What did you do in the reloading room today?

[Newtire]

Hey! It only got up to 108* yesterday, so I'm sure the garage was only 120* or so - with no air flow!
I need to rearrange the casting room in the basement, and you can come over here for a boolit casting day.
Sounds like a great idea.

[JBinMN]

Find a company that replaces furnaces and get a squirrel cage fan from a dead furnace. I mount one blowing down the pathway between my benches and it allows me to cast comfortably even when the temperature is pushing triple digits.

I did that years ago in the garage & it works the charm.
;)
:drinks:

[Hossfly]

I moved all my sorted WW, and stick ons to ingot area last night, will melt down and purify when its cooler.have about 600 more# to process. Cloudy today. May ride horses later today if not raining, with wife. Haven’t rode horses since spring when it got so hot so fast.

[mdi]

I pan lubed and sized some Lyman 225 gr. 45 cal. LRN bullets I cast from 1/2 Lyman #2 and 1/2 stick on wheel weights. Sized to roughly .453" and I lubed them with Speed Green. I am going to try them in my 45 Colt SA. Maybe over about 5.0-5.5 Trail Boss to start...

[Tom W.]

I haven't tried them yet. Been raining for a while and the SO range is where I usually go. The ones I loaded w/ 5 gr. of BE shot into a tiny group @ 25 yards A bit high at to the right, but I didn't do any scope adjustments, just shot to have fun. No, no pictures... altho I should have taken a few....

I was going to put the same charge as I use in my 9mm, but I'll save that for next time...

I went to the range and fired the above mentioned load @ 50 yards. I did adjust the scope a bit to put my groups to the left a bit, but didn't change the elevation. The 6.6 gr charge of Bulls Eye was about like shooting a loud .22 mag. Recoil was almost nonexistent. It grouped well, but about 4 inches high. I didn't make any more scope adjustments because I was just shooting to have fun, and the gunsmith took my rifle home with him to re-chamber it to 30/30 A.I.
The heavier loads did group a lot closer to POA.

[robg]

Sized expanded and cleaned 100x357 mag cases.

[lightman]

Not very much! Deprimed and tumbled some odd cases for a trade.

[Tom W.]

Cleaned the 30/30 brass that I fired yesterday as well as the 9mm . I left the 9mm cases in for a while, not because they were dirty, but because I wanted to watch the NASCAR race. Then I went back and trimmed a few of the 30/30. I HATE trimming brass.

[Texas by God]

Getting ready to load 30-30 Win and 8x57 Mauser with Lee boolits and Red Dot for fun.

[cwlongshot]

Loaded up 50 25/45 Sharps rounds,

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Then prepped 50 6.5 Grendel brass and lastly I prepped up 50 more 450 Bushmaster cases and finished last night by loading 10 to test with a yellow tipped 250G Bullet on top of some lil gun.

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CW

[fatmanunited]

Fresh batch of 300 weatherby https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180813/cb5df79160147bee13e3f16ec5771c35.jpg

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[labradigger1]

Loaded a couple boxes of 10 gauge steel shot for the September goose season.
Next up will be 12 gauge skeet loads, wife and I shot a bunch this weekend.

[Tom W.]

I got 50 30/30 cases primed and flared, and took my 9mm brass out of the tumbler....
Gotta get some of the 30/30 ready to be fire formed....

[Hossfly]

Received my order from Dillon, 4 more small primer tubes for the 650, and the tool caddy that I thought I didn’t need. Now all the Allen wrenches and die nut tool will be there when I need them.

[Newtire]

I got 50 30/30 cases primed and flared, and took my 9mm brass out of the tumbler....
Gotta get some of the 30/30 ready to be fire formed....
Got to get some of my fire formed 30-30 AI loaded up & tested at the range. Deer season will be here before you know it!

[cwlongshot]

Got to get some of my fire formed 30-30 AI loaded up & tested at the range. Deer season will be here before you know it! AMEN!!

I was down sizing and primin' more 450's last night too!

I wanna try this 450 out this year and that wont happen unless I get a good load!

CW

[fatmanunited]

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[jdfoxinc]

Cast more#4 buck shot.

[Tom W.]

Loaded 50 rounds of 30/30 with H380 to get ready to fire form them.

[robg]

Primed 80 357 cases, load up some tommorow.

[cwlongshot]

That 450 pack a helluva punchhttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180814/ad7406ef4d0166bc061c861fbb497950.jpg

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CW

[Tom W.]

Cast a small pile of RD 165-311 RF. I think after a Lot of years I killed it...

[Grmps]

Bet that woke up the neighbors.
loaded a 50AE with H110 28grn under a 502-383-RF PC'd for a friend same result but the brass almost blackened both his eyes

[KrakenFan69]

Cast 1500 Lee 401-175 TC. Gonna bust out another 1500 or so then Hi-Tek them up.

Kraken fan #69

[Tom W.]

Loaded 50 more 9mm rounds. And I found that I have to unload about 400 more in my Ruger. Oh well, it gives me something to do.....

[cwlongshot]

More 450 test loads for me... Just 12.

I found that I had some Barnes XPB bullets and I want to try them on Coyotes. So I loaded up 12 with a load thayt shoots well with another 250G bullet...

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[Tom W.]

I put some gas checks on my remaining RD boolits I cast the other day and "dipped" them per the old RD instructions. I managed to find some mineral spirits so I found my last bottle of LLA and filled the remaining space w/the mineral spirits, shook the daylights out of it and still had to take a screwdriver to mix it up well enough to use. I now have about 30 "dipped" boolits with a light brown sheen, and the noses are clean,except for one that I tipped over.... I wonder how long it will take for them to dry in the Alabama heat.......

I'll probably give them a coat of JPW in a day or so. It dries hard......and no leading.

[robg]

Loaded up 100x194grgc boolits for my 357 mag .range tommorow.

[Texas by God]

Packed up my old Win 94 30-30 for a trip to Oregon to become my old Win 94 38-55!

[KrakenFan69]

Cast another 1500 Lee 401-175 TC for a total of 3,000 this week. Think I might bust out a few more tonight then start coating tomorrow. Tweaked the range after a match today for brass. Sitting on 10 gal of 9mm and 4 of .40 and 5 gal of .223 now. I have...issues.

Kraken Fan #69

[KrakenFan69]

Still casting .40's. Swung past the range and scored a 5 gal pail of range scrap. Free lead is the best lead.

Kraken Fan #69

[sparkyv]

Loaded up 150 of these Red Hots. 122gr FP NLG PC I got from CASTINGMACHINE over Longshot.

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[fralic76]

Prepped 200 .223 cases.

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[lightman]

Sorted and stored away a small batch of wheel weights that I scored. Decapped, sorted and started polishing some odd brass for a pending trade. Doing a little cleaning, which is an ongoing process!

[robg]

Loaded up 20 x308 Lee boolits 150grfngc boolits over 18 gr 2400

[labradigger1]

Loaded 300 12 ga 7-1/2 skeet loads

[Tom W.]

Sameo sameo....Sized and lubed some 9mm boolits and put some JPW on the Ranch Dog boolits that I dipped into LLA two days ago. Now I have a good supply of .357 boolits for my pistols, and am casting, when the notion hits me, so I can fireform for my 30/30 A.I. when I get it back.

[tazman]

Sized and lubed some 452460 and 356402 boolits. Now I can reload my 9mm and 45acp with some of my favorites.

[Loudy13]

loaded 40 rounds of 300BO with CFE Black and 147gr FMj's (seconds from everglades), during the test rounds 4 out of the 6 rounds made a nice big hole in the center of the paper. Probably buy some more of those!

[cwlongshot]

I like my 147's on top of 17g of 4227... SPICY!! :mrgreen:

CW

[KrakenFan69]

Harvested a total of 250 pounds of range scrap this week in under an hour total. Did some load testing for the G35 with VVN340 and found a load we both like. Oh, and I cast about 50 pounds of .40 S&W projectiles this past week too.


Kraken Fan #69

[Tom W.]

I just got in from trimming 60 some 30/30 brass with a manual trimmer. I do believe that there's the only thing I hate about handloading.... trimming brass.

Fortunately my 30-06 a.i. makes the neck shorter so they don't need trimming......

[Texas by God]

My old 94 stock got a rubdown with Tru Oil.

[ggilbert]

I got early and packed my yesterday load 300, .357 mag. To go in my way to the range, to set up my Henry .357 new scope, but is raining in the South 40% of raining and thunderstorms.

[cwlongshot]

Put away some bullets and parts I received in mail orders from Midway, Natchez and Mid-South Shooters. :)

Ya gotts ta replenish some time!!

Tonight I will try to CAST a couple pots of bullets! Some more 40's, some 170 .310's and maybe some more 357 SWC' with that mold I fixed. (Pins moved and sides did not align)

CW

[Tom W.]

I flared all of my recently sized 30/30 brass, filled some boxes with them and what was left over I made some mouse fart loads w/ .7cc of Bullseye and the 170 gr. RD boolits, sized to .309 and finger lubed w/ Carnauba Red then dipped in JPW.

Yes, I was a bit bored.

[robg]

Added some jewelers rouge to my tumble polishing media tested it with some dull 308 brass what a difference from just the media .

[KrakenFan69]

Cast up 105 Lyman 525 gn and 89 Russian Savdog slugs. Then melted 50% of my range scrap into ingots. Not a bad day

Kraken Fan #69

[tazman]

Loaded 50 rounds of 9mm, 50 rounds of 45acp, and 100 rounds of 38 special wadcutters.

[The Dar]

I gained more space in the shop and made some money in the process.

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Three months to gather 14 five gallon buckets.

[lightman]

Thats a lot of brass! It takes me a year to fill a 5 gallon bucket. Mine is usually worn out hand loads but some is damaged range pick ups or undesirable head stamps.

[Texas by God]

Floyd and I got up before dawn and cast up 100 keepers. As always, excuse the mess.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180826/df39b9eefad49d867a786211341fc49a.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180826/33a1f4589acf0f2dfcdc3fc4477ed937.jpg

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[MOA]

TBG, looks like you'll be set on that 38-55 for a while.:bigsmyl2:

[pjames32]

Lube and size 9mm and 40S&W 3 down, one to go
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[lightman]

Sorting a little brass for a trade. A little straightning up, always a work in progress, and moving a stack of ingots. Its about too hot to cast so I try to find things to do in the loading room while I listen to songs from the 60's and 70's on the computer.

[sigep1764]

Made a thousand reloading opportunities at the range today, all through the Glock 26. I sold my 19 last week because I love this one so much.

[KrakenFan69]

Spent the day at the range "prepping" brass to be loaded. Prepped some shot and slug shells to be reloaded too. Best part, the buddy I was shooting with doesn't reload so I scored his brass too!

Kraken Fan #69

[ggilbert]

I cleaned and lube all molds, for the next casting. Also clean the reloading room, a lots of trash’s around. Any way continue to raining in the Suth....hope the weather clear by the end of the week.

[robg]

Preped some 357 mag and 308 brass ready for loading next week.

[RogerDat]

Put together set of shelves so I could get started organizing some shotgun stuff and my brass which was overflowing the existing brass shelf. Not exactly a bad problem to have though.

Also melted what I suspect was a batch of block tin line and poured as disks in muffin pans so it wouldn't take up so much space.

[KrakenFan69]

With 89 lbs of .40's to Hi-Tek coat I made a hand crank tumbler to coat at a higher volume. Ran the first batch tonight and had 1,000 coated and cooked in no time!

Kraken Fan #69

[mattw]

Got time to test a couple of moulds. Lyman 158 WC and Ideal 115 WC. I really liked the 158, could not hit a barn with the 115. That was the one I really wanted to work well. As cast was just to small, at the widest part I could get .359 but the upper driving bands were smaller.

I have no idea where the red lube was hiding in my 450... Has had 2.5 sticks of 2500+ run thru it since red was used. I really need another 450 or an RCBS. I do not use the Star for small runs. And I need a flat top punch!


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[Tom W.]

I finally cast about 55 or so Lee 165 gr. (I think, I'll have to look ) rn gc boolits from my ancient single cavity mold.

[sigep1764]

I got a new set of dies, Lee Pacesetter set in .223 with a gift card my crew got me at work. Full length sized a couple hundred on the Lyman. Now I need a mold, gonna hafta wait til the end of September. These dies aren't as nice as Redding or Dillon, but I have to admit they do the job well. Not a massive fan of the pinch style depriming pin. Once I got it tight enough it gave no problems.

[cwlongshot]

Last night was prepping 6.5 Grendel brass.. 250 of them!

All primed and sized waiting like soldiers at attention in loading blocks on my bench....

CW

[THerbert]

Resized, primed and flared 50 .480 Ruger cases to be loaded with some of the 325 grain Lee LFNs that I sized and lubed Saturday evening. Cleaned up some in the reloading room as well. But they'll have to wait until Wednesday night to be loaded, I'm going to the Astros game tonight.

[Tom W.]

Those were 160 gr. boolits. I finger lubed them w/ some old RCBS lube, sized them and then dipped them in JPW. They ought to dry in 24 hours or so.

Did you ever do something that made absolutely no sense? I went to the shed and primed 20 30-06 A.I. brass, filled them with 47 gr. of Varget, and was going to load some 180 gr. GameKings. But noooo, I found some cast boolits that weighed 175 gr after loobing, sizing and with a gas check, so I commenced to loading them instead. Now I've been handloading since I was 19, and I'm well past that now. I have a feeling that I'm going to get patterns instead of groups with that load. What I was thinking I have no Idea. If they do shoot well I'll be surprised. I could lie and say I want to see if the brass fireforms any better, but I'm kinda anal when it comes to my brass....Sheesh!

Call it a brain fart.

[sigep1764]

Sized a couple hundred more 223. Then I trimmed them on a Lyman Universal trimmer. Have I mentioned how I hate brass prep? gonna chamfer and deburr tonight. Gotta pick up a primer pocket swager at some point.

[sundog]

sigep1764, me too. I prepped a hundred RP 223 brass (fls'd and trimmed). These were range pickups that appeared to be once fired factory loads. They had been wet pin tumbled and very clean. Then I went ahead and primed and loaded them with 50 gr Dogtown bullets and the last of my WC844 (sure gonna miss the CHEAP surplus powders). These will get fire formed in a bolt gun and dedicated to that rifle. I might even debur the primer hole and outside neck turn them before they are loaded again. Yeah, brass prep is a PITA, but "it do make a difference."

It's been very hot and humid here the last few days, so afternoons have been spent inside at the bench. I've managed to get a few chores out of the way.

[redhawk0]

I cleaned up an old .445 RB Ideal mold that I purchased only because I wanted the Single Cavity Lyman Handles. I got the handles and mold for just $15. I do have a 44Mag so the .445 RB could be used for plinking I suppose...but I figured I'd get some practice on mold tune-up with one I didn't care much about. It had a lot of lead splash on it from past use...I soaked in Mineral Spirits overnight but that didn't get under the lead very well. I then gave it a little spritz of Kroil and let it soak another overnight. That lifted the lead. So today, I polished the mating surfaces with green scotchbright pad and verified all the vents were clean and rust free. The sprue plate screw had the point of a Screwdriver still stuck in it. I took a screwdriver and a small light hammer and knocked it out (easily) put a little light oil on the sprue screw and set screw. Polished the underside of the sprue plate with the scotchbright pad again. The boolit cavity looks pretty good so I left it untouched (nice patina...no rust) I put the handles on it again and verified it opens and closes smoothly with no mold gaps (visually to a strong light). I'm please with the results...especially for a free mold that came with the handles that I wanted. Another day or two and the temperature should come down a bit and I'll fire up the pot. Its gonna be 99* up here in New England today....yikes!!!

redhawk

[therealhitman]

Every spare moment for the last three evenings was spent sizing/decapping four mostly full ammo cans of Lake City cases. With as much lanolin as has been on my hands I should be immune to my fingrtips cracking open while taking care of trimming, deburring and primer pocket prep on it all.

[Texas by God]

Tumble lubed some .379" 255 gr and some .430" 200 gr. Flat nose all.

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[sigep1764]

It might be the homemade cider beer that my buddy gave me today, but chucking the bits from my Lyman hand tool for chamfering and deburring into my drill works a lot faster. It might not be perfect, but for range use I think it will be fine.

[cwlongshot]

Loaded up two ladders with my 450 Bushmaster last night on 296 powder. One with a 250 and a second on a 300G FTX bullet.

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[jdfoxinc]

Deprimed MFRB of .410 hulls. Then primed 200. All with the 30 yr old Lee loader set I bought from a member. The set does not have a way to size the brass. Any suggestions? I also need a way to accurately cut down some of the damaged hulls to 2.5"

[skeettx]

Have you tried sizing the hulls with a 44 Mag carbide die, with decapping stuff removed?

[JBinMN]

Loaded up some 9mm test rounds, as well as some .45 ACP ones for CC SD loads. The 9 MM with 124gr LRN & the 45 with 185 gr.. HPXTPs. Both were chronoed today and worked out OK with MV averages at 1086 & 1024 fps respectively. Std. Dev. on the 9mm were a bit high, IMO @ approx. 22, but the Std. Dev. for the 45 was approx. 13 & that is looking much better. Like to get under 10s, so some tweaking is in order , IMO.

Still some refinement & more testing, but I am happy so far. I really like doing load testing with different combinations of components & particularly when there is a purpose, like for hunting, target accuracy or SD, etc. & not just plinking/shooting at tincan rounds.

Got a box of 125 gr. HP XTPs to test in the 9mm, the 38 Sp. & 357M next.

Going to make up some more LSWC rounds as well, I think. Gonna see how fast I can push them to get in the upper FPS ranges where it transfers well into the SD parameters I am looking for right now. Trying to find the right combo to make for good knockdown/penetration with not being too hard on the hands/wrist.

Going to rain & storm off & on this weekend, so I think I will be doing more loading & testing of this type in the next couple days.

Fun fun!

[sundog]

My last post in this thread I mentioned running out of WC844 and how I am going to miss those cheap surplus powders.

Well, to my surprise, I ran across a jug of DP73 that I forgot was in the storage locker. Owww-weeee, says I! There are a few loads listed on the label, and the sheet that came with it says use AA2230 load data times .95.

I also had a batch (97) of 1x fired PMP (origin South Africa?) head stamp .223 that Felix had given me years ago. It would not chamber in my bolt gun, so I ran it all through an RCBS small base die, and that fixed it. Several pieces needed trimming, so that was done on the Forster hand crank.

They were primed with Rem SR primers and loaded with Dogtown 55 grainers for fire forming. Charge weight for the DP 73 worked out to 21.5 gr for an estimated 3086 fps. The first couple loaded were fired out back and all looked well. The rest were loaded, bagged, and labeled for next range trip. After fire forming, these will get another trim for uniformity and maybe an outside neck turn, if needed.

Ever so slowly I am getting all my odds and ends chores done, and the loading room is getting cleaned up (well, a little anyway).

[Pressman]

What I did today is what I have been doing for two weeks straight. Clean up. A long time friend passed away this spring and left me in charge of the estate. He never thru anything away and bought in multiple amounts.
Yesterday I found a very large box of shotgun components. Today it was polish media and lead, lots of lead. 1400 pounds of COWW cast in bars 24 pounds each. Adding that to the 800 pounds of bars and cast bits and 2000 pounds of range scrap makes me think I need to "get the lead out".
Ken

[chrometip78]

Finishing up the size and priming portion of 400 new to me 44mag cases.

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[Chad5005]

I normally size and prime all of my 44 cal and up handgun cases while I watch tv with my lee hand press and deprime everything while doing the same

[Tom W.]

Sized and loobed all those boolits that I made the other day. Now they are sitting quietly while the JPW hardens.

[Wild Bill 7]

Washed some 380 brass and some 762x39 brass. After the sun dried them they went into the tumblers and got a shiny and pretty and ready to process. Loaded 100 357's with RCBS 150 grain mold in swc with AA#2.

[EMC45]

Loaded some 358-477 Lymans over 3gr. Red Dot. And also 230gr. Lee TC over 5gr. Red Dot.

[KrakenFan69]

Loaded up 700 of the recently coated .40 S&W for an IPC match this weekend. Won't need that many but it prefer to be looking at them rather than for them.

Kraken Fan #69

[sigep1764]

Went to Graf's for some brass for a fellow member. Picked up an RCBS primer pocket swager. Im out of lead at the moment so I have been processing 223/556 brass in preparation for starting to cast for that caliber.

[jdfoxinc]

Primed all of the .410 3" hulls with Lee loader. Noisey.

[JBinMN]

Tumbled a bunch of 9MM 38Sp. & .45acp to get them ready for another reloading session.
:)

[tobywan45]

Cleaned and primed a batch of 41 special and 41 Mag. Sorted out the 400+ pieces of range brass I picked up last night



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[Camper64]

Cast from a few different molds:

500 - Lee 356-120-TC
37 - T/C Maxi-ball 50 cal 370 grain
15 - Lee 50 cal REAL 250
15 - Lee 50 cal REAL 320
10 - Ideal 451-148 round balls

[fatmanunited]

Put together some heavy hitters for a hog hunt.
75gr HPBT
22.5gr 10x
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[Dieselhorses]

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Long way to go, still experimenting with 357... these are penta hp from MP w/powder coat.

[JBinMN]

Still working on SD rounds. This time it is 38 Spec. with 125gr. JHP pushed by Alliant P. Pistol. Going to work on some with cast 158gr LSWCHP & 158gr. JHP for the 38sp. too, as well as .357 using the same components. Then, I might do some work on those rounds with a different powder or two, just to experiment some more.
:)

[scotner]

I replaced two bare bulbs and a 4' fluorescent fixture with three 4' LED lights rated at 5000 lumens each. The round LED fixtures were previously installed but they left shadows in some areas around the loaders. Also built a 10' bench for casting across from the loading bench.

[Tom W.]

Loaded 20 rounds of 325 gr.Lee boolits w/21 gr of H 110 for my SRH .44 mag.

[cwtebay]

I did something stupid today in the reloading room!! I was reloading 38 Short Colt and had set my powder drum to 2.2gr. Well... 55 rounds into it I realized that my drum was getting emptier far faster than it should. It was dumping 3.2gr of Bullseye. I am not relishing using my inertial puller on this many, and the round is too short to run above the press to grab the bullet. Any suggestions? I do have a 357 Ruger Blackhawk, what would this much of an overcharge do if loaded and fired in that? And yes, I do realize that if I have to ask - it's not a good idea. Thank you all in advance.
(I also CORRECTLY loaded 250 rounds of 25-20 for my son's SRC, he apparently shot a little bit this past Sunday).

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[44Blam]

Today, I cleaned about 800 44 mag cases and then resized/de-primed, reamed, trimmed, re-primmed and belled about 200 cases...
This is the grunt work of our hobby.
Oh and... The next 200 44 mag cases are gonna be a walk in the park to load. ;)

[fatmanunited]

I did something stupid today in the reloading room!! I was reloading 38 Short Colt and had set my powder drum to 2.2gr. Well... 55 rounds into it I realized that my drum was getting emptier far faster than it should. It was dumping 3.2gr of Bullseye. I am not relishing using my inertial puller on this many, and the round is too short to run above the press to grab the bullet. Any suggestions? I do have a 357 Ruger Blackhawk, what would this much of an overcharge do if loaded and fired in that? And yes, I do realize that if I have to ask - it's not a good idea. Thank you all in advance.
(I also CORRECTLY loaded 250 rounds of 25-20 for my son's SRC, he apparently shot a little bit this past Sunday).

Sent from my HTC6545LVW using TapatalkHad a similar situation going today on some experimental heavy hitting 223 rounds. They were supposed to have 22gr of 10x and ended up with 23.5gr i loaded twenty of the fifty and test fired five at random. The recoil seem a bit stiffer than it should, so i checked the case and found a hard ejector dimple. I then turned it over and the primer fell out of the pocket. Realizing what was going on i pulled the other 19 with a slam hammer and redid them with the proper amount. All is well that ends well. Be safe and remember the basics.

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[robg]

Sized and expanded some z45-70 brass ,sonic cleaned them when dry into the the tumbler they go .getting to like the effort to get pretty brass.

[Texas by God]

I'm hoping to get the new 38-55 lined out and sighted in today. I have two different loads and bullet diameters to try out.

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[lightman]

I did something stupid today in the reloading room!! I was reloading 38 Short Colt and had set my powder drum to 2.2gr. Well... 55 rounds into it I realized that my drum was getting emptier far faster than it should. It was dumping 3.2gr of Bullseye. I am not relishing using my inertial puller on this many, and the round is too short to run above the press to grab the bullet. Any suggestions? I do have a 357 Ruger Blackhawk, what would this much of an overcharge do if loaded and fired in that? And yes, I do realize that if I have to ask - it's not a good idea. Thank you all in advance.
(I also CORRECTLY loaded 250 rounds of 25-20 for my son's SRC, he apparently shot a little bit this past Sunday).

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You can create a false top to your press by slipping a short piece of pipe over the ram. I can be metal, PVC or even something like a pipe coupling. Then you can pull the bullets with something just like you do over the top of your press.

[KrakenFan69]

Loaded another 300 .40 S&W with Hi-Tek coated Leeds. 401-175 TCs. Loaded 200 Hornady 75gn BTHP in .223 and 25 Lyman 525 gn slugs for a 3 Gun match next weekend.

Kraken Fan #69

[Minerat]

I have been installing gas checks on rice grains (NOE 173-26 fp) and sizing them to 0.172. Have about 200 to go.

[Tom W.]

Cleaned, but didn't resize the 30/30 a.i. brass that I fired today, then resized/ deprimed the 9mm brass that I fired, but didn't clean it yet.

I gotta find a set of 30/30 A.I. dies.....

[Michael J. Spangler]

Screwed a nice old Ideal powder measure to the bench.
Picked it up at a local gun shop S&W event today with a blowout on some old reloading supplies. $25 seemed pretty cheap to me.

Should have picked up it's twin for another $35 in slightly nicer condition too.... maybe it will be there on Monday when I swing back by.

[Texas by God]

Loaded 50 38-55 rounds with unsized case and as cast .379" Lee 255gr. 9 grs Unique. I love the Easy Button.

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[EMC45]

Adjusted my MEC 12ga Sizemaster. Loaded a few rounds on my new Lee 20ga Load All 2.

[Texas by God]

Getting brass & lead together to create 170 gr 30-30 loads for my Marlin and Mauser.

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[Hossfly]

Getting ready to start melting some of my stash of COWW, and SOWW, propane btls. Ready and full so don’t run out. Sure wish I had some new ingot molds with Cast Boolit logo on them, would just make my day. Have about 1200# to process, have mercy.

[popper]

Cut short pvc to fit around the ram so you can grab them.

[McFred]

Got a M7 stuck together for LR steel and varminting. Stock barrel channel needs opening and there's a cut/crown to do but the hard part's over.

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[Tom W.]

Cleaned some brass, loaded 50 rounds of 9mm

[Texas by God]

Got a M7 stuck together for LR steel and varminting. Stock barrel channel needs opening and there's a cut/crown to do but the hard part's over.

https://s33.postimg.cc/40kna0rgf/plumbing.jpg
What chambering? My reamer reading isn't good enough ��

[tazman]

Loaded up 300 rounds of 9mm. I plan on doing some practicing at the range in the next few days.

[Dieselhorses]

Loaded 100 rounds 45 acp, suspected a double charge so weighed em all LOL! I actually found a double but fixed it. If in doubt-don't take a chance!

[Wild Bill 7]

Cleaned some 1200 9mm cases and deprimed them some time back. Flared 800 and primed them today. Will be loading them soon.

[McFred]

What chambering? My reamer reading isn't good enough ��

.223 WSSM with a 1:7 twist SS Palma Krieger. Testing first for max velocity fun then it'll get bobbed to 23" from 30" and throated for 80-95 grain projectiles.

I know WSSMs are not very popular, but it's short, fits in a 10-round short-action magazine with super long projectiles and should last a while when loaded to ~55,000 PSI instead of the steel vaporizing SAMMI 65,000 PSI. If it burns through barrels even at moderate velocities I have the tools to fix that.

[Newtire]

Cleaned, but didn't resize the 30/30 a.i. brass that I fired today, then resized/ deprimed the 9mm brass that I fired, but didn't clean it yet.

I gotta find a set of 30/30 A.I. dies..... If you can see your way clear, Lee sells a nice set,
https://leeprecision.com/v-ltd-2-di-30-30-ackley.html

[Newtire]

Cleaned, but didn't resize the 30/30 a.i. brass that I fired today, then resized/ deprimed the 9mm brass that I fired, but didn't clean it yet.

I gotta find a set of 30/30 A.I. dies..... If you can see your way clear, Lee sells a nice set. They are a paid advertising site at the top of this page. I have a set of the same set they sell in .257 AI that do a fine job. One of the .30-30 AI guns I had came with a set of AI 40° shoulder dies by RCBS and they did just fine also. If you'd send me your cases and return postage, I'd be happy to deprime, full length size and polish them in walnut shell media. I'd be mindful of the use of some of the loads listed in the P.O. Ackley data. The data I have might have been misprinted. They remind me of something you would see for a Paul Bunyan version of the Ackley round.

[rmark]

Lubed and sized about 250 bullets for my Pedersoli Tryon Creedmoor that I cast a few days ago. At 450 and 520 grains you go through a 20lb pot fast.

[tankgunner59]

Casted a total of about 500 357, 9mm and 380 Auto Monday. Powder coated the 357's last night, and cast another 300 total for my 7.62X54R and my 30-30 today. Now I'm powder coating some more and going to size them.

[Tom W.]

If you can see your way clear, Lee sells a nice set. They are a paid advertising site at the top of this page. I have a set of the same set they sell in .257 AI that do a fine job. One of the .30-30 AI guns I had came with a set of AI 40° shoulder dies by RCBS and they did just fine also. If you'd send me your cases and return postage, I'd be happy to deprime, full length size and polish them in walnut shell media. I'd be mindful of the use of some of the loads listed in the P.O. Ackley data. The data I have might have been misprinted. They remind me of something you would see for a Paul Bunyan version of the Ackley round.

I appreciate the offer.
I only have 19 empties right now. I gotta wait and get my meds before I get any dies. I have plenty of 30/30 rounds loaded up waiting to be fire formed. I suppose patience will have to be a necessity first.

[cwtebay]

Thank you all for the posts and pm's. All unloaded / reloaded and fired again! Learned some great tricks for future mishaps!!

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[Loudy13]

Finished sizing what I had left of 300 BO 150gr boolits and set up for a bucket of 9mm/38 that needs sizing.

[max it]

I wondered why I have so much stuff I rarely use? (no offers please; zombie apoc coming, I ll need it all. at least that's what I tell myself)

[max it]

Cwty, that's what i do with any and all .38, .357, 9mm and anything that fits my Blackhawk Convertible.

[trixter]

I've been going through a 1 gallon (metal) coffee can of 9mm's. So far there are a few berdan primed cases and a lot of crimped primed cases, so I have my single stage press set up right next to my Lee Classic Cast Turret. If I find a crimped primer, I pop it out and then with the RCBS Primer pocket crimp remover, it gets done right then and there and back in the Turret and on with the reloading. It is a little bit slow, but I am NOT in a hurry, Quality over Quanity.

[KrakenFan69]

Cast another 2,000 Lee .401-175 TC and am currently in the process of Hi-Tek coating them.

Kraken Fan #69

[Bookworm]

Annealed, full-length resized, length trimmed, neck turned, and primed 40 pieces of new (to me) 7.62x54R NNY brass.

Still in search of that perfect load for the 1930 Hex Izzy. I've got a promising 4198 load I need to investigate. 4 sets of ten will get me on the road.

[LUCKYDAWG13]

cast up some 225gr boolits for my 1911 227166

[pertnear]

Converted about 1,000 .22rf cases into bullet jackets & then annealed them. Next will be the wet tumbling process.

[scotner]

Went out last night and loaded some of the 357s from the recently acquired molds with the intention of going to the range today. Since it was rather breezy and intermittent rain today I decided to fire up the lead cooker again. Made some more 45, 30 cal and 357.227173

[WRideout]

Yesterday my four year-old granddaughter, Lily, asked if we could make bullets. We went in the basement to my reloading room, and I set her up to resize 38 spl cases on my RCBS "o" press. At first she had trouble trouble putting enough muscle into it, but finally started pulling the handle all the way down, and sizing them all by herself. we went through about fifty or so cases. Next time we'll go through the rest of the steps; flaring, priming, etc.

So why does it matter? I am teaching this child how to process something in steps to get to a desired result (which is a life skill) but also that there is someone who wants to spend time with her, and show that she can be responsible and capable. This little girl will learn, as I did, that firearms can be a great learning tool, and that it is possible to know how to handle dangerous things responsibly.

Wayne

[therealhitman]

Yesterday my four year-old granddaughter, Lily, asked if we could make bullets. We went in the basement to my reloading room, and I set her up to resize 38 spl cases on my RCBS "o" press...

Awesome. Lily is getting a bunch of fantastic guiding memories of you to treasure forever. My 5yo grandson is loading up on nostalgia with me also. Though from the sounds of it he is considerably less focused than Lily about pulling the handle for more than 15 rounds or so lol. But he definitely likes to help Papa work on "Pew-Pews".
Last week I had my little guy "help" me drift in a Marble's .500 Gold Bead site on my recently acquired Ranch Hand (bought from a member here as "factory fresh" and having only a "nearly invisible" 1/2" stock ding but inexplicably showed up with heavily scratched up wood and a horribly gouged receiver) hoping to bring POI down to a reasonable elevation. Then we played LEGOs. Much later I loaded up some Lee 150 gr RCBS SWCs with 3.8gr of 700X to try out in my new beater gun.

[sundog]

Loaded some 22 Rem. NOE 225-61-FN, Gator checked, Smoke's clear PC, weighs in at 61 gr fully dressed. Rem 6 1/2 primers. Sized to .225, loaded over 10.0/H108. Shot from a picnic table at 50 yards (a little shaky) 5 shot group was quarter size.

[jdfoxinc]

Finally got unique powder to load my 155 gr swcbb .401 bullets over 5.8 gr.

[johnsmith]

Reloaded some 308's like 500 using varget powder 150 grain bullet.

[Texas by God]

Tested loads in .30 carbine, 30-30, & 38-55. Offhand at 50yds on clay birds. Then flying clays with shotguns. Fun day!

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[McFred]

Got a M7 stuck together for LR steel and varminting. Stock barrel channel needs opening and there's a cut/crown to do but the hard part's over.

https://s33.postimg.cc/40kna0rgf/plumbing.jpg

I lied. Anymore I find inletting a stock more difficult than chambering a barrel, but I got it done today. Just need to trim some action screws and bed it!

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[fatmanunited]

Had an unfortunate opportunity to try out some barnes varmint grenades on my neighbor's dying horse. Needless to say they preformed flawlessly. Tiny entrance,no exit. DRT

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[robg]

Prepped 40 308 cases ,when they're dry I'll tumble them once the 4570 brass has finished tumbling.

[robg]

Primed 150 45-70 cases .must clean my rifles now

[Texas by God]

Sized a few Lee 358 105 swc to 358" to try in my Star BM 9mm. Finished the U- notch/ brass bead sights, too.

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[Loudy13]

Pulled 350 150gr bullets out of some rejected 300 BO loads, bought a 5 gallon pail of em for the projectiles and brass.

[Ramson222]

Made this impact impression of my 450 bushmaster. 227315 227316

[cwtebay]

Yesterday my four year-old granddaughter, Lily, asked if we could make bullets. We went in the basement to my reloading room, and I set her up to resize 38 spl cases on my RCBS "o" press. At first she had trouble trouble putting enough muscle into it, but finally started pulling the handle all the way down, and sizing them all by herself. we went through about fifty or so cases. Next time we'll go through the rest of the steps; flaring, priming, etc.

So why does it matter? I am teaching this child how to process something in steps to get to a desired result (which is a life skill) but also that there is someone who wants to spend time with her, and show that she can be responsible and capable. This little girl will learn, as I did, that firearms can be a great learning tool, and that it is possible to know how to handle dangerous things responsibly.

WayneWRideout. The best of memories are made this way!
My grandfather would take me along to shoot clays - me with a 32 ga double, him with his 1911! (he would easily outshoot me even that way).
My boys all love the reloading room and of course the fruits of our labours. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180919/a80ac41581b23c7764cb5f1910c031ea.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180919/3000ffbec82997b3e8b269e5d592d1e9.jpg

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[WRideout]

Great pictures, cwtebay. I used to take my three girls shooting when they were young. Now we all live in different states, but when we get together, it's either shooting or fishing.

Wayne

[Harter66]

I bought a bunch of composition books and started a fool inventory and consolidation of data . Holy Cow ! 58 die sets ! Where did all those FCDs come from ?

[LUCKYDAWG13]

I poured around 20# of 230gr boolits for my 1911 and then loaded 200 rounds of 45 acp

[Dieselhorses]

I stomped out 100 200 gr. 45 acp in about 20 minutes. couldn't leave shed without doing something!

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[15meter]

Nothing in the reloading room, but did scrounge another 10 lbs. of pewter. Paid $20. A little higher than I normally pay but on average I'm still close to $1.50/lb.

[Dieselhorses]

Nothing in the reloading room, but did scrounge another 10 lbs. of pewter. Paid $20. A little higher than I normally pay but on average I'm still close to $1.50/lb.that's not bad. Better than the few candle holders i've been gutting!

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[Dieselhorses]

You know its pretty cool when you can fill up your powder thrower with HP38 at 5.2 grs and load an array of 45 acp designs! Ive stepped up to this weight and a lil beyond on the 185 gr hp MP mold, the 200 gr Lee SWC mold, 230 gr LEE RN mold, and the jacketed 185 and 230 and found 5.2 to be good. All group at 3 inches at 10 yards freehand out the ole Ruger P90.

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[Soundguy]

WRideout. The best of memories are made this way!
My grandfather would take me along to shoot clays - me with a 32 ga double, him with his 1911! (he would easily outshoot me even that way).
My boys all love the reloading room and of course the fruits of our labours. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180919/a80ac41581b23c7764cb5f1910c031ea.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180919/3000ffbec82997b3e8b269e5d592d1e9.jpg

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great pictures!

[tward]

Cast some Lee 90gr .314 Swc yesterday, today I loaded them in my 32-20 cases for my new to me vintage S&W hand ejector and my Colt Police Positive Special.

[Tom W.]

Sized & lubed some 165 gr. Ranch Dog boolits. Then I dipped them into JPW and set them out to dry. They should be ready to load in a day or two....

[15meter]

Craigslist cruising, found a P-W 800b and a Mec 650, both in 12 gauge. Picked them up this AM. Spent the afternoon cleaning the P-W. Just what I needed, two more 12 gauge presses to add to the Mec 9000 and 650 in 12 gauge I already own.

[robg]

Loaded 40 308 with 150gr leegc boolits over 18gr of 2400 .then cleaned my savage 116 .

[tward]

Cast about 150 of these, new mold dropping.315 which is perfect for my Colt police positive Special. I tumble lubed these and loaded them in my 32-20. They shot well at the range. Tim

[dbmjr1]

Cast about 150 of these, new mold dropping.315 which is perfect for my Colt police positive Special. I tumble lubed these and loaded them in my 32-20. They shot well at the range. Tim

Odd. I cast about 300 of this very same boolit today. Powder coated them, and sized them to .313. I load them in .32WCF using Titegroup. They shoot well in both my Colt Police Positive, and my Winchester carbine.

[Bookworm]

Sized and checked ~400 of the NOE 316-213-RN, for the Mosin 91/30
https://i.imgur.com/J3FzVGV.jpg

Dip lubed some of them - all lined up in front of the fan -
https://i.imgur.com/eZylXCB.jpg

Getting ready for the club match on the 6th.

[jonp]

Loaded up 20 .40cal with Berry's 165gr for my SW M&P and IMR Target to try and work up a load. Last weekend I used the same 165gr and Bullseye. Worked but shot low and right.

[Tom W.]

Put some primers in some 30/30 brass and put a LOT of .45 ACP brass into a LFRB to trade for a set of 30/30 a.i. dies......

[granville_it]

Made up some Emmert's lube.

[OFFSHORE]

Yesterday I poured 45 to 50 pounds of .431 boolits for my .44 Mag and 445 Super Mag then sized them that evening. Now, today I'm lubing and loading a batch of boolits I casted a couple weeks ago to go shoot this afternoon. . .Mother Nature permitting.

[jdfoxinc]

Loaded more .40 S&W 155gr over 5.8 gr Unique.

[jonp]

Tried a couple of .40cal loads and found that a 165gr Berrys plated over 5.0gr IMR Target avgs at 950fps or so and is dead center. The M&P does not like powder puff loads it would seem

[flyingmonkey35]

I had a club members let me play with these things of beauty today. Cast like a dream. Saco 358 Keith style and round nose.

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[therealhitman]

Loaded 300 rounds of .45 Colt with the Lee 200 gr FRN over 6.5 grains of 700X for a nice light load in the Blackhawks and Vaqueros. Then mixed up some 10:1 lanolin lube and sized some LC brass in 5.56.

[Tom W.]

Trying a few loads of 11 gr Herco in a 30/30. Going to shoot them to fire form the cases...
I just can't shoot toilet tissue or other stuff to fire form. I like to see holes in the target. Just wish I had some lighter boolits to load.....

[robg]

Loaded 50 x45-70 over 20 gr 2400 with quarter sheet of toilet paper as a filler .tried some with no filler on Sunday shot gun type patten ,if I tipped up my marlin then fired, nice tight group .never thought 2400 was position sensitive learn something new everyday.

[dbmjr1]

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[Wis Tom]

Got out the turkey fryer smelter, and getting setup for the weekend, as I have 410 lbs. of range pickups, to melt down for casting. I have been waiting for a cooler weekend, without rain. Just picked up propane, and I'm all set.

[DxieLandMan]

Melted around 30lbs of wheel weights into ingots and separating the Fe and Zn from the lead. I have about 150 more lbs to go through before I start casting.

[Texas by God]

Backsliding a bit by loading long range 8x57 mm with Hornady 170gr SST. I want to try CFE 223 based on the velocity/ pressure ratio shown in the Hodgdon magazine format manual.

[robg]

Prepared some 308 and 45-70 brass sized expanded sonic cleaned once there dry tumbler to shine them up.

[Texas by God]

I loaded some 40 year old virgin brass.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180930/e51a62d2d9e0f74fc99aabe3ba8b7492.jpg

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[Dieselhorses]

I loaded some 40 year old virgin brass.

Where on earth did you find that?

This is what happened to me last night loading some 38 SP's. Glad I caught it.

228076

[Texas by God]

Where on earth did you find that?

This is what happened to me last night loading some 38 SP's. Glad I caught it.

228076Oh, that one has ONE more firing in it[emoji16].
I got a box of 25-06 and a box of .244 Rem from a nice gentleman on GBO. He wanted $20 for those "old" brass so I gave him $30- happily! They are beautiful (Norma).

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[lightman]

Sorted my last score of range brass and deprimed them.

[KMD]

Cast some 22, 30, and 45/70, Still need to sort and cull the rejects but that will be another day.
https://i.imgur.com/0W9tE6d.jpg?1

[Reverend Al]

Just finished loading up about 60+ fire forming loads in shortened .303 British brass for my .40-50 Sharps Straight Remington Hepburn. Yesterday I finally fired up my RCBS pot and cast 100 or so 300 grain RCBS .410" boolits to test in this rifle (and 3 others) after I fire form some cases.

[Dieselhorses]

I basically sorted through some rifle brass (243, 308, 30-06. 7mm mag, 270, 30-30 etc.) Don't even have the rifle for a few of em but maybe later... As soon as I can regulate the rpm on my new home made tumbler I'll be able to wash a lot more.

[Texas by God]

Making a six shooter a 12 shooter. Planning stages presently.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181002/223d44e82e58a6c33a2c4d9b011357d4.jpg

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[Michael J. Spangler]

Making a six shooter a 12 shooter. Planning stages presently.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181002/223d44e82e58a6c33a2c4d9b011357d4.jpg

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I like it!
Just make sure that the round ball is sized large enough that it doesn’t drop free in the case.
If that gets propelled forward into the base of the bullet it’s going to ring the chamber.

I’ve done double round ball loads in 38 special and I love them.
Now I guess I need to load some more this week.

[Harter66]

With my move and a couple of improbable set backs .......
This in a tiny rental instead of a dedicated trophy room .

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44"×27" desktop ,36×24" bottom , and 12×36" top .
2 8" shelves and a 12 on top and a 16" on the bottom .
I bought seconds plywood at $8 eat for the 4×6@3/4 and $12 for the 4×8@1/2" back , the 1 1/4" was a flooring "scrap" . Screws etc total cost under $40 . I still need 2 @ 7/16x2 1/4 bolts and 2 more @ 3/8 . 10 1/4-20 insert nuts and 4 @ 1/4-20x2 1/4 bolts for the shotgun presses .

[Reverend Al]

Ran a bunch of Lyman 314299's through the lube sizer ...

[EMR]

Tried out my new MP 357-125HP today with using smokes clear. I’m not new to smokes powders but I am to clear and was really curious to see how it would come out. Not exactly what I pictured in my mind but I do like it!

*out of the mold on the left. PC’d and sized on the right
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[Ironnewt]

Started putting stuff in their places. Cleaned the top of the bench afterwards. Bought a new shelving system for reloaded ammunition. Put it together. Thinking about mounting a shotshell loader.

[Texas by God]

I was casting 379250 Lees till these guys showed up.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181004/910fda2d331066bee21c07a1ea671274.jpg

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[cwlongshot]

NEED to do some house cleaning...

But what I did was prep some 30-30's and looking thru the loaded ammo found three boxes of 748/160 FTX that was seated too long for the Savage 24 as it was set for the H&R I sold couple years back. SO, I set them lil shorter and gonna send them into the back stops later today!

I also prepped a couple hundred 357 SIG's.

CW

[Loudy13]

Prepped 50 brand new Winchester 6.5X55 Swede cases, had to throw 2 cases out they were cracked along the entire length of the neck!! ( I didn't buy them)

[Minerat]

Cleaned a NOE TL358-100-RF and cast about 100 junk HPs cause the pins were not hot ehough. Then did it good stuck base of pins in the melt and proceeded to coat everything in lead and had to use a torch to gently get the lead out of the hex heads so I could clean then mess off. Once I got that done, re-melted the rejects, & got the pot up to temp the pins were too cool. Pressure fed the mold until the pins got hot again, and managed another 150 perfect little 380 hps.

[Thin Man]

I converted a few 32-20 cases into 25-20, just getting started in this activity and it has been a learning experience. Am always watching the results to find where I can make the process more successful.

[lightman]

Sat at the bench and looked out of the window at the rain. Oh yeah, I was sorting and deprimming a tub of range brass while watching it rain!

[Tom W.]

I just cast some 160 gr Lee 30 cal boolits with the ancient s/c mold that I have. I maybe cast 3 pounds or so. Then it got too hot to stay in the shed, with with the a/c on.

[Michael J. Spangler]

Cast a ton of .451”round balls that with a rich alloy and some extra coats of hi tek will be about .458” for triple round ball loads in the 45/70
Now I need a lee 6 cavity .457 round ball mould to make this easier and make the balls a little larger.
Cast a bunch of 405 grain for the 45/70
Coated some 130 grain 9mm and some 198 grain 30 cals.
Sized and lubed (for the non coated) all of the above

[Hanzy4200]

Switching between preparing a thousand once fired .32 ACP cases from Elite Reloading (sweet prices!), and sizing and lubing about 2K of Lyman 75 gr .32 acp bullets. I've been in a mouse gun phase for a couple months.

[Bookworm]

Full-length resized 90 pieces of 7.62x54R brass.

I recently acquired a Finnish M39, to go with my 1930 Izzy 91/30. Of course, the chamber on the M39 is MUCH smaller then the chamber on the 91/30.

Which means, all my carefully neck-turned, neck-sized, annealed brass for the 91/30 won't chamber in the M39.

Which means I have to keep separate brass for two rifles that fire the same cartridge.

Sigh.....

[cwlongshot]

Loaded up 30 6.5 Grendels with 2460 & 130 Sierra #1728's.



CW

[Tom W.]

Sized and loobed the aforementioned boolits.
Probably won't be able to get out to the shed tomorrow due to the himacane.....

[44Blam]

Loaded 100 Unique 44 Mag loads... I really like this load. It's a 240 grain boolit under 9 grain of Unique.
I think of it as a medium load.
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[Bookworm]

Loaded 100 Unique 44 Mag loads... I really like this load. It's a 240 grain boolit under 9 grain of Unique.
I think of it as a medium load.
228548

I just read an article written by Elmer Keith, in a 1957-ish issue of "Guns Magazine". He gave a load of 7.5gr Unique as a "heavy target" load.

[robg]

just put some 357mag cases in the tumble polisher

[JBinMN]

Finished sorting 9mm cases by headstamp.

Now on to loading up 130 DEWC in 38Sp. to use up that batch.

Then it is back to 150 9mm 120 & 124 TC for some plinking rounds.
:)

[jdfoxinc]

I hope you mentioned the bullets were over the powder. Kinda hard to ignite a bullet.

Cast more 90 gr 9mm in my new Lyman mold.

[KMD]

I have a this hanging in there for the rest of the week so no casting until after Saturday. My stepson shot it yesterday and all the butchers are full and no room so it's in my shop. I don't mind because I know I will get some meat off it :smile:
https://i.imgur.com/i2A5lh0.jpg?1

[Grits]

I have a this hanging in there for the rest of the week so no casting until after Saturday. My stepson shot it yesterday and all the butchers are full and no room so it's in my shop. I don't mind because I know I will get some meat off it [emoji2]
https://i.imgur.com/i2A5lh0.jpg?1I hope that you have a walk in cooler/freezer. After a little while in these temps and he will spoil quickly.

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[Ramson222]

Cleaned up my casting area. designed and installed a new fume exuast system for the room. The 8 inch inline duct fan with 745cfm should give me a theoretical air change in the room every 1.5 minutes.
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[KMD]

I hope that you have a walk in cooler/freezer. After a little while in these temps and he will spoil quickly.

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I am in Northwestern Canada and it's just above freezing during the day and has been below freezing all night so he should be okay.

[Grits]

I am in Northwestern Canada and it's just above freezing during the day and has been below freezing all night so he should be okay.Well then. Let em hang. Years ago dad killed one and he let it hang for a good week. So tender you could cut it with a spoon.



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[KrakenFan69]

Cut down 200 38 Special cases to 0.900" to load for competition. I'll be running the Lee 358-158 RF projectile for now. Might try some Lee 356-124 2R as well. Ran some of the 158's with 2.8 and 3 gn Clays and was moderately pleased.


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[44Blam]

I just read an article written by Elmer Keith, in a 1957-ish issue of "Guns Magazine". He gave a load of 7.5gr Unique as a "heavy target" load.

I started my load development at 8 grain and did .5 grain increments up to 10 grain.
I liked the 9 grain rounds. They let you know they are there, but are probably in the 1000 fps range. I'll know more soon - I just got a chrono. :)

[15meter]

Emptied the polisher, batch of 270 Winchester (future 8mm Mauser), 220 Swift and 6.5x54r m/s. Forgot them in the polisher for a second night of polishing. They be SHINEY!

Then went for the last soft water sail of the year before dropping the spar and getting the boat ready for the marina boys to do there lift/bottom wash put on trailer routine.

Great sail with the bonus of a B-17 cruising over head in the middle of the sail. It was heading east right down the middle of Lake Erie. Don't know where it was headed, I thought all the northern airshows were done for the year.

Great day:drinks::drinks:

[trixter]

I finished my 100 rd batch of 45ACP with 200gr LSWC, then I switched over to reload some 9's. I need to start casting boolits soon running low.

[jonp]

I have a this hanging in there for the rest of the week so no casting until after Saturday. My stepson shot it yesterday and all the butchers are full and no room so it's in my shop. I don't mind because I know I will get some meat off it :smile:
https://i.imgur.com/i2A5lh0.jpg?1

What did he use both rifle and hopefully boolit?
Congrats to him, that's a nice deer and that temp is perfect for a week hanging.

[jonp]

Loaded 10 .40Cal with some Universal to try out, some 358158 RF Lee 357Mag over some Promo for practice and ordered a 32 H&R Mag mold, Lee Carbide Dies, Starline brass from Graf's clicking the link above!!!!!! (support the sponsors of this site) and other stuff for the pair of Ruger Single Six pistols I bought this week.

I'll measure the Single Six's when they arrive but since they were modified for Cowboy Action I think they will be cast boolit friendly. If not, I'll give DougGuy a shout. The 45LC Blackhawk Convertable he worked on for me shoot's cast like a boss :Fire:

[jonp]

I started my load development at 8 grain and did .5 grain increments up to 10 grain.
I liked the 9 grain rounds. They let you know they are there, but are probably in the 1000 fps range. I'll know more soon - I just got a chrono. :)

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[KMD]

What did he use both rifle and hopefully boolit?
Congrats to him, that's a nice deer and that temp is perfect for a week hanging.

I know he used his new Sako Bavarian 30-06 and 180gr Nosler Partition but I don't know the load
It's just after 1pm and with the fans blowing on the meat it's right around 34* out there.

[jonp]

Sweet. A Sako is on the bucket list. My friend who hunt's all over the States swears by his.
It was 77 this morning in NC at 0300 when I got up. I miss the cold weather in October. I should have on a wool jacket and be hunting partridge with my 20g Benelli Super Montefeltro right about now.

[sharps4590]

Cast a bunch of bullets for my 11.15 X 60R German double and got a box of 20 cases ready load with 5 grs. of SR-4759 under 68 grs. of Old Eynsford 2F. After a fouling shot in each barrel the old 1870's rifle put 6 rounds in 1 7/8 inches at 50 yards. I believe that's good enough for a 140 year old rifle with open sights and 65 year old eyes.

[hc18flyer]

Prepped about 70- 8 x 57 cases, primed and ready to load for my Yugo 24/47 with peep sight and taller front sight. It has a much tighter chamber than my M-48. Need to figure out my length for the boolets I have in mind. hc18flyer

[hc18flyer]

I have a this hanging in there for the rest of the week so no casting until after Saturday. My stepson shot it yesterday and all the butchers are full and no room so it's in my shop. I don't mind because I know I will get some meat off it :smile:
https://i.imgur.com/i2A5lh0.jpg?1

Nice buck, will eat fine!
I fell one deer short of my requirements last Fall, so I am anxious for some fresh venison. Found a very good salami recipe, so I didn't get any pressure canned last year. My grown girls been pestering me for more, their families like it too! hc18flyer

[44Blam]

Loaded some rifle rounds for my monthly comp:
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Sadly these are jacketed bullets, but after watching Elvis Ammo, I feel like I should be casting 22 calibre rounds...

[am44mag]

Loaded up and tested some 147gr Gold Dots for my 9mm. I settled on a charge of 4.0gr of Bullseye. It basically matches factory ammo ballistics perfectly. I'm getting great accuracy and a velocity of 950 FPS out of a 3" barrel.

Works great in both my 9mms, and feeds like a dream. This is going to be my new 9mm self defense round. I'll probably load up 150 rounds of it tomorrow.

I'm going to test some loads for my 9.3x57mm and 6.5mm Creedmoor too.

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[Bookworm]

Recently acquired a wartime Finn M39. Built on an 1898 action, stamped Sako (S inside the gear) 1942. I've had it a month, really want to shoot it.

I purchased a Lee C312-185-1R mold, just gotta try something. Poured about 8 pounds yesterday, 50/50+2%. Roughly 300 boolits, after visually culling.
https://i.imgur.com/daptHBw.jpg

I poured in 3 batches, letting the mold cool to ambient temp betwixt batches. I kept the batches separate, then weighed to get an average. I took 4 boolits at a time, weighed 3 of those bunches. Averaged the bunches, then averaged that number.
https://i.imgur.com/ADarQaq.jpg

Averaged 185.5gr with my alloy. They dropped at .313-.314, and by the time I got in to the third warmup they started dropping fairly well. Not bad for a cheap mold.

Next I'll size and check, then sort for weight, then dip lube and load ! Aiming for ~1750 fps with IMR4198

[Tom W.]

I cleaned and sized the 9mm brass that was given to me at the range yesterday. All once fired . Then I did the same with the 30-06 A.I. brass I fire formed. The 30/30 A. I. Brass I just punched out the primers as I don't have a die set yet, then sorted them under a magnifying glass. I threw three pieces away, one had a slight crack in the neck and the other two just because I didn't like the way they looked.
I did notice that the Remington brass looked better than the Winchester brass, due to the Winchester brass had a slight ring where the shoulder used to be and the Remington brass didn't. None of my brass for the 30/30 is new, but most of it is once fired. Years ago at the range a man and his sons were sighting in their rifles and put each fired round back into the factory box to discard, rather than leave a mess. I asked for it rather than see it get thrown away and have to go sifting through the trash barrel, and ended up with six or eight boxes. I Have plenty I had loaded previously, so I never loaded any of those until recently.

[trixter]

I leave my 45ACP setup on my Lee Cast Turret press set up and ready to go. In the morning if I wake up early, and I usually do, I shower and get dressed and get my morning drink fixed and go in and load a few until I have to go to work. This morning I think I did about 40 rounds. A few here and a few there and pretty soon I have a bunch to shoot.

[Michael J. Spangler]

I hosted a bullet casting seminar.

https://www.northeastshooters.com/xen/threads/2018-cast-bullet-seminar-sign-up-thread.358267/

[dragon813gt]

Put together a new MP mold. It’s been awhile since I bought one and this one had five sets of pins. Went through the pin storage box and shot some Ballistol into every compartment to keep rust away. Keeping it off anything metal is a never ending battle in my garage.

[flyingmonkey35]

I hosted a bullet casting seminar.

https://www.northeastshooters.com/xen/threads/2018-cast-bullet-seminar-sign-up-thread.358267/That looks like a fun class. I might have to think of running a class like that.

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[jdfoxinc]

Started sizing all of my .380 brass.

[Michael J. Spangler]

That looks like a fun class. I might have to think of running a class like that.

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Go for it. It’s fun and rewarding. Gives guys confidence to try it themselves.

[MaLar]

I actually did some casting today, have wanted to for some time. Small pile of RCBS 45-300 FN rifle boolits and some SAECO #351 200 grain FN plain base. Going to PC all of them soon as I get more. 45 For my 45 wildcat. And 35's for my Whelen.

[Texas by God]

Sized, gas checked and lubed a winters supply(maybe) of Lee C309113 and C309170 boolits.

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[Reverend Al]

Ran another big batch of mixed rifle brass through my ss pin tumbler. Just heading down to the shop to pour it out, rinse it off, and then put it into the dehydrator to dry ...

[avogunner]

Been down with a bit of a cold so spending my off time wisely. Loaded a bunch of 12ga skeet rounds and some .40 S&W.... that just makes me feel better!
Semper Fi

[44Blam]

Made BOOMERS! :)
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[Wis Tom]

Started depriming and swaging on the Dillon, LC 308. Got the first 500 done and that's all ready to load, hopefully, this weekend.

[Tom W.]

sized and trimmed 75 pcs of 30/30 brass and loaded 30 with my favorite mouse fart load, but used 165 gr. Ranch Dog boolits instead of the 160 gr. Lee boolits.

I HATE to trim brass.....

[Texas by God]

I'm playing musical scopes on a couple of rifles. I put a cool old long steel 6x32mm K6 on my Mauser 30-30, a K4/ post on my Marlin 36G 30-30. I know the K4 is good but I'll have to out wait the 200% chance of rain today to test the K6. I'd like the Insurance co to come get their totaled Hyundai out of my loading room.....

[fralic76]

Casted just shy of 450 boolits, 113gr 309 diameter from a Lee mold. Next to gas check and powder coat.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181019/e94f2df3bb28bdc6a866c95a4b4c7406.jpg

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[Tom W.]

Loaded up a box of 9mm rounds again w/ the .357 diameter tc cast Lee boolits. Still trying to shoot up the .358's that I have......

[robg]

cast 100 lee 405g 45-70,100 lee 150g 309 ,100 rcbs sil 180g boolits tumble lubed just waiting for them to dry.those big boolits empty lee 10lb pot quick.

[JBinMN]

I was finishing up some 38 special rounds & since they were visiting with their mom & dad, my 8 & 9 year old grandboys came down to the reloading area & made one round a piece on the LCT as another "familiarization" with what their "Pappy" does to make rounds to shoot. They had fun making their cartridges & wanted to make more, but we were limited on time. So, they are returning next weekend & I am going to set them up with one of the single stage presses so they can make some more rounds themselves, with supervision, & then we will go shooting if the weather permits. Otherwise, we will go shooting on a better nicer day. They really like to shoot.

Between fishing, hunting, shooting, fly tying, camping, etc. & now handloading ( They want to learn to cast boolits & fishing jigs & sinkers too. ;) ), I am happy that they are getting interested in such things. Even though they like their video games, every time they come to visit I try to make it an "adventure" & show them things that we older folks did when growing up for "hobbies" & to have fun, since we did not watch much TV or play many games inside, unless it was raining/inclement weather of some kind. We either did these type of hobbies or were outside doing stuff most of the time.

Anyway, It was a real pleasant time with them.
:)

Now I have to put away the 38sp stuff & move on to 9mm again. Then it is 45ACP. Might do some rifle & shotgun shells after than... Neverending enjoyment, isn't it? Hahah
;)

[Newtire]

I slapped together 300+ 9mm cast rounds and then got out my Johnson. I read some postings on how this guy totally destroys the .30 carbine cases and manages to get one formed into a useable Johnson every 10. I annealed a few and tried running them thru the FL size die for the 5.7 Johnson. Did OK. Then I just ran some right into the FL size die, using Lanolin paste for lube. They came out alright also. Since they were a little harder to size than a normal little case that size, I decided to use the form die before sizing them. It sizes the neck to about .25 cal. and pushes back the shoulder. After that, sizing was easier. Stuck em in to the trim die, filed the ends down and now to look up Abuintu's postings on his loads. All that playing around with my Johnson has me worn out so think I'll grab a root beer and veg out watching a movie.

[tazman]

I started the long process of loading up and getting rid of a number of partial bottles of powder that I acquired during the last shortage when they were all I could find.
They will all work in one handgun cartridge or another and will be suitable for practice and trigger time.
Today, I started with WSF. When that runs out, it will be either HS6 or 4756. It will take some time since there are nearly 2 pounds of each.

JBinMN-- I like to hear about people teaching the skill to their children and grandkids. I would like to do the same. Unfortunately, I have a grandson who make spontaneous bad decisions and is smart enough to understand how most things work. I don't dare let him get within arms reach of a gun. He may suddenly decide to shoot someone and would do it.
He once managed to get a car started and nearly ran over his father with it. He doesn't see consequences when he does things.

[robg]

sized and gas checked 100x 309 154g boolits and 100x 358 190g boolits after being down the range .good day well spent.

[RogerDat]

I agree teaching kids or grand kids what their parent or grandparent does with all that strange equipment is rewarding. I was touched to be asked by a fellow reloder if I minded being added to a list for his wife of resources to help teach his children casting and reloading if something happened to him. My daughter and one grandson have cast a bit. I hope another grandson will have an interest too. My wife has agreed to keep the basic reloading bench available for family for awhile after I pass. So the family getting a firearm will have the opportunity to load up the cast supply and decide if they want to continue using the reloading equipment. Annoying thing is it makes me keep things waaay too organized.

[Mal Paso]

I'm playing musical scopes on a couple of rifles. I put a cool old long steel 6x32mm K6 on my Mauser 30-30, a K4/ post on my Marlin 36G 30-30. I know the K4 is good but I'll have to out wait the 200% chance of rain today to test the K6. I'd like the Insurance co to come get their totaled Hyundai out of my loading room.....

Don't care about the car, How's the reloading room? Or is the car just parked there?