What did you do in the reloading room today?

[Texas by God]

Revamping my .223 loads and supplies after latest round if tests and some thinking. I wanted to simplify and willing to pay a little more in order to have fewer loads to test and keep supplied.

Decided I can cover all my needs with two loads: 77 gr BTHP with 23.0 Varget, and 62-64gr bonded SP with 26.2 gr Varget. I have a bunch if bullets 55-69 grain and several powders to use up in the next 2 years. But all new purchases for .223 will be LC cases, Varget, 62 gr Fusion bullets and Nosler 77gr BTHP. Even for family plinking.

I realized I am spending too much time exploring a multitude of components in this one caliber and not doing enough loading and shooting in others. Planning to work through simplification in all my cartridges and settle on a couple of standard loads and be done with it. I experimented for 30 years and now want to enjoy more shooting and less fiddling.

I share your philosophy- I prefer to find a "pet load" for each gun quickly so I can shoot more and get better with the gun, not stay at the bench.

[therealhitman]

... I prefer to find a "pet load" for each gun quickly so I can shoot more and get better with the gun, not stay at the bench.

Exactly my feelings. Let the YouTube guys like Johnny's Reloading Bench try 57 powder/primer/seating depth combinations for every bullet (in ARs no less) for months to gain .100" on a five shot group across a windless range.
I spent last night loading two ladder series with 70gr Sierra HPBTs using 4350 and H380 for .243. Might also run a third tonight with 760 under the same bullet. Not out of scientific interest but because those are powders I have a bunch of and are not currently being used up in any of my .308 or 30/06 loads. Find a good recipe for each and load 'em up. I plan on giving them as gifts to all my favorite coyotes in a couple of weeks.

[Soundguy]

Not doing much, but did pick up 72.5# lead at a gun show. $50. I was pretty happy with that price. Most was soft lead, some antimonial lead.

[Cheeto303]

I looked at my RCBS Rock Chuck which I purchased in 1978 and is my first and favorite press and thought about all the pleasure it has brought me. It has stuck with me through all the good times and bad. Through two marriages it has always been my friend. Then I thought about the current state of our country and how these snot nosed no nothing socialist infused useful idiots are destroying the Constitution and cried.Reloading and casting have been my solace for 40 years.Shooting is just a technique I use to unload brass so I may cast and reload. I'm afraid of losing it all.It's all I want or have,it's my passion, except God and my third wife of course.I bought her a Rock Chuck and I hope God reloads/casts.I guess I'll put together some 45-70's with LEE 457-405-F I cast yesterday on the Rock Chuck.

[Outer Rondacker]

Cheeto303 I think most on this forum understand what you are saying and feel the same. We have to enjoy the good days while we can.

Today in the reloading room I made a blanking mess. Polish everyplace. That ruger mark 4 runs smooth as butter by hand tomorrow I will hit the range and give it a try. I can not tell you the trigger pull as my gauge is packed and I have no clue what box it is in. But it does feel to be around 3-3.5 pounds. Think it started at 7.

Keep your heads up guys we are not dead yet. Enjoy what we can while we still can.

[Cheeto303]

Cheeto303 I think most on this forum understand what you are saying and feel the same. We have to enjoy the good days while we can.

Today in the reloading room I made a blanking mess. Polish everyplace. That ruger mark 4 runs smooth as butter by hand tomorrow I will hit the range and give it a try. I can not tell you the trigger pull as my gauge is packed and I have no clue what box it is in. But it does feel to be around 3-3.5 pounds. Think it started at 7.

Keep your heads up guys we are not dead yet. Enjoy what we can while we still can.

Thanks

[Steppapajon]

Smelted 80 lbs of pure lead from some old machine counter weights today. Still have another 212 lbs to go.
Sure like it better in small shiny ingots verses large oil soaked slabs.
SPJ

[MG34]

Made 1500 44 Mag for my Mod 29 on my Dillon.

[Outer Rondacker]

Made 1500 44 Mag for my Mod 29 on my Dillon.

Nice I hope you tested them first.

[smalltownguy]

sorted 50 lbs of various mixed brass

[KrakenFan69]

Loaded more Buckshot loads in #4 and 00. More slugs, both Lyman 525 and the Russian Paradox. Loaded a couple hundred 9mm.

I love that room...

Kraken Fan #69

[Outer Rondacker]

Dug out my 629-4 and decided I would like to scope it or put a red dot on it. I have no clue how to do that. Time to get reading. My reloading room is also my gun room.

[Beau Cassidy]

I put the CH press to work on some .40's. I sized and primed all the cases first. Charging them off press.

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[Kevinakaq]

Powder coated 160 or so Lee 457-340f bullets and to sized .460 I had cast at least three years ago . Destined for my newly acquired 1886 Browning.

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[Grmps]

Rough Lader test. Will dial it in from these results.

[Tom W.]

Dems sum loooooong boolits!

[FLINTNFIRE]

Today was the cleaning and rearranging day , yesterday and the day before was loading 300 blackout , and 458 socom rounds , as for cleaning that was because it is a cedar ceiling , and tigerwood trim that was finished today . Funny when going through stuff what one finds . all that stuff from years gone by . More 300 blackout to load , when powder comes in 458 socom that functions the ar , and of course time to load some more 45acp . But thats in one reloading room actually use another room for reloading also , and right now its pre heating new 45-70 molds for casting tomorrow.

[EMC45]

Saturday I put another shelf in the room. It is starting to look "lived in" now. Cleaning all the junk off the floors and making it nice.

[Soundguy]

Rough Lader test. Will dial it in from these results.

wow.. those look.. uh.. well endowed!

[Knightflyer]

Son and I went to the range and tried out my cat-sneeze rounds plus some factory bullets. Boy those hand-loads were fun! They made a lovely little 1.5" group of 5 shots.

When we got home, I took all the brass and loaded up 20 more of these cat-sneeze "Olivers" - thus named for our lazy orange cat Oliver. Probably be a few weeks before we can go out and fire these off.

For the curious, I have but the simplest of reloading systems; a Lee Loader for 30-30, a pound of Titegroup, CCI primers and 165 gr hard cast, poly-coated boolits from Falcon bullets. While I wouldn't mind casting my own, for the moment I'll probably just keep being a patron of several small cast boolit businesses.
-KF