Just deprimed 400 45acp and put them in SS wet tumbler.
Just deprimed 400 45acp and put them in SS wet tumbler.
It's not loud at all. Well it wasn't when it was installed in the office building. The motors are only 1/2hp 3 phase. I shouldn't have any trouble switching it over to single phase. Just need to do some math. It's definitely a project. First thing is to clean it up so I can touch it w/out getting extremely dirty. I also have to reattach the casters to the platform it's on. Two of them ripped out while trying to wheel it into my garage. That's what I get for using what was on hand instead of buying the right parts. Having a trolley and chain fall in the garage comes in real handy.
Ants ....oh how I loathe those little sugar/grease ants . We used Raid Blockade for the last 3 yr but I haven't been able to get it this yr ,I'm ready to bug fog the whole house with complete over kill. The local bug guy says "use whatever works their different every other block or so and I can get rid of them but they will move in from the neighbors and they just seem to keep coming.".
I've had my grands sorting brass from a buy and doing the prep work on the 1st 200 today I think I will cast 10-15 lbs of 22-55s in the AM and size and check before dinner.
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Went in there looking for my trigger pull gauge....found it third trip. Saw some brass that needs cleaning, think I'll get that party started and mount a scope on my new rifle before supper.
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Today I had the pleasure of priming my first batch of .45 ACP cases that I had cleaned using my newly acquired stainless steel media tumbler. What a joy, it was like using new brass. I didn't do it in the reloading room either but outside in the sunshine.
I believe rain is forecast tomorrow so I will load them up with the bullets I cast last weekend.
Simon.
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I completely understand. They usually have large motors on them. I thought I was going to have to build a rotary phase converter to run it. I don't need a lot of volume quickly. So a slow pumper should work just fine. Highest draw will probably be an impact gun for taking the tires off my vehicles.
Kind of amusing that the only tool that's already equipped for air is a Star sizer. That massive tank to simply keep pressure on the lube reservoir :laugh:
I did not do too much today! just fooled with new dummy shells for my 308W. There seemed to be a difference between my chamber cast and where this boolit actually contacts the rifling. The chamber cast suggested contact should be at 2.610 and the boolit won't allow the bolt to close until the OAL is 2.545. I was loading them further into the case and not happy with the accuracy.
Ed C
Poured about a hundred or so of these little .311's for reloading a Nagant revolver rounds.
Don't usually keep up with this but I'm plum tired of prepping brass. I have shot most all the prepped mag brass I had (which is a LOT) so have been for 3 or 4 wks getting ready for more shooting & matches. Have been sizing, trimming then anealing & belt sizing a couple hundred ea of 300, 338, 375, 458, Lott, 450. Still have to BS & anneal the Lott & 450s. Then I have to start on on the 223, 264, 308, 300wsm & 300 wm match/BR brass although I do have a reasonable supply left of them but need to get more. Most of them, except the auto stuff, is neck sized only unless need to bump the shoulder, so annealing is the big chore. I really hate trimming even though I have a Gracey trimmer.
Too hot to cast or smelt, so... yesterday we went to the range and melted... I swear my 45acp boolits were gettin soft before I loaded em in the mags! LOL
Took the spents that we recovered and some that I have been saving from the past couple range trips and ran em through the ol Sidewinder after depriming.... nice shiny clean brass! (556, 300AAC and 308)
Yesterday and today I tried out my new Lee mould for the .338 Federal I am buying. I ended up with 163 217 grain bullets +/- 1 grain. They are lubed with BLL, sized, gas checked added, and topped it off with a 2nd (light) coat of BLL. Now I just have to get the money together to pay off the rifle. It's a Model: 11/111 Trophy Hunter XP. It comes with a Nikon scope, Accu-trigger, 22" barrel with 1:10 rifling. Looking forward to the day...
Not much really,
Sorting 12, 20 & 410 hulls and some 38 special cases for later reloading.
12ga remington hulls. (black) & gun clubs. (green)
20ga remington hulls.
410 winchester hulls.
mixed stamps of 38 special cases.
Nelson
Just cleaned the gun I used for IDPA on Sunday night. It didn't really need it (probably only 60 rounds through it) but it's my carry gun so I want to keep it clean.
Loaded up 38 test loads for 9mm pistol
used 2400
145 g cast bullet
mag primer
7g of 2400
first test was last night
no pressure signs
all powder burnt
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De primed, swaged, trimmed and cleaned several hundred 223/556 for loading.
While looking for goodies at my LGS I found 50+ unknown reloaded 35 Remingtons for cheap, pulled the 180 JSP, deprimed and cleaned for later reloading, they were loaded at 38 and 40 grains of?
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 |