What did you do in the reloading room today?

[Rug480]

Bought another lb of beeswax so now I have a few lube options to begin testing: pc, alox, Johnson wax, beeswax, some Vaseline and paraffin candles. Going to have to visit the lube forum

[warf73]

Ran another 1k 9mm thru the 650 last night, and now changing over the seating die for some hollow points.

[JBinMN]

Finished the 100 45ACp rounds yesterday. Gonna move on to 30-06 next... Already tumbled. Need to be prepped, OAL checked for consistency, inspected for issues, etc. Then, doing some researching & decide what powder(s) I might use this time.

[robg]

Loaded up 50 x45-70 s .cleaned up 30 x45-70 cases I used last week.think I'll just shoot my 1022 ruger this week to catch up on my reloading and casting.

[Gunslinger1911]

I hear you Rondaker, 22TCM can be a chore - my big headache is putting the gas checks on the boolet ! But it's just so darn fun to shoot !

[Gunslinger1911]

And now we go from 22 TCM to 50 rounds of 50 Beowulf - haha

[lightman]

Today was a little long overdue cleaning. Emptying the trash can, sweeping the floor, hanging up a few tools. Put a batch of range brass in the tumbler. Added a few new acquisitions to the cartridge collection display.

[Reverend Al]

Got the first 300 rounds of 9.3x74R brass ss pin wet tumbled and into the dehydrator today ... 300 down and only 700 more to go!

[Beagle333]

I lubed a bunch of 45-270SAA HPs with Tac1.

[mac60]

Sized and gc'd 550 or so Lee C358-200-RF that I cast about a month ago. Then loaded 50 of 'em up in .38 spl. cases to shoot thru a 16" rifled adapter in a $99 single barrel shotgun - something only a gun bug could love.

[Michael J. Spangler]

Sized and gc'd 550 or so Lee C358-200-RF that I cast about a month ago. Then loaded 50 of 'em up in .38 spl. cases to shoot thru a 16" rifled adapter in a $99 single barrel shotgun - something only a gun bug could love.

LOVE IT!

I've been eyeing picking up an H&R in 12 just to be able to get some adapters for it.
What kind of accuracy have you found with these adapters?

[lightman]

Still doing a little cleaning. Also stored away the brass that I tumbled and dried yesterday. Packaged up some brass that is going out in a trade.

[Jack Stanley]

Cleaned up a little , finding more things I'll never use again .

Jack

[Preacher Jim]

Started hunting the floor, found the loading bench. Now to get control of things so I can use my main bench. Set up my swaging presses and then started organizing things to get back to using my main bench to form several new cases I have built barrels for. Warm weather is coming and I am not ready to hit the range.

[DxieLandMan]

Cleaned over 500 pcs of 9mm and loaded up 25 rounds of .577/450 Martini Henry.

[Skunk1]

Having more than one reloading room, I broke out the old prevent ideal single cavity mold and cast away. Some 452374 45 cal boolits. Once we got everything dialed in she cast away one after another.

[waco]

Ordered a new 5 cavity Arsenal 9mm powder coat mold. Thinking hard on buying the wife an I both Ruger 9mm carbines.....

[KrakenFan69]

Sorted 3 buckets of wheel weights that were given to me free. 100 #'s WW and 45 #'s of soft lead after losing the garbage zinc & steel.

Kraken Fan #69

[trixter]

I was running low on .380 ammo, so ran about 250 over the weekend, that ought to last me at least a few days (LOL). Now I am going to set up the turret press up for some 223 with lead boolits, probably do about 500 of them over the next few days/weeks, taking my time and doing them right. This hobby is so much fun!

[Tom W.]

I cast about 50 Ranch Dog 170 gr RF 30 cal boolits for a friend, going to put on the gas checks and lube the things later. Also cast some more 120 gr tc Lee boolits for my 9mm......

[Shopdog]

Once again proved that for me,taking a shortcut purchasing spraybomb paint ain't worth SPIT!Laziness not going to the paint store and getting,almost as quick as this being typed,custom mixed industrial enamel .......

Oh,the BORG had a decent Lyman orange but realize,when you buy spraybombs,that it's 60%reducer.Besides that,it's sucky paint.We use catalizers that make enamels 'pert near bullet proof.....

But,twds OP,shot some colour on a cpl pcs bound for the loading rm.

[Seabee1960]

I cast, sized and lubed a bunch of 158 Grain Semi Wad Cutters ( excellent RCBS double cavity mold) for a pristine 1920's Colt officers model target with a big long barrel. This pistol shoots as good as the day it left the factory in Hartford Ct. Do any of you remember when we made really good stuff in this country? 218557

[toallmy]

I set up a a turret to load 30-30 rounds on a loadmaster , then loaded 60 cartridges just to make sure everything worked right . Noe .311-180 fn over 8 gr of unique . I think tomorrow after work I'll make some empty brass[smilie=s:

[Reverend Al]

About 1/2 way through cleaning my latest big batch of 9.3x74R brass ... very shiny ... (500 down and 500 still to go) ...

:smile:

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

[Tom W.]

Went back out and loaded 200 rounds of 9mm w/ bullseye and .357 boolits. In was going to lube and size some but it got a bit cold for my old self. Maybe tomorrow.....

[jdfoxinc]

Cast a batch of 90 gr .355. Now to weigh & sort.

[MOA]

About 1/2 way through cleaning my latest big batch of 9.3x74R brass ... very shiny ... (500 down and 500 still to go) ...

:smile:


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


Gosh Rev, how long have you been hoarding all those 9.3's? Wish I had as many.

[JohnTCM]

Powder Coated 4 coffee cans of 45 ACP boolits. 2 of 220 RN and 2 of 200 SWC.

[mac60]

LOVE IT!

I've been eyeing picking up an H&R in 12 just to be able to get some adapters for it.
What kind of accuracy have you found with these adapters?

Shot 50 of 'em Sunday afternoon. Right off the bat about 3" at 50 yds. with the 200 gr. boolits. Had a ball at the dueling tree. I know - a lot of room for improvement, but that's the fun of it.

[LazyTCross]

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180418/2126cb7796d702282085addcf515c915.jpg
Trimmed brass for the 500JRH


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[Reverend Al]

One batch in the dehydrator drying tonight and one more batch of 150 to go into the tumbler tomorrow and they're finally done ... all 1,000 rounds!


About 1/2 way through cleaning my latest big batch of 9.3x74R brass ... very shiny ... (500 down and 500 still to go) ...

:smile:

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

[DwarvenChef]

Took inventory and tried to find stuff after it all was boxed up years ago...

[JBinMN]

Loaded up 25- 44mag with 240gr SWC & using some 10-12 year old 2400 I found, that I had stashed some time ago. Started with low end loads & working up a ladder to see how it goes & use it up. Only loaded 25 so far about an hour ago, and have about 75-80 more to go. I am trying to decide if I should just go shoot these first before I load more. If that powder has lost it's oomph a bit, I am just gonna fertilize the yard with the approx. 6 oz. or so that is left.

Decisions, decisions...
;)

[Soundguy]

One batch in the dehydrator drying tonight and one more batch of 150 to go into the tumbler tomorrow and they're finally done ... all 1,000 rounds!

my goodness that is a ton o' 9.3x74r!!

[trixter]

I am working on using my last batch of cast boolits for 9mm (Lee 358-105 SWC), so I can start on the batch that I powder coated last night. Looking forward to more sessions with my reloader. I so enjoy this hobby.

[Reverend Al]

my goodness that is a ton o' 9.3x74r!!

As my best friend and old hunting partner used to say: "Lots is good, More is better, and Too Much is ALMOST enough!" :-)

Actually, I imported 1,000 rounds of once fired Norma brass from Germany twice now ... mostly to reform a bunch for my Ballard Pacific No. 5 in .40-90 3" Ballard and some into 3" .410 everlasting brass shotshells. I've kept some for myself and sell the balance to help cover the costs of the exchange (Canadian dollars to Euros) and shipping (in Euros of course) and the Customs fees ($$$). I've sold about 300 so far out of this batch and so I have a few hundred left to sell. Unfortunately though I'm in Canada and CAN NOT ship any of it down to the USA thanks to the current ITAR regulations regarding the import / export of rifle components between Canada and the USA.

:-(

[Reverend Al]

Gosh Rev, how long have you been hoarding all those 9.3's? Wish I had as many.

If you lived in Canada I could sell you some of these, but thanks to current ITAR regulations I can't ship them into the USA ...

:cry:

[Soundguy]

Luckily I have managed to put hands on a paltry 80 spare cases so far..

[EMC45]

I cleaned some guns.

[Outer Rondacker]

Did a trigger job on my budget lower. Turned out nice. 9 pounds down to 4. Now if I could just find a good 50 upper.

[Texas by God]

I moved a gun project aside to start reloading some .30 Carbine with 110jsp and try some Lee 113F as a test.

[Tom W.]

Nothing. I ate a pork chop Tuesday evening and thought I was gonna die. Today I had my wife drive me to a business appointment because I was still too icckky to drive that far.

But I'm feeling better now! Not grand, but better. Still scared to eat much......

[MOA]

Worked on finding a boolit to chamber in my Swede rolling block. I am working with the Lyman Plains boolit, as cast fit the case mouth perfect, hope it will be a shooter, but still to early to tell, it has passed the first test though, it will chamber without having to resize, fit the sized case as cast, so on to phase two. Here is how they look.
https://s19.postimg.cc/bsky5fm9v/20180421_115047.jpg (https://postimg.cc/image/timmqgzun/)

https://s19.postimg.cc/re29pmqkz/20180421_145318.jpg (https://postimg.cc/image/nhoxtn5lb/)

https://s19.postimg.cc/u85f330gz/20180421_145349.jpg (https://postimg.cc/image/5rn98lzq7/)

[Michael J. Spangler]

Worked on finding a boolit to chamber in my Swede rolling block. I am working with the Lyman Plains boolit, as cast fit the case mouth perfect, hope it will be a shooter, but still to early to tell, it has passed the first test though, it will chamber without having to resize, fit the sized case as cast, so on to phase two. Here is how they look.
https://s19.postimg.cc/bsky5fm9v/20180421_115047.jpg (https://postimg.cc/image/timmqgzun/)

https://s19.postimg.cc/re29pmqkz/20180421_145318.jpg (https://postimg.cc/image/nhoxtn5lb/)

https://s19.postimg.cc/u85f330gz/20180421_145349.jpg (https://postimg.cc/image/5rn98lzq7/)

Beautiful!
Now I need to load some lead!
I think so WDWW to try in my 30/30 are in order.
50/50 allot shot a pattern at 30 yards

[nhyrum]

I made my first batch of lube(glenn's moly Lube. A whole two pounds [emoji44]) that will last me a really, really long time

AND I made a batch of 2 percent copper, lead alloy. 25 lbs. The stuff is hard. Like REAL hard. I used a piece of pipe and a hammer to mark my ingots, as I used the same ingot mould as my wheel weight lead, and it took quite a few hefty blows to mark it! They will be cast at a later date. Mostly for my 454, but I may cut a batch with a bit if soft lead to use in 9mm.

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[Outer Rondacker]

Loaded the range bag and cleaned the target gun one more time. My first Bullseye match is tomorrow. I do not need to win. Just do not want to come in last.

[Bookworm]

Nothing. I ate a pork chop Tuesday evening and thought I was gonna die. Today I had my wife drive me to a business appointment because I was still too icckky to drive that far.

But I'm feeling better now! Not grand, but better. Still scared to eat much......

Did you cook that pork chop first ?

[JBinMN]

Ladder tested 150 rounds of 9mm yesterday. Going to retest the best 3 loads of 3 powders to verify, so citrus cleaned the cases, tumbled them, inspected for issues & now all set in a tray to reload. Gonna start that tonite.

We finally got some Spring weather, and it is 60F, so I am likely going to go shoot some 38Sp. with the Missus later, & maybe even some 45ACP as well. Then it is steaks & stuffed Jalapeno poppers on the grill.
:)

[slide]

Hi-teked 1000 158 grain 38 cast bullets

[RedlegEd]

Sized/decapped, trimmed, annealed, and wet tumbled ~200 '06 cases. Ed

[sigep1764]

Loaded 600 9mm. In the last 4 weeks, I have loaded almost 6000. The 550C has been a big help, lots more room than the SDB. My goal is 10000 loaded rounds. That will give me time to do some smelting and casting to get ahead of reloading. They are all the Elco HP boolit with 2.8 grains of Red Dot.

[robg]

Sized expanded primed 50 45-70 cases put another 50 in my sonic cleaner.I'll load some up later on as I shot 40 at the range ,all that I had loaded.

[sigep1764]

Loaded 200 380 ACP with Lee 358 105 SWC with 1.8 grains of Red Dot. Cleaned my boolit seating die, full of lube from a maladjusted star lubersizer.

[Tom W.]

Packaged three FRB with products some members purchased from me, and then took them to the PO.

[taco650]

Worked on finding a boolit to chamber in my Swede rolling block. I am working with the Lyman Plains boolit, as cast fit the case mouth perfect, hope it will be a shooter, but still to early to tell, it has passed the first test though, it will chamber without having to resize, fit the sized case as cast, so on to phase two. Here is how they look.
https://s19.postimg.cc/bsky5fm9v/20180421_115047.jpg (https://postimg.cc/image/timmqgzun/)

https://s19.postimg.cc/re29pmqkz/20180421_145318.jpg (https://postimg.cc/image/nhoxtn5lb/)

https://s19.postimg.cc/u85f330gz/20180421_145349.jpg (https://postimg.cc/image/5rn98lzq7/)

What caliber is that?

[MOA]

taco650,
The caliber is 12,7x44R

Roughly similar to our 50-70 Gov't of 1866. The 50-70 Gov't is the parent case for the swede cartridge.

[Gunslinger1911]

Cast dead soft 150g swc hp 357 for FBI load 38 spl. Powder coated pink. For daughters Detective Spl.
Loaded in steps up to full tilt +P, we'll see how hot she can keep on target.

A buddy was getting leading in his wife's 3913 with my cast 125hp. Cast more, powder coated, plain base gas check, lubed Carnuba Red when sizing. Loaded to about 1000 f/s. If those lead, I'm gunna have to just shoot him ! ha

[Tom W.]

Did you cook that pork chop first ?

Lori cooked them.... Hers didn't make her sick..

I prefer ribeye.....

[Chev. William]

Good And bad: Yea and Drat.

The Good: Noe Finished my two Molds and I have them in my Possession; Both are four cavity Aluminum;
First one is for the 50 grain Ranch Dog TL255-50-RF Design;
Second one is for the 65 grain Ranch Dog TL255-65-RF Design.
Al at NOE designed the cutting tool to be able to make both size bullet molds so tooling cost was spread over the Full Group buy of TL255 Molds.
So anyone Desiring a copy of the mold can order it without having a Tooling Charge for it; Just The Wait for production scheduling.

The Bad: The First of the two Lee "Oversize" carbide ring Sizing dies that I ordered to size to SAAMI .25ACP Maximum Case Diameter has FAILED due to the Carbide Ring Shattering after 100 cases were swaged to its diameter.
The second is sizing slightly OVER SAMMI maximum diameter for the .25ACP case.

I believe the Failure was my fault as I may have maladjusted the die and caused the failure from the rim of a parent case over stressing the carbide.
But now I need to order another "Oversize" one from Lee Precision.

The Nice: I have tried out a .277" ID Drill Bushing for a "Shearing" last step in my forming instead of a "Turning operation(s)" step.
100 Cases of 5.7x28mm FN that had been Swaged down to ~.277" body diameter with a short tapered section near the Base and not yet turned down were pushed into the Drill bushing mounted in a used die body and Successfully came out ~.277" diameter from Mouth to Extractor Clearance Cut (ECC) just above the rim. The base for about .070" above the ECC down to the top of the ECC showed clean Brass devoid of the Polymer coating. There was a Thin, fine, ring of sheared Brass and Polymer sittin gin the ECC that was removed by finger manipulation.
These were the cases final Swage formed by The die that failed on the 101st case when I began the set up for the second 100 case box of formed cases.

Now to wait for Funds (next monthly Social Security Direct Deposit).

NOTE: These reformed 5.7x28mm Cases are parent stock for ~.278" body diameter Wildcat cartridges (.25ALRM, .25ALS, .25MACP, .25ALR).

Chev. William

[evoevil]

Cleaned ........ LOL

[lightman]

Not much today, feeling kind of wimpy. Probably resize and tumble some 357 cases that someone left on my back porch. Most of my non-reloading buddies save stuff for me, and drop it off. Either brass or various forms of lead. Plan to cast tomorrow, hope I perk up some.

[Outer Rondacker]

Recent events have made me think about telling my club to go shove it. So last night in the reloading room I decided to go to the range at 430 this morning. I mined the first bunker. Got five half 5 gal buckets. Now I have them sitting in the reloading room getting sorted. So that is where I will be tomorrow during the rain.

[jdfoxinc]

Cast some more 00 buck. Then cast a small amount of 000. I wanted to cast a large amount of #4 but found the mounting screw holes were not aligned. If you mounted the mold blocks separately the blocks do not line up.

[Outer Rondacker]

Cleaning five 5gal buckets of range scrap. Lots of dirt and rock. Spread it 3inches thick in shallow totes and set it by the wood stove. Hour later sort out the rock and junk from the lead.

[taco650]

taco650,
The caliber is 12,7x44R

Roughly similar to our 50-70 Gov't of 1866. The 50-70 Gov't is the parent case for the swede cartridge.

Thanks! I thought it looks similar to a 50-70 but a little shorter maybe.

[jimb16]

Cleaned up a couple hundred LC 5.56 cases and converted a hundred FC .223 cases to 7TCU and loaded those. Not a real productive day, but at least I got something done.

[Walter Laich]

determined that a Uberti Lightning does not like the Lee RNFP bullets when loading.

by switching to a clone of Colt's original shaped bullet they load fine.

time to get to work before Sat's cowboy match

[Outer Rondacker]

Re-sifted range scrap. Cleaned a new mould. Set up the new set of dies on the press. Put on some 3d printed parts I got from another member. (22/45)

[sigep1764]

Ran 2000 9mm through the Star. Loaded 100 of them.

[Reverend Al]

Sorted more brass and then started another batch of dirty brass in the ss pin tumbler ...

[lightman]

Right now, taking a little break from sorting a tub of range brass. Probably decap and tumble some of them over the weekend. I cast maybe 1000 44 SWC's last Wednesday and I'm hoping that another session will get me enough to load the batch of brass that I have primed. I'm dying to try out the new to me Star sizer that I recently bought.

[Walter Laich]

loaded up 100 .45 Colt rounds with a different bullet shape. Uberti Lightning is very unforgiving of bullet shape when loading through the gate

we'll see tomorrow

[Pumpkinheaver]

I cast a few hundred 200 gr swc bullets to try in my new Glock 21. Powdercoated and sized them and they are now ready to be loaded.

[pmer]

Went out and picked up boolits shot into the snow banks. They finally melted away and the boolits were just laying on the ground.

I noticed a difference between PC'd boolits and non PC'd though. The NOE 45-230 grain HPs shot from a 45 ACP. The ones not PC'd were more likely to expand. I had some 45 ACP JHP's that didn't do very good expanding either. But it was easy to tell the PC'd boolits didn't expand compared to non PC'd. (same alloy and load)

[Outer Rondacker]

Snow might have been harder at the time of shooting.

[robg]

Loaded up 70 x45-70 with the last of my stock of cast boolits ,try and do some casting tomorrow .just going to use my 1022 at the range on Sunday so I can catch up with some loading. since I got a friend into shooting my stocks are running down fast .

[Texas by God]

Finished loading a big (for me) batch of .30 Carbine. Fun & easy.

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[Outer Rondacker]

Packed up more stuff in boxes.

[tarbe]

De-primed/sized 750 45 Auto cases.

Filled three empty rear sight dovetails with Skinner dovetail plugs (two Henry 45-70, a H010 and H010CC and a 1960 built M94 in 32 Special).

Yeah, loading room is also the gun room...just gotta be careful! :shock:

[Tom W.]

Cleaned and lubed some baitcasting reels.......

[avogunner]

My new Annealeaze machine was delivered yesterday so I had to break it in.....annealed a couple hundred .30-06 and about a hundred .35 Rem. Very easy to set up and it took all of 30 minutes or so to get those done. Plenty more to go of those calibers to go but I'm going to need a couple more canisters of propane before I start on the .223. That'll be a rainy day project.

[EMR]

Would anyone judge me if I told you I had some serious time to kill last night and made this? Ended up being 666 rounds of 9mm MP358130 goodness [emoji16] Gotta love smokes powder!

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180429/8244e2cd5d97c33b08b5c18c5930bad3.jpg

[tobywan45]

[emoji106] Your artistic side is showing


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[Texas by God]

Working on a new lead chunker. Gun room, reloading room, workshop and dog house.
And a storage building it seems.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180429/762f5238d2d7e372766b0da99714c6cb.jpg

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[JBinMN]

Would anyone judge me if I told you I had some serious time to kill last night and made this? Ended up being 666 rounds of 9mm MP358130 goodness [emoji16] Gotta love smokes powder!

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180429/8244e2cd5d97c33b08b5c18c5930bad3.jpg

Very Cool!
:)

Thnx for sharing that pic!
:)

[Taterhead]

Would anyone judge me if I told you I had some serious time to kill last night and made this? Ended up being 666 rounds of 9mm MP358130 goodness [emoji16] Gotta love smokes powder!

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180429/8244e2cd5d97c33b08b5c18c5930bad3.jpg

Very cool. Clever! Nicely done.

And yes, Smoke's powders are great.

[Taterhead]

Loaded a stash of the Lee clone of the H&G 68 over 452AA. 45 Auto.

https://s20.postimg.cc/53m4f90b1/20180429_212403.jpg

Also seated gas checks on some LBT 10mm 200 WFN 200 gr boolits. Seated with an NOE sizer. Next up is some paint from Smoke4320, and a healthy charge of Accurate no. 9.

https://s20.postimg.cc/43r85xdst/20180429_163616.jpg

[lightman]

I'll sort and store away some clean range brass and probably put another load in the tumbler.

[sparky45]

Made a mandrel to use in the lathe to neck turn my 30 cal. brass.

[Outer Rondacker]

Dug out a set of 380 dies, a box of 380 bullets (500 count) I got in a trade and a lee powder drop with stand. Trying to put together a loading set for a neighbor. Put my BW upper on my lower. Man it looks nice.

[hermans]

After cleaning up and sorting my reloading bench today, I could not resist it......
I switched on my trusty old RCBS ProMelt and two hours later I had about 900 of the most beautiful 200gr H&G #68's cast from my MP 4 cavity brass mold....what a pleasure to cast with such a magnificent mold!

[Bookworm]

Working on some 7.62x54R. Took a batch of 83 pieces of Winchester headstamp brass.
De-primed, tumbled, full length sized, tumbled again, length trimmed.

Tomorrow I'll prime and bell, then load some old Hornady .312" 150gr Spire Points. Getting ready for a bolt gun match this weekend.

Hope I don't embarrass myself too badly.

[Tom W.]

Lubed and sized more 9mm boolits to .357

[Grmps]

Finished my "jigs" and got the last pieces of the "puzzle" now I'm converting a bunch of 223 to 7.62 x 25

[9.3X62AL]

Cleaned and lubed some baitcasting reels.......

I have some of that under way as well, I leave on a week-long bass and trout trip to Shasta Lake in a few days. The tackle is pretty much ready otherwise.

I took a weird fall a few nights back that broke at least 2 of the smaller toes on my right foot. I have been nursing this injury along gently so as to not miss the fishing trip described above--so far, so good. I still haven't off-loaded the fired brass and unfired ammo from last week's Nevada varmint hunt from the truck, and that needs doing. I DID get the rifles cleaned and back into the safe before initiating the injury sequence described above, but the brass needs tumbling and the ammo needs putting away. In retirement, I am more relaxed about shelving and storing the accoutrements post-trip than I was during my working years, but I crave a bit of order in my hobby areas--present conditions bug me, with stuff scattered. Manana........I guess.

This time of year I shift gears a bit and get into boat & fishing mode, and de-emphasize target shooting and critter blasting. I bought new nav gear and sonar/fish finder for the boat, and took it out to a local lake for its test drive. MUCH BETTER STUFF. Shasta Lake's layout is a lot like a Scandinavian fjord--arms in many directions and an array of inlets and crannies that all look alike to a guy that sees the place once a year. Having a GPS with tracking records can get me back to the base camp/houseboats without much fuss & bother. It's a bigger help when you get fogged in at sundown 8 miles offshore of La Jolla, and can follow the "bread crumb trail" right back to the Mission Bay Jetty's red and green lights.

[JBinMN]

I have some of that under way as well, I leave on a week-long bass and trout trip to Shasta Lake in a few days. The tackle is pretty much ready otherwise.


...Snip...



Best of Luck on your trip!
:)

Hope your toes/foot does not give ya too much grief!

Please take some pics & share a story or two if ya get the chance when ya return.
:)
:drinks:

--------

I reloaded & ran some Bullseye & Red Dot ladder tests I have been putting off with some 9mm 124TC & 102-1R single lube groove to see how they worked for me.
All, pan lubed & sized at .358. Tried them at 357 & got some leading there as well but not too much. This time, I got more leading than I did before at .357 surprisingly, so I am gonna change the lube a bit & the alloy a mite. Have not had any issues with TL using the TL boolits, & these were all Pan lubed, so I think it is in the lube mostly, but perhaps the alloy is too soft for that 9mm ( 50/50 COWW/PB). Gonna have to experiment & shoot some more of them..

Imagine how "upset" that makes me... LOL ;)

I will figure it out though.
If not.. Then I will prolly ask here about it. (Bore is 356.5 slugged,IIRC, and those .357 TL s actually were not too bad with just slight leading, so I am leaning toward alloy change & lube change. TL boolits were no issue for some reason using 45/45/10 tumble lube.)
;)

That's my "doins"..

Who's next?
:)

[Outer Rondacker]

Loaded up some 50 Beowulf.

[Camper64]

In the process of cleaning a nasty movie theater type popcorn kettle while the vibratory tumbler is cleaning some 9mm brass.

[TXGunNut]

...took a weird fall a few nights back that broke at least 2 of the smaller toes on my right foot. I have been nursing this injury along gently so as to not miss the fishing trip described above--so far, so good... 9.3X62AL

Take care, my friend. Last couple of years it seems I'm always nursing a broken or sprained toe. Can get ugly, invest in some slippers or sandals to wear around the house to prevent future injuries. Sturdy shoes and maybe a bit of tape are almost as good as that ugly boot a doc will want you to wear while a broken toe heals.

[Tom W.]

I gotta Wear shoes due to the neuropathy. It feels like I'm walking on rocks if I don't. I talked to my neighbor across the street last night. He knows I can't lift anything heavier than a gallon of milk with my left arm, so we cut a deal. He has an old kitchen cabinet an I have a tall 4 shelf cabinet. He's going to help me install his cabinet in my reloading room if I trade the other cabinet to him. Sounds like a plan.......

[toallmy]

Yesterday evening I got a brass case stuck in a full length sizing die wile resizing some once fired brass , when you hear that funny sound don't push it in any further . I eventually got it out but it was in pieces and I had a hole in my hand . After the fight I decided to get out the imperial wax and my old Pacific 007 single stage press . When this all started the plan was to quickly run the brass through a progressive press just full length sizing , using spray lube . I just finished tumbling them ready to load .:grin:

[lightman]

Started yesterday tumbling 2 coffee cans of 45 brass for a buddy. Plan to finish those up today. Sorting out any rejects and small primers as I go.

[Tom W.]

Just got in from casting a pile of the Lee tc boolits for my 9mm. That's pretty much all I cast now, except for an occasional pile for my .44 RemMag.

[lightman]

Pretty much spent the whole day tumbling, drying and sorting brass. Probably dream about looking at calibers and headstamps!

[Preacher Jim]

Started setting up my 2nd star reloader this on in 45acp.

[Walks]

Unwrapped a brand new 5cav mold from ACCURATE.
.45-210J, one of my shooting buddies bought it "for me" so I can cast BULLETS for his COWBOY SHOOTING LOADS. I also got 5 new empty HORNADY die boxes so I can set up more die sets with L-N-L Bushings.
I seem to be doing more casting & reloading for my buddies than I do for myself these days.

[adcoch1]

Loaded up some 38 spcl with unique and a rn cast 158. We'll see how the model 10 likes em on Saturday... Picked up a bit too and put away some mags I had laying around.

[Texas by God]

Tumble lubed 150 .430" (213gr av.)rnfp for the 44 WCF.

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[Bookworm]

Tumble-lubed 400+ boolits for the 44's.

De-primed, tumbled, annealed, and neck sized 35 pieces of 7.62x54R.

[robg]

Cast 150 45-70. 405g boolits with my Lee 2 cavity mold,there now on csome grease proof paper waiting for the Lee lube to dry .tis a good day sunny and 70 degrees .

[sigep1764]

219883219884

Mounted my new birthday present. Its the orange one. Lyman Brass Smith Ideal Press. Its hefty. Now I need to figure out how I am gonna mount the new Uniflow Powder Measure. My bench is pretty small but works for the apartment while we save for a house. It is cut as a triangle to fit in the corner to save space.

[Outer Rondacker]

Congrats on the birthday present. Looks great.

I dug and dug and dug at the range. Dragged home five 5 buckets 2/3s the way full. Lots of old school bullets in it. Somebody has been shooting a very very very large gun at the 25 yard bunker.

An hour a bucket sifting wet dirt is not bad. Well even if it is I do not care I am happy I now have some lead scrap. Oh and I put it all in the new houses reloading room. To bad its not finished yet.

[Arkansas Paul]

Cast, pan lubed and sized a couple hundred 245 grain SWCs for the .44 mag.
Was getting a little low on 158 grain .38 specials so I loaded up a couple boxes of those.

[Efin]

Loaded several hundred 9mm.

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[Walter Laich]

deprimed and annealed 200 cases

[taco650]

Continued working on my latest muzzleloader build. Reloading bench does double duty. I've got a build thread over in the muzzleloader section here.

[Bait O' Eggs]

I finished mounting the new Lock and Load AP press. Got set up for 9mm, and did a few loads as singles, then got braver and actually used the full feature and had brass in each shell holder on the turret as I got more comfortable with the operation. Went out and shot a few, adjusted the powder volume a tad. Chronographed the shots, checked for keyholing, and all looked good, so proceeded to get into "production" mode. After about 300 rounds, I noticed I wasnt paying attention to the primer tube and was loading minus the primer :roll: Decided to try and slip them thru the press and just get them thru the primer position just to primer a loaded shell. Ended up losing powder out the primer hole into the primer feed mechanism and jambed it. :killingpc:killingpc In the process of trying to get the primer feed working I broke it

https://i.imgur.com/7IlfN3E.jpg

Lesson learned the first time, sometimes I have to learn the same lesson a couple times, but this time I hope once was enough. New part arrives Thursday from Amazon, and I will be back into reloading. Maybe I can work on my brass feed in the meantime. It isnt anything like my rockchucker :drinks:

[robg]

Loaded 50 45-70 405 g Lee boolits .

[Tom W.]

Loaded ten 170 gr RD boolits into some fire formed 30-06 A.I. brass, using a 30-06 charge.

I dunno why... probably because I don't have any empty brass that isn't fire formed.

[Outer Rondacker]

Nothing! I spent the last four days rebuilding the clubs outdoor range. I'm whooped. Our club had range boxes and the bullets where not being contained. Now we have a 120yrd field with mountain behind it. Target stands that can be placed at any distance wanted. Mainly the bullets have a good backstop to contain them.

Well maybe not nothing. Does putting five 5 gallon buckets of range scrap into the reloading room count.

[lightman]

Not very much. Loaded 50 45's and put away some brass that I had tumbled and sorted.

[Reverend Al]

Just finished annealing another 500 + rounds of .308 in my automatic annealer ...

[bstone5]

Been powder coating cast bullets with the electronic spray gun. Have powder coated 8000 bullets, still have 2000 117 grain 30 caliber bullets to powder coat tomorrow. Save these thin tall bullets for last, hard to do, they want to fall over when putting them in the oven to cook.
I need to find a way to glue them to the aluminum foil so they do not fall over while putting them in the oven for cooking the powder coat.

[lightman]

I guess I'll start reloading enough 223's for an upcoming Prairie Dog hunt. I usually keep a good quantity loaded and ready but I'm planning to rebarrel my rifle and didn't want to have a bunch of loaded ammo that might not chamber in the new barrel. The barrel is sitting in my safe and I'm not sure why I have not already done it?

[Efin]

Filled the primer tubes for the next round of the Dillon 9mm marathon...

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[KrakenFan69]

Melted down 68 #'s of SOWW and Lead sheet to use for slug casting. That's somewhere in the neighborhood of 900 Lyman 525's. I should be good for a bit.

Sometimes I think I just like casting...

Kraken Fan #69

[Soundguy]

I know I do. Something about seeing nice shiny perfect boolits that you made is heart warming.

[Shopdog]

Hack the head off a 3",3/8" lag bolt.Tbread the remaining slick shank to accept a hex nut.Cut a slot in top for big screwdriver.These are screwed into bench for Lyman 450's,amongst other presses n such.Mounting my 3rd 450.

[15meter]

Nothing so far today, polished ~ 200 hornet cases yesterday then went to the range with a buddy and made reloading opportunities in .308 Win., 6.5x53R, .303 British, .275 Rigby and 45 Colt. Start reloading them tonight, the 6.5x53R needs a touch more powder, backed out primers on a couple of them and shooting lower than expected.

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[skeettx]

Melted down range scrap and ended up with 98 one pound ingots

[Tom W.]

Loaded up another 50 9mm rounds w/ BE.....

[Santa Lee]

Loaded some Buffalo Bore 265 gr wnfpgc .453 on top of 18 gr of IMR 4227 CCI 350 primers. I am shooting these out of a Rossi 16" Fairly soft shooting and quite accurate.

[JBinMN]

Loaded up another 50 9mm rounds w/ BE.....

I am curious to know what you have been loading as far as boolits/bullets weight, & what amount of BE for what 9mm pistol you are shooting..??

I have been loading up 9mm with Lee 124 gr. TC(single lube groove) & 2R (RN) (tumble lubed) using 3.8/3.9 gr. of both B.E. & Red Dot for the last couple of days. Shooting in an SR9. They were the most accurate from 3.6 to 4.0gr. of each powder in a ladder of 3.6 - 4.0. Shot about 300 round of 9mm of different sorts, doing ladder tests last week ( Also shot some 102- 1Rs ( single lube groove) as well, but not loading them again yet.

Still have not worked on the 120gr. TCs ladder tests yet in 9mm either though. That will be next, I think... Might have to shoot some other calibers for a bit so I don't get anymore rusty than I have been now that it is Spring here...
;)

I understand if you do not want to share in open forum what you are using... Even though I just did above. I reckon that if someone wants to try to use what are "below" max. loads in what ever 9mm they own, then good for them. I take no responsibility if THEY mess up somehow... I use manuals & work up my loads whenever I change components ( this time it was new powder containers of same old powders), so I reckon if others don't want to do the same & they screw up then it is on THEM, not me..
;)

Anyway, I am currently loading 9mm as well, just like Tom W., & gonna decide what to do next, after the weekend.
:)

[Reverend Al]

So I went digging on the shelves in my reloading shop to find some .30-06 brass so that I can put together some test loads tomorrow for the 1903 Springfield that I just bought, and in the process I also "found" 2 big bags of 8x57 Mauser brass (about 400 rounds) and a big bag of .25-06 brass (about 200 rounds). They've already been tumbled and cleaned and annealed so they are ready to race. Now I'm going to have to load more than just some .30-06 test loads! LOL ...

[Tom W.]

I am curious to know what you have been loading as far as boolits/bullets weight, & what amount of BE for what 9mm pistol you are shooting..??

I have been loading up 9mm with Lee 124 gr. TC(single lube groove) & 2R (RN) (tumble lubed) using 3.8/3.9 gr. of both B.E. & Red Dot for the last couple of days. Shooting in an SR9. They were the most accurate from 3.6 to 4.0gr. of each powder in a ladder of 3.6 - 4.0. Shot about 300 round of 9mm of different sorts, doing ladder tests last week ( Also shot some 102- 1Rs ( single lube groove) as well, but not loading them again yet.

Still have not worked on the 120gr. TCs ladder tests yet in 9mm either though. That will be next, I think... Might have to shoot some other calibers for a bit so I don't get anymore rusty than I have been now that it is Spring here...
;)

I understand if you do not want to share in open forum what you are using... Even though I just did above. I reckon that if someone wants to try to use what are "below" max. loads in what ever 9mm they own, then good for them. I take no responsibility if THEY mess up somehow... I use manuals & work up my loads whenever I change components ( this time it was new powder containers of same old powders), so I reckon if others don't want to do the same & they screw up then it is on THEM, not me..
;)

Anyway, I am currently loading 9mm as well, just like Tom W., & gonna decide what to do next, after the weekend.
:)

I'm using the Lee 120 gr TC lubed with Carnauba Red. Lately my load has been 4.1 gr of BE, altho I have used 4.0 also. I've found that 5.0 of True Blue shoots well and rather snappy, too. I've also used Red Dot and Green Dot, as well as Herco, but I can't remember the charges right now, but the loads are from either a Lyman manual, Nosler manual or Hornady... I look at them and see which suits my fancy. I just shoot targets, hoping I'll never have to use my ammo for people.. My 9mm pistols are a Ruger LC9s Pro and a CZ 75 SP01 Sizing the boolits to .357, and waiting for Dougguy to get a .3585 reamer so he can throat the CZ.
The Ruger is more reliable with the larger boolits, but the CZ does really well with the .357 sized slugs. I did have a Glock 19, and it and the Ruger would eat anything. The CZ not so much.

If I TL anything I've found that plain old JPW works the best for me. I use it a lot on 160-170 gr. GC boolits that I'll shoot from my 30-06 A.I. for fire forming. I have 100 or so that I need to fire this Saturday if the rifle doesn't get too warm... Supposed to be in the mid to high '90s....

[Dave W.]

Things are dry here in Arizona, we are on fire restrictions so cannot go shooting at our outdoor range. Rather than be bored I fired up the Dillon 550 and cranked out 1000 rounds of 9MM.

[camp]

Posted on here :) , oh and cast 500 .358 125gn hp for 9mm

[JBinMN]

Thanks for answering Tom W.!
:)
Stay cool in those temps.! I don't like it much when it gets into anything above 85+ any more, myself.

Have a couple :drinks:!
;)

[Efin]

De capped and Wet tumbled a few hundred 308's

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[rmark]

Last night I picked out the moulds I'm going to cast from this weekend, got the melter, etc. all set up in the garage.

[KrakenFan69]

Sorted two 3 gal pails of range brass. Filled most of a 5 gal pail with 9mm. I love hitting the range after a match.

Kraken Fan #69

[Walter Laich]

deprimed 45/44 brass

cleaning 38/357 brass in tumbler

[Tom W.]

I'm embarrassed.......
I went to the SO range today and shot really well, hitting silhouette steel targets @ 100 yards with my SRH .44 Mag. I also shot maybe 25 rounds to fire form some brass for my 30-06 A.I. I got home and deprimed and resized the brass and got 5 cases with lube dents! Now, I'm not new to handloading, but it has been quite some time since I had to resize any rifle brass. I know what I did. The Imperial sizing wax was really hot and I just put too much on the case. I know the dents will iron out the next time I fire them, but I should have been paying more attention....

[Texas by God]

Stared at things, sighed, then went to cut hay.

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[toallmy]

I didn't do anything in the reloading room , but this morning I knocked my shooting bench apart while not paying attention driving around the back yard of my shop pulling a boat trailer , something looked strange in the rearview - it was getting pretty wobbly anyway . So that's what I did this afternoon[smilie=b:

[wendyj]

Been to the range this morning so cleane ing and prepping brass. Our range is shut down for 2 months to extend it out so I'll be doing a lot of loading and probably hit indoor range and catch up on my handgun practice.

[Outer Rondacker]

Sick as a dog. Can not talk can not think. A package came for me I just told the wife to put it in the reloading room. Did not even open it.

[Michael J. Spangler]

Loaded 25 rounds of 38 special with a vintage Lyman 310
I swear I’m going to switch to all of my reloading on hand tools. Super fun and keeps me from loading all of my bullets too fast on the Dillon and leaving me with nothing to do on weeknights.

[hc18flyer]

Loaded up 175- 45 Colt with 230tl and 255swc. Now that I have a Burris Fast Fire 3 mounted, I can sort out a few of the more accurate loads. I hope to find a plinking load with the same poi as my hunting load at 25 yards.
hc18flyer

[Beagle333]

I got out to the shed today and cast about 12# of 200gr 358430's from a custom Lee mold. It was a warm day (93°) here, but it hasn't rained in a while and so the mosquito population is at a low, so it made for a fairly nice day.

http://i613.photobucket.com/albums/tt214/shutupandjump/cast%20boolits/BA05036D-9934-4AE2-8187-489C0E382272_zpsymzsjvgw.jpg

[Michael J. Spangler]

I got out to the shed today and cast about 12# of 200gr 358430's from a custom Lee mold. It was a warm day (93°) here, but it hasn't rained in a while and so the mosquito population is at a low, so it made for a fairly nice day.

http://i613.photobucket.com/albums/tt214/shutupandjump/cast%20boolits/BA05036D-9934-4AE2-8187-489C0E382272_zpsymzsjvgw.jpg
Nice looking bullets.
I like that mould and had both the light and heavy version. Sold both of them for some silly reason.

[jdfoxinc]

Cast another batch of 90gr .355. They arecomming in at 93+gr now that the mold is broken in.

[sigep1764]

Loaded 25 rounds of 38 special with a vintage Lyman 310
I swear I’m going to switch to all of my reloading on hand tools. Super fun and keeps me from loading all of my bullets too fast on the Dillon and leaving me with nothing to do on weeknights.
I just got my first 310 in the last month with the help of the forum. I love it. Seriously, just got back in from pizza and a couple of beers with the girlfriend and her friends. Decapped 50 rounds of 270 and in the tumbler they went, 3 minutes tops. Loading them up to confirm 10grains of red dot was the most accurate from the range trip this afternoon. Gotta do something with the trigger on this M70. EVERY 22lr I own breaks lighter than this thing.

[Walks]

I loaded 100 bullets cast last Monday out of my BRAND SPANKING NEW .45-210J 5cav mould from ACCURATE MOLDS.
I loaded 50rds of .45ACP & 50rds of .45 S&W .
Had to do some severe die adjustments. I have a RockChucker & a HORNADY L-N-L Progressive. I have .45ACP & .45COLT die sets dedicated to each press, with one .45 die set for .45S&W dedicated to the RockChucker.

I had a GOOD FRIEND who passed away that I spent 25yrs loading with. He became very ill with stomach cancer and passed away in less than a year. The last time he visited my Reloading Room, he wasn't doing very well, but he had brought over some .44 & .45 die sets to adjust for the old RockChucker he had bought to replace the one his stepson had stolen. I guess I didn't pay enough attention to what he was doing when he packed up to go home. His wife was sitting in the car, honking like mad. She wanted to go NOW.
Long story short I ended up missing 2 .45 cal die sets & 3 different. 44cal dies.

He's been gone 2yrs this Past February, I've loaded only .44Mag COWBOY Loads for my Chiropractor buddy. The PROGRESSIVE was already set up for that. I just couldn't bring myself to load anything else. I've just been shooting already loaded ammo a few times at the indoor Pistol Range.
It's been that HARD. Another one of my old COWBOY SHOOTER buddies has just retired.
Both of my friends can no longer find the bullets they've been shooting for so many years.

So guess who got elected to start casting for the both of them. 44-240 for one 45-205 for the other. "Judge Wells Spicer" couldn't find a .45-205, so he settled on an ACCURATE mold. "Bone Bender" settled for a N.O.E. TL44-240-RF in 4cav.

I discovered that both molds are cut from the exact same size mould blocks. Same height, length & depth. Sprue plates are different, all screws are different thread & allen head size. The .44 is 4cav & the .45 is 5cav. But they are so similar It's like casting from a pair of LYMAN 4cav moulds, as I've been doing for 50yrs plus.

And the ACCURATE Mould dropped 5 perfect bullets on the very first cast. I must have spent a good five minutes just rolling those first 5 in my Welding Gloves.

YEP that 100 rounds really was a GOOD DAY AT THE RELOADING BENCH.

[avogunner]

Loaded 50 rounds of my Garand Match ammo. Hornady 168gr A-Max and IMR-4895 goes together like Fred & Ginger.

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[MOA]

I got out to the shed today and cast about 12# of 200gr 358430's from a custom Lee mold. It was a warm day (93°) here, but it hasn't rained in a while and so the mosquito population is at a low, so it made for a fairly nice day.

http://i613.photobucket.com/albums/tt214/shutupandjump/cast%20boolits/BA05036D-9934-4AE2-8187-489C0E382272_zpsymzsjvgw.jpg

Nice looking Beagle, are you stuffing them in a 35 Rem or what??

[Michael J. Spangler]

I just got my first 310 in the last month with the help of the forum. I love it. Seriously, just got back in from pizza and a couple of beers with the girlfriend and her friends. Decapped 50 rounds of 270 and in the tumbler they went, 3 minutes tops. Loading them up to confirm 10grains of red dot was the most accurate from the range trip this afternoon. Gotta do something with the trigger on this M70. EVERY 22lr I own breaks lighter than this thing.

That’s great. Sounds like an awesome Saturday night to me.

[Beagle333]

Nice looking Beagle, are you stuffing them in a 35 Rem or what??

38 special snubby. ;-)
https://www.usconcealedcarry.com/200-grain-38-special-super-police-cartridge/

[Efin]

Another 550b 9mm marathon yesterday, plated and Lipsticks this time...

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[KrakenFan69]

Finally got around to building my PID controller. Got it all set up and testes using a small heater then took to the bench to cast my first batch using it. I should have got theis done a log time ago but just kept putting it off. I built it so that I can also use it for my covection oven that I use for Hi-Tek coating as well. Worked like a charm with the Lee 4-20 lead pot.

Kraken Fan #69

[dansedgli]

Tried a new HT colour tonight.

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[robg]

Showed a friend how to cast boolits a couple of weeks ago so today I showed him the basics of reloading them today for my 357 mag win 94 which he's got a passion for .said he can shoot them on Sunday at the range I think the hundred he loaded might suffice.

[jimb16]

Rainy day today... I loaded up 60 rounds of 235 gr RN for my .45 ACP then started melting a couple of 5 gal buckets of range lead. Only got 70 pounds cleaned and cast into ingots. Will work on it again tomorrow.

[Walter Laich]

made a mount for a small fan to blow on my wet tumbler motor. Tends to get warm in our 90°+ weather

[Reverend Al]

Sorted more brass and then annealed a big batch of .25-06's ... still more to do tomorrow ...

[Tom W.]

Loaded up about 25 rounds of 30/30.... now I gotta go get my rifle.

[McFred]

I had fun cutting 1.25mm pitch threads on my imperial lathe at 300 rpm for a .223 Rem CZ527 rebarrel. Seems to work fine; ±0.5moa with 70 VLDs and 69 SMKs.

https://s9.postimg.cc/n6jot921r/Metric_Threads.jpg

[Tom W.]

Loaded up another 100 9mm rounds w/BE....I had purchased a 100 round MTM cartridge box and just couldn't stand to see it empty....

[aws1963]

Loading some 38 special with mirror black PC'd 158 RF castings. 100 down and 400 to go!
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[Michael J. Spangler]

Loading some 38 special with mirror black PC'd 158 RF castings. 100 down and 400 to go!
https://i.imgur.com/I5MBwZa.jpg


Beautiful. Just loaded some of the same bullet coated with black gold hi-tek using an old Lyman 310.
They sure look nice. Shot a couple tonight and that flat nose cuts like a wadcutter in a paper target too.

[Thin Man]

Threw some assorted pistol brass in the tumbler. Got those out, sorted and stored. Now I have a batch of rifle and handgun brass getting clean. With the slow Spring activities I may take out various calibers of rifle brass to clean up from the shelf as they are past due to get freshened up.

[Outer Rondacker]

Called 9 gun companies looking for banners for the range. NOTHING. I got offered stickers and books.

[skeettx]

What banners would you need?
Rifle, pistol, shotgun??
Like this stuff??
https://www.gunbroker.com/Logo-Merchandise/search?Keywords=winchester%20banner&Sort=13&PageSize=24
Mike

[Reverend Al]

Finished annealing all of my .25-06 brass and then switched over to 358 Winchester brass. As the John Lennon song goes ... "I'm just watching the wheels go round and round ..."

:wink:

[Tom W.]

Cast some lee 30 cal boolits nd some more Lee TC for my 9mm. The Lee 30 is an old single cavity. The box says it's a 160 gr, but I weighed most of them nd they were in the 150-153 gr area. I suspect with a GC and lube it will be bit heavier...

[Outer Rondacker]

What banners would you need?
Rifle, pistol, shotgun??
Like this stuff??
https://www.gunbroker.com/Logo-Merchandise/search?Keywords=winchester%20banner&Sort=13&PageSize=24
Mike

You got it. Anything gun or archery related. Thanks for the idea of shopping GB. For some reason this never dawned on me.

[Retumbo]

...staying outdoors melting led into ingots. Only 200 lb of range scrap to go

[KrakenFan69]

Put the new PID controller on the Lee 4-20 to work and cast some Lee 356-125 & Arsenal 225-61 Elvis last night. Loaded a 100 9mm tonight.

Kraken Fan #69

[triggerhappy243]

Did something I have not done in over a year..................... cleaned up my bench.

[lightman]

Yesterday I resized about 700 223 cases and swaged the primer pockets. Today I'll degrease them and trim them. Got a Prairie Dog shoot coming up soon and have to get ready!

[mold maker]

Another 240 5.56 nato cases trimmed, deburred, chamfered, primer crimp removed, and HS checked. It's raining and arthritis stopped me from doing more.

[Tom W.]

Did something I have not done in over a year..................... cleaned up my bench.

It's amazing what one can find when they clean up the bench, and after it's done, generally can't find anything again.

[adcoch1]

I cleaned up too, then cleaned up the whole shop! Didn't have time left for reloading tonight. Maybe tomorrow after the gun show...

[Bookworm]

Took apart the bolt on the Mosin, did some polishing. I'm tired of fighting that pig at the bolt-gun match.
Took some 400 grit wet/dry to the cramming surfaces and got the ridges off, then followed that with 600 grit. Some attention to the locking lug surfaces, along with a bit here and there, and I can actually operate the bolt without smacking it.

A touch of synthetic grease, and done for now.

[wendyj]

I hand primed 200 pies of 223 brass with junk Lee hand primer. Going back to press. Forgot how bad arthritis in hands are. Finished last 100 on the press. Thinking about the Lee bench prime

[lightman]

Trimmed the 700+ cases that I resized the other day and started tumbling them today. Hoping to load them tomorrow.

[Wayne Smith]

Loaded up 50 rounds 25 Krag with 13gr Unique and a 120gr cast boolit - have to expand the shells to the chamber. Ordered a scope base - Leupold quick release to move my scope from the 45-70 barrel. It'll be here Thursday.

[KrakenFan69]

Loaded 25 slugs for testing. Decapped 500 9mm cases. Loaded 300 9mm. Cast 1,500 9mm and 1,250 225-61 Elvis, then Hi-Tek coated and sized them all. Harvested around 30#s of range scrap. It's been a good couple of days.

Kraken Fan #69

[JBinMN]

Another 100 9mm. 50 more of them tonite & I am done with 9mm for a while.

38sp., 45acp or 44 Mag next.
:)

[44Blam]

Loaded up 50 rounds 25 Krag with 13gr Unique and a 120gr cast boolit - have to expand the shells to the chamber. Ordered a scope base - Leupold quick release to move my scope from the 45-70 barrel. It'll be here Thursday.

Hey Wayne, I put a the Leupold quick release mounts on my Marlin 1895 and there is enough recoil that it kept knocking them loose. I gave up and got some weaver rings... And then I just ended up putting a Skinner peep on it and I love it. :)

[44Blam]

I cast some 240 grain GC boolits for 44 mag and some 7mm 85 grain boolits for my tokarev (7.62x25). :D

The 7mm boolits look tiny compared to the 240s:
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Pretty good haul:
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[Walter Laich]

turned 120 .45 Colts rounds back into reloadable cases at the cowboy shoot

also about 20 shotgun shells are ready to be reloaded (again)

[15meter]

No shoulder pain this morning. Loaded 50 .43 Spanish, first loading in two weeks. Confirmed the shoulder pain was caused by reloading.

Anybody figure out how to put a pneumatic cylinder on a Rockchucker?

[obssd1958]

No shoulder pain this morning. Loaded 50 .43 Spanish, first loading in two weeks. Confirmed the shoulder pain was caused by reloading.

Anybody figure out how to put a pneumatic cylinder on a Rockchucker?

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?284666-quot-Ram-Chucker-quot-an-RCBS-Rock-Chucker-Reloading-Press-runs-on-Air

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcUO4tGzb_Y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0cgl5vEniY

[toallmy]

I cleared the lead out of my 7x57 last night ,

[Wayne Smith]

Hey Wayne, I put a the Leupold quick release mounts on my Marlin 1895 and there is enough recoil that it kept knocking them loose. I gave up and got some weaver rings... And then I just ended up putting a Skinner peep on it and I love it. :)

I've not had a problem with the 45-70 barrel. But then I'm only shooting 33gr (Gould) and 420gr boolits out of it. I wonder if yours was close to the outside tolerance range?

[lightman]

Still working on 223's. Probably resize a few hundred more and process them. Maybe start loading the ones that I processed last week while this batch is tumbling and drying.

[KrakenFan69]

Loaded another 100 rounds of .223 for a buddy's AR. Harvested another 60 #'s of range scrap in about 15 min at the range! I hit a sweet vein. of projectiles!!


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[Tom W.]

Loaded 12 mouse fart loads with Red Dot for a 30/30...

[62chevy]

Loaded 12 mouse fart loads with Red Dot for a 30/30...

What bullet did you use? I use the the Lee TL314-90-SWC sized down to .311 with blue powder coat from smoke.

[Tom W.]

I used an old single cavity Lee 160 gr rn. They weighed 150 gr as they came from the mold, I'm believing I have a bit much babbit in those. They are some I casted about 7 years ago...

I only have 2 30 caliber molds, the other is a 165 gr RD that I bought many moons ago.

[Walter Laich]

wet tumbled 250 .45 Colt brass--laying in the Texas sun drying as I type this

[popper]

deprimed and sized a bucket of 40sw.

[fralic76]

Loaded up 100 223 rounds. Put 400 to 500 9mm brass in the tumbler.

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[ghh3rd]

I finally found a cabinet that someone didn’t want and installed it over my reloading bench. Just the right width for the bench and for the light that used to hang over it.

Now I can clear off my bench when I need space.

[OldBearHair]

Sorted 9mm by manufacture name. Chamfered heavy after they are belled. My Lee Die closes the belling immediately and scrapes Hi-tek coating plus about 0.10 lead from the bullet. Now, should I chamfer the inside of the die with the correct diameter and shape diamond rotary tool ????????

[9.3X62AL]

Ordered some 303 British brass from Graf & Sons just now. Shuffling through the ammo cabinets and gun safe to figure out what I am taking to NCBS. Stuff to shoot, maybe a few things to sell, yadda yadda. Test-drove some 10/22 magazine loaders I ordered a few weeks back--the Champion crank-turning gizmo surprised me with how well it worked. Two other simpler follower depressors worked OK, but there is a definite "feel" to making them function well that has a bit of a learning curve.

[Taterhead]

Sorted 9mm by manufacture name. Chamfered heavy after they are belled. My Lee Die closes the belling immediately and scrapes Hi-tek coating plus about 0.10 lead from the bullet. Now, should I chamfer the inside of the die with the correct diameter and shape diamond rotary tool ????????

If I understand your problem correctly, the seating die is closing up the case mouth flair so that the case mouths are shaving coating and lead? If that is the case, it should be as easy as turning the seating die body out until it is no longer applying crimp while seating. Of course, that will mean turning the seating stem down to maintain the COL. I've never chamfered an auto-loading handgun case, or had a need to.

[jimb16]

Yesterday I finished melting and cleaning 170 pounds of range lead and today I reloaded 20 steel case 7.62x54R cases and 65 7 TCUs. Getting low on 7mm boolits so I'm going to need to do some casting soon.

[sigep1764]

Tumbled 100 rounds of 380ACP brass, loaded a 100 rounds of 9mm, and loaded 20 rounds of 270 Winchester. Need to cast more 270 boolits and find more brass. Also need to move an AO scope onto the M70 270. Indoor range is only 25 yards and this 10grains of red dot in 270 is prolly more accurate than the current scope will allow due to blurry crosshairs that can't be focused enough.

[Tom W.]

I was puttering around and called my oldest son. He said he had to come up to Phenix City.
Oh really?
Could you bring my 30/30 when you come?
He couldn't stay but for a few minutes, but my rifle was in his car.......
Now to try those light loads I made the other day......

[drizler]

After 3 years with the Rugar LCP I finally relented and got a die set, 102 gr Lee double mold and a bag of 500 empty range brass. Its tweezer time! I just couldn’t bear the the $18 a box price and hunting then running for those rare $15/box deals any longer. It got to the point I only shot the gun at my annual range qualifications which isn’t the best thing for a daily carry gun. $80 all in, not bad at all. Such a fantastic little gun its a shame not to be able to shoot it often.
So does anybody know a nice Bullseye loading for a .380 pushing 102Gr lead RN?




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[Texas by God]

I bid a fond farewell to a $4.65 can of IMR 4320 by loading 11 Lee C309150F over 1.9 cc's of powder in the 30-30. It aged well as far as accuracy goes; that's all I care about.

[toallmy]

Well I went to visit a friend I haven't seen for a few months , we sat around in his gun room for a couple hours catching up . A nice Sunday afternoon .

[Outer Rondacker]

Well I packed up 50% of what was left in the reloading room. Yesterday I welded up two Dueling trees one for me and one I am going to donate to my club. They do not deserve it but I will still donate it for the few who do.

[KrakenFan69]

Melted down 225 #'s of range scrap into ingots. Not the yeild I was hoping for but it's all free gravy. Cast about 500 9mm and 50 Lyman 525 and 50 Russian Paradox slugs. Sorted brass. I'm now sitting on a pretty solid supply of 9mm (1-1/2 5 gal pails) and my supply of .40 S&W and .45 ACP is coming along nicely as well.


Kraken Fan #69

[JBinMN]

Tumbling more 9mm cases..

I have been on a 9mm kick lately. Was loading up 124gr 2Rs, but I think I am now gonna load up some more 120 & 124 TCs this afternoon/evening since it is un-seasonally warm outside.

Might also go do some shooting though, if I can find a shady spot.

[Grmps]

Tumbling more 9mm cases..

I have been on a 9mm kick lately. Was loading up 124gr 2Rs, but I think I am now gonna load up some more 120 & 124 TCs this afternoon/evening since it is un-seasonally warm outside.

Might also go do some shooting though, if I can find a shady spot.

Get an 8 foot patio umbrella and hang shade fabric 2/3 of the way around it (fromm umbrella to the ground).---- you shoot in the shade (or out of the rain) and all your brass is within the circle when you are done.

[JBinMN]

Get an 8 foot patio umbrella and hang shade fabric 2/3 of the way around it (fromm umbrella to the ground).---- you shoot in the shade (or out of the rain) and all your brass is within the circle when you are done.

Nice idea!
:)

I already have a beach type umbrella, so would just need to get that shade cloth or something like it... Old sheet maybe.
I already use a 9x12 painters tarp to catch the brass on the ground, so I make just do this.
:)

Thnx!
:drinks:

P.S. - In the past, when I have used the umbrella & the ground is too hard to shove it in, I have taken a piece of 1-1/2 - 2 inch PVC pipe about 2 feeet long & cut an angle on the end at about 45 deg. I drive the pointy end onto the hard ground when I have to . I use one for the umbrella & I have others I have made for bank set fishing rod holders. Easy to use in sand or soft dirt. When the ground is hard like it is right now being hot & parched, I may have to use one of those "holders" as well.
;)

Thnx again!
:)

[Grmps]

JB Let us know how the umbrella works for you

[DirtyGP100]

Feeling excited. Made a lil room on the bench and mounted my new to me blue press. After beefing up the bench and a lil tinkering i got it spitting them out like i wanted. Got a few loaded up for testing :D

[bruce drake]

swaged some 66gr RNFP .312 bullets for a 32S&W pistol project and then got the heck out of a 95F garage...

[Kevinakaq]

Made some ed’s red for the first time...

[wendyj]

Loaded 9 mm yesterday and cleaned out shed today to get ready for casting equipment.

[KrakenFan69]

SS pin tumbled another 1,000 decapped 9mm cases. Tried to make Ben's Red only to discover I am short of Beeswax. Tried to make Ed's Red Bore Cleaner only to find I am short of Kerosene and Mineral Spirits. sigh. I thought getting the Johnsons paste wax in Canada was the last piece of the puzzle. Maybe tomorrow.

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[Texas by God]

Sized &primed 40 8mm Mauser brass to load some various boolits in later.

[Soundguy]

Melted down 225 #'s of range scrap into ingots. Not the yeild I was hoping for but it's all free gravy. Cast about 500 9mm and 50 Lyman 525 and 50 Russian Paradox slugs. Sorted brass. I'm now sitting on a pretty solid supply of 9mm (1-1/2 5 gal pails) and my supply of .40 S&W and .45 ACP is coming along nicely as well.


Kraken Fan #69



Free is a great price!

[lightman]

Just finished resizing about 500 223 cases. After taking a break I'll start messing with the primer pockets and trimming them. Hopefully by tonight I'll have them tumbled and ready to load.

[sigep1764]

Figured out the adjustable trigger on my M70. I could hold the action by the trigger and it would not release. Got it down to about 2.5 to 3lbs and am happy with it.

[Tripplebeards]

http://i.imgur.com/q4dTvS0.jpg PC'd and GC 44 mag devistators

[Outer Rondacker]

Oh man I like them. Nice looking bullets Tripplebeards.

[therealhitman]

Today I packed up one of my 550s and shipped 'er back to Dillon for refurbishment. Within a few hundred rounds she went from solid and true to wobbling around like Dean Martin at happy hour. It was my older one still running the clips instead of nuts on the pivots. I am looking forward to having zirc fittings too.

[kayala]

Did a 460 S&W ladder with 300 Missouri TCFP and Enforcer
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[KrakenFan69]

Made some Ed's Red and am currently soaking a barrel in the stuff.

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[triggerhappy243]

cleaned and polished my back stock of 22-250 ackley 3.5

[Tripplebeards]

Picked up an old lee HP GC .430 mold from a member and cleaned it up, casted, and PC'd some of the results. Nothin like an old school HP. Think I'll still roll with my devistors for hunting though...

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[sigep1764]

Over the last two nights Ive tumbled, full length sized, trimmed, chamfered, deburred, retumbled, and loaded 120 rounds of 270 Winchester. This is the first time I've ever had to really process brass as 9mm and 380 basically require a tumble then into the Dillon. My elbow feels like jello after all that sizing.

[Tom W.]

I hate trimming brass, but when I start to shoot my 30/30 I suppose I'll have to. The 30-06 A.I. actually shortens the brass, and I'll probably wear the brass out before it needs trimming. Hmmmm.... maybe I'll have the local gunsmith rechamber the 30/30 to A.I. Lee dies are easily affordable.

Tonight I sized and lubed more Lee 9mm T/C boolits... And tried to call a few auto parts houses to find an 8 oz. can of Kroil. No luck so far....I wonder if Liquid Wrench would be comparable?

[Michael J. Spangler]

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[JBinMN]

And tried to call a few auto parts houses to find an 8 oz. can of Kroil. No luck so far....I wonder if Liquid Wrench would be comparable?

Here is a chart from another place that shows the comparisons between solvents & their abilities to loosen by measuring what it takes to break loose the same tension( torqued) fastener. As you can see, the AT fluid+acetone mix( Like Ed's "Red" solvent) did the best.


Machinist's Workshop Magazine (March/April or May/June, 2007) actually tested penetrants for break out torque on rusted nuts. Significant results! They are below, as forwarded by an ex-student and professional machinist, Bud Baker.

They arranged a subjective test of all the popular penetrants with the control being the torque required to remove the nut from a "scientifically rusted" environment.

*Penetrating oil ..... Average load*

None ..................... 516 pounds
WD-40 .................. 238 pounds
PB Blaster ............. 214 pounds
Liquid Wrench ..... 127 pounds
Kano Kroil ............ 106 pounds
ATF-Acetone mix....53 pounds

The ATF-Acetone mix was a "home brew" mix of 50 - 50 automatic transmission fluid and acetone. Note the "home brew" was better than any commercial product in this one particular test. Our local machinist group mixed up a batch, and we all now use it with equally good results. Note also that "Liquid Wrench" is about as good as "Kroil" for about 20% of the price.



I hope that helps you out.
:)

G'Luck!
:)

[KrakenFan69]

HI-Tek coated another 1,000 9mm projectiles.

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[Thin Man]

Yesterday I cleaned off, re-arranged and somewhat organized the bench top so I could find what I have. While doing the clean-up I pulled a folded paper bag out from under a set of shelves. On top of that bag was one (half a pair) of Glock striker spring retainers, new condition. Nest, I had 3 of these halves (1.5 pair) in my parts kit, now I have 2 pair. This must be my mini-Christmas gift from me to me.

[robg]

Spent a couple of hours showing a friend how to prep, check and load 20 lead boolits for my 308 for him to shoot on Sunday at the range .he even enjoyed the trimming of the brass . great way to spent some time as it was to hot to do any casting today.

[Retumbo]

Cleaned 1000 pieces of brass

[lightman]

Today was a cleaning day for my store room. I reorganized my beer shelf (cellar) and all of the shelves of brass. Stacked the empty coffee cans and cleaned any sharpie writing off of the used ones. Threw out a bunch of boxes, sacks and wrapping material. This room also is home to some of my ammo, empty plastic shell boxes and maybe 2000# of lead in it. Not through yet, but made a good start.

[RogerDat]

Swore at most of my attempts to make 20 gauge round ball loads with a good crimp. But getting closer. Did some clean up around the bench when I needed a break from being frustrated or while waiting for suggestions on what I needed to do for better results.

Later I'm going to wet SS pin tumble some 20 mm brass and then a few 50 caliber. Just a few of each. Not sure what I'll do with the 20 mm cases but I'll think of something. Once they are all shiny they would make nice earrings except for the banging on the collar bone :-)

The red 12 gauge is store bought. The yellow 20's are all me.
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[Went2kck]

I cast about 150 8mm out of a lee mold that i go this week. Also sized 50 new 8mm brass cases. Still need to prime and expand the neck of the cases though. Then put some powder and lead in them.

[tazman]

I bought a brand new Lyman 457121 to use in my Ruger Dangerous game model77 458 Win mag. I cast 20 boolits from linotype.
They came out beautiful and round as could be. The only problem was they measured at .455.
There is no way these are going to work.
Time to break out the aluminum tape.

[Retumbo]

Ooops

[gwpercle]

I talked to an electrician about getting some new light fixtures and two or three receptacles installed...I need them desperately.
He needs some renovation and addition plans drawn for his house project ...and I need some electrical work done in mine .....
We going to help each other out....he can't draw building plans and I can't wire electrical stuff !
Gary