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    Playing with my MP 432 Hammer mold I cast all the various pins and loaded 2 of them last night. The large hollowpoint weighs in at 242 grains and the solid is 266. 20g of 2400 to get them motivated.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Scrounge View Post
    I sat at the computer, across the room from my reloading area, fondling the .32LC brass I got from Buffalo Arms, and stroking the poor little Stevens Favorite I just got, and decided I need to go work on my workshop some more. Looks like I need to make my own dies for .32LC & .32SC, and fix my wife's kitchen. Maybe later this week.
    I load 32 SC, LC and 32 Ballard XL. All the same, just different lengths. You may be able to get by just using the 32LC collet crimp die for heel bullets that Bernie Rowles makes. It works great, i use it for all three.

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    Shot 100 38 Spl wadcutters the other day, so I deprimed and tumbled.

    Decided to put them in the corncob tumbler, the one I haven't used in a couple years since I went with walnut media.

    Now I remember why I quit using the cob. Out of 100 shells, 81 had cob fragments stuck in the flash hole.

    That's 81 flash holes I had to clean out with a paperclip. Which means I had to handle each piece individually to ascertain if the hole was clear.

    I'm done with corncob media. At least, this specific corncob media.

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ID:	262479 load a few dove shells,Remington nitro hulls,18.5gr red dot and 1 1/8oz of 7 shot

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    Put together 50 Saeco #315 loads, some bll, some pc'd for use in a model 70 '06. Also worked up some 45 Colt lo ads using a 267gr boolit sized at .453

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    Cast around 600 Elco boolits, sized and decapped the last of my 9mm brass (1500 or so) and loaded 500 rounds of it. Haven't bought 9mm brass since 2012, but looks like im gonna need more to keep busy.

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    Loaded 20 rounds of 308, in my attempt to make a 200m target load with the lee C309-180-2R, ran 30gr and 31gr rl7 in Winchester cases and with Winchester primers. Sized 309 with gator checks and I believe carnauba blue (got given a Lyman 450 With some blue lube so I’m guessing) cast from coww+a smige of tin. 30gr rls ran 2200 average 31gr ran 2240 zero leading I ran a tight patch through and nothing. Click image for larger version. 

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    Left 100m right 200
    I think I’m going to play with the blue dot load if I can’t make it work I’ll try 28Gr and 29gr Rl7 again
    So good day in the reloading room and range

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    Resized 100 45-70 cartridges... Only 5 or 600 more to go!
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    Sat in the Garage with the door open watching it pur down rain, Listening to the Moody Blues. Garage is Reloading Room.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cast_outlaw View Post
    Now to build a real one as my source tells me there are 3 55gallon drums of ww with my name on them
    With that many weights to melt I would say that its time to get to cut off a propane tank for a melting pot and buy a nice ladle and skimmer.

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    Yesterday I pulled my molds out, up dated my mold list, and sprayed all of them down with oil. I try to do this about once a year.

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    Quote Originally Posted by lightman View Post
    With that many weights to melt I would say that its time to get to cut off a propane tank for a melting pot and buy a nice ladle and skimmer.
    That’s the plan I got a couple propane tanks and some pipe I’m going to get started on that in the near future but I’m going to set it up to pour with a spout and Long Handel although a Neighbour just gave me I big ole lead ladle Click image for larger version. 

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    Loaded 100 45/70 rounds with BP. 50 with the Gould 330 gr hollow point and 75 grs of 2F and 50 with the 550 Hoch Creedmoor bullet and 70 grs of the Holy Black!

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    I’m slowly loading 100 .44 WCF for my little rifle. 215gr .429” FP/ LLA over 9 grs of Yoonique. Too many mosquitos out there tonight, though. That Lyman stadium seating loading block is kind of neat after all.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Texas by God View Post
    I’m slowly loading 100 .44 WCF for my little rifle. 215gr .429” FP/ LLA over 9 grs of Yoonique. Too many mosquitos out there tonight, though. That Lyman stadium seating loading block is kind of neat after all.
    What’s the “little rifle,” pray tell?


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    It's a 20" stub barreled Topper that I made. Lots of fun.

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    spent a good part of the day inputting and upgrading my excel spreadsheet containing all my load workup data -- now my head hurts

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    Just dumped too much brass in the polisher this evening after making reloading opportunities in 7x57, 8x57, 303 British, 375 H&H, 6.5x53r, 7x61 S&H and 318 Westley Richards.

    Almost forgot the 38 Special.

    Brass should be all nice and spiffy by tomorrow morning. Unless the shed burns in down because of an overloaded polisher.

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    Added some lighting..Led shop lights..

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    I just finished sorting by caliber the range brass that I have picked up the year. I'll start tumbling it in a few days.

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Abbreviations used in Reloading

BP Bronze Point IMR Improved Military Rifle PTD Pointed
BR Bench Rest M Magnum RN Round Nose
BT Boat Tail PL Power-Lokt SP Soft Point
C Compressed Charge PR Primer SPCL Soft Point "Core-Lokt"
HP Hollow Point PSPCL Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" C.O.L. Cartridge Overall Length
PSP Pointed Soft Point Spz Spitzer Point SBT Spitzer Boat Tail
LRN Lead Round Nose LWC Lead Wad Cutter LSWC Lead Semi Wad Cutter
GC Gas Check