What did you do in the reloading room today?

[OS OK]

Today was the most rewarding day in along time...

8 x 57mm - 252 grain Ideal 320378 - GC'd & PC'd - 40 grains H4831SC - "Uhh ?" (http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?333384-8-x-57mm-252-grain-Ideal-320378-GC-d-amp-PC-d-40-grains-H4831SC-quot-Uhh-quot)

[Bookworm]

Hahahaha me too and have spent hours looking for the little critters.

I even used my " I can find anything" trick - turned off the lights, set a flashlight parallel to the floor, so the beam sweeps across floor level...no luck.

That primer used the same trick that whitetails use to disappear. I think it went through an inter-dimensional doorway.

[woodbutcher]

:twisted: I`m sure that you will find it the first time that you vacuum the loading room;).
Good luck.Have fun.Be safe.
Leo

[15meter]

Test loads for a 450 Nitro Express using Lyman 457122, waaay light bullet, but looking for a practice/plinking load. Just looking at the loaded round is fun. It looks like something out of a road runner cartoon....

[The Dar]

There's a live primer on the loose, somewhere in that room. I heard the primer hit the floor, then it disappeared.....

I'll send my wife over, she found one of mine with her bare heel this morning....wasn't a good start for her day, or mine....

[Idaho Sharpshooter]

I made another major step into the 21st Century this week. A K&M Arbor Press with a dial indicator.

I was having some minor fliers with my BR 308 Win rifle and the old Lyman 311284. I could never pin it down before the K&M arrived. I had some recent casts segregated into 2/10ths GR. Even using Wilson hand dies, there was an occasional unexplained flier. For awhile I thought lube purge, but this batch was half powder coated, the other half lubed (trial time), then sized in a home made version of the LEE push thru. Get the dial indicator zeroed with the needle at 12:00 o'clock dead up. I seat the first three, with less than .002" dial movement. Number four moved the needle .007" although the seating pressure felt about the same. Another variable to work on.

Anyway, I had forty rounds, twenty of each, and each batch had a couple that were over the .002" reading. I use a 36X Leupold FCH for testing. Sure enough, every round over the .002" went out of the group, no pattern, just out .250-.300". The .002" made groups in the .450" range, under 1/2" aggregate for six groups.

So, I found another (very) important variable I can eliminate.

[HangFireW8]

I made another major step into the 21st Century this week. A K&M Arbor Press with a dial indicator.

I was having some minor fliers with my BR 308 Win rifle and the old Lyman 311284. I could never pin it down before the K&M arrived. I had some recent casts segregated into 2/10ths GR. Even using Wilson hand dies, there was an occasional unexplained flier. For awhile I thought lube purge, but this batch was half powder coated, the other half lubed (trial time), then sized in a home made version of the LEE push thru. Get the dial indicator zeroed with the needle at 12:00 o'clock dead up. I seat the first three, with less than .002" dial movement. Number four moved the needle .007" although the seating pressure felt about the same. Another variable to work on.

Anyway, I had forty rounds, twenty of each, and each batch had a couple that were over the .002" reading. I use a 36X Leupold FCH for testing. Sure enough, every round over the .002" went out of the group, no pattern, just out .250-.300". The .002" made groups in the .450" range, under 1/2" aggregate for six groups.

So, I found another (very) important variable I can eliminate.
You can index the eccentric cartridges in your chamber, which will reduce group sizes for the rejects. Firing them in a good chamber is the best way to get them concentric again.

Sizing balls, expansion and seating are the worst culprits for creating eccentricity.

-HF

[JonB_in_Glencoe]

The craziest thing...
I'm loading some 38spl WC today.
the last time (3 years ago), that I loaded WC, I had a heck of a time with the Pacific seating die (It was the first time using these dies, I had previously use Lee dies (as well as RCBS) and always had WC seating issues with them).

I even made a note(3 years ago) to modify a unused seater stem, as the set (357/38) came with three different ones.

Today, I can't find the box with the other two stems in? I did find another complete set of Pacific dies, the box labeled 38spl (no mention of 357). There is only one seater stem and it's in the seater die...and it looks like it's for WC. I guess it's smart to always be buying these old sets when I find them at the gunshow for cheap prices. I don't even remember buying this set, but the box was marked $7.

edited: found 'em :) the old box was 6" away from the New box of dies I bought, but the old box was in a bag...I didn't look into the bag til this evening, jeez?

[tazman]

I loaded a couple hundred of the load that works best so far in my Springfield Armory Mil-spec 45 ACP.
I have tried several different boolit/bullet and powder combinations. What I came up with was the Lee 200 grain SWC/H&G68 clone over 4.1 grains of WST. Smooth shooting and very accurate in my pistol.

[DerekP Houston]

Guilty....found my lyman and rcbs molds were developing surface rust from lack of use. vinegar and toothbrush cleaned them right up luckily, they are now oiled heavily in ziplock bags. I thought being indoors would be enough but Houston humidity never fails.

[zubrato]

Getting a few molds ready, since I bought the Rossi 92 357 and 38's seem to disappear at 9mm rates!
Have been refinishing the stock with dark tung oil, changed out the follower for stainless and working to smooth out the edge that always seems to hang up just past the loading gate.

Then hopefully by the time I have her back together I'll manage to marathon cast 358429 HP and solids and load up some ammo.

Now that I mention it, I haven't actually worked up ammo for the Rossi, just whatever worked best in my 686. I should get on that, since I might set it up with a scout 1-7x scope.


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[TXGunNut]

Have a new to me (ca. 1894) 1886 Winchester in 45-70 to feed and my Marlin hunting loads are a bit warmer than I want to shoot in this old girl. Too windy to shoot today but I found some boolits I cast seven years ago this month and some primed cases that have been cluttering up a loading block for years. It was quite tempting to load them up with FFg but went with MV's load of 28grs 5744.

[centershot]

Cast up a bunch of .379-250's last week, TL'd them yesterday and loaded some test loads for my Marlin 375. 10 rounds 10 gr. of Unique, another 10 with 20 gr. of H4198. Headed for the range in the morning if it quits raining!

[ole_270]

Loaded about 4 boxes of 16gauge pheasant loads for this fall. 1 1/8 oz. Nickled 5's seem to do all right on wild Roosters.
Loaded a few 25-20WCF with my plinker load. 9gr-4198 under a Noe plain based 260283, powder coated seems to ring the gong pretty regularly.
Sized and flared a few Starline 38-55 cases that rocked the gong a bit further than the 25-20 did.
Way too wet and windy to do much outside today

[Texas by God]

I lined up old dies for a sale. (Shamless Plug)
Best, Thomas.

[Littleton Shot Maker]

pulled out the two RCE hydro swaggers, pull out the dies that go with them - took pictures,
yanked out the 30+ full sets of magma molds we have to see what we want to keep and what are going up for sale,
grabbed the 2 dillon 1000's and the shell plate holders and stuck them into the back of our BOX truck- making room in there so we can actually start reloading again...
oh and we cleaned 5-7K pieces of 308 and started the de-capping , and sizeing...found the projectiles for the said 308's...just another day??

[rancher1913]

been sorting shotgun hulls and resizing them all day, made it about half way through the stash. sure would be nice if every brand and every type had their own color so as to make it easy to lump like kinds together

[Charliemac]

Prepared 650 pieces of 223 brass for reloading.

[avogunner]

Very productive for me.....
Cast a couple of hundred H&G#20 and loaded a few for my 1903.
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[Efin]

Sized, cleaned, and trimmed 150 308's for the Ruger PR, next to prepare some test loads with several powders.

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[flyingmonkey35]

Very productive for me.....
Cast a couple of hundred H&G#20 and loaded a few for my 1903.
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that is a good looking round

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[Tom W.]

Loaded a box of 9 mm with Bullseye. First time I've been able to load anything​ since my surgery, and I have to get more surgery Wednesday.

[62chevy]

Loaded a box of 9 mm with Bullseye. First time I've been able to load anything​ since my surgery, and I have to get more surgery Wednesday.

Good to see you busy Tom. What do they want this time?

[Plate plinker]

Loaded 250 9mm today and about 800-900 4o SW yesterday.

[tazman]

Received an NOE 454-230-rn from a member on this site today. I cleaned it and cast just under 300 boolits with it. I ran them through the Lee sizer and tumble lubed them. They should be good to load tomorrow.

[Tom W.]

Good to see you busy Tom. What do they want this time?

They want to put a port into my chest so they can start chemo. I told them the port needed to be on the left side so it would not interfere with my rifle shooting, should I resume it.

[62chevy]

They want to put a port into my chest so they can start chemo. I told them the port needed to be on the left side so it would not interfere with my rifle shooting, should I resume it.

Smart move Tom.Hope you make that range time soon too.

[coxa2]

Cast and sized a couple hundred 230gr RN 45acp pills. Also loaded a ladder test for the 357 mag rifle using H110 and 135gr cast rounds.

[Blanket]

working on a bunch of 22-250 and 22-250 AI loads for an upcoming PD and rock chuck trip, jacketed bullets not cast.

[ascast]

Daydream

[Reverend Al]

Adjusted my FL sizing die to the right length to form some 7x57 Mauser to shoot in my new (to me) South American Remington Rolling Block. It has a typical long headspace chamber of the old military 7mm's before the cartridge was standardized so I had to ensure that the shoulders on the brass I formed came out at the correct length for my rifle. Tomorrow I'll load up a bunch of 175 round nose bullets to fire form in it on this Friday's trip up to the range ...

[taco650]

Adjusted my FL sizing die to the right length to form some 7x57 Mauser to shoot in my new (to me) South American Remington Rolling Block. It has a typical long headspace chamber of the old military 7mm's before the cartridge was standardized so I had to ensure that the shoulders on the brass I formed came out at the correct length for my rifle. Tomorrow I'll load up a bunch of 175 round nose bullets to fire form in it on this Friday's trip up to the range ...

Did you used 7x57 brass or reform something else to accommodate the longer headspace?

[Reverend Al]

I already had a bunch of Federal and Winchester 7x57 brass, but I use a tapered expanding mandrel to expand the case mouths from 7mm up to 30 calibre first. Then I adjusted the 7x57 FL sizer down a quarter turn at a time until I could just close the block and the hammer would go all of the way down. Then I locked my sizer die at that length (this is the only 7x57 I have at the moment). I'll be reloading light, low pressure loads in this rifle anyway (the previous owner recommended 34.0 grains of IMR4064) but I will also seat the 175 grain round nose bullets out to "kiss" the rifling to ensure that the cases fire form at the correct length.


Did you used 7x57 brass or reform something else to accommodate the longer headspace?

[kmrra]

Got the casting room cleaned up and Radios moved just around the corner from the from the casting Bench,
II like this setup better than what I had.
194675

[Digital Dan]

Used up 2.5 pounds of lead to make 400 bullets.

They all look alike.

[ravelode]

Got a propane cooker and smelted 80 lbs of coww, misc scrap, and 8" dia. net sinker into muffin pan ingots

[copdills]

I made some 000 buck

[brstevns]

Converted some 303 British Berdan primed brass, gifted to me by a member, over to small rifle boxer primer.

[The Governor]

Sized some nines to load and shoot in ny cz scorpion tomorrow

[OS OK]

I took a Lee .358 158 RNF, 6 gang mould I bought used and 'cleaned the tar' out of it with Acetone and a toothbrush (hope the wife doesn't find out!) and I sat down and enjoyed the afternoon...played a Buddy Holly CD, had a few cold Millers and ..."Wallagh!"


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[DerekP Houston]

I took a Lee .358 158 RNF, 6 gang mould I bought used and 'cleaned the tar' out of it with Acetone and a toothbrush (hope the wife doesn't find out!) and I sat down and enjoyed the afternoon...played a Buddy Holly CD, had a few cold Millers and ..."Wallagh!"


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outta keep you busy for an afternoon at the range I'd imagine ;).

[taco650]

Used up 2.5 pounds of lead to make 400 bullets.

They all look alike.

[smilie=l:[smilie=l:

[308Jeff]

I took a Lee .358 158 RNF, 6 gang mould I bought used and 'cleaned the tar' out of it with Acetone and a toothbrush (hope the wife doesn't find out!) and I sat down and enjoyed the afternoon...played a Buddy Holly CD, had a few cold Millers and ..."Wallagh!"


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This is mucho bullets.

[Reverend Al]

Measured the throat length in the 7x57 Roller today and then loaded 42 test rounds to try out on Friday. Yikes! To just "kiss" the rifling with a big, long 175 grain Winchester semi-spitzer bullet they ended up at a COAL of 3.321"! There is probably less than a quarter of the case neck length holding onto the bullet base. It'll be interesting to see how these shoot ... and then I'll have to go looking for a really, REALLY long, round nosed 7mm cast boolit mould to try and match the really long throat in this rifle. Anyone have any suggestions on a mould that might be suitable?


I already had a bunch of Federal and Winchester 7x57 brass, but I use a tapered expanding mandrel to expand the case mouths from 7mm up to 30 calibre first. Then I adjusted the 7x57 FL sizer down a quarter turn at a time until I could just close the block and the hammer would go all of the way down. Then I locked my sizer die at that length (this is the only 7x57 I have at the moment). I'll be reloading light, low pressure loads in this rifle anyway (the previous owner recommended 34.0 grains of IMR4064) but I will also seat the 175 grain round nose bullets out to "kiss" the rifling to ensure that the cases fire form at the correct length.

[Madoktor1]

Tried out my new Lee R.E.A.L. muzzle loader Bullet molds. I think I'm gonna like these. I got both the 250 gr and the 320 gr.
I also think I might have an addiction as well. Lol.



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[mwells72774]

Just cast up a mess of 9mm devestators

[W.R.Buchanan]

I started a new run of BPM Hand Presses for the Masses. You're gonna want one!

Randy

[acoop101]

Got up early (as always), got the wife off to work and loaded 250 38 specials for the daughter. Got another box of 500 Missouri bullet company's, and between her shooting them up need to find a mold to cast some lighter 38 Cal for her.
Take a look at the Lee 105 grain swc.

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[Digital Dan]

Put the GC on 400 .22 bullets, sized and lubed. My fingers are bigger than they used to be. Lessons in tedium? Pigs are having a protest.

[Soundguy]

Made up a few blocks of ballistic gelatin today.

[WRideout]

Rolled up a box of 357 mag. Lyman 358477 as cast, homemade lube. Usual alloy is range scrap plus tin. 9 gr Blue Dot and WW mag primer.

Wayne

[OS OK]

Made up a few blocks of ballistic gelatin today.

You could start some pretty interesting threads here with pictures of your testing and some details about the rounds tested!

Just a thought...charlie

[Kraschenbirn]

Ran off 575 rounds of .357 Mag...PC'd 162 gr. Arsenal RNFP over 6.5 gr. Unique...on my Dillon SDB. Would've run off more but ran out of clean empties.

Bill

[Soundguy]

You could start some pretty interesting threads here with pictures of your testing and some details about the rounds tested!

Just a thought...charlie

I plan on taking plenty of pictures! I'm sure son will make it here.

[hc18flyer]

194958Today a cast some RCBS 45-255 KT with a new to me mold off of evilbay. 2/3 coww, 1/3 soww + 1% tin. Cast and sized beautifully, lubed with Tac1. I can't wait to bang some steel with them over some Green Dot, out of my nm Blackhawk! hc18flyer

[Michael J. Spangler]

Took some 45/70 pull down brass out of the tumbler. Realized I had to scrub out the cases.
Whoever was loading there things (not me I bought them as pull down ammo) had some heavy bullets and some serious compressed loads.
After a couple hours tumbling I still had to scrape the powder off the walls.

[Soundguy]

Mighta been shooting black or a black sub.

[Bzcraig]

Casted, coated and loaded!

[Michael J. Spangler]

Mighta been shooting black or a black sub.

it was smokeless. 480 grain jacketed with as much powder as you can fit under the Bullet and then some. Loaded long too. Too long for a lever gun. I think the guy had a Ruger #1

[Bookworm]

Found the live primer I lost 2 weeks ago.

I was lubing/checking some Lee 430-310 boolits with NRA lube, one of them slippery devils got away from me. It hit the ground and disappeared, just like the primer. I looked, didn't see it. Figgered '...this thing is far too large to lose on the floor...'

Got the flashlight, went under the bench..... found it, wedged in betwixt the leg and the shelving adjacent to it. Had to get needle-nose pliers to reach it.

Pulled the boolit out, and there under it was the prodigal primer.

Now I have a single SPP to keep up with. So far, it's just sitting on the bench....

[taco650]

Not yesterday but the day before I cast up some Lee 44's for the Dan Wesson.

[62chevy]

Found the live primer I lost 2 weeks ago.

I was lubing/checking some Lee 430-310 boolits with NRA lube, one of them slippery devils got away from me. It hit the ground and disappeared, just like the primer. I looked, didn't see it. Figgered '...this thing is far too large to lose on the floor...'

Got the flashlight, went under the bench..... found it, wedged in betwixt the leg and the shelving adjacent to it. Had to get needle-nose pliers to reach it.

Pulled the boolit out, and there under it was the prodigal primer.

Now I have a single SPP to keep up with. So far, it's just sitting on the bench....


hahahahahahaha never fails !!!

[bjordan]

I hung my Star sizer upside down and heated it with a torch and drained all the BAC lube out of it. Got it re-mounted and plopped in my fist stick of Blue Angles lube, brought the heater up to temp and cranked the PSI on the air cylinder up and started sizing some 230 grain RN .45 bullets. I like the look of the BA lube.

[labradigger1]

Loaded 400 150 grain 30-06 for the garand.

[mwells72774]

Tried out some max loads in the compact handi rechamber. Lee 358-200 over H110 worked great and super mild

[rsrocket1]

Cast about 1000 Lee TL452-230-TC's. The boolits virtually fall out of the mold like rain but it empties the 4-20 pot pretty quickly. I'll be powder coating these to use in my XD45 which will see the light of day when it gets out of jail because of the 11 day wait here in Kim Jung Jerryland.

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[OS OK]

That TL _TC design just tries to jump out of the mould...you've been casting like a 'house-a-fire'! Pretty satisfying...huh?

[bullseye67]

Good evening,
Today was the finishing of a project that started Friday with my son.
Couldn't decide what I wanted for a gun cleaning bench for the last couple of years. Tried several tables to see how much room and what would be a good height. Decided to go with the "Island" style of bench. My reloading bench is a large "L" 8'X6' attached to one side/end of my gun room. Studied the "what kind of bench do you have" threads and the Island style seemed to get a lot of picks for the ability to work all around. I used 2X4s and put a 2'X4'x3/4" shelf to store a bunch(1000lbs) of cast boolits, to anchor it down. I am a tall guy so I went with 3' legs plus the 1 inch and a 1/4 from the top. For the bench top I used 2layers (60"X30") of 3/4" plywood covered with a sheet of cabinet grade 1/2". I put a trim around that creates about a 1/2" lip. I hate it when things roll off the bench.
Decided to take a quick picture, set the gun vise on for scale, and post it before I get it loaded up with all the "goodies" that appear from everywhere!!
Everyone have a fantastic week...:drinks:

[JBinMN]

That bench looks nice! Looks like ya have the lower shelf set low enough to not cause "top heavy" situation & I like the idea about the rim all around.
:)

I need to make one myself.
:)

For me...

Today I sorted about 1500 - .45cal ACP mixed type cases/casings to sort by maker. Should have worn gloves as they blackened my hands, but I am happy. Tomorrow or the next day it is about 800 cases/casings of 9mm & about 500 .380. Then it is citrus soak & swirl, remove primers, clean, another quick soak & swirl & load time. Lucky this time since these are only "once fired", so no need to trim length on casings, or anneal for a while anyway. Boring stuff, but so is sorting by manf. if ya do it... ;) LOL


Time to buy more primers & lead though.
;)

[coxa2]

Taking on the daunting task of organizing the reloading room/bench.

[Soundguy]

Cast about 1000 Lee TL452-230-TC's. The boolits virtually fall out of the mold like rain but it empties the 4-20 pot pretty quickly. I'll be powder coating these to use in my XD45 which will see the light of day when it gets out of jail because of the 11 day wait here in Kim Jung Jerryland.

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Nice!

[robg]

Smelted about 10 lbs of lead scrap into nice clean ingots ,was going to do some casting but the weather was beautiful so I gave my self the afternoon off.Cleaned my308 ,had about 200 boolits through it since I last cleaned it ,well pleased just some soot in the barrel no lead just used some Butch's bore shine on a patch then half a dozen patches till they came out clean .

[rsrocket1]

That TL _TC design just tries to jump out of the mould...you've been casting like a 'house-a-fire'! Pretty satisfying...huh?

Yes, easier than a couple of weeks ago when I made 1200 401-175-TC boolits.

You experienced guys have probably figured out that the fatter and the heavier the boolit, the easier they tend to come out of the mold. The toughest 6 bangers I have are the 356-120-TC and TL356-124-2R. The 40 cal are in between and the 45 are a pure joy to cast. The rifle, slug and ML molds are a different animal because they are either dual or single cavity.

[JonB_in_Glencoe]

The weather is about as nice as it gets, Minnesota in May, gotta love it. Problem is, I have tree pollen allergies and Pollen counts peak in May, so I need to spend as much time inside, as I can possibly stand. Which leads me to the reloading/casting room to find something fun.

Some months ago, I bought a Lyman 45. Funny thing is, it is one that I had sold to a member and they never got around to using it...So I bought it back. Today, I finally got around to mounting it to the bench and proceeded to empty the last bit of Lube that was inside, via filling the reservoir of some new modified orange felix lube sample that I was given...and cranking the pressure screw, til all the old lube was pushed out the hole where the die goes...and was coming out orange.

Next, was to install a older .410 die that I bought somewhere along the line, to test it, to see if it had been modified...it appears to be...boolit come out slightly larger than .411 that's good, that's the size I like. I remove the die and plug some of the holes with solder rivets, so I can cleanly lube single lube groove boolits from my Saeco 411 (SWC) mold. I reinstall the die...Success :-) feels so good.

Now I need to go back outside to work on the lawnmower, and mow part of the yard.

[Sghinds]

Loaded up some more test rounds for cast 223. I did some shooting of these a few weeks ago, but feel this test needs to be run again. This time I lowered the powder charges (17.0-19.0 gr in .5 gr increments) of Winchester 748. I loaded 5 rounds with and 5 rounds without gas checks (blue=no gas check, orange=gas check). They are powder coated (shake and bake method) and sized in a lee push though sizer (.225).From my previous test, 19 gr without a gas check was by best group at 2.5in @ 100 yards. Hopefully this will help narrow down a good plinking load to run in my AR15 (16 in HBAR 1:9 twist)

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[Soundguy]

Someone asked me to post a few pics of the ballistic gelatin I made up.

Here are just some preliminary pics. I made up a rectangular block, and a cylindrical '1-shot' block. Pic is showing the rectangle clock just coming out of the box mold still in it's liner bag, and the cylinder block just got poured, so it's still in setup phase in the 2L soda bottle.

Might be shooting them this weekend.. if not this weekend, then next weekend.

[tazman]

I cast and tumble lubed a small pile of 356402 boolits. I can shoot these as cast in my Springfield Armory 9mm Range officer since they drop from the mold at .356-.357.
It turn out my pistol like these run at nearly full power better than light loads. I am using a full power load of CFE Pistol for a 125 grain boolit under this one (which is 120 grains) so should be quite safe.
They certainly shoot well enough.

[JBinMN]

Cast a couple hundred or so TL 356-120-TC, and spent some hours sorting brass. A seemingly never ending task when you are doing it. LOL
;-)

[OS OK]

Someone asked me to post a few pics of the ballistic gelatin I made up.

Here are just some preliminary pics. I made up a rectangular block, and a cylindrical '1-shot' block. Pic is showing the rectangle clock just coming out of the box mold still in it's liner bag, and the cylinder block just got poured, so it's still in setup phase in the 2L soda bottle.

Might be shooting them this weekend.. if not this weekend, then next weekend.

I think you will blow right through those blocks. How are you going to catch the boolit?

[frkelly74]

I am packing it up to move back north to Michigan. I will miss the setup I have here but look forward to organizing another setup. All that stuff is really heavy.

[eljefeoz]

Converted 50 .303 into .410
Loaded a dozen with 11.5 gr Blue dot.maybe do up the rest tomorrow
I used my 9.3 FLS die to open up the case mouths.The felt OP wad and 3x9mm cork wads need less fiddling, seat well, Topped off with 1/2 oz of No.7, OS wad and Shower silicon sealant.
Am looking at screwing the wad to a 150 gr .38 CB wadcutter, patch with teflon tape to .395" and experiment- after the cases have fireformed.
Now to turn the kids loose... ;)

[Soundguy]

I think you will blow right through those blocks. How are you going to catch the boolit?

Why would you think I'm going to blow right thru?

You don't even know what I'm shooting?

I'm not going to send a 338 lapua into it..

It's properly calibrated ballistics gelatin with 8cm 17 cal bb penetration. It should be very very close to 10% fbi spec gelatin. The rectangle block is almost a foot long. If a self defense projectile is exiting a foot of simulated swine flesh, it's not doing it's job in any sense of the word. The test will be with a layer of bluejeans denim, over a layer of cotton shirt, over a cut of ribs that will be layered at the front of the block. Behind the block will be a box panel of 1/2" drywall to simulate an interior house wall. Behind that will be a milkjug of red water.

My plan is to shoot from inside house / self defense distances. if the projectile penetrates the drywall, it's a failure IMHO. If the projectile penetrates the water/food coloring milk jug, it a failure plus it's showing that it can wound people after a thru and thru shot.

Ammo tested will be hornady critical defense 45 acp and 380 acp. Both will get the material/gelatin/drywall test.

As far as the cyl shaped block, I've seen plenty of video's on youtube using a small block like that, then shooting down the center of it. then cutting it open to see what it did.

[OS OK]

Well...Soundguy, 'once upon a time recently' I started a thread about HP's and 'in house self defense shooting'...had pretty much the same ideas you mention here...I was working with the wife's .38 Special snubbie. Snubs are limited in developing speed so long as you are working with the 'Special standard load', non +P...eventually elvis ammo (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqq2Xh4H4VnMjZemwjTLW0w) tested them in his 18" gel blocks Hollow Point (CONTROLLED EXPANSION) Initiator Rounds ===) - Duration: 23:10. elvis ammo 1,371 views (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjhO_vsspkw) .
That round only developed 760 FPS, IIRC'ly and penetration was 11.25 - -12.5". He didn't shoot through denim but the denim won't offer any resistance, it will only defeat the mushrooming ability of the HP as it passes through and gets clogged with material, defeating the hydraulic pressure needed to expand and open it up.

Any pistol round faster, heavier or non-HP is going to penetrate even further. So, at best these small blocks you are making could only represent a 'body' they are passing through...makes sense to me, you don't have to get defensive over it...I'm not a detractor all I offer is a little information.

Save your defensive attitude for the fellas that'll come and comment as you publish your results...some will say, "If it ain't a FBI Load....", then there starts the peeing match. Sometimes people just can't let you accomplish what you want without raining on your parade!

good luck...charlie

[Soundguy]

You are apparently unfamiliar with the hornady critical defense ammo. It has a silicone rubber plug in the cavity of the hollow point to prevent clogging by clothing, and the silicone rubber is suposed to mimic the hyd pressure of tissue expanding the hp open.

I also saw no mention of the ribs I will be using, as those will perfectly simulate bone found in a chest cavity.

The 380 is going to have less muzzle energy than the 38. ( lighter projectile, same speed ). The 45 was tested between 658 fps and 706 fps.

And yes.. I thought that was the point I was making.. these small blocks are especially meant to simulate a 'body'. I don't want a 36" block if I am trying to see if a projectile will exit the average bad guy and penetrate an interior wall.

I don't see too many 3' thick murder'ers charging people, unless maybee they are in a power chair at walmart or something.

Me and a couple buddies are doing the test for personal edification.. I should have known it would have been a mistake to talk about it on a firearms related forum.... that' won't happen again..

[JBinMN]

Me and a couple buddies are doing the test for personal edification.. I should have known it would have been a mistake to talk about it on a firearms related forum.... that' won't happen again..

That would be disappointing.
:(
I even went to look at your past posts to see if you had been discussing this project somewhere so I could learn more.
I hope you change your mind about sharing it, as I am pretty doggone sure your testing results would be well received by more than just me about this subject. I do hope you will reconsider sharing your results.

JB
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Todays reloading projects are to clean as many of the cases I have sorted as I can, while pan lubing & tumble lubing boollits for loading.

[OS OK]

You are apparently unfamiliar with the hornady critical defense ammo. It has a silicone rubber plug in the cavity of the hollow point to prevent clogging by clothing, and the silicone rubber is suposed to mimic the hyd pressure of tissue expanding the hp open.

I also saw no mention of the ribs I will be using, as those will perfectly simulate bone found in a chest cavity.

The 380 is going to have less muzzle energy than the 38. ( lighter projectile, same speed ). The 45 was tested between 658 fps and 706 fps.

And yes.. I thought that was the point I was making.. these small blocks are especially meant to simulate a 'body'. I don't want a 36" block if I am trying to see if a projectile will exit the average bad guy and penetrate an interior wall.

I don't see too many 3' thick murder'ers charging people, unless maybee they are in a power chair at walmart or something.

Me and a couple buddies are doing the test for personal edification.. I should have known it would have been a mistake to talk about it on a firearms related forum.... that' won't happen again..

I told you..."I'm not a detractor!" Why are you acting so sensitive over this experiment?

You could have mentioned your intent in the first post with the pictures. People usually use the gel to stop the boolits and measure expansion and penetration...in your case you have a different idea...all you need do is let us in on the project, you'll find overwhelming support with most of us.

If this is how you are to deal with...heck, do us a favor and don't publish.
If you're having a tough morning...I understand, lets talk empirical evidence...pictures and data.

charlie

[Soundguy]

I told you..."I'm not a detractor!" Why are you acting so sensitive over this experiment?

You could have mentioned your intent in the first post with the pictures. People usually use the gel to stop the boolits and measure expansion and penetration...in your case you have a different idea...all you need do is let us in on the project, you'll find overwhelming support with most of us.

If this is how you are to deal with...heck, do us a favor and don't publish.
If you're having a tough morning...I understand, lets talk empirical evidence...pictures and data.

charlie

This is a "what did you do in your reloading room TODAY" thread

My initial post was just that, making gelatin, then unmolding. Since I didn't test the day I posted the pics, I saw no need to elaborate about the eventual entire process in a "what did you do in your reloading room TODAY" Thread.

I only made a second post per someone's request, as I was going to start its own full thread with details on the projectile and intent of the test with a short 'body thickness' block.

Regardless of you including the 'not a detractor' wording, your post came across as assuming and aggressive, so yes, of course faced with that, my reply was defensive. And here your next reply sounds aggressive and assuming in tone again " if this is how you are to deal with..."

And yes, I'm very much thinking about not publishing here, due to solely, your comments and attitude.

I will be posting on a few other forums however. Those people are looking forward to the results of what will happen using known commercial ammo, clothing, animal tissue, and the simulated tissue.

And no, I'm not being sensitive about this test, its going to occur regardless of comments from detractors or um, non detractors.

Not having a bad day, or wasn't anyway.. ;)

[Soundguy]

That would be disappointing.
:(
I even went to look at your past posts to see if you had been discussing this project somewhere so I could learn more.
I hope you change your mind about sharing it, as I am pretty doggone sure your testing results would be well received by more than just me about this subject. I do hope you will reconsider sharing your results.

JB
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Todays reloading projects are to clean as many of the cases I have sorted as I can, while pan lubing & tumble lubing boollits for loading.

Your defacto forum spokesperson would prefer otherwise, per his post above.

Glad he wasn't a detractor.. Given the percieved aggressive tone, I'd hate to see some comments that were detracting! ;)

[OS OK]

Gee whiz! I haven't been dressed down like that in years!

Anybody know where I can go to get 'sensitivity/aggressiveness' training'?

Here's my opening comment...((( I think you will blow right through those blocks. How are you going to catch the boolit? )))

Yeah...I need some sensitivity and or aggressiveness training for sure!

Just for my own edification..."How old are you?"

[Soundguy]

I'm not sure how that private info is any of your business, or relevant to this thread., but old enough to have grown a not so stylish foot long 'duck dynasty' mostly grey beard 20 years ago.

( wait... Is this secretly gunboards?? If so, all this makes sense now.. ;) )

[tazman]

That would be disappointing.
:(
I even went to look at your past posts to see if you had been discussing this project somewhere so I could learn more.
I hope you change your mind about sharing it, as I am pretty doggone sure your testing results would be well received by more than just me about this subject. I do hope you will reconsider sharing your results.

JB
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I agree with JB. I would also like very much to see/hear/read the results of your experiment. This is useful data.

[Soundguy]

I'll be PM'ing JB a link to the website I post the pics/data on, ill try to remember to PM you as well

[tazman]

I'll be PM'ing JB a link to the website I post the pics/data on, ill try to remember to PM you as well

Thanks. I'll be looking forward to it.

[skeettx]

Melted roof jack, lead pipe, and range scrap, added a bit of Linotype and cast up
about 200 one pound ingots yesterday afternoon.

[KenH]

..... I should have known it would have been a mistake to talk about it on a firearms related forum.... that' won't happen again..

@Soundguy:Please do reconsider posting a thread on THIS forum with your full test. Many of us would like to read about it. Just remember, on a forum it's so easy for "written" words to come across with a totally different attitude than would if it were "spoken" words where "tone" could be heard as well.

Your comment this is the "what I did today" thread is exactly right and doesn't focus on total project, just perhaps the announcement of general plans for a project, just as you did. "IF" you stay with your decision not to post the project in it's own thread on this site, perhaps you would consider posting a thread with a link? I just hope I don't miss the thread.

Hang in there Friend and have a good day.

Ken H>

[zubrato]

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170511/3ff375f245afb2dea9be69e263343b7f.jpg
MP 358429HP
Lyman 358429
NOE 326365

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[Soundguy]

Simply beautiful!

[Bob in St. Louis]

Thank you for showing bullets.

[The Governor]

I bought a Harbor Freight bench grinder stand, $26, after a 20% off coupon.
And I'm going to mount my Lee turret on it.

https://www.harborfreight.com/universal-bench-grinder-stand-3184.html

[flyingmonkey35]

I bought a Harbor Freight bench grinder stand, $26, after a 20% off coupon.
And I'm going to mount my Lee turret on it.

https://www.harborfreight.com/universal-bench-grinder-stand-3184.html
dont forget to weigh it down with something

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[KenH]

I bought a Harbor Freight bench grinder stand, $26, after a 20% off coupon.
And I'm going to mount my Lee turret on it.

https://www.harborfreight.com/universal-bench-grinder-stand-3184.html

I hadn't thought about using one of those stands for a reloading press - might just work pretty good. I've got 3 of them in use now for a couple of grinders and a buffing wheel.

Good thinking.

Ken H>

[The Governor]

Ken, we'll see how this goes.

[Bob in St. Louis]

Automotive brake rotors are a good source of "dead weight", and in plentiful supply at your local repair shop.
More-so for those bench grinder stands that are a pedestal as opposed to the quad-leg type.
But either way, that's a pretty cheap form of mass.

[acoop101]

Automotive brake rotors are a good source of "dead weight", and in plentiful supply at your local repair shop.
More-so for those bench grinder stands that are a pedestal as opposed to the quad-leg type.
But either way, that's a pretty cheap form of mass.
You just act any bullets you are loading on the bottom shelf. Would be stand tips over you know you need to order more.

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[Texas by God]

Got in a new Anderson M4 type 5.56 1-8" 16" barrel for my lightweight AR assembledge. A gas block and tube is all I like!

[kmrra]

Finished up re barreling a savage 110 from 270 win to 6.5 Creedmoor ... test fired it and sized and re primed 100 rounds for it ,loaded up 10 rounds for sighters, now for a trip to the range.

[McFred]

Loaded up 100 162gr RNFPBBs for a TC carbine I'll be taking to the range to knock over some steel.

http://s8.postimg.org/7ogroiymd/162rnfpbb.jpg

[Soundguy]

Assembled a simulated interior wall section with two 2' x 2' panels of 1/2" drywall, 2x4 spaced, as a single step of a multi step, future, test of some self defense ammo.

[fralic76]

Got my press light install and my round counter.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170512/25c417494f5816acd0e3d76874ce5251.jpg

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[zubrato]

Got in a new Anderson M4 type 5.56 1-8" 16" barrel for my lightweight AR assembledge. A gas block and tube is all I like!

Same boat! Bought a faxon pencil 16" 1-8, aero precision no FA upper, and just now bought a Vltor clamp on gas block for a lightweight build.
Wondering whether I should stick with ALG defense rails, or try something different.
Thinking about a GWACS polymer lower too.


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[reomack]

Sized and lubed 500 452-230TL bullets.

[whisler]

Cast 450 358-105 SWC for the wife's pop gun.

[km101]

Working up a .44spl load so I loaded up 12 each of 10 different powder/bullet combinations.
Now I have to find time to go to the range? This weekend is out........anniversary Sat and Mother's Day Sun. Guess it will have to be next weekend. :-)

[bjordan]

I ran my Magma Bullet Master MKII for the first, "real" test run yesterday. Ended up with 44 POUNDS of bullets in about 40 minutes or so. :)

Now I am looking for more Magma molds. Holler if you have any that you arent using. Thanks!!

[JBinMN]

Yesterday I tumble lubed about 1K multi caliber boolits, sized them all, then pan lubed 400, and tumble lubed the rest.

[mwells72774]

Had a several hour long powder coat session that worked out well

[Stationary Smell]

I sanded down a synthetic gun stock and put on the first coat of primer. I found some more sanding will be necessary and may work on that tomorrow... then another coat of primer, some coyote tan paint, and some clear coat.

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[tazman]

While heating up my lead pot and mold I loaded some 9mm with the Lyman 356402 boolits I cast up the other day. When the pot got hot enough, I cast 300 more of the Lyman boolits.

[JBinMN]

While heating up my lead pot and mold I loaded some 9mm with the Lyman 356402 boolits I cast up the other day. When the pot got hot enough, I cast 300 more of the Lyman boolits.

The 400 boolits I pan lubed that I mentioned earlier(post#4120) this morning are from the Lee version of that same boolit. Nice!
;)

[Digital Dan]

200 Sneezer bullets, cast and sized.

[Texas by God]

Sorted out a donated tub full of bullets and brass and powder! Christmas in May!

[trixter]

Loaded up 100 rounds of .223, then escaped to my favorite shooting place with a .22, bolt 223 and trusty A3 03 and perferated some paper. Had a ball.

[Sghinds]

This weekend I built some side shelves for my brass bins on the side of my casting station. I can hold 12 bins (3 in each shelf).

195610

[robg]

Loaded Lee 150 fn 308 boolits from my new Lee mold that i cast last week .the previously cast batch I gave to a mate for his 3030 .20 rounds to see how they go .then loaded 95 357 mag with 195 gr boolits (that was all I had of that weight).day off not wasted.

[robg]

Sized trimmed expanded primed 20 308 I'd forgotten to prep last week .

[OS OK]

This weekend I built some side shelves for my brass bins on the side of my casting station. I can hold 12 bins (3 in each shelf).

195610

Nice work! But be warned...'organization' is the early warning signs of OCD! . . . :bigsmyl2:

[Sghinds]

Nice work! But be warned...'organization' is the early warning signs of OCD! . . . :bigsmyl2:

True. I mainly saw an opportunity to use some space that wasnt being utilized. The white drawers came from a bunk bed I built for my kids years ago and have had sitting in the garage for a while. When I built the rolling cart, I made the top fit the space left over from my bench. I did store some little things in the far left area, but was working in the garage one day prepping brass and set the bin in the hole and thought, I could store all my brass in this space, so I used scraps of plywood I had laying around.

Nice to use up scrap wood/drawers and come away with a space to dedicate to my casting.

[OS OK]

I've been doing the same thing for decades, especially scrap pieces of steel that I use to make little brackets and such...the scrap pile piles up quick but...every little piece is just waiting to become something else!

That's full blown OCD...oh well, it could be worse!

[fralic76]

Powder coated and sized 400 boolits (125gr RN 9mm) and loaded 50 30-30 plinking rounds.
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170516/1af5c997ba2e46b0b9458427d18663e2.jpg

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[zubrato]

Finally lube sized all the bullets I cast, 158gr 358429 HP from my MiHec mold and 358429 from my Lyman. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170516/edd36f98f96a68a46e501c342328944c.jpg


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[62chevy]

Turned pipe lead into ingots. About 20 pounds worth.

[308Jeff]

Finally lube sized all the bullets I cast, 158gr 358429 HP from my MiHec mold and 358429 from my Lyman. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170516/edd36f98f96a68a46e501c342328944c.jpg


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That is a beautiful pic.

[OS OK]

We're awaiting yours Jeff...:bigsmyl2:

[Michael J. Spangler]

That is a beautiful pic.


Agreed.

[zubrato]

Thank you sirs. Haven't cast in a while but needed the ammo, lubing bullets can get old when you underestimate how much you've actually made :)


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[mwells72774]

Got my lee hardness tester. My stockpile of lead is only 12.5 BH. Probably explains why it doesn't do so hot in rifles

[JonB_in_Glencoe]

Got my lee hardness tester. My stockpile of lead is only 12.5 BH. Probably explains why it doesn't do so hot in rifles
Maybe it's time to start reading about heat treating.
http://www.lasc.us/HeatTreat.htm

[JonB_in_Glencoe]

Todays project in the reloading room was to install a ceiling fan with improved lighting. Accomplished !

[luis7]

195664
Hi.
Around 1800 32 sw long wc hb 98 gn from a 4 cav brass mp mold, in 6 work hours.
Greetings from España.

[taco650]

Yesterday I sized, lubed & checked some 44 boolits until my Lyman 450 ran out of lube.

Today's project is to make more lube LOL! At least I have all the ingredients this time. ;-)

[Loudy13]

Yesterday after work I was able to cast for about 2 hours....not sure how many rounds I completed but I used up 17 ingots worth of lead. So all in all a good day!
Maybe I can get them all powder coated today?

[OS OK]

The weather is changing...I'm aching all over cuz the rain is coming, so...I'm too braindead today to trust myself on one of the presses!

What to do? Just size and powder coat today...simple enough...I can't blow myself up too bad doing that huh?


195682
But...As an example of thermometers, we're always talking about verifying your thermometer? Well, I've been using the one in the bottom (previously verified by my electronic Harbor Freight Piece of Spit) and just as a double check on it I put a verified (in the wife's digital oven) thermometer in with it (upper right)...look what a lier that bottom one is!
When it cools down, it's going to meet Mr. Hammer today!

195683

[taco650]

Made more lube this morning. A modified Darr lube. Made enough to refill the 450 a couple more times after I use what's in it now. :smile:

[Sghinds]

The only thing I got done last night was adding new stickers to the front of my brass bins. Just trying to reorganize in what little free time I have right now.

195692

[Bookworm]

But...As an example of thermometers, we're always talking about verifying your thermometer? Well, I've been using the one in the bottom (previously verified by my electronic Harbor Freight Piece of Spit) and just as a double check on it I put a verified (in the wife's digital oven) thermometer in with it (upper right)...look what a lier that bottom one is!
When it cools down, it's going to meet Mr. Hammer today!

195683

My Grandfather, a semi-disabled WWI vet, told me several times..... "The man with two clocks never really knows what time it is."

[gwpercle]

Tried out one of my Christmas gift moulds , a nifty NOE 41 magnum full wadcutter ,based on the old Lyman 358432 design, looks just like it and weighs 215 grains. With a 50/50 alloy of COWW/ lead they drop at .4125 , right on the money!
I was just heat cycling it for the first time and couldn't resist casting a few.
NOE's are so nice looking I just hate to muck them up...but they are made to cast boolits with.
Gary

[Moleman-]

Formed 53 44x1.6" cases from RP 30-06 and made a decapping stem for a shortened 444 die. Started off with 55 cases but the bandsaw ate one and one ended up too short when the stop collar slipped on the trimmer. Decapping stem is some 3/4" scrap knurled and threaded, with a section of a big nail for the shaft topped off with a loctited in decapping pin. When the pin breaks (and it will) you just heat it up to tap out the old pin and install a new one.

[Soundguy]

Is that inside neck turning I am seeing? ( hard to tell on the phone )

[jimb16]

I managed to find the time to cast 200+ ball for the BP pistols.

[Moleman-]

Is that inside neck turning I am seeing? ( hard to tell on the phone )

Used a Forester inside neck reamer on them while trimming to length. Rough cut, anneal, expand, size, trim/ream, debur. They'll need shot once with a starting load to fully smooth out the case.

[Texas by God]

Finished the AR so back to reloading. Got some red&blue 176 gr .310 and some 3031 to put in the 30-30.

[Efin]

Sized and primed 200+ 7.62x54 for the Mosin, loading later this week, considering casting for it as well.

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[Southern Son]

Cast 20 pounds of 360-640 in 50/50 Pb/COWW with a little tin. Maths hints towards 1000 boolits. I'm kind of sore now.

[Iowa Fox]

This afternoon will be trim 243 brass for Wyoming next month. Actually 3 weeks.

[trixter]

Bagged up, in 100pcs per bag, a bunch of 223 rounds I have been loading for the past week of evenings. I will be tumbling more this week and sizing them getting ready for more shooting.

[Loudy13]

195858Put these on pans one day and baked half of them yesterday

[taco650]

Cast a few more 44's. Wanted to do more but it was too hot outside.

195863

[crowbuster]

I had to make up more 44 mag wood bee loads. We have a bumper crop this year.

[bjordan]

Happy day! I got in an order of 7 molds from Magma this morning, which means I can use them this weekend. :) I just washed them in hot water with soap and water and scrubbed them with a toothbrush. These were the 4 105 grain .38 TC molds and the 3 200 grain RNFP .45 Long Colt molds (I already had one of these molds, so I have 4 now).

I dried them with paper towels and will let them dry over night and then swap in the .38 molds with 4 other smaller weight molds and run a mixture of bullets tomorrow.

I do love running the old Bullet Master!!

[taco650]

Cast a few more 44's. Wanted to do more but it was too hot outside.

195863

Not sure why the picture rotated... sorry!

[granville_it]

Turning a bucket of wheel weights into ingots.

Mark

[NavyVet1959]

Not sure why the picture rotated... sorry!

Download Irfanview and use it to change the orientation of the photos before you upload them?

[prsman23]

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Loaded a few 6.5 to test in my ljungman.


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[ak_milsurp]

LJUNGMAN fodder!

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[mwells72774]

Cousin snagged a FN49 in 7x57 for cheap so I dug out and prepped him some brass to load.

[Sean357]

Was running low on 45 Colt boolits so I finally made it out to make more. 20 lbs of 454424 from COWW. I was having trouble with it not wanting to fill out properly without frosting. Went the full range of temps to try and figure it out, finally deciding it just liked to cast hot, they were frosted but perfect fill out. At the end of the session it occurred to me that I was an idiot. Tin. Had some within reaching distance and never occurred to me to add some, probably would have solved it. But they're useable and kinda sparkly so not a total loss, and I learned something.

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[Murphy]

I started a way overdue reorganizing and bench cleaning. I had no idea how much 'stuff' I had squirreled away the past 12-14 years in my reloading room.

I started by setting up a large folding table in the other half of the shop (it's divided into two rooms). First, I went after the powder. I had cans of powders given to me from various friends and sources. I discovered some of those cans didn't have enough to load 100 pistol rounds. Others had been opened and partially used, but not by me. All in all, I decided to play it safe and make fertilizer out of 6-8 cans. I also discovered I have a lot more molds than I thought I have.

I have been putting this off for far too long. What got me in gear was recently I sent my Dillon 550B in for a rebuild. I decided I would not remount it to my bench until I had things sorted out. I have but a few chosen friends who have ever seen the inside of my shop. I finally reached the point I'd be embarrassed to show anyone. And, finding things was beginning to become a problem as well. I don't need a larger shop, I just need to reorganize!

Murphy

[Soundguy]

Did my ballistic gel test yesterday


http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?335110-Ballistic-gelatin-test&p=4052314#post4052314

[OS OK]

Since Friday...when the RCBS Green Machine arrived, I built a stand to mound her on, learned how to set her up and loaded 100 rounds of .38 Special with only a couple of hiccups that I caused.
It's a pretty cool old school inline press, it's different and funny too...the funny is how we get our minds going around in circles with our carousel progressives and are used to watching the process like that...then you try an inline press and it takes a little while to get the 'monkey mind' to follow and keep track of the right stuff at the right time...


RCBS Green Machine...Inline press...revived (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eq5z3atRsUo)

[TXCOONDOG]

Loaded up my first 180gr cast .401 (10mm) for my RIA, Pro Match Model 52000.

[308Jeff]

Since Friday...when the RCBS Green Machine arrived, I built a stand to mound her on, learned how to set her up and loaded 100 rounds of .38 Special with only a couple of hiccups that I caused.
It's a pretty cool old school inline press, it's different and funny too...the funny is how we get our minds going around in circles with our carousel progressives and are used to watching the process like that...then you try an inline press and it takes a little while to get the 'monkey mind' to follow and keep track of the right stuff at the right time...


RCBS Green Machine...Inline press...revived (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eq5z3atRsUo)

Double triple neato. When/how does it prime?

[OS OK]

Jeff...I prime off press on all the presses. (RCBS bench prime) I've been fearful of having a high primer in a semi auto and having an issue like going bang out of battery. Prolly a million to one it happening but it's lodged in the back of my monkey brain so I have to heed the warning.

It is more time involved in this sport...but a retired old fat guy doesn't mind.

You can watch all the events going on in a progressive press but you can't watch the priming quality of it's install, flush at least, or .002" under flush. When I take my primed brass from the bench prime I automatically swipe my left index finger over the primer, don't even have to look...instantly I know it is at proper seating depth...if not, I'll fix it right then. In a progressive you don't have any idea of priming quality until you look over the finished product, which very few will do...everybody's in too much of a hurry these days.

I became leery of priming problems a long time ago when I started loading for the M-14...slamfires and high primers, too weak of a primer shell...it goes on and on, then the more I read about primers in general, the more respect I started having for those lil-buggers.

[308Jeff]

Jeff...I prime off press on all the presses. (RCBS bench prime) I've been fearful of having a high primer in a semi auto and having an issue like going bang out of battery. Prolly a million to one it happening but it's lodged in the back of my monkey brain so I have to heed the warning.

It is more time involved in this sport...but a retired old fat guy doesn't mind.

You can watch all the events going on in a progressive press but you can't watch the priming quality of it's install, flush at least, or .002" under flush. When I take my primed brass from the bench prime I automatically swipe my left index finger over the primer, don't even have to look...instantly I know it is at proper seating depth...if not, I'll fix it right then. In a progressive you don't have any idea of priming quality until you look over the finished product, which very few will do...everybody's in too much of a hurry these days.

I became leery of priming problems a long time ago when I started loading for the M-14...slamfires and high primers, too weak of a primer shell...it goes on and on, then the more I read about primers in general, the more respect I started having for those lil-buggers.

Thanks, Charlie

I do all my rifle priming off press, mostly because the majority of the brass I reload is military and I've found that even when it's swaged, there can be hiccups. Pistol I don't mind doing on the progressive because it almost always goes smooth, and I get a pretty good feel feeback from the LNL AP.

[308Jeff]

I tumbled a thousand pieces of Speer 223 brass in the F.A.R.T. this weekend.

Yeah, that's all I managed to accomplish.

[Whitespider]

It's been raining, windy, and cold here all weekend.
I've spent the last couple days straightening-up, cleaning-up, sorting, reorganizing, and combining. Found stuff I forgot I had, stuff I thought I'd lost, and stuff I can't figure out why I kept. I found 3 tubes of Lee case lube... I don't remember ever using it, and one tube was so old it crumbled in my hand. I found 1000 Winchester small pistol primers I'd stashed away in the back of a cabinet for some reason?? I must have 1500-2000 once-fired shotshell hulls... and half that many that have been reloaded at least once (I shot trap league at one time). Does anyone remember the Lage Uniwad?? In 20 gauge?? LOL... in a couple more years those will be bonafide antiques and I'll be rich. Where did all those miscellaneous, unmatched, unidentified, and forgotten scope bases and rings come from?? And trigger shoes... when did I use those?? I found a box labeled "Miscellaneous Gun Parts"... yep, that's whats in there. I also found the box of replacement sky screen parts for my Pact Chronograph... I've been looking for that for at least 2 years (but I've made due with black tape and solder in the meantime). And I found the primer tubes for my RCBS press‼ Not that I'd likely ever use them again, or that's a big deal... but when I found them I couldn't remember or figure out what they were... I nearly tossed 'em and then the (rare) light bulb went off in my head. By-the-way, I now have at least 3 times as many shell holders as I thought I had... an extra deburring tool... and an extra cutter head for my trimmer. Why do I have a set of Hollywood Gun Shop reloading dies for the .218 Bee?? And a set of Herters dies for the .264 Win Mag?? And two taper crimp dies for the .45 ACP when I just acquired my first .45 ACP 1911 just a few weeks ago?? I could go (it's been kind'a fun) but...

One questing that keeps haunting me... I haven't fired a factory loaded metallic in at least 20 years (likely longer)... how in the heck did I acquire so many empty cartridge boxes?? I had empty boxes for cartridges I don't remember ever having a firearm for. I ended up crushing/stuffing a tall kitchen garbage plum full.
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[Tom W.]

I rooted around in my cabinet and found some .357 ammo I loaded up a few years ago. Gotta have something ready to feed the Model 19-4 I just traded for. Still gotta get some SWC boolits or a good mold.

[tazman]

I loaded 150 rounds of different ammo to run through my 9mm Range Officer. I have 3 different loads to try out.

[Idaho45guy]

100 rounds of 10mm for my GSSF match next Saturday. I went with 5.7grs of Unique behind a Hornady XTP. It has given me my best group ever...

[trixter]

I've been cleaning and organizing the reloading table and that part of the room is shaping up nicely. I cannot say much for the rest of the room. Some day, well maybe.

[Idaho45guy]

I've been cleaning and organizing the reloading table and that part of the room is shaping up nicely. I cannot say much for the rest of the room. Some day, well maybe.

I've been keeping my eye out for some shelves to put on my table; it's a mess.

[Sghinds]

I have been wanting to use my fathers reloading press (RCBS JR3) as a dedicated sizer. So I flipped the block over so it now work on the downward pull when the press is upside down. I then wanted a way to guide the bullets into a large bin under my table, so I found a 3/4 piece of pvc I had left over from another project (bike rack in the garage) fit snug. So I heated the end up with a torch and made a slide fit into my Lee sizing die. I then did the same down a little to aim the tube where I wanted it. I plan to paint it so it doesn't look as bad, but it works and cost me $0.

196079
196080

[trixter]

Wrote a letter to my granddaughter.

[Bob in St. Louis]

Wrote a letter to my granddaughter.
Good to hear people still do that.

[NavyVet1959]

Good to hear people still do that.

Yeah, but do kids these days know how to open envelopes?

"I can't find the 'open' button on this. Is there a app for it?"

Surely you've seen the news articles about carjackings these days that seem to indicate that the best theft prevention device on a car is apparently a MANUAL TRANSMISSION.

[Bob in St. Louis]

Amen to that!
My son started driving a couple years ago. I insisted his first car ba a stick. I wanted his hands on the car, not a phone, or a girls left thigh. It also prevented his car from being borrowed by one of his friends. Not to mention he now has a skill that will last a lifetime.
But to answer your question, I'm sure there's an app that allows a hand written letter to be read without opening the envelope. haha

[NavyVet1959]

Hand written letter?

Wow... I can't think of the last time I did that... I suspect it would have been close to 40 years ago back in boot camp. I think after boot camp, there was usually a typewriter available.

[Harter66]

One questing that keeps haunting me... I haven't fired a factory loaded metallic in at least 20 years (likely longer)... how in the heck did I acquire so many empty cartridge boxes?? I had empty boxes for cartridges I don't remember ever having a firearm for. I ended up crushing/stuffing a tall kitchen garbage plum full.

Spider ,
I bet all those empty boxes came from 9mm , 40 and 45 trays you used for storage and load blocks ....... That where mine came from .

I had a great Aunt that insisted on the written letter .
I have her diaries now what a life I missed out on with my Dad not getting along with her .

[Todd S]

Finished swaging primer pockets and sizing a 5 gallon bucket, 3/4 full, of 223 brass. Trimmed 1000 will get to the rest tonight and tomorrow. Loading hopefully starts next week.

[NavyVet1959]

I had a great Aunt that insisted on the written letter .
I have her diaries now what a life I missed out on with my Dad not getting along with her .

Sometimes, the best type of family is the one that you are estranged from... :)

[Bookworm]

Sometimes, the best type of family is the one that you are estranged from... :)

Now that's funny.
My family lives several hundred miles away one direction, Mrs Bookworm has family 650 miles the opposite direction.
We get along fine with all of them, when we visit.

Every few years.....

[goryshaw]

100 x 6.5x55 with Hornady 140 gr BTSP and 39 gr IMR 4350
100 x 7x57 with Nosler 168 gr Custom Comp and 41 gr IMR 4350
100 x 7.65x53 with NOE 314199 and 10.0 gr Red Dot (already had 80 loaded, just needed to finish seating the last 20)
100 x 8x57 with Nosler 200 gr Custom Comp and 47 gr of Varget

First coat of BLL on approx 200 NOE 314199, have another 200 or so to do when the first 200 dry.

[NavyVet1959]

Now that's funny.
My family lives several hundred miles away one direction, Mrs Bookworm has family 650 miles the opposite direction.
We get along fine with all of them, when we visit.

Every few years.....

You can't choose your blood relatives. You can choose your in-laws, I guess, but you don't know until too late that you chose wrong.

Sometimes, you have blood relatives that seem to always have drama about them as if they were *trying* to end up on the Jerry Springer show. :(

I just didn't need that sort of thing in my life and I was more than willing to live 300+ miles away and never give them my address. I look at the Facebook page of some of them every year or so just to remind myself why I don't live there anymore.

[JBinMN]

Finished loading some 45ACP & cleaned some 380 brass.

[lightload]

Cleaned and organized. Found stuff that I haven't seen in years.

[Bookworm]

Mixed up some alloy - 50/50 CWW/pure. About 80 lbs worth.

I've been working with a Ruger 3-screw 41 Mag. Tried Lee TL410-210-SWC, water-quenched CWW @ 1145fps, and got leading from the forcing cone to the middle of the barrel.

I'm thinking the boolit is too hard. We'll see.

[62chevy]

Mixed up some alloy - 50/50 CWW/pure. About 80 lbs worth.

I've been working with a Ruger 3-screw 41 Mag. Tried Lee TL410-210-SWC, water-quenched CWW @ 1145fps, and got leading from the forcing cone to the middle of the barrel.

I'm thinking the boolit is too hard. We'll see.

Sounds more like your bullet does not fit your cylinder. Measure your bullets after sizing and then measure your cylinder, your bullet should be .001 to .002 bigger than your largest chamber in the cylinder.

[GONRA]

GONRA started machining experimental punch stripper parts for my Corbin CSP-2 Mega-Mite ™
press to aid in making FMJ boolits with jackets slightly different from those originally used.

[NavyVet1959]

GONRA started machining experimental punch stripper parts for my Corbin CSP-2 Mega-Mite ™
press to aid in making FMJ boolits with jackets slightly different from those originally used.

I've noticed that you always talk about yourself in the 3rd person. From what I've read, that's probably a sign of either being a narcissist or someone with Dissociative Identity Disorder. Which is it in your case?

:kidding:

[JBinMN]

This is the only Gonra I ever heard of & it was long long ago when I was reading comix. maybe 45-50 years ago... :???:
http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix3/gonraofthesword.htm

I find it to be just another interesting character here also.
;)

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Anyway... Reloading stuff I did....

I have still been sorting 380 cases. They are very small for my hands & fingers. I think I drop 4 for every 10... So, I do some then get away from them for a while. I like the bigger cases better.

[Tom W.]

I rooted around and found that I have no empty .357 brass, nor boolits to go into them. I have all kinds of brass for stuff I no longer own.

[Soundguy]

This is the only Gonra I ever heard of & it was long long ago when I was reading comix. maybe 45-50 years ago... :???:
http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix3/gonraofthesword.htm

I find it to be just another interesting character here also.
;)

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Anyway... Reloading stuff I did....

.

This ought to be interesting.. bookmarking this thread. :)

[Bookworm]

Sounds more like your bullet does not fit your cylinder. Measure your bullets after sizing and then measure your cylinder, your bullet should be .001 to .002 bigger than your largest chamber in the cylinder.

Probably true, but....
I'm hoping that a softer alloy, with a faster powder, will allow the boolit to obdurate earlier in the barrel.

I was using AA #7. I'm going to try some Universal, along with the softer boolit. We'll see what happens.

[Bob in St. Louis]

This ought to be interesting..
I agree. haha

[Harter66]

Probably true, but....
I'm hoping that a softer alloy, with a faster powder, will allow the boolit to obdurate earlier in the barrel.

I was using AA #7. I'm going to try some Universal, along with the softer boolit. We'll see what happens.

Or the bbl is .411 and the throats are .409 ...... Softer will help but much softer than 50/50 and your won't be able to "use" all of the 41s range . Sort of a 41 special +P if you will . Which is fine if that's the plan .

[David2011]

GONRA started machining experimental punch stripper parts for my Corbin CSP-2 Mega-Mite ™
press to aid in making FMJ boolits with jackets slightly different from those originally used.


I've noticed that you always talk about yourself in the 3rd person. From what I've read, that's probably a sign of either being a narcissist or someone with Dissociative Identity Disorder. Which is it in your case?

:kidding:

Interesting, a mix of third person and first person (my Corbin) in the same sentence. :sad:

[NavyVet1959]

Interesting, a mix of third person and first person (my Corbin) in the same sentence. :sad:

That might leave one to believe it was D-I-D then and one personality was taking over from the other. :)

[Nanook]

I recently bought some 7.62 x 51 brass, once fired. I've been sizing / trimming / etc for the last couple of weeks. When I get done, I'm going to have LOTS of brass to load for that caliber. It's all WCC 13 too, no mixed head stamps.

I'm about half way there, but I also did some commercial .308 for my bolt guns along the way.

[62chevy]

Probably true, but....
I'm hoping that a softer alloy, with a faster powder, will allow the boolit to obdurate earlier in the barrel.

I was using AA #7. I'm going to try some Universal, along with the softer boolit. We'll see what happens.

Sounds like a plan but you might want to read this little gem first.

http://www.lasc.us/Fryxell_Book_Contents.htm

It's in pdf or on line but I downloaded the pdf version.

[15meter]

This ought to be interesting.. bookmarking this thread. :)

When I see the name GONRA, the image of bad Japanese horror movies instantly spring to mind, think Godzilla VS GONRA, and the associated horrendous dialog.

Back to the thread original context: cast up 100+ .460 x 480 grain slugs. Pot drops pretty fast using a 4 cavity mold. Almost 2000 grains every cast you can almost hear the giant sucking sound as the pot goes down.

[Wayne Smith]

That might leave one to believe it was D-I-D then and one personality was taking over from the other. :)

Careful, guys. Not nearly enough information for diagnosis. That's MY business!

[mozeppa]

Careful, guys. Not nearly enough information for diagnosis. That's MY business!

if all your own boolits are too big...do you shrink them?

[Reverend Al]

Mine is a reloading room / gun room so I was doing a bit of gunsmithing yesterday. I have a 30 year old (or more?) Rossi 92 SRC in .38 / .357 Mag that only has about 200 rounds through it so far. The action jammed open and won't close. It comes up hard against something inside the action and refuses to budge. Now it on the bench half apart (buttstock off, lower tang and hammer assembly removed, but it still won't close yet, so I will need to continue the disassembly until it will finally move forward. Sounds like the bolt retaining pin might have shifted out of place so will need to remove the lever and locking block and try to push it back over into the bolt body. Hopefully this will resolve itself with my tinkering and I won't have to take it to my local gunsmith in pieces in a box ...

:roll:

[dragon813gt]

Was supposed to pull everything from the safes and give them their yearly cleaning. Was only able to get four ARs done because of the newborn. I realized I don't have a lot of them cataloged. So I'm going through and making a new list and taking pictures of them. I don't know how many I have and I really don't want to know the count. It may be time to sell some off because I don't shoot most of them. But I've only ever sold off two so I'm really hesitant to do so.

[sparky45]

Got a Lee sizer in the mail and decided the size as shown isn't going to be large enough and decided to lap the die. Only problem is the calipers show 461 on both ends (this is a 457 die). So, I'm going to wait until I get some bullets cast and then lap the die to make it right on the mark.

[Hogan]

I had a productive day, for me. I deprimed and resized about 750 .45 ACP and around 350 9mm cases. I've got around 4000 more 9mm cases to work on while I'm waiting for my .223 case trimmer to arrive.


Rick

[Harter66]

Knocked out 50 Schofields ......... Then found that half wouldn't chamber freely ........
That'll teach me to trust the random measure as cast size and try to cheat .....

[Loudy13]

Made test rounds for subsonic 300BO, 150gr HP with trail boss and 230gr with IMR 4227. Trying them in my handi rifle tomorrow

[trails4u]

Not a dang thing...... :sad:

Not sure I can even find my bench anymore.....too many irons, too many fires.

[mwells72774]

Not a dang thing...... :sad:

Not sure I can even find my bench anymore.....too many irons, too many fires.

Lots of that going around. Wanting to make a video on converting GP11 (7.5x55 Swiss) to boxer primer but bench is a mess.

[prsman23]

Sized, trimmed cleaned more 6.5 brass for the ljungman. Tomorrow loading more.


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[fralic76]

Hand primed 1000 9mm brass.

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[robg]

Cast and lubed 110 \357\180gr boolits and 110 /308\154gr boolits,size and gas check them later .good way to spend a bank holiday over here .

[Harter66]

A creative mess is far better than tidy idleness .
196503

222-45-70 and 45 Raptor .

[Sghinds]

Over the weekend I was able to test out more cast 223 bullets in my AR, narrowing down a nice plinking load.

I then wanted to try out a new and faster way to powder coat my bullets. I have always used airsoft BB's and then used hemostats to pick them out of the tub and stand them up on a baking sheet. I have seen others use a vibratory tumbler and dump them all in a wire basket and bake the whole thing. I got a wire screen from Walmart in the grill section, I formed it around my baking sheet that came with my toaster oven to maximize the space. Had a few issues at first but got them sorted out and the results are good to go. Much faster to coat my bullets. I picked up a nearly new FA vibratory tumbler off Craigslist for $10, it is now my dedicated tumbler for powder coating.



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https://preview.ibb.co/iYHQDF/cast2.jpg
https://preview.ibb.co/e9P5DF/Cast1.jpg
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[308Jeff]

Cleaned 5,000 pieces of brass. Decapped and resized 2,500 of them. Broke/bent my decapping stem on a ringer.

[robg]

Sized, trimmed ,expanded and primed 24 308 cases .I think I'll sort out the 357 mag cases I shot on Sunday on other day .

[Smoke4320]

sized about 30 454 345 gr colt projectiles for the levergun project :) :)

fired 2 with 10 grns of 2400 .. Felt like mouse loads even though projected velocity should have been about 880 FPS

next is to try 11 grains then hopefully 12 grains.. which should be approx. 1050 fps ..
That's my goal.
1050 PFS with a 345 grn projectile out of a 45 colt levergun
a little kick and a lot of punch on the other end

[Reverend Al]

Dug out a large batch of cleaned and annealed .30-30 cases and started de-priming and neck expanding a bunch of them for use in my new (to me) large action Martini in .38-55. I'll fire form a bunch of shorter than normal cases from these .30-30 cases using some boolits I already have on hand, and then I'll stretch the cases out to full length with my Kal Max Case Stretcher. Just one more project of many ...

[jimb16]

Cast 500 225 gr, .452 rnfp bullets for my .45 colt 1873 rifle and pistol. Tomorrow, I'l PC them.

[Loudy13]

Made test rounds for subsonic 300BO, 150gr HP with trail boss and 230gr with IMR 4227. Trying them in my handi rifle tomorrow

Tested these on Saturday and they all worked out pretty well, ended up with a load for the 150gr at 1040 FPS average using 6.3 grains of Trail boss. Note you can not use the load data out of the Hornady manual it lists the starting powder at 6.8gr and 7.8C max. 6.8 grains barely fits in the case so I used that as my max and worked backwards. There were no signs of overpressure in any of the test rounds but found the lower load a touch more consistent and accurate.

The 230 grains with 4227 had very little variation from round to round and were chrony wise and even nicer they shot a nice group!!

[bullseye67]

Good evening,
Today I T/L about 20 pounds of boolits. Works out to half of the boolits I cast up yesterday. I have found that I can get one solid half day of casting a month, about 40 lbs of alloy, I can keep up with what I go through. Cast, Load, Shoot repeat as necessary.
Have an awesome week.:drinks:

[Sghinds]

Last night I tumbled and primed 100 41 Mag cases to get ready for some load development. I am going to be loading some Lyman 410459, powder coated over 2400 to see what my S&W 57 likes best. If I have some time, I plan on casting a few Lyman 41026 and Lyman 41028 to test at the same time. Hopefully I can use my next range session to find a few good loads for the 41.

[skeettx]

I use the Ohaus 41-210-K bullet for my 41 Mags and 10 grains of Unique is all I need to make me happy
Mike

[Sghinds]

I use the Ohaus 41-210-K bullet for my 41 Mags and 10 grains of Unique is all I need to make me happy
Mike

I was reading another thread where people were raving about 8gr of Unique. I may add some Unique loads in there too for good measure. Thanks for the info. I have the RCBS version of that mould.

[Sghinds]

Tonight I cast a handful of the Lyman 41026 and 41028 to make some test rounds. Hope to get them powder coated and sized tomorrow. Won't be able to go to the range this weekend due to being on call, but hope to go soon.

196677

[Tom W.]

My boolit mold came in today from Midway, but as I'm still hooked up to the chemo pump I guess I'll maybe do something this weekend after the hospital removes it. Cancer sucks..

[trixter]

I powder coated a bunch of 155gr 309 boolits for my 30-06 and 300 Savage (Rem 722 bolt) getting ready to reload them after work tonight.

I am having so much fun with this hobby.

[edadmartin]

196718196718Today I finally got my bench back in order.the reverse rotation case eject for my lee classic turret is tuned and working great,my first run of sized powdercoated boolits, 45acp are loaded and ready for the range friday. I also finished my case and boolit holder tubes.this makes it much easier for insensitive fingers to grab a case or boolit without fumbling and or dropping them in the bottomless pit.

Sorry about the duplicate pic

[edadmartin]

Here is one more pic of the case and bullet pez despenser.

[taco650]

My boolit mold came in today from Midway, but as I'm still hooked up to the chemo pump I guess I'll maybe do something this weekend after the hospital removes it. Cancer sucks..

Sorry to hear you're fighting this battle. Hang in there!

Stuart

[Harter66]

Loaded 30-200 of each for the NCBS this weekend over the last couple of weeks .
196726

[NavyVet1959]

My boolit mold came in today from Midway, but as I'm still hooked up to the chemo pump I guess I'll maybe do something this weekend after the hospital removes it. Cancer sucks..

Sorry to hear about that. I've had some friends / relatives that had it in one form or another and didn't survive. Good luck with your battle...

I've wondered if perhaps cancer is just this thing that nature has come up with to keep the population in check. If a person somehow manages to avoid all the other things in life that will kill him (which as a guy is quite the list), cancer will always be there if he manages to live long enough. Not exactly something I look forward to, but I recognize that if I live long enough, it will be a definite possibility. The only reason that I can think of that I've gotten to the point where eventually cancer might be a concern is because Darwin was asleep on the job when I was younger and I was doing all the stupid things that *should* have killed me at the time. :(

In my younger days, I always said that I wanted to go out at 98, shot by the jealous husband of a 25 year old wife. My wife tells me that *he* is not the one that is going to be shooting me... :)

[15meter]

Loaded several test loads for a 450 nitro express, cast NOE 480 gr. bullets and first try at plinker loads for a .375 x 2 1/2 nitro express with Lyman 37583 @ 145 grains. Got the 37583 in a batch of dead guy molds I bought several years ago. I don't think this mold had ever been used. Lyman black and white cardboard box, 1960's vintage? Found a gallery load in Sharpe's for a 145 grain cast w/ 10 grains unique for a 38/55. the .375 x 2 1/2 appears to be a stretched 38/55. Hoping for a 50 yard bell ringer load.

[skeettx]

15meter
What guns?, what actions? Pictures?
Thank you
Mike

[15meter]

15meter
What guns?, what actions? Pictures?
Thank you
Mike

The 450 is for a English double, the .375 is a Lee Speed bolt, I don't have pictures, it comes and goes whether I can post photos. Currently when I try to post a photo it just sits there and does nothing when I click on the "upload picture". Apparently I have not learned how to hold my mouth just right when doing it.

These are loads for a friend's guns. Factory ammo is silly expensive. $5.00 to $15.00+ is pretty pricey to execute pieces of paper or dinging dingers. (I LIKE dingers). If I can ever post photos again I'll post a couple of dinger pictures.

If the .375 load works I should be able to load it for ~ 4 cents a round. Cheaper than .22.

[toallmy]

I have been getting ready to load up some cast boolits to try out in a 30-30 . After I put the gas check on with a lee sizing die I dipped them in lube and cookie cut the extra lube off . I was ready to go , then I realized the brass I was planning on using was loaded . So I plundered up 50 matching brass and just finished getting them ready .

[robg]

Loaded 20 308 cases with Lee 150 gr fngc 309 boolits over 18 he 2400 as they shot well last week.

[62chevy]

Loaded 30-200 of each for the NCBS this weekend over the last couple of weeks .
196726

Hmmm where did I see those missiles before. :kidding:

[bjordan]

I used up all my 5-pound ingots yesterday running the Bullet Master, so today was melt scrap plumber's lead into 5-pound ingots with the propane burner. I can get scrap lead near me from a scrap year. I melt it down, flux it with saw dust and pour into 5-pound ingots. When I add it to the Bullet Master, I flux it again after adding 5 pounds of foundry lead to bring the hardness up.

I stopped at 135 pounds - I was sweating like crazy and I didn't want a drop of sweat to land on some molten lead. Gonna have to do this during cooler weather.

[rugerdude]

Finally got my bench cleaned up enough to load up some test loads for my Grandad's old Model 14. 5 each of 26.5, 27.0, 27.5, 28.0, and 28.5 grains of AA2015BR. I've been handloading for around 30 years, but I'm a little nervous about these. As far as I know, they will be the first rounds fired from that gun in over 40 years. My cousin shot it a few times after he inherited the rifle from my Grandad in '73 and never shot it again as ammo was so hard to find.