What did you do in the reloading room today?

[Cheeto303]

I inventoried and inspected my Boolit molds. All 71 of them. Cleaned my RCBS digital scale/dispenser.Tomorrow I will inventory and inspect my dies and hunt down the little creature that ate a hole in my box of cream of wheat and pooped on my scale and all over the bench.

[lightman]

I inventoried and inspected my Boolit molds. All 71 of them. Cleaned my RCBS digital scale/dispenser.Tomorrow I will inventory and inspect my dies and hunt down the little creature that ate a hole in my box of cream of wheat and pooped on my scale and all over the bench.


That wad rude of him!

[lightman]

I've been sorting, sizing and tumbling brass for a while but I'm going to take today off. Its warming up some and the snow is melting. Me and a couple of buddies are going to drive to a nearby city and try out a couple of new breweries and a restaurant or two. Probably browse a gun shop or two! My Wife has offered to drive us around. Hope to start smelting tomorrow and Saturday, with a couple of those same buddies!

[Beau Cassidy]

About 10 years ago I bought a beautiful Ruger Hawkeye. 22/250. Prettiest piece of wood I have ever seen on a Tiger. I put about 75 rounds thru it working up loads before I realized there was no way it was gonna shoot. I tried to get the action out of the stock but the action screw was so tight it was binding the action. There was no way to separate the 1 pieces. I sent it off to be rebarrelles to .22/250 AI on a Shilen select match barrel a few years later. The gunsmith had to drill the action screw head off it was so tight. Also, UPS saw fit to destroy the stock.

After getting the rifle back I just sat on it a few years and finally found a takeoff stock for it last fall. Well yesterday I decided to bed it. Using modeling clay I dammed up and blocked off everything. I had to put a huge dam in front of the recoil lug. I triple coated all the metal and went to town on it last night. After letting the front and rear screws sit for 30 minutes I took them put and cleaned up the threads. I left the action secured with the middle screw. About 5:30 this am o had to bump the barrelled action out of the stock. Whew what a relief as I have had them stick into the stock before. I was pleasantly surprised by what I saw. Not bad for an amateur. I still have a lot of cleanup and trimming to do. Hope it shoots, now.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180118/75feebd4732555d56c2e962ae4a8fcd3.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180118/19313ee25c6e3a68804dffb324db6756.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180118/bb94c27298daec98756eaa1cbce48e71.jpg

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[Beau Cassidy]

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[Beau Cassidy]

Overflow bedding. I didnt think i put enough up front at first.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180118/90f63003d35ff9ba37780757807931ab.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180118/81b8c05eb61de742addefc1c031b5203.jpg

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[Beau Cassidy]

5:30 this am. Time to check it....https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180118/b812e97295b0e6f527be48dd617b90a0.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180118/a2f95e43d0b9a196b4eb1065853726e9.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180118/cb90a0d35e57cf3464cd28f1f8e6623e.jpg

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[Beau Cassidy]

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[Beau Cassidy]

I need to break out a file and the dremel tool to clean it up. The yellow modeling clay will be easy to get off. Mainly I need to get rid of that ridge distal to the recoil lug. I have a chisel for that. I had to use a rather large amount of bedding material up front because it was very cavernous. All I used the dremel tool for was to roughen up the stock to provide a surface to adhere to. I also cleaned everything with mineral spirits and alcohol using Q-tips before bedding.

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[Hootmix]

To cold to do anything out side,,,,so got on my mini ( 7x12) lathe milled a sizeing die (.406) for my 40/60 chaparral. Threaded one end to screw into a old Lee 38 spl. die ,,(screws in upside down in my press ) made a plunger to fit universal bar ,,pushes bullet up at the base ( pan lubed first ) ,,hey it works . Sooooo,,I made one for .45 colt,,sizes to .452 (255gr. + - ) dang,,,2 for 2.


coffees ready,,,,Hootmix.

[Scorpion8]

Added the last parts to two MEC-600 Jr's that I acquired but needed refurbishment. Prior owners had done a bunch wrong with them, including installing pre-crimp devices upside down. Both presses got adjusted, and work like a charm now.

[Jeff R]

My new Blammer gas checks just came in the mail, so I seated some on these recently cast Lyman 429-215 Boolits. Blammer is a Strait Shooter!
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[Beau Cassidy]

Those 429215 bullets sure do look good. I bet they are shooters.

[KrakenFan69]

Made a few hundred 12 ga overshot cards. Then loaded a couple hundred 9mm.

Slow day.


Kraken Fan #69

[adcoch1]

Got a dozen cast keith style bullets loaded up over Unique in some 44 mag, loaded up some previously prepped 223 (50 rnds), made up 17 7.62x39 plinker loads with brass I had primed already and a few 30 carbine 100gr half jacket bullets, and primed 500 9mm with the rcbs hand priming tool. Cleaned up a bit too.

[umwminer]

1500rds 30 M1 Carbine . Rem 110gr JSP over 14.7gr H110 , S&B SRP , LC 53 brass .

[Jeff R]

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I lubed and sized these recently cast 429-215 Boolits. The BHN is 14.3 and they are sized to .430".

[308Jeff]

I looked at how crowded my reloading room is and decided I need a bigger one.


1500rds 30 M1 Carbine . Rem 110gr JSP over 14.7gr H110 , S&B SRP , LC 53 brass .

Nice! How do you store/package your finished 30 Carbine rounds?

[Jeff R]

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I cast these Lyman 457122 AV Gould Boolits, for the 45-70's. The BHN is 13.

[lightman]

Yesterday we started smelting a bit of lead. Kind of got off to a slow start. I welded some wind screens on to my burner and they chocked off too much air so this morning I cut a bunch of vents in them. Ended up with about 1050 1 # ingots today. Yesterday was slow and it was cold and damp enough to be miserable. Today started off slow too. Working on the pot took a little time and then the first two batches that we did were 40 and 50 pound chunks and a bunch of odd shaped stuff that did not have good contact with the sides of the pot. The last batch took an hour from cold pot to empty pot, 342 1# ingots. Finally down to just clip on weights now so it should go faster and smoother. Hope to get back on it later in the week.

[autopilotmp]

Preloaded my magazines for indoor pistol match tomorrow am. Made sure my 1911 was ready to run, double checked the range bag.

[Michael J. Spangler]

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Used a gas check in a Lyman Postell mould to make about a 255 grain wadcutter for plinking in the 45/70

[whtsmoke]

Ran some lead through my ne Lee mold for the Blackout212372212372212372212372

[Cleatus]

Took advantage of the break in weather and put a couple coats of Minwax Polycrylic clear gloss on my reloading bench.

[taco650]

Took advantage of the break in weather and put a couple coats of Minwax Polycrylic clear gloss on my reloading bench.

That's a good idea! I need to do something similar with mine.

[lightman]

Nothing today, Duck Hunted this morning with my youngest Son. Smelted wheel weights and odd scrap on both Friday and Saturday. About 700# Friday and 1050+ Saturday. The back needed a day off!

[enloe]

I got about 3 to 400 .357 Magnum cases ready to start putting powder and bullets in them this week. I also tumbled a bunch of rifle brass the in-laws gave me:)

[Soundguy]

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Used a gas check in a Lyman Postell mould to make about a 255 grain wadcutter for plinking in the 45/70

Now that is interesting.. I hope you don't mind if I rip off your idea!

[therealhitman]

Now that is interesting.. I hope you don't mind if I rip off your idea!

It is public domain by now lol!

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?351606-Larry-Gibson-is-a-genius

I just loaded up a bunch of .45 Colt mid range loads, played a little pinball with the kids and then fit a ambi safety on a new to me stainless Combat Commander. Good day... real good day.

[Soundguy]

It is public domain by now lol!

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?351606-Larry-Gibson-is-a-genius

I just loaded up a bunch of .45 Colt mid range loads, played a little pinball with the kids and then fit a ambi safety on a new to me stainless Combat Commander. Good day... real good day.

Thanks

[Texas by God]

I finished the .375 H&H loading project. Now to the other end of the spectrum. I want to see if my .300 blk likes 150gr Speer fp (30-30) bullets @ 1800 fps.

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[whtsmoke]

let us know about this, i have around 80 of these myself.

[Joby]

I made up a box of 410 1/2 oz. black powder loads roll crimped for a friend recovering from a shoulder injury and a penchant for white smoke and that wonderful fragrance. We'll see how his wingshooting works out with a borrowed 410 double.

[FISH4BUGS]

Loaded up 1000 H&G #51's in 38 special. 4.2 gr WW 231. Win SP primers and mixed brass.
Then cleaned the Magna ported 3" Model 36 square butt that I just shot 200 rounds through.
All that time listened to the Patriots and Jaguars game.
Yes we won. Another Pats comeback.
GO PATS!

[Grmps]

I'm in the process of prepping 2 gallons of 300 AAC BO, a lttle at a time, even with a trim master and drill powerd case length trimmer the finger joints get "creaky":sad:

[EMC45]

Sized a bunch of bullets.

Lee 150gr RNFP at .311, Lee 158gr RNFP .358 and my clone 3118 at .314 for the .32 S&W-L.

[knappasarn]

I inspected a die set in 9,3x57 that came in the mail today. private seller on facebook said it was like new only loaded 50 rounds with it.
might be so but then he must have stored it in his seaside boatshed. rust both inside and out. I tried some ed's red and a bronze brush and some came loose but I might have to chuck it in the lathe to give it a polishing, for now its soaking in ballistol.

[Plate plinker]

Sized some 9mm pc.
Loaded a Lyman 12 GA 525 slug with blue dot hit dead center at 100’.

[Michael J. Spangler]

Now that is interesting.. I hope you don't mind if I rip off your idea!

All Larry Gibson! As stated below.

I just finished lubing and sizing them (more just lubing because they drop just under the .460 die size I'm using)
Not sure how I'm going to load them yet but I'm guessing some H4198.
I'm going to try to run some numbers in quick loads if I can figure out how to edit the bullet designs.


It is public domain by now lol!

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?351606-Larry-Gibson-is-a-genius

I just loaded up a bunch of .45 Colt mid range loads, played a little pinball with the kids and then fit a ambi safety on a new to me stainless Combat Commander. Good day... real good day.

[popper]

5# for the 40sw yesterday, another 10# today. Found an unopened box from Roto under the bench, 1 bar said high Sb. Shoulder is really going to ache tomorrow.

[tazman]

Loaded up 100 rounds of 45ACP with Lyman 452374 225 grain round nose over 4.1 WST. I don't know how fast they go but if I do my part right they tear a hole in the center of the target. With those results, I don't really care how fast they go.

[Bookworm]

Processed 9mm brass. About 1200 pieces De-capped.

Got ~ 350 washed, dried, primer pocket reamed, and in the tumbler. The rest of the De-capped brass will be done in batches about the same size.

About another 800 pieces range brass still untouched.

[whisler]

Sized approx. 400 boolits for 38/357.

[hc18flyer]

It's drying time for 500- .45 230 grain to bullets from my new NOE mold.212566

[goryshaw]

Received Powder Valley order for 200 (4x50) PPU 6.5x55 and 200 (2x100) PPU 7.65x53 cases. Was supposed to be 400 (4x100) 7.65x53, but PV only had 2x100 in stock, PV contacted me to see what I wanted to do, so switched to the mix. Very happy with PV customer service.

Broke edge of the primer pockets on the 6.5x55 with RCBS deburring tool, then primed all 200 of them with S&B LR primers. Will do the 200 7.65x53 cases tomorrow.

[Texas by God]

I started resizing .300 BO brass because I'm down to 20 loaded rounds (yikes)!

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[lightman]

I'll move some wheel weights around in the shop getting them lined up for another smelting day. I'll also be running a wet tumbler, processing more pistol brass. We put 2 full days in last Friday and Saturday around the smelting pot so I took a couple of days off to recover and do something with the Wife.

[whisler]

Lubed 400 .357 boolits and put them on the shelf for now.

[Tom W.]

Found a box for some .44 boolits I cast a while back.

[Michael J. Spangler]

Trying some wadcutters in the 45/70
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[Soundguy]

Nice... No.. VERY nice!

[Bookworm]

Finished de-capping, washing, and primer pocket reaming about 2000 9mm brass. If I don't have to ream another primer pocket for awhile, it won't bother me much.

Penultimate batch in the tumbler now, last batch tomorrow morning. Then, sort headstamps, and done.

[RogerDat]

Wet tumbled and sorted a load of brass. Finally finished trimming a big pile of .223 / 5.56 brass with a loaned WFT man that was a whole lot easier than doing them with a hand crank in a Lee trim die. I'm set for the coming warm weather in that brass and want to get things cleared off to start on the next prep job.

[Walter Laich]

started work on a tray for my inverted press used to size PC bullets

It will have a tube running to the PCV ramp I've been using

should keep me from dropping so many as all I have to do will be to slide loose bullets nose-first into tube on bottom of tray

[midnight]

Cleaned & lubed a bronze 452374 mold with integral handles. Refinished the wood with linseed oil. Unknown maker.

Bob

[Grmps]

Sorting and labeling cast $ coated boolits.
Discovered I have 116 pounds of 45/70 boolits, 405, 485 gc and 500
if all 500 grn that would be over 1600 and I don't own a 45-70

I was casting for others and got carried away :groner:

I can either sell them or smelt them....

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[Plate plinker]

Cleaned and cleaned and sorted all types of stuff. Found things I forgot about and things I wish I could forget about.

[MOA]

Had some great temps today so thought it was a good time to get out there and put some hot lead into a couple of sabot molds.
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[lightman]

Today is going to be a smelting day. A buddy or two will be here in a little while and we will be turning wheel weights into ingots. We did about 1600# or so last Friday and Saturday. We should do more this weekend as we are already set up and used to working together.

[DxieLandMan]

Cleaned, deprimed, sized and primed the .30-40 Krag I shot last week during bullet tests. Primed some .577 Snider to load later this weekend.

[sundog]

I'm in the process of loading a bunch of 45 acp with PC'd 452374.

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[taco650]

Trying some wadcutters in the 45/70
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What did you come up with for a load?

[KrakenFan69]

Loaded up some more of my Russian Paradox slugs (Hi-Tek Coated) for testing.

Kraken Fan #69

[RogerDat]

MOA what alloy did you use to make those nice looking sabots? I have a Lyman mold to make those for 12 gauge. It's one of those casting and reloading tasks on my to-do before warm spring weather hits so I go out and test them.

Still polishing brass. Have a batch of 30-06 that is dated from WW 1 to the 30's then WW 2 and some of Korean War as well as from Vietnam era. Wet tumbled to get it really clean, then tonight a brief trip through the vibrating media to apply some nu-finish polish.

Broke a Lee de-priming pin on a .308 Berdan primed case that I missed. Apparently I over tightened that collet so rod didn't slide up and the tip snapped it off.

[lightman]

Today will be another smelting day in the shop. We did 8 full 5 gallon buckets, about 1200# yesterday. Probably have all of today and another full day before we get all of them done. Its going smoother as everyone is getting used to working together. This is always fun but its always good to get through! When we get through and if I can figure out the picture thing, I'll post up some pictures!

Edit to ad: We smelted 8 more buckets. Looks like we have 8 more to go.

[Cosmic_Charlie]

I recently sized my newly casted 158 swc boolits and tumble lubed them again. Found a sweet shooting .357 load using 5.0 gr. Titegroup. 970 out of my 4" SP 101 and plenty accurate off hand. 7.0 gr. of Unique was not so good showing a wide range of velocity. Will try some AA #7 for med. loads instead.

Also loaded some 38 spec. up for Wifey's 2" SP 101, 3.1 gr. Titegroup with the same boolit, about 650 fps.

[eric123]

Annealed cases Friday night. Sized 114 30-06 cases. Cleaned primer pockets. Expanded necks to .308 for seating .310 diameter 165gr FP cast bullet. Primed cases with CCI 200 primers. Will drop 10 grains of Unique and seat bullets later tonight. Shooting out of a Remington 760 tomorrow...

*Used 11 grains of Trailboss instead...

[Texas by God]

I loaded 150 gr j words to use up partial boxes of .308" bullets in the .300 Blackout. 15.5 grs of Win 296 under Nosler BT, Speer HotCor flat point, and PPU pointed sp. This load is supposed to clip along around 1700 fps and should do on pigs within 100 yds just fine.

[MOA]

MOA what alloy did you use to make those nice looking sabots? I have a Lyman mold to make those for 12 gauge. It's one of those casting and reloading tasks on my to-do before warm spring weather hits so I go out and test them.

Still polishing brass. Have a batch of 30-06 that is dated from WW 1 to the 30's then WW 2 and some of Korean War as well as from Vietnam era. Wet tumbled to get it really clean, then tonight a brief trip through the vibrating media to apply some nu-finish polish.

Broke a Lee de-priming pin on a .308 Berdan primed case that I missed. Apparently I over tightened that collet so rod didn't slide up and the tip snapped it off.

I just used straight roofing jack lead..near as I can tell it's pure lead. I got some loaded up from data in the lyman 4th ED. Half I used the data on and the other half I put a 20 ga overshot card under the sabot. Will see if any difference when I get to the range. Will post some images of the loading.

[robg]

Sized ,expanded, cleaned ,and polished 50 357 mag cases I emptied last week .load them up tonight.

[MOA]

Got the Lyman slugs loaded up and boxed ready for the range and testing in my scoped Moss 9200 rifled barrel test gun.

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[Thin Man]

I built (3) different light boolit "cat sneeze" loads for an H&R 30-30 using 115-117 weight boolits. Same br*** (W-W), pistol primer (Federal 150), 5.0 Unique. The boolits are the Lyman 311359, Lee soup can, and Lyman 311316. Looking for group size and point of impact as the sights are currently regulated for a hunting load, just a bit (?) faster.

[jdfoxinc]

MOA no wad cups?

Started decapping and tumbling 9x19 that has been sitting around for a couple of decades. Fired the last of the reloads 2-3 years ago when I got my suomi.

Alternating tumbling with 5.56 I finished decapping a couple weeks ago.

[MOA]

MOA no wad cups?



Ok jdfoxinc, here ya go. Just one of the ones I left out so here it is along with the over shot card included. lol

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[MOA]

Now for today's efforts. Kept looking at that bottle of OO buck siting on the shelf calling to me. After about an hour I had had enough, so here is what I did in the loading room today. Inventoried the hulls, re organized the wads, and pressed up a box of buck in Winchester silver AA hulls. Now these were done with the old style hard cards and fiber wads. I used a .135 nitro card over powder, then a 1/2" waxed hard fiber filler wad next and then 9 #00 stacked 3x3 followed by a 12 ga over shot card and finished up with a nice 8 point crimp.

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[EMR]

Tried out my new MP 360-156 mold and did a small batch. It was my first time using pins and there were no instructions [emoji23] I think I figured it out though.

I think I’m really going to enjoy this mold!

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[bbogue1]

Looks real nice

[EMR]

Thanks! Still trying to figure out the break on process. I cleaned the mold and heat cycled it 3 times. Used a hot plate to pre heat and lubed with 2 cycle oil. Probably 70% still came out with wrinkles. I’m just trying to think if I got lube in places I shouldn’t have or if I should just take a match to the mold. Problem is that I don’t have any matches in the house [emoji38]

[lightman]

Thats a nice looking bullet!

[mwells72774]

Tried out my new MP 360-156 mold and did a small batch. It was my first time using pins and there were no instructions [emoji23] I think I figured it out though.

I think I’m really going to enjoy this mold!

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How do you keep the PC from bunching up in the HP cavity?

[EMR]

How do you keep the PC from bunching up in the HP cavity?

Good question. I’m not sure as I just did my usual shake n’ bake with BBs. Although there was a little less powder than I usually use.

[Cleatus]

Powder coated a bunch of 403-180 TC-PC using Sea Blue & Periwinkle Gray from Eastwood. I then cast about another 20 pounds worth. I'll spend the rest of the evening sizing the powder coated ones while streaming the 76's game on my laptop.
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[Grmps]

Worked on jigs and tooling to convert 223 to 7.62x25

[Bookworm]

Loaded all my 44 Spl brass, about 150 pieces, - 200gr Lee RFN over 5.5gr Promo. I really need more 44 Spl brass.

Then, decided to load up some 9mm, get rid of the last of the Berry's 124gr FN over 3.3gr Trap 100. I'll get that Trap 100 gone eventually.
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That Trap 100 has a production date of 11/89. Got about 1/3 of it left.....

[lightman]

After taking a break from processing pistol brass to smelt wheel weights I'm back to processing pistol brass. Hope to finish up with the 40 S&W brass today. Resizing, tumbling, sorting by head stamp and storing it away.

[Texas by God]

Tried out my new MP 360-156 mold and did a small batch. It was my first time using pins and there were no instructions [emoji23] I think I figured it out though.

I think I’m really going to enjoy this mold!

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[toallmy]

Well I have been depriming some 38 nickel plated brass a friend that doesn't like to load nickel brass gave me , and I'm having to go back and look at every primer pocket to make sure the complete primer was removed . Yesterday out of 1 gallon I had 8-10 I couldn't get the left over part of the primer out . Today seams like it's going to be the same . Boy would It would be a lot easier if I could see better ...... slow going with a magnifying glass and reading glasses.

[Soundguy]

Well I have been depriming some 38 nickel plated brass a friend that doesn't like to load nickel brass gave me , and I'm having to go back and look at every primer pocket to make sure the complete primer was removed . Yesterday out of 1 gallon I had 8-10 I couldn't get the left over part of the primer out . Today seams like it's going to be the same . Boy would It would be a lot easier if I could see better ...... slow going with a magnifying glass and reading glasses.

i run all my cases on my case prep station.. it has a primer pocket true tool, and a crimp reamer if needed. if you have primers leaving walls in, the reamer or true-mill will remove them easily.

I just run all my cases that way... easy muscle memore when doing case prep.. do that then the mouth prep, if needed ( from trimming to chamfer, like on bottlenecked cartridges..e tc. - not so much on pistol brass.. etc. )

[toallmy]

That sounds easier than trying to lever the left over primer walls out with a little screw driver , I have a couple holes in my hand where it slipped . I am just going to set them aside for today . When my wife wants to tighten up the screw in her glasses I will have another problem I broke the tip off . Hahaha

[Hootmix]

No one here's gon'a tell her who dun it.. but might ask her if she knows.....not me i'm to busy load'n 45 colt 240gr ( suppose to be 255gr.) cb's first time for 45's RCBS dies on a LEE hand loader. May have to take a little off the bottom of the crimp & bullet seat die to get a neater roll crimp .

coffee's ready,,,,Hootmix.

[Soundguy]

That sounds easier than trying to lever the left over primer walls out with a little screw driver , I have a couple holes in my hand where it slipped . I am just going to set them aside for today . When my wife wants to tighten up the screw in her glasses I will have another problem I broke the tip off . Hahaha


Will keep you from damaging the pocket wall too, no screwdriver scratches.

[Bob in St. Louis]

Soundguy.... Your next post will be #1000.

[Tom W.]

Sized and deprimed some .357 brass that I fired today. They got as far as the tumbler....

[RogerDat]

Cleaning some primer pockets with a small wire brush on a Dremel tool. Touch of WD 4 on a Q-Tip into the primer pocket until I have a bunch done then wire brush. These are really old brass some going back before WW1 and the 30's to WW2 and then into Korea and Vietnam era so I want to clean all corrosion or potentially corrosive or moisture holding residue off to preserve them.

The process is a little tedious but it works well, little hard on that small wire brush but it came in a set from HF so cheap enough I don't care.

Also setting up to load .32 ACP when brass is running in the tumbler, can't wait to see how the NOE group buy 80 grain RNFP works out. Going with 1.8 grain Unique as a starting point. Just adjusting dies and powder throw for now. The Titan micro disk for an auto disk measure seems to be the ticket to those small loads.

[Soundguy]

Cleaning some primer pockets with a small wire brush on a Dremel tool. Touch of WD 4 on a Q-Tip into the primer pocket until I have a bunch done then wire brush. These are really old brass some going back before WW1 and the 30's to WW2 and then into Korea and Vietnam era so I want to clean all corrosion or potentially corrosive or moisture holding residue off to preserve them.

The process is a little tedious but it works well, little hard on that small wire brush but it came in a set from HF so cheap enough I don't care.

Also setting up to load .32 ACP when brass is running in the tumbler, can't wait to see how the NOE group buy 80 grain RNFP works out. Going with 1.8 grain Unique as a starting point. Just adjusting dies and powder throw for now. The Titan micro disk for an auto disk measure seems to be the ticket to those small loads.

if you want to process more primer pockets, better, faster, and less tedius, get a case prep station. quite a few people make them.. lyman, rsbs, hornady,frank'd arsnl. etc. Multiple tool heads and tools. you can get primer pocket truing end mills, reamers, scrapper cleaners, and flash hole clearing/truing tools. then just let each piece of brass ride the merry-go-round as you are doing prep. corrosion comes right off with the piloted end mill and scrapper. then you can inspect your brass to see if the primer pockets are damaged or not. no little brushes to deal with.. etc. I have a lyman case prep center, plus I bought extra tools for the motorized heads besides what it comes with. a very very good investment.

[RogerDat]

if you want to process more primer pockets, better, faster, and less tedius, get a case prep station. quite a few people make them.. lyman, rsbs, hornady,frank'd arsnl. etc. Multiple tool heads and tools. you can get primer pocket truing end mills, reamers, scrapper cleaners, and flash hole clearing/truing tools. then just let each piece of brass ride the merry-go-round as you are doing prep. corrosion comes right off with the piloted end mill and scrapper. then you can inspect your brass to see if the primer pockets are damaged or not. no little brushes to deal with.. etc. I have a lyman case prep center, plus I bought extra tools for the motorized heads besides what it comes with. a very very good investment. On my wish list for someday, have seen some brass done like that and it was nice.

[Soundguy]

On my wish list for someday.


If you come up with a large batch of cases to prep someday.. I'd eat soup for a month and get that thing. it's worth it!

[KrakenFan69]

Loaded some more Russian slugs for testing this weekend.


Kraken Fan #69

[Bob in St. Louis]

Love me some slugs!!!

[MOA]

Nice day, rain coming tomorrow, so time to make some slugs, and then time to load some.

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[Bob in St. Louis]

Wow, my slugs have never been that shiny!
Beautiful!

[WRideout]

My nine year-old granddaughter and I sized and flared a small batch of 38 spc and 357 mag cases. Sizing is the part she likes.

Wayne

[Cheeto303]

I walked in took one look around and walked out disgusted !!! It seems that once again my reloading room has turned into the overflow junk storage room. I don't understand why this always happens to me. ARRRRRRRRRRRGH.

[Soundguy]

I walked in took one look around and walked out disgusted !!! It seems that once again my reloading room has turned into the overflow junk storage room. I don't understand why this always happens to me. ARRRRRRRRRRRGH.

Has happened to mine as well :(

[EMC45]

I walked in took one look around and walked out disgusted !!! It seems that once again my reloading room has turned into the overflow junk storage room. I don't understand why this always happens to me. ARRRRRRRRRRRGH.

I lock my reloading room. When I was living in GA it was a walk through den that led to my bedroom and mysteriously a bunch of junk always ended up in there. Now I keep it locked and if it gets junked up I am to blame.

[lightman]

I'm still processing brass. Finished resizing all (I think) of the 40's but I still have a day left tumbling them. Probably take a break for a day or two and start on another caliber. I really got behind the last few years that I was working! And this has provided me with something to do during the cold winter months. Still have 8 buckets of wheel weights to smelt too! Waiting on a couple of buddies to get freed up!

[Tom W.]

I found a bunch of empty Midway cartridge boxes that I put up for safe keeping and flaired a box of .357 brass. Now to await either loading said cases or going to the range to empty some more.

[shell70634]

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Loaded some pretty 44 mags

[Walter Laich]

loaded up some 32 Mag, 3 boxes 12 ga shells, sized the 32 bullets, worked on my presses a bit

[JBinMN]

Explained case cleaning/prep/inspection & then showed a 70+ yr old , V.N. vet how to "batch style", lube cases when necessary, ( even though he has carbide/titanium Hornady die sets ,but showed him anyhow , just so he knows.) How to set up to de-prime & size, clean primer pockets, expand case mouth & ram prime( 25) & hand prime (25) 38 spec. cases on an old Lee "O"- type single stage press I loaned him.

[ He has a brand new Hornady AP Lock & Load set up that he & his nephew got & they have never reloaded rifle/handgun. He asked me if I would show him how to use it & how to reload & I told him he had to ride the "1-speed" bike, before I would show him the 3,5, or 10 speed to ride first. He was OK with that. I told him, "Good! Otherwise, you can get someone else to show ya.".. ;) ]

Gave him a lesson plan to read some more, basically some "book/bible" homework, & cover weighing, adding powder & bullet seating,("boolits" are later) then crimping. Basically told him to hit the "bible"/book( 49th Lyman) for a couple days & I will see him next week to start lesson #2.

Had a good time.
:)

[MOA]

Well decided that I wanted to see about making up some light clay target loads for my 10 gauge. So after looking over the menu, I decided on a 1-1/4 ounce load of number 7's. Turned out pretty good.

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Since these turned out so well I decided to do another 25 loaded with 1-3/4 oz of #5 magnum shot. Can't wait to pop the cap on one of these. lol

[EMR]

Just PC’d a handful of 358-160 just to try out my new PID I built for my cheap toaster oven. Before it would vary by as much as 50 degrees on my separate oven thermometer. Now it only varies by 3 degrees at most!

It’s interesting to see I lost 30 degrees just by inserting the barely filled tray momentarily.

Gotta love that Smokes Powder!
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[Thin Man]

I cast some boolits. First came a NEI .313-105 WC design for the various 32 S&W Long revolvers (will also try these in 32 H&R Magnum). Next was the Lyman 452374 ball design. I made about 300 of each pattern, allowed them to cool and sized/lubed all. If the weather cooperates I will test some of these this week.

[jdfoxinc]

Started sizing the 5 gal bucket of .40. Continued tumbling the .223 brass about 1/3 rd through that 5 gal bucket. Have about 2 gal of 9x19 I deprimed last week waiting for tumbling. Received 4 molds from graf' s Friday. All 3 buckshot Lee molds and a Lyman 90gr .355.

Going to be a busy feb.

[Tom W.]

Loaded a box of 9mm with some True Blue.

[Barman54]

Loaded 100 45/70 new Starline Brass, 4 different loads, Unique, IMR 4198, 5744, 3031 under a 405 Missouri Store bought Boolits.
Barman54
Out

[mwells72774]

Tinkered with a 308 load today with some old stock 180gr match Kings and W846 and wasn’t let down. Turns out the investment in the hornady COAL gauge and modified cases was worth it. Group inside piece of aluminum is at 97m https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180205/eb20df999883b5c0f8900420dc205774.jpg

[Plate plinker]

Sized about 1000 9mm PCs.

[Texas by God]

I was making some 8x57 cases from .270 cases and then I stuck a case in the sizing die. I drilled and tapped the case for a bolt I can't find. So I turned off the lights and went in the house to watch the game. Grumble.

[RED333]

Started a priming horn, well got the tip cut off and drilled for the priming valve.

[Thin Man]

Today when the sun comes up and I get really awake I'll be building test loads in 32 S&W Long and 32 H&R Magnum using the 107 grain full wadcutter boolits I just minted in a NEI mold, sized .313 and lubed with BAC. The plan is to push these just fast enough to stabilize them, as I already have enough other lighter boolits to use for higher speed applications. Over the years I have had an ongoing relationship with the 32 revolvers in a quest for accuracy and point of aim/impact. These are the fun calibers that occasionally make a trip through the woods with me. If carrying a 38 or 44 caliber the first few rounds are usually shot (#12) loads for snakes and such. It would be a thrill if Speer would introduce a 32 caliber shot capsule, or I may experiment by building shot loads with double gas checks for the 32s. After all, why not? Having said that, why not today!

[Plate plinker]

Another 1000 9mm through the sizer.

[RogerDat]

Wet tumbled a bunch of 30-06 military brass. Found two Remington UMC 1906 cases in with them. Sweet! That is what the 06 stands for. Cartridge originally was the 30 caliber, 1906 model. I took the 1930 - 70's brass after wet tumble and ran it through walnut media with some nu-finish. Would like that old brass protected. It is very clean right now. Sorted it by years during the game.

I also ran three loads (or was it 4) of range brass through the wet tumbler. Just made faces at the loading press I'm trying to set up for .32 acp which is sort of like making progress, only without the progress to muddle it up.

Starting to eye more shelving for brass, hulls, and finished. Unfortunately dear wife is starting to eye basement as possible arts, crafts, reading aka more space to decorate and furnish. As if the two of us need another TV, couch and reading chair. Well bench is on concrete part, I'm pretty sure (hoping) she will stay on the carpeted part.

[KrakenFan69]

Cleaned. Not fun. It all started because I can't find my Rem 870 Rifled and Modified choke tubes and wrench! Oh the humanity!

(still haven't)


Kraken Fan #69

[lightman]

Still processing pistol brass. Finished tumbling the 40's (finally) and started on the 45's. Found more small primer brass than I remembered having but the ease of sizing the 45's compared to the 40's was a welcome change. I'll work on the 45's a lot this week and hopefully fire up the smelter and process the last of the wheel weights.

[Plate plinker]

Cast up 100 12ga slugs too.

[JBinMN]

50 -38spec. with Unique under 124gr. 2R as cast, & 100 - .380ACP with Bullseye under 102- 1R "as cast" to see how they do, along with some other rounds I have built, & hope to be plinking later in the week if it warms up a bit out of the 0-10F range & less wind. My fingers get cold with the Air Crew/Tanker gloves I use for shooting in the cold, so I try to shoot as much as I can, then warm up & then shoot again..
;)

I have very few folks who want to go shooting with me in this sort of temps & weather in MN , outside... So, it is usually a solo trip , unless I bring along the dogs...
;)

Hooking up again later in the week with the feller who I am trying to help learn reloading. Hopefully by the weekend we will be back in his reloading area & finishing up some more 38 Spec. for him to shoot, that he made himself.
:)

[Tom W.]

Loaded up another 50 9mm rounds, this time with Bullseye, then sized and lubed some 9 mm and .358 boolits.

[Tyguy95]

Loaded up some new 45-70's with the lee 405hb to use in my danish 11.7 rollerhttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180206/fff7cad1171d10009ea0ecc80706b799.jpg

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[RogerDat]

....

I have very few folks who want to go shooting with me in this sort of temps & weather in MN , outside... So, it is usually a solo trip , unless I bring along the dogs...
;)
....

I would think if one lives in a cold climate one should practice in cold weather. While it might be nice if the bad guy would wait for warmer weather you know how criminals are, just so unreliable and often uncooperative.

Seriously had a sheriff's weapons training officer who told me when the officers showed up on the line at the outside range and started taking off their bulky gloves and stripping off their heavy coats to sweatshirts underneath he stopped them and said "you are going to shoot in what you wear in the real world because changing gloves and hanging up your overcoat are not generally real world options" Made sense to me.

[Soundguy]

Very good points. Train in real use situations.

[obssd1958]

Cast about 500 of the Lee 228 .45 round nose, and 250 or so .38 caliber wadcutters from a 3 cavity Cramer. In the gaps when the pot was getting back up to temp after refilling, I disassembled 70 or so 25-06 reloads, purchased from .... I can't remember anymore!

Interesting part was, I thought I would check to see what the powder charges weighed, to see if they matched any particular powder recommended for the cartridge. Mind you, these were in a couple of plastic bags, labeled: 25-06 made from 30-06.

I will warn ya'all once again - don't shoot someone else's reloads!!!!
( I know that most of 'ya wouldn't, but there's always that one guy, that thinks HE can get away with it! )

The powder charges varied from 45 - 57 grains of a stick powder, and 40 to 50 grains of a fine ball powder. There was no consistency at all, except for the 90 gr. fmj hollow point that was loaded on top of the powder. I didn't weight them all, but after going through about a third of them, I was just shaking my head...
Got some good bullets and brass though!

[oldhenry]

Enough said

[62chevy]

I would think if one lives in a cold climate one should practice in cold weather. While it might be nice if the bad guy would wait for warmer weather you know how criminals are, just so unreliable and often uncooperative.

Seriously had a sheriff's weapons training officer who told me when the officers showed up on the line at the outside range and started taking off their bulky gloves and stripping off their heavy coats to sweatshirts underneath he stopped them and said "you are going to shoot in what you wear in the real world because changing gloves and hanging up your overcoat are not generally real world options" Made sense to me.

Sounds good to me as we had to train with out second chance and life vest on back in the old Coast Guard.

[JBinMN]

I started a topic about "cold weather" shooting & such a short time back, & had little interest/few replies on the subject... Sad,IMO, , but true...
I guess some folks just don't shoot in the cold, or at least... do not want to discuss it in a forum.
:???:

Other than that, I am cleaning the reloading area tonite. I have made enough of a mess & need to clean & re-organize..
;)

[62chevy]

I do no shooting in winter.

[RogerDat]

Well when the temps hit single digits it is enough to make one tend to think maaaybeee just maybe trimming brass inside would be better than shooting outside.

Loved that
"There was no consistency at all, except for the 90 gr. fmj hollow point that was loaded on top of the powder" Well they got that part right anyway.
Post is sort of a reminder to me that as I get older it might make sense to shoot down to a lower inventory. The components will have more value than the loaded ammo, outside of family use. Of course if I retire and have more time for range I might find myself using inventory faster anyway. :-)

[Tom W.]

When you retire you'll find that you will load more than you shoot.......

Today I sized the .357 boolits I had cast. Maybe tomorrow I'll cast some more. There's always time to putter......

[Thin Man]

This afternoon I loaded 32 S&W Long cases with 2.5 grains Bullseye, a Federal standard small pistol primer and a .313" round nose boolit weighing 91 grains of ACWW. That weight is an odd duck. Nominal boolit weight for the 32 S&W (short) is 85 grains. Nominal weight for the 32 S&W Long is 93-98 grains, depending on the manufacturer and year of production, with consideration that weights outside that range may also have been loaded by someone's (?) factory. The mold for these boolits is an Ideal tong tool, one that I bought recently just because it was so clean. It works perfectly for casting and is a delight to explain to anyone who has never seen one before. Tomorrow I will test these loads for accuracy. Perhaps the next time I cast with this mold I will use another lead blend (pure, lino, whatever) to watch the weight change.

[Bookworm]

Reamed primer pockets on ~300 more 9mm brass.

I have no idea why I continue processing 9mm brass. I don't shoot it all that much. I probably have 1500 ready to load, and about 700 loaded. Add that to probably 2000 more pieces untouched.

Maybe if I stop picking it up off the ground I'll stop processing it.

Maybe.

[15meter]

Loaded a batch of 350 Rigby Magnum cast boolit plinker loads.

[Tom W.]

Well, I can't seem to put the photo up, I cast about 15 pounds of 9mm boolits with my drip-o-matic and 6 cavity mold.
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Hey! it finally worked!

[KrakenFan69]

Taught my son how to reload for his 22-250 from cleaning brass to seating projectiles. Now 2 of his friends are asking me to teach them and help them with what gear to buy too! Gotta keep passing it down.

Kraken Fan #69

[JBinMN]

Taught my son how to reload for his 22-250 from cleaning brass to seating projectiles. Now 2 of his friends are asking me to teach them and help them with what gear to buy too! Gotta keep passing it down.

Kraken Fan #69

Nice!
:)

[DxieLandMan]

Loaded up 7 rounds of .577 Snider. 530 grain boolit on top of 62.5 grains FFFG. Loaded 28 rounds .30-40 Krag. 165 grain projectile on top of 35.0 grains IMR 3031.

[Texas by God]

Polished about 200 9mm to load for a welcome home present for the Ruger P95 I bought. 105 Lee swc and some XTP 115.

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[lightman]

Today will be a smelting day. And tomorrow. Hopefully this will finish up our last haul and I can get everything put up and out of my shop floor. I have a couple of "new to me" molds that I want to cast with but there have been 2 pallets of weights sitting in front of my work bench!

[Reverend Al]

Sorted a big batch of recently wet tumbled brass and then annealed it all ...

[Texas by God]

Sizing 9mms. Size 50, go do something else, size 25 more, may take me a day.

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[The Dar]

Powder coated 300 Lee 452-255RF and about 200 Lee 358-125RF.

[GARD72977]

Deprimed 500 308s then 223s until i. Could not stand to do another one!

[northernlead]

100rds,45c 8.5 gns Unique 250 gn boolits

[lightman]

Smelting wheel weights again. Waiting on a couple of friends to arrive, then we hope to finish up today. Have been at it for a few weekends now and ready to find that last bucket! Its been a job but never really too bad. There have always been at least 2 of us working and this has made the job more enjoyable! Hope to post up some pictures once we get through.

[JBinMN]

Loading up more 100 more 45ACP & considering the fact I need to clean the reloading area again...

[mold maker]

After several hrs of cleaning, I looked around to realize I still have a mess.
Where did all this STUFF come from?

[lightman]

Finally finished smelting wheel weights! Got all of the stuff stored away and the floor cleaned up.

[Tom W.]

Cleaned and sized some .357 and 9mm cases, then decided to load a box of 9mm w/ Green Dot....

[obssd1958]

Almost done sizing and lubing @600 Lee .452 230gr. RN boolits that I cast a few days ago. Then I'll switch the sizing die in my other sizer out for a .358, and lube and size a couple hundred Lachmiller .358 148gr. wadcutters.

[eric123]

Loaded 4 different loads for the 30-06. Used Unique and Red Dot. Trying some gas checked bullets this time with the Lyman 311041 mold.

[Bluerock2000]

I powder coated my first boolits. Turned out better than I thought. Would also appreciate any of you Old School Gentlemen's comments on my proposed boolit design in my other post. Good casting and shooting to all.

Brady

[taco650]

Loaded up 7 rounds of .577 Snider. 530 grain boolit on top of 62.5 grains FFFG. Loaded 28 rounds .30-40 Krag. 165 grain projectile on top of 35.0 grains IMR 3031.

Have you tried 2f in the Snider?

[Cleatus]

Cleaned a Sears Roebuck Model 35 pump action 22 rifle I picked up from my fathers yesterday. I don't think it left his safe since I bought him his safe 19 years ago...I couldn't even find (forget about read) the model info on the barrel until I cleaned it. I haven't shot it since my early teens, so looking forward to taking it plinking with my son. :)

[DxieLandMan]

Have you tried 2f in the Snider?

Not yet but maybe when my new brass comes in I will. Looks like 75 grains of FFG is a good load. What do you use?

[robg]

Sized ,expanded and sonic cleaned some 357 mag brass .when they are dry I'll through them in the tumbler for a nice shine .no more teasing for the guy at the club for my scruffy brass.it doesn't shoot any better though!

[Reverend Al]

Lubed and sized a bunch of boolits ... but there are still lots more to go ...

[jdfoxinc]

Sized more .40 S&W brass, then started priming it.

[Texas by God]

Still loading 9mms. Fixing to run out of jwords and try the unsized Lee 105 swc.

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[bruce drake]

After work, I loaded up 50 more 308 Winchester cases with LEE 200gr Spirepoints that were PC Coated for use in an upcoming test with an AR10.

[murf205]

214086I drained and cleaned my RCBS ProMelt. Man! where does all the gunk come from, no wonder I've had some "impurities" in some boolits. Then I sized some Lee 175 gr .401 boolits after powder coating with Smokes Carolina Blue. PUUUURTY

[Bookworm]

De-primed, washed, dried, and tumbled over 300 7.62x54R pieces of brass.

Military bolt-action match, here I come....

[Tom W.]

Wandered back out and loaded another box of 9mm w/green dot. I want to have more than plenty when I get my new pistol!

[Texas by God]

Finished the 9mm fmj's- I lost count but it's a small coffee can full of warm Unique loads. Onward to cast.

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[Walter Laich]

after getting a tooth pulled out yesterday, in pieces I was able to deprime 7 pieces of brass

back to pain meds

[Cleatus]

Primed 400 cases each of 40S&W and 38 Spl, and then loaded 100 rounds of the 40.

[Two Barrels]

Degreased and set up a Redding competition seater die for my 38 Super.

[The Dar]

Just finished casting about 300 Lee 429-240-2R. I'm way behind on powder coating, I know what I'll be doing this weekend.

[Reverend Al]

Well, tonight I just found a great big ziplock bag full of tumbled and annealed .303 British brass buried under some boxes when I was looking for something else. Probably 200 + rounds in it. I'm sure there are many more "treasures" hiding down in my reloading shop ... if I could only remember where I put them!

:oops:

[TXGunNut]

[QUOTE=Bookworm;4283880]Reamed primer pockets on ~300 more 9mm brass.

I have no idea why I continue processing 9mm brass. I don't shoot it all that much. I probably have 1500 ready to load, and about 700 loaded. Add that to probably 2000 more pieces untouched.

Maybe if I stop picking it up off the ground I'll stop processing it.

Maybe.[/QUOTE

Well, at least you apparently have a firearm chambered for 9mm and you shoot it now and then. Now that the 9 is back in vogue I should probably buy one. Can't let all that ammo go to waste!

[TXGunNut]

Well, tonight I just found a great big ziplock bag full of tumbled and annealed .303 British brass buried under some boxes when I was looking for something else. Probably 200 + rounds in it. I'm sure there are many more "treasures" hiding down in my reloading shop ... if I could only remember where I put them!

:oops:

Sounds like my loading room. I'll never admit how much cool stuff I've "found" in there.

[lead chucker]

Spent half the evening after work looking for my Lyman 450 sizer wrench and wouldn't you believe it was in the last place i looked.

[JBinMN]

I have been making up some more 45ACP with 4.7 gr. Red Dot, this time pushing a TL452-230-TC boolit. I am really liking this, new to me, Lee Classic 4 hole turret press. I am finding that once all is set up, I can make 1 round a minute using the "auto index". And that is keeping in mind that I weigh each round on my old RCBS 5-0-5 after throwing the powder with my old RCBS Uniflow using the small drum. I found that I only had 2 that threw at 4.8gr. & 2 that threw 4.6 gr. in 50 rounds. Nothing higher or lower than that +/- 0.1 gr. That is just fine with me. Not real fast, but fast enough. It is actually a pleasure to use the turret style press, after using a single stage for most reloading since I started on one years go.
:)

I also have a old Lyman Truline Jr. 4 hole turret , but I have not used it much yet & have not tested it for time, but I reckon it should be about the same as the Lee, even though it is a manual index, rather than auto index. If I was to trust the Uniflow more & not weigh each charge, I reckon I could get to 100+/-/hr. rather than the 60+/- right now for both. Fast enough to make "me" happy. I do not need more output than that right now. I don't shoot competitively, but just for fun & accuracy, along with my current fixation with testing components. So, I am a pretty happy feller.
:)

I suppose that some might "pshaw" that speed of reloading since they use more expensive, faster, progressive style presses like the Dillon models, the Hornady LnL AP & such/et al, but I find a certain satisfaction in handling each round & all the components together to get a product that I am proud of & know I made each one with a "hands on" method, rather than a "mass production" method. I have always been a "backroads", "easy going and enjoy the trip" feller, and not a, " I gotta get there fast as I can" type. So, I guess that the style of reloading I use, even though some might find it slow & boring, just suits me.
;)

As it is said, "To each their own". And I just get great satisfaction out of doing my reloading in the way that I do.
:)

Anyway... That is my contribution to this topic today.
:)

[pmer]

I have been powder coating and sizing and loading 38-40, 44 mag. The 38-40 in my G2 Contender with a 20'' MGM barrel is more like a 40-44 mag with Power Pro 300-MP behind the bullet!

But powdercoating out in the shop by my self I started to have a feeling of not being alone...I've been coating a few bacthes when I started hear something scurrying about under the drill press next to the air compressor. I looked and didn't see anything, and kept on coating. And then I heard more rustling over there and started to get more curious. Then I saw it, brown and fury with a long tail...a Muskrat!? I tried to shoe it out of there with a stick but that didn't work. I thought about grabbing it and talked myself out of that. Kept on coating and he started to more brave, maybe it was liking the fumes too much I don't know. During a heat time I went out of the shed and it came out of the shed a little ways. I went around to see if I could get between him and the old garage door but he charged back for the shed!

By now its getting more brave after a couple more heat times and I thinking I can't tell a angry muskrat from a happy muskrat and who knows maybe its little body is all hopped up on HF yellow fumes. I'm breathing through filters so I'm basically fine. Well anyways I managed to get the upper hand after it had a brief encounter with a 358432 and it became part of the food chain helping to sustain the local wildlife.

[lightman]

Nothing this weekend, I'm headed out to a local gun show. This show is sponsored by the Cartridge Collectors Association and I'm hopeful to find something to add to my cartridge collection.

[Texas by God]

I've had a cow in my loading room but never a Muskrat! JBinMN- I just loaded way north of 300 rounds of 9mm on a Rockchucker-took about a week! Currently sizing and gas checking .309" boolits and a brake job on my wife's Buick��

[JBinMN]

JBinMN- I just loaded way north of 300 rounds of 9mm on a Rockchucker-took about a week! Currently sizing and gas checking .309" boolits and a brake job on my wife's Buick��

Well, my friend, as long as loading them up was a pleasure & you got great satisfaction in your efforts, then it does not matter how long it took, right?
;)

At least that is how "I' look at it anyway!
:)

Have fun shooting them up! and G'luck! with the brake job...
:D

P.S. - now I am going to be loading up 50 .380 ACP. Haven't decided on the powder or boolit yet, but I will be using that old Lyman Truline JR to see how long it takes me to load them next. I will enjoy it no matter how long it takes... ;)

[therealhitman]

I just loaded way north of 300 rounds of 9mm on a Rockchucker-took about a week!

Just had three big cups of coffee and loaded 300 rounds of .45acp. on a Dillon (Saeco 185 SWC over 4.7 of WST). Enjoyed every second (and the coffee too.) Still can't get my new VibraPrime to load large pistol primer tubes, so that slowed me down a bit. Loads small ones like gangbusters though. I'm gonna pour one last cup and switch to my other Dillon here in a minute, then load 200 rounds of 9mm (Lee 356-124 over 4.2 of WSF) before I get ready for work. Full diclosure...my Rockchucker is on the bottom shelf and I did rest my foot on it several times while loading. I've been up about two hours now :bigsmyl2:

[mold maker]

After 4 big cups and the time spent, I bet I know the next thing your gonna do before leaving for work.
LOL Sometimes I used to do the same and it required an unscheduled pitstop.
Hope you work out the LPP problem.

[Jack Stanley]

Case sizing and polishing .

Jack

[mwells72774]

Set up my new to me LNL AP. Took some time and was finicky at first but smoother than the loadmaster I was using.

Any tips or tricks to using the LNL?

[JBinMN]

Finished up the 50 - .380 ACP rounds this afternoon using .356 sized 124 gr. TC's using 2.5 - 2.9 gr. Red Dot, ladder stepped at 0.10 each set of 10.

Took me approx. 50 min. to load 50. So, the Lyman Truline Jr. turret, even with having to go manual index, did about the same as the Lee.
Although, I did do the "batch style" reload in steps, like I would do with a single stage, by de- priming & sizing the case in one step/stage of the turret, placing the cases into a loading tray/block, then expanding & priming in the next step after moving the turret.
Set into the loading tray/block again. Then powder from the RCBS Uniflow & weigh on the scale for the grain amounts for each ladder "step", then take the boolit & place it on the case with the powder, ( No way to double charge) then I seated & taper crimped in one step. ( I do not yet have a separate crimp die for .380, although I prolly could use one of the ones I have for 9mm to do the job).
A visual inspection, then into the Lyman "Case Gauge", another visual inspection just to make sure all is good, a wipe with a cloth, & then the completed round/cartridge goes into the plastic "shooting case" in the proper order to ladder test. Marked the plastic "shooting case" with a masking tape label with all the load data & on to the shelf for later...

Had a grand time & then went out for a couple brews/adult beverages" with some friends.

All in all , a grand time.
:)

I also tumble lubed 100 Lee 148gr. WC's for sizing( .357, or .358, have not decided yet, although both will work) to load up some 38Spec., while I was down there. Gonna size them later tonite & load them on the Lee turret tomorrow.

Fun!... Fun!
:)

Next?
;)

[ETA: Just went & sized the DEWCs to .358. ;)]

[Reverend Al]

Sorted the big bag of .303 Brit brass I found in the shop the other day. Lots of Federal commercial in it plus a mix of military (boxer reloadable) and mixed commercial headstamps. I guess I need to load up a bunch of 314299's so that I can go up to the range and play one day ...

:guntootsmiley:

[KrakenFan69]

Loaded up some more 00 & #4 Buckshot loads to do some testing.

Kraken Fan #69

[therealhitman]

After 4 big cups and the time spent, I bet I know the next thing your gonna do before leaving for work.
LOL

Yeah, 4 cups can turn that short drive into a long ride in a hurry.



Hope you work out the LPP problem.

Thanks MM. The thing is pretty cool, well the 50% that works is. I have tried polishing the inside of the drop hole, then widening it a touch, and even modified the feed tube with no luck. Finally called Frankenfurter Armory for advice and they said to try what I had already done. They are sending me a new tray hoping maybe the large primer end works on this one. I've got no problem swapping between two trays as long as it works. Might get lucky and have both sizes work but I don't wanna set the bar too high. But to be fair the customer service was great and all their other stuff I have has worked just fine.

[Bookworm]

Play time with the .30-30

Loaded 50 rounds - Lee TL314-90SWC, tumbled in 45/45/10, sized .309, in FC cases.
3.7gr Promo, Rem 9 1/2 LPP.

Fired in a Mossberg 464 lever action. 1.5" 5 shot groups at 25yds with iron sights.
I get 1045 fps, with SD of 16.4fps, and ES is 28 fps.

And, just a hoot to shoot !

[JBinMN]

Finished up the WCs early in the AM. Now gonna do some 158gr. TL SWCs.

Still running at about one round every 50-60 seconds using the process I have adopted. Might try skipping the weighing on this run & see how much time it saves.

I am running out of ammo boxes for all calibers I reload. So, I am gonna have to do some shooting when the wind drops and/or the temps rise again. Shooting in temps below 20F is not all that comfortable. Particularly in snow... Either that or try to figure out a good method of storing the completed rounds in some other way. Prolly just use ziplock bags or even chip dip containers or PB jars I have. I could make some wooden containers like loading blocks with tops as well, but I would have to heat up the garage to do that. Have to ponder on that for a bit...

Next?
:)

[autopilotmp]

Hung my desk calender on the wall finally, wasn't much point before having match schedules out. Marked the first local outdoor steel shoot and next month's indoor match.

Then I sat and looked longingly at the TWO new (to me) boolit molds, lyman 452460 and NOE 225-70-rn brass. Alas I have no mold handles for these yet so all I can do is look at them.

[RogerDat]

Looking at new .31 ball mold for shot and Lyman slug mold as I work through de-priming 1,500 38 special cases in preparation for a test of wet tumbling with stainless steel. Specifically pin to brass weight ratio.

Fancy way of saying I needed to add pins and wonder how many pounds I have to add to make much difference in how fast the brass gets polished. My target is 1 hour tumble with inside, outside and primer pockets clean. Will try with 4# 5# and 6.5# of pins against 500 38 special and then against 500 .223

Hard to look at those molds, the dies set up for .32 auto ready to try but I am willing to do what it takes to find out how many licks to get to the tootsie roll center of a tootsie pop. That and I'll have 1,500 more of two calibers ready to load at the end of the experiment.

[The Dar]

Not today, but recently I built some shelves to hold my range pick up rifle brass.
214710

[Soundguy]

Very nice. I like your mold storage too!

[Reverend Al]

Going to head down to the reloading shop shortly and load up a few more test loads for my "new to me" Winchester 1895 SRC in .30-40 Krag. But looking out of the living room bay window it's also just starting to snow here, so I guess I won't get out to test them very soon ...

:sad:

[whisler]

Loaded up a few test rounds of 9 mm with Lee 125 RF. Now if it will just stop raining!

[KrakenFan69]

Cast some more slugs, loaded up some short tail wad slugs to fit in my Taccom 3 Gun shell caddies for testing.

Kraken Fan #69

[McFred]

Picked up a new-to-me mould and took it for a quick test-drive last night after work.

Lyman 356402 truncated cone. As cast about 131.5gr and not very round... Going to investigate the condition of the mould.

https://s13.postimg.org/ohm7ntwzb/356402_Cast.jpg

[Soundguy]

Dirty mold faces maybe?

[Outer Rondacker]

Gun shop had some guys old casting stuff I bought out. 100 bucks for 393 # of cast boolits and thousands of J word ones. Loads of brass and empty case boxes. Its looking like mostly 357 and 44 stuff some 9mm.

So I am sorting today. Looks like loads of brand new starline 357 mag brass. Guess after the coffee is done brewing I will count that up. Finds like this do not happen every day. I venture it will be one for the record books for me. Funny thing is all the young guys in the store looking to order AR stuff laughed at me and chuckled as I used the hand truck to move the crates to my trunk. They have no clue. I might see if I can get the old camera working and snap a shot. I feel many will end up in the pot but that is ok.

Ok I counted 382 new 357mag. Nice

[trixter]

5:55AM (BOSS) "NO NEED TO COME IN TODAY, TOO MUCH SNOW". Woo Hoo, cast and powder-coat day.

[McFred]

Dirty mold faces maybe?

The previous owner did spray some sort of dry film lube on the faces/cavities but there's only a slight gap where I can see light between the halves. The female alignment pin holes might be puckered some too, so I’ll give it a good scrub with a brass wire brush and some solvent and see if I can burnish/deburr the pin hole puckers…

[Texas by God]

I sorted(in the house during an ice storm) ALL my 30-30 brass. Winchester for the Winchester 94; Remington for the 1916 Spanish. Twenty each of Federal and Hornady for distant backup or experimental use.

[trixter]

After my 'Snow' day yesterday I get to go back to work. So I will just be passing by, but Saturday commeth. Woooo Hoooo!

[Texas by God]

Recieved these 8x57mm dies from a member here. When I get over this bug; Katy, bar the door- It's reloading time!https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180224/f50cc40af2b834655378a22b7b72b2e2.jpg

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[Rick Hodges]

Tumbled a couple hundred 38 sp. cases in the lyman vibrator.

[fralic76]

Made some new reload data cards. Printed and cut out 250. I fit 4 to a page.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180224/e6edb3f47717bb0dc96af830d7b4d78c.jpg

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[RedlegEd]

Over the last two days, my oldest son and I cast about 20# of different .45-70 boolets (TL and PC coated most of them,) then loaded up about 150 and went to the range to break in his Marlin Guide Gun. I brought along my TD carbine, Highwall, and BFR just for giggles. What a great way to spend time with your 40 year old kid! Ed

[JBinMN]

Made some new reload data cards. Printed and cut out 250. I fit 4 to a page.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180224/e6edb3f47717bb0dc96af830d7b4d78c.jpg

Nice data cards!
:drinks:

:)

[Outer Rondacker]

Tumbled a couple hundred 38 sp. cases in the lyman vibrator.

Hey me too. I just used the old red.

[Reverend Al]

Ran some pc'd .45 ACP bullets through the Lee push through sizer die and ran a few of them through the Dillon to check seating depth. Now I need to size and load a bunch more ...

[mold maker]

I did a thorough sweeping of the floor. As usual, I used a magnet over the sweepings. Now I need to find where the spring and 2 set screws came from.
At least I saved them from the trash.

[robg]

Prepared some 357 mag brass .loaded 40 4570 405 boolits with 18 gr of 2400 up to 23gr so I can now shoot my new marlin sbl tommorow .like a kid I can't wait!

[Wild Bill 7]

My friend just go a Mountain Mold in 500 s&w. 700 grain no less. Cast 75 good boolits, now to size, gas check, and powder coat. Will post Picts when finished.

[Outer Rondacker]

Cleaned more brass. Sorted and put away in its places.

[JonB_in_Glencoe]

I did some casting today.
at least 700 (maybe 900?) from a NOE 358-128-SWC.
I had some "leftover" ingots from 4 different batches of alloy (total weight about 20lbs) that for the most part were either softer than COWW and some that were a bit harden than COWW. So I melted everything all together, so it was all the same, and then proceeded to cast up all that alloy.

215018

[bangerjim]

Stashed away 400+ pounds of COWW’s in ingot form I purchased from a fellow CB person on here. Pb is darned HEAVY!!!!!!!! Time to get casting/coating/loading agian.

[shortfal]

Annealed 150 8 Kurz cases, Sized, trimmed, deburred, primed and loaded with WC820 and lino bullets hi tech coated and gas checked. Light crimp with Lee collet crimp to finish before loading on strippers. GTG for tomorrow!
Pete

[DxieLandMan]

Melted about 5 lbs worth of .41 Magnum and .500-450 Martini Henry. My melting pot is about kaput otherwise, it would have been more.

[bruce drake]

loaded up about 400 7.62x54R Berdan primed steel/copper-washed cases for rifle matches this summer. 200 were with their original 147gr FMJ-BT bullets and 44gr of the Russian stick powder which is close to a 10% download from the original loaded weight which averaged from 46-49gr of powder per case when I pulled it down a few years back. All of the original ammo (2 tins of 440rnds each) came from the same ammo lot so no difference in the powders but Ivan must have had a hangover when he was charging them with powder in 1986 as the powder weights were all over the place....

The other 200 were all reloaded with LEE's 160gr Spirepoint boolit with a gas-check and two coats of poly-coat paint and 40gr of the original stick powder. (THe original cartridge data has the 147gr ammo spec'ed for 2750fps out of a MN 91/30). I'm going to see how they perform at 100 yards out of my M44 carbine this spring and if they are good enough, I'll try them at 200 and 300 yards as well.

[LUCKYDAWG13]

Loaded up some 357 for my sp 101 getting things ready for a day of casting on Tuesday if the weather is good

[sandman228]

Loaded 200 rounds of 327 fed mag ,50 rounds of 38 SPL , 50 rounds of 45 colt , sized 800 32 cal bullets to . 314 . oh yea and drank a pot of coffee while doing it .

[LUCKYDAWG13]

working on some light loads for my 44 magnum ok priming some cases and watching the Olympics

[Outer Rondacker]

Looking in my books for info on 45 357 or 44 shot shells. I have a flying squirrel issue. They are small and fast. CCI 22 loads just dont do it. So I am digging in some books.

[shell70634]

Loaded some 9mm and 45-70 lipsticks
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[KrakenFan69]

Cast 50 Russian slugs to ship off to a fellow reloader.


Kraken Fan #69

[FISH4BUGS]

Deep cleaned, Naval Jelleyied and steel wooled 4 Hensley & Gibbs 8-10 cavity moulds that were rusted. They came out OK but still need some more cavity work.
Man, that is one job I would hate to have to make a living at!

[avogunner]

Cast about 10lbs of my favorite.45 Colt boolit - Lyman 454190.

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[Texas by God]

Looking in my books for info on 45 357 or 44 shot shells. I have a flying squirrel issue. They are small and fast. CCI 22 loads just dont do it. So I am digging in some books.If you can get close, #12 shot sure makes a better swarm of lead.

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[Walter Laich]

looked at my MEC press as I'm still fighting the flu

at least it's sunny and temps in 60° so it's not like I'm missing a beautiful day :sad:

[Loudy13]

Trimmed a couple hundred 300 BO brass

[RAK2018]

http://i.imgur.com/S14AbMD.jpg (https://imgur.com/S14AbMD) Just getting in to casting and yea I got a little carried away. I'm retired from my remodeling business and still do some work on the side. I was able to get some stuff from a kitchen remodel. The counter top is corian. I bought the range hood. So this cost me fifty dollars.

[goryshaw]

Primed 100x 6.5x55 PPU cases I got from Powder Valley. Started priming 7.5x55 PPU cases as well, but the Lyman E-Zee prime started malfunctioning, ended up trashing several of the cases before I gave up, just a bad design, once the stupid plastic primer guide starts wearing it goes downhill fast. Had to have Lyman replace the small primer tray once already, now it looks like I'll have to call them about the large primer tray as well. Primers catch on the worn plastic guide and prime off center; it wasted a lot of primers, bent back one side of them, seated some sideways and even upside down. Wrecked several cases after I had to knock them out of the shell holder with a mallet. Was able to run some through a decapping die, but after couple popped I quit doing that. Need to go find my old RCBS Posi-Prime to finish off the 7.5x55 and do another 100x 7.92x 57 and 100x 7x57 cases too.

[Outer Rondacker]

http://i.imgur.com/S14AbMD.jpg (https://imgur.com/S14AbMD) Just getting in to casting and yea I got a little carried away. I'm retired from my remodeling business and still do some work on the side. I was able to get some stuff from a kitchen remodel. The counter top is corian. I bought the range hood. So this cost me fifty dollars.
OMG why I have not thought about this. A range hood to vent the lead pot fumes. I am going to be stealing this idea.

[Soundguy]

OMG why I have not thought about this. A range hood to vent the lead pot fumes. I am going to be stealing this idea.

Save me a seat, cuz we are both stealing it!

[brass410]

I'm thinkin this is a great idea if you have access to a outside wall I have no idea why I didn't think of this guess the oldtimers is kickin in

[Jack Stanley]

Loading a few more .223 Remingtons for testing .

Jack

[RedlegEd]

Working up loads for my .22-250.
Ed

[MOA]

Nice RAK2018:cbpour:

[whisler]

http://i.imgur.com/S14AbMD.jpg (https://imgur.com/S14AbMD) Just getting in to casting and yea I got a little carried away. I'm retired from my remodeling business and still do some work on the side. I was able to get some stuff from a kitchen remodel. The counter top is corian. I bought the range hood. So this cost me fifty dollars.
To really improve the air flow, cover both sides. Nice looking work.

[rodsvet]

Nothing! I have been trying to get 7 so called Assault rifle ready to register in California. California sucks. I've lived here for 70 years and never would have imagined it could get this bad. Anyway I've stored up maybe 50,000 assorted rounds and have enough bullets, lead, powder and primers for about the same amount again. But I will no doubt have to move back to America to use any of it.

[Tom W.]

Cleaned some brass and reseated another 100 9mm rounds.

I surprised myself. The last trip to the indoor range after I finished shooting I cleaned the floor in my area and a few adjacent empty stalls for brass. When I got home to inspect my haul it was all 9mm brass... First time I ever did that....

[EMR]

Cast and PC’d 160 of MP359-130. Made a new PID for my cheapo toaster with Smoke’s red.

Shake N’ Bake while it’s raining outside with the garage door open. Fantastic coverage if you ask me.

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180227/a321eeeeba41a866db543085df459dac.jpg

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180227/e644471269b5d4cd1ddae2ef15f3a3a2.jpg

Can anyone verify that a convention oven really makes a difference over non convection?

[Grmps]

I started with a cheapo toaster oven and was limited to the number of bullets I could bake without having some get darker before all of them pass the smash test. With a convection oven I could bake 8 pounds of bollits evenly at one time due to the fan circulating the hot air.

Those look good for a toaster oven. I would smash test the ones on the ends and center to make sure all are cured enough for shooting.

[mwells72774]

Cast and PC’d 160 of MP359-130. Made a new PID for my cheapo toaster with Smoke’s red.

Shake N’ Bake while it’s raining outside with the garage door open. Fantastic coverage if you ask me.

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180227/a321eeeeba41a866db543085df459dac.jpg

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180227/e644471269b5d4cd1ddae2ef15f3a3a2.jpg

Can anyone verify that a convention oven really makes a difference over non convection?

How do you get them upright without smearing the PC?