What did you do in the reloading room today?

[lightman]

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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You can create a false top to your press by slipping a short piece of pipe over the ram. I can be metal, PVC or even something like a pipe coupling. Then you can pull the bullets with something just like you do over the top of your press.

[KrakenFan69]

Loaded another 300 .40 S&W with Hi-Tek coated Leeds. 401-175 TCs. Loaded 200 Hornady 75gn BTHP in .223 and 25 Lyman 525 gn slugs for a 3 Gun match next weekend.

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[Minerat]

I have been installing gas checks on rice grains (NOE 173-26 fp) and sizing them to 0.172. Have about 200 to go.

[Tom W.]

Cleaned, but didn't resize the 30/30 a.i. brass that I fired today, then resized/ deprimed the 9mm brass that I fired, but didn't clean it yet.

I gotta find a set of 30/30 A.I. dies.....

[Michael J. Spangler]

Screwed a nice old Ideal powder measure to the bench.
Picked it up at a local gun shop S&W event today with a blowout on some old reloading supplies. $25 seemed pretty cheap to me.

Should have picked up it's twin for another $35 in slightly nicer condition too.... maybe it will be there on Monday when I swing back by.

[Texas by God]

Loaded 50 38-55 rounds with unsized case and as cast .379" Lee 255gr. 9 grs Unique. I love the Easy Button.

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[EMC45]

Adjusted my MEC 12ga Sizemaster. Loaded a few rounds on my new Lee 20ga Load All 2.

[Texas by God]

Getting brass & lead together to create 170 gr 30-30 loads for my Marlin and Mauser.

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[Hossfly]

Getting ready to start melting some of my stash of COWW, and SOWW, propane btls. Ready and full so don’t run out. Sure wish I had some new ingot molds with Cast Boolit logo on them, would just make my day. Have about 1200# to process, have mercy.

[popper]

Cut short pvc to fit around the ram so you can grab them.

[McFred]

Got a M7 stuck together for LR steel and varminting. Stock barrel channel needs opening and there's a cut/crown to do but the hard part's over.

[Tom W.]

Cleaned some brass, loaded 50 rounds of 9mm

[Texas by God]

Got a M7 stuck together for LR steel and varminting. Stock barrel channel needs opening and there's a cut/crown to do but the hard part's over.

What chambering? My reamer reading isn't good enough ��

[tazman]

Loaded up 300 rounds of 9mm. I plan on doing some practicing at the range in the next few days.

[Dieselhorses]

Loaded 100 rounds 45 acp, suspected a double charge so weighed em all LOL! I actually found a double but fixed it. If in doubt-don't take a chance!

[Wild Bill 7]

Cleaned some 1200 9mm cases and deprimed them some time back. Flared 800 and primed them today. Will be loading them soon.

[McFred]

What chambering? My reamer reading isn't good enough ��

.223 WSSM with a 1:7 twist SS Palma Krieger. Testing first for max velocity fun then it'll get bobbed to 23" from 30" and throated for 80-95 grain projectiles.

I know WSSMs are not very popular, but it's short, fits in a 10-round short-action magazine with super long projectiles and should last a while when loaded to ~55,000 PSI instead of the steel vaporizing SAMMI 65,000 PSI. If it burns through barrels even at moderate velocities I have the tools to fix that.

[Newtire]

Cleaned, but didn't resize the 30/30 a.i. brass that I fired today, then resized/ deprimed the 9mm brass that I fired, but didn't clean it yet.

I gotta find a set of 30/30 A.I. dies.....

If you can see your way clear, Lee sells a nice set,
https://leeprecision.com/v-ltd-2-di-30-30-ackley.html

[Newtire]

Cleaned, but didn't resize the 30/30 a.i. brass that I fired today, then resized/ deprimed the 9mm brass that I fired, but didn't clean it yet.

I gotta find a set of 30/30 A.I. dies.....

If you can see your way clear, Lee sells a nice set. They are a paid advertising site at the top of this page. I have a set of the same set they sell in .257 AI that do a fine job. One of the .30-30 AI guns I had came with a set of AI 40° shoulder dies by RCBS and they did just fine also. If you'd send me your cases and return postage, I'd be happy to deprime, full length size and polish them in walnut shell media. I'd be mindful of the use of some of the loads listed in the P.O. Ackley data. The data I have might have been misprinted. They remind me of something you would see for a Paul Bunyan version of the Ackley round.

[rmark]

Lubed and sized about 250 bullets for my Pedersoli Tryon Creedmoor that I cast a few days ago. At 450 and 520 grains you go through a 20lb pot fast.