What did you do in the reloading room today?

[Meatpuppet]

1500 rounds of 9mm... 124gr JHP over 3.9gr of Prima V set off by Fed SPP Magum (OAL 1.10). Off to the range with a friend Thursday morning for some practice.

[RED333]

Cast and loaded up a few Lyman 420303s, red powder coat, some 296 powder and made some noise on the 4th.

[Stationary Smell]

I set up my Hornady LNL AP today and loaded 250 rounds of 9mm in no time! Very happy!

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[ghh3rd]

250 rounds of 230gr .45 acp coated with Hi-Tek


The first 50 that I loaded and tested were like little lasers... they don't punch nice round holes in paper, but they go where I want them to.

[zymguy]

100 125g (purchased) rnfp infront of 4.2g 700x in 38 special

[62chevy]

Two days ago I made dummy rounds for my Cobra CA 380 to see what OAL worked best with the Lee TL356-95-RF. .900 worked the best. So yesterday I loaded 10 each of 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7 and 2.8 grains of TiteGroup to see what works best.

[robg]

Loaded up 50 x357 mag half 160gr Lee wnfp and some 158 gr rnfp boolits I found in my boolits box that some one gave me some time ago.to the range tomorrow to try them out .

[Reverend Al]

Mine is my gun room / reloading shop all in one so I'm heading down shortly to dig out some guns and ammunition for tomorrow. Heading up to the range with a good friend of mine for a day of shooting.

[Taco Belly]

This morning I discovered my unfired Ruger Stainless Flattop 45 Colt cylinder has throats measuring .450-.449, while the 45 ACP cylinder measures .451. I cannot determine if I should send it out to open up, or just buy the tools to do it myself!

[Bookworm]

De-cappped and dry tumbled 44Spl brass - 160 pieces

De-capped and dry tumbled 44Mag brass - 340 pieces.

De-capped, and in line for dry tumbling is the 357Mag brass - 650 pieces.

Standing here, looking at a box of ~1450 pieces of 38Spl brass that needs processing, and thinking I'll save it for another day....

I need a bigger bowl on my dry tumbler.

[308Jeff]

Kinda did the same as Bookworm. Decapped 1,300 pieces of (mostly) Lake City 7.62x51 and got a bunch of it in the rotary tumbler.

There was a handful of pieces of SBS headstamp in this batch, and they DO NOT want to give up their primers. In the end they did, though.

[bluejay75]

Greetings Casters,

Big batch of NOE 432-282 WFN complete. Bullets powder coated in Randyrat dark silver. Load is 21.2 Grains of H110, WLLP, mixed brass. This is a 2 inch load, been testing this for 2 months before I went into the batch reload. Seated past the cannelure with a collett crimp. Packed and ready for hunting season/ seasons.

NOE 432-262 WN is a work in progress. It measures out to almost the same as an XTP. Going to try Unique (9 grains) for a 1200-1300 fps rifle load. Or 22.5, 23 or 23.5 grains of H110. I casted them hard t handle the latter load better.

Bluejay

[gwpercle]

I ordered a new Lyman casting dipper, my 50 year old one was too short for the Magnum Melter Pot I have now. This one is longer and the bowl is larger...Sweet! I fired up the pot and cast some fishing sinkers...a few pyramid and a few bank sinkers. Just as an excuse to try the dipper. I should have got this one years ago...I like both the larger capacity and longer handle rod .
If you are left handed, the handle can be mounted on the left side....neat !
Gary

[mwells72774]

Cast up some 446110FN's for the 43 Mauser and Beaumont

[Harter66]

I broke the seal on my brand new copy of Ken Waters note book .

[Michael J. Spangler]

Finished using up my cross grain paper patches and cut some new strips and patches with the grain. Patches a dozen or so bullets and now it's bed time.
Back to casting tomorrow.

[Bookworm]

I broke the seal on my brand new copy of Ken Waters note book .

I've got the huge red paperback. You will have many hours of reading in there.

I like the book, but many loads were developed with powder that is (now) long obsolete. I realize some may yet have a keg of that discontinued-in-1965 powder, but for the most part, that data is useless.

Also, regarding cast usage - these days, the trend is more to heavy-for-caliber boolits. When Mr Waters was working, the trend was different, and too, those projectiles were just not available.

In the case of 9mm - lots of 115g loads, some 124-125 g loads, very little heavier.

Same in 38Spl and 357, 44Mag, etc.
Not alot of heavy boolit data.

That being said, his approach is noteworthy.

[Harter66]

I've got the huge red paperback. You will have many hours of reading in there.

I like the book, but many loads were developed with powder that is (now) long obsolete. I realize some may yet have a keg of that discontinued-in-1965 powder, but for the most part, that data is useless.

Also, regarding cast usage - these days, the trend is more to heavy-for-caliber boolits. When Mr Waters was working, the trend was different, and too, those projectiles were just not available.

In the case of 9mm - lots of 115g loads, some 124-125 g loads, very little heavier.

Same in 38Spl and 357, 44Mag, etc.
Not alot of heavy boolit data.

That being said, his approach is noteworthy.

I have PO Ackley's Handbook for Shooters and Reloaders also . It lists 125 gr bullets in every 25 cal 25-35 and up I've never seen one .

I also purchased Ken's Pet loads ( the big red book ) to go with his Notebook . It's more about knowledge than data . The Lyman 47&48th have data for 45-90,110 and 120 but nothing for the 6.8 Remington now pushing 25 yrs old . The 48th listed data for the WSM line too .

Not a lot of call for information on the 1969 475 hp 390 cid Ford but I have a book that includes that also .

The old books give us a guide to expand our personal knowledge base and learn more about why some of the old school things soldier on and some are just a pan flash .

Where would you find data for 250-265 gr bullets in 45 ACP ? Have you looked for Schofield data lately ? 25 Souper or 280 AI ? The Carcanos ? Those just aren't in the new books .

Sure the powders are long gone , some of them have the same name but are completely different than they were at the time of writing . If you have a guide powder loading that survives for a fast and slow like Unique and 4350 or 4831 and a mid range of 4198,4895,3031 then all of that old data , with proper caution , is usable . Maybe not as published but as a guide .

I'm looking forward to reading about the 7-30 Waters , it fits with my fat chambered 7x6.8 SPC .

[Bookworm]

"It's more about knowledge than data."

Very well said, and I agree 100%.

My statement was more for other, newer reloaders that perhaps think the huge book has a huge amount of data.
It does, just a good bit of the data is unusable today.

His methods are something to learn from, and emulate.

I enjoy the book immensely, however, one must know what it is, and what it isn't. I have purchased older books about reloading, specifically to expand my general knowledge of the subject.
Ken Waters' tome is an excellent start.

[308Jeff]

I'll probably catch some flak for this, but I read up on it first and it's safe... Wet tumbled a bunch of 40 Cal HST pulled bullets I bought a while back. They were pretty dirty, but 20 minutes in the wet tumbler with some Lemi and Zip Wax (without pins) and they're as pretty as can be.