What did you do in the reloading room today?

[WRideout]

Molded one pot of 30 cal Lee pistol boolits. Attempted setting up my Lee Loadall for 20 ga; still a work in progress.

Wayne

[Mandoair]

Still pumping out 10mm really liking my mp 40-160-hp CFE Pistol 7.4 gr. 1160 ish and med light. with either lube or pc. Noticed today that the pmc cases swell out after loading my .402 Boolits. Saami says .4231 which all the other mixed brass holds to but pmc goes to.426. Another wrinkle.

[Griff]

What did I do in the reloading room today? I broke my dadgum RCBS decapping/small base resizing die. New one on order...dagnabbit.

Send broken one to RCBS after calling them to verify return... have a spare from now on. I sent back a balance beam scale several years ago I bought new in 1973... got a new upgraded model in a couple of weeks.

[Griff]

Since I had my trimmer mounted to the bench, (have to take my powder stand down to do that), I decided that since I had less than 50 rounds of .30-30 in cast, I'd make up some. At least a box of 50... so I trimmed 50 cases (Winchester) down to 2.028" after sizing and deburred inside & outside the case mouths. Hand-primed all 50 with my Lee hand-priming tool in the comfort of the A/C, and then went back out to the shop to finish up. Got my old cardboard Unique can full of 150 RFN from the Saeco #316 mold and set up the lubri-sizer. I only have one sizer for the .30-30, a .309". After hunting high & low I found the correct top punch and began. With a load of lube, a RCBS gas-check these weight right at 153.9 grains. Double checked my Lyman book for load data and confirmed that my 27.5 grains of RE-7 isn't quite a max load. They don't list a load for a 150, only a 170 & 173 cast in the 50th. The 170 data shows 28 grains to be max, so with the lighter bullet, I'm still confident it's a safe load in my Winchester 94s. Since the only .30-30s I own are Winchester 94s, I took one with me to check feeding and chambering. Not that I was really concerned as this bullet/case combo have been my go to load since I started loading cast for it back in 1973, although then I could buy gas checked bullets from a local supplier in So.Cal. He used the same mold, so when he quit, that's what I bought. A four hole mold, they add up quick. I believe I'm about a third of the way thru my 3rd box of RCBS gas checks, so I've shot up about 2,300 of these loads. They don't hold any surprises for me. But, it's a real sense of satisfaction to shoot ammo that you've crafted for your own supplies and labor. From casting, sizing & lubing the projectiles, ensuring the cases are good and in within specs, to measuring powder charges, seating depth, neck tension and a final overall looksee at the finished cartridge, it's a hobby and excellent way to block out the rest of the world for a couple of hours. Randomly checked they easily check out in the Wilson check gauge. But, like always, they're tight in my custom Winchester 94, and if past results are a guide, they should clock around 2290 fps from this rifle.

[Texas by God]

Cast 3/4 of a pot of Lee 457-340 from a brand new mould.
I had one cull out of 66 bullets.
A buddy just got a Henry 45-70 and he wants to save the $2 a round 300 gr factory loads that he bought with the rifle!

[Baltimoreed]

Been playing around with 7.62x39 lead loads for my newest upper build, a BCA Side Charger. Trying Lilgun as that’s what’s in my measure from when I was playing with .300Ham’r loads months ago. Still checking the 7.62 gun out for functionality. I had a weirdness the other day with a late hammer drop. It has a unmessed with Timney Impact trigger so I’m not sure what happened. The Seekins lower with a .22 upper has been 100%. Shot a couple hundred .22s in it last Saturday in a 2 gun match. Came in 16 out of 22. Nice day. More 7.62 testing needed.

[shell70634]

Loaded 700+ 38 Spec 125 grain JHP and JSN and about 500 plated 158 grain. All over Win 231.

[Recycled bullet]

I made MP358-429 with the deepest hollow point pins installed into my four cavity brass plain base bullet mold.

My sprue bucket is a 2 quart saucepan and it is almost completely full.

[sigep1764]

Powder coated 500 or so boolits for the 223 and gas checked them. Now I gotta size them later tonight after the wife goes to bed. Also smoked a pork butt all day for dinner. 9 hours using cherry pellets.

[Mandoair]

Solved my oversized 10mm case neck problem with a Lee factory size crimp die. Using the crimp feature at least on my progressive press causes issues of nonconsistent COLs. Noticed similar issues with5.56 also. They say education is expensive. And on going.

[Recycled bullet]

chrome powder coated semi wad cutters MP358429

[Outer Rondacker]

I drilled out a mold attempting to make a HP 50 mold. Verdict is still out but I am having fun trying to make it.

[15meter]

Yesterday I shipped out a batch of 30-30 brass and a batch of 458 Winchester Magnum brass, disassembled a bunch of 222's and 8x56R's that I'll never use. Will reuse the powder, primers and bullets in calibers I do shoot.

Got a big catch on a walnut bowl I'm turning on the wood lathe, walked away from that for a while to consider the error of my ways.

And to keep from turning it into firewood.

Today is skeet day, time to make 28 gauge reloading opportunities. Maybe a little rifle or pistol reloading opportunities.

[John Guedry]

Lubed and sized about 50 boolets I cast on the week end.

[Ajax111]

Put the cannelure on 400 .224 bullets. Yes, my arm hurts.

[sigep1764]

Sized and gaschecked the rest of the 223. Loaded 100 223 and 300 9mm and 100 38 special. Finished with 9mm, finally.

[michael.birdsley]

great score from the rifle range. i havnt had it this good in a long time. definitely tell deer season is only 3 weeks away. 44 pcs of .450 bm. 18 pcs 6.5 prc 13 pcs 30-06, 5 pcs 30-30 1 pcs308 and 1 pcs 243
.

i can use all of it but the 6.5 prc. between the orginal couple boxes of .450 bm i bought and all of the range pick up i havnt had to purchase 1 piece of .450 bm brass. the .450 is one of the 2 new popular cartridges in the state of michigan in the last 8-10 yrs. the other cartridge being the .350 legend. i’ve literally picked up 150-200 pcs of .350 legend brass in the last year.

the .350 legend and .450 Bm have taken over as being probably the most used cartridges in the state in the last 8 years. before the for .350 and .450 came into popularity due the laws being changed in what is now called the limited rifle zone (aka the old shot gun only zone). michigan hunters either used the 30-30 or 30-06 to take deer north of the rifle demarcation line of state high way m-57. south of highway m-57 it was shot gun or muzzle loaders.





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[Rockindaddy]

When I last went to see my physician for a check up he asked if I exercise. Told him that I ride my Trex 18 speed bike and load ammo. His response was " how can making ammunition be considered exercise???? Well I told him I have a progressive loading press that takes two hands while standing on both feet to resize big fired brass cases. Showed him a photo of my Dillon Super 1050 and how pulling the handle a 1000 times is good upper body strength work out for a 70 year old fart. Still don't think he was understanding me. Getting ready for the annual York County, PA Gatling Gun Shoot. Need a couple thousand rounds of 45-70 to have fun smashing pumpkins and makin big holes in old cars. The shoulders, arms, and back get a workout makin ammo!
That's a five gallon bucket of 45-70's

[Outer Rondacker]

HOT DANG that is a lot of fire power. I can already feel the pain it will bring. Just wish I was there to see the smiles it brings also. Have fun and I love me some 45-70

[steve urquell]

I worked up a 9mm load with the lee 358-125-rf sized .356" a few days ago.
1050fps,
1.025 OAL,
Unpublished charge of 3.0gr Titewad