What did you do in the reloading room today?

[deces]

These work just like a thermacell, but battery powdered. I fire it up when I here buzzing around my ears and they go away.

[Texas by God]

Loading a batch of .223 with Shooters World AR Plus powder, CCI primer, and the Sierra 50 gr SMP bullet. I bought some from Sierra direct when they discontinued them. I’ll also use some Nosler Solid Base 52 gr bthp- discontinued long ago.
My 22” Remington barreled AR15 is hungry.


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[44Blam]

Loaded up a bunch of 40 S&W for a class this weekend.

[35 Rem]

Deprimed 200 45 Colt cases to put in the tumbler, cast maybe 150 bullets from my new Accurate 32-180-A mold and sorted a bunch of 38 Special, 40 S&W, 45 ACP and 45 Colt I had tumbled together. Don't do that again I said to myself. Loaded up 3 dummies of the Accurate bullets in new Starline 32 Special brass to check for function in my model 94 Winchester so load development can begin.

[deces]

Bought some Starline brass a while back, deburring necks and flash holes, about 250 more to go.

[firefly1957]

Tried then loaded a heavy load for 12 gauge 1 1/2 ounce #2 shot over HS-7 powder for 1300 f/s . I keep a few large shot loads handy for use on pests* I had been using Bluedot powder I have had both WW 571 & HS-7 around for years just started using it more and really like it . They also works well in .45 acp but data is hard to find .

* When I rabbit hunted #2 shot was my favorite size as the shot went right through so I did not have to dig though the meat for it.

[John Guedry]

Primed 100 .223 cases.

[firefly1957]

Took two deer rifles to 100 yard range for final sight in Gun one my first rifle a Remington model 30-06 ADL 22" barrel I bought in 1973 that I have not shot in years . I recently put a Leopold 3.0-10X -50 mm scope on it and bore sighted it and it is on at 25 yards .

Gun II a Marlin (Remington) Model 1895 45-70 with cast boolit of 354 grains powder coated averaging 2168 f/s .

I have to put a sight rail and new scope mounts on the 30-06 as there was no way the original 2 piece mounts would hold the 50 MM scope . The mounts were see though and high enough they where just to far apart because of the large scope bell . The new Weaver extra high mounts are steel with the spring ring that Hooks on one side and has two screws on the other side. This gun gave me nothing but trouble the scope rings kept coming lose allowing the scope to move? I tried everything there is also lock tight on the threads I gave up but did shoot some old reloads and factory ammo over the chrono graph . I had in the mix some 100 grain short jacket bullets I thought I loaded to 3300 f/s they did from 3450-3500 . Some Remington-UMC 220 grains I bought 18 in a old box in 1973 where all duds when I first got them I fired them and they where accurate but kicked pretty bad . The other factory was Remington and Federal no real surprises the 180 grains were in the 2650 f/s range . Some 110 grain varmint Speer bullets I loaded to 2800 f/s according to Speer book were doing very close to 2800 . Speer recommends 2800 as top speed for these bullets.

The 45-70 was off when I last shot it two years ago I cleaned it and put it in the safe , first two shots with the cast bullets touched at 100 yards but were high and left on the target backer . It took 5 shots to get the last two bullets in the 1 1/2" square at least this gun is ready for deer season! I know the load is a bit much but it shoots very well . This gun also took away any of my fear I was flinching !

Today I am going to take the Remington 700 apart check everything and put on another set of scope rings then try again .

Have any of you had trouble with Weaver scope rings?

[Texas by God]

I’ve used Weaver rings since 1974 and the only problem I’ve ever had with them is getting the crosshairs square on the final tightening!
They aren’t beautiful, but they work very well.
The 4x4 rings work very well also in my experience.


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[firefly1957]

Texas by God I have used them before with no issues also !

I did get another set of rings mounted today and the gun is all set to go . The rings I had on hand are higher then I like but the bolt handle is farther from scope so all is well I can even put the rear sight back on if I wish.

Notes from today the 5 Remington-UMC 220 grains very old rounds that misfired were torn down Powder and primers looked fine .
If you wonder how companies load for consistency here is the weighs of the powder 49.4, 49.0, 48.5, 48.9, 48.8 , The powder looked like IMR large grains possibly IMR-4831 or something else as slow. Bullets weighed 220.5, 220.1, 219.9, 220, 220.3 these bullets had a small hollow point .

My deer hunting load shot into 1 1/4" at 100 yards 180 grain SST 55 grains IMR-4350 .
Old deer load Sierra SBT same charge shot same point of aim and 1" group .
A load I tried during the bullet shortage from Y2K with a Sierra 190 gr. Bench rest shot one ragged hole at 100 yards ! These bullets fail miserably on deer they do work well on coyotes IF you do not want the pelt . The powder charge was WW 785 (discontinued) load from Winchester booklet said 2500 f/s they do 2370 f/s avg. From my 22" barrel They shot three inches lower then hunting loads .
A bit of a surprise was the 100 grain Speer Short Jackets They shot a 2.5" group 3 inches high above hunting load .

To finish the day off I got ahold of a guy that cerakoats and took my Charter arms Bulldog apart to have it done , I what the dark blue on the grip frame and Bronze on Cylinder .

[michael.birdsley]

got my new herter’s super 3 press mounted and cleaned up the reloading bench. moved the lee c press to make room for the Herter’s press

also my CH4D shell plate adapter came in and that’s on the super 3 press also. i have a primer catcher coming for the press. that should be here tommrow.






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[Tall]

I loaded some 44 WCF with Dupont 4227 powder and some 200 grain powder coated lead SWC bullets from Acme that weigh 200 grains.

[405grain]

I wanted to cast some bullets with a softer alloy than I usually use. These bullets are for a .308 caliber 7.62x39 bolt action and a Henry 45-70 lever action. I used an alloy that duplicates clip on tire weights, then cut it 50/50 with pure lead (no added tin). The bullets are air cooled. The 30 caliber bullets are 120 grain Saeco #302, and the 45's are NOE 460-315-RF. They're both going to get gas checked and powder coated, but I'm not doing that until tomorrow. I was just casting bullets in 90 degree heat. Luckily there was cold beer in the fridge afterwards so I was saved. I'll finish the rest of the job in the morning.
Attachment 318152

[Texas by God]

I disassembled, repaired, and reassembled a High Standard model 10-B 12 gauge.
What a strange gun….


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[justindad]

Made the first ammo to go through my 1873 lever gun.

[sigep1764]

Between yesterday and today, I casted 2000 9mm Elco boolits. I lubed 800 or so yesterday. These are now serving triple duty for 9mm, 38 Special, and 357. Might powdercoat some and grab a pound of 2400 to see if I can push them past 1500fps for deer.

[pete501]

I had some 500 30-06 to process. Starting yesterday was tumble day with two batches running back-to-back. Then sized/deprimed them. These were picked up at a yard sale so there was a mixed bag of Military and civi brass. I ended up breaking 3 de-capping pins. Quite a few of the brass ended up in the scrap bucket.

Then I ran the dillon super swage on everything that was military, some crimps had been removed already.

After that I used the cartrigde length gauge to separate those that needed trimming. (about 1/3) and ran those through the Power Trimmer. I have the 3-way cutter that saves time.

Trim the inside flash hole burrs and back into the tumbler.

Does reloading count as exercise? The body feels like it had a workout.

[cwtebay]

Stared down the barrel of the 2700 rounds of assorted calibers that need to be reloaded to refill boxes for various hunting seasons. Didn't do anything about it, just stared at all of the bags of cleaned / sized / deprimed cases sitting on my bench.

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[greybuff]

Set up my new to me Hollywood Senior and loaded up some 6.5 Grendel for my up-coming deer hunt.
The Hollywood is awesome!

[stubshaft]

Loaded a couple of hundred 30 Carbine for my Ruger Blackhawk.