What did you do in the reloading room today?

[MOA]

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Finished up 100 380 acp loads with 90 gr Speer Gold Dot bullets for my Browning 10/71. Was able to find a used, but in prestine condition a early RCBS 4 die carbide set with shell holder for under 38 bucks on ebay. I like to do my taper crimping with a die specifically designed to do that job, and that job only.

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[lightman]

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

Nothing wrong with Redneck!

When I'm smelting I usually do it with a buddy or two. And when we do they bring their ingot molds. One of them is a Lee and we skip the smaller ingots too. I do like the smaller size for pewter or solder.

[Iron369]

Nothing wrong with Redneck!

When I'm smelting I usually do it with a buddy or two. And when we do they bring their ingot molds. One of them is a Lee and we skip the smaller ingots too. I do like the smaller size for pewter or solder.

I use the smaller ones for pewter. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190511/d4725925fc40ce8453e6b6bdc8ae1d7e.jpg

[Texas by God]

Varmint time of year so I'm trimming .243 brass after checking them with a Herter's gauge. I'm going to use inherited Win760, Rem9-1/2M primers, and Rem 80 grain Powrlokt HP. This old stuff won't be inherited!

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[lightman]

Just piddled mostly. I've been depriming, tumbling and sorting brass since Christmas. I had a few trays of sorted brass that I haven't stored away yet so I took them to the store room. I saved several empty cases with odd or interesting head stamps and I loaded dummy cartridges with them for my collection. I sized, prepped and loaded 100 223's for a shooting buddy. Like I said, just piddled! Fixing to grab a beer and head to the back porch to light the grill.

[whisler]

Depriming and cleaning recently acquired brass.

[kayala]

In anticipation of 610 delivery next week made a ladder of 10mm with 165 Berry's and AA#5.

[RP]

Started sizing and cleaning some 9mm opened up my ammo box I had some stored in to find out I must have not gotten all the water out aggg. Not much just enough to make a few casing no so pretty. So they went back into the tumbler while they were running I decided to wet clean some I had in a 5 gal bucket that been run just in walnut. Should finish up with this chore in a day or so and have two buckets full of sized shiny 9mm. Depends on how the weather is I may start in on the 40s

[Butler Ford]

I hammered out 200 felt wads, made UglyCat lube, lubed said wads and burned the paint off of a can to carry them in. Cast 200+ 380 round balls.

[44Blam]

Decapped, resized, trimmed 100 308 cases...
I started using the Lyman trim tool with a cordless drill... That thing makes it go FAST. I like it.

[44Blam]

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[Walks]

I washed all the PC'd bullets I'd sized in a as yet not polished enough. I sized them using Dawn dish soap as a lube. Of course ya gotta clean the sizing die, dry and oil it up too.

No Sunshine in SoCal to dry them. So they get to sit over night on the dryer.

[cwlongshot]

I Squeezed about 1500 boolits!!! Was gettin a lil backed up in my sizing duties. ;)

[44Blam]

Broke out the Lyman case express my wife got me for my birthday and cleaned up 100 308 cases and 100 45-70 cases. Then primed them.
Accidentally dropped one primer and *poof* it was gone. Probably will find it by stepping on it just right (POW). So much for taking 200 primers down for 200 cases...

[cwlongshot]

Broke ANOTHER Lyman 450 handle... :killingpc

CW

[sigep1764]

Loaded up the same 200 rounds of 223 with 748 and finally split two case necks. These have been loaded at least 6 times. Pockets are still good to go.

[MOA]

Loaded up 100 380 acp's with 90 gr. Speer Gold Dots. Seated them to .974 over 3.1 grains of BE. Pop'd one in the mag and snapped the slide and it chambered just fine. So I taper crimped them all and then decided I would load up the magazine and upon loading round #2 I knew Houston had a problem. COAL was too long for the magazine. Didn't have a issue with one cartridge in the magazine because the nose isn't buried inside the mag housing, Ugly. So I ended up just having to nudge them down to a COAL of .965 and all is well. Let that be a lesson on auto loaders, make sure action will go to battery, but at the same time be sure the overall length will work inside the magazine. Sometimes it's easy to forget the simplest of things.

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[xiholdtruex]

Loaded up 50 .38 specials with some true blue and outlaw bullets 157 gr cast bullets.

[44Blam]

Loaded up the same 200 rounds of 223 with 748 and finally split two case necks. These have been loaded at least 6 times. Pockets are still good to go.

You can turn those into Tokarev cases. :)

[44Blam]

Loaded 100 308 rounds and made this "Box of pain":
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EDIT: One thing I noticed today is that a pound of Varget goes really quickly when you are dumping 40 or 50 grains at a time.

[sigep1764]

You can turn those into Tokarev cases. :)

Now I need to buy a Tokarev pistol!!

[Texas by God]

MOA, I love that you are using 70 year old primers! They are still fine like old wine, yes?

[Bookworm]

Primed 90 pieces of 7.62x54r brass, for the club Military Bolt-gun match next Sunday.

I know the match comes once a month, but it sure does seem to sneak up on me sometimes.

[JBinMN]

Cast about 500 Lee 225-55-RF
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[curiousgeorge]

Loaded 50 rds of 38 spl cases trimmed to 38 s&w length. Can't stand to throw a useful case away. Use 2.5 grs BE and 358430 135 gr boolit. Great practice in my Mod 36 snubbie. Short brass ejects pretty slick for fast speedloader reloads.

[lightman]

I have not done much of anything lately. But I've got 1000 223 cases trimmed and prepped to load. Gotta get on it too, because we're leaving Saturday on a Prairie Dog hunt.

[Michael J. Spangler]

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Cast and coated a bunch of .458” round balls for some fun tests this coming week.

[Tom W.]

I went in, looked around, counted how many boxed 9mm loads I have ready to go and turned around and went back to the house.

I do need to get some more MTM or Plano boxes.

[44Blam]

Going to the range tomorrow. After that I need to do a major cast session. I need 44's and 40's in a big way. I think it's gonna be a 30-40 pounder kind of session.

[JBinMN]

I went in, looked around, counted how many boxed 9mm loads I have ready to go and turned around and went back to the house.

I do need to get some more MTM or Plano boxes.

I thought about getting more of them too since I have had to resort to plastic zip lock, plastic peanut butter containers & the like, to use for several different calibers. I think my trouble is that I need to go shoot more, rather than reload more. LOL
;)

[Tom W.]

I still have 300 to 400 9mm that are sized to .358 that I used in my Glocks and my little Ruger. Gotta shoot them up one day. The Glocks held a lot of rounds, the Ruger doesn't...
The others are sized to fit my CZ, and they will fire just fine from the Ruger, but I have to keep them separated. I already found out what happens when I try to fire some .358 diameter boolits in the CZ. Other people have pistols that they say can do it, but mine is persnickety....

[popper]

a pound of Varget goes really quickly when you are dumping 40 or 50 grains at a time. Sure does,Just dumped 3/4# into 308W and same of 4227 into these.
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[Huntsman]

I made some .303 loads up today. These ones were dropped from a Lee .312 185 mold.
I used a Lyman .314 lube sizer for seating gas check. Lee Dipper #’s 1.9 & 2.2 for 3 of ea with scraped charges of IMR 4198
Boolits were seated to first lube groove.
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I hope to get out tomorrow and see how they shoot.
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[15meter]

Loaded 10 test loads for a buddy's 22-250, polished 41 300 H&H cases then annealed the necks, loaded 5, 30-06 tracer rounds, loaded 5, 30-06 incindiary loads.

Made 150 empty 45 Colt cases. In the polisher as I type. Should be all spiffy in the AM.

[44Blam]

a pound of Varget goes really quickly when you are dumping 40 or 50 grains at a time. Sure does,Just dumped 3/4# into 308W and same of 4227 into these.
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I don't think I dumped a full pound, but I filled up an old lb container at least 3/4 full from an 8 lb keg and at the end of the session, it was almost empty again.

Did have a fun day though. I shot about 100 .308s and 40 or so of my 45-70s.

[trixter]

I cast up a couple hundred of .452 200gr SWC (H&G 68 clone), some 115gr 9mm , about 300+ .452 200gr Lee SWC, then I discovered I am out of ingots. Next on my list of 'To Do's is making more ingots

[Bookworm]

I made some .303 loads up today. These ones were dropped from a Lee .312 185 mold.
I used a Lyman .314 lube sizer for seating gas check. Lee Dipper #’s 1.9 & 2.2 for 3 of ea with scraped charges of IMR 4198
Boolits were seated to first lube groove.
I hope to get out tomorrow and see how they shoot.


I used the 1.9cc scoop of 4198 with that same boolit, for my M-39 Finn. The cartridges are very close in capacity. IIRC, it should give you ~24gr of 4198

It shot well in that M39, although I didn't chrono it. I used 45/45/10 lube, no leading in a lightly frosted bore.

I think it will do fine in your 303.

[Huntsman]

I used the 1.9cc scoop of 4198 with that same boolit, for my M-39 Finn. The cartridges are very close in capacity. IIRC, it should give you ~24gr of 4198

It shot well in that M39, although I didn't chrono it. I used 45/45/10 lube, no leading in a lightly frosted bore.

I think it will do fine in your 303.

Yep ����. The 1.9 Lee dipper faired the best groups with Lee 185gr & Lyman 215gr.
The 215gr grouped best at 2 1/4” @50 yds. No chrony either. Next trip.

[Johan Steyn]

I cast 877 Lyman 358429's totay

[georgerkahn]

I got TIRED of looking for the needed shell holders for loading, so I spent two-plus hours going through all, writing #s down, and then making a Smart-Draw chart with all listed; and, sorting/placing them in surplus (to me) cases electronic parts (resistors) had come in. What troubles (;) ) me is not having any idea why I now have, say, eight each RCBS #9 and #28; seven Lyman #6; and -- proof of what happens after 50+ years of loading with them scattered all over the place. (Should've done this years ago)
I'm pleased I finally got "to it" -- and DID finally (after looking everywhere) find the two RCBS #20 s.h.'s I was in need of -- which prompted this.

[cwlongshot]

Swapped some more scopes around!! :groner: :killingpc Now I have a few to site back in!!

CW

[44Blam]

I got TIRED of looking for the needed shell holders for loading, so I spent two-plus hours going through all, writing #s down, and then making a Smart-Draw chart with all listed; and, sorting/placing them in surplus (to me) cases electronic parts (resistors) had come in. What troubles (;) ) me is not having any idea why I now have, say, eight each RCBS #9 and #28; seven Lyman #6; and -- proof of what happens after 50+ years of loading with them scattered all over the place. (Should've done this years ago)
I'm pleased I finally got "to it" -- and DID finally (after looking everywhere) find the two RCBS #20 s.h.'s I was in need of -- which prompted this.
Someone finally gave you one of these?
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[Ramson222]

Powder coated a 10 pound ingot mold John Deer green. Then cast a 10lb ingot of soww. That big ingot just fell right out as soon as I turned the mold over.

[Texas by God]

I painted my boringly black AR-15 7.62 by 39 mm. I had best not leave it laying in the summer grass or I may never find it!https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190524/47cc6f7b1ca5d35f3a11ae0b1d89c610.jpg

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[15meter]

Started the clean up and tune up of a buddy's Mec 9000G press. About every three years he gets it all whacked out of shape and it ends up on my bench to get straightened out. I think I can get it running again with out ordering any parts, last time the parts bill was over $100. He gets in a rush and forces things.

He's just a little excitable.:groner:

[KMD]

Cleaned and primed 30 something brass 12 gauge, all ready to stuff with some black powder goodness.
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[MOA]

Got my .354 sizer today along with my 44 spcl brass so time to make up some rounds for the 44 and the 380.
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I also started my testing on a new loading block I'm cutting on our CNC router. Will be testing this block and tweeking the final prototype before production. May check into becoming a vendor on the site and offering these up for purchase. Mixed caliber blocks, and dedicated caliber blocks for shotgun, rifle and pistol. Stay tuned.

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[Texas by God]

Got my .354 sizer today along with my 44 spcl brass so time to make up some rounds for the 44 and the 380.
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I also started my testing on a new loading block I'm cutting on our CNC router. Will be testing this block and tweeking the final prototype before production. May check into becoming a vendor on the site and offering these up for purchase. Mixed caliber blocks, and dedicated caliber blocks for shotgun, rifle and pistol. Stay tuned.

242372Looks like Gnomes in formation![emoji16]

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[MOA]

TbG, yup they sure do.lol

[15meter]

Made reloading opportunities in 450 N.E., 303 British, 375 H&H and .256 Mannlicher.
And 30-06, Geezer memory.


Finished tuning up the buddy's 9000G, primed 40 300 H&H's and loaded the polisher with 6BR Norma's, 303 British and 7.5x55. Should be nice and spiffy in the morning.

[obssd1958]

Loaded my brand new, shiny, .303 Savage brass.

:bigsmyl2:

[robg]

Prepped some 45-70 /357/308 brass ,as the range was shut today I stripped and cleaned my 1022 amazing how much crud gets into the trigger group it's even more so with a moderator .clean it when it starts to play up usually after a couple of thousand rounds.it will take 10 shots to settle down after cleaning.

[cat-mechanic]

Lots of cleanup. I have neglected the loading room for a while. Finally got the bench cleared off. Exchanged my old digital Dillon scale a while back and opened it today. Set it up and it is 3 grains off. Says things are heavier than they are. Confirmed with 3 other scales. Guess I get to go back to Dillon. Think I'll just get my money back on this one.

[toallmy]

I loaded up a few rounds of 765x53 to zero a different scope I swapped around , then I made them empty again .
Wile I was shooting I finished emptying a bunch of 7x57 brass also .
Nice day

[cwlongshot]

Squeezed another 2k boolits last night!!!

Now to make MORE!!

[44Blam]

Cast about 15 lbs of .40. Should be good for my matches for about a month or so.
My mold is a NOE 402-HTC-188 and has 2 cavities. I kept the boolits from pour #2 on and with the exception of my pouring the occasional bad pour, I got all perfect boolits. That mold has really broken in nicely.

One thing that is a little odd on that mold. Because it is a two cavity mold, I just open the sprue plate by hand but I notice that the hex pins that hold the handles want to walk out. That is the only mold I own that does that. Very odd.

[243winxb]

The Lee "10 pound" pot only holds 8.4 lbs of alloy. Fiuxing the sprues back in till the last drop from the bottom pour spout only produced 287 bullet at 205.2 grs average weight.

10 lbs must mean pure lead?

[44Blam]

The Lee "10 pound" pot only holds 8.4 lbs of alloy. Fiuxing the sprues back in till the last drop from the bottom pour spout only produced 287 bullet at 205.2 grs average weight.

10 lbs must mean pure lead?

I've got the 20 lb bottom pour. I think it really only holds about 15 or so lbs. I did a 15 lb cast today and I put in 12 3/4 lbs of alloy and had a couple lbs in the pot to start. BUT I had to level it and it was right at the top - maybe a 1/4" from the top. At one point when it was melting, I thought I was going to have a new post in the "What was the dumbest thing you've done" thread... I was planning an emergency lead drop...

Anyway, my mold was just going so about 1/2 way through I threw in 3 or 4lbs of old rejected boolits... Was going to top it off and do a 20-25 lb cast, but the wife came home and wanted to go to happy hour... :D

[cwlongshot]

Went to size some 375’s from a borrowed mold. It was a older 6 cav lee block, but unmarked. I had cast about 150 pcs and powder coated. Mic showed .392!!! WOW A FAT BOOLIT!! The PC was one I like allot, has silver metallic in it and when I ad that, my coating is always thin and usually even. So I would be very surprised if it was .004 thick. Meaning these dropped from that mold about .388+! My mix was a BHN 15/17 and temps 725/735. (My usual for rifle)
Back in the pot for these, I have broken a few handles on the lil 450, these might break the machine!!!

CW

[sigep1764]

Loaded a ladder of W748 in 270Win. Five each of 32, 33, 34, 34.5, 35, 35.5 grains. Used the Lee 135RF. Should be over 2000fps.

[Texas by God]

Got ready to cast Lee C309150F for Marlin 30-30 and AR15 7.62x39 and alternate with the Lee TL410swc. I store my moulds with boolits in them so I measured them and it’s a go with .311” and .411”.

[sigep1764]

Just finished loading up 25 rounds of 32 ACP with 1.8 grains of red dot at .984 with a Berrys J word. I bought a thousand while waiting for my mold. Didn't know Tom was gonna have it to me in a week! The last 100 rounds I loaded with 2 grains of red dot and they were a little hot. The NAA Guardian was stinging my hand but was pretty accurate for what it is. Got to use my new to me Little Dandy measure I found new in the box, sourcing rotors from some very fine folks here on the forum. That thing is very good at measuring.

[44Blam]

Powdercoated and resized about 2/3 of the boolits from yesterday. ~350 or so. And while waiting on the oven to bake, resized/deprimed/reprimed 150 40 S&W.

[cwlongshot]

Seated gc’s and squeezed about 650/700 190g WFN 35’s. For the Maxi & Legend.

Yup love that lil Dandy!! I picked up a second older flat sided body and it leaks a bit more than my newer one.

CW

[greenwart]

Loaded up 200 40 S&W. 5.5 grains of unique. So much nicer than watching TV. At about 2$ a box of 50 it is the only way I can afford to shoot.

[Texas by God]

Cool & rain this afternoon so I cast a pot of these. The 309s will be PC and the others TL. My first wadcutters! Thanks Brassmagnet! https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190530/31074d10bcd11f842cc1ed8d45f1c2a7.jpg

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[44Blam]

Finished PCing my 40s and resized/deprimed/reprimed another 150 40 s&w... That is a cathartic thing to do...
Pretty sure I'm near 1000 primed cases. REALLY need to load them! :)

[cwlongshot]

I loaded a quick 300 40’s on the Dillon last night. I have a plate shoot Saturday. Need to clean the pcc now and Ill be ready!

CW

[lightman]

Nothing much. Just returned from a Prairie Dog trip and sorted a bunch of fired brass that got mixed up with some loaded ammo. Probably finish unloading the truck in a bit, store away the sand bags and clean a couple of rifles.

[Texas by God]

Nothing much. Just returned from a Prairie Dog trip and sorted a bunch of fired brass that got mixed up with some loaded ammo. Probably finish unloading the truck in a bit, store away the sand bags and clean a couple of rifles.
Where did you go? I haven’t been in years other than popping a few while scouting for Antelope a couple years ago.

[xiholdtruex]

decapped and resized 500 .380 cases and tossed a few hundred in the wet tumbler

[Texas by God]

I just test fired as cast Lee 358105 SWCs over 5 grs Bullseye in the 9mm Shield and I like it.

[Boolseye]

I just test fired as cast Lee 358105 SWCs over 5 grs Bullseye in the 9mm Shield and I like it.

That’s a great boolit. I always found the point of impact to be low, and attributed it to the lower recoil. Very accurate though.


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[Rooster]

Finally found a suitable toaster oven with a convection fan while out sale-ing today to use for PCing. Wife promptly took it into the kitchen. Dang.

[44Blam]

Loaded up 200 40 S&W. Then gathered my boolits I PC'd and water quenched the other day. They are HARD - they clink and it's 4:1 WW to Lino... Shouldn't be that hard! Should test 'em by my BHN thing isn't very good...

[Johan Steyn]

loaded 200 rounds of 9mmP with Lee 120 TC bullet and 5.5gr S221 powder, Win small pistol primers. sized 100 Lee C312 -185-1R and tumble lubed for my Lee Enfield, loaded 200 rounds of .357 with Lyman 358429 over 13.5gr S25

[mattw]

Made a few boolits for the 32 H&R.

Lyman 313445, love the design, have not gotten to shoot any yet.
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NOE 90gr. WC pin mould. Love the bullets, but the mould drives me nuts. Can't seem to get the pins to settle in and not booger up the nose.
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[Tom W.]

Nothing. Wife is off for a few weeks until school starts back up so we cleaned windows, curtains, and a few other things. God only knows what she has in store for tomorrow.... She's looking at some bedroom furniture and wants to sell an antique dresser and vanity, and an exercise machine that the cat just lays on.

[RogerDat]

Cast 50 .360 160 grain SWC from a new to me used NOE mold. Had some hardball alloy in the melter so just used that. Made some really nice boolits. Can't wait to try them, but will have to garden and yard work are a priority this time of year. Along with some painting and staining chores.

I'm also in a group buy for a .360 HP mold that should drop a 163 grain boolit so I expect the SWC and HP may prove accurate with the same loads so I can paper punch with the SWC and switch to the HP that will shoot the same. It's good to have dreams they say.

[slughammer]

Finally found a suitable toaster oven with a convection fan while out sale-ing today to use for PCing. Wife promptly took it into the kitchen. Dang.Take a tip from the thrift shop pewter collectors..... Drop anything you buy on the asphalt! And then kick it to the car!

[jimb16]

I recently got rid of a .44 Mag contender barrel and since it was the only .44 Mag I had, I melted down a large quantity of hard cast SWCs and recast them as .45 FPRN bullets for the .45 colt. (I have 4 of those) No point in wasting the lead.

[cwlongshot]

I recently got rid of a .44 Mag contender barrel and since it was the only .44 Mag I had, I melted down a large quantity of hard cast SWCs and recast them as .45 FPRN bullets for the .45 colt. (I have 4 of those) No point in wasting the lead.

No doubt!!! I did the very same!! Last box went was 45’s. I shoot them allot but they where lubed and I have all but switched to powder coated!

Last night was home late, all I really did was search for some 32 H&R for a trade and confirm a couple Other brass calibers.

CW

[6bg6ga]

Reloading room is closed until we make our move.

[Boolseye]

Take a tip from the thrift shop pewter collectors..... Drop anything you buy on the asphalt! And then kick it to the car!
I need to learn that lesson, GF has appropriated some nice pieces...

[sigep1764]

Fired the ladder loads of 748 in 270 Win today. 25 yards is the furthest my indoor range goes to, our main 100 yard range is closed for at least another year for renovations. Have to drive an hour south this next week as 33 grains and 34.5 grains showed one hole groups with one flier each for 5 rounds apiece.

Also tried out the NAA in 32ACP with 1.8 grains of Red Dot and the new magazine catch NAA sent out. Still wants to eject the mag twice each full mag and fired out of battery. Went next door to the gun shop and they are sending it back to the factory for me. We will see what happens.

[The Dar]

Take a tip from the thrift shop pewter collectors..... Drop anything you buy on the asphalt! And then kick it to the car!

You should see the strange looks I get from cashiers when I crush the lip on a Jefferson cup after I pay for it.

[lightman]

Where did you go? I haven’t been in years other than popping a few while scouting for Antelope a couple years ago.

We hunt out in the Texas Pan Handle and over into Oklahoma. We have a friend that ranches and if he does not have enough for us he calls around to his neighbors. Its getting harder to find a place to go. It seem like everyone that can afford to poisons them.

We used to hunt around the Dalhart area but eventually lost that contact.

[RogerDat]

Cast 50 .360 160 grain SWC from a new to me used NOE mold. Had some hardball alloy in the melter so just used that. Made some really nice boolits. Can't wait to try them, but will have to garden and yard work are a priority this time of year. Along with some painting and staining chores.

I'm also in a group buy for a .360 HP mold that should drop a 163 grain boolit so I expect the SWC and HP may prove accurate with the same loads so I can paper punch with the SWC and switch to the HP that will shoot the same. It's good to have dreams they say.

Managed to overcook those 50 when baking the powder coat so I cast up 350 more. They didn't slump over but the bottoms got sort of spread out. Sizing them had me standing up to use a little of my weight on the press handle instead of sitting on my stool feeding them in a pulling the handle. Set them aside, not sure if they will become plinking ammo or just get re-melted. They darn sure won't be used to develop an accurate load for this new to me mold.

I also switched alloys. Hardball with its high 8% alloy content was casting them at closer to 158 grains than the 160 expected. I switched to 96/2/2 with BHN of ~11 with PC that should be plenty for 38 or 357. Interesting how alloy composition can make such a difference in weight.

[redhawk0]

Yesterday, I sorted 35cal J-word bullets into plastic canisters. I have both Hornady and Sierra's that I needed to keep straight.

Now today, I'm Ball grinding charcoal...its such a messy job....but once done, then I can mix up a new batch of BP.

redhawk

[Texas by God]

Setting up for reloading 7.62x39 with cast- maiden voyage-I had better try a few before committing to a batch.

[sigep1764]

Annealed the case necks of the 270Win I shot the other day. Drying now and will load with 33 grains of 748 and 34.5 grains of 748 tmro night. Might take them to the lake on Sunday for a little longer range testing.

[44Blam]

Realized that I was about 20 boolits short for the rifle stage tomorrow, so loaded 33 44 mag to fill up a box of 50.

[flyingmonkey35]

spent the week at scout camp with the boys.

almost got kicked out for shooting my candy cannon.lol

had a great time
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[Tom W.]

After I got back from the range today I deprimed and sized all of my empty brass. It was storming so hard that I had to put on a set of ear muffs. I put the brass in the tumbler and turned it on while I was cleaning my pistols. I hadn't been to the range in two months, and my CZ was crying. It shot about 100 rounds without a bobble. The little Ruger did like it was supposed to. My accuracy was terrible, but I was shooting various loads. .5cc of Herco and my Ruger don't get along well.

[cwlongshot]

BUSY DAY!! I was a gunsmith most of the day!

Fit a welded up extractor into a Savage 24-A.

Then cut the stock down and fit a thin rifle pad.

On a 24V I fit a new stock, then a Limbsaver grind to fit pad.

Lastly, I put another limbsaver pad on my Marlin. But found two sets of holes already in stock. So I repaired that with a couple stubs of hard wood 3/8 dowels & epoxy. Then fit that pad too! Made a huge mess out on the deck with rubber grindings all over!!! Momma was none too happy! I asked if she preferred I made the mess inside. She quieted down. I cleaned it all up anyhow!

CW

[flyingmonkey35]

Took the crown off of my 5th wheel and resealed it. should be good to go for a while now.

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[Tom W.]

Loaded 50 rounds of 9mm with some Lee 125 rf and 5 grains of Tru Blue...

[44Blam]

Had a fun surprise! My buddy came by with a 80% 308 lower. He just had a baby and he's had a lot of stress, so he pops in and says "Hey, will your jig work for this?"
I looked at him and said: "Yes, do you want to cut it tonight?" and I saw the "I need to get away for a couple hours." look.

So, we routed an 80% 308 lower and then drank a few beers. Fun times!

[cwlongshot]

243359I pulled the last 30 pcs of factory 350 Legend ammo I had. Weighed & Saved the powder tossed the bullets into the metal bucket. Powder charges averaged 21 grs.

I re sized 140 FTX Jwords and then ran the cases thru the M-Die. Lastly I trimmed them all to 1.700. Im amazed that a case designed for HS off its mouth where SO FLAMIN FAR out of spec!!! Its like Winchester forgot this one head spaces off its case mouth and oal dims are important.

I loaded 20.8g of the factory powder and seated a newly re sized .356 140g FTX bullet into the cases. When I was done I had 19grs of powder remaining... I guess a least one case of over loaded too!!! I fired off about two and a half boxes of factory. Yes a couple Had pretty flat primers. Being its a bolt, not a huge overloading. But might have been bad in a AR.

[El Gato]

Yesterday I formed about 50 30-06 cases to 8x57mm using some LC 67 brass. Tonight I will remove the primer pocket crimp and finish all brass prep.

[6bg6ga]

Nothing to report today. Everything is still packed up in the gray totes waiting for shipment to AZ.

[Michael J. Spangler]

243359I pulled the last 30 pcs of factory 350 Legend ammo I had. Weighed & Saved the powder tossed the bullets into the metal bucket. Powder charges averaged 21 grs.

I re sized 140 FTX Jwords and then ran the cases thru the M-Die. Lastly I trimmed them all to 1.700. Im amazed that a case designed for HS off its mouth where SO FLAMIN FAR out of spec!!! Its like Winchester forgot this one head spaces off its case mouth and oal dims are important.

I loaded 20.8g of the factory powder and seated a newly re sized .356 140g FTX bullet into the cases. When I was done I had 19grs of powder remaining... I guess a least one case of over loaded too!!! I fired off about two and a half boxes of factory. Yes a couple Had pretty flat primers. Being its a bolt, not a huge overloading. But might have been bad in a AR.

My buddy had issues with the AR he bult recently. The barrel was definitely out of spec and th manufacturer took it back and sent him a new one.
After about 30 rounds down range and 2 case head separations that barrrel went back too.
I’m wondering how much was to do with the ammo and how much was the rifle. It would seem weird that most of the ammo was ok and a couple separated. Unless they were way over pressure.

[15meter]

Resized 270 Winchester in a 7mm Mauser die then into the polisher. Next, cut to length then anneal. Rode the M/C for a while and swapped some lies at Gun Club #2.

Ah, the life of a derelict!

Alias a retired drain on society.

[sigep1764]

Midway USA delivered an 8lb keg of 748 to my door today and actually heeded the note left on the door to leave the package! I was on my way back from Gramma's. I unpacked it and thought of all the rounds its gonna produce and then put it away next to the half empty keg of Red Dot. Now I gotta replace that keg too.

[The Dar]

Sorted a lot of brass. A friend gave my wife five 5 gallon buckets of brass at the range yesterday. I'll be busy for a while.

[sigep1764]

Loaded 30 rounds of 270 Win with 33grains of W748 and the Lee 277-135rf. Use the 310 tool and a Lee dipper. Nice afternoon before work.

[Gatch]

Punched out 500 rds of 9mm. I won a gun store voucher that bought me 2lb of universal and about 1400 jwords at a competition a few weeks back. Got to love near free ammo.

[cwlongshot]

My buddy had issues with the AR he bult recently. The barrel was definitely out of spec and th manufacturer took it back and sent him a new one.
After about 30 rounds down range and 2 case head separations that barrrel went back too.
I’m wondering how much was to do with the ammo and how much was the rifle. It would seem weird that most of the ammo was ok and a couple separated. Unless they were way over pressure..

I have read that KAK has a bad run of barrels in 350. Mine is a Ruger Bolt. I have had some pretty flat primers (factory) but no problems and no serious case head expansion.

I pulled all my remaining factory, trimmed & reloaded. I have 4 more boxes waiting for me. I’ll pull all those too. 8.50$ a box is brass prices plus it’s primed already. :D

CW

[Tom W.]

I realized that I had an empty magazine for my CZ so went and loaded another 18 Lee 125 rf w/ true blue.... I feel better now.

[Reverend Al]

Not in the reloading room per se, but I've been sorting / organizing a bunch of boxes of stuff in the back room and "unearthed" the very large aluminum storage box I have back there (about 4 foot x 4 foot x 4 foot). I've been storing "extra" ammo in there, but hadn't looked in it for quite some time. (Been so long since I've opened it I couldn't find the keys to the locks I put on it and had to bolt-cutter them off!) Yowsers! I have a lot more ammo than I thought! There is .22 rimfire (lots of it), .30-30's, .30-06's, .32-40's, 32-20's, 12 and 20 gauge target loads (LOTS of them), plus .32 Auto, .380 Auto, .38 Specials, .44-40's, etc., etc., etc. And I haven't even got to the bottom of the box yet! I need to get up to the range WAY more often and burn up some of this surplus ammo.

[Texas by God]

I tumble lubed some boolits for the 7.62x39 and 44-40 and I shaked and baked some for the .41 magnum.

[44Blam]

Going to shoot on Sunday... So, went and looked in the ammo bin and realized that I only had 56 .308s! Oh man. So, did the brass work today and got 200 trimmed/primed cases. Will have to load them tomorrow.

[flyingmonkey35]

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[skeettx]

Flyingmonkey35
What kind of flowers are behind your bench?
Mike

[RustyReel]

Flyingmonkey35
What kind of flowers are behind your bench?
Mike
Looks like Kale or maybe turnups to me!

[bluejay75]

My new hunting load...About 800 of them. Should last a couple seasons.

434 Hammer Solid @ 275 Grains Plain Base (Heat Treated 1:1 RS: COWW)(Two Coats of Smokes Clear Powdercoat sized to .4325)
23.5 grains of 300 MP Thrown Charges
Crimped in Crimp Groove with Lee Collett Crimp Half turn past where it starts to crimp
WLPP
Mixed Brass- Deburred back of flash holes only

MOA RIFLE LOAD!!!

243694

243695

243696

[flyingmonkey35]

Flyingmonkey35
What kind of flowers are behind your bench?
Mikeweeds

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[flyingmonkey35]

My new hunting load...About 800 of them. Should last a couple seasons.

434 Hammer Solid @ 275 Grains Plain Base (Heat Treated 1:1 RS: COWW)(Two Coats of Smokes Clear Powdercoat sized to .4325)
23.5 grains of 300 MP Thrown Charges
Crimped in Crimp Groove with Lee Collett Crimp Half turn past where it starts to crimp
WLPP
Mixed Brass- Deburred back of flash holes only

MOA RIFLE LOAD!!!

243694

243695

243696hella of a load

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[Gatch]

Added a pid controller to my lead pot. Wasn't sure how accurate it would read because the temp probe is just touching the bottom of the melting pot. To dial it in I bumped up the temp until the lead melted. Then a little more until the hot mold started dropping slightly frosty boolits. If I get motivated I'll procure a thermometer to confirm the lead temp. Can't wait to get my new mp mold :D

[cwlongshot]

I sized a bucket load of pc cast boolits last night!!!

[WRideout]

My wife got me a brick of 1,000 small pistol primers for Fathers Day. Today I converted fifty of them into 38 spl wadcutter ammo. She knows me pretty well.

Wayne

[62chevy]

Added a pid controller to my lead pot. Wasn't sure how accurate it would read because the temp probe is just touching the bottom of the melting pot. To dial it in I bumped up the temp until the lead melted. Then a little more until the hot mold started dropping slightly frosty boolits. If I get motivated I'll procure a thermometer to confirm the lead temp. Can't wait to get my new mp mold :D

doesn't need to accurate just consistent. My thermostat needs 2 inches of lead to read anything less and it won't read right.

[robg]

Loaded 50 45-70 rounds 405 gr over 20 gr of 2400 .then stripped my marlin slb down to clean everything and lub stuff .amazing how much crud gets into every nook and cranny .feels much slicker now it's had 500 rounds through it .

[Gatch]

doesn't need to accurate just consistent. My thermostat needs 2 inches of lead to read anything less and it won't read right.

Yeah mate that's what I figured. So long as it gets hot enough not to drop wrinkled boolits, it'll work just fine.

[cwlongshot]

243740

I sized 400 deep HP cast on the NOE 178 RD group buy mold I got last week!



CW

[greenwart]

Not necessarily the reloading room. 10 Rifle gun rack. Skipped my nap to finish it up. That old recycled wood really soaks up the linseed oil.
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[Keith 429421]

I made a casting bench table 47 inches high 30 inches wide and 48 inches long when finished on wheels to move it in summer to the front of my garage with a fan behind it and cast where its at now in winter , Ill remove the AC and sell it later this summer. my garage is a two car 24x24 and the 15k BTU AC just wont work well , it takes about 3 hours to cool the garage on 85F day common here in the south and I have a large fan for that window to draw the air out from the casting area. No I never would have AC blow on me casting !

I made this rig to be able to go over a AC recovery machine and my air compressor and left plenty of room for ventilation of the compressor, making better use of my garage space, my reloading room is a bedroom upstairs that dedicated to my reloading hobby. I got the high chair from a thrift store for 10 dollars, the new casting table make my other regular work bench look tiny. Ill be able to cast sitting or standing and Im looking still at a Master Pot. I keep my moulds upstairs in the loading room to keep them in a climate controlled environment. With my new table rig Ill be able to cast summer or winter. I do have a 220V 30 amp electric heater I use in winter for that area that's ceiling mounted 243782

[ak_milsurp]

I pulled down 500 rds of reloaded ..45 ACP that a friend gave me. He got it from a guy that passed away last year. Scary ammo... 3 rds had no powder, 2 had live primers INSIDE the case mixed with powder, 5 had no primers, 10 had high primers, about 50 had some kind of odd crimp that almost looked like a bottleneck....lol. Mind you, this was a from the same bat c h of reloaded ammo.... I was told the guy who loaded it had Parkinson's disease pretty bad..... Whoa!

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[Kev18]

I pulled down 500 rds of reloaded ..45 ACP that a friend gave me. He got it from a guy that passed away last year. Scary ammo... 3 rds had no powder, 2 had live primers INSIDE the case mixed with powder, 5 had no primers, 10 had high primers, about 50 had some kind of odd crimp that almost looked like a bottleneck....lol. Mind you, this was a from the same bat c h of reloaded ammo.... I was told the guy who loaded it had Parkinson's disease pretty bad..... Whoa!

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Never heard of people putting primers in the case. Thats new! New kind of Duplex load?:wink:

[cwlongshot]

Wow that IS SCARY...

I have pulled many times loads from other people. Never saw anything like that!!!

Last night I was investigating some missfire issues with a Contender Carbine. I changed the main spring. But its still not a solid deep fp dent. I am gonna switch to all Federal primers fpr this gun and see how that works.
Inspecting the last problem box I found case lengths all over the place and most where pretty long. I loaded up 20, taking care to fully prep the cases. All trimmed to 2.030. Every case plunked and closed as if not there. Im thinking this chamber may just be a bit short.

I loaded them with moderate amount of 4198 and the new NOE 178-RD HP bullet sized 311. Should be 1700 ish fps.

CW

[6bg6ga]

Reloading room still non-operational until my move is done. I can hardly wait until I can make ammunition again.

[bluejay75]

243740

I sized 400 deep HP cast on the NOE 178 RD group buy mold I got last week!



CW

What is your plan for these? How did the mold cast?

[jdfoxinc]

Weighed bonded/annealed 180 & 190 gr j words out of 9x19 cases to be swaged in my BT one step .40 cal. HP die.

[cwlongshot]

Hello!

I cast some 300 cup points first and after cycling three times it was as “usual” maybe 6-10 culls from first dozen casts. Then it was off and running. I preheated a good time casting with another mold while waiting.
Sunday I cast with the deep HP. I did same pre heat for maybe a hour on top Of the pot. I filled the cavities some 10-15 before first casts. It worked much better at fill out, but was sticking on pins real bad one cavity. I graphited the pins with a carpenters pencil and set it on its pins on top of the pot again. After another 15-20, I started casting again and it was off to the races then too. I cast 450 pcs with very few culls.

These where softer lead at about 13 bhn. Cups got water quenched and should end up about 18 ish. The deep ones where air dried. Both where water quenched after powder coat.

Uses will be 300BO and 30/30’s. I have a Savage 24 and a Contender Carbine Im Specifically building for.

I also have a lyman 174g fp that I like allot so I dont think Ill be using the FP pins any time soon.

I need to check delivery on the 450 Bushmaster mold and Ill be casting with that asap!

Thanks for the assistance bluejay!

CW

[ak_milsurp]

I have a Contender barrel in .45ACP. Cases have to be at max length or it will not fire.... it'll fire fresh new factory ammo all day long. But put a case in there that's been trimmed to "trim length", and it'll push the case forward and get a light primer strike. I can fire my reloads in any other weapon chambered for .45 ACP... They work fine .. but not in a Contender barrel. In a 1911 or other pistol, the round is effectively "headspaced" and controlled by the extractor that slides over the case rim..... however... a contender barrel doesn't work like that..... I sent this barrel and receiver to T/C TWICE to have it looked at they would send it back saying works fine.... Of course.. they were only using factory ammo.... not reloads.... Something to think about

[Tom W.]

I seldom if ever trim handgun brass. And I don't have any problems with it...... but that's me, YMMV....

[Land Owner]

I CLEANED IT UP! Now I will never be able to find anything again.

[MOA]

I CLEANED IT UP! Now I will never be able to find anything again.

So true, so true!

[6bg6ga]

Yesterday I sat in the garage staring at a stack of totes that contain my dies and reloading equipment wondering if this move on Friday was the right thing to do. Common sense prevailed however when I thought of this coming winter with the snow drifts, ice, and cold temps down to -35 degrees. Its hot in AZ right now but Christmas time should be light jacket time instead of heavy parka time. It will probably take a month to find everything and get something going again. I envy you guys that are loading.

[cwlongshot]

I cast over two pots worth!!! Close to 50#!!

180 Ranch Dog 6 gang mold (borrowed) I AM STILL
LOOKING TO BUY THIS MOLD!

My NOE group buy 280/454 mold came and I cast nearly 300 with it!

LOVE THESE NOE MOLDS!!!

CW

[rmark]

The big rain washed out the hardtop road to the range, so range time is now weekend morning casting time. Might as well stock up boolits for the 45-70, 38 special, and too many muzzle loaders.

[Boolseye]

I busted out my first NOE mold, a 358-135 RF that I haven’t seen in stock in a good while. This one has a long ogive and is an RG4 mold, casts a 128 gr. HP. Really easy mold to use, gets up to temp quick and stays there. Loading 9s currently.


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[Tom W.]

I loaded 100 rounds of 9mm with the Lee 125 gr tc boolits and True Blue. That powder meters better than any I've ever had!

[cwlongshot]

I cast 20# more of the 180 Ranch Dogs, then dough out 60 old stock brand new Remington 30/30 cases and prepped them for this Carbine Im fiddlin with.

I will know tomorrow if carefully trimmed cases primed with Federal primers cure my misfires.

CW

[RogerDat]

I seldom if ever trim handgun brass. And I don't have any problems with it...... but that's me, YMMV.... I trim once to get a batch to all be same length so crimping for revolver will be consistent.

Sizing .360 160 grain SWC from a new to me used NOE mold. Loving the Lee push through sizer after applying a bit of a polish with a gun cleaning patch tip holding some 600 grit wet/dry sandpaper and oil. Very brief application with drill at slow speed. Made a world of difference in how smoothly the bullet goes through and how cleanly it sizes. Have 150 done on way to doing 250 so I can try them out with tumble lube and PC just to see how well they work.

Like tumble lube with BLL for the ease, like PC for how well it works.

[Daver7]

I loaded 40 32-20 with 115 gr rnfp 2.5 TB
Why only 40......that's all the brass I have.

[WardT]

Trimmed and primed 80pcs 30-06 brass

[bluejay75]

243953

Test loads of the MP Molds WFN 434-250 Beartooth Clone. Cup point yields 239.5 grains and I sized to .431 and put them behind 12 grains of Unique.

The coat is Smokes Translucent Copper. I want to be able to tell these apart at a glance. Should give a good balance between expansion and penetration at the estimated 1500 + FPS from a rifle and 1300 from a 4 inch revolver.

Im hoping that these shoot equally well from a rifle and my Taurus M44.

[trooperdan]

Flyingmonkey35, I just hit this thread and when I saw your post, I thought my wife must have posted pictures of us! We spent several half-days last month repairing her Coachman 24' 5th wheel! Only it was a lot more work than what I saw, we replaced the rubber roof and as well repairing wood rot in the corner and inside, right at the back edges. We didn't take any pics that I know of but it was a tough, hot miserable experience in the North Carolina heat and humidity!

[redhawk0]

Started stripping the stock on the 1973 Win 94 stock for refinishing....its nothing fancy...just getting rid of the dents and scratches. The metal receiver is what really needs the help....I think a little blue remover and then some new Cold Blue is in order.

It can't really look worse when I'm done than what it does now.

redhawk

[robg]

Cast 405 gr 457 /180gr 358 /160 gr 309 boolits, about sixty of each as I didn't have much time and it's in the 70s here which is hot for us .

[bluejay75]

I cast over two pots worth!!! Close to 50#!!

180 Ranch Dog 6 gang mold (borrowed) I AM STILL
LOOKING TO BUY THIS MOLD!

My NOE group buy 280/454 mold came and I cast nearly 300 with it!

LOVE THESE NOE MOLDS!!!

CW

Show the 450 BM Boolits please. I hate to say this...but I follow you to steal your load data...

[bluejay75]

243975

Cast enough NOE 434 Keith Boolits to test with 22 grains of H110 or 23 Grains of 300 MP. I dont think Elmer would mind a little change to his design. Now I have a Keith that can make the turn in the Ruger Rotary Mag crimped in the crimp groove.

[Nodakjohns]

Loaded 5 372 grn 45/70 with varget and 5 320 grn 45/70 with varget. Just getting some 5 shot strings ready to see what my new never fired sbl likes. Had hand surgery on a torn tendon so it will have to wait a few months. I still have 90 fresh new brass left so i will have a lot of loads to try. I am starting with varget but i have IMR3031 and H4198 on deck. God willing i will find a exceptional hunting load !

[Walks]

I cast bullets for the first time since March. Been waiting until my neighbor finished her Backyard remodel.
First time I went out to the Patio to Cast I looked over the the wall, and 5 hispanic faces were staring at me.

I shut down and put everything away in the Garage.
They finally finished Wed. So I got my gear and went to Finally Casting Bullets this Morning, 25-30lbs worth.

Used new to me a Lee 6cav #429-208-WC & a Lyman #42798 2cav. And My EXCELLENT N.O.E. 4cav TL432-240-RF, it casts the most perfect bullets that jump out of the mold when opened.
My Neighbor did give me 2 soft tacos for lunch.

It was great to get back to casting after over 3 months.

[Keith 429421]

I welded two 1 inch nuts
on top of my Lee 20 pound pot over the valve rod . My Lee pot leak is stopped with the lapping of the rod and spout and this extra weight helped , 1 drop of lead was on the pots base that's it. I cast 186 9mm 125 gr. bullets from my 6 cavity Lee mould in about 25 minutes to give my new casting bench and the pot a test it worked out great. 244009244010

[taco650]

I welded two 1 inch nuts
on top of my Lee 20 pound pot over the valve rod . My Lee pot leak is stopped with the lapping of the rod and spout and this extra weight helped , 1 drop of lead was on the pots base that's it. I cast 186 9mm 125 gr. bullets from my 6 cavity Lee mould in about 25 minutes to give my new casting bench and the pot a test it worked out great. 244009244010

Maybe I should try that... mine drips frequently but not constantly. Still annoying though

[Gatch]

Had my first go with new brass mp mold. Was relatively successful. Lessons learned, make sure you preheat the mold, else it takes forever to get keepers. Also I had to run the pot about 20 degrees C hotter than with an ali mold. Tomorrow I'll cull out the wrinkled ones and have another go. If I finish the day with 40lb of good boolits I'll be happy.

[The Dar]

Yesterday I made some room in the casting/reloading shop by hauling 24 five gallon buckets of brass to the recycler. I had forgotten how much floor space I have.

[bluejay75]

Had my first go with new brass mp mold. Was relatively successful. Lessons learned, make sure you preheat the mold, else it takes forever to get keepers. Also I had to run the pot about 20 degrees C hotter than with an ali mold. Tomorrow I'll cull out the wrinkled ones and have another go. If I finish the day with 40lb of good boolits I'll be happy.

Get a hot plate and re- purpose a small pan of some type from the kitchen cabinet. You might be out 10 dollars...but you will save yourself hours or days in time.

244026

You can see mine behind the mold. I put the mold on the hot plate. Put the small cast iron pan on it face down covering the mold with the handle sticking out. Put ingots on top...just in case there is moisture on them and to warm them. I let them go on 3/4 full power for the entire time the lead is melting.

Most of the time I get good pours on the first or second pour if the mold is clean.

[Texas by God]

Sized, primed, flared, and charged with 22.8grains of IMR4198 40 38-55 brass. I cast about 60 Lee 379-250s, pc’d them orange after sizing to .377”. After lunch I’ll assemble them together

[Crash_Corrigan]

Well I am still unpacking from my lifetime 51st move. This time I moved from a small rental house in the foothills on the West side of Vegas to the South Central Valley into a 57 year old frame larger house with a giant drive-in triple carport. Or just a garage without a door. It also has a lovely pool in the backyard and it is fully fenced so my Sgt. Rambo (Attack Chichuahua) can cavort and terrorize pigeons. I am taking the master bedroom to be my boolit room. I have three 48x18x72 storage racks and a motely collection of benches and tables and the like for the mounting of my collection of presses and assorted reloading and casting goodies.

I am still in the process of unpacking sealed cartons of stuff that the movers put in the house. I also have a 16'x8'x8' POD in the driveway full of the contents of my two 1/2 car garage. Most of that is related to our beloved hobby. It will take me some time to fully unload and put away these goodies as I suffer from COPD and arthritis so my stamina is a joke. Five minutes of activity must be followed by 8 minutes of rest so progress is slow to achieve. The good of it is that the stuff is safe in the POD but it also is costing me $198.77 per month to keep it.

The weather here in Vegas is just hitting the hellish part of the year as we had 107 degrees last week but the pool in the yard is wonderful to cool off in. I get up before dawn and get in a couple of hours of work before the heat really starts at about 1030 hrs. By 1400 hrs my pool time is over and I am back in the rack for a two hour nap. I probably will need to buy at least three more storage shelf units so I can access my goodies easily. I probably have over 100 molds for the 26 different firearms that I own along with about 9 presses and countless dies and other necessary tools.

I started to reload in '95 to feed my two .38's. It was to save money. By now I probably have over $35K invested in the firearms hobby. I gave up golf and playing the guitar as both took time away from shooting, casting and reloading. It has been a blast over the years to be able to custom load ammo to fit each firearm and produce a better round than factory fodder.

Just moving my stash of alloy is an adventure. I started collecting alloy in '95 when my friend had a radiator repair business. He was paying some one to take away his scrap (heavy tin %) solder and spatters from the concrete floor of his shop and dispose of it. I took over this onerous task and over the next 5 years I collected over 150 five gallon plastic buckets of alloy. This alloy was very rich in tin and cast like a dream but shattered on hitting metal and did not expand well at all. The boolits were light in weight but free. I bought a dozen cast iron ash trays that were tiny replicas of a Lodge Skillet with the Bass Pro Shops logo. The made dandy molds and the flat muffin ingot stored well and weighed between 2-3 1/2 lbs apiece. Along the years I also obtained a lot of WW's and I found that a mixture of my light tin rich alloy with both COWW's and SOWW's produced a better boolit than the pure old alloy of heavy tin. I also took part in demolishing 5 dental x ray rooms and we recovered all the pure lead sheeting. All this alloy made a nice pile and I have had to move it 5 times over the years. I still have 1,000 lbs of ash tray ingots in the back of my Nissan PU that I need to bring into storage. With the heavy load the truck rides like a Cadillac but does not want to stop easily and the mileage has dropped from 22 mpg to 18 mpg.

So I will now stop typing and hike myself up the hill to visit with the ex in Sun City as usual for every Sunday we get together. We get along better now than we ever did when we were married. No more fighting as when she gets testy I just leave and go back down the hill without having to fight and squabble any more. Life is good...……..

[robg]

Sized and gas checked some 308and 357 boolits I cast yesterday .

[44Blam]

Maybe I should try that... mine drips frequently but not constantly. Still annoying though

When mine leaks, I just work that screw in and out that controlls the flow. Just a couple in and out and it usually clears up the leak.

[44Blam]

Maybe I should try that... mine drips frequently but not constantly. Still annoying though

When mine leaks, I just work that screw in and out that controlls the flow. Just a couple in and out and it usually clears up the leak.

[Keith 429421]

I spent the beautiful day today making sawdust for fluxing by cutting 1 foot off my new casting bench from 48" wide to 36 " , plans change and more room for my drill press and air compressor relocated , making the best of my space that's dwindling with every new idea I get244053

[Gatch]

Get a hot plate and re- purpose a small pan of some type from the kitchen cabinet. You might be out 10 dollars...but you will save yourself hours or days in time.

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You can see mine behind the mold. I put the mold on the hot plate. Put the small cast iron pan on it face down covering the mold with the handle sticking out. Put ingots on top...just in case there is moisture on them and to warm them. I let them go on 3/4 full power for the entire time the lead is melting.

Most of the time I get good pours on the first or second pour if the mold is clean.

Had another go today. I don't have a hotplate, but sitting the mold on the pot for half an hr got close, then waving a butane torch over it got close enough to allow the sprues to cut in 1 knock of the soft face hammer. Had to cull about half the first lot, but only around a dozen or so of the second session, so a marked improvement.

I then hitek coated 2 lots of 5lb. I overdone them a little but that's ok. I've only just added a pid and am yet to get the timing sussed. Shooting a club ipsc match tomorrow. Looking forward to sizing and loading a few testers from this new mold.

[cwlongshot]

Show the 450 BM Boolits please. I hate to say this...but I follow you to steal your load data...

The bullet shot real well today with 5744 powder but no chrony so need to know that before saying it is “good”.

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v465/CWLONGSHOT/CE525BCA-B837-4EC7-9948-5C8F3E612F21_zpscra96per.jpeg

Mild recoil so might be slow. Looking for at least 1600 fps.

CW

[Ramson222]

The bullet shot real well today with 5744 powder but no chrony so need to know that before saying it is “good”.

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v465/CWLONGSHOT/CE525BCA-B837-4EC7-9948-5C8F3E612F21_zpscra96per.jpeg

Mild recoil so might be slow. Looking for at least 1600 fps.

CW

You beat me to the range I'm still waiting for Gas checks.

[44Blam]

The bullet shot real well today with 5744 powder but no chrony so need to know that before saying it is “good”.

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v465/CWLONGSHOT/CE525BCA-B837-4EC7-9948-5C8F3E612F21_zpscra96per.jpeg

Mild recoil so might be slow. Looking for at least 1600 fps.

CW

Looks like 5 shots? Good grouping. :)

[44Blam]

Just got some new PC powder from smoke... I need to get in the garage...

[WardT]

Pin tumbled a couple hundred 30-06

[dansedgli]

Not today but I got this running a few weeks ago finally. Thanks to Hatch for the bracketry.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bgCCFdlXMg

[cwlongshot]

I powder coated some 600 ish pieces as I cast another 600 ish more of the same...:shock:

CW

[Bookworm]

Neck sized and primed 60 pieces of 7.62x54r. The monthly Military Bolt-gun match is only 2 weeks away.

[ThomR]

Sorted some brass that I picked up the last two day. Picked up around a thousand 9mm cases, and around 500 223 cases.

[trixter]

Saturday morning I plugged in the pot and turned on the hot plate with my favorite 9mm mold on it and went back in the house for about an hour, I sat down and starting casting, I looked in the pot and it was getting low, so I went to the shelf..... OH NO! I am out of ingots! so I shut everything down and cleaned up, then I uncovered my smelting stuff only to discover that I was out of propane. The tank is in my truck and will get filled this week and it looks like I will me making ingots. I usually do that during the winter, but had a bunch of medical issues to deal with this year and so everything is out of sync.

[Conditor22]

Not loading room -- I did some smelting of mystery metal last month, waited 5 weeks for alloys to harden. Tested each batch for hardness, marked each ingot (from angle iron ingot molds) and put them in my ingot storage shelf unit under a work table

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[Keith 429421]

I went to the range and tested some of my bullets as Im a new caster of only 2 months now. I shot some 9mm and 40 S&W from my Glocks and both of the Lee bullets I cast flowed thru them with no issues at all and shot good groups Im happy with this new addition to my 46 year reloading hobby and now am putting the lots of bought cast bullets into storage . Ill be shooting what I cast from now on , most of my loads have been cast bullets over the years with exception of handgun magnums and all rifle cartridges. I have cast some 8mm Mauser gas checked bullets and will load some up and get out with those too this summer and go from there
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[44Blam]

I went to the range and tested some of my bullets as Im a new caster of only 2 months now. I shot some 9mm and 40 S&W from my Glocks and both of the Lee bullets I cast flowed thru them with no issues at all and shot good groups Im happy with this new addition to my 46 year reloading hobby and now am putting the lots of bought cast bullets into storage . Ill be shooting what I cast from now on , most of my loads have been cast bullets over the years with exception of handgun magnums and all rifle cartridges. I have cast some 8mm Mauser gas checked bullets and will load some up and get out with those too this summer and go from there
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So... I know people shoot lead in stock Glock barrels... Buuuutttt...
I had good accuracy for 30,40,50 rounds when testing. I also had good accuracy in a steel match - until the accuracy fell off the edge of the Earth. Of course, I thought it was me losing focus or something, but then I went a couple days later and it was ALL OVER the place. A bore scope revealed lead on one side of the "rifling". I got a KKM barrel and have no such issues -- hundreds of rounds at a time with great accuracy - much better than the stock Glock barrel. So, I have a Glock 35 and shoot 357 sig and 40 S&W both out of KKM barrels. I will shoot bullets out of the glock barrel, but even with plated bullets, I get better accuracy with the KKM barrels.

[Tom W.]

And all of the Glocks that I owned had factory barrels and shot lead without ever leading. I did have a 17, a 19, and a 30. The reason they and I parted ways was due to neuropathy, and I could no longer control nor hit where I was aiming, always hitting low and left. I don't have that trouble with my CZ 75 SP01 or my Ruger LC9S Pro. And I still shoot lead from those two.


I was going to cast some boolits this evening when it got cooler, but my wife had me go run a few errands.....

[cwlongshot]

I shoot a ton thru 40’s and 10mm many of them Glocks. I switched to PC bulelts and forgot about the worry of cast in glock barrels.

I also have a few KKM barrels and agree they are great accurate pRODUCTS. BUT they are much tighter chambers and can be VERY finicky about feeding over sized cast bullets.

CW

[Keith 429421]

I have shot thousands of cast bullets from my Glocks without issues and a bit of leading which I clean out my oldest one is a 1994 model the others are later and my 2 40's are recent. Glock changed the barrel ramps to improve the "non supported chamber issue" before I got my 40's but all the autos I've seen have an unsupported chamber compared to revolvers because of the feed ramp. The 40 has had the most publicized issues which may be because its a very modern high performance cartridge compared to the 9 and it was developed when the jacketed hollow point bullets were becoming standard for LEO use many of which are truncated cone types and that may be why the feed ramps on 40's are the way there designed. I keep my loads mid range with all my cast bullets thou I did load some 40's with 155 gr cast bullets that were hitting 1130 fps-1180 fps with HS-6 powder. I backed down on the load and now I'm using Power Pistol in the 40 and Unique in the 9's which are giving me MV of around 850-900 fps with no jamming and good shooting fun. For higher power loads in all handguns I use jacketed bullets and clean the barrels well before. I also don't like to mix the jacketed with lead without a cleaning. Ill let some solvent sit in the barrel a couple days often to get the fouling out. One of the issues with all Glocks and cast bullets is the smooth wavy polygonal rifling not the land and groove type that most handguns have , It allows cast bullets to seal very well in the barrel and up the pressures another reason I keep cast loads reasonably. I also check my brass but I don't have any special dies to smooth out the bulge in the cases which is tiny , the Glock Smile as its called. I use my Sq Deal Dillon with its own dies and a 550 Dillon on my loads with Lee and RCBS dies for the 9 and 40's Lee on the 9mm Makrov The 44 Special the 44 Mag the 45 ACP and 45 Colt and RCBS also for the 45acp and 45 Colt Lyman dies I got with my first O mag Press in 1983 with the 38/357 when I moved up from Lee Loaders to a press . I have two sets of dies as one set is set up in the Dillion 550 die blocks, the other set are used on my single station RCBS Rockchucker or the Lyman O Mag for working up small test batches of loads often when I try new powders or bullets. The reason I got my 40's is seeing all the brass I could not load which had become more common then flies on the range taking the place of the 9. I cast in my garage with good ventilation not in the "hobby " room The Sq D's have 9mm 38/357 40 SW and 45ACP setups so I can load these calibers on either press I was hoping Dillon would make a SqD conversion for the 9 Makrov too not enough demand thou I also load .223 30-30 308 and 8mm Mauser on the 550s. You can mix and match Dillon shell plates powder funnels and buttons from different conversion kits and sometimes you may only need a powder funnel to load other calibers or just a shell plate cheaper then a entire conversion kit. Dillon has a interchangeability chart of the items I like the Dillons and got my first SqD in 1987 but I feel people should always start with a single station or Lee Loader to learn how to reload and get all the basics down plus there's things you need to buy at first powder scales as a example you'll need anyway.
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[Gatch]

I was supposed to be doing a 12hr shift at work today. However the job I was on is cancelled, so I'll be heading home shortly on 4hrs @ double time for my troubles. When I get there, I'll be queueing up all this weekends motogp practise sessions on the telly, warming up the lee 4-20 and seeing how many mp 145gr 9mm I can punch out in a day. My lady is heading out with some friends to a show and the suns out. It is going to be an excellent day.

[kayala]

Finished processing of 7.62x39 brass, I've purchase from one of the big retailers. It was a labor of love :)
Decap, wet tumble, size and trim, dry tumble to remove lube, while sizing at first I've had my decap pin installed to knock off occasional SS pin stuck in firing hole; after I broke 3(!!) pins decided that I need to deburr the flash hole; so the last
stage was deburr & uniform flash hole, case mouth chamfer and primer pocket uniform. Now I need a good brass catcher for my AK/SKS, cause I'd hate to lose a single case from that batch :D

[44Blam]

I shoot a ton thru 40’s and 10mm many of them Glocks. I switched to PC bulelts and forgot about the worry of cast in glock barrels.

I also have a few KKM barrels and agree they are great accurate pRODUCTS. BUT they are much tighter chambers and can be VERY finicky about feeding over sized cast bullets.

CW

My 40 barrel eats anything I put in there, but my 357 sig barrel is picky. I do have to plunk each one to make sure my crimp is good. But it is not NEARLY as finicky as my stock CZ52 barrel.

[Boolseye]

Casting .38s and .45s. These are NOE HG-68s and Lee 358-125. Also did some NOE 357-135 RF and Lee 452-300 RF. A fine way to spend a Sunday morning.
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[robg]

Prepped some 45-70 brass ,was given a Lee trimmer by a gun shop that they'd had on the shelf for years so I tried it out .didn't think 45-70 brass would need trimming ,it did .glad I checked as I thought it was like 357 mag brass that hardly ever needs trimming.

[Chev. William]

Sunday, June 30th, I threaded both ends of eight pieces of 3/8"ODx.065"Wall 4130 tube using a 1" dia adjustable die chucked in a six jaw lathe chuck, guiding the tubes with a 1/2" capacity Tail stock Jackobs chuck and holding the tubes from spinning with a set of Locking pliers.
These are 1/8NPT threads. I had a die stock but it was missing the lock screw so not usable.

Necessity is a 'Mother' sometimes.

Have a Happy and Safe Forth of July Holiday All!
Chev. William

[DDJ]

de-primed and cleaned 350 45 Colt brass

[sigep1764]

Deprimed, sized, and primed 40 32ACP cases. Will load tonight with 1.8 grains of Red Dot.

[cwlongshot]

Casting one last pot of 180Ranch Dog 360’s before I clean and return the mold to its rightful owner! This pot will be hard 100% WW. Should yield about 750-800 bullets.

CW

[sigep1764]

Finished the 40 cases of 32ACP. Hopefully tmro I'll be test firing the NAA Guardian that was just returned from the factory last week.

[Tom W.]

As of late it's always something going on.... After Lori fell I've been somewhat babysitting, and today I had problems, so all I got to do was fill the bird feeders and round up some charcoal for the grill. At least the hamburgers came out well!

[DDJ]

De-primed and cleaned 350 45 Colt brass

[cat-mechanic]

Grabbed a set of Dillon 45 ACP dies and 550 toolhead off of eBay last week. It arrived yesterday. Pulled the dies, powder die and funned and cleaned the tool head and then cleaned the dies. Lots of built up crud in the dies. But they are like a new set now all cleaned up.

[Tom W.]

Last night I had an awful time, today I was hoping to cast some, but decided it would be better to stay in the house today......




Cancer sucks!

[cwlongshot]

I pulled 100 pcs of newWinchester 350 Legend ammo. Tossed the -45gFMJ bullets. Saved ghe Powder. Then trimmed all cases uniformly then charged each case with 21.8g of factory powder. Then I resized 140 gHornady FTX BULLETS. Topping each case with a bullet seated all bullets.

CW

[Bookworm]

Loaded enough 7.62x54r to get me through the Bolt-gun match tomorrow.

With the match occurring monthly, one would think I would have the ammo loaded up enough in advance that I wouldn't have to load it the day before.

One would be wrong.

[44Blam]

Nothing... But I did UNload a bunch of 308/8mm Mauser and 40 S&W...
Fun day!
And, somebody before us was shooting nickle plated 40S&W... So I got a bunch of fancy brass.

[cwlongshot]

Haha thats what I call it too!

Nickel goes in a different bucket. I use it for jbullets so I can immediately see whats in the box.

I PCd some 500 RD 35 Mirror Black. Nice coverage but the contrast from the silver lead shows every tiny imperfection more than many other colors.

CW

[lightman]

Nothing much lately. I've been helping a buddy plant food plots at a duck club. That club does have a small private range and I did pick up some brass a few weeks ago that I may wash and sort after while. We have been working 7 days a week for several weeks, including 10 hours on the 4th, and I'm home today! May not do anything!

[cwlongshot]

I cast 1/3 of a pot if 180g 10mm boolits and PCd some 600 more. The color I used on these was a Lavender mix and a Orange/silver on the 10MM.

CW

[Demeter’s_Workshop]

I designed a new jig to cut down 30-06 cases for 45 raptor. looking forward to loading next weekend

[Tom W.]

I finally got to cast a few hundred Lee 358-125 rf today. I had to get out after a while due to the heat, even though I had the air conditioning on.....

[44Blam]

I was given about 5000 cleaned up 44 mag cases. They have all been shot multiple times and never trimmed and almost all are out of spec.
So, I deprimed/resized, trimmed and cleaned out the primer pockets/flash holes and reprimed about 100 of them. Gonna shoot some 44 mag at the steel shoot this weekend.

[ThomR]

I sorted through a bunch of brass that I picked up the last two weeks. I have 37 pounds of 223/556 brass that I'm planning on converting to 300 blackout. Based on what I saw online I have like 2,500 to 2,600 cases to convert. A lot of it is Lake City, and a couple hundred cases are nickel plated Lake City brass. I'm probably going to use the nickel plated cases for jacketed bullets and keep them loaded in mags in a plate carrier.

[robg]

Sized trimmed expanded some 45-70 brass its in the tumbler for a nice shine before I prime them .

[Iron369]

Cleaned up some brass. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190708/d673e2f9678cf7d9922f112174cdca88.jpg

[obssd1958]

Man!!
That is really pretty!

[Texas by God]

I put the 3x9 back on my late brother's 110 Savage .243, sighted it in, shot 3 Rem 85gr PLHP into 7/8" @100 yds. That was Saturday. Yesterday I gave it to my son. He's 25 and more into music than hunting, but this is a much better hunting gun than his AR15 and he is proud to have his uncle's rifle.

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[SSGOldfart]

Load about 400 45cal and about 100 32H&R Magnum.

[44Blam]

Loaded the 100 44 mag cases with a mid range Unique load for this weekend's steel match.
Need to do the brass prep on about 120 more 44 mag cases and then load 100 full house W296 loads and about 20 of the AA11FS experimental loads. I finally got my chrony back together after my mishap during the initial testing of AA11FS...

[cwlongshot]

Sorted a hopper of brass from the tumbler from Last weekends range trip.

Then sized and GCd about 600 more, 185g Ranch Dog boolits!

CW

[Keith 429421]

I waited all day for the UPS driver to deliver my new Magma Master Pot at 4 pm as I had to sign for it at my request, Then I gave it a short road test and made my 4th Youtube video on it as I did. It took 3 weeks to get here after I ordered it and is a real monster. It cost 652 dollars delivered.

This was my 4th Youtube video I made one on the Lyman Lube Sizer and two on the Magma Star lube sizer but lost the PW and my cell phone was trashed after I made it so Im "locked out" of the Lockspicks&clicks account I made them on . No I was not a spy I was a Master Locksmith for 35 years until I retired and my new you tube acct is back to Keith 429421 just like on Cast Bollits. I made the first three as Keith 429421 before changing my Youtube name . I never made any locksmith videos and never will so that name is history

I will say the Master pot is huge and its orifice hole is large, I could not cast with it until I slowed it way down , its adjustable, so It will fill ingot moulds up on the wide open setting. It will take some time to get adjusted to it and Im making another mould shelf for it soon. No PID its capacity is so large 40 pounds of lead alloy that the temp should stay steady, They do have one for 250.00 Outside you can touch the pot when hot for a second and not get burned. Its a big one for sure. It is used on the Master Casters and they must be really popular now hence the 3 week wait to get one. Well Made commercial quality but very pricey

Magma Master Pot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8LibF_87B4

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[MOA]

Keith, you will really like the pot. Being able to hold so much lead is a real sweet deal. It allows you to really turn out the boolits without having to wait while the pot gets up to temp each time you refill it. I got my master caster back in 2012 and have since then added many new molds that were large grain single and double cavity that I had no need to cast boolits in the hundreds and hundreds. I needed the large pot for the capacity, but did not need the expense of the molds that were made to work in the master caster since I was making so few of them. I opted to buy just the stand, and then move the pot off the frame of the cast master when I was going to cast the large grain boolits, it only involved removing two bolts to move it from the caster to the new stand. I also got so tired of not being able to cast outside here in the Mobile area due to so much rain on a daily basis and due to the heat and humidity that I decided I would schedule all of my large grain boolit casting to the summertime where I could hand cast with the pot on the stand set up on the kitchen stove with a board underneath and a water heater catch basin under the pot that was mounted up on four bricks to give me a little more height and working in the A/C of indoors is soooo nice. I must admit, I do have the best wife in the world too.

The outdoor setup.
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The kitchen setup

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[Keith 429421]

Getting used to the Master Pot It holds a lot of lead and takes a long time to cool, a good while for the lead to sit and become firm It was still liquid long after I turned it off compared to the Lee 20 lb pot. I made a simple metal mould rest with 3/8 bar stock sides loose for the Lyman and Lee moulds , put wing nuts on the shelve adjustment and cut off the box end of a 7/16 wrech and welded a long metal home made handle on it to reach the rear lower shelves bolts . I tried the back mould stop and took it off again cast about 100 bulllets for another test and Im good to go. Ive got plenty of lead cast into bullets now to reload some ammo and I got my White Label Red Carnauba bullet lube today and can feel its softer then the Magma lube Im using so Ill change my Start sizer out tomorrow and give it a try on the Lee 356-125 bullets I had trouble lubing. I used the existing holes in the Master Pot shelve for the new rest with a 5/8th hole in it for any drips to pass thru
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[McFred]

Ran ~300 out of my new Lee mould. Did fine. The 6-banger's nice for through put. Lubing and sizing them tonight to load tomorrow in anticipation of a Saturday range day.

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[trooperdan]

resized then expanded about 250 .45 AR cases, getting ready for Bullseye shooting league using my old school S&W model 25-2 .45 ACP revolver

[44Blam]

Loaded 25 44 mag with AA #11FS... Last time I was clocking this load, I accidentally shot the chrony screen. I have since replaced the screen and am going to continue the experiment.
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[Tom W.]

I went to the shed with the intention of finding a few cans of spray paint to repaint the mailbox and flag. While there I somehow managed to plug in my drip-o-matic and pour another +/- 150 Lee 125 gr. RF. I can resize them to .357 for my CZ or .358 for my Ruger, as well as some for my son's .38........but it's supposed to be kinda ugly tomorrow weather wise....but at least it ain't gonna be like Louisiana.

[MOA]

Keith, post some images of your modified shelf in brighter light if you can. Those sound like nice improvements.

[cwlongshot]

I NEED MORE ROOM!!!

I had built a floor to ceiling, 12” wide pine board rack beside my ammo cabinet. (As wide as I had room for). Its top shelves where dominated with bulk 22 from Back when it was scarce and I was hoarding ;). (As if 7-8 bulk boxes and a couple buckets o bullets is considered hoarding) any how... That got moved to the shelf in the cast bullet cabinet so now I have two shelves for 12 ga!! Thats the biggest space dominator for me. So now I can shuffle and will have more room that I desperately need.
The 12 ga dosent get shot nearly as regularly and I done really need to have that locked.

This weekend Ill need to organize things better so like calibers are all together.

CW

[RustyReel]

I poured a few fishing jigs, powder coated a few as well. I know, waste of lead and paint but I can't afford those fancy store bought things!

[Bookworm]

Annealed, neck sized, and primed the 7.62x54r I fired at the match last weekend.

I have 99 cases ready to load. Maybe I can get it done prior to the day before the match this time. Maybe.

Only 4 weeks left before the match.

[redhawk0]

Spent the day Dis-assembling ammo. I acquired quite a few boxes of Reloads from a guy about 12 years ago. He was an acquaintance but I can't say I really trusted him. (he actually committed suicide...but that's beside the point)...The ammo has good components...so I'm salvaging the brass and projectiles...The powder...it all goes on the garden for fertilizer.

redhawk

[Texas by God]

Dabbled with a gun or two and sized some gifted MP413shp to .410". I previously pc'd them and what do you know it stayed on the boolit.

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[Keith 429421]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTcZEhfz1RY

I made a quick Youtube video of myself casting with the Master Pot, you can see the sheve from a distance in the video . Ill get another better pic later of the simple shelf I made that will also work with the Lyman Mag 25 I think . Feel free to flame me if you see me doing something wrong if you watch it . I am having trouble with the new Master Pot Im casting wrinkled bullets too many have an imperfection I cleaned the moulds with denatured alcohol heated them well and adjusted the lead pour flow. The issue is that the pots not getting up to temp. I set it at 700F then 750F then all the way to 800F and left it set that way after the lead melted for 2 hours, after casting 50 bullets heating the moulds the cast bullets still wrinkled and I can not get frosted bullets all the way up to the 800F max setting, so the pot is too cold with 35 pounds lead alloy in it. Its the 110 V model 1500 watts and I have it on a 20 amp dedicated circuit 3 feet from the panel box with 12 gauge wiring and a good 20 amp breaker. Theres 123 Volts on my "110" circuits measured with a Fluke multimeter so I have plenty of power. I do have a 25 ft 12 gauge electric extension cord on the pot to the outlet. I can make a 12 gauge or 10 gauge cord for the 6 feet it likes to get to the outlet with the 8ft cord it comes with . I will adjust the T stat, it is adjustable and get a lead thermometer to give me an idea of where I am temp wise. Any ideas let me know as it stands my 20 pound Lee pot casted better bullets then this Master Pot but Im working on it as its new to me and I may be doing something wrong. I may have to let some lead out into ingot moulds to get the temp up but it supposed to hold and work with 40 pounds of lead and I know the Master Casters work well for people so somethings not right

[Keith 429421]

I will move the pot on the casting bench on wheels I made to the outlet so I can see if adding that 25ft 12 gauge extension cord has something to do with it. If that's the problem Ill move the 20 amp circuit outlet closer or make a 10 gauge short extension cord, there's nothing in the instructions about an extension cord and I asked Magma about that when I ordered it

[Keith 429421]

The bullets like McFreds above is what Im wanting to cast, good work and It looks like there a bit frosted which my best bullets have been when casting , Shiny is where Im at right now,

Very nice if the bullets are not wrinkled, the bases are full and the lube groves and detail crisp just like McFreds, so what pot are you using McFred and temp setting

[robg]

Cleaned my 308 savage ,stripped the bolt and adjusted the rifle basic trigger .tried out hornady dry lube and cleaner runs smother now .range tommorow ,hope I shot better now.

[6bg6ga]

At 113degrees I looked at the reloading equipment in the totes and said the heck with it.

[Bookworm]

Fired up the pot this morning. Got a later start than I usually do, didn't get to it until after 9am. Usually I want to get down there in the barn at first light, especially in the summer.
Straight clip-on wheelweights, air cooled.
Lyman 266469 on the left, for the Swede that I obtained at Wanenmacher last spring. I haven't fired it yet.
Lee C312-185-1R on the right, I'm shooting this in the 1942 Sako-barreled M39 at the monthly club match.

245202

About 6-7 pounds of the Lee, only a few of the Lyman for the 6.5 Swede. I just want to try it out. Still need checks for it....

[MOA]

Keith, if it's possible I would opt for no extension at all. I'd want to plug the pot directly into the outlet. That's what I do, and I also have a 1000 degree thermometer that I keep in the pot. Make a holder from a flat strip of metal, two holes, one at each end. One for thermometer the other should fit under one of the nuts on top of the pot. I run my pot around 800 when full, then have to turn down bit by bit as the level decreases, that's why I like having the thermometer in the pot most all the time. As you can see in the last image the outlet I use when I cast outside is well within the distance of the pot so no extension is used. I have no problem getting frosted boolits if I need them.
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[Tom W.]

Cleaned resized, primed and flared the brass that I shot this morning. I also cleaned the pistols that I took to the range.

[Keith 429421]

MOA thanks for the info Ive got a lead thermometer on order and will take your advice. How many pounds of lead alloy do you put in your pot the full 40 lbs and you can still get the lead hot enough to be frosted or do you start with less

Very nice bullets you cast sharp lube edges well filled . What kind of lube sizer do you use or how do you lube them with what lube

Ive got my pot into a closer 120 outlet with 15 amps and 123 volts within reach of my pots cord. I gave the T stat a small adjustment turning the tiny screw left a bit so Ill testing it tonight soon but still need that thermometer to see where I'm at . With my lee 20 lb pot it would get so hot it would glow red with about 5 pounds in it and turn out a lot of oxidized dirty debris

[David2011]

Packed 200 pounds of brass to move to the new house. Only 5 gallons of .38 Special and 2 big buckets of .45 ACP to go.

[cat-mechanic]

Went to the big blue Dillon mother ship today.

Got a couple powder measure reservoirs, new balance scale (old one wasn't reading properly anymore), universal decapping stem, a die box all warrantied.

Then bought a replacement 1050 small primer swage and another 1050 tool head stand.

[lightman]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTcZEhfz1RY

I made a quick Youtube video of myself casting with the Master Pot, you can see the sheve from a distance in the video . Ill get another better pic later of the simple shelf I made that will also work with the Lyman Mag 25 I think . Feel free to flame me if you see me doing something wrong if you watch it . I am having trouble with the new Master Pot Im casting wrinkled bullets too many have an imperfection I cleaned the moulds with denatured alcohol heated them well and adjusted the lead pour flow. The issue is that the pots not getting up to temp. I set it at 700F then 750F then all the way to 800F and left it set that way after the lead melted for 2 hours, after casting 50 bullets heating the moulds the cast bullets still wrinkled and I can not get frosted bullets all the way up to the 800F max setting, so the pot is too cold with 35 pounds lead alloy in it. Its the 110 V model 1500 watts and I have it on a 20 amp dedicated circuit 3 feet from the panel box with 12 gauge wiring and a good 20 amp breaker. Theres 123 Volts on my "110" circuits measured with a Fluke multimeter so I have plenty of power. I do have a 25 ft 12 gauge electric extension cord on the pot to the outlet. I can make a 12 gauge or 10 gauge cord for the 6 feet it likes to get to the outlet with the 8ft cord it comes with . I will adjust the T stat, it is adjustable and get a lead thermometer to give me an idea of where I am temp wise. Any ideas let me know as it stands my 20 pound Lee pot casted better bullets then this Master Pot but Im working on it as its new to me and I may be doing something wrong. I may have to let some lead out into ingot moulds to get the temp up but it supposed to hold and work with 40 pounds of lead and I know the Master Casters work well for people so somethings not right

By my calculations you should not be having enough voltage drop to cause your problem. At 25 ft a 14 gauge cord should only have 1.40% loss so your 12 gauge cord should be good to go. You could check the voltage at the end of the core to verify.

Good Luck in figuring this out.

[MOA]

Keith,
I fill the pot kinda on what I'm casting, and how many boolits I plan on making. But, it will hit 800 even when I fill it up all the way. So, if yours is not doing it, call Eric at Magma and let him know and I'm sure he will take care of the issue, either run through what might be causing the low temp or he may just send you some replacement parts to replace a part that may be the problem. I've worked with Eric before and he is great to work with.

As to the lube a sizer, I have two Lyman and a RCBS Lube-a-sizer II, as to lube.....all kinds, RCBS, Lyman, Home made lately and I will most likely use more home made stuff than the manufactured stuff in the future.



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[lightman]

I haven't been in the loading room much lately but today I pulled up some music on YouTube and deprimed about half a tub of range brass. It felt good too, to get back out there!

[Keith 429421]

I took Lightmans advice today and measured the voltage on my outlet end of the 25ft 12 gauge cord and with the cord plugged into the Master Pot . At the outlet it was 124.7 V at the end of the cord it was 124.6 and with the pot plugged in was 120.9 so there's plenty of power amps and watts going to the pot. I adjusted the T stat a bit more and have maybe 1/4 of a turn left to max, I set the pot at 750 with about 34 pounds of lead in it and let it heat 1 1/2 hours . I also read that any drafts over the lead coming out the spout can alter casting results so I tested it with a candle blown out with my fan and garage door open and closed yes there's some turbulence but not much I do have a large fan at the window drawing outward to the outside about 2 feet from the pot . With that extra heat adjustment I casted over 100 bullets many to get the moulds hot a Lee 125 RN 9mm and a Lyman 230 RN .45 with mush better results many of the bullet s were perfect some still had a bit of wrinkling but not as pronounced still no frosted bullets but I have that extra 50F on the T Sate and that bit of adjustment to go. Ill wait for my lead thermos to come and check the heat and then make some more adjustments so I am closer to the results I want . I also upped the lead flow a tiny amount. I will say that exact voltage changes a little all day long with the load on the grid as it was 96F here today and I had 123.3 V at the outlet 15 minutes before then tested it again

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[Keith 429421]

Thanks MOA for the info next the thermo coming soon to see whats up temp wise ! Magma has given me great service so Ill call if Im still having issues and I do expect to see that 800 on the temp . I also think the pot can simply be changed from 110 to 220 by just changing the T stat wiring to the heating band and will check with Magma to see if that's true. Wont help me as the 110 and 220 version both use 1500 watts. 220v will not make it hotter . The Magma PID has a 110v relay or a 220V relay so there is a difference with that. Just some info is all for everyone and when I get it all hashed out I will post my findings on the Star thread for reference for other casters. I may get the PID later if I find out I need it but my plan is casting only 100 to-400 bullets at a time as I need them , then shutting down and resupplying the pot with lead for the next session without having to put sprues back into the pot while casting and that's why I got the pot

[Keith 429421]

MOA making my own lube is something I will get to also. Good job and great boolits you cast!

[cwlongshot]

Its been hotter than Haties for the last 13 days... So no casting for me. But I have plenty to size and GC and load...

Kinda jonesin for castin...

CW

[Reverend Al]

I didn't get any actual reloading done, but I've been sorting out a few surplus (?) items to put on my table at this weekend's local gun show. I'm sharing a table with a friend of mine. It's absolutely amazing just how MUCH STUFF I have down in my reloading shop and how LITTLE of it I'm really willing to part with! LOL ...

[MOA]

MOA making my own lube is something I will get to also. Good job and great boolits you cast!


Keith, well just a side note since you mentioned making your own lube. I'm becoming a Vendor Sponsor. One of the products we are making is a CNC base that is cut to fit a section of schedule 40 PVC and a 3/8th inch length of aluminum rod for the center. We started cutting out the pieces today. Each base is made to hold 8 of these lube tubes. Here are a few images of the project. We are also making loading blocks for Rifle, Pistol, and Shotguns.

https://i.postimg.cc/cLvPRZyG/Screenshot_2019-05-25-02-56-45.png (https://postimg.cc/21fHYsS0)

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[Green Frog]

MOA,

Do you have your lube stick bases ready for sale yet? I'd be interested in getting one as I've got a couple of types of lube I custom mix for my own applications, and I'd be very interested in getting some "organized" into tubes ready to use in one of my Ideal or Lyman Lube/Sizers. Please shoot me a PM if they're ready.

Froggie

[flyingmonkey35]

Keith, well just a side note since you mentioned making your own lube. I'm becoming a Vendor Sponsor. One of the products we are making is a CNC base that is cut to fit a section of schedule 40 PVC and a 3/8th inch length of aluminum rod for the center. We started cutting out the pieces today. Each base is made to hold 8 of these lube tubes. Here are a few images of the project. We are also making loading blocks for Rifle, Pistol, and Shotguns.

https://i.postimg.cc/cLvPRZyG/Screenshot_2019-05-25-02-56-45.png (https://postimg.cc/21fHYsS0)

https://i.postimg.cc/ydNnRgpd/20190715_123403.jpg (https://postimg.cc/jWGz05b0)

https://i.postimg.cc/MHMDPkSJ/20190715_123408.jpg (https://postimg.cc/rRTxsPsf)

https://i.postimg.cc/1XkKbWmn/20190715_123354.jpg (https://postimg.cc/LgVf13Z2)

https://i.postimg.cc/ZKY35tgb/20190715_123434.jpg (https://postimg.cc/JtgtpgMv)

https://i.postimg.cc/vmnxNQ1z/20190715_123412.jpg (https://postimg.cc/1g9zg1rn)

https://i.postimg.cc/HkR7zJLn/20190715_123423.jpg (https://postimg.cc/Mn0TKpVJ)

https://i.postimg.cc/TwX58ZgX/20190715_123428.jpg (https://postimg.cc/QB0d1Yf6)most impressive.

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[Tom W.]

Those look suspiciously like some loading blocks that my son made for me when he worked at PolyFab down in Eufaula. I love them!