What did you do in the reloading room today?

[Michael J. Spangler]

Loaded up 100 rounds of 45/70.
Lee 405 coated with Hi-Tek.
Can't wait to shoot them. I need a new 45/70


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[Lakehouse2012]

I'm in the exact same predicament, 44 mag at 240g each goes quick... What are you paying the little shops for a 1/2 or full 5 gal bucket? I've been offering $10-20 with high success am I paying too much?

I stop at little car garages anytime I go pretty much anywhere out of the area. Normally yielding 25% per 5 gallon bucket. Here in the people's republic of new York I get all I can.
That and the 44 eats it up fast at 26 boolits per lb.

[RoGrrr]

I loaded 1500 9mm to shoot in the NEW/DEMO STI I just bought thru Gunbroker. Should have it in a couple weeks, after mailing a money order Monday (Cost - $0.70 at Walmart. I don't want seller to hold my personal check for 10 days, and I don't want to pay him 3% for my credit card on the $thousand cost).
My Christmas will be delayed but it'll be worth the wait.
But I'll shoot a couple boxes on Christmas right in front of my house. Nice living in the middle of the woods where I can shoot any time I want !
And I have a trap so I can recover all my lead and shoot it again. And again. And....


Here's a tip for those who might be interested in M.O.s if you don't want to pay/wait.
Money order fees from banks etc
Co............................Fees.....Limits
Bank of America......$5.00 $1,000
CVS drug store.......$0.70 $500
USPS......................$1.20 $500
Walmart..................$0.70 $1,000

[TXGunNut]

Fired up my Pro-Melt and cast a nice pile of NOE 311-041's from a new mould. Taking a break from breaking in another new NOE mould, a 379-279. First session with both moulds and haven't cast in awhile so cull rate is pretty high. Both moulds are finally settling down and making some decent boollits.

[tazman]

I spent a relaxing hour casting with my Lyman 358311 4 cavity. Things went remarkably well. The mold was hot enough when I started that I didn't have a single cull.
I ended the session with roughly 500 boolits on the table.
A very nice afternoon.

[Tom W.]

Sorted through the last batch of wadcutters I casted. Threw six back to be recycled.

[iomskp]

I loaded some small batches of 300 sherwood with different powders to see what regulates the the best in the double rifle.

[Smk SHoe]

Second heat cycle for two arsenal molds. One 225-62 Elvis and the other is 30 HVTH1 170 sliver. Got a couple hundred keepers of each along with 600 124 TC 9mm from two Lee 6 gangers. Not a single bad bullet cast today, and there is no video footage or pictures of me feeding the pot with culls

[JeffG]

Loaded 100 rounds 9mm Luger and 100 rounds 9mm Mak.

[robg]

Tried out 2 new Lee 308 molds I bought myself for Christmas .150fn and 160 rn .used with my Lee 225 55 gr mold ,all 3 are the new type molds don't know what Lee's doing but they cast great .cleaned with white sprit on a cotton bud no burrs smoked with gas lighter all the boolits fell from the molds cast about a 100 of each in an hour( two cavity molds) .Lee well done I'm really impressed.

[kmrra]

I lapped and polished a set o 22 TCM dies that I recived Friday , and polished the decap pin and neck expander , it hepled some but I may get another set and send those back, Those 22Tcm rounds that I sized are the hardest that I have ever had to size and I reload for 20 something cal , Time will tell, and I did a much needed clean up in the shop too

[bjordan]

I started throwing 5 pound chunks of scrap lead from the scrap yard into my Lyman bottom pour pot. I just didn't feel dragging out and firing up the turkey fryer. The Lyman is a work horse and I just keep fluxing with saw dust and scooping out the crud. I did about 50 pounds yesterday at an easy rate. I am going to clean the pot out and do another 50 or so pounds today.

[Black Chrome]

Loaded up around 100 rounds of .30-30 this morning then I started loading my pet load in .38 special. I got 371 loaded up before I ran out of primed and ready to load brass. I've primed about another 350 so far but taking a break before taking the misses out to supper. I'll work on getting some more primed later in the week.

[robg]

Lubed ,gas checked sized the boolits I cast yesterday .might cast more tommorow if its not raining and I can get some free time.

[MajorDude]

I loaded some 38 spec. with the old lyman 310 tool.

That's just cool!

[taco650]

Did some load testing at the range today. The 9.0 grain load of Trap 100 looks promising. 😊

[taco650]

Did some load testing at the range today. The 9.0 grain load of Trap 100 looks promising. 

I posted this from my phone so not sure why the image got rotated on the upload...

[TXGunNut]

I posted this from my phone so not sure why the image got rotated on the upload...

My phone @ laptop don't get along and my IT aptitude is right up there with my tea mug's....happens to me all the time!

[trixter]

I loaded up 100 rounds 223, 55gr V-Max over 24.2gr T A C. Squeek season is coming, and I will be ready.

[NavyVet1959]

I posted this from my phone so not sure why the image got rotated on the upload...

I don't want to post images at the higher resolution that my phone gives me, so I just use the phone to transfer the files up to Google Drive and then download them to my laptop at a later time and resize them for posting on the forums.

Spent the day running errands and then changing out the water heater in my attic. There was so much sand and whatever in the bottom of the water heater that the water drained VERY slowly. By the time I got it drained, a new platform built, and a new drain pan (mostly) installed, it was too late, so Home Depot was closed and I couldn't go get the other parts I needed. So, I ended up with a VERY cold shower last night in order to wash all the dirt and fiberglass off of me. BRRRR!!!