Bought another lb of beeswax so now I have a few lube options to begin testing: pc, alox, Johnson wax, beeswax, some Vaseline and paraffin candles. Going to have to visit the lube forum
Bought another lb of beeswax so now I have a few lube options to begin testing: pc, alox, Johnson wax, beeswax, some Vaseline and paraffin candles. Going to have to visit the lube forum
A nice cigar makes a bad day good and a good day great.
Ran another 1k 9mm thru the 650 last night, and now changing over the seating die for some hollow points.
"Life isn't like a box of chocolates...It's more like
a jar of jalapenos. What you do today, might burn
your ass tomorrow."
Finished the 100 45ACp rounds yesterday. Gonna move on to 30-06 next... Already tumbled. Need to be prepped, OAL checked for consistency, inspected for issues, etc. Then, doing some researching & decide what powder(s) I might use this time.
2nd Amend./U.S. Const. - "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."
~~ WWG1WGA ~~
Restore the Republic!!!
For the Fudds > "Those who appease a tiger, do so in the hope that the tiger will eat them last." -Winston Churchill.
President Reagan tells it like it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6MwPgPK7WQ
Phil Robertson explains the Wall: https://youtu.be/f9d1Wof7S4o
Loaded up 50 x45-70 s .cleaned up 30 x45-70 cases I used last week.think I'll just shoot my 1022 ruger this week to catch up on my reloading and casting.
I hear you Rondaker, 22TCM can be a chore - my big headache is putting the gas checks on the boolet ! But it's just so darn fun to shoot !
Cogno, Ergo, Boom
If you're gonna be stupid, don't pull up short. Saddle up and ride it all the way in.
And now we go from 22 TCM to 50 rounds of 50 Beowulf - haha
Cogno, Ergo, Boom
If you're gonna be stupid, don't pull up short. Saddle up and ride it all the way in.
Today was a little long overdue cleaning. Emptying the trash can, sweeping the floor, hanging up a few tools. Put a batch of range brass in the tumbler. Added a few new acquisitions to the cartridge collection display.
Got the first 300 rounds of 9.3x74R brass ss pin wet tumbled and into the dehydrator today ... 300 down and only 700 more to go!
I may have passed my "Best Before" date, but I haven't reached my "Expiry" date!
I lubed a bunch of 45-270SAA HPs with Tac1.
KE4GWE - - - - - - Colt 1860, it just feels right.
Sized and gc'd 550 or so Lee C358-200-RF that I cast about a month ago. Then loaded 50 of 'em up in .38 spl. cases to shoot thru a 16" rifled adapter in a $99 single barrel shotgun - something only a gun bug could love.
So many guns, so little time
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You must pay for everything in this life - nothing is free, except for the grace of God.
"Free cheese only comes in a mousetrap"
Still doing a little cleaning. Also stored away the brass that I tumbled and dried yesterday. Packaged up some brass that is going out in a trade.
Cleaned up a little , finding more things I'll never use again .
Jack
Buy it cheap and stack it deep , you may need it !
Black Rifles Matter
Started hunting the floor, found the loading bench. Now to get control of things so I can use my main bench. Set up my swaging presses and then started organizing things to get back to using my main bench to form several new cases I have built barrels for. Warm weather is coming and I am not ready to hit the range.
Cleaned over 500 pcs of 9mm and loaded up 25 rounds of .577/450 Martini Henry.
Having more than one reloading room, I broke out the old prevent ideal single cavity mold and cast away. Some 452374 45 cal boolits. Once we got everything dialed in she cast away one after another.
Ordered a new 5 cavity Arsenal 9mm powder coat mold. Thinking hard on buying the wife an I both Ruger 9mm carbines.....
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Proverbs 1:7
Sorted 3 buckets of wheel weights that were given to me free. 100 #'s WW and 45 #'s of soft lead after losing the garbage zinc & steel.
Kraken Fan #69
I was running low on .380 ammo, so ran about 250 over the weekend, that ought to last me at least a few days (LOL). Now I am going to set up the turret press up for some 223 with lead boolits, probably do about 500 of them over the next few days/weeks, taking my time and doing them right. This hobby is so much fun!
I cast about 50 Ranch Dog 170 gr RF 30 cal boolits for a friend, going to put on the gas checks and lube the things later. Also cast some more 120 gr tc Lee boolits for my 9mm......
Tom
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Did I ever mention that I hate to trim brass?
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 |