What did you do in the reloading room today?

[trixter]

After checking about 1000, 223 reloaded rounds with my case gauge, I found about 17 that would not go all the way in. I unloaded them with my inertia hammer and then ran the cases through the sizing die and only a few would fit in the gauge properly, so the rejects went the junk brass bucket, reloaded the 'ok' ones and then changed the press over to load 45ACP, so I will be ready after the next indoor range session. Then I put away all the loose stuff on the reloading table. I almost didn't recognize it.

[bedbugbilly]

I finally got the inside of the garage here in AZ painted, cleaned and organized so I'm able to do some reloading on a small basis on my old RCBS Jr2 that I have here. I mounted it on a piece of 2 X 6 with L shaped brackets on the underside to hook in to the guide bars on the woodworking vise on the end of my bench. When hooked in and the vise is tightened, it is nice and solid and works great. This past week, a box of 3,400 9mm casings arrived - casings from a Police range that I got from a member on here. I started de-priming them with the goal of getting them all done. It's nice sitting in a chair, de-priming and being able to look across in to the desert, hear all the birds, see the quail and squeakers and just enjoy the nice weather while punching primers. Only problem I have is that the more I de-prime, it seems like those that are left to do multiply! But, it passes the time and they'll be done and ready to load. That quantity will last me a looooong time!

[ravelode]

primary wash citric acid treatment then rinse on a colander full of mixed range brass I found Sunday, it's drying in the basement :bigsmyl2:.
will be turning the Rimfire stuff into jewelry.

[robg]

Primed 50 308 cases ,then expanded them .sized 50.357 cases

[Outer Rondacker]

Helping a friend into reloading(45acp). One who wants to learn the correct way and take his time to understand what is going on. He has joined here. Let him sit down at the single stage and work up 118 rounds. I think he is hooked. For now I will be letting him come reload in my room until we can get him the basics. Sad but he his out of work at the moment do to a medical issue and time is what he has. I see a few looking to buys in my future. LOL

[Reverend Al]

Loaded 100 + rounds of .38-55 WCF for an upcoming range day with friends. They are just starting to get involved in Cowboy Action Shooting and want to try out my Lyman Ideal mini Sharps as a possible rifle for his wife to shoot in the long range rifle matches. (100 to 200 yards at our local CAS matches) Winchester cases and Winchester primers with 255 grain plain based bullets over 20.00 grains of IMR4198 and some Lyman #37583 145 grain "gallery" bullets over 5.0 grains of Unique to get her started with some "no recoil" practice loads. (Got those bullets from an old friend who cast them for me in his old Ideal mould and I sure wish I could find a copy of that mould for myself!)

[sparky45]

I like that case loading block!

What do you use to bore the blind holes? I was thinking of modifying some Forster bits for the right diameter and a flat bottom.
I used a machinist bit, 31/64" and it worked very well.

[sundog]

Over the last few weeks I've been casting a few runs from an older (cardboard box era) 2-cavity RCBS 38-162-SWC GC. Boy, howdy! What a nice mould! They seem to shoot as well, or maybe a little better near full house than Ly 35-156-SWC (one of my favorites in .357 mag pistola) in several lever carbines we've been playing with. And since the RCBS has 2 very nice loob grooves opposed the the Ly with only one, I'm tending to like the RCBS a little 'mo betta' in the carbines. Evenings (while idiot box is blaring) I've been running them through a Ly 450 and .360 die and Hornady checks. Powders have included 4227 and surplus '4759' (M1 carbine pull down), H108 and a few others. Gonna load and shoot some more real soon -- this weekend maybe. I think some N105 and N110 might be in order for testing. Kinda nice having a range behind the house.

Added: Loob is FWFL, brass is Starline, primers are whatever we have on hand - I think we've been using CCI SP lately. Alloy is straight COWW AC'd.

[Jal5]

Tested out a brand new Lee mold 358125 RF and ran it simultaneously with my old mold. Not terribly impressed with the boolits from the new one too rounded. But both molds rained boolits. That new one may need a couple of casting cycles to break it in.

[tazman]

Got in a lyman 358311 I purchased off eBay today. I heated up the Lee 4-20, got the mold up to heat, and had at it.
Things went really well. In about 90 minutes I had just over 500 boolits on the table. The mold was a 2 cavity and dropped easily and cleanly.
With my alloy the boolits were coming out at 165 grains and .3575-.358 diameter. Since I tumble lube, I don't even need to run them through sizer.
Tomorrow after they have dried I will load some and go to the range.

[Bullwolf]

Got in a lyman 358311 I purchased off eBay today. I heated up the Lee 4-20, got the mold up to heat, and had at it.
Things went really well. In about 90 minutes I had just over 500 boolits on the table. The mold was a 2 cavity and dropped easily and cleanly.
With my alloy the boolits were coming out at 165 grains and .3575-.358 diameter. Since I tumble lube, I don't even need to run them through sizer.
Tomorrow after they have dried I will load some and go to the range.

I'm a big fan of the Lyman 358311.
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=101643&d=1396841095


Though mines just a dual cavity mould, it will still make a nice pile of boolits.
(358311 pile on the left)
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=52449&d=1308462430

Shoots great in wide variety of my firearms too, and is speed loader friendly.

Wouldn't trade mine for anything. It's the last 38 caliber mould I'd get rid of.


- Bullwolf

[Hairtrigger]

Removed my Rockchucker and replaced it with a RCBS Summit
Then I loaded 223WSSM with 64gr
Ready for woodchucks
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[Tenbender]

Polished out a 452 mold today. It was throwing 453 and I wanted 455 to size back to 454. Now I do !

[Jal5]

Another run with the new Lee die after cleaning with alcohol. A little better but still lots of culls. Maybe 3rd time will be the charm.

[trapper9260]

Load about 300 of 9mm for one of my pistols that is different then my others. That was yesterday.

[Schrag4]

My first small batch of 25 380 Auto cartridges fed and cycled well, so I made up another 50. I probably won't go through a ton of this ammo, as it's for my wife's LCP, but considering the cost of 380 factory ammo, the dies and turret should pay for themselves in fairly short order. In case you're wondering, I'm loading 100gr Berry's RNFB to 0.965 over 2.8gr of Bullseye. I have not chronographed this load, probably won't considering its intended use - it just has to feed and cycle reliably. Did this a couple of days ago.

[Lagamor]

Cast a couple of hundred 9mm 125 grain penta HP's from my brand new MP mold, and tore down an early 80's MEC Sizemaster, then cleaned it up and lubricated it. Put it back together and it is running SMOOTH now. Can't wait to bust some clay this weekend!

[StuBach]

Finally stepped into a PID (by OBIII). Now that it's set up, looking forward to seeing if they really are as nice to have as everyone claims.

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[Jal5]

Used BLL ON COUPLE hundred 9mm boolits 358125 RF Lee. Had to thin it down pretty good as it had been sitting a long time in a plastic catsup bottle. Will probably do two coats on these for that reason.

[Cleve Branch]

Was in The loading room long enough to to grab the 22-250 and box of shell. Then went and shot ground squirrels.

[StuBach]

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Did some more polishing on HG #12 (picked up from another member, but had surface rust on cavities) and got it back in for another casting session. Drops looking much better (green box) but not quite as smooth as my HG #130 or my #68 clone from Miha.

Then I played with my Miha #68 clone for a little while and busted out another small supply of these to add to the bin. Gosh is that mold easy to work with.

[Texas by God]

Getting guns out of the way to load 6.8spc and .300 savage.

[Possum Lickaa]

Had my best casting session yet. Cast a couple hundred 200gr SWC out of my Lee mold. Lots of nice sharp edges on those boolits!

[Jal5]

Loaded 150 rounds of 9mm on the Loadmaster. Two flipped primers out of that. Couple other problems were totally my fault operating it.

[tazman]

I picked up a lb of BE86 yesterday. I hadn't seen it before so I decided to try some.
I loaded up 100 NOE 360-150-SWC and 50 Lee 358-158-RF with it to see how it works with cast. I will try them out next trip to the range.

[robg]

Loaded 60 .308w ,183g Lee mould GC boolits with 18 grains of 2400.

[Harter66]

Loaded about 27 work ups @3 /step to see if I want the XCB or the 35-200 for the 358 .
Conversion of 8x57 to 257 Roberts and prep with some fire forming.

Have a pile 6.8 Remington waiting for loading .

Prepped 7x6.8 mildcat for 50 rd.

[taco650]

Put a half full 5 gallon bucket of wheel weights in it. Still need to sort them.

[RogerDat]

Cast 460 SWC for the .38/.357 mag First time using an electric pot, because it sits lower than the turkey fryer I can cast sitting down. Much easier on the back so I finally decided to buy one. Soon as I finish casting a nice big batch (say around 1000) I will be trying some of Smokes powder coat on them. All my other pistol cast is already lubed so not usable for PC.

This is the perfect time of year for me to cast as many as I can, cool enough I won't sweat, warm enough I can leave doors open, with no mosquitos. Hoping to fill up about three or four 30 cal. ammo boxes with zip lock bags of cast and ready to lube or PC and then load.

Took advantage of a sale at Cabela's to finally scratch an C & B 1858 New Army itch that I have had for a good long time. Not bad price at $249 including a spare cylinder. About $100 off the regular price.

[Bullwolf]

I trimmed a bunch of split 38 Special and 357 Magnum cases I had (some were even primed) down to 38 Short Colt length.

Going to load a bunch of with some round ball loads for fun.



- Bullwolf

[Kilroy08]

I've been working on getting my new house whipped in to shape. Got my bench moved in last week and mounted presses over the weekend.

I must admit, Inline Fabrication has some slick stuff. I ended up ordering their 4" riser mount and adapter plates for my presses. I like the fact that I now have more usable space on my bench now.

I ended up running off about 250 rounds of .40 S&W before my Dillon 550 said, "Enough! I NEED MAINTENANCE!" The ram and pivots started giving me some grief, the 25 year old grease in it is probably gumming things up.

I'll be breaking it down, cleaning, and re lubricating as soon as the alignment tool comes in from Dillon.

[NavyVet1959]

Spent yesterday at the "reloading shack" doing things other than reloading... Used leaf blower to remove the leaf mulch from the rain gutters... Used an electric pole saw to trim the oak branches that were touching the roof of it and making it difficult to get from one side of the roof to the other... Filled up 2 large trash cans with the branches... Since it was a Live Oak tree, I cut up the thicker parts of the branches to use for BBQing / grilling meat... Drank a lot of beer and grilled some chicken quarters... Today was trash day, so after trash pickup empties those trash cans today, I will need to fill up the trash cans again with the leftover limbs that I couldn't fit in there last night.

UPDATE:

Filled up the two trash cans with more limbs this evening. Decided that all the leaves and grass clippings would make really good mulch for the banana plant jungle growing in the corner of the backyard, so dumped them in it instead of waiting until next week to put them out in the trash cans.

Tried to get the fan from the external condenser unit from an air-conditioner to work as a shop fan on 110VAC. Used the yellow and black wires, but the fan blade just sat there. If I turned the fan by hand, it would start up slowly. Interestingly, it didn't matter which way I started rotating it, the motor would start running that way. It wouldn't run anywhere close to the speed that it ran when on that old air-conditioning unit. My best guess is the it's a 220V motor and I probably should have saved the capacitor that was on the unit. :(

[Reverend Al]

Replaced the broken lower link on my second Dillon 550. (I keep one 550 set up for large primers and a second one set up for small primers just for convenience.) A piece of the casting snapped off where the handle hole is drilled and threaded through the piece of press linkage. Thank you again Mr. Dillon for your wonderful "No BS Warranty" program! Called them and they sent me the new replacement part lickety split! Back in business again ...

:smile:

[taco650]

Sorted the 60+ pounds of wheel weights I bought Monday. Ended up with about 43 pounds of COWW & ~10 pounds of SOWW's. The rest were steel with a few zinc.

[Reverend Al]

Today I replaced the monitor screen for the computer system I have set up down in my reloading shop. (I have all of my loading data and reference info saved to computer for easy access, plus I can print it off any time I want to to pass any of it along to friends, etc.) The old monitor "puked" on me so I had to go buy one today and switch them out. I'm back in business again ... (electronically that is) ...

;-)

[1989toddm]

Sorted the 60+ pounds of wheel weights I bought Monday. Ended up with about 43 pounds of COWW & ~10 pounds of SOWW's. The rest were steel with a few zinc.

That's a good percentage for nowadays!

[jimb16]

Today I sized and cleaned around 100 8mm mauser brass. Should be able to get them loaded sometime next week. Planning to used cast boolits with PC on them. Last week I finished putting up another 142 pounds of prepared bullet alloy.

[taco650]

That's a good percentage for nowadays!

When I got them, the tire shop owner let me fill my bucket myself so I picked through some as I loaded my bucket. That cut down a lot on the steel weights. They are easy to spot.

[1989toddm]

When I got them, the tire shop owner let me fill my bucket myself so I picked through some as I loaded my bucket. That cut down a lot on the steel weights. They are easy to spot.

That's great! The only tire shop I can get them at has buckets sitting out back and they are about 50/50 lead/zinc,steel. Still, for the free price I can't complain!

[taco650]

That's great! The only tire shop I can get them at has buckets sitting out back and they are about 50/50 lead/zinc,steel. Still, for the free price I can't complain!

What do you do with the steel and zinc?

[1989toddm]

Haven't done anything yet, been planning on scrapping them. You want them?

[Reverend Al]

Sorting brass ... lots and lots and LOTS of brass!

:bigsmyl2:

[Pee Wee]

Makeing 3000 rounds of Blackout brass from lake city 223 brass.

[62chevy]

50 rounds of 45 acp with the Lee 452-200-RF Powder Coated blue.

[Rick Hodges]

Loaded some fire forming loads to make new 7x30 waters cases.

[midnight]

Loaded up three small sample batches of 1 1/8 oz field loads for my 16 gauges with Blue Dot, Unique, and PB. Used the Ponsness Warren 375. I'll decide which is best after I pattern them.

Bob

[dragon813gt]

All I can do is dream of working in it :(

[taco650]

haven't done anything yet, been planning on scrapping them. You want them?

no! 😆

[1989toddm]

Ah come on! Lol If I had a cannon I would use them for that but alas, no cannon.


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[NavyVet1959]

What do you do with the steel and zinc?

Sometimes I'll run them through a smelting session in a pot that I just use for zinc and recover the zinc. All that is left at that point is just the steel weights and the steel clips. I had quite a few of them at one time and I was cementing steel fence posts for a steel fence along my backyard, so after setting the posts in concrete, I disposed of the steel weights and clips in the posts and tossed some more concrete in on top of them. Basically, I used them as additional aggregate for the concrete. :)

[6622729]

Lubed and started breaking in a new NOE 311414 mold for 300AAC. Using 6:1 COWW-Monotype alloy, test casts weigh 150.6 grains. Tonight I'll properly smoke the cavities and try to cast up a sample batch for loading.

[lrb605]

38 Special..sweet load...

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[Black Chrome]

I loaded up some .45 colt and .40 s&w earlier. Both PC cast and xtp and GDHP. Hopefully make a trip to the range next week to test the loads and decide on a good load for each combo. Tomorrow I need to load up some .380's

[Budzilla 19]

Cast up 856 124 grain round nose for the 9mm pistol. Gotta love that Lee 6 cavity mold! Next step is PC,size, and load!!!

[3 gun Gus]

Coated some commercial cast boolits with 45-45-10 because the blue (hard as heck wax) caused them to lead.
They are sized for my 45 but the blue lube failed. Hope this works.

Gus

[Outer Rondacker]

Washed 45acp brass and refilled all the presses with bullets, brass, and primers tubes. Then cleaned all the sizing dies on all my presses I leave set up. Just got the package of led lights I am going to cut up and put on all presses. Things look more like a work area again. Blood pressure has dropped for now anyway. I am sure soon as I have to deal with another moron it will run sky high and I will be back in my reloading room to relax.

[dragon813gt]

I bought a lot of reloading gear today so I placed all the boxes in the reloading area. Paid $300 for it all and it's a soup to nuts lot. Powder and primers alone are worth $220. I've seen some of the manuals sell for close to $50. And there is a couple hundred dollars worth of brass. Now it's time to decide what I'm keeping and what will be sold off.

[Ole Joe Clarke]

Took a nap in the rocking chair. :-)

[skeettx]

Loaded 300 9mm and 400 12 gauge :)

[Jal5]

Finished reloading the 9mm boolits i have been working on. 358125RF over Unique. About 350 rounds on Loadmaster this week. That tops off my supply.

[Possum Lickaa]

Sorted a 3 gal bucket of WW, and put up 48 lbs of alloy.

[toallmy]

The little darling went shooting with me yesterday afternoon , so I had a little brass to clean up and load . She said if she didn't know how much I enjoy loading ammo she would feel bad . She's right , and she has never looked better , than when the brass is flying and she is smiling . It's took me 30 years to get her out shooting ,she loads her own mags as well .

[Geezer in NH]

Primed 1213 223 mixed military cases with Winchester small rifle primers.

[RogerDat]

Made up 50 lbs. of 50/50 + 1.4% Sn in muffin pan pucks since I'm still casting a spring supply of pistol. Cast some more 38 SWC now at 950 done, which is why I had to make some more alloy. Sorted some 38 brass, running some through the vibrator right now and going out to finish casting another 150 - 200 more of those 38's and I'll call that good for now.

Can't wait to finish casting and set up toaster oven so I can start trying out the PC purchased from smoke in S&S. Looking forward to some purty bullets.

[1989toddm]

I bought a lot of reloading gear today so I placed all the boxes in the reloading area. Paid $300 for it all and it's a soup to nuts lot. Powder and primers alone are worth $220. I've seen some of the manuals sell for close to $50. And there is a couple hundred dollars worth of brass. Now it's time to decide what I'm keeping and what will be sold off.

I'd like to call dibs on any 22 hornet brass you find!


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[dragon813gt]

I'd like to call dibs on any 22 hornet brass you find!


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Don't have any of that. The guy was a very basic reloader that only had common cartridges. I am the owner of a Lee mold again. That turd will be for sale during the next panic.

[1989toddm]

Ah well, worth a shot!


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[40Super]

I am playing with .45acp shotshells these days , have too many rabbits around and don't want to use the 12ga to do it , plus it's fun. Used .40Super sizing die to form the 45 Mag cases down.

[6622729]

Applied gas checks, sized to .309 and retumble lubed 50 NOE 311414 boolits for testing in 300AAC. Gas check is .015 copper made from Pat Marlins Check Maker. Lube is Recluse 45/45/10. Sizer is Lee push through.

[Strtspdlx]

I re melted all my lead and used a new I got mold I got to consolidate everything into a smaller package so it easier to store. I also did this to clean everything again because I didn't do a good enough job when I first started out and I've been having a lot of dirt mess up my pouring pot.
The. I cleaned all my die sets and lubed them all, I attempted to make some dummy rounds to check seating depth and crimp for a new mold I just got which I cast about 300 bullets in while I was re melting my ingots. I pulled some bullets and found some swaging happening and that's when I threw in the towel for the day and started researching how to cure my swaging issues.

[Harter66]

Loaded some work ups for a 257 Roberts and some for a 6.8 Rem.

[wistlepig1]

I broke in a New 22 cal 6 holer Bantor mold. Nice!

[Possum Lickaa]

Put up 48# of pure. (SOWW)
-Every last bit of lead that I have is now in the form of boolits, or ingots...bummer.
Time for a trip to the tire shop!

[WFO2]

Installed the In Line Fabrication insert in my dillion swager .

[lawboy]

Cast some Lyman #31141 180gr. Bullets then made 300BLK loads for ladder testing with 4227 and 1680.

[DerekP Houston]

loaded up a few 44 magnum "plinker" rounds to test out. 6gr of titegroup and 7gr of titegroup under a 240gr lee rn.

[coxa2]

Loaded up 500rds of 9mm plinking rounds. 135gr cast with 4grs of CSB1

[StuBach]

Worked on my RSO training materials.


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[62chevy]

50 rounds of 45 acp.

[1989toddm]

loaded up a few 44 magnum "plinker" rounds to test out. 6gr of titegroup and 7gr of titegroup under a 240gr lee rn.

I use 5-ish gr of titewad under 200 or 240 cast. Lots of fun and a lb of powder lasts a long time!


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[tarbe]

Loaded up some test loads for September Elk hunt. 180gr Barnes TTSX in the 300 H&H. Won't mention the charges of IMR 7828 SSC as they are above book (long throated rifle).

Also loaded up some plinkers for the 416 Rigby...350gr Speer with 48gr of AA5744.

I know, I know...no cast boolits. Shame on me!

[Schrag4]

Loaded another 50 rounds of 380 Auto for my wife's LCP. She was complaining that there was too much un-burned powder powder last time we were at the range, so I bumped up the charge. They were functioning fine before, just left a noticeable amount of powder. We plan to try these out tomorrow evening.

[NavyVet1959]

Around 25 years ago, we went through the "glass furniture" stage -- glass supports, glass tops, and brass connectors. Disassembled, it's just a bunch of thick tempered glass sheets. These days, I use them as trays to dump bullets on when I'm tumble lubing them with alox. Of course the problem is that without a raised edge, they occasionally roll off. So, I decided to make a wooden frame for them today by ripping a 2x4 into basically two 2x2s and then cutting a 3/8" deep groove for the glass in the center. Cut 3/8" tongues on the rails so that it wouldn't be just a butt joint. Now just need to glue and clamp them together and sand them a bit more. Nothing fancy... At least now I will be able to stack the glass sheets instead of having them laying all over everywhere with bullets drying in them. :)

[6622729]

Today I loaded 49 rounds 300AAC to complete a box of 100. Then I applied .015 copper gas checks (I stamped from Pat Marlin's dies) to 100+ Lee C312-155-2R boolits and gave them their final tumble lube. I cast 177 NOE 311414 boolits single cavity using my 10# Lee bottom pour pot using 6:1 COWW-Monotype alloy. They came out shiny and smooth. The roughness in the picture is just water spots. It wipes right off.

I am now doing all of my boolit casting using electricity generated by 400 watts of off-grid solar panels stored in 460 amp/hrs of battery. It's just an added little fun factor to my hobby that all of my boolits from now on will be created by the power of the sun. I've been doing all of my wet and dry brass polishing by solar generated electricity for a while now.

[taco650]

Today I loaded 49 rounds 300AAC to complete a box of 100. Then I applied .015 copper gas checks (I stamped from Pat Marlin's dies) to 100+ Lee C312-155-2R boolits and gave them their final tumble lube. I cast 177 NOE 311414 boolits single cavity using my 10# Lee bottom pour pot using 6:1 COWW-Monotype alloy. They came out shiny and smooth. The roughness in the picture is just water spots. It wipes right off.

I am now doing all of my boolit casting using electricity generated by 400 watts of off-grid solar panels stored in 460 amp/hrs of battery. It's just an added little fun factor to my hobby that all of my boolits from now on will be created by the power of the sun. I've been doing all of my wet and dry brass polishing by solar generated electricity for a while now.

Talk about eco-friendly!

[pdumont01]

Made some 45shttp://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160413/9822ff92c7eab68a5e8f9b73d86865bb.jpg

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[1989toddm]

Today I loaded 49 rounds 300AAC to complete a box of 100. Then I applied .015 copper gas checks (I stamped from Pat Marlin's dies) to 100+ Lee C312-155-2R boolits and gave them their final tumble lube. I cast 177 NOE 311414 boolits single cavity using my 10# Lee bottom pour pot using 6:1 COWW-Monotype alloy. They came out shiny and smooth. The roughness in the picture is just water spots. It wipes right off.

I am now doing all of my boolit casting using electricity generated by 400 watts of off-grid solar panels stored in 460 amp/hrs of battery. It's just an added little fun factor to my hobby that all of my boolits from now on will be created by the power of the sun. I've been doing all of my wet and dry brass polishing by solar generated electricity for a while now.

Do you need 500watts for the lead pot alone?


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[Harter66]

Last night I busted out 50 more 6.8 Remington . My girls got 100 45 ACP decapped ,sized and flaired.

[6622729]

Do you need 500watts for the lead pot alone?


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Yes. 500 watts for the lead pot and 1200 watts for the hot plate. Remember the inverter is pulling from the batteries so I am not limited to the theoretical output of the solar panels. The hot plate is only needed to preheat the mold and the lead pot cycles on and off once it's up to temp too. If I cast in strong daylight as I did today, (I cast 344 more of those NOE311414's) I could cast all day and barely be hitting the batteries. Off grid solar takes electricity from the panels and sends it to batteries. The inverter pulls from the batteries which can give up a lot more than 400 watts/hr.

[Jal5]

Pulled about 45 rounds in 9mm i had made mistake on bullet tension. Used the ss press and a large socket over the round and ram. Grabbed the bullet using a pliers. Easy and very little marking of the bullets. I can use all the components again.

[Reverend Al]

Ran 2 big batches of brass through my stainless pin tumbler ... it's drying in the food dehydrator now.

[NavyVet1959]

Glued up the frame for the glass tray for the tumble lubing tray today. Couldn't find enough of the right size clamps, so I just used my clamps in one dimension and then put it on the floor on edge with a 60ish-lb lead "pig" on top of it as a clamp in the other dimension.

https://sites.google.com/site/navyvet1959/misc-images/wood-trimmed-glass-tray-320w.jpg

[waltherboy4040]

Tumble lubed some bullets

[tazman]

Loaded 200 rounds of 38 special with Win 231 and Lyman's 358311 boolit. These have been working wonderfully lately in all my 38/357 revolvers.

[phaessler]

166384
Member "mike daniels" offered this Lyman 323481 for sale and got it today in the morning mail.
Couldn't resist firing up the lead pot for a few, ended up being 200..... but was like Christmas time.

Pete

[dragon813gt]

Started going through the boxes of the equipment lot I bought. Okay, I only went through two of the buckets that came w/ it. I have enough 30cal 170 grain Winchester Silvertips and 165 grain Hornady BTSPs to hunt w/ for the rest of my life. Hopefully I have time tomorrow to start putting some of it away.

[Handloader109]

Took a few minutes yesterday to stop by one of the many resale stores such as salvation army runs. This one was a new store to me. Runs for the assistance of the arkansas Council for the blind... I can usually find something to use and my few $s spent does help. I happened to find a Harbour freight powder coating gun. Original box, looked to be everything there. $20. What the heck., it came home with me. I went out the is morning and fired up my pot as I didn't have any bullets to coat. Ran a hundred or so 9mm 115tc and then set up the gun. Coated The first batch decently, put in the oven and started casting again. Coated a second batch and then a final third. Made some solid hf red, and mixed some red with a Grey and it came out a pretty Lavender. Just about figured out how to use the gun, but I'll have to move outside to keep my shop clean. My rigged box won't contain the powder. Oh and I loaded up 50 each of the colors.

[NavyVet1959]

Finished up my first wood and glass tumble lubing bullet dump tray.

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[TXGunNut]

Worked on my RSO training materials.



Good on you, friend. Keep them safe!

[TXGunNut]

[QUOTE=NavyVet1959;3618166]Finished up my first wood and glass tumble lubing bullet dump tray.

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I like! Silly me, I use baking sheets and waxed paper.

[TXGunNut]

Didn't load a thing! Straightened up a bit. Drug out an old furnace, silly thing didn't have a spout or nothing! Had to use this funny-looking spoon-type thing to pour really hot lead into little iron blocks. Glad they had handles on them, they were pretty hot! Only made one boolit at a time. ;-)
Maybe I'll do some loading next weekend...if I'm not too busy mowing. Almost 3" rain last 24 hrs...with 3 hours to go. Thinking about taking up crawfish farming. ;-)

[NavyVet1959]

I like! Silly me, I use baking sheets and waxed paper.

Well, like I mentioned in a previous post, I have a few of these thick pieces of glass sitting around because they used to be table tops or the supports for the table tops because of our glass furniture period 25 or so years ago. This way, I get some use out of them. Also, the glass makes for a good writing surface for jotting down notes with a grease pencil.

Besides, I needed to learn how to make simple frames like this in case I ever want to do a floating panel cabinet door or something. :)

Turned out OK, I guess, since it started out as a pine 2x4...

[shoot-n-lead]

Loaded 150rds of .357 for the Rossi.

Cleaned and waxed the sliding surfaces on a powder measure.

[TXGunNut]

Turned out OK, I guess, since it started out as a pine 2x4... NavyVet1959

More than OK! Use what you have, you're my hero! Wax paper and baking sheets cost money. Glass w/ wood frames is a classy touch. If they were dishwasher safe you could probably make a bit of cash selling them.

[NavyVet1959]

More than OK! Use what you have, you're my hero! Wax paper and baking sheets cost money. Glass w/ wood frames is a classy touch. If they were dishwasher safe you could probably make a bit of cash selling them.

Thanks for the vote of confidence, but I'm sure those more seriously into woodworking would have the equipment to do this sort of thing quicker and a lot cheaper than I could if I was to actually put some value on my time. I came across this old table saw on CraigsList nearly 3 years ago and mainly it's just been for ripping lumber and making long straighter cuts easier than I could do with a handheld circular saw.

To make these sort of frames in any sort of production, a person would need a jointer, table top sander, and maybe an additional table saw so that he didn't have to keep changing the settings on the table saws. I just don't have the space for that sort of endeavor. Besides, once you start selling them, it becomes *work* and is not fun anymore. :)

Glass cleans up easily. That's why I like to use glass pieces to dump my tumble lubed bullets on. I have some larger pieces of thick tempered glass that I got off of someone on CraigsList really cheap. He had salvaged them from something and planned on using them in a cabin he was building, but he didn't realize they were tempered, so when he tried to cut the first one, it broke into tons of small pieces. He scored it and then tried to snap it like you do with normal glass and he ended up with a pile of basically this:

http://www.randrglassinc.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Tempered-glass.jpg

I just posted this in case anyone else has some scrap glass around to show them that it is pretty simple to make a frame for it so that you can use it as a tray for tumble lubed bullets.

[6622729]

I've been tumbling brass dry with the walnut shell/corn cob mix that is so popular. It does a great job on the outside of brass with some mineral spirits and a capful of NuFinish polish added to each round of tumbling. I became curious though whether wet tumbling works as well as some reviews and Youtube videos appear to show. This weekend I wet tumbled in ernest with the double drum Harbor Freight tumbler and .047 stainless media available on eBay. Holy Cow! It's wet tumbling for me from here forward. A little squirt of Dawn detergent in the water before closing up the drum along with a pinch of Lemi-Shine or similar wetting agent is all it takes. Gorgeous brass inside and out!

[Wayne Smith]

Thanks for the vote of confidence, but I'm sure those more seriously into woodworking would have the equipment to do this sort of thing quicker and a lot cheaper than I could if I was to actually put some value on my time. I came across this old table saw on CraigsList nearly 3 years ago and mainly it's just been for ripping lumber and making long straighter cuts easier than I could do with a handheld circular saw.

To make these sort of frames in any sort of production, a person would need a jointer, table top sander, and maybe an additional table saw so that he didn't have to keep changing the settings on the table saws. I just don't have the space for that sort of endeavor. Besides, once you start selling them, it becomes *work* and is not fun anymore. :)

Glass cleans up easily. That's why I like to use glass pieces to dump my tumble lubed bullets on. I have some larger pieces of thick tempered glass that I got off of someone on CraigsList really cheap. He had salvaged them from something and planned on using them in a cabin he was building, but he didn't realize they were tempered, so when he tried to cut the first one, it broke into tons of small pieces. He scored it and then tried to snap it like you do with normal glass and he ended up with a pile of basically this:

http://www.randrglassinc.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Tempered-glass.jpg

I just posted this in case anyone else has some scrap glass around to show them that it is pretty simple to make a frame for it so that you can use it as a tray for tumble lubed bullets.

For readily available tempered glass simply pull the glass off a dead printer/copier. They seem to be everywhere because they quit so easily.

[trixter]

I tore down my RCBS Pro 2000, put in the original box and am getting it ready to ship to it's new owner.

[Big Boomer]

Not what I did, but what I've got to do. Have 12 5-gallon buckets of lead ingots of differing hardness (some clip-on wheel weights, some pure lead stick-on wheel weights, some lead pipe, some mixed stick-on & clip-on plus some range pick-up commercial lead boolits that are perfect for casting) and wasn't careful when I tossed the ingots into the buckets and got some of them mixed. Will have to pour most of them out on the concrete floor and drop them on the floor, testing them from sound and put them in proper buckets. Planning ahead makes real good sense to me right now. Will also have to get my best hearing aids so I can tell the difference in the sounds. Big Boomer

[NavyVet1959]

For readily available tempered glass simply pull the glass off a dead printer/copier. They seem to be everywhere because they quit so easily.

If someone really needed the tempered glass pieces, there are some online stores that have them for reasonable prices. I have to think that the shipping might eat up the savings though. The 3/16" thick ones used for store shelving in 10"x16" is just $2.59.

https://www.storesupply.com/pc-12927-1123-10-x-16-x-316-tempered-glass-panels-67112.aspx

[skeettx]

TODAY :)
Was loading some 12 gauge, in my inside shop area, on a Texan MIV press,
Then went out to the back reloading shop and started cranking the
handle on my Star set up for 38 Special, the Hulme case feeder
was working just great.
Then it happened :eek:
The feeder quit feeding, so I cleared the jam thinking a 357 Mag
case has gotten in with the special brass
NO WAY
It was a 351 Winchester Self Loading case, now I wonder where
that came from!!!

Mike

[jimb16]

I was busy today I got caught up on loading my 8MM Mausers, .45 colt and 223s. Many hundreds of rounds done today. Tomorrow its the .45 autos and the .380s.

[WFO2]

Decapped a bunch of 45acp and 38 spcl.

[bichettereds]

Mounted my new to me 450 lube sizer. Waiting for my .358 sizer to size and lube my first ever batch of boolits.

[6622729]

I was busy today I got caught up on loading my 8MM Mausers, .45 colt and 223s. Many hundreds of rounds done today. Tomorrow its the .45 autos and the .380s.

Do you do any precision shooting? It seems counter intuitive to me that in a non-commercial environment one could crank out hundreds of rounds in a day and get consistent reproducible accuracy from those rounds. I'm not challenging you, genuinely asking. I'm weighing out each powder charge individually, sorting brass by headstamp and keeping it fire form matched to a particular gun, casting from a single cavity and sorting boolit weights for accuracy. If I load 40 rounds in an evening I feel like I have accomplished something.

[atlas366]

I sent back a Lee 9mm Die set that had two factory crimp dies instead of a crimp die and seating die. Annoying, but not the end of the world. Hitting case prep this evening.

[Loudy13]

Well today it is raining in the great white north (MN), So I am going to cast some 9mm and some 150Gr Boolits for a 300BO. The Molds showed up yesterday and if this day of work ever ends I am going to get to it!!

[DerekP Houston]

I am rained in! Couldn't even make it to the range, road closures in all directions due to creeks overflowing. Found some 158gr swc that I bought sometime back so I'm gonna load em up in hopes I can make it later this week.

[g17]

cast some 158gr swc, some 148gr wc and a few .45 cal balls.

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[NavyVet1959]

I am rained in! Couldn't even make it to the range, road closures in all directions due to creeks overflowing. Found some 158gr swc that I bought sometime back so I'm gonna load em up in hopes I can make it later this week.

I know what you mean... I had to take my wife to IAH yesterday and there was a section of Will Clayton Parkway that was enough underwater than people were diverting. Even the 18-wheelers were being turned around. Luckily, I was driving my truck, so I waded through it to the intersection, headed north to FM-1960, then west to Lee Road, then back south to Will Clayton. Her flight ended up being delayed for a couple of hours and she missed her connecting flight in Chicago, so she got stuck there overnight. And, of course, she had made the mistake of checking her luggage, so all her toiletries and stuff were not available when she got up this morning. LMAO...

Of course, the usual feeder road sections on US-59 were underwater. The Beltway 8 / US-59 interchange was closed off near IAH. After dropping her off, it also turned out that Will Clayton was closed off near US-59 on the eastbound side also, so had to loop back and head south on Lee Road. Water was over the road in places, but nothing that wasn't passable in a pickup.

I guess everyone was flooded in at home since the traffic was very light on the freeways yesterday, even during the late afternoon and into "rush" hour.

I suspect the range over at Bayou Rifles at the Addicks Reservoir is flooded...

[Reverend Al]

Sorted a bunch of brass and put two more big batches through my ss pin tumbler. A big batch of .40 S&W are in the dehydrator right now and I'll empty those out of the dehydrator tomorrow morning and replace them with an equally big batch of .45 ACP's ...

[Loudy13]

Well today it is raining in the great white north (MN), So I am going to cast some 9mm and some 150Gr Boolits for a 300BO. The Molds showed up yesterday and if this day of work ever ends I am going to get to it!!

ending up casting about 450 9mm with my new 6 holer Lee mold, being the first 6 holer I was surprised at how many little wonderful bullets were all of a sudden rolling out. I was not prepared for that amount of production. I did recover with a few changes to my process. What a blast!!!

I also cast about 150, 150Gr bullets for my buddies Blackout. all in all a good time in the garage out of the rain!!

[tazman]

Loaded a variety for my 38/357 revolvers tonight. I plan to do some practice within the next couple of days and will take most of them with me when I go.

[1989toddm]

Melted down 42 lbs of COWW. Not in the loading room, but out in the driveway.http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160421/9a3feb1889269f4009d3f07a4a50f6aa.jpg


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[Loudy13]

I coated all the bullets I made yesterday. 9mm, 300BO, and some 38 special

[trixter]

I am working a batch of 200 rounds of 223 getting them prepped and ready for reloading.

[Loudy13]

167110Cast a couple hundred 230Gr .45 TC and 350 or so 9mm 120Gr TC, Amazing how much better the casting goes when the Lead temp is high enough!!

[edctexas]

Today I loaded 300 9X19mm with 125 gr LRN ESPC boolits over 3.7 gr Tite Group. That load seemed to work well last Friday. Chronoed about 1100 fps on my LabRadar.

Ed C

[trixter]

Changed over from 223 to 45ACP, well almost waiting on a part that will be here tomorrow.

[edadmartin]

Well I'm done reorganizing the loading corner in my garage.now I've started installing the case ejjector system for my 4 hole lee turret press.i thought we were in spring,but today it's 32 and rain. Time for a cup of joe.

[trixter]

Turned the light on in the room and sighed; waiting on parts. Just checked, they were delivered to my front door. I will go home from the 'salt mine' and put them inside, then off to the grandson's baseball game; wow when did I get so busy??

[tazman]

Loaded enough 38Special to replace the ones I shot a couple of days ago.

[DerekP Houston]

Loaded enough 38Special to replace the ones I shot a couple of days ago.

Just got done on a 38 spec loading spree myself. Filled one of the cheap academy 30 cal boxes full of wadcutters. Then cleaned up the desk so i can get ready for another type.

[tazman]

Just got done on a 38 spec loading spree myself. Filled one of the cheap academy 30 cal boxes full of wadcutters. Then cleaned up the desk so i can get ready for another type.

Given the practice I have been doing lately, this seems to be a never ending process.

[sav300]

Loaded 50 rounds of 40-65 for the Sharps,50 rounds for the Pedersoli rolling block 38-55.Then loaded several 32-20 for my martini 32-20 and off to the range tomorrow.

[StuBach]

Blew off some steam by melting down some presorted COWWs, fluxing x4, then into the muffin tins they went.

Traded my auto shop a 15pk of Bud Light for the supply in hopes of bigger payout down the road but $.58 a pound of cleaned useable COWW still isn't bad. Got three more shops saying they'll save their's for me also. Time to start building the supply like some of the more tenured members.

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[granville_it]

Evening all. Made a batch of black powder lube for my 45-70. Cheers Mark

[TXGunNut]

Drained the bottom pour pot to make ingots. Scrubbed some new NOE moulds. Could be a big day tomorrow.

[pdumont01]

http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160430/dd5c910d7f935a6e1b356c97e58006e8.jpgmelted 100 lbs of wheel weights got about 85lbs of cleaned muffins.
Also made a test batch of 30 cals http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160430/affe6e8002c01525fba2eea30f886be1.jpg don't mind the 2 shiny ones those are for testing.

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[62chevy]

Tumble tumble tumble go the .308 cases.

[ohiomadman]

I loaded up thirty rounds of 22 Hornet using Lee`s 55grain boolit. I have a H&R Handi rifle and the twist must be to slow and the boolits were keyholing at 25yds.

So I tried slowing them way down. I am getting really good groups at 25yds. using 1grain of Trail Boss. Not sure how fast they are going but I am guessing about 500-600 FPS.

[JeffG]

Loaded 200 rounds 9mm with bullets cast yesterday

[taco650]

Try speeding them up.

[BUCKEYE BANDIT]

Primers in the 300 Blk/Out I spent the winter converting.Powder and boolits tomorrow if it keeps RAINING :groner:

[DerekP Houston]

Mold finally started cooperating today, cast around 30lbs of 38 spec 148gr wad cutters. Half powder coated the other half Hitek gold.

I may have bid on a h&g 50 mold to replace my lee...

[StuBach]

Derek, I have that mold and you will not regret it.

There is also a Gb in discussion for a MiHec replica that has Hollow base options in case you didn't see it.


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[DerekP Houston]

Derek, I have that mold and you will not regret it.

There is also a Gb in discussion for a MiHec replica that has Hollow base options in case you didn't see it.


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I did indeed see it. I would have no problem owning both ;).

[Tom W.]

I moved my powder measure so I'd have more room to cast.....

[Bob65]

Decided to start getting some of these bad boys ready.

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Sitting next to a .22 for comparison.

[obssd1958]

45-75??


Decided to start getting some of these bad boys ready.

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Sitting next to a .22 for comparison.

[tazman]

I cast up 500 of the NOE 360-135-fn to use in my 9mm and 38/357. I am starting to really like this boolit in 38 special. I need to try it out in my 357 to see how it works.
It is my most accurate boolit for my 9mm followed closely by the NOE 360-155-TC(ELCO).

[Bob65]

45-75??

.577 Snider

[paraord]

Lubed and sized about 150 429244 and about 70 429421 that I cast yesterday. Boy am I looking forward to the double cavity 429421 to even that up

[.455 Webley]

Loaded up a summers worth of 45-60. Then made some full wadcutters over Unique for the .35 Remington.

[dragon813gt]

Something I said I would never do. Inventoried the powder and primers. I should do it for the jacketed bullets and brass but that can wait. Things were a lot simpler when I used three powders.

[Budzilla 19]

Wet tumbled the first of many '06 cases!!!!! 270 to do also, but the '06 needed to be first! I'm just sayin'

[tazman]

I spent the morning casting and sizing. I cast 350 NOE 360-148-WC(hollow base) and 250 Lyman 358429. I sized them all and they will get lubed in a day or two.
The wadcutters will go for match target loads. The 358429 boolits will go for 357 mag rounds.

[RogerDat]

I spent the morning casting and sizing. I cast 350 NOE 360-148-WC(hollow base) and 250 Lyman 358429. I sized them all and they will get lubed in a day or two.
The wadcutters will go for match target loads. The 358429 boolits will go for 357 mag rounds.

So how do you like that NOE HBWC mold? I have bookmarked that item and am interested in what you think of it?

Oh and this weekend I PC'd a bunch of 44 mag SWC in Michigan State Green and White for one of the kids who is a die hard UofM fan. Just for the record I ordered some yellow so I can do UofM blue and gold. I'll use those for "light loads" I include the grand kids and daughter in law. Along with 200 .38 SWC and some .314 for the Enfield.

Oh and found a 500 round box of .22 LR for only $50 or 10 cents a round. Most of the stuff I have seen has been $12 per hundred so $10 per hundred looked decent. Won't have to buy any more for awhile, I don't shoot it that often, but sister has a grandkid they gave a .22 rifle and wanted to make sure he had something to shoot it with.

[Hogdaddy]

Loaded about 100 357 mags ; )
H/D

[Pumpkinheaver]

Tumbled a bunch of .45 acp brass.

[jimb16]

I finished PCing, sizing and GCing over 1600 new cast boolits for the .45 ACP, 91/30 and the 8mm Mauser. Man! That's a lot of work!

[drifterdon]

Mounted my new Lyman 4500. Can't wait for the sizing dies to get here tomorrow to load up some 158 SWC.

[blikseme300]

Loaded another 40 rounds for load testing for my new to me tang safety Ruger M77 in 458WM. We have some tough jack rabbits on the farm that can't be taken using anything smaller. [smilie=l:

[NavyVet1959]

Drank a new beer... Tin Man Overlord Imperial IPA...

Loaded a few more "nuclear" 10mm loads with the resized .44 mag bullets, but mainly just drank the IPA... :)

[TXGunNut]

BRB. Going to TL some boolits so I don't feel like such a slacker. ;-)

[TXGunNut]

OK. Better now.:bigsmyl2:

[Pumpkinheaver]

I made a bunch of empty brass, does that count?????LOL

[midnight]

Loaded up 100 rounds of 7/8 & 1 oz 12 gauge loads in shortened AA hulls. Got a lot of practice perfecting my roll crimping technique. The hulls were ready to be tossed but I cut off about 3/8 in and gave them new life at least for one more firing.

Bob

[41mag]

I cleaned up my new NOE 360-135-fn that came in yesterday so it is ready to ty out this coming weekend.

Sorted out around 700-900 45 ACP cases that were all dumped in the tumbler last week after cleaning out the range bag. Now they are ready to load back up for more practice.

After I got those out of the corn cob, I pulled out the 300 or so 41mag brass I had in the walnut, and dumped those in the cob for a final finish before I load them back up as well. Gonna be a busy weekend.

Luckily I found a stash of the MP 412640's that were already coated and sized so at least I don't have to pour up a mess of those to get back into a range ready condition.

I also dug out a box each of the HG-68's, 78's and 130's to fill up those empty 45's with.

Least I feel like I managed to accomplish something in the right direction.

[Loudy13]

167504Some 45/9mm/308

[JSnover]

Cleaned up some old dies, replaced a few magazine springs. Nothing earth-shattering.

[pdumont01]

http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160504/3278aa3f7112d5204bd3010d69333ff4.jpgcast a few .308s and installed gas checks

[3 gun Gus]

I refilled my range can for my next trip to the range.

Gus

[FISH4BUGS]

Still working on loading the 5000 H&G 331's 9mm I cast and sized (6 cavity mould) over the winter. Load them on the Dillon 550. I load 500 or so, then make sure they are case guaged each and every one as I load them into the cartridge boxes. I have 2000 all ready to go in the nifty Dillon boxes now and do a few hundred or so every day.

[Seeker]

Loaded up 200 .45 colt. powders....Red Dot, BE86 and Unique. Boolits....200 rf and 255 swc.

[Budzilla 19]

finishing off the last of some 3,000 .223 brass I recently acquired! Stainless pin tumbled, lay them out to dry, then begin processing! Same thing for 30/06, 270, and now some 7/08's. nothing too ambitious yet. (working nights is putting a crimp in my shooting).

[drifterdon]

Started working up my load for 158 grain SWC for my 38 special.
Loaded 5 of each with HS-6 5.8 gr., 5.9 gr., 6.0 gr.
Will take them up to the range in the morning and use the Chrony and see what I get for accuracy.
Looking to get about 906 fps to replicate the Buffalo Bore 158 grain HP non +P load for practice.

[TXGunNut]

I sized some 300 Savage brass and dropped them in the tumbler. Have some 30-40 Krag brass coming in tomorrow. That should be fun.

[JeffG]

Loaded 100 rounds 9mm with TL356-124-TC during lunch

[ohiomadman]

Just got done sizing and flaring about 400 45acp case`s.

[JonB_in_Glencoe]

Case prep.
converting some 257 Rob into 257Rx6.5mm
getting ready to load a hundred or so with two different boolits and a few different powders, tomorrow.

[DerekP Houston]

Just opened my first H&G mould and cleaned it out! It is heating on the hotplate now to fully dry and lubricate for my first round of casting with it.

[therealhitman]

1000 or so 9mm RCBS 356 124gr TC over 3.6 of WSF.

[ohiomadman]

Stuck CCi primers in about 400 45acp case`s last night.

[TXGunNut]

cCleaning cases at the moment. Sized some 303 Brit into 30 US last night and lube/sized/GC'd some 312299's. Hoping to load a bit later. Ran out of Hornady GC's and finally got around to trying Gator checks. Don't believe I'll be buying any more Hornady checks. :-)

[taco650]

cCleaning cases at the moment. Sized some 303 Brit into 30 US last night and lube/sized/GC'd some 312299's. Hoping to load a bit later. Ran out of Hornady GC's and finally got around to trying Gator checks. Don't believe I'll be buying any more Hornady checks. :-)

Why are you using. 303 British for 30-40? Don't the necks come out too short?

[DerekP Houston]

had a good day casting emptied the pot twice. really considering the pro-melt the more my lee 4-20 drips on me. once I get another 1000 or so cast I will coat with hitek and start reloading again.

[TXGunNut]

Why are you using. 303 British for 30-40? Don't the necks come out too short?

Yes, but they're all I can find right now. Seems to be a pretty common practice. Loaded a few 312299's over 20grs 5744.
Loaded my first CB 30-06's tonight. Never really intended to do that but they won't get shot or go hunting until I do. Looaded the 312299's over 3031.
Funny. 30 US and 30 Govt in the same night. Yes, it was a bit confusing. ;-)

[goryshaw]

Removed stuck cases from my .223 Rem RCBS die twice, and from a Hornady .223 die once. I've had one stuck case in 30 years, then three in about the last 10 days.

After getting that resolved I've resized and decrimped primer pockets on roughly 600 .223 cases. Reprimed 300 of them, as well as 30x .30-06. Resized 50x .357 Mag, 50x .38 Spc and 20x .45-70. Tumble lubed 300x Lee 358-125 with BLL to load in .38 Spc this coming week.

Picked up 5000x S&B small rifle primers at the new Cabelas that just opened up nearby. Should keep me in stock for service rifle till 2018 or so.

[Tom W.]

Sized & lubed some .45 boolits, then loaded 25 .45acp rounds w/ red dot.

[Lagamor]

Loaded a 100 gun club shotshells with an ounce and an eighth of 7 1/2 magnum. Over a Fig 8 wad, 19 grains of WST and 209 Winchester primers.

[trixter]

All of my reloading is done for a while, I am out of empty cases. I need to go shoot more, much more. So I tore the AR15 apart for a thorough cleaning, and the XDm 45 needed some attention too, so now I have clean guns.

[6622729]

All of my reloading is done for a while, I am out of empty cases. I need to go shoot more, much more. So I tore the AR15 apart for a thorough cleaning, and the XDm 45 needed some attention too, so now I have clean guns.

Focused on 9mm right now. I am loading COWW alloy cast Lee TL356-124-TC. No sizing and 1 round of 45/45/10 lube and moderate crimp. I have an accurate load with Ramshot Silhouette and now working with BE-86. I loaded a couple hundred rounds after finding a nice accurate load this weekend for my Glock 19 at 90% of the published load.

[tazman]

I finished loading the last of my pound of BE86. I loaded nearly 1500 rounds of Lee 358-158-RF with it over the last two weeks. I only had the one pound and it did it's best job under that boolit.
I have plenty of other powders that are more flexible for use in my guns.

[DerekP Houston]

debating what to start for my next run. could stand to do a batch of 380's I suppose, still have a few jars of 92gr noe boolits to use up. New mold on the way for my 40 cal so I will start casting for it soon as well.

[Texas by God]

Between work and farming I've been loading 200SWC /6grs Unique in .45 acp as time allows. 500rounds on a Rockchucker!

[Loudy13]

45 230gr TC.... Or jelly beans as I'm now calling them

[ohiomadman]

I loaded up 52 rounds of 44mag. A 240 grain TL LSWC over 19 grains of 2400.

[TXGunNut]

Sized some 35 Rem cases and ran 100 NOE 360200's thru the 4500. Cabela's is having a promotion this weekend so I'm for getting a VX-3i for Scopekiller. Broke in the 360200 a few weeks ago so this should be interesting.

[shadowwalker]

I'm trying to teach myself to load for 9mm. I got a new Lee mold and sizer in yesterday. Tonight I cleaned the mold up good, smoked it and tried my hand at casting some. I got about 50 good ones made up before the rain hit and I had to shut down. I got those tumble lubed and laid out to dry. Tomorrow I'll try out the sizer and see if I can get them loaded.

5-14-16 Loaded up and tested a few until I got it right. Loaded about 25 more until I realized I was almost out of small pistol primers.

[drifterdon]

Loaded up 100 Lee C358158SWC on 5.0 grains of CFE Pistol, and 50 240 grain Lasercast SWC with 6.0 grains W321, more to come tomorrow.

[paraord]

Well I am batting a thousand in my reloading room/casting area. Last night while breaking in the new to me 358429 my mould handles stand in defiance
http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz154/paraord1911/Mobile%20Uploads/20160513_164224_zpszjucpaa8.jpg (http://s823.photobucket.com/user/paraord1911/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20160513_164224_zpszjucpaa8.jpg.html)

And today I figure, well let's deprime this pile of brass.....the bench says no more and a 2x2 pops off the bench along with the press and a 44 mag shell halfway sized.

http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz154/paraord1911/Mobile%20Uploads/20160514_070559_zps9dkmk2ii.jpg (http://s823.photobucket.com/user/paraord1911/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20160514_070559_zps9dkmk2ii.jpg.html) At least the bench is a 2 dollar fix with some new bolts. This time it will go through the metal frame.

Off to the hardware store.

[TXGunNut]

Some days it's just not meant to be. Close the door and walk away. I've had those days, bet we all have.



I loaded some 35 Rem rounds for Scopekiller; RD 359190 and NOE/RCBS 360200 over LVR. Mounted a 2.5-8X VX-3i on Scopekiller. Probably should have done that years ago.

[trails4u]

Nothing...absolutely nothing. Dangit. Got a dozer I borrowed at the ranch right now, so the Mrs. has no time for me and my habits. Pushing dirt like there's no tomorrow...... Don't get me wrong...I enjoy seat time in a good machine, but I do miss the bench/range.

[dragon813gt]

Loaded 250 rounds of 9mm on Friday. Found a box of Hornday bullets that I forgot about. Finding 1k bullets is always a good thing :)

I labeled the boxes and wrote the loads down in my binder. Developed a load numbering system to keep track of everything moving forward. Was getting to confusing w/ multiple boxes labeled w/ Load #X on them. This is what happens when you have multiple guns in the same caliber and they all like slightly different loads :laugh:

[DerekP Houston]

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ready to load more 38! cast a few dozen of the new keith style hp from mihec will see how it performs.

[Landshark9025]

I turned about 150 lbs of range scrap into about 100-120 lbs of ingots. And then I took a nap.

[Landshark9025]

Are those PC? Do you shake and dump? They look like Hi-tek but the foil has me wondering.



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ready to load more 38! cast a few dozen of the new keith style hp from mihec will see how it performs.

[dragon813gt]

Cleaned this mess up :beer:
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[DerekP Houston]

Are those PC? Do you shake and dump? They look like Hi-tek but the foil has me wondering.

Those are hitek, zombie green and gold 1035. I did half early via bbtb and standing them up with gloves. I generally get tired about halfway through and then hitek the remainder ;).

[Landshark9025]

ha ha, I cast a bunch of 358-125RF recently and got about 3/4 of them powder coated and started thinking about mixing some Hi-tek. Mine is the old version with the catalyst and it doesn't keep. I hate mixing and wasting.

[Spruce]

Pin tumbled about 1000 45acp, and let dry. TL some store bought 148 DEWC with BLL to try. Looked and the mess on my reloading bench after working all night and decided another day, can't concentrate right now for that.

[tazman]

I got up early this morning and went to the casting area and plugged in my lead pot. I went into the reloading room and loaded up some 38 special wadcutters while I was waiting for the pot to heat up.
When the lead got hot, I cast up a little over 400 of 358311 boolits. I still had some energy left so I went back into the loading room and finished 400 rounds of 38 special wadcutters.
Now I need to wait for the tumble lube to dry and I can load some round nose.

[Black Powder Bill]

Pulled a box down and found a pound of unique and bullseye in the old cardboard round containers. Loaded a handfull of 9m.

[JSnover]

Finally got to work on that bench top I was going to build last summer. Ya gotta pace yerself.

[jimb16]

I finally got to the range to "unload" those 8mm and 7,62x54 rounds that I've loaded for testing a couple of weeks ago. Now I'm going to start the process of reloading them with the same boolits and a different powder. Gee! Unloading them was fun!

[Lagamor]

Cast from my Mihec mold for just the second time. 125 grain 9 mm penta hollow points. It was a nice cool day and the bullets felt like they were pouring themselves.
Poured 500 with less than ten percent scrap, which was a big improvement. Gonna get a big toaster oven tomorrow and powder coat them Friday.

[dougader]

200 rounds, 45 Colt, 255 SWC over 231;
12 rounds 45 Colt with the Speer shot capsules, over W231.
100 rounds 264 SWC-HP with Blue Dot;
100 rounds 44 Special with a Keith 250 gr SWC over Blue Dot;
40 rounds 35 Remington with 195 RFP over Blue Dot;
20 rounds 35 Rem with 125 jhp/Blue Dot;
40 Rounds 30-30, 122 gr powder coat RNL with BD;
100 rounds 45 auto with my last box of the discontinued Speer 200 grain "flying astray," with... Blue Dot.

[Beau Cassidy]

Yesterday I cast 47 lbs of my 9mm Accurate powdercoated bullet and about 250 of MiHec 9mm HP bullets. Got most of them coated.

[Jal5]

Loaded another 50 of 223 rem plinking ammo [emoji1]

[DerekP Houston]

still hitek'ing my batch of 380 92gr noe boolits. Got the promelt delivered and installed and couldnt resist pouring up a few hundred.

[swmass]

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Dont know why they're sideways... anyway, made a few more target stands. Got a full season out of the last ones I made before the wood got chewed up pretty good. These are both super cheap to make, and I break them down and bring em to the range in a sedan [smilie=2:

[Bookworm]

Worked some .30-30 brass. 200 cases, my entire stash.
Tumbled, primer pockets cleaned, full-length re-sized. This is mostly range brass, after I shoot it I will only neck-size.

[TXGunNut]

Finished polishing some brass. Long day but I still feel like a slacker around here, lol.

[Shiloh]

314299 for the '06. 22.5 gr. 4227.

Shiloh

[trails4u]

Sweet heavenly bliss....I actually MADE IT to my bench yesterday. Nothing too fancy....tumbled some -06, 5.56 and 43 Spanish brass from the last range trip, and worked up a test ladder for 150gr jwerds in the now-not-so-new Tikka. Trying 4895 in the 51-53 gr. range under Sierra 150gr SPs. The 165s are sub-moa all day with 4350....excited to see if it will shoot a lighter bullet just as well!

[Texas by God]

Raining! Too wet to work! So far so good. I intend to wrap up loading the .45 acps I've been loading for two weeks. Then load some .270s and some .300bo. Also I need to finish installing Novak sights on my trusty Ballester-Molina. And try to make a Targa GT.380 run reliably. Wish me luck on THAT one! Best, Thomas.

[flyingmonkey35]

Loaded some 45lc. And took the boy for hikehttp://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160519/547242f763b22dcbfce91f08aff6937c.jpg

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[Bookworm]

De-capped and tumbled 363 pieces of 9mm brass. Resized 300 of them itty bitty things.
Dismantled 73 count of 38 auto rounds. The brass will be put up for sale or trade, will reuse the primers.

[Smk SHoe]

cast a couple hundred 9 mm, and 200 or so 357 bullets. sized 300 blackout casing's and found a couple hundred 357 mag casing's to turn into 256 win magnum casing's for my neighbor. suppose to rain all weekend so will live in the man cave reloading

[HangFireW8]

Cast about 300 8mm Karabiners in my garage, then sized checked and lubed 50 of them while culling the bad ones in my workshop. The mold self-beagled 3 times, caught and cleaned the lead out and continued.

I did it to empty the Lyman Mag 25 for its second trip to Middleton, CT.

[vinny1892]

looked at my press and said naaa not today and picked up my 45 and shells and went out the back door to throw lead down range ;)

[62chevy]

Had pens pencils and other small items sitting on the bench but or kitten up there in the middle of the night and had a good old time dragging stuff all over the house while we were sleeping. So my day at the bench was putting all that stuff away, lol.

[mold maker]

Finished sizing/de-priming 2000 45 ACP. Primer pockets this evening.

[tazman]

Cast 300 358495 wadcutters and loaded 100 38 special practice loads.

[rodsvet]

Loaded up 1,000 5.56 for the desert next week.

[DerekP Houston]

Out of town for the week on business, brought my range kit thought so hopefully I can find an hour or 2 to sneak away. Hopefully will setup the pro 1000 when I get back and start cranking out some more 38 spec rounds.

[robg]

Cast 70 308 Lee 180 gr boolits and 140 .223 55gr Lee boolits tumble lubed ,great casting session boolit's just fell from the molds like there supposed too and my Lee 10lb pot didn't drip,happy days!

[Loudy13]

Completed two sets of test rounds for my new 95 Grain .380 PC'ed pills. One set using Red dot and another using Titegroup should be shooting them tomorrow!

[robg]

Loaded 40 308 cases with Lee 180gr gas checked boolits I case earlier over 18gr of 2400 to use tommorow in our tunnel range.stripped and cleaned 2 1022 mags that were playing up, full of wax from bullets and carbon .since I put a mod on the rifle it gets gummed up really quick ,but its nice just to hear the boolit's hitting paper targets and the clunk of the action only.

[TXGunNut]

Headed for the trap range after coffee but will need some 45-90 ammo tomorrow. Will get to spend some quality time in there later today.

[Loudy13]

Loaded up 400 9mm 124gr TC bullets over 3.3 grains of titegroup

[L Erie Caster]

I just finished processing 528 pieces of 5.56 brass. Cleaned with SS pins, Sized, Crimp removed, Trimmed, and Polished with corncob / Nu Finish. I scraped 7 pieces and 49 had dents from ejection. I load and shoot the dents out but I consider the cases as seconds. Mostly because I like my reloads to look like they just came from the factory. So 472 pieces of shiny grade A brass awaits loading.

[Tom W.]

Loaded a box of 9mm with a cast 124 gr. Lee tc and 5 gr.of True Blue. That powder goes thru my powder measure without a hitch.

[DerekP Houston]

Messed with a new to me pro 1000. Works fine if I prime separately otherwise the primer doesn't want to feed. I'll figure it out eventually, got 100 or so 9mm rounds cranked out on it though.

[Budzilla 19]

Loaded ANOTHER 500 rounds of 40's to finish off the first of 4-1000 round boxes. IF you lightly (and I mean lightly)lube your cases with Dillon spray case lube, they will run through a Square Deal B like nobody's business!!!

[Smk SHoe]

turned 50 357 mag cases into 256 Win Mag for a neighbor, cast a couple hundred 9mm for me and 200ish 357 for my neighbor, PC and sized all cast. Sized, tumbled, trimmed and chamfered 250 300 AAC BLKOUT cases. organized and tried to cleanup Man Cave/Reloading room

[DerekP Houston]

dropped my lee auto disk powder measure and cracked the hopper again this morning. went to the LGS, they didn't have the replacement but they had the pro upgrade kit for it. Works well enough and I got the adjustable charge bar as part of the deal. Got the loadmaster to feed primers but only if I'm manually tripping the case sensor. Wonder if I remove it completely and just let it feed primers every time if it will work. Still waiting for the primer tray to arrive so will test it next weekend most likely. the ~100 rounds I cranked out on it the previous night shot fine at the range.

new test load for 9mm, 3.9gr n320 and berry 124gr plated.

[LUCKYDAWG13]

loaded up 300 9mm with 3,8 gr of RedDot

[WFO2]

Cast a few 38 Spcl ....Got some 308 ready to anneal .