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    Yesterday: wasted three hours setting up to load .308 for a friend's Browning pump - thought I had a batch of .308 150 gr SPs. Flailed around trying to get the measure to throw 44.0/Varget, finally got it, loaded the first two and did a chamber Czech - SPs stuck in throat, flung Varget all over. Czeched my caliper and zero was .003 off, SPs were .311s. Went to bed. Today: dug out more expensive actual .308 150 gr SSTs, couldn't get brass from M118LR nor M852 to chamber even with the right diameter bullets, flailed around some more finding FC brass and a small base sizer that would actually get the brass to make the trip into the chamber and allow the lockup to work. Loaded the batch and delivered them. Came home, watched movies with the dog while sipping a Bahama Mama. I love my B92 and B53 but will never own a BPR. Now he wants some .30-30s...
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    Tweaked a bit on an AR15 80%er with a Remington .223 barrel from CDNN, then opened a box from CB Santa that was full of amazing goodies. A nice day.

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    Wet tumbled about 2300 .223 – ready to load and 3000 9mm ready to prep for this weekend.

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    I got 750 Larsen 44 bullets culled and sized yesterday. Too many rejects. Didn't give the mold enough time on the hotplate and poor lighting under the pot. Hitting the sprue hole with lead was shooting at dusk. Need to fix the light today.

    I've got 400 44Mag cases running in the tumbler right now.
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    loaded 50 45-70 with 348g pb boolits with 22g 2400 .25x no filler 25x tp filler to try on sunday

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    Today I coated a thousand boolits with HiTek Kryptonite Green. I like the color (still messing with TruBlu). Sized another 1500. The day before another thousand. Before that I sized and primed 5500 pieces of pistol brass.

    I'll be loading it all after my elbow stops complaining...

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    Cleaned .223 and started to deprime and size.
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    cast a couple of hundred 457x340g boolits for my 45-70 .

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    de-primed 450 .40S&W cases, ran them through the wet tumbler with SS Pins they are drying now in the Food Dehydrator now. next step is Prime and sizing. With these and another batch will be loading up about 800 rounds with 155gr Hornady XTP. Powder will be WSF. Night finish up in time for ThanksGiving Dinner tomorrow. for Black Friday I have 200 30-06 cases ready to load. Click image for larger version. 

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    Great emoji, 2A-Jay. First time I've seen that one.

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    Tumbled some 10mm sent from tomme boy! Thanks brother!!

    Happy Thanksgiving and God Bless to all!

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    Sized/primed about 200 357mag cases and loaded about 100 44spcl rounds. Might get to load about another 100 today, depends on how much cooking I have to do and what kind of stupor I will be in after eating all that Turkey

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    Got the safe moved from the garage to the basement. It fits everything, barely lol. Scopes take up a bunch of space!Click image for larger version. 

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    Got the safe moved from the garage to the basement. It fits everything, barely lol. Scopes take up a bunch of space!Click image for larger version. 

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    Loaded some 22 Hornets , 55gr Lee sized .225 with gator checks lubed with 2500+ over 4.5gr. of Unique lit with WSP’s . The T/C is ready for some Sillywets .
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    Loaded 50 - 300 PRC. Sized and primed another 150, thinking about trying out something new with it and can't quite decide what yet.

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    Trimmed, chamfered, and deburred 150 or so 30-30 brass.

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    Cut & trimmed some 45-70 starline brass down for a 45-60 Chaparral i'v been rebuilding ( made 80% of parts ) ,then fired up my Master caster to 725 deg. used small single dipper and cast a few 340gr.+ - ( 457122HP sc ) to load and try . I noticed if I stir & dipped from the bottom of the pot the bullets weighed out with in .002 - .005 ths. average , as opposed to just scoop and fill ( ????? ) Maybe I will get to shoot tomorrow,, with out the HP pin the mould throws weight at .350-353grs.

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    Put together a one of those workbenches from Sam’s Club. Got the 1050 and 650 mounted.


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    I loaded up 10 45 Colts with my 250 FWC cast powder coated bullets on top of 8.7g of 7625 for about 1050 fps load. Its a warm colt & light Ruger load.

    Usually shoots well havent tried it with this bullet. Yet...

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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