyman All-American Turret press, rescued from a flea market table where every one just walked right by it. Painted red with a wooded handle.
I know they made them from mid 1950,s (1955 ?) to 1980 but does anyone know when the wooden handle was dropped and replaced by plastic. I have a feeling this one was a later production, very little wear or use.
Gary

[dragon813gt]

More brass arrived, time to put it away. I finally have enough brass for all of them. Well I probably should have about 1-2k of Starline 327 Federal to give me a little wiggle room :)

[Jal5]

Cast about 100 TL452230-2r tonite

[taco650]

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My hands are tired, think I'll call it good for today.

Those look great! Wish I had some LOL! Which mold was it?

[websterz]

It's the .401 175 TC Lee six cavity. I also have the two cavity tumble lube version but I have not cast with that one yet.

[bigarm]

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Cabinet with drawers for sizing dies and molds.

[Echo]

Not today, but yesterday I cast 3 different boolits, all for 2-cavity moulds. First about 100 30-115 GCFN Lee boolits. Sweet casting, boolits were falling out of the mould. Sweet little things, reminded me of a certain pair of 38B assets I'm familiar with - fully functional, no drama, not ostentatious, just do the job. Right...
Next about 80 311672's, sweet looking GC2R 170 Gr boolits. Lyman was somewhat recalcitrant, needing some convincing to turn loose of the product, but went well, and they look great.
Then maybe 100+ RCBS 30-165-SIL's that turned out well - almost a clone of the Lyman boolit.
I'll load these up, checking loads, for the Sr Oly's coming the end of July. Life is good.
And an edit - the blasted RCBS boolits have a bore-rider diameter of .305! DANG!

[taco650]

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Cabinet with drawers for sizing dies and molds.

Nice!

[websterz]

Today I'm loading up a bunch of 9mm in anticipation of the arrival of my new toy. I finally found a Kel Tec Sub2000 in Glock magazine configuration for a decent price and it's supposed to be here on Friday!! So I am making up a batch of Lee .356 125 grain RN's. The bullet is loaded over 4.3 grains of American Select. I'll load until the last of the half pound or so I have is gone then I'll start sizing the .401's I cast yesterday. I finally got around to making a powder baffle for one of my Pro Auto Discs and it is making a big difference. All of the charges I have weighed today have held well within .1 grains. I'll have to make one for the other press now.

[45-70 Chevroner]

Nothing, but I sure thought about it a lot. My wife says that is all I think about anyway. She's probably right.

[triggerhappy243]

45-70, I think you need to take that nice lady of yours out to a nice dinner.

[Love Life]

With plenty of party favors!!

[bigarm]

Got my mould cabinet up on the counter (had to clean the counter first!), then cast my first 45-70 bullets.

[waltherboy4040]

Filed down a ridge on the lee charge bar, seems to work better With flake powder now. Still need to tinker with it

[Sparky141]

reloaded 1000 12ga shotgun shells for trapshooting. then reorganized the ammo storage shelves

[JWFilips]

Nothing, but I sure thought about it a lot. My wife says that is all I think about anyway. She's probably right.
Had to smile about this post! For Me, If I'm not in the reloading room I'm thinking about it!!! ( All weekend...ask my wife!:bigsmyl2:)

[hickfu]

Finally unboxed my new Dillon 550B, still need to set it up though...

[Jal5]

Sized and lubed about150 .452 BOOLITS for the 1911.

[45-70 Chevroner]

45-70, I think you need to take that nice lady of yours out to a nice dinner.

We got a call from our grandson to tell his grandmother happy birthday. She told him, my birthday is not till tomorrow. He is in Korea, he is in the Army and he said well grandma it is the 17th here. So I actually took here out today for her Korean birthday. I will also take her out tomorrow to a show and a dinner.

[websterz]

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Yesterday's .401 175's all sized and tumble lubed. :-)

[Jr.]

Finally started working on it have the old single car garage that was turned into a dress shop before I bought the house. Ripped out the carpet and began cleaning up the concrete. In the next couple of weeks the door will come out and be replaced with a window (don't know why I need two front doors). Anyhow should have the room up and functional before spring. :bigsmyl2:

[trys357]

Brass tumbling day ... 9mm & 38spl

[1911cherry]

Taught my oldest daughter how to cast! She poured 20-180 gr .314 boolits to shoot in her new Mosin , I think I have her hooked.

[dragon813gt]

Nothing, but I did make up a batch of BLL in the kitchen. And then applied it to bullets in the basement.

[flylot]

Loaded about 100 .45acp lswc after futzing with seating depth and OAL.... if they shoot as good as they spec out........ I'll be happy

[Tom W.]

Loaded up almost 100 boolits for my Glock, from the mold I just bought..

[David2011]

David, Is it a Ford truck? If the diode goes bad in the alternator it will do that.



Thanks, Motor,

Yes, it's a 2000 F150 4x4. After a great deal of troubleshooting and isolating the current drain to the fuse that supplies the electrics to the driver's seat, it was determined that the aftermarket seat cover getting caught on the seat adjusting button and holding it in the up position will drain the battery pretty fast. It was visible all the time but hidden in plain sight.
David

[joatmon]

Been worken on a wooden jig to help me make 300blk and did 50 to try it out (I know I could buy one but for no more than I'll need this will be fine). I think I'll do a couple hundred this weekend.

Aaron

[acrijos]

Slugged my Mauser 7x57 mm and decided not to size boolits from a Lyman 287308, but use 'em as cast. Loaded 25 cartridges with Red Dot and 25 with IMR 4227 to try this weekend.

[Shiloh]

Did some straightening out, putting some stuff where it goes, and minor general cleaning.

Shiloh

[rupe01]

Had to smile about this post! For Me, If I'm not in the reloading room I'm thinking about it!!! ( All weekend...ask my wife!:bigsmyl2:)


Hi JW......I see we are pretty close neighbours!. I am just south of you in Canadensis.

[JWFilips]

Hi JW......I see we are pretty close neighbours!. I am just south of you in Canadensis.

5.5 klicks northeast of Slocum Hollow ( aka. Scranton)

[trixter]

Tried to load some 223 on my Pro 2000, it worked fine but I am too sick with flu, so back to bed.

[JWFilips]

Tried to load some 223 on my Pro 2000, it worked fine but I am too sick with flu, so back to bed.
Gee don't you know that the bit of Mercury from the primers and the lead from the boolits makes anyone that is sick better in a few hours!!!:bigsmyl2:
Keep at it my Lad You will be better in no time!

[SgtDog0311]

Weighed bullets, pan lubed about a 150 38-55s, prepped brass with 9 test loads, Sized and seated 50 of those pan lubed and checked throat of Ballard to find it was gonna shave lead off 'grooved sized + 0.0015' bullets. Now pondering what to do about the throat.

[ubetcha]

Well, just kind of stood there and looked at all of the stuff I have loaded and wishing I had the time to get to the range and make some empties. Then start to reload and restart the looking again.:)

[lightman]

I just unloaded 1000 "mistakes"! Not mine, though! A friend ask for my cast bullet carbine load, and I guess we had a mis-communication. The load would not function his rifle but I thought it would work mine, so I traded him an equal number of cases. But I found that it would not function my rifle either. My bullet puller would not grip the bullet, so I used the trusty linemans pliers. Now I have 1000 junk coww bullets to add to the stash, a coffee cup of unique and 1000 primed cases for the work. I'm pretty sure these were cast from older coww.

[Tom W.]

And today I found out just how nice the Lee 6 cavity mold is. I had a pile of 9mm boolits in no time!

[Drdarrin]

Cast my first 45-70 bullets tonight. Used the Lee single cavity 405 gr HB single cavity mold.
The bullets measure .4585 and weight an average of 398 grains. I'm new to the 45-70 and to casting for it.

http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/12/20/64f3debe32acf7fef88f2b08bf757dc7.jpg

Yeah, only 24 of 30 passed muster.

[Efin]

Started wet tumbling my brass, wow what a great deal. Been working the 444 and now the 45-70, such a beautiful job it does, almost want to unload the last batch of both and clean the brass... ;)

[Boolseye]

nice boolits Drdarrin! those oughta thump. I would think you could go with a pretty soft alloy for that one.

And today I found out just how nice the Lee 6 cavity mold is. I had a pile of 9mm boolits in no time!
Amazing, ain't it?

[dragon813gt]

Wrapped Christmas presents because it's easier to do on the counter.

[Sgtonory]

Loaded 300 rounds of 38 special last night. Now time to heat up the garage and load another couple hundred.

[bigarm]

Finished sorting my bucket of wheel weights yesterday.

[Minerat]

Loaded 50 rounds of 9mm with 4.8 gr of HP38 behind a Lyman 356402 for my 7 year old grand son to shoot next week.

[Wayne Smith]

Cast, sized and lubed some 9mmMak boolits. Wish I had sprung for the six cavity mold!

[mattw]

My old RCBS pot was leaking like a Lee! I could not take it... RCBS sent me a pot and metering pin, got them installed today and even had the right rivets. Followed up by building my first PID controller. All went well and boy does that hold the lead spot on! I can't believe that it can predict the rise and fall of the melt temp and hold it as well as it does. I will build one that I can use with my sizers next, that way one of us can cast and one can size at the same time.

It was a good day.

Matt

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[taco650]

My old RCBS pot was leaking like a Lee! I could not take it... RCBS sent me a pot and metering pin, got them installed today and even had the right rivets. Followed up by building my first PID controller. All went well and boy does that hold the lead spot on! I can't believe that it can predict the rise and fall of the melt temp and hold it as well as it does. I will build one that I can use with my sizers next, that way one of us can cast and one can size at the same time.

It was a good day.

Matt

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Good job! Its also nice to hear another positive customer service review for RCBS. They sent me parts for my old Junior press a while back FOR FREE! I didn't even think there were parts available because the press was purchased in 1978 or '79.

Was wiring up the PID to your pot difficult?

[Hankster1962]

Yesterday was my "small caliber" reloading day. Made up a box of 380 acp, 38 s & w, and 32 acp. Very rarely shoot these calibers, maybe twice a year. Have three boxes of each now.
Also loaded up a box of 40 s & w, with heat treated bullets with 22bhn. I shot off a prior box of these under 4.5 grains of Bullseye. Do not let anyone tell you that shooting harder boolits do not make a difference for the 40. Big difference. Greatly improved groups.
Today, I do nothing. Read and surf.

[mattw]

Taco, it was very easy to build. I decided not to use an internal terminal strip, the parts all have screw terminals large enough for 2 wires so I used the SSR terminals for power distribution and the 110v outlet on the rear for distribution points. I do have 2 outlets on the rear, both are controlled so I have a spare incase one goes bad. I can make minor wiring changes and set 1 up to be always hot and one to be controlled. I may do that to plug in a hot plate. My RCBS only draws 640 watts of power so a 15 amp circuit has plenty left to give. Including the case and the extra TC I think I have about $64 in the controller, the case was $20 so I could save some there. The connection to the TC on the pot is made with a panel mount type K TC connector set, I would not hard wire it since the will make it tough to use the controller on any other device.


Good job! Its also nice to hear another positive customer service review for RCBS. They sent me parts for my old Junior press a while back FOR FREE! I didn't even think there were parts available because the press was purchased in 1978 or '79.

Was wiring up the PID to your pot difficult?

[Ola]

Cleaned up and arranged my stuff that's been lying around since summer. Found lot's of stuff I had "lost". Finding some of them was like real Christmas present.

Sized and trimmed 50 pcs .308 cases. Loaded 100 rounds on .357 Mag. Sized and lubed some cast bullets...

Made some "electric work". Nothing fancy, but had to do it to get power to Hornady Auto-Charge.

Oh that was a good day.

[OptimusPanda]

Cast up about 800 of the lee 452 200gr swc. Now I'm out of ingots though :-/

[jonp]

Cast up about 800 of the lee 452 200gr swc. Now I'm out of ingots though :-/
Got off work early so I cast up 75 ingots of COWW and lead pipe. I also loaded 50 or so 148gr 357 lwc over 3.4gr Promo for practice.

[websterz]

Got off work early so I cast up 75 ingots of COWW and lead pipe. I also loaded 50 or so 148gr 357 lwc over 3.4gr Promo for practice.

I love Promo in .40S&W and .45acp.

[texassako]

I cast up a hundred or so Ideal 308329 testers from a new to me mold and made up a couple of dummy cartridges to see how they compare to my chamber cast in various sizes for my M28/76 accuracy project. They look cool, and actually look like they might work well despite their reputation.

[Jack Stanley]

I've been casting a lot of 225462 bullets and today was another day of casting and inspecting .


Jack

[xringshutr]

Not really the reloading room, but almost........Drilled 10 big bolt holes in the concrete walls going into my new "Storm Shelter".

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For this to be mounted.......
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600 lbs, so everything has to be perfectly level so it hangs/open/closes perfectly. Can't wait to get it placed. Room is all 8+ inch reinforced concrete (ceiling included) and should withstand everything short of an airstrike. Climate controlled to keep moisture down.....All that's left is trim work and rifle racks after the door is in. :bigsmyl2:
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AND........it's hanging!!! Bolts anchored and jambs ready to mortar.

[trixter]

Walked by it on the way out of the house on my way to work.

[Mugs]

Finished some 30 cal. gas checks. Loading some 170 grn. 30 carbine ammo for the TC.
Mugs

[mac60]

I spent yesterday shooting and cleaning guns. It has rained on and off all day - a good day to be in the loading room - warm and dry. I loaded the following (all with cast boolits!):

.308 Win. - 30 rds.
7.62x54R - 20 rds.
7.5x55 - 20 rds.
8x57 - 20 rds.
7.62x38R - 100 rds.
.357 mag. - 100 rds.

It never gets old.:bigsmyl2:

[bigarm]

Stamped my ingots today.

[Jack Stanley]

Resized some .223 brass .

Jack

[JWFilips]

Since Business is slow, I'm off work for the next 10 days ! So Today I reformed another 60 cases of 30-06 Federal Brass into 8 mm. Can Never have enough of 8 mm !
About now I have almost 300 cases that need to be blown out to my GEW98 Chamber & I don't think I have that much Culled boolits!
Tomorrow I may have to get to casting more since in the Northeast were are going to be in the 50's with rain

[texassako]

Tonight's reloading room project was getting a rare old mold back into use. A little judicious grinding on some Lee handles and some new replacement pins put it back into useable condition. For your enjoyment, a Belding and Mull 311190 with a few sample bullets(199gr, .301 nose, .305 1st band, .311 2nd, .312 3rd, .313 4th, .313 bottom):

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[mj2evans]

Loaded 170g Lee FPGC in 30-30. Some with pinko commie lube and some with felix lube. Powder is 27.3g IMR 4895. This load has done well with pinko lube but I just wanted to see if felix would do better/different.

[trixter]

Working on .223 brass getting it ready for reloading, I need to get the shooting stuff ready for season, and then start thinking about fishing.

[TXGunNut]

My old RCBS pot was leaking like a Lee! I could not take it... RCBS sent me a pot and metering pin, got them installed today and even had the right rivets. Followed up by building my first PID controller. All went well and boy does that hold the lead spot on! I can't believe that it can predict the rise and fall of the melt temp and hold it as well as it does. I will build one that I can use with my sizers next, that way one of us can cast and one can size at the same time.

It was a good day.

Matt

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Thanks for that, shooting buddy just replaced his Pro-Melt. Guess neither of us thought about calling for repair parts.

[ruizhernandeztrust]

No biggie,

Yesterday I reloaded (qty. 25) 12ga 1oz #8 shot for my next weekend trip to the skeet field. Today if I'm in the mood I'll resize and decap some 38 special nickel plated cases.

[TXGunNut]

Been putting away hunting and camping equipment in there the last few days, even cleared out some big stuff to the storage container for more elbow room in there. Have some moulds that need breaking in, today might be a good day for that.

[Jal5]

Cast about 150 TL452230-2r and modified my new bench chair from Sears to suit me better. Had to reduce the legs on this bar stool type workbench chair by 3 in. �� but it still adjusts up another 5 in.

[michiganmike]

I cast the Lyman sabot for my 12 gauge. It's hard to get pure lead. And awhile back I must have used some that had more tin in than I thought. They weighed 475-480 grains where they should be 525 according to Lyman.

So, I remelted the lightest batch, about a pound of sabots with some dental lead, roof sheeting lead, and plumbers lead. I keep the ingots in separate buckets and blend them when I cast sabots.

So, today, having mixed the light weight sabots with the above lead, I ended up with 36 beautiful which weighed 489 grains =/- 1.5 grains. It's still not 525 grains. But I am close to concluding that if I want pure lead for the 525 grain sabots I will have to buy pure lead ingots from Roto Metals.

I'm not ready to do that. And the 489 gr. sabots have proven they are very accurate.

Happy casting, and a happy and blessed New Year.

MichiganMike

[jnovotny]

Spent the whole weekend in the reloading room. 500+ 44mag polished, sized, primed just need belled and loaded. About 300 or so 44 special same way. Just finished priming 200 two two three's. .

[websterz]

http://i797.photobucket.com/albums/yy258/websterzdesign/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_20141228_182950.jpg (http://s797.photobucket.com/user/websterzdesign/media/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_20141228_182950.jpg.html)
Today I cast a few hundred 9mm bullets. The mold is a six cavity Lee .356 124 grain round nose tumble lube. I was using straight range scrap ingots.

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I'm starting to get the hang of this casting thing! :-)

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Then I finished off the day by casting 105# of new range scrap ingots.

[taco650]

websterz,

Looks like your set on range scrap... for a while anyway LOL!

Those 9mm's look great, good job!

[osteodoc08]

Looked for a 500ct box of starline 45 colt brass I've misplaced.

[John Allen]

Loaded 350 rounds of 45lc with a 250 gr Round Flat Nose

[Shooter6br]

Made glue stick wadcutters for indoor practice.......I am in Warminster Bucks County North of Filtydelphia

[websterz]

websterz,

Looks like your set on range scrap... for a while anyway LOL!

Those 9mm's look great, good job!

In the background of the last pic you can see my 400# strategic reserve. Yeah, I'm good for a few more bullets I think. LOL

[saphelps]

Cast a bunch of Mihec the other day and today finally got a good technique down for pan lubing.

http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/12/28/740d354a0c13bd9fe64c3b1f46251404.jpg

[Seeker]

So far..just sat here at the computer reading a lot of great info on Cast Boolits.gunloads.com.

[Seeker]

Looked for a 500ct box of starline 45 colt brass I've misplaced.
Finders Keepers!!

[taco650]

Had plans to load some 303 British with my 224 gr 316299 knock offs & IMR4320 so reorganized the bench some and swapped out powder in the thrower. Went looking for my large rifle primers and found that I only had exactly 3! How I ended up with an oddball number like that I'll never know. I knew I was getting low but... Mrs. Taco got me a $50 gift card to Midway for Christmas but with the hazmat fees and shipping, $50 won't cover one box of a hundred. Wish I'd stocked up years ago when everything was less $$$!!!

[Eddie2002]

Loaded up 30 100 grain plinkers for my mosin 91/30 and cleaned two rifles. Prepped 45 berdan primed 30-06 brass and trying to decide if I want to use my Remington BDL 700 strickly for cast or shoot both condom and cast in it.

[trixter]

I walked by it on the way out the door to go to work.

[3 gun Gus]

Lubed and sized about 300 H&G#68's.

[bbailey7821]

Did 50 Rounds of .338 WM that will, hopefully, get me through the end of the freezer-restocking this year.

[lightman]

Today was clean-up day. Straightened up the bench and put some things back in their place. Then I dumped this years haul of range brass out on a towel, grabbed a hand full of loading trays and went to sorting. Now I'll probably build a fire in the fireplace, mix a drink and kick back. Cheers!

[ruizhernandeztrust]

Nothing special,
just cleaning some 38 special nickel plated with my modified concrete mixer.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVEjtAQJSaA

[dragon813gt]

Moved some sizing dies into a new storage box since I have to many for the old box. Went to HF and bought a cutoff saw to make 300 BLK brass. Was setting up the jig when a friend called. Bailed on that for free food and beer at the firehouse because it's Member Appreciation Day :)

[Beesdad]

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[pdgh59]

Loaded up 40 rounds of 7.62 x 38. Mixture of Privi and Bertram brass and Privi 98g projectiles over 2.5gns of Unique. Used a M1 Carbine neck expanding die to get correct mouth width. A .310 Cadet shell holder for the Privi brass and Lee 19 for Bertram brass.

[bigarm]

Did some cleaning up. Put new brass that I got today in the mail and some from a while back into containers and labeled. Finally put some sizing dies into my drawer I built for them.

[1bluehorse]

Today I was trying to finish up what I started two days ago and that was tearing down and cleaning a 12 gauge MEC Super 600 and a MEC 650 in 20 gauge....then putting them back together, adjusting and checking for parts that may need to be replaced...these have been in storage for quite awhile and really needed it.....my reloading room is still in disaster mode from the process.....probably still have a couple days in there "cleaning" up...

[therealhitman]

Just finished loading 400 .38 sp cases with 150 gr SWCs from my SAEco mould over 3.8 of 700x. Trying a change of pace from Bullseye and seeing how economical it is at a like velocity. I have a feeling it'll take over 4 grains to match the Bullseye at 3.8...

[kens]

Gathered up a old project that was languishing in the closet…….. finished blueprinting a Kar98a , and barreled it to a new 7mm featherweight bbl.
Can't wait to get it stocked.

[Michael J. Spangler]

Loaded up some test loads for my new mood 453423 into 45 auto rim brass over healthy doses of unique.
Switched over to 45-70 and loaded a good batch of them with a 405 lee over 11 grains of unique.

Don't want to switch the Dillon over to load anything else until I test the ar loads. That kind of puts me in limbo till I get to the range.

[koehlerrk]

Cleaned the bench, re-organized the shelves to show all my different bullets and powders at a glance. Looks like my own little gun shop, very professional. Rifle bullets on one shelf, from 20 cal to 50 cal, and pistol bullets on another, 9mm to 45s. Powders are sorted by burn rate, Bullseye on one end, Reloader 22 at the other.

Gotta cast up a ton more boolits... running low on 38s, 40s, 45s, and 30 cal rifle. But now I can see at a glance how much I have of each. It helps.

[ukrifleman]

Loaded up a batch of 7.92x57 FMJ loads for my K98.

ukrifleman.

[TXGunNut]

Headed in there soon, cast a few test boolits last weekend and spent Jan 1 doing boolit prep.

[Taylor]

Made a mess.:mrgreen:

[1Shirt]

Sized/deprimed/tumbled 150 357 cases, sized and tumbled about 50 pieces of range brass.
1Shirt!

[bigarm]

Heat treated my new NOE mould. Now have to find out if it is safe to use for my lever action. Dang.

[dragon813gt]

Set up the 300 BLK jig in a cutoff saw. It was 37 degrees and I was getting frustrated aligning it. Kept going from 1.380 to 1.550 and I couldn't get it to settle in around 1.370. Eventually got it 1.375 and I'm leaving it there. Should have fired up the heater but I didn't think it would take that long.

[boho]

Sorted 180# of WW.

[TXGunNut]

Loaded three new boolits for the 30-30, 32WS and the 35 Whelen. Whelen loads were a bit troublesome so I SWAG'd them. Will file a flight plan so you'll know where to look for the pieces, lol.

[taco650]

Heat treated my new NOE mould. Now have to find out if it is safe to use for my lever action. Dang.

Why did you heat treat the mold before using? Also, how did you do it?

[TXGunNut]

Why did you heat treat the mold before using? Also, how did you do it?

I call it heat cycling. I put a new mould on the hot plate and bring it up to operating temp; about 350. Then I let it cool. Repeat two more times. Not sure why or how it works but it seems to shorten the break-in time.

[c1skout]

Cast some 38, sized some 45, and loaded some 45's.

[leebuilder]

126264
smiled when i was done. From three buckets of WW. Got 220# good COWW, 6# zinc, 24# SOWW and alot of steel. Now to shovel snow, getting hit quite hard here now. First good dumping this year.

[mold maker]

Gave a friend about 1.5 gal of 9mm brass for his new Taurus, and bought his remaining 41 JHP for my new Ruger. Everyone's "Happy Happy Happy".
Cast some sample boolits from 4 new (to me) molds for 45 70.

[762 shooter]

Loaded some 300 BLK with 125 Ballistic Tips for testing to hunt with next year. Made some Bens TLL.

762

[bigarm]

Why did you heat treat the mold before using? Also, how did you do it?

Yes, as stated above heat cycling would be a better term. I did it only because the directions supplied with it said to do so. I used my convection oven.

[Tom W.]

Cast about 20 pounds of .45 boolits. Tried water dropping a few,but didn't like the resultant splashes. Never had tried it before.

[Blacktail 8541]

Today I got off my rear and turned 400 lbs of lino bars into ingots. Took about 2 hrs. Been meaning to get this done for about 6 months.

[Jack Stanley]

More case prep ...................

Jack

[prsman23]

Loaded 2 boxes of 28 gauge. Gonna make the best of the last few days of wabbit season!

[taco650]

Cast about 20 pounds of .45 boolits. Tried water dropping a few,but didn't like the resultant splashes. Never had tried it before.

Saw a youtube video a while back where the caster had a 5 gal bucket with a towel covering the opening that had a large slit in it. The slit allowed the boolits to drop into the water without splash back.

[Tom W.]

Sounds like something I ought to investigate.....

[dragon813gt]

Sounds like something I ought to investigate.....

I use two towels. Top one ramps towards the back of the bucket and doesn't touch the water. Second one is below the first and ramps from the back of the bucket to the front. This prevents all splashes. Also makes it easy to get the bullets out w/ dumping the water or reaching in.

I cut off some brass to make 300 BLK w/. Got done deburring, I'm anal, and set the press up to form them. That's when I realized I only bought a neck sizer since I'm buying a bolt gun. Time to order more dies. I need to order a case gage anyway.

[TXGunNut]

Haven't made it in there yet. May load up a few rounds for Scopekiller to see if the latest repair attempt holds. Or I could clear off the dining room table to get ready to do taxes......where'd those 35 Rem cases get off to? ;-)

[lwknight]

I oiled the wheels on my portable heater. Now I have to go out and refill the propane tank for next weekend.

[michiganmike]

My reloading area is an area about 8'X12' in my basement shop. Junk (aka brilliantly clever ideas at the time) was accumulating throughout my shop, including my reloading, casting area. Over the last two days I have reorganized all of my shelves and drawers in my reloading area and thrown out 2 1/2 garbage bags worth of (at the time) brilliant ideas. Looks much nicer now.

For those of you wondering about ventilation. My reloading bench is directly below a window. When I started casting there, I repurposed an old two fan window fan, building a wooden frame around it that fits in the window mentioned above.

I set the fan to exhaust air out of the shop and open a window at the other end of the shop. Does a good job of moving in from behind me, over my little Lee 10lb bottom pour furnace and out the window.

I wish you all a good new year,

MichiganMike