What did you do in the reloading room today?

[NavyVet1959]

If I was designing a removable press system, I would mount them on an 18"x18" piece of 1/2" steel plate and have that another plate that was the same size mounted underneath my table. Instead of using nuts, I would thread the holes in the piece mounted underneath the table. That way, it would just be 4 bolts that needed to be screwed in from the top to secure everything.

[Lee S. Forsberg]

Loaded up a dummy round for my next batch of 44

http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll105/MJSpangler/Casting/9A1A13D1-901A-40F9-8DF6-163062DE003A_zpsgogwioga.jpg (http://s286.photobucket.com/user/MJSpangler/media/Casting/9A1A13D1-901A-40F9-8DF6-163062DE003A_zpsgogwioga.jpg.html)

Lyman 429303
Pretty cool bullet.

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=129853&d=1423320617


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Lyman 429303 is a very cool bullet!! Powder coating makes them even cooler. What load are you using?

[Texas by God]

Trying to set up a used Hornady Lock N Load for .223. Finding out what parts are missing. Hornady has sent me some free parts and a DVD. Bless them!

[Michael J. Spangler]

Lyman 429303 is a very cool bullet!! Powder coating makes them even cooler. What load are you using?

Not sure what load I'm going to go with yet.
Definitely not the 26.5 grains of 2400 that Carl Hudson used with it in 1967. That's a little hot.
Probably a reasonable charge of 2400 though.
I have some with one coat of Hi-Tek on them. Once I re-coat them I'll start loading the batch.

[Bookworm]

If I was designing a removable press system, I would mount them on an 18"x18" piece of 1/2" steel plate and have that another plate that was the same size mounted underneath my table. Instead of using nuts, I would thread the holes in the piece mounted underneath the table. That way, it would just be 4 bolts that needed to be screwed in from the top to secure everything.

An 18" x 18" piece of 1/2 steel weighs about 45 pounds. One above and one below the bench is 90 pounds of steel.

Perhaps 1/4" plate sandwiched on the bench-top would suffice ?

[RogerDat]

An 18" x 18" piece of 1/2 steel weighs about 45 pounds. One above and one below the bench is 90 pounds of steel.

Perhaps 1/4" plate sandwiched on the bench-top would suffice ?

The Rock Dock and Shelf Dock are aluminum and form a track along side and across back to in which to slide aluminum base plate with press mounted. Shelf Dock is just small version suitable for holding base plate on shelf. I'm not sure I can see the advantage of steel when 1/2 to 5/8 inch plywood works just fine. Have full length sized 303 and 8 mm Mauser without issue. Only when press is mounted to 3/4 wood board has it cracked.

[dragon813gt]

Inline Fabrication's bench plate is another option. I like it the best since it's completely flush w/ the top. I may put it on my bench in the garage.

[skeettx]

AFTER shooting my Lyman/Ruger 45-70, P-14 in 45-70 and Remington 722 in 22-250.
And S&W 66 with 38 Special ammo
I came home and loaded a bunch of 11 MM Mauser ammo.
Then loaded the Montero Sport with shotguns and ammo for tomorrow's shooting adventure
Mike

[NavyVet1959]

An 18" x 18" piece of 1/2 steel weighs about 45 pounds. One above and one below the bench is 90 pounds of steel.

Perhaps 1/4" plate sandwiched on the bench-top would suffice ?

Perhaps, but as we used to say, anything worth engineering is worth OVER-engineering...

Besides, I would like have enough thickness to thread the top piece where the bolts that went through it could stay within it and not protrude to the table top.

[3jimbo3]

Well, today I completely dismantled my bench adding about 3 feet for a total length of 22 feet. I shortened the height by 5 inches so it matches up to my casting bench, so it is L shaped now. I made the top a lot stronger, and bolted it to the wall. It is very sturdy and clean for now. Tomorrow's plan is to get started on some .223's and 22-250's and probably admire the new bench and do some trim work on it,

[robg]

Sized expanded and primed 50 357 mag cases .must get some casting done but you know how it is this time of year.

[RedRiver]

Cast about 75 .45 230gr RN and 50 .40cal TC's. Everything went good til I added the bottom of a pewter/glass mug. That glue stinks when burning.

[Tenbender]

I cast up over 700, NOE 360-180 WFN's. Stocking up for my 357 Max Contender.

[adcoch1]

Got the outer wall in the reloading room insulated and started putting away everything on my shelves, and made a list of the rest of tools i need to rebuild my case prep area. Still have a lot of dust to vacuum up. But it stays warm now with a little space heater running now... Next up .308 ammo!

[Jal5]

Poured about 250 9mm boolits

[Bookworm]

Loaded up 300 9mm rounds.

SWMBO made some mention of wanting to shoot some, I figured I'd best be ready when the word comes down.

[Lee S. Forsberg]

Cast about 800 H&G 224 SFM 125gr. and some Lachmiller 356-120LG. Will powder coat and size tomorrow. Then load a lot of 9mm.

[kmrra]

I mixed some aloy and casted up 70 Lyman ingots

[hc18flyer]

Cast, sorted, lubed and checked 325 boolets from my new NOE 325323 2 cavity mold. I was casting while keeping an eye on the smoker with my niece's 25# of jerky. I was using coww + tin, and was casting best at about 625 degrees, which seemed Cool? Plan to load some in front of 16-18 grains of 2400 tomorrow. Flyer

[Jal5]

Past couple of days I deprimed and cleaned about 400 9mm brass. The grandson wanted to "help make bullets" gotta love a five year olds energy! He likes the depriming part.

[62chevy]

Past couple of days I deprimed and cleaned about 400 9mm brass. The grandson wanted to "help make bullets" gotta love a five year olds energy! He likes the depriming part.

My grandson, almost 8 has lost a little interest in reloading but when he was 5 and 6 he would help me make bullets. Hope yours keeps the interest up.

[sfcairborne]

Well, gonna need a bigger pot and more lead. Started casting with a new MiHec 147grn 9mm HP mold last night . And once things were running I emptied the little Saeco 24 almost to fast. Went through the 10 pound pot way to fast. Went thru a little over 20 Pounds of lead. The longest times of the casting session was letting the sprues and new lead melt. Cast around 500 last night, not a lot, but this was the first time using a brass 4 hole mold. Still learning.

[kmrra]

182490
Cast more ingots, I had 12 pounds if 50-50 alloy that I cast into 1/4 # ingots to add to a pot when I cast up pistol bullets, got in my other molds and sizers Thursday so im good to go now, I got back into bullet casting after 30+ years by picking up range lead one day , that led to picking up more , then scrounging for more, so then I had to buy a lead pot and molds and sizers , figured that I would try tumble lubing , so then I had to order some Johnson paste wax and now reading and getting hooked on this site , im sure that I will something else to add to the list , It was a lot cheaper when I just bought my bullets LOL, but then look at all the fun I would be missing out on . Anybody else have this problem ?

[toallmy]

Kmrra that's the spirit , ' for me 'casting adds to the pleasure of loading and shooting .

[kmrra]

humor for the day
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?322446-Car-batteries-not-worth-it

[waco]

I helped my brother get his loading gear set up!

[sfcairborne]

Spent some of the afternoon today casting with the new MiHec 9mm 147grn brass mold. Cast a little over three hundred, now I know why people love brass molds. This thing casts like a dream, preheated on a hot plate while lead was coming to temp. Once the lead hit 650-680 I started casting. First four out the gate had incomplete fills, user error. After that it was perfect HP's from there on out. Love this mold.

[bruce drake]

Organized my workshop a bit, reloaded fifty .308 Win cases with 125gr Spitzers and then ran 25lbs of lead through several molds to do a restock run for my boolit supplies.

[Harter66]

I poured a few hot ones from some new molds and a near perfect favorite.
NOE 270-145 , Lee 500-340 HB , NOE 454-250 and 279-124.

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NOE 454-250 SWC (454424) next to a 454424 @ 454-245 (shorter nose) .

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[Griff]

150 grain FNGC... Saeco # 316:
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[Bob in St. Louis]

I helped my brother get his loading gear set up!
I love seeing an American flag hanging over a realoading bench. Very cool!

[Loudy13]

loaded 250 9mm 124gr TC, 50 300BO, and cleaned prepping to occupy a new room in the house. Probably going to have to buy more presses to fill the new larger area!

[62chevy]

humor for the day
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?322446-Car-batteries-not-worth-it

Just the good Lord saving you from all that nasty battery lead. =)

[taco650]

Snot lubed about 55 .43 magnum 240SWC's with Lee LLA. Tomorrow will GC them and re-apply.

[DerekP Houston]

Spent the weekend sizing my 45 200gr HP in spare time, got 9 mason jars worth sized and ready to load now. Next casting session will be with the hg 68 clone and then back to 358 designs.

[The_Hammer]

Cleaned up some dies that have needed a little TLC for awhile.

[RedRiver]

Finished making casting ingots tonight. Got 34 muffin tin ingots alloyed and poured. 50% soft lead, 50% wheel weight with 3% pewter added.

[Jal5]

Been on a binge depriming and cleaning a lot of 9mm brass again today. Got another 5lb coffee can to do then on to reloading!

[Texas by God]

Got the Hornady LNL running with .300 Blackout; going fine then the clear powder tube mysteriously popped out and dumped 1/3rd pound of Lil Gun all over everything. Ruined my mood.

[NavyVet1959]

Resized some .30-06 brass to 7.7x58. Tried a couple of different substances as resizing lube to see if I could tell the difference.


Bag Balm
Murray's Beeswax
Murrays's Beeswax + a bit of mineral oil


The Murray's Beeswax seemed a bit too stiff, so I took a pea size piece of it and mixed it with a couple of drops of mineral oil as an experiment. That seemed to give it a better consistency.

[copdills]

loaded 000 buck, 690 round ball and some 7/8 lee slugs

[Bob in St. Louis]

^^ Envious.

[Tenbender]

Yesterday actually. Cast 727 359 wadcutters, cast and installed gas checks on 680, 180 gr. 359's. I will pc them next week.
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[Tom W.]

Lubed and sized some wc and am waiting for my lead pot to heat up so I can pour some more.

[taco650]

Loaded a box of 44 mags, some with Lee 430-310FPGC & 21.5 grains of 296 and the rest with Lee 429-240SWCGC over 21.5 grains of 296 and a few with 9.0 grains of Trap 100. Some of the boolits were lubed with LLA and the rest with some home made stuff in the Lyman 450. Now to find some time for the range...

[Tom W.]

That Lee 310 is an awesome boolit, at least out of my SRH......

[Bob in St. Louis]

Whenever I'm in the middle of a project and I have to run down to the hardware store for a couple extra tidbits, I always grab a little something for the reloading bench. The more aggravated I am at the project or simply having to stop what I'm doing to get supplies, the more I buy. If I'm happy, I might only get a box of 100 primers.
Well.....
Made three trips this weekend for a "medium sized" project that wasn't going smoothly, so I added 300 primers to the stack, one can of HS-6, and one can of 700x powders.

[flyingmonkey35]

Reloaded about 300 38 special.

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[Rooster]

My bunker couldn't handle one day's worth of traffic frustration then Bob! Well....maybe one day's worth.

[Bob in St. Louis]

Yup, I understand. We're on the same page. ;)

[Loudy13]

Ran 100 rounds of 9mm through the progressive, and sized about 500 38 special 148gr wadcutters and about 300 200gr 45ACP HP's. Then cleaned or tried to clean my bench up some.

[robg]

Loaded up 150 x160 gr pb boolits over 7.5gr of true blue for my 357 win trapper.

[DanishM1Garand]

Put .45acp in the tumbler for tomorrow and ground some corn cob bird litter smaller so I can get it out of bottle neck cases.

[Reverend Al]

Unfortunately not a darn thing! But that's because we're out in "Winter-peg" to spend Christmas and New Years with my wife's family so it can't be helped. The good news is I'll try to find time to drop by for a visit with "Red River Rick" while we're out here and pick up some mould handles and talk to him about a .40 paper patch mould.

:-)

[reomack]

Cast 10 230 grain 45s just to use up a few cartridge cases I found and about 300 125 grain (actually averaged 128) 9mms. Need to cast about 600 more to match the 900 or so 9mms I have on hand ready to load.

[Bookworm]

Rendered some lead. About 150 lbs of plumbing lead, and 50 lbs of range scrap.
Sorted thru 163 lbs of wheel weights. Ended up with 102lbs CWW, 19 lbs SWW, and 42 lbs of Zn, Fe, and garbage. Not bad for $40.

[Bookworm]

.....a few with 9.0 grains of Trap 100.....

I have most of a pound of Trap 100 I've been trying to use up. It never occurred to me to shoot it in 44Mag.
I've developed a nice 9mm load with Berry's 124g FP - single digit SD and ~960 fps. I'll probably shoot up the remainder of my Trap 100 that way...

[Sean357]

Finally cleaned up the loading room last night. Tonight I'll sort some 357 brass, and either load up some 200 gr LRN 45 Colt or some 150 gr 7.62x39 to feed the mini.

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[taco650]

I have most of a pound of Trap 100 I've been trying to use up. It never occurred to me to shoot it in 44Mag.
I've developed a nice 9mm load with Berry's 124g FP - single digit SD and ~960 fps. I'll probably shoot up the remainder of my Trap 100 that way...

Bookworm,

I haven't tried that load before, its just something I came up with by extrapolating HP-38 data because I was told they had similar burn rates. I'll be shooting mine in a Dan Wesson 44 which are very strong revolvers. My 6" "light" shroud model weighs more than a standard Ruger SBH with 7.5" barrel. I don't advise anyone try my loads unless I quote a particular load book of good reputation.

[WFO2]

Loaded some 38 special for santa .

[enloe]

He won't be hard to hit in that red outfit

[WFO2]

HA meant as a gift but got a chuckle out of your comment .

[enloe]

:) :) :)

[Digital Dan]

Finished up the tail end of a production run of 1,400 rifle bullets, .25, .30, .375, .44 and .45 cal a few days back. Lubed the last 400 today. The cave smells good. Time to make smoke.......

[hpdrifter]

cast up 100 250 grain .378 38-55 boolits and lubed. Loaded a couple boxes of said round.

[Jal5]

Deprimed and cleaned 9mm and 223. Just some 9mm left to do and all my brass will be ready for reloading sessions.

[FSR]

I am moving the reloading Gear from the basement to the spare bedroom.

[paraord]

Holy crud! I did it. I made a pid controller setup and it freaking works!!!!! That's what I have been doing for the past few days.
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Sorry for the state of the work bench. This is my casting spot at work that I spend time at instead of lunch.

[NavyVet1959]

I am moving the reloading Gear from the basement to the spare bedroom.

Better hurry before the wife figures it will make a good shoe closet. :)

[62chevy]

Holy crud! I did it. I made a pid controller setup and it freaking works!!!!! That's what I have been doing for the past few days.
183327

Sorry for the state of the work bench. This is my casting spot at work that I spend time at instead of lunch.

Good idea gutting and using an old computer power supply.

[308Jeff]

Holy crud! I did it. I made a pid controller setup and it freaking works!!!!! That's what I have been doing for the past few days.
183327

Sorry for the state of the work bench. This is my casting spot at work that I spend time at instead of lunch.

Would love to read a tutorial (with parts list?) on how you did it, if you have time to post it.

[DerekP Houston]

got the LnL setup with large pistol primers and the 45 dies and shell plate. Ran a few dozen test rounds through with WST as the powder of choice. Will test them at the range next week before I load up a bunch.

[RedRiver]

Smelted 400 lbs down. Lots of wheel weight. Some xray lead and some exercise machine weights.

[FSR]

Better hurry before the wife figures it will make a good shoe closet. :)
No wife can't find a woman who will put up with me.

[Strtspdlx]

cleaned up a bit and took inventory. still debating putting up a small building to dedicate to my habit. I just cant justify heating and air conditioning to be able to store certain things. if I cant do that then why do it at all. I already have the room in my house, but I'm hesitant to cast inside without the proper setup

[Bob in St. Louis]

Sounds like it would be easier, cheaper, and overall more convenient just to dedicate some space, and give it an exhaust fan?

[paraord]

Would love to read a tutorial (with parts list?) on how you did it, if you have time to post it.

I'll see what I can do. Got the parts kit off the bay for 50 bucks.

62chevy, good eye! I plan to add a 120v a.c. exhaust fan on top not that it needs it. It was a little right but I'll play around with the layout on the next one

[Lakehouse2012]

Started melting down WW's last night and was having so much fun that before i knew it i had 225 Lbs of 1.25 Lb cupcakes... Guess I'm ready for the apocalypse?
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[NavyVet1959]

No wife can't find a woman who will put up with me.

Lucky guy...

[paraord]

Started melting down WW's last night and was having so much fun that before i knew it i had 225 Lbs of 1.25 Lb cupcakes... Guess I'm ready for the apocalypse?
183352

You spelled "the weekend" wrong hahaha. There's never enough lead

[NavyVet1959]

You spelled "the weekend" wrong hahaha. There's never enough lead

Until you have to move it by *hand*... :)

http://image.ec21.com/image/changjin1233/OF0019239230_1/Sell_lead_ingots.jpg

[paraord]

:lol::lol:
Until you have to move it by *hand*... :)

http://image.ec21.com/image/changjin1233/OF0019239230_1/Sell_lead_ingots.jpg

Yeah, I'd be driving the Hyster forklift home. And it would totally be worth it! That's a beautiful sight. Might be a little rough to get one of those into my lee 4-20 :lol:

[Bookworm]

Sorted through another bucket of wheel weights, this one was given to me.

75# CWW, 2# SWW, 35# steel, and 5# Zn. And a big coffee can of garbage.

The bottom 4" of the bucket was full of nasty old black oil, made sorting a real mess. Free flux, I think.

And, I think I've found a market for the zinc......

[Lakehouse2012]

You spelled "the weekend" wrong hahaha. There's never enough lead

What, HUH....? I didn't use the words "the weekend" anywhere in statement... But thanks for the reply..

[Lakehouse2012]

Sorted through another bucket of wheel weights, this one was given to me.

75# CWW, 2# SWW, 35# steel, and 5# Zn. And a big coffee can of garbage.

The bottom 4" of the bucket was full of nasty old black oil, made sorting a real mess. Free flux, I think.

And, I think I've found a market for the zinc......

Bookwork - Will you share your zindings on the Zinc market? I also have a boatload of it..

[paraord]

What, HUH....? I didn't use the words "the weekend" anywhere in statement... But thanks for the reply..

I was making a joke saying it a enough for the weekend not the apocalypse Haha never enough lead. I think I have 500lbs+ in 1 lb ingots. Got another 200 to go from raw source down, but that will be in the spring I think.

[Lakehouse2012]

I was making a joke saying it a enough for the weekend not the apocalypse Haha never enough lead. I think I have 500lbs+ in 1 lb ingots. Got another 200 to go from raw source down, but that will be in the spring I think.

Paracord- Sorry man, it was early.. 500 Lbs, that is a LOT, guess I need to get back out there and find some more WW's...

[Bob in St. Louis]

Wow. I've got 50# of lead and was impressed with my stash.
I'm such a noob.

[bjordan]

Picked up another 270 pounds of lead from the scrap yard to add to the two previous trips for a total of 713 pounds of lead. I need to get busy melting it down, cleaning it and getting it into large ingots. Fun times. :) Guess what I will be doing for Christmas?

[paraord]

I stop at little car garages anytime I go pretty much anywhere out of the area. Normally yielding 25% per 5 gallon bucket. Here in the people's republic of new York I get all I can.
That and the 44 eats it up fast at 26 boolits per lb.

[Michael J. Spangler]

Loaded up 100 rounds of 45/70.
Lee 405 coated with Hi-Tek.
Can't wait to shoot them. I need a new 45/70


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[Lakehouse2012]

I'm in the exact same predicament, 44 mag at 240g each goes quick... What are you paying the little shops for a 1/2 or full 5 gal bucket? I've been offering $10-20 with high success am I paying too much?


I stop at little car garages anytime I go pretty much anywhere out of the area. Normally yielding 25% per 5 gallon bucket. Here in the people's republic of new York I get all I can.
That and the 44 eats it up fast at 26 boolits per lb.

[RoGrrr]

I loaded 1500 9mm to shoot in the NEW/DEMO STI I just bought thru Gunbroker. Should have it in a couple weeks, after mailing a money order Monday (Cost - $0.70 at Walmart. I don't want seller to hold my personal check for 10 days, and I don't want to pay him 3% for my credit card on the $thousand cost).
My Christmas will be delayed but it'll be worth the wait.
But I'll shoot a couple boxes on Christmas right in front of my house. Nice living in the middle of the woods where I can shoot any time I want !
And I have a trap so I can recover all my lead and shoot it again. And again. And....


Here's a tip for those who might be interested in M.O.s if you don't want to pay/wait.
Money order fees from banks etc
Co............................Fees.....Limits
Bank of America......$5.00 $1,000
CVS drug store.......$0.70 $500
USPS......................$1.20 $500
Walmart..................$0.70 $1,000

[TXGunNut]

Fired up my Pro-Melt and cast a nice pile of NOE 311-041's from a new mould. Taking a break from breaking in another new NOE mould, a 379-279. First session with both moulds and haven't cast in awhile so cull rate is pretty high. Both moulds are finally settling down and making some decent boollits.

[tazman]

I spent a relaxing hour casting with my Lyman 358311 4 cavity. Things went remarkably well. The mold was hot enough when I started that I didn't have a single cull.
I ended the session with roughly 500 boolits on the table.
A very nice afternoon.

[Tom W.]

Sorted through the last batch of wadcutters I casted. Threw six back to be recycled.

[iomskp]

I loaded some small batches of 300 sherwood with different powders to see what regulates the the best in the double rifle.

[Smk SHoe]

Second heat cycle for two arsenal molds. One 225-62 Elvis and the other is 30 HVTH1 170 sliver. Got a couple hundred keepers of each along with 600 124 TC 9mm from two Lee 6 gangers. Not a single bad bullet cast today, and there is no video footage or pictures of me feeding the pot with culls

[JeffG]

Loaded 100 rounds 9mm Luger and 100 rounds 9mm Mak.

[robg]

Tried out 2 new Lee 308 molds I bought myself for Christmas .150fn and 160 rn .used with my Lee 225 55 gr mold ,all 3 are the new type molds don't know what Lee's doing but they cast great .cleaned with white sprit on a cotton bud no burrs smoked with gas lighter all the boolits fell from the molds cast about a 100 of each in an hour( two cavity molds) .Lee well done I'm really impressed.

[kmrra]

I lapped and polished a set o 22 TCM dies that I recived Friday , and polished the decap pin and neck expander , it hepled some but I may get another set and send those back, Those 22Tcm rounds that I sized are the hardest that I have ever had to size and I reload for 20 something cal , Time will tell, and I did a much needed clean up in the shop too

[bjordan]

I started throwing 5 pound chunks of scrap lead from the scrap yard into my Lyman bottom pour pot. I just didn't feel dragging out and firing up the turkey fryer. The Lyman is a work horse and I just keep fluxing with saw dust and scooping out the crud. I did about 50 pounds yesterday at an easy rate. I am going to clean the pot out and do another 50 or so pounds today.

[Black Chrome]

Loaded up around 100 rounds of .30-30 this morning then I started loading my pet load in .38 special. I got 371 loaded up before I ran out of primed and ready to load brass. I've primed about another 350 so far but taking a break before taking the misses out to supper. I'll work on getting some more primed later in the week.

[robg]

Lubed ,gas checked sized the boolits I cast yesterday .might cast more tommorow if its not raining and I can get some free time.

[MajorDude]

I loaded some 38 spec. with the old lyman 310 tool.

That's just cool!

[taco650]

Did some load testing at the range today. The 9.0 grain load of Trap 100 looks promising. 😊183619

[taco650]

Did some load testing at the range today. The 9.0 grain load of Trap 100 looks promising. 183619

I posted this from my phone so not sure why the image got rotated on the upload...

[TXGunNut]

I posted this from my phone so not sure why the image got rotated on the upload...

My phone @ laptop don't get along and my IT aptitude is right up there with my tea mug's....happens to me all the time!

[trixter]

I loaded up 100 rounds 223, 55gr V-Max over 24.2gr T A C. Squeek season is coming, and I will be ready.

[NavyVet1959]

I posted this from my phone so not sure why the image got rotated on the upload...

I don't want to post images at the higher resolution that my phone gives me, so I just use the phone to transfer the files up to Google Drive and then download them to my laptop at a later time and resize them for posting on the forums.

Spent the day running errands and then changing out the water heater in my attic. There was so much sand and whatever in the bottom of the water heater that the water drained VERY slowly. By the time I got it drained, a new platform built, and a new drain pan (mostly) installed, it was too late, so Home Depot was closed and I couldn't go get the other parts I needed. So, I ended up with a VERY cold shower last night in order to wash all the dirt and fiberglass off of me. BRRRR!!!

[sandman228]

not today but yesterday,ran the vacuum in my gun/reloading room , wiped down my bench , primed and loaded 200 rounds of 45 colt, primed and loaded 50 rounds of 35 rem , primed 50 357 mag cases ,sized and tumble lubed 400 45 cal bullets . the new front sight for my rossi ranch hand came in the mail so I installed it . went to the range to test if with the new sight .came home cleaned the ranch hand and put the empty cases in the tumbler . fairly busy day at the reloading bench .

[taco650]

My phone @ laptop don't get along and my IT aptitude is right up there with my tea mug's....happens to me all the time!

I see we're in the same boat when it comes to technology LOL! I fat-finger **** on my phone all the time but my kid could write a book on hers while watching tv and playing a video game.

[trixter]

Loaded up another 100 223 55gr V-max, getting closer to my quota for squeek season.

[DanishM1Garand]

Got a MEC shell sizer for Christmas. I bolted it to a sepreate bench and moved the RCBS mini grand to that bench. Now I have a metallic reloading bench and a shot shell bench.

I was was having a bit of trouble feeding reloaded shotshells in a pump gun. They all failed the MEC shotshell go/no go gauge. Sized them with the new sizer and a kiss at the taper die seems to solve this.

I reloaded 75 525 Lyman slugs last night. 175 shotshells in 25 round boxes and a desiccant fill a 50 cal ammo can. I've got two cans put up with #8 shot, one can with #1 buck, and one can of one ounce Lyman foster slugs. The foster slugs I paper patched as the slug is too small for the bore and too large for a shot cup.

[Loudy13]

Loaded couple hundred 9mm, 50 .38 cal test rounds, 200 .45's and made 60 ingots for casting next week. Then went and fired everything but the 9mm. It was a good day.

[NavyVet1959]

Wasn't able to complete the hot water heater install yesterday. Built a new 24"x24" platform in the attic for the new hot water heater so that it would be elevated 8" off the ceiling joists in the attic so I don't have to lay down in the fiberglass to light the pilot light. There were 2x12s in the attic going across the ceiling joists to distribute the weight and I built the platform out of CMUs (i.e. cinder blocks). Put the drain pan on top of the CMUs and didn't like the fact that the hot water heater did not have any sort of raised rim to keep the bottom from standing in water in case of a leak since the drain hole for the drain pan would allow maybe 1/2" of water to build up before it started overflowing into the drain line. So, I built a circular offset on top of the drain pan out of bricks and put the water heater on top of it. Even though the water heater is shorter than the previous one, the height of the platform plus the circular offset puts it up high enough that the existing exhaust flue did not meet, so now I needed to go get a couple of 45 degree connectors for the flue pipe. Of course, it was too late by that point, so I heated up some water on the stove and took a hot "shower" (AKA "bucket bath") with it similar to what I've seen people do in some 3rd world countries that I've visited over the years.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpF6pKOWYus

When you don't have much more than a stubble on the top of your head, a 5g bucket of hot water is more than enough for a full shower.

[dragon813gt]

Water heater in the attic? Only in Texas ;)

That's a guaranteed way to have one freeze up. And a complete PITA when it comes time to replace them. Basements sure make placement of mechanicals easier all around.

I put a second coat of BLL on fifty bullets destined for a 357 Sig barrel. Not sure how they're going to work. Sized half at .357 and the other half at .356. Going to put a cannelure on some as well to see if it helps w/ bullet setback. If none of this works I'm buying a TC design from Accurate that's designed for the 357 Sig. I'm just not a fan of his sprue plate design.

[Budzilla 19]

Loaded 200 rounds of 9 mm with 124 grn PC lee TL design boolits over 6 grains of Herco! Boy, they shoot good! Kinda takes some getting used to the different colors of PC I have on the boolits, though! Looks like a bag of Skittles candy! .......... Oh well, I like skittles. Happy new year to all.

[NavyVet1959]

Water heater in the attic? Only in Texas ;)

That's a guaranteed way to have one freeze up. And a complete PITA when it comes time to replace them. Basements sure make placement of mechanicals easier all around.

Well, around here, they don't last long in a basement. All that flooding tends to rust them out. Plus, they don't heat up the water very well when they are underwater.

Of the houses that I've owned here or noticed on the houses of relatives, it seem that if the garage is detached, then the hot water heater is in the attic, but if the garage is attached, then the hot water heater is probably in the garage.

If it is in the garage, it's usually a lot easier to replace. If it ends up leaking on you, it's often not a big deal either. Replacing a hot water heater in the attic when you don't have any help REALLY SUCKS.

I nearly completed it today... I had to go to Home Depot for new flex pipes for the inlet and outlet pipes. I had originally planned on reusing the old ones and just replacing the rubber gaskets on each of the ends, but they was so dried up, I couldn't remove them even with a pick or screwdriver. I suspect the only way to clean the gaskets out of the flex pipes would be to put it in a lathe and bore them out. :) I don't think the spindle bore on my lathe is big enough for the nut though.

Because of the added height, the flue is now sticking out of my roof more, so I probably need to get a cut-off wheel and take a few inches out of the flue. But, I got the flue installed along with the gas and it's all lit and working, so I have hot water for showers now. The flue looked a little too close to one of the rafters, so I took a piece of slate and drilled a hole in it on both ends and screwed it into the corner of the rafter to act as a bit extra of a heat shield, just in case. After heating up one tank of water, the wood did not seem warm to the touch, but I figured I would add the heat shield just to be on the safe side.

Other than the need to decrease the length of the flue, all that is left to do is hook up the over-pressure valve, but I need to get a longer piece of 3/4" steel pipe to do that since the one off the old water heater is too short to reach the flex pipe that is used to go to the drain pipe that dumps out the eave of the house. I've never had an over-pressure valve activate, so I figured I can wait on that and just get it where the hot water flows for now. :)

The burner on the old hot water heater still looks in good shape, so I might have to salvage it for a dedicated burner for a smelting pot. It's probably a 40,000 BTU burner.

[dragon813gt]

Cutoff wheel for the flue? I'm assuming it's just galvanized pipe. All you need is tin snips. If it's B-vent you don't cut the pieces. They come in preset lengths and it is what it is. I wouldn't worry about the height. It's usually at the absolute minimum at best. Most of the time they are to short. The extra height won't hurt anything.


I brought everything inside to load some 357 Sig rounds. Hopefully nothing condenses to much. It's cold and really humid in the garage so I have no desire to load out there.

[Engieman]

Loaded .45ACP, Clays powder, 200g SWC via RCBS mold - H&G #68 style, RWS brass, Winchester primer. Dillion Square Deal press

[kmrra]

Mounted a scope on my new 22TCM bolt gun and loaded up 5 different test loads using H110 and fundeled my new Smith 28-2 I picked up yesterday

[oscarflytyer]

Popped my cherry with stainless steel pin tumbling. Love it! Salvage a BUNCH of crusty 32 WS and 222 Rems that I wasn't sure were salvagable! And those don't grow on trees!

[NavyVet1959]

Cutoff wheel for the flue? I'm assuming it's just galvanized pipe. All you need is tin snips. If it's B-vent you don't cut the pieces. They come in preset lengths and it is what it is. I wouldn't worry about the height. It's usually at the absolute minimum at best. Most of the time they are to short. The extra height won't hurt anything.

I had to look up to see what B-vent was... It might be B-vent in that there appears to be a 3.5" inner tube and a larger outer tube. I was just thinking that they had created the stack with the larger size tube initially and then someone had just stuck a smaller tube in there at a later date. The two pieces of pipe are not attached. When I removed the old water heater, the inner pipe just fell out. I needed some angle pieces to get from the new water heater to the flue pipe, so I got two of the adjustable angle pieces, put them together, and snaked them to the old flue pipe. Because of the cross pieces in the attic and the wider water heater, it ended up being a few inches to the side of the vent pipe.

[dragon813gt]

That's B-Vent. It's used for close clearance to combustible materials. So that piece of slate wouldn't be needed. If the inner lining fell out your flue was condensing. This rots it out from the inside. There can be many reasons for this.

As another note. There are a couple manufacturers of B-Vent. You can't mix and match brands. They won't snap together like they're supposed to. W/out pics it's hard to know exactly what you were describing.

[sparky45]

Loaded some subsonic 300 BlackOut rounds; 200gr FMJ's over IMR4227. They cycle the AR just fine, but the last round doesn't lock back the bolt. They will once I get my can.

[dragon813gt]

I gave up tonight. Was setting up a new Lee Auto Drum and dropped a case full of powder four times. I called it quits after the fourth time.

[Three44s]

Shivered!

Three 44s

[WFO2]

Sized a big batch of 38spcl,44mag and 45acp for my last casting session.Getting them ready to PC .

[NavyVet1959]

That's B-Vent. It's used for close clearance to combustible materials. So that piece of slate wouldn't be needed. If the inner lining fell out your flue was condensing. This rots it out from the inside. There can be many reasons for this.

As another note. There are a couple manufacturers of B-Vent. You can't mix and match brands. They won't snap together like they're supposed to. W/out pics it's hard to know exactly what you were describing.

It doesn't look like it was ever one piece. It looks like it is just two pieces of pipe that were placed together.

Also, the place where I put the slate was not where there was the two pieces of pipe, there is just one. It's where the angle adapters come close to one of the roof joists.

[Plate plinker]

Cast up about 1000 a 40 S&W.

[Walla2]

Replaced very old fluorescent lights with new models, fixtures and all. I also repositioned them to cover the changes made over the years to the work benches. The room is 24x24 and now all of the surfaces and corners are lit as if by daylight. What a difference.

[enloe]

Had big plans yesterday but well pump went out so I had to pull it and put a new pump in. But today I started tumbling brass from my last range trip. My son and I went to shoot our new Christmas presents He got a SR1911 Target 45ACP in stainless and I got a Smith 629 44 mag with a 3 inch barrel

[robg]

Cast 90 309 x150 gr fn lee boolits 90 x 169grrn Lee boolits and 90 x 190 gr sil rcbs boolits then tumble lubed them will gas check when they are dried .

[Smk SHoe]

Cast up about 400 .309 170 grn from a arsenal mold. loaded about 40 of them over lil-gun for a 300 blkout in desending powder increments from my standard load to get to the lowest charge with good cycling. Also changed some lights and bulbs in the man cave along with dismantling a xl650 to fix a broken part under the shell plate ( damm friends:drinks:). still have another weeks vacation so all kinds of gun projects to finish ( along with my Loooong honey do list)

[waco]

Had big plans yesterday but well pump went out so I had to pull it and put a new pump in. But today I started tumbling brass from my last range trip. My son and I went to shoot our new Christmas presents He got a SR1911 Target 45ACP in stainless and I got a Smith 629 44 mag with a 3 inch barrel

Those are some pretty nice gifts! Hope mamma got something nice!

[waco]

Tumbling 38 brass, loaded some test loads in 308 and 06 with SR4759 using an NOE 312290 boolit. NOE 30 Hunter in the 308.

[bjordan]

I continued making the work bench for my Christmas present to myself - a Magma Master Caster. Its coming together well and using salvaged lumber from some debutante party is even better. Trim down 2x4s into 2x3s and then run through the surface planer a few times so it doesn't look like I just screwed some crappy 2x4s together from some stupid debutante party. :)

I should be up and casting bullets this weekend!

[B. Lumpkin]

I went in, looked around, stepped over some things, moved some things around with my foot, and left. I'll tackle it tomorrow, lol.

[copdills]

loaded a few boxes of 12ga shells today

[Jal5]

Installed a scope on my new Marlin 60

[enloe]

Those are some pretty nice gifts! Hope mamma got something nice!
Jewelry just like all women like

[The Dar]

I'm new here, but have been lurking for a couple of months. This is a great forum with a lot of valuable information. I haven't started casting bullets but I have been collecting range lead and casting ingots.

I stopped at a local tire shop today and asked if they had any wheel weights they would part with. The man had a puzzled look on his face like I had just landed here from Mars. I quickly explained to him that I wanted them to cast bullets. Texas is very gun friendly and his face lit up, "Oh ya, we have plenty of them, drive around back and we'll load you up".

I have a small car and could only get three 5 gallon buckets in the back seat. I slipped the man a $20 and asked him what kind of beer the crew drank. Told him I'd be back next week for more with beer and cash in hand. He told me they had a couple of buckets full of truck weights that he was sure the boss wanted to get rid of.

I got back home, started sorting and realized that I didn't have enough propane to melt all the lead I have so I ran to another tire shop in town that fills propane tanks. Got my propane filled and asked if they had any wheel weights. The man went to the back and returned with half a bucket. He told me he'll start setting them aside for me. (Gotta love small Texas towns.)

I figure I have nearly 300# for $20. I have 80# sorted and only 19# is steel and zinc. That's just over 75% lead which seems like a good ratio.

It was getting near dark so I loaded up the dutch oven and was able to pour out 32 ears of corn, which weigh just over 1 pound, with my cast iron corn muffin pan. I'll be back at it again tomorrow.

[Bob in St. Louis]

Well done Sir, and welcome to the club!
Sounds like you're well on your way to having a full fledged sickness on your hands. ;)

[Texas by God]

I'm casually loading 120 .223s on a Hornady LnL progressive. I'll load about 20 or so then do something else like today I switched some scopes around and installed an Apex trigger on my .40 Shield. Best, Thomas.

[Spruce]

Not alot , sized and trimmed some brass today. Deprimed a couple thousand pieces of brass over the holiday break.

[dragon813gt]

Loaded up fifty 147 grain XTPs w/ a starting charge of Universal. And another fifty w/ 8.0 grains of 800-X. I'm a little leery of Hodgdon's loads. They listed only a max charge of 800-X at 9.0 grains. Wasn't listed as a compressed charge. The case was filled to the top at 9.0. At 8.5 it was still in the neck. I didn't want to reduce a full grain but didn't want a compressed charge either.

Lee's short bottle neck crimp die played havoc w/ OAL. Couldn't get the same OAL to save my life. All were 1.140 before entering the die. Came out between 1.141 - 1.148. All passed the plunk test and are shorter than mag length. And the bullets aren't going anywhere which I what I care about. I have a feeling this die will cause problems w/ lead bullets.

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[Bob in St. Louis]

My first batch of ingots.
They seem "dirty", guess I'll work on that....

28 pounds, 10.2 ounces.


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[Jal5]

Sized about 150 223 brass. Only about another 350 to do. Hope to spend more time on the brass prep in Jan&Feb.

[trixter]

Loaded up 200 rounds of 223 and cleaned up. Tried out my new F A T torque wrench, wow was I way off using the "I think that's good" method. I am changing press over to 9mm for early morning. Then taking the 10/22 to the club for some practice. Woo Hoo, I love this hobby!

[oscarflytyer]

not a damned thing I intended! Which was to laod a bunch of 222 Rem test loads. As I was getting read to go down and load, got a call - to go flying with a buddy. Flying won out BIG TIME! And had a great time!

[Griff]

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d197/sass93/DSCN09291.jpg
Topped off a couple more bullet buckets! Only have 4 more to go... then the chore of sizing and lubing!!! :P :lol:

[Plate plinker]

Cast another 600 or so 40S&W

[Wayne Smith]

Yesterday, not today, my best friend came over and cast 150 457122's and I cast about 60 of my 420gr fp 457 boolit for him. This one is an old Lee Group buy that I got in on years ago. He shoots them out of his son's Marlin - his son is in the far East and will be for another six months or so. Can't tell us exactly where he is or what he is doing.

I shoot them out of my Encore Katadin.

[rmark]

I moved all the reloading to an insulated and wired outbuilding, freeing up bed space in the house. Less convenient, but nice to have it all in one place, but there is more stuff than I realized.

[Jal5]

More 223 brass prep!

[taco650]

Loaded 50 45ACP and sized/lubed a couple handfuls of Lee 45-230 TC.

[Tom W.]

Cleaned, trimmed and loaded some 30/06 rounds.

[trixter]

I sized, lubed and loaded 100 152gr cast 309 boolits over 17gr Unique. I took my time and made them nice. Shooting weather is coming.

[jimb16]

Loaded up 475 rounds of 12 ga. using home made shot. Tomorrow, I do the 20s.

[Southern Son]

Not in the reloading room, but for the reloading room. I finished a Lee style push through sizing die to sized for my Model 19. My 686 seems to like .359-.360, but the M19 seems to want .358, so I needed a new one. Finishing that felt good, I did however forget to slug my 7mmTCU Contender. J word bullets are too expensive and I and think I need a mould for it.

[iwottopq]

Hello to all.
Yestarday and today...maintanance of my Policlips casting machine...
Ciao
Nino

[lightman]

Started sorting the range brass that I've collected since summer. And started the seemingly endless cycle of loading and unloading the tumbler, toting brass to the storeroom, ect. All in all, not a bad job to have to do.

[Tom W.]

I opened a box that was under my bench and found a whole bunch of brass that I'd forgotten about. All but the 30/30 was prepped and in big zip lock bags. I suppose when I go to the range for the next twenty years I won't have to scrounge any brass.

[Swede 45]

Went to the range this morning, testing some loads for my new Luger.. want as soft loads as possible that works the action.. no need to stress the old horse.. made in 1937..
Think I found a load!? :)
Went home and loaded up 250 more..

184239

[shell70634]

Turned off the heater on my sizer......left it on last night. Will scrape up the lube later today.

[robg]

Sized trimmed 50 223 cases .about another 300 to go .trimming is the worst job to have to do.

[3jimbo3]

Sized trimmed 50 223 cases .about another 300 to go .trimming is the worst job to have to do.


I agree completely

[3jimbo3]

184244


I cast about 300 of these with my new Lee mold 401-145-swc

[bjordan]

I cast 15 200 grain hollow base bullets in .41 Long Colt to test out in my Colt 1877 Thunderer. My gunsmith called two days ago and said he cleaned it well and that it was just dirty and now works in single action and the half cock works too. It worked in double action only earlier. It shoots Ok. I only cast a few bullets to test it Saturday. I won an auction for a Lyman .41 LC mold on ebay yesterday. Its a solid base, and I suspect it will not shoot as well in my 1900 Thunderer as the HB bullet. But the cool factor of having HP bullets = priceless. I will shoot it a little bit and then it gets displayed. Neat piece.

[paraord]

I'm in the exact same predicament, 44 mag at 240g each goes quick... What are you paying the little shops for a 1/2 or full 5 gal bucket? I've been offering $10-20 with high success am I paying too much?

Sorry for the late reply lakehouse, I'm offering an empty bucket in return. Guys out here have to pay to have wheel weights taken so they are glad to offload to some schmuck willing to sort them and dispose of them however he wants. I enjoy being aforementioned schmuck.

[paraord]

I sized/deprived about 150 .270 win. Then got to playing with my rcbs pro trimmer 2. Trimmed them all to 2.530, then deburred and chamfered.
I learned that I need the 10 dollar drill adapter so I can use my porter cable impact driver. I also learned that the 3 way cutter is on my birthday wish list haha

[Tom W.]

Used up the last of my RE 15 on a few a.i. loads.

[Okie73]

Loaded 38 special with 358311 and Universal.


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[Loudy13]

Had a long weekend (5 days) and even though I had huge plans to catch up on reloading it didn't quite work out that way but I still was able to find some time to get some done.

Loaded 500 rds of 300BO, 150gr over 296
450 rounds of .45 with my new 200gr HP cast bullets
300 9mm 124gr TC
450 ish .38 special 148gr wadcutters
Ended up spending a ton of time switching over die plates and not enough time just pulling the lever.

[Engieman]

Polished 9mm brass, corn cob and NuFinish; lubed 200 grain .45ACP slugs. Shooting tomorrow

[alfloyd]

A friend wanted some powder coated boolits and did not care what color, SO this is what I gave him.

184527

He said "Great, jelly beans". :)

Lafaun

[Bob in St. Louis]

If he's OCD, it's going to take him an hour to segregate those. haha!!!!

[paraord]

A friend wanted some powder coated boolits and did not care what color, SO this is what I gave him.

184527

He said "Great, jelly beans". :)

Lafaun

Haha this is awesome!!

[sharps4590]

Worked up and loaded the 100 cases I have for my Schuetzen rifle. No dies yet so I put it off until I'm about out then jump through all the hoops. I dearly love obscure cartridges but sometimes it's pain in the aft section.

[Charliemac]

Not that interesting but smelted/alloyed ~80#s of 20:1.

[ambergrifleman]

Sized 400 pcs of .223. Loaded 40 rounds of .223. Loaded 20 rounds of .22 Hornet.

[Bob in St. Louis]

Discovered that 11 "muffin" ingots that weigh almost 27 pounds equals about 2.4# each.
So yea... a "lead cupcake", weighs 2.4 pounds.

(yes, I'm new here)

[kmrra]

melted down alloy that I got in the mail today into 56 1# ingots

[Idaho Sharpshooter]

It was -8 this morning, and I awoke to 15 inches of snow in SW Idaho. I have not had my P/U out of 4-lo since Christmas. Ran the propane heater to warm the garage, and FL sized 500 Hornady Match 308 cases, then trimmed them to 2.015" with my Giraud tri-trimmer. Trims to length and chamfers casemouths both inside and outside at the same time.

Tomorrow is the Nampa, ID, semi-annual gun show. Look at all the goodies, then come home and weigh out all those cases in .1gr increments and stash them in the new pile of
Dillon Blue 50 round boxes Mamma got me for Christmas.

Watch some college basketball in the evening and fondle my repro 1895 higrade 405 Winnie.

Look forward to the Inauguration in a few days...

Life is very, very good.

Rich

[Jal5]

Cast some 9 mm 358125RF but nothing worked very well today. Wanted to do about 500 but got about 150 questionable ones. Only difference from last time I used these molds was the ambient temp in the garage was way colder today.

[B. Lumpkin]

Cast 296 200 gr SWC for the 45's. Then I re-filled the star with lube. That's as far as I made it.

[Lagamor]

Loaded a hundred 7/8 oz of 9 shot in WAA12 claybuster wads over 19.3 grains of Clays powder. Should be good for 1,300 fps. Great for busting clay birds within twenty yards.

[Okie73]

Breaking in a new Lyman 311008. :-)
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[3jimbo3]

Well I usually work on Saturday every week (Saturday is my Friday) but we got a couple inches of snow last night and some pretty cold temperatures, so i didn't open the training site today. I did however take a stroll up to the shop and sized and trimmed 500 pieces of 223. Then ran a couple hundred 9mm on my loadmaster.

[paraord]

I created my RCBS OH @#$% Kit, RCBS stuck case tools 1 and 2, extra decapping pins, and put my 2 bullet puller collets that arent in the puller biller now. And yes, I will be making a label that says "RCBS OH @#$% KIT". Thanks to Tasterhead for the box!

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[kmrra]

not one stinking thing, but I been thinking maybe I might if I can work up the motivation to get off my **** and do something anyone ever have those days.

[kmrra]

OK after reading a page or two of post I got inspired and went out to the shop and broke in a new mold a Lee 200g 44 cal bullet casted up a couple hundred and threw back 50 or so , not an exact count but I came out with 143 good ones, Now I feel better about sitting around this morning, some were on the frosty side but I havent got me a thermometer yet but I bet they shoot just the same.

[Bob in St. Louis]

....I havent got me a thermometer yet but I bet they shoot just the same.

I've wondered about that.

[62chevy]

OK after reading a page or two of post I got inspired and went out to the shop and broke in a new mold a Lee 200g 44 cal bullet casted up a couple hundred and threw back 50 or so , not an exact count but I came out with 143 good ones, Now I feel better about sitting around this morning, some were on the frosty side but I havent got me a thermometer yet but I bet they shoot just the same.



I've wondered about that.

Have you guys read this thread yet if not it comes highly recommended.

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?236488-Something-I-learned-last-weekend-about-temp

[kmrra]

Good read , I bet my mold was way too hot , I was just breaking it in anyway , I did cast some 95g bullets before Christmas and they were good and shiny , Im just getting back into casting after a 30 + year hiatus so im having to learn everything all over. Thanks for the info I will read all of the thread

[daniel lawecki]

There's plenty to do just haven't felt like it. The list of what needs done is long I poke my head in and walk away.

[Drydock]

Figgered out how to load 11mm French Navy revolver rounds for my MAS 1873. Data in BP forum.

[enloe]

Well I usually work on Saturday every week (Saturday is my Friday) but we got a couple inches of snow last night and some pretty cold temperatures, so i didn't open the training site today. I did however take a stroll up to the shop and sized and trimmed 500 pieces of 223. Then ran a couple hundred 9mm on my loadmaster.What part of S.E. Tn are you in as I am also there?

[Strtspdlx]

Casted some Lee 401-175 today. I worked on my wish list for this hobby. Right after working on my wish list I prayed that I would hit the lottery, even though I never play. In all seriousness I started drawing prints for a new workbench in my shed for me to setup to reload on. I thought about doing something in my house but I don't have the money to purchase nice materials to make it look acceptable. I may still do it honestly. I have to finish drawing it out and see if it'll fit in my room.

[bruce drake]

reloaded one hundred 6.5 Grendel with 100gr cast lead and 21gr of H335 (2100fps) and fifty 6.5 Creedmoor with 140gr cast lead with 14gr of Red Dot (fireforming loads for both cartridges. forming Grendel from x39 brass and Creed from 22-250 brass)

[Bob in St. Louis]

Have you guys read this thread yet if not it comes highly recommended.

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?236488-Something-I-learned-last-weekend-about-temp
I have not, but that looks like just the ticket. Thank you!

What did I do in the reloading room today?
Well, I unboxed my two new Lee slug molds (1oz and 7/8oz). I degreased them, deburred them, and lubed them.
Can't wait til I get a chance to use them.
(I'll treat these better than I did the last ones)

[JSnover]

Poured a batch of these from a new mold (BACO 316180) for an old single shot:
184713

[Sean357]

Last night in the 15 degree garage I poured my first ever molten lead into a Lyman 311410. Love it. Then I sized and lubed 20 today to load up for the Mini Thirty.

184714

[RP]

Well end of deer season and we got snow and ice shutting down all plans for the weekend. So I spent all weekend in the shop processing brass that I sort as I shoot or am giving by a friend that runs a class for carry permits. Now most of it is sized cleaned and stored for reloading. After spending all weekend just processing brass I wonder if I have a hording problem but if I have a chance at some brass I still pick it up.

[3jimbo3]

What part of S.E. Tn are you in as I am also there?

I'm in Athens, halfway between Knoxville and Chattanooga


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[enloe]

I am in Cleveland

[hc18flyer]

I cleaned, sized, and trimmed 100- 8 x 57 cases and loaded 60 with 17.5 Alliant 2400 and my NOE 325323 boolets for my nephews M24/47. Also loaded some Speer 170 jwords over 51, 52, and 53 grains of Winchester 748 to run over my chronic, when the weather gets better. Later, hc18flyer

[Butchman205]

I cleaned and polished 100 Hornady and 12ww 45/70 brass cases...and don't even own a 45/70. [emoji41][emoji1417]
But if I ever get a 45/70 I'll have enough brass to get to get a few loads started.

I seriously dig acquiring some somewhat hard to find whatever...clean up, and store it properly for myself or other folks to be able to use one day. There's a satisfaction in salvaging some old gun related stuff, that some folks would just throw away....


-Butchman

[robg]

Sized cleaned primed 20 308 cases I'd shot on Sunday 1 case was split.now I hope to try out the new boolits from new mold I've cast over Christmas to new year holiday I took from work.

[therealhitman]

Snow Day...no driving kids to school today. Poured coffee, picked Mozart on the player and loaded 300 .44 Specials with Lee 200 gr FRNs sized to .430 over 700X. Mostly to get the brass out of my way. All done before anyone else woke up. Then I came here.

[Skunk1]

Loaded a 1000 rounds of 45 Nosler custom comps on the 550. Nice relaxing day in the reloading room. Get all this done now before spring comes. Try to get some 9mm in this week.

[Tom W.]

Being newly retired I wander into the shed almost on a daily basis and putter for a spell. This morning I emptied my tumbler, put the 9mm brass into a now full ammo can and put primers into the .38 special cases. Also setting up the bench so I won't have any heavy lifting after my surgery.

[Texas by God]

I finished loading .223s on the LNL and put that contraption up on the shelf. See you later. Too aggravating for this old Rockchucker guy. Now I need some .358s but I need to cast boolits first.

[kmrra]

well I went back and casted more 200 g 44 bullets and played with the temp setting on the Pot and got that regulated way down , and payed more attention to the temperature of my mold and paced my self better and actually casted up almost 200 44 cal bullets in no time and they actually looked really good , So im learning all the stuff that I have forgotten in the last 30+ years , next I will breakout the 358 mold and get i broken in a and make a few hundred of those ., life is good here the last few days and the weather has been back in to the low 70s , so that helps.

[3jimbo3]

I've been playing with powder coating some 9mm I cast up a while back......

I need more powder. And BB's. And patience.... I need a lot of patience.

[trixter]

Loaded up another 100 .223's. I am part way through to my goal of 1000 rounds, to add to the rest of the loaded rounds for the coming squeek hunting this spring. A few every day. will get me there.

[Strtspdlx]

Cast up some of these lee 401-145 bullets just to test out my first attempt at a flat base modification. so far it isn't bad, also isn't great. so I will keep at it. I may keep messing with it. the bullets are severely undersized but compared to where I started with this mold ill try to not complain too much.

sorry for the sideways pictures. I rotated it 4 times and deleted and uploaded and it wouldn't upload the way I want.

[kmrra]

Mix up my first batch of 45-45-10 lube and tumble a batch of bullets , hope I got my mix right , will let dry tonight and Size and lube again tomorrow , and then I will try them out and give a report in a day or 2

[Silfield]

Set up my new (to me) Thumler B.
Tumbler, ss pins, sieve, 12 bottle of lemishine and a new box of Lapua 308 cases for £80! Tumbler has only been used a couple of times max, so I am happy.
Sized a load of bullets for my 8x 60R Kropatschek as well.

[Loudy13]

185093Finished a box of 300BO

[Harter66]

I got around to springing for a tap a cap clone percussion cap tool a while back and after some trepidation ( and rooting around for the paper sheer) I cut up a couple of soda cans and knocked out about 140 cap cups .
$8/100 is motivation ........Alas they are back to just $6/100 last I looked . If it doesn't work out for me it's not a huge deal since there's a couple 1000 put back from the $3.50/100 "glory days" .

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[Engieman]

Started to season my new NOE Brass Mold. Xmas present, 9mm, 135 grain. Be casting by the weekend!

[Reverend Al]

Sorted out about 1,000 + tumbled and annealed .30-30 brass into their various headstamps. Now I need to load 200 or so .30-30 cb target loads in preparation for a range day in February when my brother in law and his daughter come out for a family visit ...

[W.R.Buchanan]

I loaded two .44 Special Dummy Rounds for Mark Gurney of Ruger. One has a Red Powder Coated Mihec Pent HP,, and the other has a Black Powder Coated Solid from the same mould.

I polished them up nicely as they will live on the edge of the screen of his computer at work.

This is how you get people in the business to remember you. You give them something solid that they can hold onto and when they have a face to connect it to it makes a lasting memory.

Randy

[skeettx]

Waiting for the ice storm
Loaded 100+ 45ACP, 200+ 38 Spec, and 300+ 9mm.
Also sorted out my 20 gauge shotshell hulls
and cleaned up the machine shop
Mike

[Smoke4320]

at 5 AM I started up the smelting pot by 6:45 I had about 95 lbs of nice clean triple fluxed pure lead ingots

[sundog]

Yep, waiting for the ice storm. Reloobed some RCBS 357-160-SWC. Daughter/SIL's house burned about a year and a half ago. These boolits were some I had made for him that were put up in layers in tuna cans. Loob mostly melted off of them and some of the outside edge boolits were, well at best a little doty so, they went back for recycle. Soooo, I got a bunch of reloobed, GC'd, HEAT TREATED boolits ready to load. Gonna be interesting to see how they do. They really look in good condition considering what they went through.

btw, none of they firemen were hurt by rounds cooking off, but it was 'interesting'.

I'm thinking of loading some .357 mag over a near max charge of 296 for a Rossi 92...

[Oklahoma Rebel]

hey there Coweta!! we didn't get it too bad here,as soon as deer archery season is over, im out the door to Skiatook for some hog action!! can't wait.. I have to get my first kill with my new SKS ( late model norinco, I think aa 1980, they made them till 84 or sometime around then) well since I've never seen you, welcome to the site!!Travis

[kmrra]

Fixing to go out in the man cave and load up some 44 mag loads with some that I cast the other day and see how the work with tumble lubing , first time I have ever tumble lubed... and also just got in a shipment of pure lead that the mailman just dropped off out here at the ranch, going to melt them down and mix some alloy thankful that I live out here in the sticks where I have my own range so all I have to do is step out side ant try out loads as I make them.

[Tom W.]

Emptied and rearranged the shed. My part got a new cabinet to store powders and handloads. Still have to go and rearrange the bench, but now have a bit more room to place things. Still have some stuff to either sell or remelt.

[sundog]

Look at post 3483. I loaded and shot some of these today in a scoped Blackhawk. Instead of 296 I used surplus '4759' which is pull down powder from 30 carbine. Worked pretty good. The morning ice gave way to some rain and then that quit. It's wet and cold. Nice having a range out back.

The reloob was with a RCBS loob-sizer that I bought from someone here on the board and still had some soft green loob in it, so I used it.

[kmrra]

Loaed up 6 rounds of my new cast bullets 200g ...they averaged 205g ..with 11.5 g of Unique pushing it right at 1300 fps...shot real well, started with a clean gun 8 3/8 smith and they shot well checked the bore over real good and didnt see any signs of leading , this is my first time tumble lubing with 45-45-10 , eventually im going to try the hi-tech cook on stuff , man cave is going to look like a kitchen slash Lab after I add all the extras I have in store for it ... now im melting down pure lead into ingots that I recived in the mail today , will probly size and prime a bunch of brass after that , since it raining out I cant do much around the place here today , so I get to play today , Happy shooting everone
Tom

[Meatpuppet]

Loaded up 3500 rounds of 9mm: 124gr JHP, over 4.1gr VV N320, Fed SPP.... God bless Dillon 1050 with an autodrive.

[Charliemac]

Got the furnace going and cast 12 lbs of 358 91s, 6lbs of 357446 and about 5 lbs of 429421.

[Texas by God]

Alternated casting RCBS 35-200FP & LEE 309-150FP until the pot was empty. I'll sort/count/cull them tomorrow. My .300 BO, 30-30, & .358 are hungry. Misty and cold today- perfect casting weather. Best, Thomas.

[knappasarn]

just spent 5 hours polishing the internals of my sjogren auto shotgun to improve cycling. its of to the range tomorrow to see if there is any improvement. I hope so, there were lots of tool marks that are gone now.

[skeettx]

Hello knappasarn
Welcome on your first posting

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sj%C3%B6gren_shotgun

[paraord]

Felt the need to pull the ram on my special 5 cause it was sticking at one point. Pulled the ram on my Rock chucker too cause why not, already doing one. Cleaned the rams and sleeves and then gave them a little coating of Mobil 1 5w-30 full synthetic. Just like the truck. Both are slicker than snot on a doorknob now.

[kmrra]

God bless America where we are still free to be able to waste a Saturday doing what we love, gota love it

[Okie73]

I worked on lube sizing RCBS 30-150-CM that I had cast the other day and then finished casting what was in the pot. Now back to the sizer.


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[Efin]

Powder coated several hundred 9mm, 40cal and 45 casted Friday

[Reverend Al]

Sorted more brass ... there is just no end to it ... (thankfully!) ...

;)

[taco650]

Finished sizing & lubing the 45 acp bullets I cast a month or so ago.

[Reverend Al]

Just going to head down to the shop to start sizing and de-priming some .30-30's ... lots and LOTS of .30-30's ... (about 1,000 +) ...

:shock:

[bruce drake]

I was casting and then my LEE Casting pot died. Off to Midway to go buy another one. Only took 18 years for this one to die.

[shadowwalker]

I cast 100 9MM pills and lubed 160 .45 ACP's that I cast last weekend. It's raining and cold here so no shooting for me.

[enloe]

I didn't do anything in the reloading room but I did buy some stuff for the reloading room.

I bought some reloading presses from a friend of mine.
I bought a Dillon Square deal in 45 ACP. I also bought a Lee Pro 1000 as part of a package deal.

Going to Keep the Dillon sell the Lee

[Bob in St. Louis]

Cleaned and straightened it!
I also fondled some ingots. I just had to touch them.

[mwells72774]

I got around to springing for a tap a cap clone percussion cap tool a while back and after some trepidation ( and rooting around for the paper sheer) I cut up a couple of soda cans and knocked out about 140 cap cups .
$8/100 is motivation ........Alas they are back to just $6/100 last I looked . If it doesn't work out for me it's not a huge deal since there's a couple 1000 put back from the $3.50/100 "glory days" .

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I've got the press mounted version for #11 caps. What do you use for priming compound?