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    finished prepping all the 223 and 308 brass I had on hand. Loaded 30 test rounds for 308 half with SW match which I can now buy in town off the shelf.
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    I re- used the thin recoil pads from my lightweight Yildiz shotguns by fitting them to my H&R Topper rifles. They should tame that fierce .218 Bee and 44-40 recoil…..


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    Tumbled and sized a bunch of 9mm brass. Cast a couple hundred Elco and Lee 312 155 boolits. Then powder coated the Lee Boolits. C
    Gonna load the for a buddy’s AK. Also gonna see if powder coated Elco Boolits will chamber in my 9mms

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    Put together another newbie reloading package for a guy. I feel like I lose out every time I do this. Oh well gets another into a hobby I know has brought enjoyment to me. They always want everything for nothing. Cheap reloaders these days. Always about mass production for as little as possible.
    Stop being blinded by your own ignorance.

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    Loaded some 30/06 with cast

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    loaded about 100 124 gr HP in 9mm with w231
    Last edited by tmag97; 01-25-2023 at 02:14 PM.

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    Loaded some test cast loads using 200g Lyman 314299 bullets for my Type 99 Arisaka.

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    Removed the Bevel base on a Lee 452, 200, swc mold. Did the whole deed with Hand tools, and only took a few Days...On and Off. Will I do it again??? Prolly No. But, I just couldn't take it anymore... my 45 Win Mag barrel prefers Boolits sized to .452, for some reason.. so long as I'm runnin em thru the old Ideal 45!!! May as well get em where I can lube em at same time!!!
    I am Happy with the Result... But, Have Not tested them Yet...

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    Cast 13lbs of mp 356/358-130 rn no lubers. Sized to.356. Loaded 25 test rd with same that was yesterday hopefully shoot them today 32’ and partly sunny
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    I assumed that “Load ready” meant that I could just flare, charge, and seat bullets when I found this bubble pack of primed brass…..
    Wrong. I could seat a jacketed (or plated) bullet with my bare hands.
    So, I dumped the powder out, put the sizing die halfway in the press, and neck sized all of them without de-priming. It worked.
    Funny but I didn’t notice any flare on the case mouths when I opened the package.


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    Cleaned my 9 mm Shield. Long overdue. The only part of shooting I don’t like so I procrastinate


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    Quote Originally Posted by Texas by God View Post

    I assumed that “Load ready” meant that I could just flare, charge, and seat bullets when I found this bubble pack of primed brass…..
    Wrong. I could seat a jacketed (or plated) bullet with my bare hands.
    So, I dumped the powder out, put the sizing die halfway in the press, and neck sized all of them without de-priming. It worked.
    Funny but I didn’t notice any flare on the case mouths when I opened the package.


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    My guess is fired brass, deprimed with a universal deprimer. Wet tumbled and primed. I've found a bullet will drop right in a fired case. I see the fine print (upper right on the card) says "100% reconditioned, well apparently not. I deprime my fired brass with a universal deprimer, tumble the brass then size with the depriming rod removed from my sizing die. I hope they work for you with partial sizing, let us know.

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    I cut down some shoulder bolts. To fit into a Lee trimmer to adjust the length on de-rimmed 22lr brass.
    This would be for making .224 jackets for swaged bullets.

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    Deprimed and cleaned 200 45 ACP. Just gettin' a little something done before the weather turns cold again this weekend. Waiting for 6mm ARC brass to show up from Optics Planet...

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    Finally chambered the new liner in the .25 Stevens Favorite project rifle and filed the spring-loaded .22 extractor/ejector to fit. Then got so exasperated trying to get it all back together that I ordered a regular extractor from Jack First. I did that with the 1915 Favorite .22 I rebarreled ten years ago, too.
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    !!Jack First shipped in less than 24 hours !
    Last edited by uscra112; 01-26-2023 at 07:15 PM.
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    Bottom poured 24lbs of 130gr. Boolits in just a couple of hours. Love it. Could of done the same thing with my dipper in a day. With more rejects. PS it is an eight cavity mold. Gets with the program. That’s 1280 131gr Boolits minus one or two culles.
    Last edited by Mandoair; 01-26-2023 at 06:22 PM.

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    Cast 500 .490 R/B tonight. Will cast another 500 tomorrow before setting up to cast 1000 .358 125 gr. boolits. Then in the next few days I will cast 1000 .358 158 gr boolits. Then the only thing left is the 45-70 food. Casting over for the year, all I have to do is shootem up.

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    Did 100 rds of .455 Webley for my cas shoot Saturday. Have enough 44-40 and 12 ga. Might try to do 100 more as everything’s set up.

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    Helped my grandson sight in his 308 rifle today

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    Quote Originally Posted by racepres View Post
    Removed the Bevel base on a Lee 452, 200, swc mold. Did the whole deed with Hand tools
    That's pretty neat. I'd be interested to know how you went about it.

    Haven't had a lot of time but I did take a few to load up a box of 12ga. 7.5 shot over Red Dot. I've found some videos where guys drop their own shot - pretty cool, but I've got a lifetime's worth of projects that probably come before that one, so the shot is store-bought.

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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