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    I normally size and prime all of my 44 cal and up handgun cases while I watch tv with my lee hand press and deprime everything while doing the same

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    Sized and loobed all those boolits that I made the other day. Now they are sitting quietly while the JPW hardens.
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    Washed some 380 brass and some 762x39 brass. After the sun dried them they went into the tumblers and got a shiny and pretty and ready to process. Loaded 100 357's with RCBS 150 grain mold in swc with AA#2.

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    Loaded some 358-477 Lymans over 3gr. Red Dot. And also 230gr. Lee TC over 5gr. Red Dot.
    You can miss fast & you can miss a lot, but only hits count.

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    Loaded up 700 of the recently coated .40 S&W for an IPC match this weekend. Won't need that many but it prefer to be looking at them rather than for them.

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    Went to Graf's for some brass for a fellow member. Picked up an RCBS primer pocket swager. Im out of lead at the moment so I have been processing 223/556 brass in preparation for starting to cast for that caliber.

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    Primed all of the .410 3" hulls with Lee loader. Noisey.
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    Tumbled a bunch of 9MM 38Sp. & .45acp to get them ready for another reloading session.
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    Cleaned and primed a batch of 41 special and 41 Mag. Sorted out the 400+ pieces of range brass I picked up last night



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    Cast from a few different molds:

    500 - Lee 356-120-TC
    37 - T/C Maxi-ball 50 cal 370 grain
    15 - Lee 50 cal REAL 250
    15 - Lee 50 cal REAL 320
    10 - Ideal 451-148 round balls

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    Put together some heavy hitters for a hog hunt.
    75gr HPBT
    22.5gr 10x
    Coal 2.192

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    Long way to go, still experimenting with 357... these are penta hp from MP w/powder coat.

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    Still working on SD rounds. This time it is 38 Spec. with 125gr. JHP pushed by Alliant P. Pistol. Going to work on some with cast 158gr LSWCHP & 158gr. JHP for the 38sp. too, as well as .357 using the same components. Then, I might do some work on those rounds with a different powder or two, just to experiment some more.
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    Added 15k lumens of LED lighting and built a casting bench

    I replaced two bare bulbs and a 4' fluorescent fixture with three 4' LED lights rated at 5000 lumens each. The round LED fixtures were previously installed but they left shadows in some areas around the loaders. Also built a 10' bench for casting across from the loading bench.
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    Loaded 20 rounds of 325 gr.Lee boolits w/21 gr of H 110 for my SRH .44 mag.
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    I did something stupid today in the reloading room!! I was reloading 38 Short Colt and had set my powder drum to 2.2gr. Well... 55 rounds into it I realized that my drum was getting emptier far faster than it should. It was dumping 3.2gr of Bullseye. I am not relishing using my inertial puller on this many, and the round is too short to run above the press to grab the bullet. Any suggestions? I do have a 357 Ruger Blackhawk, what would this much of an overcharge do if loaded and fired in that? And yes, I do realize that if I have to ask - it's not a good idea. Thank you all in advance.
    (I also CORRECTLY loaded 250 rounds of 25-20 for my son's SRC, he apparently shot a little bit this past Sunday).

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    Today, I cleaned about 800 44 mag cases and then resized/de-primed, reamed, trimmed, re-primmed and belled about 200 cases...
    This is the grunt work of our hobby.
    Oh and... The next 200 44 mag cases are gonna be a walk in the park to load.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cwtebay View Post
    I did something stupid today in the reloading room!! I was reloading 38 Short Colt and had set my powder drum to 2.2gr. Well... 55 rounds into it I realized that my drum was getting emptier far faster than it should. It was dumping 3.2gr of Bullseye. I am not relishing using my inertial puller on this many, and the round is too short to run above the press to grab the bullet. Any suggestions? I do have a 357 Ruger Blackhawk, what would this much of an overcharge do if loaded and fired in that? And yes, I do realize that if I have to ask - it's not a good idea. Thank you all in advance.
    (I also CORRECTLY loaded 250 rounds of 25-20 for my son's SRC, he apparently shot a little bit this past Sunday).

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    Had a similar situation going today on some experimental heavy hitting 223 rounds. They were supposed to have 22gr of 10x and ended up with 23.5gr i loaded twenty of the fifty and test fired five at random. The recoil seem a bit stiffer than it should, so i checked the case and found a hard ejector dimple. I then turned it over and the primer fell out of the pocket. Realizing what was going on i pulled the other 19 with a slam hammer and redid them with the proper amount. All is well that ends well. Be safe and remember the basics.

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    Sized and expanded some z45-70 brass ,sonic cleaned them when dry into the the tumbler they go .getting to like the effort to get pretty brass.

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    I'm hoping to get the new 38-55 lined out and sighted in today. I have two different loads and bullet diameters to try out.

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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