What did you do in the reloading room today?

[RoGrrr]

Loaded up several hundred rounds of 45ACP, cleaned my EDC, shot it some and had to clean it again.

[cigarman454]

Sized some 45 boolits

[bruce drake]

Finally got to reload some 30-223Rem (30 Apache) cartridges for some test loads in an AR15. 15gr of H110 under a 120gr Lyman 311359 gas-checked bullet and a Lyman 311410 130gr plain-base bullet. I'm expecting ~1800fps for the loads from my 20" barrel.

I hope to go out next weekend to test-fire the bullets.

Bruce

[michiganmike]

I am semi-retired, grew up on a small dairy farm and learned from my father how to scrounge and improvise. Over the last three days I made a handy stand for my new Lee Class powder measure. I used some scrap aluminum, bolts, washers and nuts. I put it on a 7" plywood stand so when sitting on my reloading bench stool it is close to eye level. I am pleased with this minor accomplishment.

[Black Powder Bill]

The past week: Poured 600 RB,38 WC trash can TL,9mm 125gr,380 102 gr, 45 T/C maxi, and 45 REAL in a DC with RB.

[DerekP Houston]

Nothing yesterday, had fun at the range. Planning on loading up some more 380acp when I get home. Had to clean out the flaring die as it kept crushing cases.

[robg]

Loaded 100 190grgcsil boolits for my win94 357mag .

[Outer Rondacker]

Yesterday played on my range with some friends. Then cleaned up 250+ 9mm brass and 150+ 45acp and a handful of 30-30 and 223/556. Today its warm and I can not bring myself to be inside the house so I am making some new target stands. Not sure if that counts as the reloading room but I am sure I will be in the chair tonight.

[Tweetyj]

Just finish running 2200 45 GAP brass through my Case Pro 100 and will powder coat next week about 4800 ,45-230g my buddy cast for me when i decide what color i want .

[s1120]

I'm waiting on my two M expander dies from Lyman and till I get them I've been cleaning and resizing all my brass. I'm all set once the dies show.

[NavyVet1959]

Just finished installing wood flooring in the living room, foyer, and dining room for my wife. Decided that the small nubs that were supposedly legs on the leather couch, sofa, and love seat were too small and might result in indentations to the wood, especially if the units were being slid across the floor. Didn't particularly like the options for commercial units -- wanted something that was a bit larger in diameter while also raising the furniture slightly off the floor, so I made my own. Started out by cutting a 4 squares of 3.5"x3.5" for each piece of furniture out of a 2x8 that I had. Then marked the center and put a centering hole with a nail in each piece. Clamped a board to my table saw with a nail about 3" from side of the blade, filed off the head, and sharpened what was still sticking out of the board. For each of the 3.5"x3.5" squares, I placed them on the board so that the center hole would fit on the nail and they could rotate. I then turned the table saw on and slowly raised the table saw blade while rotating the wood square. Eventually, I ended up with a wooden disc / cylinder. Having 3 hands would make this a lot quicker since it would work better having two hands holding and rotating the square while the third hand gradually turned the crank to raise the blade. Oh well... Had to make do...

Once I completed all of the wooden cylinders, I took a belt sander to them to smooth the flat ends and the curved sides. I then used my drill press and Forstner bit to cut a flat bottom hole in each one to the same depth for all of them. I had bought a $3 rubber backed carpeted door mat at Home Depot and some carpet double sided tape. I cut out the double sided tape and a rough cut of the mat to use for the bottom of each new leg piece. I then used a razor blade to trim the carpet to exactly the size of each of the new leg pieces.

My drill press is in my reloading room and thus this is why this counts as "what I did in my reloading room today".

Now I just need to get my shop vac out and clean up all the wood chips on my reloading bench.

[Outer Rondacker]

Just finish running 2200 45 GAP brass through my Case Pro 100 and will powder coat next week about 4800 ,45-230g my buddy cast for me when i decide what color i want .

The 45Gap runs better with a lighter bullet. It was based on a 185-200. My 37 has chucked thousands of pills and still looks brand new. The NYS LEO runs the Gap. No clue why.

[aspangler]

Poured,checked and lubed 198 6.5mm 140 grain boolits..

[robg]

Sized and decapped 200 .357mag cases ,they were hiding in my range bag I knew I had more brass somewhere .

[OS OK]

"Walked down with best intentions…I dunnoh what?..admired all the clean space to get started in…felt a chill from the cold and had to go to pee…forgot to go back".

[aspangler]

Poured 130 150grain 30cal flatnose, 180 148 grain 358 dewc, 130 102 grain 357 rn. Weather was warm for a change and I took advantage of it.

[Jal5]

Deprimed about 200 223 cases and SS washed 100 tonite

[jimb16]

Wasn't exactly in the loading room....I drilled out part of the gas check shank on an old 8mm mold and turned it into a driving band. Now the mold throws a plain base boolit. I cast up 80 of them and pc'ed them. I'll load them up for testing tomorrow. Should be an interesting experiment.

[s1120]

Still waiting for my M expander dies to come in, so cant load... But I have been going through all my brass, and cleaning, depriming, and resizing what I have. Im starting to get pretty well organized. I have peanut butter jars filled on the shelf of all the brass set to go with whatever I plan to shot out of it in the future.

[tazman]

I cast up just under 1300 wadcutters (358495) for my 38 special. They didn't need to be sized so I tumble lubed them. When they dry they will be ready to load.
I also loaded 300 rounds for the 9mm.