What did you do in the reloading room today?

[BigAlofPa.]

Loaded 150 reduced recoil 9mm loads for my Kel-tec PF9 and loaded the rest of my 55 grain 224 speer bullets for my 223. And did some organizing. Tomorrow im planning on doing some inventory.

[15meter]

Annealed batches of 7x57 and 8x57.

Polished batches of 303 British, 38 special, 204 Ruger 270 Winchester and 6br Norma.

Dropped off three 45 ACP boolit molds for a buddy to try. He's just getting started in casting. Asked him how much lead he had--he said he had plenty, at least 20 pounds.

I'm going to double his stash tomorrow--I loaned him a four cavity 452460 that drops @ 221 grains. I think he's going to hear a giant sucking sound coming from his pot when he starts filling that mold:holysheep

[robg]

Loaded 20 x164grrn Lee boolits over 18 gr 2400 .

[Reverend Al]

Got some new colors yesterday... I like this one - it's translucent booger green:
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OK ... now that is one COOL colour! Is it one of Smoke's powders? If not, where did you get it?

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[Reverend Al]

Heading down to my shop shortly for a MAJOR cleanup day. It looks like a bomb went off in there right now. I can hardly move down in my reloading area since there is so much "stuff" in the way and I just can't stand it anymore. Going to completely clean off the workbench by my presses and then start from scratch and re-organize all of my dies and my jacketed bullet stash that are stored at the back of the reloading bench. We have family arriving from Manitoba tomorrow afternoon for a 2 week stay with us here at the house and I'd be embarrassed to show my brother-in-law my reloading shop right now!

:oops:

[Hanzy4200]

Powder coating a batch of 230 gr 300 blackouts. While waiting on the oven timer, I'm loading 9mm MAK with some pills from an old discontinued Lyman mold. Can't remember which one.

[sigep1764]

Deburred, chamfered, primed, and expanded the 300 cases of 270 Win I trimmed the other day. Getting close to my goal of a thousand cases. I kinda want to see how many cast boolits can be thrown down this barrel.

[RogerDat]

5 pounds of #00 buckshot cast. Added a countersunk flat head screw to a Lee 6 cavity mold where the sprue plate lever pry's against the aluminum and eventually leaves a divot.

A few days ago I tested a "Little Dipper" mini crock pot as a melter for black powder bees wax and Crisco lube. Worked great. It also does well as a hot water bath to soften BLL or other Alox based lubes so it flows well for tumble lube.

[44Blam]

OK ... now that is one COOL colour! Is it one of Smoke's powders? If not, where did you get it?

:cool:
It's from Eastwood.
https://www.eastwood.com/hotcoat-powder-sour-apple-translucent-green.html

Only problem I had with this powder is that it went on REALLY thick and then it flowed more than other powders I've used. So, some of the boolits had flow out in a puddle around the base of the boolit. These guys are gas check'd so I just trimmed it off with a debur tool.
Next time, I'll try to not have so much powder...

[cwlongshot]

I have a few colors that seem to coat heavy. My fix is from a recomendation from Grmps and it works PERFECTLY!!

I have found that the metalix colors are super thin. Always needing two or three coats to get appealing colors. Mostly I wont use them now because of that. But they are AWESOME for thinning a gloppy heavy coating color without greatly changing that colors appeal.

If you have any metallics or even clear, try a 20/80 or 30/70 mix with that heavy color. It will also usually help that color Coat better!!

Good luck!

CW

[44Blam]

I have a few colors that seem to coat heavy. My fix is from a recomendation from Grmps and it works PERFECTLY!!

I have found that the metalix colors are super thin. Always needing two or three coats to get appealing colors. Mostly I wont use them now because of that. But they are AWESOME for thinning a gloppy heavy coating color without greatly changing that colors appeal.

If you have any metallics or even clear, try a 20/80 or 30/70 mix with that heavy color. It will also usually help that color Coat better!!

Good luck!

CW

Wow, good idea! Thanks!

[flyingmonkey35]

Ran a youth shoot at the range today.


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[Walks]

Culled the 500 plus bullets I cast yesterday.

[LongRangeAir]

Cast more of the Arsenal 257420's from the decked mold for the AG.237459

[LongRangeAir]

close up of bullet, which is now a rebated, short boat tail.237460

[LongRangeAir]

Lots of them!237461

[jdfoxinc]

Casting 9mm bullets that weigh 129gr in range lead.

[cwlongshot]

Wow, good idea! Thanks!

Credit to Condor22/GRMPS 100%! ;)

CW

[lightman]

Nothing for a while. :-( We're in the middle of a major kitchen remodel and with my loading room being located just off of the kitchen its catching some of the overflow from the kitchen cabinets. But Mama seems happy and I'll be back in there in a few weeks.

[trixter]

Casting 9mm bullets that weigh 129gr in range lead.

Mine come out that weight too, I just load them up and shoot them.

[trixter]

After shattering my (orange) kinetic bullet puller I ventured out to the Bi-Mart and got a new (green one) and this time I actually sat down and read the directions [ I know, right?]. I had been using the old one on a piece of steel ever since I got it (it only lasted 19 years). I am surprised It lasted that long. Fortunately I didn't use it very often. To my surprise the directions for the green one say not to strike it on anything metal. Hmmmmmm. So I found a old 2X4 in the garage and started using it. Laying flat on the reloading table it kind of worked, but was awkward, and bounced everything on the table. I had an idea. I stood it on end and used it that way. It is about 2 feet long and is perfect height to just stand it on end between my feet. Voila..... What a deal, works perfectly. So the moral of the story is; Old dogs can learn new tricks. I love this hobby!

[Bookworm]

I found a Remington 788 in .30/30 at the Wannenmacher Gunshow in Tulsa, longer ago than I want to admit. I had been looking for one for awhile, and they weren't getting any easier to find, or any cheaper, so I bit the bullet and picked one up. The only one I saw there in that caliber.
The place was absolutely infested with 788s, but not in .30/30. Plenty of .222, .22-250, 7mm-.08, even a few .308. One lonely .30/30.

Well, since then, the only thing I've done with it is to run a patch down the barrel. I'm here to say, I'm getting closer to shooting the rifle.
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Cast up a few Lee C309-170-F. They drop at .3105 - .311 from that mould. Tiny little thing, the mould. I have to slow down to keep it from overheating. Next time, I'll wet a rag, and touch the bottom of the mould to it to dump some heat. I'm not used to a 2-cav.

Push-through sized, in a NOE Die, to .311 to seat the check, which is aluminum from Sage. Then, through a .311 H&I die for a dollop of TAC. Hopefully I can try some out in a few days.

[KrakenFan69]

Ran a youth shoot at the range today.


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You Sir, Are awesome!! Good job teaching the next gen of firearm enthusiasts! (I run a 4-H Shooting Program locally)

Kraken Fan #69

[GONRA]

GONRA's swaging "Full Polymer Core" FMJ .380 ACP Seecamp bullets. Expect keyholes. But wanna check it out for myself. Stay Tuned. (yawn)....

[sigep1764]

What kind of polymer are you swaging Gonra?

[Tom W.]

Sized and lubed a few 9mm for my CZ. Tomorrow is range day at the Sheriff's range, and the weather is supposed to be fairly warm.


Edit: the range was closed due to almost all of our Sheriff's department assisting the people in Beauregard and Smith's Station.....

[mattw]

I finally got a mould for one of my favorite little Smiths. So... cast about 700 boolits, conventional lubed half and PC'ed half. The PC ones will be for the "magnum" loads, likely 2400 or H110 Data powder. The mould is the Saeco 325. I had been using a boolit from Cast Performance, but was not fond of the profile. This drops at .315, and get sized to .313.

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[lpel]

Winter doesn’t seem to want to end here in Manitoba, Canada. So I decided it was a good day to give my older Dillon SDB a thorough cleaning. When I started I noticed some side to side movement in the crank handle. Which lead to this:

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So it’s now all cleaned and I sent an email to Dillon to replace the worn parts. Which are these:

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This was the oldest of my Dillon’s. Now I’ll lube my other two SDB and the 550. I know there are no surprises in these presses. Some day it will warm up enough for some trigger time!!

So I emailed Dillon my list of worn parts on Saturday. Rec’d a confirmation email Monday and was advised parts shipped Tuesday. That folks is incredible service.

[robg]

Prepared a few 45-70 cases I used on Sunday .

[Baltimoreed]

Trixter, I’ve had a blue midway bullet puller forever and use my plastic bench hammer to wack it against. I know that you’re not supposed to hit two hammers together but I think this is ok.

[Tom W.]

Sized and lubed a few 9mm for my CZ. Again.

[trixter]

Saturday I deprimed about 400 9mm with military primer pockets, then yesterday I swaged the pockets and this morning I tried about 6 of them to be sure they were going to be ok. They are ok now and I can get busy with the rest of the reloading process. I love this hobby

[Jack Stanley]

Swabbed the bore on the Enfield and made up another shipping box .

Jack

[Texas by God]

Converted my sister’s Simonov pig sniper rifle back to original ten round feed.

[Tom W.]

Saturday I deprimed about 400 9mm with military primer pockets, then yesterday I swaged the pockets and this morning I tried about 6 of them to be sure they were going to be ok. They are ok now and I can get busy with the rest of the reloading process. I love this hobby

Yep, you can always find something different to try!

[WardT]

Converted fluorescent lights to LED , nice and bright

[TNsailorman]

Reload a few .43 Spanish loads to try out IMR Trail Boss on its upper end. james

[Pete44mag]

Fixed the fluorescent light above my press. Wet tumbled with stainless pins 500 45apc cases and loaded 300 .38spcl. rounds. Also spent about 2 hours cleaning the mess.

[Walks]

Setting up to cast, right now. Just waiting for the pot to come up to Temp.
Going to cast N.O.E. TL432-240-RF 4cav, Lee 452-230-TC 6cav & Lyman #358477 4cav.

[Tom W.]

Cast a large pile of Lee 356-120-TC and a much smaller pile of the Lee 309-160-R from my ancient single cavity mold. The 9mm mold is a 6 holer and I'll set it on top of the lead pot as soon as I plug it in. By the time the alloy melts the mold is hot and ready to go. It doesn't take long to empty the 20 lb. pot once the rhythm kicks in.

[Iron369]

Made some fishes. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190312/6fc82cc0da84bb27d8c19cee2d72af78.jpg

[Tom W.]

Easy to catch... they don't swim far, unless it's straight down....:holysheep

[Two Barrels]

Loaded three different loadings of 300 H&H to test out along with a handful of 7mm-08. Might get to the range on Sunday afternoon.

[44Blam]

Made some fishes. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190312/6fc82cc0da84bb27d8c19cee2d72af78.jpg

Those are some BIG fishes! That is a brilliant mould!

[lightman]

I'll be heading out to the shop shortly to fire up the casting pot. Prolly cast until the T'storms roll in.

[Tom W.]

I almost emptied my pot casting the 160 gr. Lee boolits. I have probably more that I can shoot in a year with single shot rifles! But now comes the Lubing and sizing.... That will take a while...

[dragon813gt]

This is my “favorite thing to do in the world”.

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250 223 basic cases were trimmed and reamed to make 357AR. A lot easier than making them out of 5.56. I can’t get the power adapter off the cutter shaft. This happens every time and I will eventually come up w/ a solution for it. Cases are in a rotary tumbler w/ some stainless media to see if they deburr this way. If not I get to perform “my second favorite thing to do in the world”.

[Bookworm]

I've been thinking more and more about working with the Remington 788 I found a year or so back at the Tulsa gunshow. Something about a .30-30 Bolt-gun that makes me smile.

To that end, I dug it out of the safe, and rounded up some factory ammo, with which I intend to zero the rifle before I start messing around with cast in it.

Of course, we had a hellacious storm early this morning, dumped a bunch of rain sideways. When it stopped, I walked down behind the barn to check out my range,. It's far too wet to shoot.

And now the wind is blowing at 50mph, gusting higher than that. I'll have to wait for another day.

[Gatch]

Punched out about 500 9mm minor loads for the cz (about a weeks worth..) Gauged all of them. Rejects go in with practice ammo. Had the last few weeks cases run through the tumbler ready for loading again.

[Tom W.]

This is my “favorite thing to do in the world”.


250 223 basic cases were trimmed and reamed to make 357AR. A lot easier than making them out of 5.56. I can’t get the power adapter off the cutter shaft. This happens every time and I will eventually come up w/ a solution for it. Cases are in a rotary tumbler w/ some stainless media to see if they deburr this way. If not I get to perform “my second favorite thing to do in the world”.


Your nose is gonna grow......:kidding:

[Texas by God]

Getting started on some 30-30- 113FP over 4198 for the Mauser and 314TL90swc over Unique for the Marlin.

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[Hossfly]

Finally got around to moving the 750# machine table into reloading room. Didn’t really use it in big shop anyway. It’s 2’X7’ X36’’ tall, and has storage for ingots around bottom. After clean up and painting will be mounting 650 and RCBS single stage. Has 6’’ vice already mounted, so that’s a good thing, because the top is 1’’ Thick steel plate, very heavy. May have to go rent one of those magnetic drills to do this job.

[Tom W.]

I DID IT !!!!!!
Those 30/30 brass that have been sneering at me finally got trimmed. As I am loading them into a single shot A.I. I may not have to trim anything for a long time.

Now to flare, prime and load some fire form loads....

[dragon813gt]

Since I’m home for the fourth weekday in a row I had time to get some more stuff done today. Cases are fully ready to load after deburr and anneal.

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Necks, they’re straight wall but you get the point, are evenly annealed. Temp was confirmed w/ Templiaq. Could have taken them to where you get the blue hue but this was 1.5 seconds longer in the flame. Wouldn’t damage the case but the extra time isn’t needed.

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All finished and ready to be bagged and put up.
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Should be able to get the rifle built tomorrow. Probably should have done it today since it’s going to rain tomorrow. Including the inside of my garage since it’s still cold in there and it’s going to be in the seventies outside [emoji22]

[44Blam]

Powder coated 160 boolits with some new powder from Smoke. Signal Blue.
The powder coats and flows great! I like it!
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[lead-1]

A friend came over today and I taught him the basics of reloading, setting up the dies wasn't too hard since they were already set so I just explained everything to him.
I then walked him thru each step of loading 20 rounds of 25-06 and weather permitting tomorrow we will go to the range for him to try out his work.

He may be hooked after tomorrow.

[44Blam]

Since I’m home for the fourth weekday in a row I had time to get some more stuff done today. Cases are fully ready to load after deburr and anneal.

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7900/47378890251_544e6428b0_b.jpg

Necks, they’re straight wall but you get the point, are evenly annealed. Temp was confirmed w/ Templiaq. Could have taken them to where you get the blue hue but this was 1.5 seconds longer in the flame. Wouldn’t damage the case but the extra time isn’t needed.

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All finished and ready to be bagged and put up.
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Should be able to get the rifle built tomorrow. Probably should have done it today since it’s going to rain tomorrow. Including the inside of my garage since it’s still cold in there and it’s going to be in the seventies outside [emoji22]

That pile is gonna eat a LOT of powder! :D

[TNsailorman]

I pulled the bullets and powder on 256 of the .41 magnums that came from an estate sale. Not sure of the load data (very sketchy & incomplete) so I pulled it all and since I am not sure of the primers, I de-capped them also. Now to start all over with the cases and bullets.

[dragon813gt]

That pile is gonna eat a LOT of powder! :D

Nah, 375 H&H eats a lot of powder. It will eat up two lead ingots though. After doing the math to find out just how much it was it’s not as bad as I thought it was going to be. I guess the 375 H&H comes out on top there to [emoji23]

[dragon813gt]

Had time to put together a 357AR upper today. Scope was mounted for picture purposes only. I need to lap the rings before it’s mounted permanently. I’m going to have to find a better thread protector. Most 5/8x24 are bored for 30 cal. A 30 cal this is not.

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[Tom W.]

Started to rearrange my bench a bit. I got a little done, but only I can tell it.....

[T_McD]

Got my turret press setup for 9mm and loaded a few test rounds. A little light, so added a few tenths and got it dialed in. Now just need to do a proper loading session.

[Hossfly]

Got the 650 mounted on heavy table tonight, was quite a chore, with the 1” plate top and base was 1” also. Used drill press for base and had to hand drill table top and line up 3 - 5/16” holes through 2” thick steel. Only broke 1 bit though, had to sharpen several to drill all that. It’s mounted now and went ahead and made 1 boolit, just to see if it still worked, it did. Long day.

[44Blam]

Had a nice cast session with my new mold:
NOE HTC 402-188
There's about 100 HP and about 300 cup point. The HP pins always seem like a good idea until you start casting with them... Such a pain! So, I let everything cool down so I could change the points to the cup points and then banged out a bunch of boolits.
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[slim1836]

I drank 4 beers and watched crime TV on the converter box channel in my shed. Enjoyed every minute of it.

Thought about reloading but since I was enjoying adult beverages did not engage.

Slim

[cwlongshot]

CLEANING GUNS!!

Cleaning out pops safe! Wow he neglected a few of these!!! Luckly so far We got it dont in tine before serious damage resulted! My room REAKS OF AMMONIA!! Love how well Sweets works but for that smell!! Gonna bag the patches and get outside pail??

[Tom W.]

I used my arbor press to seat some gas checks on some Ranch Dog boolits I had, just to see. They fit better than the shank on my Lee boolits. I dipped lubed them in mule snot except for the one that I tipped over and let them dry. Only did 20, so maybe tomorrow I'll load them for my 30/30 A.I. to fire form.

[44Blam]

Loaded some 357 sig for the match this week... I really am liking the Signal Blue...
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[JM7.7x58]

Sized and deprimed three hundred .38 special cases. These are "once fired, mixed headstamp, range brass". Funny thing is that about six cases had their primer cups completely separate, like a pull top soup can. They all were headstamped Federal. I've read about this happening, but had not seen it happen first hand. They went in the trash. I thought about trying to save them, but then thought better of it.

[robg]

Loaded up 100 x190grgc boolits over 11.5 gr 2400 for my 357 mag win 94 trapper .

[tucumcari_kid]

I drank 4 beers and watched crime TV on the converter box channel in my shed. Enjoyed every minute of it.

Thought about reloading but since I was enjoying adult beverages did not engage.

Slim

:drinks:

[Gatch]

Loaded the last of my commercially plated tigersharks. Running dangerously low on powder.. Not going to have time in the next 2 weeks to get to the store either :/

Had enough time to have my first throw at casting. It went well, I'm a happy camper. I hope to phase out completely buying 9mm bullets if I can do a good enough job applying the hitek on this lot.

[Texas by God]

Loading 100 .300 blackout with AA1680 and .308 110gr FNHP Speer - sorry but a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do.....

[tucumcari_kid]

I formed some 30 Luger from 9x23 Super Comp and loaded them for my Glocks. 5.8 grains of unique (this is a modern 30 Luger load suitable for modern made barrels - BarSto Glock or Ruger approach with caution) with 98 grain hollow point NOE 315-102 swcs. Trying to mimic some 1920s Rem UMC hollow points. I wonder why these never caught on, you figure 308 cal hollow points at 1200 fps or 30 Mauser at 1400 fps should be a pretty good killer. Since I can load these hotter in the Glock, they should do well.
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Here are two reloads flanking the original Rem UMC load.
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(Eastwood Copper Penny mixed with Smoke's Clear)

[JM7.7x58]

I used my new .358 Lee push thru sizer. I sized fifty 148gr tumble lube wadcutters. They had been coated in 45/45/10 before sizing, and got another coat after sizing.

This is a test batch of my first cast boolits. I water quenched these. I used the art pencil hardness test on Sunday, they are pretty hard, somewhere around 15 bhn. I think that they are too hard for .38 special loads. I am going to load these up in a mid-range .357 mag load.

Tomorrow I am going to buy some powder. I want to buy a pound of Unique, I can use it in this application, for a mid-range .357 load, and also use it to load some cast rounds for my 7.7X58mm Arisaka.

JM

[44Blam]

PC'D some 40 cal cup points... About 260 or so.
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[JBinMN]

Tumbled some 45ACP & 38Sp. brass.
Loaded up 100 45ACP with TL452-230SWC pushed by 4.7gr. RD.
Sorted more 45ACP for a loading session later today or tonight.

And in a little while I am going to tumble lube some more TL 452-230 SWC or RN (2R), but I have not decided which type yet. Have to see what the stash looks like.

I know I need to get casting again soon. Been waiting for the temps to get a bit higher. Maybe this weekend if we don't have rain forecast. Might even melt about 400# of scrap into ingots if I get the time.

Need to go shooting soon too. I got the itch again as it has been a while now. Tine for Winter to go & Spring to start up.
:)

[Tom W.]

Tumble lubed some 160 gr. Lee for fire forming. Just did 50. I dunno if I want to g/c them or not....

[Reverend Al]

Heading down to the shop shortly to start sorting out a few surplus items to put on my table and sell at this coming weekend's local gun show ...

[mvozz]

My wife is gone for a week and I decided to keep myself busy:-P238407

[Pete44mag]

Was not in my reloading room but outside and smelted 150 3# ingots of range scrap. Next I have to buy moulds and learn how to cast and PC booklets. I making some progress through, two years ago I didn't even reload. By this summer I hope to be casting for all my handguns.

[Texas by God]

Tumble lubed some 160 gr. Lee for fire forming. Just did 50. I dunno if I want to g/c them or not....I would not for fire forming. Gas checks cost money.

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[dragon813gt]

Reloading area is a hotel room in a not so free part of the country. Sized new 300 BLK brass. Will clean and finish processing this weekend. Thankfully they don’t need to be trimmed.

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[Iron369]

Made some big chunks of lead into little chunks of lead. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190322/a2474896bf3e5dffa46869fd6d9a620e.jpg

[Boolseye]

Hmm...I’ve just been loading NOE TL357-135RF with a severe HP over 4.3 gr. Unique in 9.



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[Dieselhorses]

Loaded 50 .500's with my favorite 31.5 gr's of IMR4227 under 440 fp...

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[David2011]

Sized, decapped about 750-800 Mil .45 ACPs and swaged the primer pockets. Polished 'em and packed 'em up for moving. Cleaned up one bench and messed it up again but it's still better than it was.

[scotner]

Coated and sized about 250 for the 357 Sig.

[Tom W.]

Say, they are pretty. What do they look like going downrange? Do they leave a smudge on the target? :kidding:

[WardT]

Tumbled 5 gallons of 45ACP

[JBinMN]

Started on another batch of 100 45ACP. All out of boxes to put them in so they will go into baggies or something. I plan on shooting them up this week anyway if I get the chance.

I also tried a new method for tumble lubing that I had been wanting to do for a long time. I had been melting down the 45/45/10 lube in the microwave for a couple minutes to get it to flow well & then put boolits in an old chip dip container, put the drops in & lid on, then shake, but for about a year now I have been pondering on using a metal tin with a lid instead of plastic because I reckoned that just putting the boolits in the metal tin, then putting some "chips" of the harder lube in & then melting the lube while at the same time heating the boolits a bit would likely be faster.

Well, yesterday I was doing a bit of cleaning in the garage & found the last Johnsons Paste Wax metal tin & lid I had used for making 45/45/10 a ling while back, & so I decided to confirm my thinking on a faster way to TL.

I counted out a 100 45ACP 230 SWCs ( It had room for at least 2x that easily, BTW) & put them in the can, opened up the condiment squirt bottle I use to keep some lube in & used a popsicle stick to get a bit of lube out & on the boolits, grabbed a heat gun & fired it up. I melted the wax & heated the boolits at the same time,swirling the mix a bit at first, then setting the can down to heat some more, then putting on a glove, I picked up the can, put the lid on, & shook it for about a minute or so.

It worked great! And much faster for sure! I then put the boolits on some wax paper to dry. Checked back a couple hours later & they were dried & so I sized them.

I wish I would have done that method a long time ago, and I will now be using it every time from now on.

If anyone has not tried this, give it one & I think you will agree it is much faster than heating up in a microwave & doing the job. Heating the boolits a bit helped with coverage & IMO, speeded up the dry time as well. I did not put a fan on them, but that is going to be the next experiment.

So, "That" is what I did in the reloading room today( & last night)
;)

P.S. - Others have likely done this method & mentioned it here at CB.GL forum before, but I don't remember if I read about it or not, but I thank them if they did. It was the first time I tried it & I had been waiting for some time to do it, and so I shared it here, even though it may have been common knowledge to others.

G'Luck! to any who try it themselves. I'll bet ya like it.
:)

[sigep1764]

Cast a lot of boolits today. 200 Lyman 280468, cast/checked/lubed. 1000 MP 227-75 Nato, cast/checked. 600 Lee 356-95RF cast. 500 NOE 358-155 HP cast. Hopefully get some more done later this week.

[sigep1764]

Finished the sizing and lubing of the 227-75's, 356-95's, and the 358-155's. Loaded 100 380ACP then started sizing 223 brass. Stuck a case. Got it out, then a few rounds later bent the third decapping rod for these Lee dies. I use a liberal amount of Imperial Wax while sizing rifle rounds but the crimped pockets give the decapping rod fits. Asked the woman if I could buy a set of Dillon Carbide dies for 223, she said "Of Course". I feel lucky.

[lightman]

Have not been in the loading room much lately. The overflow from our kitchen remodel ended up in my room and I can't hardly even get into it. I did pick up a half a bucket of range brass and a few wheel weights that I'm sorting through. The kitchen will be nice when we get through but it sure has interrupted our normal routines!

[reddhawkk]

I lugged about 200 lbs of lead there for future ingot casting.

[mvozz]

My wife is an artist, I tried to tell here that reloading is a mix of science and art. She just didn't get the art part so here is how I spent my day!
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[RustyReel]

Re-reloaded 50 rounds of 22 Hornet. Bought a Hornet rifle over the weekend that came with some ammo and other stuff in a bag. Didn't really look in the bag but asked the seller and he said the ammo was half and half factory and reloads, but he loaded all his stuff mild. Hornets were all reloads and turned out the be 10% over max and shorter than specified OAL. Guessing they were hot!. Broke them down, reduced the powder and reseated the bullets properly. Hopefully gonna get to shoot it one of these days.

[goryshaw]

Ran 25x .308, 20x .30 Carbine and about a dozen .223 through the vibratory cleaner, then a few squirts with case lube. Will resize the .223 and .308 while watching the NCAA tomorrow.

[sigep1764]

Made a hundred 270 cal gas checks with a PatMarlin CheckMaker.

[15meter]

Kind of a mix of the last week--loaded 500+ 30-06, sized, lubed gas checked the boolits. Sized/lubed 300 30 carbine boolits, polished, trimmed and annealed 50 6mm br Norma. Set up Dillon for the carbine.

Had to empty the lubesizer. I put a stick of Lyman orange in it, started lubing, when I got the lube that had been in there run out and the new lube in the die, I had nothing but trouble with lube groove fill. Pulled the "lube pusher" and examined the lube. For lack of a better term it was crumbling. It certainly would not flow. I even added enough external heat that the casting was HOT to the touch while trying to size/lube.

Took a lot of heat and fair amount of scraping to get the crude out so I could start over.

[Todd S]

I finally received my Tromix 458 Socom case gauge. I quickly figured out why my NOE 459-345 boolits wouldn’t feed or eject correctly. I now have 50 rounds loaded with IMR 4198. Let the fun begin!


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[Walks]

Powder coated about 350 N.O.E. TL432-240-RF with Eastwood "Squirrel gray".

[tarbe]

Loaded my second batch of 20 rounds for my new 450 Dakota.

Just a familiarization load of 100gr of IMR 7977 and a 500gr Barnes TSX.

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[Tom W.]

Resized some .44 mag brass as well as about 60 some .38 special cases.

[44Blam]

Loaded my second batch of 20 rounds for my new 450 Dakota.

Just a familiarization load of 100gr of IMR 7977 and a 500gr Barnes TSX.

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It's a beauty, but good lord! What are we hunting with that?!?

[obssd1958]

It's a beauty, but good lord! What are we hunting with that?!?

The stock answer is: "Anything he wants to!!"

:groner:

[sigep1764]

Sized, trimmed, chamfered/deburred, removed crimps, loaded, and shot 300 rounds of 223 with w748 and MP227-75 Nato. Busy day. Fiance was in Mexico so I got a lot done this week.

[sureYnot]

Tried my hand at converting .223 to 300BLK. Nothing fancy or super efficient. Used cutoff wheel in the dremel. I couldn't get consistent length with my frankford arsenal due to the minimal shoulders. Used the lee case gage and drill method. Very tedious but now that I have a stock of it, I'll only be converting a small handful at a time whenever I'm processing fired brass.

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[lightman]

Nothing much lately due to my loading room catching the overflow from our kitchen remodel. I finally got enough stuff moved out to get back into it, kind of! I sorted a tub of range brass and deprimed some of the stuff that I'll list for trade on the ABT site. It felt good to get back into it.

[Tom W.]

Primed 50 30/30 cases to get ready for some fire forming loads. It ain't like I don't have enough, but wanted to do some puttering before today's wet and cooler day moved in.

[cat-mechanic]

Today is a clean up day. I ran 2,000 223 through the 1050 case processor last weekend. Sorting through stuff today to see what I can live without.

[EMC45]

Put some bullets up before coming into work.

[Texas by God]

Same thing I do everyday. Plot to take over the world!

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[rmark]

Looked at it mournfully while heading back to work after lunch. (however I loaded up some 45-70's a few days ago, plus re-lubed some bullets for a muzzleloader.)

Mark

[cwlongshot]

Been workin' too much to do much of anything...

I did move some sorted brass out of the foyer to the loading room. (On my wifes naggin. [smilie=b:) Geesh its just a couple buckets of brass. :-P ;)

CW

[Rustynails]

Used my new Dillon 550C to load some 9mm...200 rounds.

[sigep1764]

Punched out another 100 270 cal gas checks. Thought about doing other things, but today is a lazy day off.

[Mal Paso]

Same thing I do everyday. Plot to take over the world!

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I wish somebody would! None of your posts that I've read were too weird. Go for it, you have my support!

[Tom W.]

Nothing yet, awaiting my sizing die from Midway. Lori got it for me for my birthday....

[15meter]

Loaded 150 30 carbine, continue with the other 700+ to be loaded tomorrow. Cut the steel for a couple of portable target stands that I'm welding up for a buddy. Took the wife out for lunch and managed to scrounge almost 6 lbs. of pewter for less than $10 along the way. And made some progress on cleaning up the benches in the shed.

[Texas by God]

Trying my hand at PC for the first time. I sized some 200 gr FP to .427" then shook them in a covered bowl with black air soft BBs, now they are in the toaster oven- in the shop. UT orange or some such that Camper64 pif'd me. They should be done now I better check.
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[Bookworm]

Used, for the first time, a collet neck-sizing die. This die was made by Lee, for the 30WCF (aka :.30-30). I'm resizing brass fired in the Remington 788 I procured last spring.

I used pin guages to check the ID of the necks of some once fired Win brass (I know it's once fired, I fired it myself) from factory loads. I decapped, tumbled, and neck brushed, then measured the necks. They pinned at .308.

I did the same on some twice-fired WIN brass. This was fired the second time with .311 sized boolits. Oddly enough, these pinned at .310.

Both fired from the same rifle. I figured the neck would expand the same, no matter. Apparently I was wrong.

Whichever, the collet die worked fine, bringing the neck ID to .306. Very easy to use. I'm going to like it.

[Budzilla 19]

Resized, cleaned the primer pockets, chamfered the necks, now on to loading all these 30/30 RP empties! 100, down, 500+ to go!!! We in it for the long haul now!! Ohhhh, and cleaned up the room, swept the floor, ..............."...........sure enough, rained it’s butt off today! Hahaha! Later.

[Reverend Al]

Loaded 50 rounds of test ammo for my .40-50 Sharps Straight Remington Hepburn and then about 14 test rounds for my Lee Enfield single shot in .410 Musket. It's off to the range tomorrow to do some load testing on paper ...

[sniper]

Not actually IN the reloading room, but near...and related. I didn't like the color of the G.I. style M-1 Garand sling I bought from Appleseed. The only color they offered... I mean...Olive Drab,:rolleyes: really? Physical issues now prevent me from attending. Sooo, after watching GunBlue 490 on daTube, figured It's a better sling than what I have, why not make it a better color? Soooo... I bought some cheap "TULIP" brand Black fabric dye from Wally World, and dyed it. It didn't do so bad. It lost about 2" in length from all the hot water/soaking/washing/drying. Not enough to make it too short, and it looks good. I watched a YouTube "how-to" on reassembling it, and the presenter did it backwards, putting the multiple layer "stand off" that keeps the swivel or J hook from marring the stock on the outside, where it does no good, and the clamp or buckle with the webbing outside the keeper fingers. SHEESH! Anyhoo, properly together, a small project successfully concluded, and it do look sharp on my 10 22! ;) Stay tuned for the next exciting episode!:mrgreen:

[44Blam]

Deprimed, resized and trimmed 200 44 magnum cases. This session was the first trimming session with my drill powered Lyman case trimmer. Took some tinkering with mounting and figuring out how to set it to my case length. It seems like it saves a little time but mostly saves arm power.

I realized I didn't have any PC'd boolits with gas checks, so I went looking and found a box with 26 44 magnum boolits with my W296 load. Then I found bags with 74, 11 and 16 240 grain GC boolits in them. SoGC'd, PC'd and resized those...

Then loaded 100 of the 101 44 magnum boolits with that same W296 load. I thought for a while about loading the 101th boolit, but didn't want a random catridge floating about...

Now, I have 176 for a trip to the range...

Was thinking that I would load 100 as trailboss loads too, but ran out of time. Maybe tomorrow.

Went through my other loaded ammo and found 120 .308s - I'll take them too. Also found a box of 45-70 with some mixed loads. That one is not a "mystery" box that I sometimes find, but it's only because I still remember consolidating that one - so I labeled it...

Busy day.

[cwlongshot]

Not a darn thing AGAIN. [smilie=b: [smilie=b::groner:

[MOA]

Well I finally found a few spare hours to get these brass shotshells made for the 410.
The brass came already annealed at the neck area, but I would need to anneal it further down on the body so the fire forming would expand the base area of the case as well. The brass is thicker towards the rim and you only get one good first time shot at a good forming. Using a cordless drill with a 1/2" socket to hold the base of the brass while it is spun in front of the flame until the purples start to show on the brass then it's tip the drill an drop it into the cold water. The brass should be sufficienctly softened enough to take the fire forming first time around. Then a quick dry in the oven, load regular large rifle primers, 10.7 grains of Unique powder with a poly foam disc to separate it from the cream of wheat, capped off with a custom cut card using a sharpened case mouth of another brass casings and all packed snuggly with a Bic pen and sealed with sodium silicate (water glass). A overnight drying and they will be ready to shoot.

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[cat-mechanic]

Started getting set up to run more 223 through the 1050. But couldn't get to my buckets of brass. That started the reorganization of the garage. Once I can get to the brass, I will be able to start everything running again.

[44Blam]

Finally got to testing out loads for my 40 cal boolits.
Made 20 40 s&w cartridges with various loads and found "my load" for AA #7.
Turns out that 7.9 grain of AA #7 works nicely for my NOE 188 grain 401 HTC boolits in my Glock 35. Also turns out that above about 8 grain starts to make the cases bulge at the base quite prominently.
I was amazed how easy it was to load 40 s&w... I've been loading odd ball rounds like the Tokarev and 357 sig recently and it was amazingly simple compared to those. I was able to setup my dies and load 20 rounds in about 30 minutes...

[cwlongshot]

I mounted a CROSS BOW SCOPE! :-P

[thraxx]

I did "break-in" runs of several new molds that were sitting around because of the cold.

MP-359-115 RN, NOE 454-155 (thumbtack), MP-454-640 (devistator), MP-432 "hammer", MP-311-180-SIL

[Tom W.]

My .309 sizing die came in. I was trying to get it set up and realized my flat top punch didn't want to work with my rn cast Lee boolits. I've always used my Lee push throughprior to this, but wanted to try something different. I have a few top punches that are for .44 and .45 cal SWC soooooo...

They'll only go so far and stop, being too big. Massive brain fart.
Now I have to procure a RN top punch that will fit the Lee boolit......

[Rustynails]

Well today, I'm lubing 9 mm since my new Dillon 550 failsafe rod shoulder bushing broke. Loaded 700 rounds 9 mm then changed tool heads for 45 acp and...snap, the little plastic piece snapped in two. I called Dillon Precision yesterday and they are sending me several new bushings, and some other primer rod parts that they said may need replacing in the future...all for free! I was also given advice on how to sand and ream the bushing so that it won't "catch" and break again. Very surprised by the service they gave. It doesn't seem possible in today's world to have a company who gives parts for free? Great customer service!

[Hammer0419]

Started casting for the first time ever. Took a little adjusting and fine tuning the temperature to get good results. I was casting .308 hp 100gr pellets for my high power air rifle. Over the course of 3 days, I casted and sized about 1200 rounds. I purchased new clean lead. These worked out to about $.03 each!! I was paying $.26 each for swaged rounds and mine are just as nice!!! I'm addicted now.

[cwlongshot]

Started casting for the first time ever. Took a little adjusting and fine tuning the temperature to get good results. I was casting .308 hp 100gr pellets for my high power air rifle. Over the course of 3 days, I casted and sized about 1200 rounds. I purchased new clean lead. These worked out to about $.03 each!! I was paying $.26 each for swaged rounds and mine are just as nice!!! I'm addicted now.

Congratulations and welcome to the addiction!

CW

[TNsailorman]

Loaded 64 rounds of .43 Spanish using Trail Boss powder. Can't wait to try this load. james

[EMR]

Was able to cast, PC and size 100 of .44mag and 100 of .45ACP. Forgot to get new nitrile gloves so handling the boolits with pliers was a pain!

[cwlongshot]

I handle all mine, pre PC, with a tablespoon!

CW

[Tom W.]

Loaded 50 rounds of 30/30 with .7cc of Bullseye and 160 gr cast Lee boolits for fire forming. I believe I have 50 more to go and they'll all be ready!
I also sized and put gas checks on whatever boolits that were laying on the bench. Same boolit as above. I just may TL them with JPW and load them next

[Knightflyer]

Technically not in the shop/reloading room, as there's no heat out there and a blizzard blowing into town. But I really wanted to do a few reloads. So I grabbed my little Lee loader and did ten cartridges in the bedroom. :D

[Boolseye]

Had success with my NOE pellet mold after getting some coaching in ladle pressure casting. Tried a session with my new brass NOE .40 but couldn’t get it up to temp in the time I had so no keepers. Looking forward to next time with that one.


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[Tom W.]

Primed the last of my 30/30 brass. Also ran the boolits that I had just run through the Lee sizer through the LAM II and then TL them with JPW. It's hot in the shed and they should dry out by noon tomorrow. By then I'll have gone through my books and see what powder I want to put under them....

[RedlegEd]

Hi all. I sized and cleaned a bunch of .45 Colt, .30-06, 30 Herrett, and .45-70 brass. Ed

[cwlongshot]

Put some brass away.
I picked up a bunch last week and my supply needs organizing

CW

[sigep1764]

Used my new Lee Undersized Carbide Sizing die to size some 32ACP brass. Pulled the recently sized 223 from the tumbler and they are ready to load. I think I am gonna just keep loading these 200 rounds of 223 while I build my 223 stockpile of processed brass. Id like to have a few thousand loaded in cans.

[Tom W.]

I finally loaded up the rest of my 30/30 brass. I put some normal rather than light loads in these this time. Tomorrow is range day!

[sigep1764]

Loaded a 100 rounds of 223 for range trip Sunday and punched out a hundred more 270 checks before work.

[cwlongshot]

Nothing... Im 200 miles from there. :killingpc

[44Blam]

I figured out my 40 S&W load the other day, so I made 200 of them. There's a match tomorrow. :D
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[robg]

Loaded 50 357 mag and 50 45-70 today .another tub of 2400 used up it just disappears .

[Tom W.]

Went to the range and let my SRH get some fresh air, as well as my CZ and almost everything I could tote. When I got home I deprimed and re-sized all that I had shot, there are my 30/30 A.I. and 30-06 A.I. in the tumbler now. In a few hours I'll clean the 9mm, and after that I'll clean the .44 mags.. and my firearms, too.

[Budzilla 19]

Well, after days and days of rain,( it is Southwest Louisiana after all), i cleared the shop floor, set up the casting pot, tested out several molds I recently purchased,(all good except one needs a little tlc), then got serious about casting 9mm and 150 grain RNFP .309 boolits!!!!! 100+ 30 cals, and 18 pounds of 124 rn 9mm boolits! It was a good day, all boolits drying now in prep for pc.
Long day. But satisfying.

Boy, do I wish Lee would make a 6 cavity mold in that 309-150 RNFP boolit!! I would be first in line to buy one.

[TNsailorman]

Converted some 30-06 brass to 8x57, just to have something interesting to do. james

[Texas by God]

Sized some Lee TL314swc to .311" and loaded them over 7.1grs of Red Dot to try in the Marlin 30-30. As cast they were too tight to chamber.

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[cat-mechanic]

Had trouble getting to some of my used brass in the garage. So now major cleanup is in progress in the garage. Bought some new shelving for the loading room to help with organizing.

[Michael J. Spangler]

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Made a dummy round to test in the 1873. It fed like water so I loaded a bunch of these.
MP 358-130 BB
Should make for a good night at the range.

[15meter]

Polished a mixed batch of 06, 7mm and 303 British.

Loaded 2 boxes of 450 N.E.

Annealed a box 303 British. Then neck sized them for a Fredrick Beesley double rifle.

Sized 3 boxes of 7mm. Went to load them and figured out that I am out of cast 7mm. Set up the pot to cast some in the morning.

[Tom W.]

Primed and flared the 9mm that I cleaned yesterday, then put my few .44 mag brass into the tumbler. Then I took two different loads of 30/30 into different boxes. I had them in my loading block separated and clearly marked. These I loaded with what was left of some powder that was in almost empty cans. It will be enough to keep me plinking and fire forming for a while, as you just can't shoot a heck of a lot of ammo at one session when shooting a single shot!

[sigep1764]

I broke the depriming stem on my new Lee 32 acp die set the other day. So I drilled a hole the size of a small pistol primer in my wooden reloading block for 270 Win. Then I drilled a bigger hole halfway through about the size of the 32 case. Set the case in the block, punched the primer out with an appropriate sized drill bit. Discovered a few Berdan primed brass in the package I had just bought. Taught myself to convert Burden brass. Then ordered a replacement stem from Lee Precision and a couple of hardened pins from eBay. Will test the hardened stems and report back. Then loaded 300 rounds of 9mm. Anybody looking to sell a mold for the 32ACP in the 70 to 78 grain range, pm me.

[15meter]

Cast 300 7mm boolits, loaded a box of 303 British and a box of 30-06, sized 100 303, sized 150 7mm, loaded 3 boxes of 7mm Mauser and set the dies for the 380/200 now that I have the right boolit mold for it.

Getting lots done in the shop--too warm to hard water sail and too cold to soft water sail. And too cold for the grass to start growing so I don't have to waste time cutting it.:drinks::drinks:

[mattw]

The girls and I had fun this weekend. I cast a bunch of a couple styles of 32's and they powder coated and sized them for me. My youngest also repaired a couple sets of moulds with loose handle woods. As you can see they were being goofy! We also had a black board session when the question of "why do we size these" and "what does an M die do" were asked.
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[lightman]

The girls and I had fun this weekend. I cast a bunch of a couple styles of 32's and they powder coated and sized them for me. My youngest also repaired a couple sets of moulds with loose handle woods. As you can see they were being goofy! We also had a black board session when the question of "why do we size these" and "what does an M die do" were asked.
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Thats Great! Looks like everyone had fun! They will remember those times forever.

[mattw]

I forgot above, I also put a new handle kit on one of my 450's. I really like the conversion, but was really hoping the the handle with a ball on the end. My old hands like the ball, like the one on an RCBS press handle. I did find out that I have a little wear in the barrel on the old 450. But with a correctly formed top punch all is well.

[Oyeboten]

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[sigep1764]

Cool Boxes. Where'd ya find those?

[WardT]

Yes. Please tell.

[sniper]

Separated about 180 9mm brass by headstamp that a shooter at the range gave to me when he had finished for the day. He asked"Do You reload?" I said "Yes", and he handed me 4 boxes. Blazer and Remington. I don't have a 9mm, but, I'll find somebody that can use them! Maybe buy a 9mm? :mrgreen: They are so tiny, next to my 357 maggie brass!:shock: I had NO idea!
Also separated 357 Magnum brass...I found yesterday that my ancient Ancient IPSC .38 Spl +P level loads recoil and shoot to the same POI as Speer Short Barrel 135 gr. 357 Magnum loads!:smile: I WILL buy more of the Speer 357 Magnum ammo. I loaded alternate rounds in my revolver, and was surprised at the small difference in the level of recoil and accuracy at 18 and 25 yards! Altogether a good day! :cool:

[Tom W.]

Lubed, sized and put gas checks on however many boolits I poured Thursday... maybe about 60 or so 30 cal.

[Michael J. Spangler]

Did a little of my normal organizing.
Also tried out the new Giraud tri way trimmer for 300 blackout. Pretty cool tool

[MDC]

So far, wet tumbled, sized and trimmed 200 357 brass, lube sized and seated gas checks on about 250 358156 boolits. Gonna start loading them after dinner.

[JBinMN]

Not so much reloading , but casting...

I have been casting outside & doing so as per the weather... Things have changed now...
;)

Installed some ducting & a fan to make an "inside the garage" casting area. I have been putting this off for 2 Winters.

It is now done.

Supposed to rain now for the next 3 days. I think I am going to "test" the system I put in.
;)

[tazman]

Putting together some full wadcutter rounds for my next range session with my revolvers. Lyman 358091 over 3.1 of WST. This one works as well as anything does for me and is cleaner than some powders.

Before you panic, these will be fired in 357 mag revolvers.

[JM7.7x58]

I have over the last few weeks been converting two hundred military 30-06 brass into 7.7x58mm Japanese. Well last night I finished forming and trimming the last of them. I seated and then unseated a few primers to make sure the crimps had been removed completely. Then they all got a soapy bath to remove the pneumatic tool oil I have been using as case lube. Up next will be annealing by hand.

While those were drying, I loaded up 99 38 special. I have been dipping and weighing and then pouring through a funnel. It is time consuming. I had been working this way because I was carefully working up a load ladder. One of the dippers gives me a 4.3 grain charge of AA no.2, this falls right in the middle of the load ladder that I worked up. I did not notice much difference in accuracy I decided to go the easy route and just use the 4.3 grain charge.

I tried the dip and scrape off with a business card method, this works but involves picking up the card, picking up the funnel, pouring the powder. I realized that I could turn over the case, use the mouth to scrape the charge flush, seat the case mouth over the dippers bevel and then flip over the entire assembly. Using this method is much faster, it is also impossible to double charge a case using this method, because the case must always be turned over to transfer the powder. A double charge with AA no.2 is possible with the other method.

[sigep1764]

I also loaded 200 38 special with a dipper, but 3 grains of Red Dot and the Lee 356 95 RF. It's a nice easy on the gun load. Also 200 rounds of 270Win with 10 grains of Red Dot with the Lee 277 135RF and 200 rounds of 223 with 15 grains of W748 and MP 227 75 NATO. Nice relaxing day at the bench. I ran out of the Lee boolit and my Elco boolit. Vacation starts on Friday, lots of casting gonna be happening.

[Dieselhorses]

Not so much reloading , but casting...

I have been casting outside & doing so as per the weather... Things have changed now...
;)

Installed some ducting & a fan to make an "inside the garage" casting area. I have been putting this off for 2 Winters.

It is now done.

Supposed to rain now for the next 3 days. I think I am going to "test" the system I put in.
;)

It's a good feeling finally getting something done you been putting off!

[Dieselhorses]

Cleaned brass, then more brass....and even more.
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[Michael J. Spangler]

I realized that my LEE 300 Blackout die doesn’t quiet size the brass down enough. Seems to be a common problem with their dies in this cartridge.
So after a run through the RCBS small base 223 die they are spot on.
So I order an RCBS 300 blackout small base die. This should solve my issue with random cartridges not chambering and being a bear to extract when it happens.

Also ran my Giraud 300 blackout tri way trimmer for its first real run. Heck of a tool and well worth the $

[44Blam]

Picked up all the brass at my local range and sifted through for 40 S&W and put all the 9mm aside. Later overheard a guy saying "I think I'm going to start reloading for 9mm." So I walked over with a bucket of probably 500 cases of 9mm and said "Here is your starter kit."

I also shot my newest steel target. It held up to full house 44 magnum at 20 yards, but you can see where those hit as opposed to 40 and 9mm. I should take a pic...

This afternoon, I cast 10# of 40 cal boolits. These are the NOE 402-HTC-188 and with the cup point they end up weighing about 172 grain. I think I need to do a solid 20-30# session soon. The mold is a two banger, but they just cast perfect with a nice slow cadence that kind of clears the mind. I did 10# in about 2 hours... So, maybe next weekend I'll do a mega cast with that same mold...
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[mattw]

I cast 22 caliber bullets for the first time in 30'ish years. They are not to bad to cast, had a low cull rate and ended up with a few. I also cast a handful of Saeco 412's, 185 grain 41 mags. My daughter powder coated them and sized them for me. The color was her idea, she likes to make new colors. It came out looking like very light purple robin egg shell. They shot well also. The 22's are from an old unvented Ideal 225438 and come in at 44 grains and change. The mould is a double cavity, thank God! They are so small, I have a hard time sorting them with my old hands. I am not looking forward to adding checks and sizing them.

Now I need to get gaschecks and a .225 size die. They will be powder coated and run thru the 22 TCM 1911.
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[Tom W.]

Cast, lubed and sized 400 boolits for my oldest son. He just got a Ruger LCR..I have the Lee .358-158 rf six cavity mold but sold the .357 I had......I'm hoping to get the Lee .358-125 and see how it does in my 9mm pistols. It looks like it might be a bit difficult to seat and crimp unless I seat it deep enough that I cover the top driving band.

[lightman]

I have some major cleaning to do. We just finished a major kitchen remodel and my loading room caught some of the overflow. I was sorting and sizing my way through two 20mm ammo cans of 9mm's when we started the kitchen remodel so I'll get back on that in a few days. I also have a tub of range brass to sort through.

[JBinMN]

Not reloading but casting...

Went out to the garage to try casting some boolits & test out the fan exhaust system I put in.

It failed. I need to do something that makes the fan do a better job. I will dink around with it over the next couple days. Started up my squirrel cage fan from a furnace that sits in the rafters & pushes air out the big garge door to get by for today.

So, I did do up about 200-300 Lee 356-124 & 356-120gr TCs , both TL & reg. lube groove though, in a little over an hour or so. I will sort them a bit tomorrow & cull them out, then pan lube the 120s.

So, tomorrow or the next day when it stops raining I am going to go shooting and then start reloading what I shot.

I do have a new mold for .223/5/56 I want to try, but I am going to wait until I rig up the fan better first, before doing that...

[sigep1764]

What new 223 mold did you get and what are you gonna shoot it in?

[JBinMN]

What new 223 mold did you get and what are you gonna shoot it in?

Lee C225-55-RF(GC) & a DPMS 5.56 Oracle I bought a year ago in Feb.18 , right after Parkland, that I have not shot yet. I got the mold in Feb. 2019. So, I thought I would finally take it out, sight it in & start shooting it. It is still NIB. I was in no hurry.
;)

[sigep1764]

Let me know if you want some heavies to try! Its amazing how fast the ammo goes in these AR's. It is one of my favorite range guns since I started casting and loading for it!

[JBinMN]

Let me know if you want some heavies to try! Its amazing how fast the ammo goes in these AR's. It is one of my favorite range guns since I started casting and loading for it!

Great! Thanks! I think we can come up with some sort of a trade.
:)

[Hickory]

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I made about 100 of these yesterday for testing.
56 gr. .224 caliber, 22 long rifle brass for jackets.

[15meter]

Loaded 30 38 Special wad cutters to try in a buddies old officer's target match, think that is the official name, it has not liked any RN/truncated cone cast bullet so far. My old Military and Police model eats up anything that I put in it. Same rounds chamber occasionally in the Officers model. Hope to find out tomorrow if they work.

Used a Lyman 35887 4 cavity I bought a couple of years ago for $20 with handles. I think I was the first to cast with this mold. Crazy people, buy a very nice mold and never use it. I also bought a never used 452460 4 cavity with handles for $20 from the same guy. Only draw back they were the old clam type handles.

[Tom W.]

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I made about 100 of these yesterday for testing.
56 gr. .224 caliber, 22 long rifle brass for jackets.

Those are beautiful.

I finally got an aluminum Pepsi can so I re-taught myself how to use my Free Chex II. It's a .45 cal check maker but I have used the checks on my Lee 310 .44 cal boolits with great success, unlike trying to wrap one around a .30 cal boolit....

[44Blam]

I powder coated most of the boolits I made the other day... And primed some 40 S&W. I also found a really interesting way to get a primer stuck in the little primer seater...

[scotner]

Poured a couple of weeks worth of 9mm and 357 Sig. I will have to get out there again in the next few days to cull 'n coat them.

[The Dar]

240297

I made about 100 of these yesterday for testing.
56 gr. .224 caliber, 22 long rifle brass for jackets.

I would like to learn about this process. Do you have any links, books, etc. you could share?

Thanks in advance

[Hickory]

I would like to learn about this process. Do you have any links, books, etc. you could share?

Thanks in advance

Little slow getting around today, but here is a good start.

http://www.corbins.com/kit-224.htm

[The Dar]

Thank you for the link. Interesting process, I may look into this in the future.

Your bullets BTW, are beautiful.

[Tom W.]

My son liked the boolits that I made for him, and asked me what I wanted for them. Well, the six cavity mold in the same boolit but 125 grain would have been nice, but I just asked for the two cavity. I can still make them for both of us, and I like the t/c mold. I have enough of those cast that I can barely move the ammo box that I store them in. I probably won't be casting a lot from the new mold, but who knows?

[sigep1764]

Reloaded the same 200 rounds of 223 that I shot at the range the other day. This brass has now been loaded 6 times, never annealed by me, super easy to size, primer pockets are still good. I think W748 is the ticket with these heavy boolits for case life. We will see how far they go. This AR now has 1200 rounds of cast through it only cleaning the chamber and the BCG.

[Tom W.]

Cleaned off my bench a little and re-arranged my tackle boxes. I doubt it will do any good, but it seemed like the thing to do at the time....

[Conditor22]

did a little smelting
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[robg]

Prepared some 357 and 45-70 cases.

[44Blam]

Loaded 200 40 S&W... Should be good for a couple matches.
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[Tom W.]

Wandered on in there and put fresh 4lb line on two UL rods, and still have enough for fly line leader should I need it. Then I started ( again ) on the left end of my bench and really did clean it up. I dunno how long it will stay that way.....

[JMax]

Finished making a thousand 30 cal gas checks, cast 1000+ 200gr 45 SWC and will powder coat them in the next couple of days and cast a thou 314-202 bullets and will start using the gas checks that I made. A very busy day but fun none the less.

[44Blam]

I deprimed/resized/reprimed about 200 cases... All 40 S&W.
Need to load another 200 40 S&W.... Maybe tomorrow.

[fralic76]

Not so much in the reloading room, but I made a 12ga hull conditioner/trimmer in the garage out of a piece of dowel and a bolt with a snap off blade for the trimmer part.

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[lightman]

I spent the day yesterday finishing up those 2 20mm ammo cans of 9mm brass that I started on before our kitchen remodel put me out of business. Deprimed, tumbled and sorted the last of them. I'll put them away later today.

[lightman]

Woo Hoo! I got finished with those pesky 9mm's! I'll do a little straightening up and start resizing some 223's after lunch.

[sigep1764]

Cast about 500 Elco boolits and around 300 227-75 boolits so far. Got to get back after it tonight and tmro afternoon. Need at least 2000 of each.

[EMR]

Reloaded exactly one .44mag cartridge. Busy day and only had a moment to get one in on the way to the car. Gotta do what you can when you can!

[Texas by God]

Reloaded exactly one .44mag cartridge. Busy day and only had a moment to get one in one the way to the car. Gotta do what you can when you can!Me too and test-fired it from the driveway on the way home LOL except mine was 45 ACP.

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[EMR]

Me too and test-fired it from the driveway on the way home LOL except mine was 45 ACP.

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I’m glad I’m not alone! I wish I could fire from my driveway. Actually I wish I had a driveway LOL. City life.... ugh.

[44Blam]

Received some cool new ammo boxes and placed 200 40 S&W boolits in them...
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I like the new boxes - they are much smaller than the plastic ones.

[cwlongshot]

I made up three dummie 450 Bushmasters to test OAL & Function in a Ruger American.

I doubt Ill use these super heavyweights (450&425g) but its nice to know I have options. Last one was a solid Copper 225 HP I discovered on the cheap. Its a Magtech bullet designed for the 454 so I cannot push it too hard.

Im waiting on a GB boolit to do some testing in this caliber. So Ill try these at same time at ablut same velocities.

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[Huntsman]

I finally came across a screw to fit the rear portion of the stock on a Lee Enfield No4 MK2. The screw replaces the older (sometimes brass) riveted piece that reinforces the wood just above the trigger guard area. The screw was mildly bent so a few quick taps of my machinist hammer and voila!!
Now the rifle is complete!

[sigep1764]

Lubed and sized 1000 Elco boolits and checked/lubed/sized 200 277-135RF today. I cast about 800 of the Lee boolit, but ran out of checks. Guess what I'll be doing tmro. Yup, making checks.

[Texas by God]

Put an old yellowish image Weaver K4 on my old Nylon 66 to see if it worked. It does so it can stay put for awhile. My search for another Redding model P shotgun receiver sight continues.....shot the last of the Lee 230 TC in the .45 P97. Stellar accuracy; a couple needed a thumb shove to close the slide. I’ll seat them a scooch deeper next time.

[AllanD]

I spent last evening dismantling my Lee 4-20 the replace the stem & seat and pot in my "Drip-O-Matic", I stil have to finish reassembling the valve mechanism, but before re-installing the valve rod I want to spin it into the seat with some valve lapping compound in the fervent hope it won't leak when I'm done

Then I'll drop the old pot into my de-rusting bath.

Dissassembling this melting furnace has made me decide to plan on building my own bottom pour furnace, but I'll make the pot of something more durable, I've got some 4" Inconel tubing around!

[Bookworm]

Getting ready to mess with a 6.5x55 M96 Swede.

Found some NOS Remington brass, and started prepping some of it. Full length sized 47 pieces, length checked, chamfered and deburred. Then into the tumbler.

I've got some purchased cast boolits, next week I hope to load some up with 2400, and see if this thing even shoots.

[Tom W.]

Nothing yet, but I got a new Lee mold, a 358-125 rf that I'm gonna try in my 9mm. I know the same boolit in the 158 gr. configuration will chamber in my Ruger. I suspect I'll need to size them to .357 for my CZ.

[owejia]

Been casting and powder coating, several thousand 358242, 95gr, boolits. Leaving them unsized until needed, can use them in 38 S&W, 38 spl, 357 mag, 9 mm and 380 acp. Stocking piling for use when unable to no longer cast.

[xiholdtruex]

Loaded 100 9mm 124 gr cast bullets with true blue love how good this powder meters

[sigep1764]

Cleaned the 38 special cases and 223 cases I shot at the range yesterday. Ended up with some new 223 brass swept up at the range and cut the primer crimp out of those. Tumbled the 38's and reloaded them with 3 grains of Red Dot and 356-95RF. Still tumbling the 223.

[Tom W.]

Loaded 100 9mm 124 gr cast bullets with true blue love how good this powder meters
True Blue does meter well. It's also a bit on the lively side!
But it shoots nice and clean for me....

[Huntsman]

Tried out my brand new to me Lee Classic Handloader in 303 British. Loaded up 10 rounds using IMR 4198, 215gr Lyman GC, WLR primer, Win and Federal brass

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[lightman]

Yesterday I finished up depriming, tumbling and sorting my brass stash. Finally! I started this project after Christmas. I have about 1-1/2 gallons of spent primers from this project. I also resized all of the straight wall cases. This afternoon I'll start loading some 223's.

[robg]

Gas checked some 309/358 boolits I cast yesterday .now must get some 35 cal checks as I've now run out !

[ukrifleman]

Annealed and prepped some 7.92x57 brass for my Gew98

[toallmy]

I finally got a few rounds loaded to try out my ' new to me ' 765 arginine 1909 Intrearms import .
So I went out and made them empty again . Hehehe

[Tom W.]

After I saw that the Nascar race was canceled I broke in my new mold. I cast maybe 100 or so good boolits. A few hours later after they cooled I sized and lubed them to .357, hoping that they'll feed into the CZ... I'll find out tomorrow. Hopefully.

[taco650]

Not today but yesterday I cast some RB’s.

[15meter]

Polished the 22 Hornets I shot in yesterday's varmint match. Loaded them in the polisher to polish while I was unloading a couple of boxes of 12 gauge at the skeet league today.

When I got home the brass was all spiffy and I went back to getting the IZH 46 sorted out. Just starting to get comfortable shooting a competition pistol.

[xiholdtruex]

Loaded up 50 .357 magnum rounds ladder loaded with true blue.

[Tom W.]

As I had to go to the shed to get some charcoal I just couldn't stop myself from loading 20 of those new boolits that I cast. They cycled just fine in the CZ and the Ruger altho I haven't anywhere close to shoot them. but there were no jams or anything with the CZ, which is particular as to what it eats. I filled up one magazine for the CZ with the new rounds. Maybe now I'll shoot it a bit more.....

Did I mention that I didn't have to adjust my seating die at all? That's a plus!

[xiholdtruex]

Primed 50 .357 cases and 50 9mm cases. Going to load the .357 cases with 2400 and missouri bullet company 158swc hitek coated and 9mm with 147gr cast outlaw bullets with true bluw fun times

[Texas by God]

Stared at the bench a bit- then grabbed the 38-55 and some clays and had some offhand fun. It sure plows up the dirt! I was excited that I went 6 straight before I shot low and dislodged one intact.

[flyingmonkey35]

took the lead out of the range today.

I got a few pounds of lead I think.

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[xiholdtruex]

primed another 49 9mm cases and loaded 10 357 mag cases with 9gr of true blue and 158gr swc from Missouri bullet company poly coated is all I had time for but it allowed time to decompress.

[Ramson222]

Built a down draft table for spray powder coating bullets. Tested with some HF white. all the overspray from 12 inches above went straight in the filter. No more sorting bbs out for me.

[xiholdtruex]

Loaded 50 9mm 124gr cast bullets with true blue tonight.

[cwlongshot]

Sized about 1500 pc boolits various calibers...

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[lightman]

took the lead out of the range today.

I got a few pounds of lead I think.

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That looks like a good days work! How much lead do you think you recovered?

[lightman]

Well, it started raining yesterday and stormed all night. Its not through yet! Everything is good and wet! I'll spend the day in the loading room. I've got to finish loading up some 223's for a Prairie Dog hunt. I'll try to finish looking through my 3 buckets of mixed type for some letters that another member needs for a project. And I'll spend a little time just looking out the window at the rain!

[cwlongshot]

Any pics?
Built a down draft table for spray powder coating bullets. Tested with some HF white. all the overspray from 12 inches above went straight in the filter. No more sorting bbs out for me.
Love to see what ya came up with! Gonna start a thread? Be sure to pm me!!

CW

[whisler]

Cleaning up a shoe-box full of free brass from a friend, obviously picked up out of the mud. It was supposedly all 9mm and 223, but so far I have also found 32 S&WL, 380, 40 S&W, 45 ACP, 7.62x39, and 30-06. All free brass is good.

[sigep1764]

I'm subscribing to the '1000 rounds per gun' mantra. Working my way to 1000 270 Win. I'm up to 500 with a lot of cases to go. Have 1000 for one AR, need another 1000. 9mm is good to go. Need to work on my 22lr stockpile. Have 2000 for 5 22lrs. Working on the 270 with already primed and flared cases. 200 down and going with the 310 tong tool for fun listening to music. It was a long day at work.

[xiholdtruex]

Loaded 50 cast 124gr 9mm and 50 plated 124gr 9mm with true blue need to get to the range this weekend.

[44Blam]

I'm subscribing to the '1000 rounds per gun' mantra. Working my way to 1000 270 Win. I'm up to 500 with a lot of cases to go. Have 1000 for one AR, need another 1000. 9mm is good to go. Need to work on my 22lr stockpile. Have 2000 for 5 22lrs. Working on the 270 with already primed and flared cases. 200 down and going with the 310 tong tool for fun listening to music. It was a long day at work.

I think I'm going to adopt this... I know I have at least 1000 dirty cases per gun...

[flyingmonkey35]

That looks like a good days work! How much lead do you think you recovered?a few hundred pounds but won't know for sure till it's all smelted.

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[Iron369]

Doesn’t get much more redneck than this. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190510/bbc27dcc2f4bb9e2b4472842a8e7e364.jpg

[cwlongshot]

NOTHING AGAIN...

Working today...