What did you do in the reloading room today?

[lpel]

Loaded 200 rounds for my new to me Colt New Service revolver in 45 Colt. 200 Lee SWC cast and PC by me. Will cast up some Lee 230 TC to try as well.

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[MOA]

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



Thanks Tom, I hope to have these ready to offer within the next couple of weeks. So stay tuned.

[1911aug]

I finished lube sizing 45 colt slugs from Sunday's cast session and mount my ransom rest to the base wood. Now need to build a sturdy stand to use it at the range.

[McFred]

I sized/lubed some of the 358-125s for testing this weekend. I also inventoried some brass that came in the post.

[rcslotcar]

I derimed about 1,000 .22lr cases,now ony about 50,000 to go.

[Tom W.]

Lubed, sized and loaded some Lee 358-125 RF and ran a magazine full through my CZ. They chambered without a hitch, which surprised me. As I posted earlier the Lee 356-120 TC had to be sized to .357 to chamber in the CZ . It just tickles the stuff out of me that these other boolits will work, as my Ruger likes a .358 boolits, and my son can use some if needed. I may just have a meltdown of the TC boolits that are already cast, lubed and sized to .357 and recreate them to the RF boolits.

[bluejay75]

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Finished 500 MP Molds HG 503 Cup Points 44 Magnums. They weigh 260 grains and Im running themsized to .432 behind 23.1 grains of 300 MP and a WLPP. They do about 1.5 inches at 100 yards from a rifle and expand and hold together nicely in water jugs losing almost no boolit weight. They will be added to this years hunting rotation.

[Gatch]

This weekend I'll test a couple things. Some copper plated bullets I won, with some adi ap50 behind it. Also some newly cast 145gr rnbb with universal clays behind it. Gonna be a good day if I get no leading.

[docbrown]

Bought a .40 this week. Setting up my 40/10mm dies for the turret press. Now the fun of developing some loads for it!

[midnight]

Powder coated about 200 H&G #78s with Eastwood's red wagon. Perfect.

Bob

[robg]

Loaded up 50 45-70 410 gr boolits over 22gr 2400 and 50 357 mag 164gr boolits over 13.5 gr 2400.range tomorrow.

[Michael J. Spangler]

Loaded 50 round of 45/70 with a Lee 405 paperpatched and 12 grains of unique.
Sold my 1895 this morning. Guess I’ll shoot these in the trapdoor.

[redhawk0]

Nothin'....its too blasted hot to be out there.

redhawk

[Michael J. Spangler]

Nothin'....its too blasted hot to be out there.

redhawk

You can say that again

[redhawk0]

Nothin'....its too blasted hot to be out there.

:smile:

redhawk

[cwlongshot]

I picked up a Rossi PUMA 45 rifle (24”)

The sites where terrible. Swapped in some Marbels and then cleaned the barrel.

Tried a couple dummies bullets from the die box... ran perfect... FILLED the mag with all the differe t bullet dummies I had... Darn thing fed every single one perfectly!!

WOOHOO!!

CW

[Texas by God]

It’s time to shorten my CBC 12 gauge single shot for farm patrol/ river riding duty. I have a new 6-48 brass bead to install after shortening the barrel to 20”. I will probably port the muzzle as well.

[Keith 429421]

I made an insert for my Master Pot mould shelve in 100F heat and detailed my Master Pots early days with pics of my mods in a new thread in the Star Equipment thread in the Lubesizer, Melting pots Casting equipment thread here

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?385385-The-Maagma-Master-Pot-Mods-And-Issues-With-It

[cwlongshot]

I sized a few hundred PC’d boolits

I made up some 45 LC and 10mm loads

I organized the CB boxes a bit.

Then counted out some to send to a friend to try.

CW

[Keith 429421]

Eureka ! I cast some excellent Lee 6 cavity 120 gr TCN bullets with my new Master Pot. My problem was simply adjust the thermostat which I was able to dial in with the lead thermometer I bought. My new Lee bullet rest insert that goes in the other mould rest I made worked perfectly raising the Lee mould 1/4 of and inch higher then it was at the Lyman mould setting I set the shelve and my mould rest at . Now I have tubs of bullets ready to cast and a bunch to lube size. I also made a simple and effective thermometer holders from a piece of 1" flat band metal 1/8" thick as MOA here in this thread suggested, It swings oput of the way to remove dross and stir the pot or add more alloy I had the pot up to 800F and the sprues were frosted the bullets very nice . I'll add these results today to the thread in the Star equipment corner of bullets casting equipment I started on Master Pot experiences and mods . The thread link is two posts above this one Thanks to all for your replies with the troubles I had with wrinkled bullets

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[robg]

Prepped a hundred 45-70 cases sized trimmed expanded and primed. But it's in the eighties can't face loading them up .

[GONRA]

GONRA’s Suppressed 5.7x28mmFN “FiveseveN” Pistol load creation:

As others have suggested, NO ERRORS can be tolerated in 5.7x28mFN loading! KABOOM!
(Don’t believe GONRA? Google / Search “KABOOM” on “5 7 websites”!!!)
As with any reloading project, make sure Little Family (pets too!) are off in slumber land
to avoid Endless Family Distractions.

Fired 5.7x28mFN cases can hava “balloon” shape that reloaders are NOT USED TO DEALING WITH. SO…. Be sure to use a Big Robust Axially Aligned Press. Rotate shell holder to find any “sweet spot”.
With quality dies and FIRST CLASS CASE LUBE uniform resized cases will be produced.

RCBS SMALL BASE dies, STP Oil Treatment or TriFlow Synthetic Grease for a case lube verks for me.
(If polymer coating peals off, press is out of axial alignment or you have crummy dies.)

With such setup, prepped cases dimensions should very closely match factory ammo.

No need was wash cases or otherwise make a Pointless Huge Deal “cleaning ‘em up.”
Just leave the ultra thin sizing lube coating ON THE CASE BODY. Won’t hurt anything!!!
(Asa general rule for semiautos, it encourages reliable functioning.)

It pays to go to extraordinary means to avoid NO or DOUBLE charges in this caliber!
(No charge means a bullet stuck in the bore.
Remember - blowback or (as this pistol) case wall / chamber friction retarded blowback actions
MUST HAVE BULLET LEAVE THE BARREL or KABOOM!)
Popular Suppressed FiveseveN Pistol load of 3.4 grains HS-6 powder CANNOT be properly
viewed / eyeballed waaay down in the cartridge case. Don’t kid yerself on this…..

Create 3.4 grains HS-6 powder charge using RCBS scale with BEAM BALANCE PAN.
Remove powder charged pan,
Check charge weight with beam balance.
Touch it up with a Powder Trickler.

Use new ALL METAL Lyman (heavy cast Aluminum) .22 funnel to properly
drop charge into 5.7x28 EA 07 new primed cartridge case.
(Avoids all sorts of goofy distracting STATIC issues.
Otherwise – wonder where all those stray reloading bench powder grains come from?)

Insert (point first) 2 inch heavy concrete nail into charged case to mark it as “charged”.
(Now you can’t DOUBLE CHARGE IT!!!!!!!)
When a batch of cases is charged, remove markers one ata time and
seat (flat base) 50 grain Hornady#2240 SP SX bullet with
Hornady .224 sliding sleeve seat die Hornady Seating Die 044102 .22 .
(Normal seat die will be Just Fine for boat tail bullets of course.)

[Tom W.]

Nothing. It's time to get Lori's classroom squared away. Probably the rest of the week.....

[sigep1764]

Gas checked 1000 MP227-75 NATO boolits. Used every check in the box. Run them through the Star tmro.

[44Blam]

Helped a friend build out his AR10 lower. As easy as it is building one, there's always a curve ball in there...

[Metrobluing]

Loaded a few M33 ball in .510 Whisper to do some plinking .245756

[Keith 429421]

Cast some .44 caliber 245 gr 429421 Lyman "Elmer Keith" bullets today 100 some, tried last night but sprayed a mould with WD 40 to put it away and then picked up the 44 mould and sprayed it, so I cleaned it but not good enough and started casting wrinkled bullets and quit. Today I used some Hoppes #9 to clean the mould washed it in hot water and Dawn then in Coleman white gas fuel dried and began casting at 750F some nice 44 bullets so Im very happy with the new Master pot I did not replace a sprue till I was done. I will use Hoppes #9 on my mould to store from now on I have used it with excellent results since I got my first .22 at age 11 for Christmas 1965.
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[Keith 429421]

Top Pic is today I got the wrong pic up and cant get rid of it the bottom pic are 9mm and 45acp both good casts the other day

[Keith 429421]

Got a Lee 200SWC 6 cavity .45acp mould in the mail. cleaned it with Coleman fuel, set it up and heated it by casting a few times lubed the critical points with beeswax on a pin to keep it from going all over and cast about 40 bullets then started keeping them I cast 151 good bullets at 775F The mould was up at 165F on the aluminum mould blocks and 440F on the iron sprue with my Craftsman infrared thermometer if its right. I did not replace any spures with the Master Pot having about 35 pound in it when I started casting . I weighed the spures and first bullets at 6.64 pounds and the 151 bullets at 4.38 pounds . The weight of two were 203.4 grains I selected which came out to 4.38 pounds (7000 grains to one pound) so I went through 11.02 pounds of lead just a bit more then 1/2 of my Lee 20 pound pot with 6 some pounds going back into the big pot nest time I cast. No heat issues after about 1/2 the bullets I turned the Master Pot down to 700F and it was still above 750 when I was finished I started at 775F on the Tstat and it still was going up so I will back the Tstat down a tad next time. Now that I have several tubs of cast bullets its summer and time for a break and get all those bullets lube sized and then loaded
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[15meter]

Scrapped 49 pieces of 243 brass after finding several that were about to come apart a half inch above the rim.

The 50th one was scrapped on the range at the last match when I had one separate when I was shooting.
Probably should have retired that batch of brass earlier.

Dug out another box of 50, got those sized with no apparent issues.

F/L sized 40 pieces of 416 Rigby.

Stoned the knife edge pivots and cleaned up the rest of an RCBS 505 scale that belongs to a buddy. He was getting slow, jerky movement of the beam. Hope this helps repeatability.

[MOA]

Just got my hands on some HDS basic brass for my 45-120 Sharps. They really are a handful.

https://i.postimg.cc/SR94pdPg/20190725_131916.jpg (https://postimg.cc/Pvd9WWTD)

[Tom W.]

Sized, lubed and loaded 40 9mm rounds with the Lee .358-125 RF. Sized to .358. The ones that I did the plunk test fit my CZ 75 SP01 just fine, I'm hoping to try them out and see. If not, they'll fit my Ruger LC9S Pro.

[Bookworm]

Sized and lubed some Lee C312-185-1R for the Finn M39.

I find it easier to Size and check with the NOE push through, then lube with my old Lyman 45.
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I may actually be ready for the club match next weekend....

[max it]

Using up my .45acp brass with small primer pockets;
TWF: things we forgot.
Needed more powder than same load with large primer. From 4.2 graivn 700X to 5.5 gn


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[robg]

Loaded some 160 grgc 308 s and some 190 grgc 357 mag boolits

[robg]

Prepped 30 45-70 cases .sized trimmed expanded and primed .its such a nice round to work with should have got one years ago.

[cwlongshot]

I put some ammo away after a range trip yesterday.

Then I sized a couple hundred 360/230 NOW bullets I cast and PC’d last Friday.

CW

[bluejay75]

I put some ammo away after a range trip yesterday.

Then I sized a couple hundred 360/230 NOW bullets I cast and PC’d last Friday.

CW

Show photos if you don’t mind. I follow all of your testing.

[cwlongshot]

See it in the thread on “what new mold did you get today”!

BTW. Would you like me to send some back Your way?

CW

[Texas by God]

I shot 3 two shot groups playing chase the bullet at 10 yards. I was so amazed at the first one on the left(yes, 2 bullets in that hole) the other two wandered[emoji16] .38 Special 5 grs Bullseye 105 Lee SWC
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[MDC]

In my hotel room,
Loaded 100 357mag. Hope they don't mind my press clamped to their table. I have 80 more pieces to load tomorrow evening

[David2011]

Packed all of my brass, boolits, bullets and reloading dies getting ready to move. Probably 500 pounds worth and I haven't even started on casting stuff, presses, lead and other reloading tools.

[taco650]

Put one box of .38 Special through the tumbler. Now to get them loaded...

[cwlongshot]

I squeezed to size more 230 360 NOE boolits!

I did mount a different press. As these NOE cast a lil harder with there longer bearing surface have proven difficult to size on my Lyman turret. FAR and AWAY easier on the massively strong RCBS Summit!

CW

[David2011]

More packing. I'm trying to get all of the parts of each item together like die sets that aren't in toolheads, swage parts, press parts and so on so that all of each item is together when moved. Putting all of each type of brass in one container when possible. Discovered that if I put all of the .40 S&W together it would be heavier than a cardboard box, even a really good one, could stand. Same for the .45 ACP. I probably have 400+ pounds of empty brass in a big variety of cartridges.

Next step is to start packing the machine shop and gunsmithing tools.

[cwlongshot]

FINISHED the first batch of NOE 360-232 Boolits!! 600 DONE!!

CW

[44Blam]

Going to the range tomorrow. I *thought* I was going alone when my buddy calls and says "You still going tomorrow?".
I've got plenty of rifle ammo, but very little pistol ammo. I say "yep". Then he says "I want to spend some time at the pistol range - just got a bucket of bullets."...

So... Made up 200 40 S&W so we can spend some time at the pistol range. And maybe I can get a little more 40 S&W brass than what I came with...

[44Blam]

Going to the range tomorrow. I *thought* I was going alone when my buddy calls and says "You still going tomorrow?".
I've got plenty of rifle ammo, but very little pistol ammo. I say "yep". Then he says "I want to spend some time at the pistol range - just got a bucket of bullets."...

So... Made up 200 40 S&W so we can spend some time at the pistol range. And maybe I can get a little more 40 S&W brass than what I came with...

Scored on the brass - must have been a police training event. I picked up 500+ nickle brass 40s... :D

[robg]

Did a little smelting yesterday.only about 20lbs of wheel weights water pipe and gas pipe .loaded up 100 x45-70 410 gr boolits today .have to do more casting now.

[avogunner]

Continued processing a bunch of .223 brass and started a couple hundred .45 Colt. Enjoying the day in my "Happy place"!

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[David2011]

Continued processing a bunch of .223 brass and started a couple hundred .45 Colt. Enjoying the day in my "Happy place"!

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While I was packing brass last night it was all I could do to not stop and load up some .45 Colt. My favorite cartridge to load!

[taco650]

Started reloading a box of.38 Special for a friend.

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[Michael J. Spangler]

Cast a handful of NOE 453423, Lyman 358156 and Lee 457-405
Lubes and sized the first two but I'll save the 405s for paper patching

[cwlongshot]

YESTERDAY, AM I cast a pot before the heat set in. Some NOE 360-232 and Lyman 180 rnfp 10mm. Then powder coated the RD’s copper

Last night loaded up my first box of 358Norma Magnums. But powder puff trail boss loads with same 230g RD cast bullet.

Looking forward to shooting this rifle.

CW

[Bookworm]

Deprimed and washed the 60 pieces of 7.62x54r I fired at the club match yesterday. Set them out in the sun to dry. At least, they'll be in the sun once the sun comes up.

Emptied one of my boolit traps, rescued 18+ pounds of mixed lead.

[stevo1911]

Sorted dirty brass and wet tumbled about 400 pieces of 10mm.....

[Texas by God]

I finally shot up my mixed supply of 22-250 loads. I’ve had a box of 60 gr Hornady sp sitting around forever so they are chosen. With Superformance they will supposedly get 3700 FPS so watch out varmits!

[44Blam]

My least favorite thing in reloading... Brass processing - in particular I had a bunch of 5.56 cases with primer crimps. Grinding primer crimps - meh.

[sigep1764]

I find it easiest to load the primer crimp cutter from my Lyman hand tool in my drill and cut the crimp. Loaded 300 rounds last night of 223 and cut about 50 primer crimps out.

[David2011]

I did the best thing possible in a reloading room last evening. The husband of the lady who has been helping us with moving expressed an interest in reloading. A few days later, last evening, we sat down and loaded his first 100 rounds of ammunition. The best part was that he really enjoyed it and appreciated the attention to detail.

[cwlongshot]

Loaded up 6 pieces of 358 Norma Mag ammo. 67.5g IMR4350 and a 200g Hornady Spitzer. Just a starting load.

CW

[cwlongshot]

My least favorite thing in reloading... Brass processing - in particular I had a bunch of 5.56 cases with primer crimps. Grinding primer crimps - meh.. Dillon 600 makes short work of crimps. But your right its tedious and extra process most dont like.

Just get the proper mind set. Maybe do it separately...

[Tom W.]

Nothing today, but Friday I have to get my range bag squared away so I can shoot Saturday....

[cwlongshot]

Loaded 6 test loads in 358 Norma Magnum tonight!

Two of my 200g loads from the other day would not chamber... apparently they “grew” more than .010. 2.535 long case will not chamber. Its supposed to be 2.520 MAX & recomended trim is 2.510.

CW

[44Blam]

Loaded up 150 40 S&W for the steel match this weekend.

[robg]

Preped a 100 357 mag cases and sized 50 308 cases .range Sunday .

[onelight]

Today was Christmas ! I found a couple hundred pounds of lead I forgot I had.[smilie=w:

[FredBuddy]

Also prepping 357 mag brass.

[44Blam]

Finished off my loading for the match this weekend with 100 .223s...
I started really thinking when loading these that I think I want to not load .223 and I do want to load for 300 ham'r... But, I don't have a 300 ham'r upper, so now how to plan the upper build and how to sell to the wife... My work is cut out.

[cwlongshot]

I was lookin at a 300 H’mr... then bought a 450 BM Ruger American. :bigsmyl2: Kinda trumps da H’mr. :)

I trimmed some re formed 358 NM to 2.510 and de burred them. A Necessary evil... But made easier in the power trimmer!

CW

[Rifletom]

Loaded up some 30-30 rounds with 165gr RNFP coated[Missouri bullets] with 8 and 9gr Unique.
That sure looks like a small amount of powder in that case. I need to find a powder that works close to that pressure and velocity, but, fills the case more. Suggestions?

[6bg6ga]

Polished 3)246493 Dillon powder measures

Picture of one of them.

[6bg6ga]

I have a 550 with every aluminum piece polished. It makes it stand out over a standard 550. The count now is one 550 with all the aluminum finish parts polished, and two additional powder measures for the 650 that I polished.

[jdfoxinc]

Stuffed cores into annealed 9x19 cases to make .40 I words.

[cwlongshot]

Loaded up some 30-30 rounds with 165gr RNFP coated[Missouri bullets] with 8 and 9gr Unique.
That sure looks like a small amount of powder in that case. I need to find a powder that works close to that pressure and velocity, but, fills the case more. Suggestions?

TRAIL BOSS is what you wanting. Near full pressure but low velocities.

Load 75-100% Density but dont compress.

CW

[Keith 429421]

Got a Black & Decker cheap hot plate about 12 dollars at a "Ollies" Store that sells I guess liquidated items and put a piece of 3/8 x 3 inch x 12 inch flat steel bar stock on it to heat my Lee 6 cav 175 gr 40 S&W mould It worked great had the mould heated right up gently to 180 f with my Craftsman infrared thermometer and began to cast after a few runs excellent bullets. Learned it from Cast Bollits members here thanks !

[Tom W.]

Sized and lubed 50 125 gr. RF Lee boolits. Then I got back into the house. The air conditioner in the shed helped a little, but not much, with the heat index @105 outside, and the shed is uninsulated metal.

[jdfoxinc]

Stuffed more future j word 9x19 brass.

[44Blam]

Unloaded the 150 40 s&ws I loaded the other day.

[mac60]

Prepping 100 pcs. ppu 7.65x53 Mauser brass. Annealed 115 pcs 7mm08 brass.

[Tom W.]

Resized and tumbled the 9mm cases that I fired this morning, and later resized the 30/30 A.I. brass that I fired. It was too hot to try to tumble that today.....

[cwlongshot]

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I Sized a pot of NOE 360-232 RDs I powder coated with a new Color Im Callin Catenne Pepper!!

HOTT STUFF!!!

CW

[Michael J. Spangler]

Broke out the 45 Colt conversion for my Dillon 550. Set it up and got read to load.

Nope never mind the conversion I picked up from a buddy is a 44 mag in a 45 colt box.
DOH!
ah well I’ll borrow the correct conversion from another buddy until I can sort this out.

[Winger Ed.]

Since I short loaded the powder charge in some 5.56s,
I figured out how to pull the bullets---------- all 300 of them---- without leaving too much of a ding using electricians pliers.

[Texas by God]

Loading cast for the first time in my 22-250. Curdog graciously sent some boolits for me to try.
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[waco]

Loading the NOE H&G68 clone with 4.8gr of Redot. PC satin black.

[waco]

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[robg]

Stripped and cleaned 4 1022 mags ,amazing how much crud gets in them .

[waco]

Stripped and cleaned 4 1022 mags ,amazing how much crud gets in them .

Had mine since 1987. Maybe I should clean mine...:shock:

[Tom W.]

Cleaned the 30/30 a.i. brass that I fireformed yesterday and cleaned two pistols. It wasn't quite as hot late this afternoon due to a thunderstorm just south of here.... still couldn't stay in the shed, even with the a/c for too long.

[TNsailorman]

Pulled down for the components 400 rounds of shotgun shells. Only about 1800 more to go. What fun? james

[robg]

Had mine since 1987. Maybe I should clean mine...:shock:

I only clean them out of guilt as the rifle gets a lot of use/abuse.

[cwlongshot]

I started re packaging my cast boolits!!!

They have been gettin outta hand in freezer zip loc on the floor in small dbl re enforced boxes. I found some perfect plastic jars and ordered 5 dz of them! I wanted to be sure I had enough for the shelving unit I am gonna build. (2x8 construction) Floor to ceiling 48” wide shooting for two bottles deep on the shelves. Each bottle will hold about 350 158g 35’s. So more of smaller and less of the bigger. But clear so I can see WO a label. Ill marker top W/dia & Weight & BHN.

CW

[mattw]

I decided there had to be a better way to store Lyman and Ideal DC mould blocks. I had been storing them in individual Lyman plastic mould boxes, took way to much space. The other day our local Rural King had several Plano boxes that got wet and had these big ones marked at $2.50 each and that sparked the idea! Would not want many more as the box gets pretty heavy. Single cells work well for SC blocks and Arsenal moulds are also not to tall for the box. Do not work with RCBS, LBT or Saeco blocks.
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Also confirmed that I have to many Lyman handles and not enough RCBS handles. I have 1 RCBS handle for 6 mould blocks.
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[EMC45]

I decapped and resized a bunch of .32L, .32M and .32Fed brass.

[cwlongshot]

I started re packaging my cast boolits!!!

They have been gettin outta hand in freezer zip loc on the floor in small dbl re enforced boxes. I found some perfect plastic jars and ordered 5 dz of them! I wanted to be sure I had enough for the shelving unit I am gonna build. (2x8 construction) Floor to ceiling 48” wide shooting for two bottles deep on the shelves. Each bottle will hold about 350 158g 35’s. So more of smaller and less of the bigger. But clear so I can see WO a label. Ill marker top W/dia & Weight & BHN.

CW

DARN IT!! 2x8’s aint wide enough. GRR. Gonna be a bit more costly... I had a pile of about a doz 2x8 left from a old shed roof project. I dont have but maybe 2 2x10’s!! But its gonna need 2x10 even then they are only 9” wide but should be enough to stack the bottles two deep as I need.

Its always something aint it! :)

CW

[44Blam]

This week's steel match is indoors and I know I can get all my brass back... So, loaded up 100 357 sigs...
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[Boolseye]

Cast a few NOE 403-198 RF. Finished my casting session at 7:30 AMhttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190814/697cc999dc24f740a3a58d1790e7c1a0.jpg


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[6bg6ga]

I watched the thermometer rise above 100 and said to hell with it.

[44Blam]

Cast about 400 Accurate 40-180H's:
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[Keith 429421]

mattw , Do you treat the moulds to prevent rust, if so what do you prefer

[44Blam]

mattw , Do you treat the moulds to prevent rust, if so what do you prefer

Not sure what Mattw does, but I put mine in air tight containers with a little thing of damprid... So, it's like the desert in there. :D

[cwlongshot]

I prepped 120 308 cases for my buddy. (He is a suedo re loader) He likes speed loading and speed accuracy... ;) Meaning he has no time for trimming or tumbling or primer Pocket duties. Or proving accuracy loads that aint accurate. We got lucky with a couple previous rifles and discovered accurate loads FIRST THING. This one is now on third go around. But what he DOSENT SEE is EVERYTHING so far is nice round groups no flyers what so ever. So its just a matter of time till we discover the right load producing correct harmonics and BINGO. He just wants the “high points”. :)

I dont mind I have power trimmer and case prep station tools. That and this 120 will last him his entire life. He blasts with a 9mm or 300bo. He loads them both progressive on his 650 in minutes. :bigsmyl2: He says. :shock::veryconfu

CW

[Slugster]

Started pulling out all of the bags, boxes, crates, 40mm ammo cans, etc. of my brass stash to inventory what is on hand. Have found a lot more than I thought I had.

[redhawk0]

One of my least favorite jobs....dis-assembling ammo and sorting/weighing components. About 12 years ago a friend gave me many boxes of 9mm, 44Mag, 38Spl, and I also acquired several boxes of 30-06 from an estate sale.

None of which I would trust the reloader enough to shoot....so I used a Kinetic Bullet puller and started whacking away. I don't know what the powder is so it all goes into the "misc" powder can for the garden.

The bullets were sorted by weight and type and put in old bullets boxes (I like the Sierra Green boxes) and labeled for contents.

It has taken me about 6 hours of time so far just for 6 boxes of pistol ammo (50 each) and 8 boxes of 30-06 (20 each). I only have about 4 boxes of pistol ammo left....but it is making the bench look a little cleaner.

redhawk

[cwlongshot]

I like a collet better. The whack a mole is for a single bullet here or there. BUt serious tear down I like the RCBS and the Hornady. I have been using the Hornady and just bought a 35 cal cause its a cam and fits better on my turrett than the t handle that makes a wide berth to spin.

I got about 7-800 K hornets from a small localShop that didn't know what they where. All powder, bullets primed cases where saved. I ID’d the powder as 2400. But dose t truly matter cause I also weighed the charges. (GOOD THING I TORE DOWN!!!!) they had upwards of 15g but most had 12... Bullets where Berger 40’s and N osler BT 40’s. I simply worked it up in same Cases using same bullets seated just off rifling in my SS H&R. THEY AHOOT AWESOME AND IM SHOOTING FOR FREE!!

CW

[lightman]

Listened to some 60's and 70's music while I sorted through and processed a tub of range brass and removed the crimps on the crimped cases. Then I sorted through a quart can of wheel weights that a buddy brought over. Only found 3 zinc weights and no steel ones. I think he's learned to ID the steel ones.

[Minerat]

Reloaded 300-9mm and 320-40sw, cleaned and prep'ed another 400-40sw and 120-41 mag. And ate a banana.

[44Blam]

Powder coated 140 40-180H's in John Deer Green from Smoke. That powder coats great! Love it!
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[robg]

Loaded a 100 357 mag with 193 gr boolits over 11.5 he 2400 .range tommorow .

[DDJ]

Yesterday-already had my press apart. I cleaned and lubed it and also cleaned my 45 Colt sizing and powder through/expander die. Put everything back together and adjusted then prepped 100 brand new brass and loaded them with 452-230 grain lee cast boolits. Everything is slicky smooth and working fine. Still have 400 pieces of the new brass to load and several hundred of fired brass but I know I'm going to run out of boolits. Casting session coming up.

[cwlongshot]

Bought & installed new LED lighting!! Home Depot 48” single tube was 19.99 with cord & pull switch.
I had old school halogen & man did it heat the room!!! I think this is brighter!! I KNOW its a more pleasant light!! Ill pick up a couple more of these!!
Out in the garage I cast one pot ww in a NOE 360-232 & a 6 cav 454-290 LEE RD. Mold.

Then powder coated 350 more various sized boolits.
CW

[lightman]

After lunch today I resized about 700 9mm's. Then after supper I went back and did a little straightening up. I ended up taking out all of my molds and updating my master list. I also sprayed all of them before I put them back into the MTM dry box that I store them in.

[Tom W.]

I finally got to clean my NEF today. It's been too hot to stay in the shed for more than a few minutes at a time until today. I pulled the boresnake through it a time or two , then ran a few Kroil soaked patches, Then a few Hoppe's #9 patches, followed by another Kroil patch and one soaked with RemOil. The last ones came out spotless.

Then I got a wild hare up my ...... and decided to change the rings on the rifle. I haven't mounted a scope in probably 15 years on anything, and I cant see as well as I used to. but after some trial and error I had the old style Weaver rings secured and made sure the hammer didn't hit the rear bell on the scope, tightened the screws and made sure the hook on the rings was secure. I'll take it to the range the next time I go and see how much fiddling I'll have to do to re-sight it in, and make sure that the recoil doesn't loosen anything...

[David2011]

Last night I showed my friend and handloading student how to load .45 ACP on the Dillon 550. He got a taste of how to load on the Rock Chucker a week or so ago, loading 100 .40 S&Ws. While he appreciated the ease and speed of the 550 (about an hour for his first 100, moving slowly and cautiously) he saw the complexities of setting up a progressive for a small run. He is firmly convinced that he needs to start with a single stage press and is looking for a good used Rock Chucker or Redding. I gifted him a Thumler's Tumbler, 4-70 dies, polishing media, a Lyman #47 manual, some 45-70 brass, boolits and J-words to help get him started. We also loaded some 45-70 dummy rounds for giggles.

[44Blam]

Deprimed/resized/trimmed a few hundred rounds of 44 mag...

[cwlongshot]

I had dropped some cases in my tumbler and removed them then deprimed and re sized them. Maybe a couple hundred... Was a long day yesterday...

CW

[Pete44mag]

Decapped and wet tumbled 1000 .45 ACP brass and while they tumbled I loaded 200 .38 specials.

[Txcowboy52]

Cleaned up !! What a mess !! My room is soooo small and packed full of soooo much, no excuse , but I can sneeze in there and it looks like a twister went thru a trailer park !!

[44Blam]

Cleaned up and primed the brass I resized/deprimed/trimmed the other day... I love shooting full house 44 magnum, but I don't love the case prep...

[cwlongshot]

I checked and sized 3-350 32/120g HP’s I traded for. Been thinking about a Lipseys 327 Federal mag Ruger.

CW

[Tom W.]

Deprimed/resized/trimmed a few hundred rounds of 44 mag...

I did that..........once!

[TNsailorman]

I have been pulling down a years supply of reloaded trap and skeet shells as I can no longer shot trap and skeet. I had over 3000 shells loaded for the next season. I have gone thru 2100 as of today and I have been at it for over a week now. I am getting a little tired and a little out of sorts. james

[44Blam]

Realized that I had been neglecting the cleaning of shot brass... Turns out, I shoot quite a bit and don't clean my brass very often.
So, I organized the million little bags of spent rounds into two gallon ziplock bags and put a batch of .308 in the vibrator.

[15meter]

Polished 90 pieces of new 303 British brass, full length sized said brass. It's back in the polisher to clean off the lube before being chamfered and annealed tomorrow evening.

[taco650]

Tried my hand at coning the barrel on one of my .50 muzzleloaders... looks ok but proof's in the shooting guess I'm going to the range soon ;-)

[Hossfly]

Was gifted 4000, 38 special nickel plated police, once fired cases, sorting found mostly Winchester, about 10% Federal and some other head stamps. First batch were cleaned de primed and sized, ready to load. Second batch of 2000, need sizing and de priming,then will be ready to reload after belling and priming. Loading light @ 3 gr BE, and 158 gr lee pc’d boolit,Eastwood Ford light Blue.

[taco650]

Was gifted 4000, 38 special nickel plated police, once fired cases, sorting found mostly Winchester, about 10% Federal and some other head stamps. First batch were cleaned de primed and sized, ready to load. Second batch of 2000, need sizing and de priming,then will be ready to reload after belling and priming. Loading light @ 3 gr BE, and 158 gr lee pc’d boolit,Eastwood Ford light Blue.

What kind of velocity do you get with that load?

[Tom W.]

I loaded up 40 rounds of 9mm 125 gr RF with 4 gr of Bullseye to finish filling a box that curiously only had ten rounds in it.

[Wild Bill 7]

loaded 40 223's with Red Dot (5.5,6.5,7.5,8.5) for testing in my ar. Will be testing these for accuracy soon. Unique,Green Dot, 700x and H110.

[44Blam]

Was gifted 4000, 38 special nickel plated police, once fired cases, sorting found mostly Winchester, about 10% Federal and some other head stamps. First batch were cleaned de primed and sized, ready to load. Second batch of 2000, need sizing and de priming,then will be ready to reload after belling and priming. Loading light @ 3 gr BE, and 158 gr lee pc’d boolit,Eastwood Ford light Blue.

I found 2 38 special cases in some brass I was sorting the other day. No idea how those guys got in there...

[fcvan]

If you are intending for your AR to cycle, none of the faster powders will maintain enough of a gas pulse for cyclic operation. I did my original tests in a Mini-14 which operates at a gas volume less than required by my AR 15s. H110 is slower, but I never tested that powder. While conducting my initial tests, a Thompson Center Contender single shot was used as they are hell-for-stout. Primers were blown out and primer pockets as well. I went back to the loads that did not blow primers and they would not cycle the Mini. I now have a H&R Handi Rifle for testing, also hell-for-stout.

My successful tests for Mini and AR full function utilized H4227, a load right out of Lyman manuals. Utilizing the Lyman 225-415 55gr GC mould. Although I did not have my chronograph that first day, the ESPC GC boolit showed 1" grouping at 2250fps from a 16" bbl.

Later, I purchased a NOE 225-62-RN PB mould for ESPC with this above listed load. Although the boolit shoots fine through the Mini 14, it would not cycle the AR15. I believe that may be due to reduced pressure relative to the slick powder coated boolit. I tried to incrementally increase the charge until full cycling of the AR15. I achieved that but as the load increased the groups spread. I believe that was a result of the base obturation with higher pressure.

I will try a stiffer alloy for later testing but for now I have a great load for the Mini 14, the Handi Rifle (which clocked 2450 from it's 24" bbl) and an AR15 pistol with it's shorter gas tube system. I know, silly, but my brother built one so I had to. It is obnoxiously load with factory loads . . . but I like it :-) Not so with the H4227 load . I get 110 or so boolits for a pound of alloy so at 3$/pound for hardcast it should be good. Whereas 55gr FMJ poke clean holes through a tin can, the lead boolit shreds it, tears it, really makes the can react . . . I like it :-) It also bangs steel without damage to the plates.

Oh, this thread was about 'what did you do in the relading' I sorted my AR15 cast ammo from my Mini 14 ammo, I headed to the range shortly.

[Hossfly]

820 fps slow but show nuff accurate at 50 yards
What kind of velocity do you get with that load?

[JM7.7x58]

Well today I ...

Smelted 25 pounds of Lino scraps and Lino saw chips. I cast four boolits from this batch and pencil tested them, they tested at a HB pencil, about 14-15 BHN. This is a little lower in hardness than what I was hoping for. This was a dirty smelt. There was a lot of trash mixed in with this batch of scrap.

Then I smelted 40 pounds of fishing weights. Cast four boolits and pencil tested them, they tested at a 4B pencil, about 9 BHN.

Then my Coleman stove quit working. I dismantled and cleaned the burner, dismantled and cleaned out the generator tube, and then reassembled everything.

And then I ...

Smelted 25 pounds of pewter. I made these into 1/4" thick coins in my full size muffin pan. I still have two grocery bags full of pewter that I did not smelt. I have enough and should probably stop buying this stuff.

After I did all of the above, I then organized my lead stash. I marked all my ingot batches with a unique identifier. Examples: three taps with a philips screw driver, or one tap from a .223 case, or two taps from a .38 case. I have gotten a lot of lead in small batches and just want to keep it segregated.

JM

[cwlongshot]

I formed 40 35 Whelens from once fired RO ‘06 brass for my buddy. Cleaned & uniformed primer
Pockets then de burred flash holes. Lastly I annealed the Neck & Shoulders.

Then I squeezed 4-500 230g NOE cast bullets.
Momma sent the lil dog down to get me to go to bed about 11:30... It happens loosing track of time I mean. :)

CW

[David2011]

Found that a big strong magnet is a great tool for picking COWW up out of old buckets. It was much faster than trying to dig them out with a gloved hand. I don’t like digging through WW with bare hands.

Getting ready for the move, I bought lots of new 5 gallon buckets and made sure that each bucket weighed 70 pounds. I can stack them 3 high but at 100 pounds each it was a struggle to lift just one to stack into another due to old injuries. I did some separating and organizing while I was at it. Culled lots of big truck zinc and some steel.

A couple of weeks ago I organized the boolits and brass. A friend stopped by and today we loaded the little boxes into U-Haul book boxes trying to keep them in the 60-70 lb range. Those 4x4x4” boolit boxes can get heavy fast.

[robg]

Cast some 405 gr 45-70 ,190gr 357 mag,and 160gr 308 boolits .only about 70 of each as the sun came out and it got too hot to carry on .

[UKShootist]

Today I weighed various makes of brass for my 30-06 rifles now I'm starting to take them semi-seriously. The brass was all cleaned, polished but not deprimed.

Federal Brass Average weight 203 grains

PPU brass Average weight 191 grains

FNM brass Average weight 185 grains

Hornady brass Average weight 176 grains.

I thought this interesting as it must affect the case internal volume and therefore pressures.

[44Blam]

Loaded up some test boolits!
Finally got some of my Accurate 40-180Hs loaded. I had the lube grove removed and powder coat them. They weigh in right around 187 grain - I like this.

Gonna go unload them tomorrow.

[Michael J. Spangler]

Loaded 50 each 44 special with RCBS 44-250K and 50 each 45 Colt with NOE 453423
Can't wait to try the new 44 special 1894 Marlin tomorrow night.
Me thinks I need to load some more ammo though as that won't last me very long.

[robg]

Sized and gas checked the 308 and 357 mag boolits I cast yesterday.

[Texas by God]

Helping a cousin out to turn a 30" fc 870 Wingmaster into hopefully a trap smasher.
The wood will be gorgeous from the looks of it.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190828/9ebbbf54a8754b81d7def49dc5a32b22.jpg

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[Tom W.]

Puttered around just a bit and decided to prime twenty 30/30 a.i.cases for no apparent reason.....

[cwlongshot]

Looked and looked for the Contender base I put up for safe keeping...

[robg]

Sized trimmed and expanded 25 x 45-70 cases .sorted the boolits I cast and gas checked .

[WardT]

Sorted large and small primer 45acp

[cwlongshot]

Looked and looked for the Contender base I put up for safe keeping...

Continued looking and looking... Cannot find it, BUT I did fond a Burris Gloss blue base!! (Same only gloss and Burris instead of Matte and Leupold.)

Im sure to find it now, i ordered another yesterday AM so dont really need it now. :shock:

So I got the dot mounted!

CW

[robg]

Cast some more 357/308/45-70 boolits .range Sunday.

[Txcowboy52]

Finished loading some 10MM rounds. Cleaning my entire bench off . Putting things up . Convert my press back to .45ACP , Dillon 650. Thinking about loading some light plinking rounds in 9mm on the other press, after I finish cleaning up , I should say if I ever finish! Lol

[ThomR]

I powder coated around 1,100 160 grain bullets for 300 blackout. Now I need to size them.
Tomorrow I'm going to drive up into the mountains to check out a place I saw on google earth. Looks like people shoot there. Here's to hoping I score on some brass cases.

[Metrobluing]

Made some 500 grain RN boolits using 45 acp brass as the jacket for the .510 Whisper.
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[ThomR]

I got all 1,100 boolits sized today. Tomorrow I'll be cleaning brass probably all day. I have over a 5 gallon bucket full of brass that needs cleaned and I only have a small vibratory tumbler.

[Keith 429421]

Nothing! I have cast and lube sized about 2000 bullets lately in the last month and 1/2, finally the weather has cooled just a bit so Ive been to the beach and out on my boat enjoying the rest of the summer that's still here! As fall comes and I get time with leaves and home repair jobs the usual Ill be getting out to the range many times to shoot then finally repeat casting bullets lube sizing then reloading and shoot some more

[Keith 429421]

I really enjoy my new bullet casting hobby I should have got into it years back!


Reloading since 73 Keith 429421

[44Blam]

Made some 500 grain RN boolits using 45 acp brass as the jacket for the .510 Whisper.
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Whoa.

[ThomR]

Made some 500 grain RN boolits using 45 acp brass as the jacket for the .510 Whisper.
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Those are some sweet projectiles! I might get into the swaging game eventually.

[Michael J. Spangler]

Made some 500 grain RN boolits using 45 acp brass as the jacket for the .510 Whisper.
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Beautiful

Can you post a picture of the loaded cartridge?

[Wag]

Case prep.

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Did all the prep work for 128 30-06 brass which are destined for the M1 Garand. Now they're ready for primers. I would have done a LOT more but somehow, I snapped the decapping pin on my die. New one on order so in the meantime, I'm just doing a smaller batch.

Fun stuff, regardless!

--Wag--

[cwlongshot]

I fixed to stocks today.

My Savage 24 I just restocked has cracked again. I found that I didnt properly fit the sides and it cause dthe cracks. I have relieved the wood and glued it back together. Hoping its gonna hold.

My Howa Mini was also re stocked with a Boyds lam stock. I pillar bedded it and floated the barrel. Its a supper shooter. But my attention was elsewhere since late last year. Moving it in the safe I found that the barrel channel had WARPED!! SO... I have re relieved the barrel channel.
Then I decided to change the look and feel. Boyds stocks are quite blocky and unfinished. So I finished it! Smoothing everything, slimming the forend and fitting the grip.

It went really quickly and Im very pleased with the slimmer stock lighter weight and better ergos!!

Its laminated but I decided to paint it.

CW

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[Metrobluing]

Beautiful

Can you post a picture of the loaded cartridge?

Here you go
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[Michael J. Spangler]

Here you go
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love it!

[Wag]

Wrapped it all up today. Yes, those are the primers I used. :)

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--Wag--

[jessdigs]

Loaded my first 45-70 today. My 5 yr old helped me all day. He loves ithttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190903/f76e003234c864341c1c17ed7a4c2aff.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190903/4cab72492c3e86f7b07123aa18467c79.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190903/ed2bf78f9acab338abb31e30ec70d2d9.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190903/274513137089b6107f45692c90a5c2bf.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190903/830b1d40fa76acd8353762451a3825ee.jpg

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[44Blam]

Here you go
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Wow. That's a 45 ACP cartridge that you are launching! Now I wanna see the the impact of that bad boy. Can we see one of those bad boys vs a watermelon?

[flyingmonkey35]

Cast a few hundred of each 45acp 9mm 357 hollow point.

Powder coated.



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[15meter]

Haven't reloaded much of anything recently, it's shootin' weather around here so a buddy and I made a bunch of reloading opportunities for when the snow flies in 303 British with:247786

And:
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Plus some 6.5x54's in a:
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Plus some 8x50r's and some 450/400 with these:
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Too much fun stuff, not enough time!

Almost forgot the 9.3x74r's(the rifle with the scope).

[ThomR]

I resized and de-primed around a thousand 9mm cases.

[Winger Ed.]

Almost done with 2500 FMJ 5.56s.
I need to charge seat about 150 more & that'll be it for them.

[cwlongshot]

Loaded up 500 my 40s&w with my cast. Loading 500 more tonight. Need 350 ish for Tomorrow and another 350 ish for Saturdays match.

CW

[Went2kck]

I finally had time to load some tokarov rounds 7.62x25. I have a lee dies. The only ones I could find in that caliber. The seating die works but the radius on the bullet is getting into the die before it will do the crimp. Some will make it ok but most do not. Unsure what to do about this. May just have to buy a different Mold and cast some more. OH DARN! on the cast some more. Accurate has a mold but is 90 dollars. May just have to load those J brass clad lead cast ones and forget the other. Life is hard.

[robg]

Preped 90 x 357 mag cases

[Txcowboy52]

Loaded up about 200 9mm's for plinking. Some 95gr. RN and some 115gr.RN.

[44Blam]

I finally had time to load some tokarov rounds 7.62x25. I have a lee dies. The only ones I could find in that caliber. The seating die works but the radius on the bullet is getting into the die before it will do the crimp. Some will make it ok but most do not. Unsure what to do about this. May just have to buy a different Mold and cast some more. OH DARN! on the cast some more. Accurate has a mold but is 90 dollars. May just have to load those J brass clad lead cast ones and forget the other. Life is hard.

I've had great luck with the Accurate 31-085BG mold. It is a TC shape so it does not have problems chambering. I also had him make it without a lube grove and I PC them. I also size to .309. But when loading these, I do a plunk test for each round to make sure it plunks into the chamber.

[Tom W.]

Nothing, it's in the upper 90's and I had a doctor's appointment. He's surprised that I'm still alive as I don't want to take some of the meds he wants me to take. I relented and got some full strength asprin and some blood pressure meds. All I really want to take are my epilepsy meds and the stuff that controls my other problem.
Beyond that I'm trying to find a load for my 30/30 A.I. using Reloder 15.

[WRideout]

I finally had time to load some tokarov rounds 7.62x25. I have a lee dies. The only ones I could find in that caliber. The seating die works but the radius on the bullet is getting into the die before it will do the crimp. Some will make it ok but most do not. Unsure what to do about this. May just have to buy a different Mold and cast some more. OH DARN! on the cast some more. Accurate has a mold but is 90 dollars. May just have to load those J brass clad lead cast ones and forget the other. Life is hard.

I have been using the Lee 100 gr plain base boolit. No problems, sized .311 tumble lubed.
Wayne

[15meter]

Again, not reloading weather unless I REALLY need something, started out hauling a half ton of scrap to the scrap yard(cleaning out the buildings around the farm), swapped lies at gun club #1 with the old geezers, cut grass at gun club #2 for a NSSA shoot this weekend, stopped at a buddy and picked up ~97 pounds of telephone lead for when the weather goes down hill.
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Next is to go pickup 5 bags of shot, 5 pounds of 700x, 1000 209 primers, a couple thousand wads and 300 once fired AA hulls from a guy who is getting out of shooting.

For a hundred bucks. [smilie=w:

Been a busy day.

[frumplepigskin]

A hundred 41mag with home cast 215gr Keith style swc simple lube

[Michael J. Spangler]

Cast a bunch of RCBS 44-250K Some .433 round balls and some lee 457-405
Lube sized the 44s Half with 50/50 and when that ran out Swapped to C-Blue. Which will be cool to test side by side to see if one is more accurate than the other. I do think from the bullet I found on the berm last week that the 50/50 was all gone by the time the bullet hit the berm. Though I had no leading so I guess it did its job.

[15meter]

Again, not reloading weather unless I REALLY need something, started out hauling a half ton of scrap to the scrap yard(cleaning out the buildings around the farm), swapped lies at gun club #1 with the old geezers, cut grass at gun club #2 for a NSSA shoot this weekend, stopped at a buddy and picked up ~97 pounds of telephone lead for when the weather goes down hill.
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Next is to go pickup 5 bags of shot, 5 pounds of 700x, 1000 209 primers, a couple thousand wads and 300 once fired AA hulls from a guy who is getting out of shooting.

For a hundred bucks. [smilie=w:

Been a busy day.


I love people who can't judge weight. Got there to pick up the "stuff". There's a 12 pound 700x can sitting there that weighes considerable more than the 5 pounds he said it did ("5 pounds+/- a half pound"). Got it home and it scaled at over 10 pounds. Triple[smilie=w:

Bummer is the 300 once fired AA hulls won't make 200, oh the disappointments in life! How will I stand it! :violin:

[cwlongshot]

I bought a bunch of 410 stuff from a guy my brother knows. Devorcenand needed to unload.

4# keg of 296 couple bags of wads garbage bag of hulls and couple bags of shot. Cheap but dont remember. What I do remember was being excited cause the usual 1/2 a3/4 full powder was mostly full and heavy! Paid went home.

There was about a pound of 7-1/2’s in the powder... what appeared to be a sealed can wasn't.

CW

[15meter]

I bought a bunch of 410 stuff from a guy my brother knows. Devorcenand needed to unload.

4# keg of 296 couple bags of wads garbage bag of hulls and couple bags of shot. Cheap but dont remember. What I do remember was being excited cause the usual 1/2 a3/4 full powder was mostly full and heavy! Paid went home.

There was about a pound of 7-1/2’s in the powder... what appeared to be a sealed can wasn't.

CW

I got lucky, all powder and all the SAME 700X powder. I eyeballed it before I loaded it into the truck. [smilie=w:

I got sort of hooked 15-20 years ago buying a bunch of reloading stuff at a garage sale. There was a can of Red Dot that when I got it home and poured it out to double check it, was most definitely two powders mixed together. Luckily what a paid for all the other powder/primers/press/shot/wad/hulls more than made up for the 5 lbs. of Red Dot/mystery powder fertilizer.

If I remember correctly, I sold the press for more than I paid for the batch.

[MOA]

Setup the master caster/pot for that new MP pointy 500 Smith & Wesson mold and cast a hundred or so. Enough to work up a load for the Swede roller in 12.7 X 44R. Also got a new/used Lyman 457-125, so will cast up a hundred or so of those to work up a load for the 45-70 and the 45-120, but I have to wait for the pot to cool down so I can change from the double orifice to the single for the 457-125. Got about a half hour wait ahead of me.
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[Baltimoreed]

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Been reloading 12 gauge WW for cas matches lately. I had gotten down to my last couple boxes so it’s time to reload 200 again. I use my old school Bair/Pacific press.

[frumplepigskin]

Trap shells for tomorrow morning

[MOA]

Well got the orifice changed out and cast another hundred of the Lyman 457-125. It's a nice older mold by Ideal I picked up from a very helpful member.

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[MOA]

I finished S/S pin wet tumbling my 45-120 brass and now letting it dry in my CNC Universal block. Next will be to get some loaded up with the above 457-125 Ideal 500 grain PB boolit.


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[cwlongshot]

I dumped in a 4-500 cases into into my tumblers and turned out the lights. In the AM they will be nice n shiny.

Shot pretty well by the end. But first relay my scope came loose... fixed and it nearly FELL
OFF before I completed the second. As I had to take a DNF for the first, I shot down the side of the barrel For the last four poppers. (I HIT EACH ONE ONE SHOT!!) for the third relay i got to learn why I installed back up sites...one the sixth relay I was THE fastest to complete with five shooters after me and 55 in front.

I helped pick up and stack the steel so I got about 1/3 a deep 5gal pail of 40/10&45 acp. The have a separator but only 9mm smaller and 40 and bigger. I dont do 9mm. ;). Thats the brass in the tumblers now.


Good day!

CW

[Hossfly]

Cast 3-400 , 160 gr 38 spl boolits for pc ing
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[Michael J. Spangler]

Cast 3-400 , 160 gr 38 spl boolits for pc ing
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I love the look of that bullet. It just doesn't feed well in my 1873 or it would be my go to.
Such a nice design from lee.

[Hossfly]

I love the look of that bullet. It just doesn't feed well in my 1873 or it would be my go to.
Such a nice design from lee.
Yes love that boolit, goes good with 3 gr bullseye at 820 fps. Real accurate out of Thompson 6” Bbl. 38 spl open sights at 50 yds. Spray bomb cans take off.

[jimb16]

Today I threw a big bunch of mixed brass into the ultrasonic cleaner for a few hours. Went in grungy and came out gleaming. Rinsed it thoroughly, and drained it well. Now it is all spread out on a drying sheet. With our temps, it should be nice and dry in a couple of days and ready for loading.

[Michael J. Spangler]

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[bullseye67]

Good evening,
Went to a gun show and found some new items. Put them away and cleaned my pistols for Bullseye on Monday. Went to stock my pistol box and “had” to load some 32 S&W Longs. All ready to now!!!

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[Hossfly]

First 100 of 481 160 gr boolits cast today Ford light blue 38 spl over 3 gr Bullseye load as cast .159 dia. Perfect for 50 yds.


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[Hossfly]

First 100 of 481 160 gr boolits cast today Ford light blue 38 spl over 3 gr Bullseye load as cast .159 dia. Perfect for 50 yds.


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[Texas by God]

Put all my gun projects aside to load some .41 magnum (Special level) because the only loaded rounds I have for it are 210 XTP/ LilGun screamers......

[Michael J. Spangler]

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NICE!

PC does look nice but I can't get deal with the hassle compared to HI-Tek. I know it's not much harder but I like the finished look of hi-tek too.
I also feel like hi-tek is better suited. PC melts with heat. just my opinion though and you know what they say about opinions.
You have some damn fine looking bullets there.
What are you shooting them in?

[Hossfly]

NICE!

PC does look nice but I can't get deal with the hassle compared to HI-Tek. I know it's not much harder but I like the finished look of hi-tek too.
I also feel like hi-tek is better suited. PC melts with heat. just my opinion though and you know what they say about opinions.
You have some damn fine looking bullets there.
What are you shooting them in?
They are shot through a Thompson Contender 357 Bbl 6’’ sitting in Zero gravity chair like they shoot Lawn Steel in Florida.

[gvanzeggelaar]

Loaded up about 200 9mm's for plinking. Some 95gr. RN and some 115gr.RN.

How do you like the 95gr in 9mm. I use the exclusively in my 9mm carbines and love them.

[Michael J. Spangler]

They are shot through a Thompson Contender 357 Bbl 6’’ sitting in Zero gravity chair like they shoot Lawn Steel in Florida.

Got it!

[MaLar]

Not in the loading room but moved all my lead and alloy from the garage to my casting shed.
2200 lbs of lead doesn't look like much until you carry it up a flight of stairs.

[Baltimoreed]

Can’t wait for it to cool off for real so I can fire up my melting pot and pc oven.

[Gatch]

Cleaned about 1000 9mm brass. Loaded 2000 9mm with 125gr tc. Coated and sized 10lb of 130gr rn.

Realised I need about 30kg more 9mm brass. And I'd like 10mm brass. And some .357mag. And and and.

[robg]

prepped some 308 brass

[44Blam]

NICE!

PC does look nice but I can't get deal with the hassle compared to HI-Tek. I know it's not much harder but I like the finished look of hi-tek too.
I also feel like hi-tek is better suited. PC melts with heat. just my opinion though and you know what they say about opinions.
You have some damn fine looking bullets there.
What are you shooting them in?

...PC melts with heat...
Take a PC'd boolit and drop it in a 700 degree pot... You will find that the PC is around longer than the boolit.

[Bookworm]

Primed and neck sized 60 pieces of 7.62x54r brass; which I shot at last months military bolt gun match.

Washed and bleached out my ice tea pitcher.

Thing had stuff growing in it..... On the plus side, chances are good I'm immune to jungle rot now......

[David2011]

The guy I’ve been teaching to reload helped me finish packing the reloading room and a bunch more. He saved me from having to go back for another 1400 mile round trip.

[frumplepigskin]

Changed Lee loadmaster from 41mag to 357 have 750 empty brass cleaned. It's supposed to be hot here the rest of the week

[44Blam]

Loaded 100 44 Mag Unique loads (mid range, around 1100 fps). Been a while since I loaded 44 mag - I missed it...
Tomorrow I need to load 100 44 Mag W296 loads (max range, around 1450 fps)... Been a while since I loaded/shot those too...

[44Blam]

Made 100 44 magnum boomers today. I REALLY love shooting full house 44 mag. I did the math today and it turns out I pay about 18 cents per round to shoot my W296 loads. It also turns out that my Unique load is about 9 cents per round...

[taco650]

Can’t wait for it to cool off for real so I can fire up my melting pot and pc oven.

Amen to that!! Way too hot for casting !

[lightman]

Sorted a couple quart cups of weights that a friend dropped off. Sorted and deprimed a couple cups of range brass from the same friend.

[trixter]

I re-glued my led light to the bottom of the top plate of my Lee Breech Lock Pro. The led is curved but not quite the same shape as the press, so some additional adhesive was needed.

[Hossfly]

I reloaded about 150 38 spl and added to my stash so when it cools off at least below 80’ i can shoot for a while. Waiting for my new 6 gallon gas tank for my 4kw gen. Maybe then i can shoot with a large fan, without cooking or slapping these mosquiters

[MOA]

Started prepping some Winchester 45-70 new cases for loading with a new/used Ideal mold 457-125. Got them run through the sizing dies and then a good rinsing in hot water and then a spin in the Turbo tumbler for a few hours to dry them out totally and put a good shine on them. Got them setup in my new loading blocks with the top extension block to provide some extra vertical support. So nice to have a loading block that will take the base of the 45-70 case easily.

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[Michael J. Spangler]

Just loaded up the last 52 or so pieces of 44 special with RCBS 44-250K
Contemplating whether or not to load some 45/70 before bed.
Or to load the rest of the 453423 into 45 Colt cases

[tazman]

Just loaded up the last 52 or so pieces of 44 special with RCBS 44-250K
Contemplating whether or not to load some 45/70 before bed.
Or to load the rest of the 453423 into 45 Colt cases

Take your time and let them wait for you. If you get everything loaded up, you will have to go shooting before you can load again.

[Michael J. Spangler]

Take your time and let them wait for you. If you get everything loaded up, you will have to go shooting before you can load again.

Amen to that.

Last summer I broke out the Lyman 310 and loaded some 38 special. I think I prepped about 100 cases and finished up about 50 total while watching a few boxing matches. It was nice to spend all that time and still have bullets left. At 500+ rounds an hour with the Dillon I would have blasted through a ton bullets and had nothing to load after that.

Great idea. I'll leave the rest for another day. I'll load some 45s tomorrow.

[MOA]

Found the gas checks just a hair on the wide side for the S&W pounder so while I'm waiting for the new .501 sizer to arrive I decided to put a drop of loctite super glue on the check so there's a good bond already there when I run them through the sizer.


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Ahhhh, all my little cone heads.
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[Hossfly]

Amen to that.

Last summer I broke out the Lyman 310 and loaded some 38 special. I think I prepped about 100 cases and finished up about 50 total while watching a few boxing matches. It was nice to spend all that time and still have bullets left. At 500+ rounds an hour with the Dillon I would have blasted through a ton bullets and had nothing to load after that.

Great idea. I'll leave the rest for another day. I'll load some 45s tomorrow.

That’s what I do every evening, load 50 to 100 38 spl. Mostly waiting on horses to finish evening feeding. I could do on the 650, but it’s so fast I’d be out of something in no time at all. Load all week for about 1 hr target shooting on Saturday. Slow and accurate.

[Michael J. Spangler]

That’s what I do every evening, load 50 to 100 38 spl. Mostly waiting on horses to finish evening feeding. I could do on the 650, but it’s so fast I’d be out of something in no time at all. Load all week for about 1 hr target shooting on Saturday. Slow and accurate.

Love it.

I wish I had more 310 dies. Just 38/357 and 45/70

[Tom W.]

Just got my range bag loaded for tomorrow. I gotta re-sight my 30/30 A.I. after I changed the rings on the rifle. Plus phart around with my CZ 75 SP01...... maybe shoot some steel if the range isn't crowded.

[Texas by God]

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that is some really good looking wood!

jd

[MOA]

Finally found the bag of fired brass I wanted to anneal before I recharge with unique for the 8x56mm RD. Now their drying. Will charge them this next week.

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[Hossfly]

Finally found the bag of fired brass I wanted to anneal before I recharge with unique for the 8x56mm RD. Now their drying. Will charge them this next week.

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Now I’m really jealous of that reloading block you have, with the topper you use for taller cartridges. That is just neat, I’ll have to do as a project for a friend, and myself, it’s not patented is it?

[taco650]

Congratulations! This thread is 400 pages long! Who knew?

[MOA]

Glad you like it Hossfly. Parented???? Don't know, my boss does all the design and engineering. I'm the idea, marketing and handloader part of the business.

[sigep1764]

Cast and gas checked 500 75-227 NATO boolits. Star is heating up the lube as I type.

[sigep1764]

Loaded 80 38 Special with Lee 356-95RF over 3.2 grains of Red Dot, 20 rounds of 38 Special with Elco HP over the same 3.2 grains Red Dot, and finished up the 400 rounds of 223 with the 75-227 MP over 15.5 grains of 748.

[Tom W.]

Resized the 9mm brass that I fired Saturday, as well as the 30/30 A.I. that I fire formed with full loads that I loaded probably ten or more years ago. They all formed well, but I'll be better able to check them after I run them through the tumbler, plus I need to check the length of the brass.

[Tom W.]

This morning I turned on the tumbler and finally turned it off about 8:00pm. The brass was super shiny and it all measured as I had hoped it would, no trimming needed. That made me very happy!

[nueces5]

104 7,65x53
130 308
exhaust!
all for long range
I need one of these!
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[cwlongshot]

Prepped 40 7Mag cases last night. Only to discover no applicable Powders... Gun store run Tomorrow...

CW

[lightman]

Just finished sorting a bucket of wheel weights that I scored a few days ago. Hauled them out to the shop and put the different ones in there respective buckets. Then a little straightening up.

[Tom W.]

Flared and primed about 100 9mm cases for the next time I feel well enough to go to the shed. It's been a rough last two weeks for me.....

[Texas by God]

My son finally wants to learn how to reload at 25 years old! Bonding is good. 9mm with 125 gold dots. Sorry about that part but simple is good.

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[MOA]

Got the 500 grain Lyman 457-125 loaded up in some 45-70 brass.

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[Bookworm]

Did inventory on primers.

I need to order about 10k Large Rifle.

I also need to organize my primer storage places. I've got them all stored together now, I need to put SP here, LP there, LR over yonder.

That sure would make it easier to keep count.

[tdoor4570]

Just got done decapping the 300 Win mag brass I picked up in a yard sale 83 rds $5.00 tossed them in the vibrator to clean

[15meter]

Loaded 30 rounds of 7x61 Sharpe & Hart.

Tried to form some 7x61 cases from 300 Win Mag, ugly results, may try a very light anneal on the neck tonight, then try again. I anneal at night, with the lights outs only light is the torches and a TV with an old film noir movie going (dim screen, dark music, great for a little reloading alchemy). Never have had any luck annealing before reforming before always crumpled the shoulder. This case may be the exception.

Did have some success converting 7mm Remington Mag. Takes almost as much effort as 300 Weatherby to 300 H&H.

[Bob Busetti]

Melted down all the range scrap into Lyman ingots. Got about 80 ingots poured. While cleaning up I found another 20 lbs. of old wheel weights now I have more to melt down. Before that I reloaded 30 rds. of 43 Spanish.

[mdi]

Started a new adventure. I have a 380 SCCY on order and I've gathered components and tools for reloading. I sized, flared and primed 50 new Starline cases. Got some 100 gr cast RN and some Hornady 90 gr XTP. ready to stuff and looking at powders. I have W231, Bullseye and CFE Pistol that would apply to this cartridge and just thinin' about which one to use.

I seem to be going smaller in my old age. I started with 38 Special then 44 Magnum and stayed with the 44 for several years. Decided to give a semi-auto a try so got a 1911 and started reloading 45 ACP. I always thought 9mm was a "small"cartridge that just didn't appeal to me, but about 20 years ago I picked up an inexpensive 9mm Tokerev, and then an FMK and then a Ruger LC9, and now a 380. I don't think I can go any smaller mainly because I finf the 380 cases are about as small as I can handle...

[cwlongshot]

Loaded up those 7Mag. Cases plus some 308’s

Heading to the range shortly.

Cw

[MOA]

Finally got the S&W 500 Pounder loaded into my Remington 12mm rolling block. Had to trim more 50 Alaskan down but that didn't take long. Loaded up with 2F and topped with juice box card, compressed a 1/4" and sat the Crisco n olive oil lubed pounders on top.

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[taco650]

Loaded 30 rounds of 7x61 Sharpe & Hart.

Tried to form some 7x61 cases from 300 Win Mag, ugly results, may try a very light anneal on the neck tonight, then try again. I anneal at night, with the lights outs only light is the torches and a TV with an old film noir movie going (dim screen, dark music, great for a little reloading alchemy). Never have had any luck annealing before reforming before always crumpled the shoulder. This case may be the exception.

Did have some success converting 7mm Remington Mag. Takes almost as much effort as 300 Weatherby to 300 H&H.

Is pushing the shoulder back the hardest part?

[Michael J. Spangler]

Finally got the S&W 500 Pounder loaded into my Remington 12mm rolling block. Had to trim more 50 Alaskan down but that didn't take long. Loaded up with 2F and topped with juice box card, compressed a 1/4" and sat the Crisco n olive oil lubed pounders on top.

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boy do I like that!

What kind of velocity are yo getting from them? What weight?

[MOA]

Wow, fun day in the reloading room. Started using the two Lyman lube/sizers I refurbished last march and what a surprise I got. Went to load the top punch into it's dedicated location on the main shaft after opening up the lock screw and found that there was no hole drilled in it for the top punch. So had to change out for the other luber I had and got the job done. Just sent email off the Lyman along with this and a few other images of the problem. lol



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[15meter]

Is pushing the shoulder back the hardest part?

Yes, once I start moving the shoulder it takes both hands and about 15-20 times in and out of the die, turning a few degrees every time. Plus keeping the neck absolutely squeaky clean or I get lube dents. I've never had to be as finicky to keep the necks dry while reforming brass as this conversion.

Don't really need to do this, I have 140 pieces of factory brass already, it's more "can I do it?"

[cwlongshot]

WOW!!

Well maybe ya bought the wadcutter only model!! ;)

I back from range and just cleaned the rifle.

Im my 7 Mag, AA3100 @ 63g shot 3/4” @ 100. very happy!!

CW