What did you do in the reloading room today?

[Soundguy]

i know.. those look great..

[EMR]

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.

This makes perfect sense. I was under the impression that convection just made the PC smoother.

Thanks for the explanation!

[EMR]

How do you get them upright without smearing the PC?

I use nitrile gloves. I can handle them a fair bit before it starts to smear.

[Soundguy]

didn't know that.. thanks for sharing.

[LUCKYDAWG13]

well i had the day off from work so decided to cast up a few boolits for my 44 magnum 215304

[Soundguy]

Very nice!

[DxieLandMan]

Primed 25 .577 Snider and 25 .577-450 Martini Henry cases today. Large pistol primer. Going to start loading them tonight and tomorrow.

[LUCKYDAWG13]

Well just got the 15# of the 268gr boolit's sized and lubed to .431 and loaded up some 240gr boolits with 5.5 gr of bullseye to try
out for some light plinkers

[skeettx]

Magtech 24 gauge cases??
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[Texas by God]

Loaded 20 each 30-30 Win with 4320 and the Lee 150 and 113 gr fp boolits. 50/50 coww/pb air cooled LLA. If they shoot well I'll tell you.....https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180227/faf2732b8d97eddc839da2af55b8c6f7.jpg

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[lightman]

Still processing pistol brass. Have 2 coffee cans of 45's left to size but more than that on deck waiting their turn in the tumbler.

[Texas by God]

I have 40 primed 8x57 cases waiting for powder & boolits. I think I'll quit working on my taxes and go address that now.

[robg]

Prepped some 357 and 4570 brass ready to load up for Sunday at the range.

[popper]

Neck turned & processed ~ 400 300BO cases. Got another 500 or so to do.

[Outer Rondacker]

Cleaned and sorted more 223 brass. Ordered another gun. Ruger mark 4 22/45 target. Shhhhh dont tell the wife.. No it was not that bad only came to 286.99 shipped. I can not wait.

[Mjdd23]

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Cast and coated a few hundred Lee 158 and 125 grainers for the Blackhawk. I think the speckled ones came out pretty good. The yellow not so much.

[Snow ninja]

Processed some 6.5 Creedmore brass to load up for my brother to take on his hog hunt in a couple weeks. We settled on a load after some testing last weekend.

[Grmps]

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Cast and coated a few hundred Lee 158 and 125 grainers for the Blackhawk. I think the speckled ones came out pretty good. The yellow not so much.

I'm a big fan of speckled boolits
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[Mjdd23]

I am becoming a fan also! Yours look real good. I did some black and white ones last week and will do more of the same. I'm trying different combinations but they all have very good coverage which is what I like.

[Tom W.]

Flared some 9mm cases and reseated another box. Maybe tomorrow I'll get to the range and see if I did any good....

[DDriller]

Turned some 6.8 spc brass into .30 HRT brass

[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.

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These were run through the Star today, with some SL68B from my newest batch.

[lightman]

Still processing pistol brass. Finished sizing the last of the 45's last night but I probably have all of today and maybe some of tomorrow tumbling and sorting them.

[DxieLandMan]

Magtech 24 gauge cases??
http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/medium/MVC-003S25.JPG

Yep. They work great in my rifles. No trouble at all with them.

[MOA]

Yep. They work great in my rifles. No trouble at all with them.

Wow, I'd really like to hear the story on those DLM. You know..........the why and how.

[RogerDat]

Wash day at the brass factory. Most of the week has been wash day.
Working out what recipe of dawn and lemishine, weight of pins, and run time yields an inside and out polish for the least run time.

So far 800 of 38 special, 160 of 45 colt, and tonight it will be at least 500 of the .223 brass getting their turn to wash up for science.

Then I'll add another pound of pins and repeat same weights/amounts and caliber of brass.
I want to know if spending money on more pins is worth it in terms of how short can my run be and get the job done. I have a lot of brass sorted by caliber and head stamp, be nice to know if adding pins allows me to do smaller sorted batches fast enough to be practical.

[sigep1764]

Bought the Caliber Quick Change for the 550C in 380ACP. Got it set up with the new style dies from Dillon as well. So worth it to just have the complete tool head on a stand ready to go. Now I need a mold for the 380. And more lead. And more brass. And more...

[MOA]

A great old war horse. The Pacific DL-155.
Been so busy with other projects its taken me two months to have the time to get this puppy up on the work counter and go over it to see what is what. Anyways, just got this puppy cleaned up. Had to replace a few roller pins, but so far nothing else. It is set up for 16 gauge, so sometime this afternoon I'll get up a recipe for some 1oz. loads an see how it loads'. Got this and a Ponsness Warren from a member, and was amazed that they use the same powder and shot bushing so I didn't have to go through an order bunches of new bushings. I've already got 40 powder bushing for the MEC's and BPI has a adapter under $10.00 that allows you to use your powder bushings in the Pacific an the PW.
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[robg]

Loaded 50 x4570 cases with 405 gr boolits .roll on Sunday .snow day today .

[lightman]

Still processing pistol brass. Found a couple more tubbs of 45's and finished sizing them last night. Will be tumbling 45's all day today and prolly start sizing another caliber today, while the tumbler is running.

[owejia]

Been stockpiling .457 pure lead round balls for my cap & ball revolvers, cast about 1500. Have 120 pounds of pure lead to smelt and pour into ingots today.

[robg]

Another snowday so I loaded a 100 x 357 mag ,hope the snow goes soon or there will be no shooting on Sunday .

[Grmps]

Weighed, sorted, bagged and labeled 1133 45/70 boolits in 500gr spire, 500gr rn, 475gr rn GC, 405gr RF

[Tom W.]

Got a couple of rods out and went crappie fishing. Did pretty well, too!

[lightman]

Got a couple of rods out and went crappie fishing. Did pretty well, too!

They are biting here too! Had a fresh mess for supper last night.

[lightman]

Got a buddy coming over this afternoon to cast. Have 2 new to me molds to try out. Have one last batch of 45 cases drying and waiting to be sorted and stored away.

[pakmc]

I shot up about 60+ rounds of 8x56R, today I annealed the brass dried them, and now going to reload them. I'm using lead .338 bullets with gas checks, and powder coated resized to .334 after the PC to about .335 or so, these guns are a blast with out using 1938-39 German ammo.

[Jack Stanley]

Sorted out things I won't likely use , cleaned up a little .

Jack

[wolf3006]

Loaded fifty 45/70 and 100 44 special

[JonB_in_Glencoe]

I Loaded a couple hundred 41 mag with a 200gr SWC this afternoon for the Henry, with 5.2 gr. red dot.

[Panman213]

Powder coated 500 124gr 9mm boolits with Smokes signal Blue

[LUCKYDAWG13]

I started making some food for my 41 Magnum 215675

[Outer Rondacker]

Gazed at a savage 110 LA in 308 wondering what it could become. Sick of 308.

[MOA]

Got a new 38/357 die from a member for the loading room. Had about a hundred empties of 38 spcl sitting in a box for the last 19 years that I just new I would get around to doing something with it at some point when I got around to getting some dies for it, well it happened today. Got out the SS pins, rounded up some 44 mag dirty brass to go with the 38's and got them all cleaned up. Dug out some books and decided on a light load for the 158 grain lead round nose from Hornady. These are for the Derringer, so not going to make them too feisty with that small a gun. Using CCI 500 primers, RP nickle brass, 3.8 gr of Unique and the Hornady lead round nose and that should be good for hitting the target at 12 feet. Here ya go: Ya, Ya I know. Gotta start using that other phone with the better camera in it huh.

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[kmrra]

long over due cleaning

[Walter Laich]

deprimed 250 45 Colt cases in prep for wet tumbling tomorrow

[rbuck351]

Turned about 200 357mags cases into 256Win cases.

[EMR]

I got to make a whopping 5 rounds of 30-30 before the baby woke up. Do’h!

[Outer Rondacker]

Washed rinsed and reloaded the tumbler all day. I have brass everywhere. Just how many 44 and 357 mag brass is enough?? I am finding brass I didnt know I had.

[Cleatus]

Built additional storage shelves for bullets, brass, powder & primer storage.

[bullseye67]

Good morning,
Yesterday was a casting day. Two full 20 pound pots. One with pistol alloy(30WW/70Pb) and one with rifle(70WW/30Pb a touch of tin) these are for 2500 FPS or less. Today is the fine sorting both visual and weight for rifle boolits. Tumble lubing for the pistol boolits.

[Cleatus]

Flush mounted the 1st of 2 Inline Fabrication quick change base plates. Framed out a guide using some 1x3 boards, which really helped. Tested out the frame using a spare piece of wood before going to town on my reloading bench.

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[tobywan45]

Flush mounted the 1st of 2 Inline Fabrication quick change base plates. Framed out a guide using some 1x3 boards, which really helped. Tested out the frame using a spare piece of wood before going to town on my reloading bench.

215880Looks good, waiting to see the complete assembly

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[Reverend Al]

Sorted out a bunch of junk ammo that needs to be pulled down to salvage the brass and bullets. Now have a big box of rifle rounds and a big plastic peanut butter jar of pistol rounds. Need to spend a bit of time with the inertia puller one day ...

[Tom W.]

Cleaned, deprimed and sized some range pick-up after I came home. I shoot at an indoor range, so all the brass is really very clean to start with, and most of it is once fired.....

[Outer Rondacker]

Finished up sorting and washing the last of all my brass. Realizing I have to much of what I do not need and not even close to what I do need.

[taco650]

Finished up sorting and washing the last of all my brass. Realizing I have to much of what I do not need and not even close to what I do need.

A familiar occurrence...

[Tom W.]

Cleaned some more range pick-up 9mm brass, sized and lubed about 100 cast boolits....

I can sure understand the above statement about having too much. I have a 50 cal. ammo can almost full of .45acp brass, cleaned and sized, and don't even have a .45...... anything.....

[62chevy]

Cleaned some more range pick-up 9mm brass, sized and lubed about 100 cast boolits....

I can sure understand the above statement about having too much. I have a 50 cal. ammo can almost full of .45acp brass, cleaned and sized, and don't even have a .45...... anything.....

I separate clean and use as trading stock all calibers I don't own. This has gotten me more cases than I can use for the guns I do have.

[Cleatus]

Completed my Inline Fabrication installations. 2 flush mounts on my reloading bench. 2 double wall storage units for my Lee breech lock challenger, Redding T7, Irwin vice, & Harbor Freight chop saw. 1 32 inch rail above my wall control currently storing 3 additional turrets, which gives me some spare room for more turrets or some other rail mounted options. Majority of time the T7 will be on the bench, but it's nice knowing I can completely clear it if I need the space.

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[tobywan45]

Completed my Inline Fabrication installations. 2 flush mounts on my reloading bench. 2 double wall storage units for my Lee breech lock challenger, Redding T7, Irwin vice, & Harbor Freight chop saw. 1 32 inch rail above my wall control currently storing 3 additional turrets, which gives me some spare room for more turrets or some other rail mounted options. Majority of time the T7 will be on the bench, but it's nice knowing I can completely clear it if I need the space.

216009Thanks for sharing this, that is a good idea and smart looking

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[retread]

Been working on a new casting bench. Still a work in progress. Have to finish the new PID's, install the squirrel cage exhaust fan, put in more shelves and make on section closable for heated mold storage. My question now is whether to direct wire my probes to the PID or install the plugs and sockets. I bought them and then read that every connection decreases (potentially) the accuracy of the temperature reading. Any comments on this. Thanks, Jay

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[Thin Man]

My reloading room is an enclosed area off the garage. No central HVAC there, just the ambient temperature which will be very close to the outside temps. With this intro, today I did NOTHING 'cause it's too stinkin' COLD to be out there. The forecast for the next week or so doesn't look much better, but there's always hope. Dangit, last month we had several days that got into the 70's. Those were really nice and spoiled everyone for a while. Mother Nature can be fickle, and I hate a tease.

[JonB_in_Glencoe]

Alcan.

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[15meter]

Loaded 50-70 until I ran out of boolits. Got the pot out and cast up a batch of .50's with another batch for the .43 Spanish thrown in for good measure.

[Tom W.]

Cast another 15 pounds of Lee 124 gr TC boolits for my 9mm....

[WRideout]

Rolled up 60 rounds of 7.62 Tok. 100 gr Lee over 6.0 gr Unique in Starline Brass. WW Primer, LOA 1.3

Wayne

[robg]

Cast some 405 gr 457 boolits with my new Lee mold ,took a while to get the temp of lead right ,once I worked out to run things hot worked great.Also cast some 180 gr 358 rcbs sil mold boolits .good day .

[Outer Rondacker]

Ugg. Cleaned handguns. Man real handguns take some time over the plastic ones.:razz:

My p22 is so dirty it finally stopped running. I can not even tell you how many thousands later it is. Yes the goal was to see how long it would run and some place in the middle I lost track. Last known number was 9k and that was some time ago. All bulk ammo.

Hope you guys had a more productive day then I.

[The Governor]

Loaded all the .44 brass i have and started on .45 long. Off to the range to see how my Uberti likes the new load.

[TXGunNut]

Actually pulled the cover off my Dillon 550 and loaded 200 rounds of .380acp over the weekend. Hate loading those tiny things but I've given up finding any 45acp practice rounds, time to pour a big pile of boolits and load them. Figured since the 550 was set up for .380's I might as well load a few, seems I was out of them as well.

[Walter Laich]

2 boxes of shotgun for SASS matches

beautiful day--wish I had more to load

[MOA]

Got my new Lee 8mm Karabiner out and dropped about 200 to try out in my new Swede rolling block. Average weight was 233 grains w/o gas check.




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[KrakenFan69]

Reconfigured my Sizemaster for 3" hulls and loaded up some cast 00 & #4 Buckshot loads for testing for Coyote hunting. Had to sacrifice a few hulls to get it dialed in but I'm good to go now! If these loads work I'll crank out a bunch before setting back up to run 2-3/4".

Kraken Fan #69

[Outer Rondacker]

Cleaned molds. Fun stuff.

[Tom W.]

Sorted out my lasts cast boolits. then readjusted my flaring die and seating die to see if my new pistol will like my loads any better. If Feeling good, range time tomorrow....

[whisler]

Just lube-sized some 358-125 RF for 9mm and 38 spec.

[RSOJim]

Worked on some 7.62x54R brass. Deprimed and sized most all until I broke my 25 year old lee challenger press. Broke linkage. Not worth fixing, so I ordered a new cast iron one. Trimmed brass back some using battery powered drill and lyman brass trimmer. Now all brass same length.

[Reverend Al]

Emptied the ss pin tumbler and put the cleaned brass in the dehydrator to dry off. Then I de-primed 575 rounds of .30 carbine brass and put that into the ss pin tumbler and it's rolling around down in the shop right now. Just took a break to come upstairs and get some dinner ...

[Outer Rondacker]

100% stripped my brand new 22/45 and polished everything I can to try and get it to run. The tooling is sub par. Its like everything has ribs. Nothing is smooth. Oh well back to the shop. Most of my tools are packed up this is no fun by hand.

[Don Purcell]

Rendered down the last of several hundred pounds of wheelweights. Sure looks nice but makes me a little sad. I'm 63 so maybe it will outlast me.

[tazman]

Cast, then sized and lubed 200 NOE 454-230-RN plain base boolits. Getting them ready for loading and testing in my 1911 45ACP.

[JBinMN]

100% stripped my brand new 22/45 and polished everything I can to try and get it to run. The tooling is sub par. Its like everything has ribs. Nothing is smooth. Oh well back to the shop. Most of my tools are packed up this is no fun by hand.

Never had this trouble with mine, but of course, mine is from 2008-10, IIRC, or so, and not recently.

Bummer to hear you are having difficulties.

I would have not bought it, if it did not meet the criteria of my initial inspection before I bought it.

I keep hearing about folks bringing home a firearm they purchase, but then seem to find issues with it. Seems to me a lot of these issues would have been found at the point of sales & before the purchase..

I guess I am just a bit more "picky" than some others. To each our own, but if it doesn't meet the standards when I am looking it over before I buy it, I don't buy it.

G'Luck! with getting things in order.
:)

Now, I need to go load some more 45ACP & 44Mag tonite and tomorrow. My oldest son came over & wants to go shooting next week, if we don't go this weekend.
:)

[Outer Rondacker]

Well when you order online you have to take it no mater what. I will make it run like a top.

[JBinMN]

Well when you order online you have to take it no mater what. I will make it run like a top.

Sure.
:)

I don't buy firearms online. If I can't hold it in my hand, it stays where it is. An exception might be someone here who has "rep". Otherwise, I need to inspect anything that my life might some day depend upon.

Different strokes for different folks.
:)

No worries.
:drinks:

Like I said, G'Luck! with getting things in order. I mean it!
:)

[adcoch1]

Sick today so no playing with powder, but I tore down my Savage 110 30-06 and installed the 35whelen barrel in the action. Gotta inlet the stock still, and I need a bigger recoil lug, but it was a fun way to burn up an hour.

[NWPilgrim]

Revamping my .223 loads and supplies after latest round if tests and some thinking. I wanted to simplify and willing to pay a little more in order to have fewer loads to test and keep supplied.

Decided I can cover all my needs with two loads: 77 gr BTHP with 23.0 Varget, and 62-64gr bonded SP with 26.2 gr Varget. I have a bunch if bullets 55-69 grain and several powders to use up in the next 2 years. But all new purchases for .223 will be LC cases, Varget, 62 gr Fusion bullets and Nosler 77gr BTHP. Even for family plinking.

I realized I am spending too much time exploring a multitude of components in this one caliber and not doing enough loading and shooting in others. Planning to work through simplification in all my cartridges and settle on a couple of standard loads and be done with it. I experimented for 30 years and now want to enjoy more shooting and less fiddling.

[Tom W.]

Deprimed and sized some range brass I picked up today. I'll turn on the tumbler some time......

[C-dubb]

Loaded some .45 colt shotshells. Getting ready for mushroom season and those slithery things I always run into.

[Reverend Al]

Took some dry brass out of my dehydrator and re-filled it with some freshly cleaned .30 carbine brass. Fired up the Dillon and loaded 200 + rounds of .45 ACP for a women's shooting instructional up at our local range tomorrow. A good day ...

[Texas by God]

Revamping my .223 loads and supplies after latest round if tests and some thinking. I wanted to simplify and willing to pay a little more in order to have fewer loads to test and keep supplied.

Decided I can cover all my needs with two loads: 77 gr BTHP with 23.0 Varget, and 62-64gr bonded SP with 26.2 gr Varget. I have a bunch if bullets 55-69 grain and several powders to use up in the next 2 years. But all new purchases for .223 will be LC cases, Varget, 62 gr Fusion bullets and Nosler 77gr BTHP. Even for family plinking.

I realized I am spending too much time exploring a multitude of components in this one caliber and not doing enough loading and shooting in others. Planning to work through simplification in all my cartridges and settle on a couple of standard loads and be done with it. I experimented for 30 years and now want to enjoy more shooting and less fiddling.

I share your philosophy- I prefer to find a "pet load" for each gun quickly so I can shoot more and get better with the gun, not stay at the bench.

[therealhitman]

... I prefer to find a "pet load" for each gun quickly so I can shoot more and get better with the gun, not stay at the bench.

Exactly my feelings. Let the YouTube guys like Johnny's Reloading Bench try 57 powder/primer/seating depth combinations for every bullet (in ARs no less) for months to gain .100" on a five shot group across a windless range.
I spent last night loading two ladder series with 70gr Sierra HPBTs using 4350 and H380 for .243. Might also run a third tonight with 760 under the same bullet. Not out of scientific interest but because those are powders I have a bunch of and are not currently being used up in any of my .308 or 30/06 loads. Find a good recipe for each and load 'em up. I plan on giving them as gifts to all my favorite coyotes in a couple of weeks.

[Soundguy]

Not doing much, but did pick up 72.5# lead at a gun show. $50. I was pretty happy with that price. Most was soft lead, some antimonial lead.

[Cheeto303]

I looked at my RCBS Rock Chuck which I purchased in 1978 and is my first and favorite press and thought about all the pleasure it has brought me. It has stuck with me through all the good times and bad. Through two marriages it has always been my friend. Then I thought about the current state of our country and how these snot nosed no nothing socialist infused useful idiots are destroying the Constitution and cried.Reloading and casting have been my solace for 40 years.Shooting is just a technique I use to unload brass so I may cast and reload. I'm afraid of losing it all.It's all I want or have,it's my passion, except God and my third wife of course.I bought her a Rock Chuck and I hope God reloads/casts.I guess I'll put together some 45-70's with LEE 457-405-F I cast yesterday on the Rock Chuck.

[Outer Rondacker]

Cheeto303 I think most on this forum understand what you are saying and feel the same. We have to enjoy the good days while we can.

Today in the reloading room I made a blanking mess. Polish everyplace. That ruger mark 4 runs smooth as butter by hand tomorrow I will hit the range and give it a try. I can not tell you the trigger pull as my gauge is packed and I have no clue what box it is in. But it does feel to be around 3-3.5 pounds. Think it started at 7.

Keep your heads up guys we are not dead yet. Enjoy what we can while we still can.

[Cheeto303]

Cheeto303 I think most on this forum understand what you are saying and feel the same. We have to enjoy the good days while we can.

Today in the reloading room I made a blanking mess. Polish everyplace. That ruger mark 4 runs smooth as butter by hand tomorrow I will hit the range and give it a try. I can not tell you the trigger pull as my gauge is packed and I have no clue what box it is in. But it does feel to be around 3-3.5 pounds. Think it started at 7.

Keep your heads up guys we are not dead yet. Enjoy what we can while we still can.

Thanks

[Steppapajon]

Smelted 80 lbs of pure lead from some old machine counter weights today. Still have another 212 lbs to go.
Sure like it better in small shiny ingots verses large oil soaked slabs.
SPJ

[MG34]

Made 1500 44 Mag for my Mod 29 on my Dillon.

[Outer Rondacker]

Made 1500 44 Mag for my Mod 29 on my Dillon.

Nice I hope you tested them first. :bigsmyl2:

[smalltownguy]

sorted 50 lbs of various mixed brass

[KrakenFan69]

Loaded more Buckshot loads in #4 and 00. More slugs, both Lyman 525 and the Russian Paradox. Loaded a couple hundred 9mm.

I love that room...

Kraken Fan #69

[Outer Rondacker]

Dug out my 629-4 and decided I would like to scope it or put a red dot on it. I have no clue how to do that. Time to get reading. My reloading room is also my gun room.

[Beau Cassidy]

I put the CH press to work on some .40's. I sized and primed all the cases first. Charging them off press.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180319/a999196c0b95641baaa51ea6e4cf861b.jpg

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[Kevinakaq]

Powder coated 160 or so Lee 457-340f bullets and to sized .460 I had cast at least three years ago . Destined for my newly acquired 1886 Browning.

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[Grmps]

Rough Lader test. Will dial it in from these results.
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[Tom W.]

Dems sum loooooong boolits!

[FLINTNFIRE]

Today was the cleaning and rearranging day , yesterday and the day before was loading 300 blackout , and 458 socom rounds , as for cleaning that was because it is a cedar ceiling , and tigerwood trim that was finished today . Funny when going through stuff what one finds . all that stuff from years gone by . More 300 blackout to load , when powder comes in 458 socom that functions the ar , and of course time to load some more 45acp . But thats in one reloading room actually use another room for reloading also , and right now its pre heating new 45-70 molds for casting tomorrow.

[EMC45]

Saturday I put another shelf in the room. It is starting to look "lived in" now. Cleaning all the junk off the floors and making it nice.

[Soundguy]

Rough Lader test. Will dial it in from these results.
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wow.. those look.. uh.. well endowed!

[Knightflyer]

Son and I went to the range and tried out my cat-sneeze rounds plus some factory bullets. Boy those hand-loads were fun! They made a lovely little 1.5" group of 5 shots. :)

When we got home, I took all the brass and loaded up 20 more of these cat-sneeze "Olivers" - thus named for our lazy orange cat Oliver. Probably be a few weeks before we can go out and fire these off.

For the curious, I have but the simplest of reloading systems; a Lee Loader for 30-30, a pound of Titegroup, CCI primers and 165 gr hard cast, poly-coated boolits from Falcon bullets. While I wouldn't mind casting my own, for the moment I'll probably just keep being a patron of several small cast boolit businesses. :)
-KF

[trixter]

I cleaned up my mess from loading 380's and changed over the press to load 9mm, I'll be all set to start tonight when I get home.

[jdfoxinc]

Loaded more of the planed 1000 TC 124gr .355 over 42gr Green Dot 9x19. This is a lot slower on my Lee 4 hole turret. I need to get my Dillon 650 back up and runnung.

[obssd1958]

Loaded more of the planed 1000 TC 124gr .355 over 42gr Green Dot 9x19. This is a lot slower on my Lee 4 hole turret. I need to get my Dillon 650 back up and runnung.

Don't you mean " 124gr .355 over 4.2gr Green Dot 9x19 " ???

[NWPilgrim]

Received 1,250 LC .223 cases today. Have a lot of case prep work ahead to decap, size, trim, debur, swage, uniform, and clean. The WFT I got as a gift makes trimming fast but it is still a lot to do. Love the Lyman prep center for deburring and uniforming. And the Dillon Super Swage helps speed up that step. I enjoy seeing a pile of range become...perfect!

[jdfoxinc]

Yes. Oops.

[jdfoxinc]

I prefer the RCBS crimp remover for my trim mate. It fits all of the prep centers.

[Walter Laich]

cast 16 # of 200 gr 45 Colt RNFP bullets in preparation for the arrival of yet another #5 tub for PC

[Soundguy]

Don't you mean " 124gr .355 over 4.2gr Green Dot 9x19 " ???

it's a really, really, compressed charge. :) and it's only for Ruger no. 1's ;)

[asmith80]

Just set up my second Lee Classic Turret press as a case prep/sizing-decapping/bullet sizing single-stage press on steroids. I've decided I like having the sizing/decapping die for my rifles on the second press and then an NOE M-die-stye expander, powder thru die, seating die and crimp die on the other classic cast press. Seems to speed things up a little for me.

Next project is building a shelf over the bench so I can clean off some of the clutter on the bench itself

[TXGunNut]

Changed my Dillon 550 over to 45acp from 380 while the pot and moulds were getting up to temp last night. Today I cleaned about 1200 pieces of brass and inspected the boolits I cast last night. Waiting for a banker to get off his backside so I'll probably get 100 test rounds loaded for tomorrow's range trip. Can't figure out why I don't have a section for 45acp (or 380acp) in my loading notebook. I only have one load for each but I feel better if I can look them up, lol.

[RogerDat]

Just set up my second Lee Classic Turret press as a case prep/sizing-decapping/bullet sizing single-stage press on steroids. I've decided I like having the sizing/decapping die for my rifles on the second press and then an NOE M-die-stye expander, powder thru die, seating die and crimp die on the other classic cast press. Seems to speed things up a little for me.

Next project is building a shelf over the bench so I can clean off some of the clutter on the bench itself This has become my standard arrangement for Lee 4 hole turret. I have to size rifle before trimming, and often will have primer crimp to deal with. Just makes sense to have a disk with sizer/de-capper die for the cases and use that station on the caliber specific turret for the NOE expander plug. Have been debating if I want to keep my C press as a second station or get a Lee Classic Cast O press or get another turret press and do what you are doing with having a "super station".

[razorfish]

Baked up a batch of freshly cast 9mm boolits this evening (45 lbs total, Hi-Tek Red Copper)https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180322/484b49cb42843f78bf5bfa1fbe4b85ad.jpg


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[Outer Rondacker]

Nothing. I did nothing in the reloading room today.

Razorfish nice bullets.

[fralic76]

Loaded up 50 45ACP rounds.

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[taco650]

Nothing. I did nothing in the reloading room today.

Razorfish nice bullets.

Ditto on both statements

[owejia]

Emptied a Lee 20# pots yesterday going to clean it good this morning and melt some pewter, cast into small ingots, probably round balls.

[metricmonkeywrench]

Cleaned up some .38 and 30-30 from an outing last Friday

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[tobywan45]

I do like your case prep center there.
100% hands on!

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[RandomIdoit]

Baked up a batch of freshly cast 9mm boolits this evening (45 lbs total, Hi-Tek Red Copper)https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180322/484b49cb42843f78bf5bfa1fbe4b85ad.jpg


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interesting pic :)

[jdfoxinc]

Opened a one lb can of Hercules green dot. Now have 17 lbs to load. Continuing the 1k 9mm loading.

[robg]

Loaded up some 45-70 with lee boolits 405 gr over 20 gr of 2400.

[Soundguy]

Picked up a lee lead hardness ( dimple) tester.

[JBinMN]

Tumbled 150 44Mag cases & unpacked some BUIS for a rifle. Still have more to do...
;)

[Outer Rondacker]

Decided to finally take the $40 dollar Dillon 450B in 44mag I picked up a while back out of its box. Now where to put it? Its looking like its time to build a new bench. For now I will bolt it with the others and make a new bench for working on firearms another day. The more I clean in this room the more stuff I find. Kinda fun really.

[MOA]

Well the new base for the material pot that I have on the Master Caster arrived and since there is no rain today I need to get the pot removed from the Master Caster and setup on the new stand so I can get those molds with handles going, and I just happened to have those two new Lee molds for the rolling block to get broken in so that will be my mission today. The results are:

https://s19.postimg.org/89b457m2r/new_images_June_9_2017.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

https://s19.postimg.org/jmzibkcsz/20180324_144416.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/f13e37r9r/)

https://s19.postimg.org/rh03x8fjn/Photo0459.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

https://s19.postimg.org/py4ps1bhf/20180324_133842.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/4bppb0cwv/)

https://s19.postimg.org/cl1kpi6o3/20180324_144352.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/552b3piyn/)

https://s19.postimg.org/ecujktxv7/20180324_133821.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/ununh5acv/)

These sure are some big fat boogers. .515 Dia. and 450 and 500 grain boolits.
Now all I have left to do is size, lube and stuff into the case. But that will be another day.:bigsmyl2:

[taco650]

Well the new base for the material pot that I have on the Master Caster arrived and since there is no rain today I need to get the pot removed from the Master Caster and setup on the new stand so I can get those molds with handles going, and I just happened to have those two new Lee molds for the rolling block to get broken in so that will be my mission today. The results are:

https://s19.postimg.org/89b457m2r/new_images_June_9_2017.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

https://s19.postimg.org/jmzibkcsz/20180324_144416.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/f13e37r9r/)

https://s19.postimg.org/rh03x8fjn/Photo0459.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

https://s19.postimg.org/py4ps1bhf/20180324_133842.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/4bppb0cwv/)

https://s19.postimg.org/cl1kpi6o3/20180324_144352.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/552b3piyn/)

https://s19.postimg.org/ecujktxv7/20180324_133821.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/ununh5acv/)

These sure are some big fat boogers. .515 Dia. and 450 and 500 grain boolits.
Now all I have left to do is size, lube and stuff into the case. But that will be another day.:bigsmyl2:

What are you going to stuff those big boys into?

[razorfish]

Well the new base for the material pot that I have on the Master Caster arrived and since there is no rain today I need to get the pot removed from the Master Caster and setup on the new stand so I can get those molds with handles going, and I just happened to have those two new Lee molds for the rolling block to get broken in so that will be my mission today. The results are:

https://s19.postimg.org/89b457m2r/new_images_June_9_2017.jpg (https://postimages.org/)



Nice stand but how do you plug the second orifice in the pot?





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[MOA]

Taco650,
I'm going to stuff them into some 50 Alaskan cases that I plan on shortening by about .050, or a hair more, then I'm going to stuff that into my 12,7x44R Remington rolling block from Sweden.

https://s19.postimg.org/r874l6hw3/20180324_144817.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/mmb0ctwcv/)

:bigsmyl2:

[MOA]

razorfish,

No intention of plugging it. My hand moulds that are double cavity I just line up the mold under the two holes at bottom of pot and pour both cavities at the same time. Nice and quick. When I go to use my one cavity moulds I change out the plate for the one hole plate. You have to decide what moulds you are going to do for part of the day cause if you start out with one plate and you later want to use the other one you have to let the lead harden in the pot so you can pull the plate change safely and not get burned. But I really like being able to get both cavities poured at the same time. I did have to drill out the sprue plate a little, the hole was too small for the kind of flow you get with this type of casting pot, the holes are fine if your doing it by ladle, although with this kind of grain weight I think you get much better fillouts with a hole that you can really pour in the lead quickly, any how that's what seemed to work best for me with this setup.

[razorfish]

Brilliant MOA. I’ve been considering a Master Caster for years. Sounds like another reason for the “Pro” column.

I’m guessing you unload those boolits at Pascagoula Gun Club.


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[MOA]

Styx shooting center just east of bass pro on the east side of the bay.

Gives me an the wife an excuse to stop at williams-sonoma and bass pro. Now everybody happy. You know what they say........happy wife, happy life.......And, happy hubby....happy wife.

[razorfish]

Styx shooting center just east of bass pro on the east side of the bay.

Ah, I’ve been there only one time. I was shooting my pistol and the RO told me I had wait at least one second between shots. There are times I prefer to unload my boolits faster so I never went back.



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[MOA]

Ah, I’ve been there only one time. I was shooting my pistol and the RO told me I had wait at least one second between shots. There are times I prefer to unload my boolits faster so I never went back.





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Wow, how long ago was that?????? recently?

[Outer Rondacker]

Ah, I’ve been there only one time. I was shooting my pistol and the RO told me I had wait at least one second between shots. There are times I prefer to unload my boolits faster so I never went back.



Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Most ranges are starting to do this. No double tap rule. Hence I do not go to most ranges and have my own small one.

[razorfish]

Wow, how long ago was that?????? recently?

I’m not too sure. I’m thinking about six years ago but it could of been more.

I know I’m in trouble if I see or hear the words “Double Tap”.


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[Retumbo]

Got set up for 32ACP

[Outer Rondacker]

Changed barrels on my 1911 from 9mm to 22 tcm. Dug out 250 rounds and some paper targets. (yuck) Getting ready for a sun shinny day at the range tomorrow. Day is not over yet might just load a few hundred 10mm and take that along with me.

[Grmps]

converting 223 to 7.62x25 TOK

[ShooterAZ]

I am sizing & lubing up a few hundred RCBS 30-115-SP for my 30 Carbine.

[44Blam]

350 grn HP boolits sized to .460...

217080

[Walter Laich]

wet tumbled 45 Colt, dry tumbled .357

getting ready to do some reloading tomorrow

[Pmg]

Loaded 9mm cast bullets, trying to load enough to shoot all summer without spending time in the reloading room.

[Boogedy_Man]

Cast 500 revolver bullets. Pulls some "mystery" hand loads a friend gave me. Cleaned up the bench.

[Reverend Al]

Sorted out gun show items yesterday and early this morning I loaded them up in the truck and off I went to the show. Just got back home a little while ago. Had a great time ... good social visit with many folks that I haven't seen in ages ... and I only bought 2 items for myself for a total of $45 and sold $395 worth of odds and ends off my own table so I actually came home with more cash than I took! Didn't have to bring much back home again either ...

[nawagner]

Test loads for 357 Mag: 158gr Hornady RN with 4.5, 5, 5.5, 6gr Unique
Test loads for AR 556, 5.56: 62gr Hornady FMJBT with 22, 22.5, 23, 23.5, and 24gr of AR-Comp
Test loads for AR 556, 223: 62gr Hornady FMJBT with 22.5, 22.8, 23.1, and 23.4gr of AR-Comp

[KrakenFan69]

Loaded up some more 225-61 Elvis with H4895 for testing. Also loaded 25 Lyman 525 slugs and 10 Russian Paradox slugs.

Kraken Fan #69

[Walks]

Sorted through some .44MAG & .44SPL to get ready to load bullets from my New N.O.E. 4cav TL-432-243-RF. My first Tumble-Lube mold. BULLETS are sized & lubed, I just need to figure out the .44SPL Load. The .44Mags will get 5.5grs of TITEGROUP for my Chiropractor's COWBOY SHOOTING GUNS. The .44SPL's are for me to shoot in my S&W 624. Probably the SKEETER Load. I shoot a 210gr #429478 sized .428 in my COLT'S for COWBOY SHOOTING. Try the .44MAG Loads in my WINCHESTER 94 20" & MARLIN COWBOY 24". Those will be a change for me.
I usually shoot a WINCHESTER 1873 in .44WCF.

[Walter Laich]

second batch of 45 Colt/44 Mag brass being wet tumbled

38 Sp in corncob tumbler

[adcoch1]

Pulled out my just arrived 35 whelen dies, set them up and ran 65 r-p 30-06 brass thru them to make up my test batch brass. Now to tumble the lube off them, and get to inletting the stock on the Savage 35 whelen project.

[gwpercle]

Lubricated and sized boolits:

NOE 358 124gr. TC GC ....sized to .357

NOE 360 160gr. WC ........sized to .358

NOE 413 215gr. WC ........sized to .412

All lubed with Lithi-Bee soft boolit lube in my Lyman 450 .
It was a nice day and enjoyed by all....me and a skinny little black cat that moved in and made me his servant.
He mainly chased insects and licked himself....he refused to learn how to operate the 450, just wasn't interested in it at all .
Gary

[sparkyv]

"Calibrated" three powders using the Lee Adjustable Charge Bar.

[Outer Rondacker]

Nothing I spent 8 hours at the shooting range. Well now I will be in the reloading room cleaning brass and guns.

[RNT]

Put together 60 rounds of 30/30 Ackley Imp. with some freebie demilled M80 ball. Neck sized with a .308 win Lee collet neck sizer, seated with a Lee standard seating die and finished off the package with a pass through a Lee Factory Crimp die. The finished rounds are excellent in form and function. At the risk of being labeled a heretic, I have to say that those long sleek j-words sitting on top of that svelte Ackley case makes for a pretty sexy looking cartridge.

These are for exclusive use in a 24" T/C custom shop contender barrel. My next project is to use the exact same setup to load regular 30/30 win, with the same M80 ball and use them for fireforming.

[15meter]

Melted down 7 lbs. of Goodwill pewter and cast 2/3 of it into 250 and 350 grain boolits to sweeten the casting pot with when needed.

[JBinMN]

On crutches the last couple days, so since the reloading room is downstairs & even though I have work there to do, I have to just sit here & read most of the time to prepare for reloading enjoyment later...
;)

Gotta stay positive, even when life gets ya down a bit, right?
:)

[Texas by God]

Prepping a can's worth of guns to be Dura Coated. No more steelwooling rust from my hard use guns. A neighbor's AR 15 is first, then three shotguns and a bolt action rifle of mine.
Get better, JB!

[Walter Laich]

loaded 500 .45 Colt rounds for SASS shooting

next up is .357 for same event

[tobywan45]

Melted down 7 lbs. of Goodwill pewter and cast 2/3 of it into 250 and 350 grain boolits to sweeten the casting pot with when needed.Thank you for sharing this, casting pewter into boolits is a great idea. Smaller than an ingot or bar and better looking

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[Grmps]

Thank you for sharing this, casting pewter into boolits is a great idea. Smaller than an ingot or bar and better looking

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I choose a bullet weight that gives me 1/2 oz pewter boolits. this makes it easier for me to alloy

https://i.imgur.com/Ffx487d.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/Axvvj8Z.jpg

[15meter]

Thank you for sharing this, casting pewter into boolits is a great idea. Smaller than an ingot or bar and better looking

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Found this idea somewhere on this forum and shamelessly stole it!

[jdfoxinc]

Finished loading 1000 9mm 124gr over 4.2gr green dot. Next fix my lyman pot and cast 9ogr .355 to load 1000 .380 9mm kirtz 9mm short etc.

[warf73]

Just received my RF100 from Dillon, what a dream. Loaded up 1k 9mm and only stopped to remove primer tube from the RF100 add primers and back to reloading. Did find out that Tula primes don't work worth a hoot in the RF100. But drops Winchester primers easily with no issues.

[KrakenFan69]

Organized some stuff and labeled a lot of bins and storage containers with some custom stickers I made. Hopefully it will help make finding things a bit easier and my loading time a little more enjoyable.

Kraken Fan #69

[robg]

Sized ,expanded ,sonic cleaned, 50 45-70 cases.

[Walter Laich]

100 .357
50 .44 Mag

[15meter]

I choose a bullet weight that gives me 1/2 oz pewter boolits. this makes it easier for me to alloy

https://i.imgur.com/Ffx487d.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/Axvvj8Z.jpg

Never tried different molds for weight, the two molds I used were the Lyman for the .43 Spanish and a Noe mold that throws a 480 grain 460 dia I bought to load 450 nitro express with.

[Bama]

Cast 20 lb pot of 400 gr 476-400-rf bullets for 480 Ruger and PCed part of them. First time on bullet that heavy--sure takes a lot of lead!

[Smoke4320]

made up some more 6.5 Grendels with NOE 266-125HP's

[Grmps]

This is the hardest part of a new mold ------ Waiting for it to arrive isn't that bad but now --- I unpacked it, drooled a little, scrubbed it twice with a toothbrush and dish soap and now it's going through 4 seasoning cycles in my PC/HT oven.I won't get to cast with it until tomorrow :( :groner:

[MOA]

Well, I finally got my two Swede rollers, one got sent to the some folks up in WI, instead of coming to me, and the other actually got here without going by way of the 12 state tour. Well all's well that ends well. So, time to get to work on the getting some ammo made up so this old war horse can get rolling again. Here was my afternoon.

Got out the Dremel tool and cut the 50 Alaskan down to just under 44mm, and see if they will chamber.

https://s19.postimg.org/yoqnikmoj/20180329_171844.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/jss4azb9r/)

Well, perfect fit. Now that issue is off the table.
https://s19.postimg.org/k5jih5ltv/20180329_174102.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/ptpt81q67/)

Now its time to slug the bore. Got out a box of Remington golden balls of 54 cal.

https://s19.postimg.org/tdbqxvvgz/Photo0483.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

https://s19.postimg.org/k5jih8e4z/Photo0484.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

https://s19.postimg.org/4k26xa9wj/Photo0485.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

And these puppies sure do have a muzzle.

These bore slugs measured out .513

https://s19.postimg.org/fxoq8jhv7/20180329_155620.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/utn9g4t9r/)

https://s19.postimg.org/df317rgoj/Photo0482.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

And now I have 20 pieces of brass to start working up loads.

https://s19.postimg.org/bna2cvzwj/Photo0486.jpg (https://postimages.org/)
:bigsmyl2:

[col.farkle]

I spent my afternoon cutting down belted magnum brass for my .458x2 American. I used a new cutting jig from the same place that made my .300 acc blk jig.
It worked great. Cut about 300 shells down in a little over an hour and I am slow. Now I just need to size them, cut them down to spec on the trimmer, clean and polish and I'll be ready to do a bit of reloading. 405 grain cast and .325 jacketed ftx. Thank goodness the weather has finally warmed enough to allow me to spend time in the shed.

[Grmps]

Deprimed -tumbled - polished some 50 AE brass

https://i.imgur.com/dx8ZpXk.png

https://i.imgur.com/rrqJpfK.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/u8Ghmmi.jpg

[Reverend Al]

Emptied a batch of clean brass out of the wet ss pin tumbler yesterday and put them into the dehydrator overnight, so now I'm going to head down to empty the dried cases and will anneal them today. Yesterday I also started pulling down a small bucket full of mixed junk ammo to salvage the bullets for fire-forming and will try to finish off the rest of them today. When I'm done with those I'm sure that I can always find something else to do down in the shop ... :-)

[Walter Laich]

loaded 50 .45 Colt cartridges

sized 50 shotgun shells and reloaded 25 of them (that's all I needed for a full backup load)

[MOA]

Since I got 20 pcs of brass cut yesterday for the rollers, I figured today to prime, powder, add some COW, and this time noooooooo glue. Got me some wax from wally world, melted it, poured it into a couple of large pans and let it cool to use as wax plugs over the powder and COW. Looks like tomorrow I will pop the caps as long as it does not rain.
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217300

217301

217302

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217304

One pound of wax in these trays poured out a 1/8" thickness wax plate. Just break into quarters an tap with a non-marring hammer while wax plate on top of case. Quick n fast.

[Outback32]

I have brass ready for 357 44 and 243. Waiting for the truck to bring me the rest of my stuff to put them all together

[MOA]

Put together the final pieces of my rifle black powder drop tube stand. Now I can load some of the new Swedish 12,7x44R a black powder cartridge for a couple of rollers that I will now give the moniker of " OlDeuce Rollers" in memory of Randy Mead who inspired me to acquire them, and I doubt if I will ever pick them up and not think of him. Here is the stand, and here (center image and one on the right) , far left was the one that started it when I saw the roller Randy was using for his Winter rolling block project and the initial roller I started with due to Randy's enthusiasm.

https://s19.postimg.org/gdyi278o3/20180331_165556.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/ti42ew0pr/)

https://s19.postimg.org/eg39x6fr7/Swede_rolling_blocks_003.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/8f5l03t4v/)

https://s19.postimg.org/j1ze5ilur/Swede_rolling_blocks_004.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/wiwcodw67/)

[Outer Rondacker]

Finally got around to slicking up the action on the Rossi 357. I am very pleased with how it turned out. Wish my trigger gauges was not packed in a box for moving. I would like to know how light I got it. Feels like 2--2 1/2

[EMC45]

I loaded 100 rounds of .38 Special Saturday with 3.5gr. Bullseye under a Lyman 358-477 150gr. SWC

[robg]

Primed 40 45-70 cases .

[jdfoxinc]

De bulged the first of 1k .40 S&W.

[chieffan]

Started to clean up an old Lyman 45 Lub/Sizer. Old dried out lube from not being used in many years I am sure.

[RedlegEd]

Teaching my daughter how to reload, so we loaded up 100 rounds of .45 ACP 200gr SWC over 4gr Bullseye for her to shoot in her Kimber CCII.
217490

[Texas by God]

I'm converting an old fl 8x57mm die to a trim die.

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[Walks]

I ran 300 #429667 thru my old Lube-Sizer. .430dia with White Label BAC.

[robg]

Loaded up 40 45-70 with 20 grains of 2400 some with a wad of toilet paper some without .see if it makes any difference to accuracy.

[jdfoxinc]

Continued debulging .40 brass. This is bought from a range. Lots of .40s with oversized chambers. Some with very tight chambers, (No buldge).

[mdi]

I'm starting on my "Just in case" stash of 9mm. I have a jug nearly full of 45 ACP ammo that works quite well in my 2, 45 ACP pistols and is a known performer (mebbe 350 rounds) that's handy to grab if I need them "just in case". I'm starting on a bunch of 9mm ammo that will work in my 3, 9mm pistols that performs good and feeds reliably in my 3 pistols. I have about 150 so far, mixed brass, CCI sm pistol primers with a medium-high load of Universal. I have fired this load out of my Ruger LC9s into water jugs and got penetration through 3 jugs and entered the 4th. Clocked at 1075 from the short barreled Ruger and got 3" groups, rested in hand, at 10 yards. Recovered bullets showed good expansion to 3/4". I'm sure this load will work well in any 9mm pistol, and if I have to evacuate (nearly had to due to forest fires last summer) I can just grab my "9mm Bag" that has 2 pistols and about 200 rounds (so far). I was never a Boy Scout, but I believe in "Be Prepared"...

[EMC45]

Loaded a box of 452-374s over Bullseye yesterday. Shot them today. Started really accurate which diminished quickly. I read the notes I had and they said "leaded". Not a fan of this bullet. I spent some elbow grease getting the streaks of lead out of my 1911 barrel.

[Chev. William]

Last three Days have been suitable for work outside in my Reloading shop (back patio) so I have 300 5.7x28mm cases three Steps into reforming to .278" body diameter for my Wildcat .25ACP/.25Stevens long derivatives. One more swaging step and then the trimming, flash hole drilling and deburring to go to finish this batch.

[Bookworm]

Pulled down 120 rounds of 7.62x54R surplus ammo. Adjusted powder charge down, and reassembled.
Roughly 2275 fps with steel jacketed Russian surplus. Feels like shooting a light .30-30 load.

[AndFereira]

Wet tumbled a batch of .45 ACP.

[evoevil]

Made gas checks ..... getting ready for my new MP mold,...... hoping it will be here this weekend

[DxieLandMan]

Loaded 25 rounds of .577 Snider. 62.5 grains FFFG is a pleasant load to shoot.

[wolf3006]

217762 Made a few tool post.

[Tom W.]

Loaded a box of 9 mm, then lubed and sized a bunch with my Lee push through sizer and JPW. Probably gonna dip the boolits in some mule snot if I can find some mineral spirits to thin it with.

[JBinMN]

45/45/10 lubed 50 - 158gr SWCs, sized them .358 & re lubed them getting ready for some .357M ladder test loading with Red Dot at 5.0/5.1/5.2/5.3/5.4. later today. Next is 50 - 148gr DEWCs that I will start the process when I start loading the SWCs.

[MOA]

217762 Made a few tool post.

Great looking tool posts there wolf.

[wolf3006]

Thanks MOA

[greenwart]

Cast Peanut butter jar of Lee 401-175-TC. I am only going to buy 6 cavity mold from Lee in the future. Switching between 2 cavity and 6 the quality difference is worth the extra $15. Plus you can cast mountains of bullets. 217813

[Outer Rondacker]

Well I did not do any work today in the reloading room. BUT I did have a nice chat on the phone about shooting and reloading with another member while standing in my reloading room.

[JBinMN]

Well I did not do any work today in the reloading room. BUT I did have a nice chat on the phone about shooting and reloading with another member while standing in my reloading room.

Nice! "I" think that qualifies anyway.
;)

[Cheeto303]

I got one of these little primer catchers off ebay and installed it on my dedicated de-priming press. This thing is fantastic. This guy is a genius with a 3d printer. I de-primed 500 cases and the spent primers just roll perfectly down the tube into the bucket. No bridging problems. I'll probably get some for my wife's and my Rock Chucks. I am so tickled with this little device. You can find them on ebay or follow the link below.

http://primercatchers.com/product/lee-breach-lock-reloader/

Now onto the next project. I am making a lubricator heater out of one of those electric coffee cup warmers I picked up at Goodwill for a dollar and some scrap aluminum.

[eric123]

Sized 540 30-06 cases...

[toallmy]

I started in the reloading room at least - slugging the barrel on a rifle I just picked up hahaha . This began yesterday afternoon through today I finally got it out about a hour ago . I still don't have the measurements but the next time I try it I lube the slug .

[Walter Laich]

sorted brass and shotgun shells from the cowboy match yesterday.

there were 4 shooters' cases involved so it took a bit of time but it's good therapy for me (I process the empty brass for them)

[TXGunNut]

I let my old Dillon earn it's space on the bench yesterday; loaded 400 rounds of an 1100 round batch to replace the stash I haven't been able to find. After I got them packaged you'll never guess what I found! My lost stash of 45acp ammo in a can marked, oddly enough, 45acp. Was pretty sure I'd checked there, Obviously I hadn't. :oops: Some of my brass is getting a little old but it hasn't split or failed to make it home with me so it's all good.
Then I put the first coat of LLA on a few hundred boolits. Today I sized those boolits and applied another coat.

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[KrakenFan69]

Loaded more shotshells for testing various loads of #7.5 shot, #4 & 00 Buckshot.

Kraken Fan #69

[Outer Rondacker]

Re-sifted my bucket of range scrap and picked out the wood and rocks. Ended up with 61 pounds. Its better then nothing. Cleaned and put away my 22 pistol.

[Walter Laich]

just came back from sorting brass and dropped a bunch of 32s in the tumbler. Will go out later and switch out for 38s

might wet tumble the 44s, 45 Colt and ACPs tomorrow

[tward]

Loaded 100 44 Special cases. I used a 230 gr TC that I bought and some RCBS 225 gr SWC with a GC. Used 5.5 gr of ETR-7. I’ve been playing with a used Charter Arms Bulldog Pug that I just got, I put a set of Pachmayr grips on it so it fits my hand well and the recoil is controllable. Nothing like throwing big chunks of lead down range!:bigsmyl2:

[Outback32]

Wet tumbled brass yesterday with my new harbor freight rock tumbler. I think I'm going to like that. Pulled a bunch of bullets coming up with test rounds for the 44 and powder coated 400 boolits. I think I've spent most the weekend in there. I still have 600 red of 357 to powder coat

[jdfoxinc]

Started to cast some 90 gr .355. Found my 20 lb Lee pot has a plugged spout. So tried ladle casting. Forgot how slow that is. Also tedious. Wasn't very successful, not enough head pressure for good fill out.

[taco650]

Finished getting the used T/C Hawken barrel I got off ebay a while back inleted to my stock. Now to drill the ramrod hole...

[RedlegEd]

Loaded 100 rounds of .30-06 to function test Lee 200gr Cast in my M1s. I'm using Larry Gibson's recommendation of starting low with H4895 +dacron to find where they just function at 100%. I've got three (an HRA, WRA, and IHC) so it'll take a little while to find what each likes to eat. The HRA already went up through 33gr without full function, so the box on the right is 34-37gr. Ed

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[Walter Laich]

going to wet tumble 45 colt, 44 mag and 45 acp brass (all at same time)

do some sorting of 32 and 38 cases from yesterday

[evoevil]

sizing with my inverted press. tried a new color from smokes. traffic blue ............ it nice

[Soundguy]

217762 Made a few tool post.

very nice!

[Tom W.]

I resized some boolits down to .357 just to see......

Couldn't find any mineral spirits to thin my mule snot, so into the lubrisizer they went.

[JBinMN]

Loaded up 50 more 357Mag rounds with 158gr SWC.
Then I sized 25 mire of the same boolits at .358 & loaded up 25 - 38sp..
Trying to use up leftover primers & the last of a pound of Red Dot. I think I may be able to do 100 more rounds of 38sp with the SWCs load at 2.5 gr. for the missus reduced loads before I run out of powder, so I TL'd another 100 SWCs & put out some cases in a couple trays. I will go down & size the boolits later today, re-lube & load them up when they are dry. Might even take the missus shooting tomorrow since the weather is starting to actually warm up & be nice out. Looking forward to that.
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Next?
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[Walter Laich]

sorting brass: 32 L & Mag, 44 Mag, 45 Colt and I think there is one or two 45 ACP cases in the mix

[wolf3006]

Thanks Sound guy Loaded 100 357 today.

[Tom W.]

Loaded up 100 rounds of the aforementioned .357 TC Lee boolits to see how they will work in my CZ. They " plunk tested" ok.

[Kevinakaq]

Sized 540 30-06 cases...

My arm is exhaused just reading that...

[jdfoxinc]

Melted the alloy out of my Lee bottom pour pot. Now to drill out the plugged spout

[Rug480]

Cast some 440gr pills for my super redhawk. Only free time is late after the kid goes to sleep but the fun is worth it

[asmith80]

Realized the reason I had some boolits jam in the rifling of my AR15, and consequently spill powder all over the bolt and chamber when I tried to eject them, was because they were seated .003" too long. So I went through about 75 300 Blackout rounds and pushed them in just a liiiiiiiitle bit more.

[Walter Laich]

tried to make sense of my cast bullets and finally gave up in frustration

too many calibers, not enough room

[Reverend Al]

Took the dried mixed batch of rifle brass out of the dehydrater and annealed them all. Emptied the batch of .45 ACP out of the tumbler and put them into the dehydrater. Put another big batch of .45 ACP in the ss pin wet tumbler. Called it quits, came upstairs, and now I'm working on dinner ...

[15meter]

Melted the alloy out of my Lee bottom pour pot. Now to drill out the plugged spout

Not familiar with how the Lee spout is configured, when I have a spout freeze on my RCBS, I light a propane torch and hit the spout with just a second or two of heat. Usually frees it up. If it doesn't I just give another second or two at a time until it starts flowing again. I've never even got a scorch mark on the pot.

[44Blam]

Loaded 100 240 grn 44 mag trailboss boolits for the shooting comp this Saturday.

[Walks]

Got a (new) die set in the mail today, .44MAG. Bought it from a member here. He listed it as 44MAG/steel. Came in the factory plastic box with only the SWC seating stem. All the description there was.

Boy ya gotta ask detailed questions. The die set was made in 1973, very clean. It is 44MAG ONLY. Size die, Expander die with decapping rod/pin built into the Expander. Seat/Crimp die for .44MAG CRIMP ONLY. Seater stem style no longer made.

After 5 minutes at the reloading bench I came inside and ordered a new RCBS Seat/Crimp die for .44spl/.44mag. Tried to save a few bucks. Now I have a useless die set & I'm out $28bucks

AND IT'S ALL MY OWN FAULT.

Well I can't sleep, so I guess I'll get out to the garage and size a bunch of N.O.E. TL432-243-RF, be ready to load when that NEW RCBS SEAT/CRIMP DIE gets here.

[jdfoxinc]

Naw I let the level get too low and plugged the spout up good with slang. Once I got the valve rod and it's operating rod removed I was able to drill out the slag out with my Dremel. Works good now. Started a long run of 90 gr .355 with a new lyman mold.

[lightman]

217762 Made a few tool post.

Those look nice! What material are they made from?

[mold maker]

Finally finished trimming 6 gals of Mil 556. Both hands and wrist ache, and reg arthritis med do nothing. Next is chamfer and deburring the last half of them. Thank goodness it's a one time deal and will probably last the rest of my life. I'm using an RCBS X die that supposidly doesnt allow them to need trimming again for the life of the case.
Anyone else have experience with the X dies?

[rvenneman]

I wet tumbled 1000 .380 ACP brass and expanded 100 or so 9mm casings. All while painting our mobile home for a few hours and going to the supermarket. And I am 69. And sober. Life is good.


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[RogerDat]

Working on putting together a round ball for 20 gauge with the help of Ajay (superblazingsabots) My 58 cal. round balls are a touch big at .575 so sorting through options and taking measurements.

Have a project next to the bench too. I am repairing a small bookshelf that was used when I was a kid to keep all the board and card games on. Brother, sister and myself would always argue about who had to take the game back to the basement and put it on this shelf. Still have it over 1/2 century later but the bottom framing was coming apart and the plywood was delaminating. So clamp and glue project then work at bench.

Finished with deprime and wet tumble of about 2000 .308 cases. Some going for sale and some going on that shelf after it gets repaired. Shelf will once again have "game pieces" stored on it. Along with a couple of "rule" books for shot shell or cast reloading :-) Lead would be too heavy but I think it can handle some brass and my Lee sizers.

[Gunslinger1911]

Loaded 200 rds 22TCM. I dunno why I get a kick out of loading that caliber.

[Outer Rondacker]

Because defeating the difficulties of handling that tinny bullet makes us feel like kings. I have to use tweezers my fat fingers get in the way.

[JBinMN]

Sized 100 - TL 230- SWC boolits re-lubed over night & started loading them up. Taking a break now...