What did you do in the reloading room today?

[jimb16]

Finished casting up ingots out of the wheel weights I started on the other day and then proceeded to make 50# of #7.5 shot out of it. Finally tried dollar store fabric softener as a coolant for shot. It actually works better than the environmentally safe anti-freeze that I was using, and its a lot cheaper too. Looks like I'm changing coolant.

[jarhead0321usmc]

Prepped too many of cases of 5.56. My hands are killing me now. Better take a few Aleve. Was going to melt down some range scrap into ingots but the weather was calling for rain so I'll hold off until its nice out.

[Texas by God]

Just cleaned some stuff up and found a Nikon Prostaff 3x9x40 that I'd forgot I'd ordered. Sitting on the shelf in the box and luckily I just bought a 270 T/C that will like it.

Damn it. I hate it when that happens.
Oh wait; it never happens to me. Enjoy!

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[Tom W.]

Sized and flaired some .38 and .357 brass. I had the A/C on for an hour and a half and it was still too hot to stay in there......

[David2011]

Which lee mould? I was just working with the 356-120TC and I was amazed at how well the bullets dropped. I literally open the mould and if any bullets don't drop I just tilt the mould and they fall out. I have had really good luck with the new style lee 6 cavity moulds.

It's the 358-158-RF. I've probably cast 2500-3000 boolits with it so far. It's been Leemented with Brownell's lapping compound, the cavity edges scraped with an X-Acto, smoked and finally I resorted to FA mold release. One cavity in particular is especially sticky, the fifth from the hinge bolt. I need to work on it as well as #4 and #6. I really like the boolits it makes but hate using it. Sometimes it takes a dozen or more sharp whacks with the mallet to get them all to drop. That really eats into the pace and even allows the spout to freeze at times. Aggravating.

[Michael J. Spangler]

It's the 358-158-RF. I've probably cast 2500-3000 boolits with it so far. It's been Leemented with Brownell's lapping compound, the cavity edges scraped with an X-Acto, smoked and finally I resorted to FA mold release. One cavity in particular is especially sticky, the fifth from the hinge bolt. I need to work on it as well as #4 and #6. I really like the boolits it makes but hate using it. Sometimes it takes a dozen or more sharp whacks with the mallet to get them all to drop. That really eats into the pace and even allows the spout to freeze at times. Aggravating.

Is it an older style moulds or the ones with the new style vent lines in it?
I had issues with an older one myself. I'm guessing if you're running cool enough for the spout to freeze it might help how they drop if you run the alloy a little hotter. I run about 700 degrees with 50/50COWW and Pure with good results.

[15meter]

Loaded a batch of 375 H&H with cast.
Sized a batch of 450/400 NE
Sized a batch of 375 2-1/2
Sized a batch of 8x50R

Was going to size a batch of 450 3-1/4 NE but had the wrong press on the bench.

[warf73]

dondlego,

I like how you think, LOL

[Loudy13]

Sized about 2-300 300 BO cases, that 5 gallon pail of cut brass is not going down quick that's for sure!!

[lablover]

Set up my new lam2. Oh what I have been missing. Soooo easy and nice

[Tom W.]

I waited until 2000 and ventured into the shed, turned on the air conditioner and sized and lubed some boolits for my .357.
I didn't stay out there too long, still oppressively hot.

[zubrato]

Loading several hundred to a thousand 9mm 135gr rounds since I shot most of them training.
Going to work up the mihec 143gr HTC slickside boolits with bullseye, and TG at higher charges. Couldn't get proper case obturation at lower charges like 3.2gr TG (my fav 135gr load for 9mm) but it's my first foray into powder coated boolits. Needs a bit more experimentation until it becomes my favorite training/plinking boolit.

Worked the slide just fine, with excellent accuracy and recoil characteristics but had way more powder fouling than traditional lubed boolits.

Matter of time till I get it dialed in and switch over 100% to powdercoating.
(Never thought I'd say that..)


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[Harter66]

Loaded some work ups .

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A Factory due to having posted more than here Privi 405
458193 @ 417 gr
462-420 @ 414 gr M-P
453-350 Mountain Moulds custom

[Charliemac]

Nothing today but tomorrow will be a big smelting/ melting day

[Reverend Al]

Just a general clean up today ... sorted some brass and moved some stuff around to make more space ...

[Tom W.]

One day I will try paper patching. I know absolutely nothing about it, but I have a single shot 30/30 that is just getting dusty at my son's house.......

[Michael J. Spangler]

Picked up some reloading stuff off CL.
Sorted it out and got the lee pro 1000 up and running. Still need to sort out the MEC 650
That will probably be it for the day.

[Contenderman]

I loaded 78 32 H&R mag. cartridges, 10 grs Lil Gun powder pushing a 90 gr cast lead bullet by lee. Best I can get is about a 5" group at 25 yrd.

[jarhead0321usmc]

Reloaded some 12s on the mec. Tested some ingots with the cabine tree. And organized one if the benches.

[OS OK]

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JEFF...these are the other 1/2 of the batch I gave you...can't figure out why they ain't purple!