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    Quote Originally Posted by slim1836 View Post
    I drank 4 beers and watched crime TV on the converter box channel in my shed. Enjoyed every minute of it.

    Thought about reloading but since I was enjoying adult beverages did not engage.

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    Loaded the last of my commercially plated tigersharks. Running dangerously low on powder.. Not going to have time in the next 2 weeks to get to the store either :/

    Had enough time to have my first throw at casting. It went well, I'm a happy camper. I hope to phase out completely buying 9mm bullets if I can do a good enough job applying the hitek on this lot.

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    Loading 100 .300 blackout with AA1680 and .308 110gr FNHP Speer - sorry but a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do.....
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    I formed some 30 Luger from 9x23 Super Comp and loaded them for my Glocks. 5.8 grains of unique (this is a modern 30 Luger load suitable for modern made barrels - BarSto Glock or Ruger approach with caution) with 98 grain hollow point NOE 315-102 swcs. Trying to mimic some 1920s Rem UMC hollow points. I wonder why these never caught on, you figure 308 cal hollow points at 1200 fps or 30 Mauser at 1400 fps should be a pretty good killer. Since I can load these hotter in the Glock, they should do well.
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    I used my new .358 Lee push thru sizer. I sized fifty 148gr tumble lube wadcutters. They had been coated in 45/45/10 before sizing, and got another coat after sizing.

    This is a test batch of my first cast boolits. I water quenched these. I used the art pencil hardness test on Sunday, they are pretty hard, somewhere around 15 bhn. I think that they are too hard for .38 special loads. I am going to load these up in a mid-range .357 mag load.

    Tomorrow I am going to buy some powder. I want to buy a pound of Unique, I can use it in this application, for a mid-range .357 load, and also use it to load some cast rounds for my 7.7X58mm Arisaka.

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    PC'D some 40 cal cup points... About 260 or so.
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    Tumbled some 45ACP & 38Sp. brass.
    Loaded up 100 45ACP with TL452-230SWC pushed by 4.7gr. RD.
    Sorted more 45ACP for a loading session later today or tonight.

    And in a little while I am going to tumble lube some more TL 452-230 SWC or RN (2R), but I have not decided which type yet. Have to see what the stash looks like.

    I know I need to get casting again soon. Been waiting for the temps to get a bit higher. Maybe this weekend if we don't have rain forecast. Might even melt about 400# of scrap into ingots if I get the time.

    Need to go shooting soon too. I got the itch again as it has been a while now. Tine for Winter to go & Spring to start up.
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    Tumble lubed some 160 gr. Lee for fire forming. Just did 50. I dunno if I want to g/c them or not....
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    Did I ever mention that I hate to trim brass?

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    Heading down to the shop shortly to start sorting out a few surplus items to put on my table and sell at this coming weekend's local gun show ...
    I may have passed my "Best Before" date, but I haven't reached my "Expiry" date!

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    My wife is gone for a week and I decided to keep myself busyClick image for larger version. 

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    Was not in my reloading room but outside and smelted 150 3# ingots of range scrap. Next I have to buy moulds and learn how to cast and PC booklets. I making some progress through, two years ago I didn't even reload. By this summer I hope to be casting for all my handguns.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tom W. View Post
    Tumble lubed some 160 gr. Lee for fire forming. Just did 50. I dunno if I want to g/c them or not....
    I would not for fire forming. Gas checks cost money.

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    Reloading area is a hotel room in a not so free part of the country. Sized new 300 BLK brass. Will clean and finish processing this weekend. Thankfully they don’t need to be trimmed.


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    Made some big chunks of lead into little chunks of lead.

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    Hmm...I’ve just been loading NOE TL357-135RF with a severe HP over 4.3 gr. Unique in 9.



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    Loaded 50 .500's with my favorite 31.5 gr's of IMR4227 under 440 fp...

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    Sized, decapped about 750-800 Mil .45 ACPs and swaged the primer pockets. Polished 'em and packed 'em up for moving. Cleaned up one bench and messed it up again but it's still better than it was.
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    Coated and sized about 250 for the 357 Sig.
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    Say, they are pretty. What do they look like going downrange? Do they leave a smudge on the target?
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    Tumbled 5 gallons of 45ACP

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Abbreviations used in Reloading

BP Bronze Point IMR Improved Military Rifle PTD Pointed
BR Bench Rest M Magnum RN Round Nose
BT Boat Tail PL Power-Lokt SP Soft Point
C Compressed Charge PR Primer SPCL Soft Point "Core-Lokt"
HP Hollow Point PSPCL Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" C.O.L. Cartridge Overall Length
PSP Pointed Soft Point Spz Spitzer Point SBT Spitzer Boat Tail
LRN Lead Round Nose LWC Lead Wad Cutter LSWC Lead Semi Wad Cutter
GC Gas Check