What did you do in the reloading room today?

[DDJ]

Doing a case conversion 32/20 to 25/20

[drac0nic]

Probably going to try and mount the 550B my buddy gave me and figure out what I'm going to do with 18lbs of Power Pistol.

[onelight]

Probably going to try and mount the 550B my buddy gave me and figure out what I'm going to do with 18lbs of Power Pistol.
You have some really good friends ! Wonderful gift.

[drac0nic]

You have some really good friends ! Wonderful gift.

I am grateful. He's in much better health and has divested into other hobbies but I think that played a role. It's sucky having heart troubles when you're in your early 40s like he is.

He way over bought on the powder and I'm thinking it will last me several years the way I load. Then again maybe I need to load more too.

[Texas by God]

I found out how long this lasted. About as long as the RCBS before it did.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20191217/950143bc13efffd3b4862137b675e201.jpg

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[cwtebay]

I found out how long this lasted. About as long as the RCBS before it did.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20191217/950143bc13efffd3b4862137b675e201.jpg

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[44Blam]

How many would you say they each lasted?

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I have a little wood block I hit it against -- haven't broken a puller yet. But I've not pulled that many boolits.

[cwtebay]

I have a little wood block I hit it against -- haven't broken a puller yet. But I've not pulled that many boolits.I beat mine against the heel of my anvil. Usually in frustration that I either messed up a loading or realized my ladder peaked 20 rounds before I had stopped loading for it!

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[drac0nic]

Loaded a couple boxes of 9mm on the 550. Had a few learning items on it been a long time since I've used one. It's definitely a right handed person's press but it seems to run well enough. The ammo seems to be slightly nicer looking than my LNL AP with Lee dies although that may just be me telling myself that. Loaded up some PC 135gr LRNs with 5gr power pistol. Going to see how they shoot. I probably should have done some ladders but just wasn't feeling it tbh. Also had a few cases that were loose in terms of neck sizing which I don't particularly recall on my LNL AP either. That was fairly odd IMO.

I'm also missing the spent primer holder. It seems like it shoots them over a fairly wide area anyways but I would like to at least pretend like most of them are going to the same place. I'll have to grab one.

Debating getting the stuff to run 243 win through it. I am fairly certain I would like the idea of doing it on this press a bit better than with my LNL AP because I feel like it's easier to monitor the powder level in the case compared to the Hornady.

[cwlongshot]

Prepped a hundred 350 Legend brass. Im still amazed how inconsistent Winchester makes this ammo. Some barely trim while others(from same box/batch) remove visible amounts.

Remember this is from a straight walled case and straight walled cases simply DO NOT GROW LIKE BOTTLE NECKS!!!

CW

[wv109323]

I cleaned it up and put ever6thing back in its place.

[Texas by God]

About ten years of infrequent use. Mostly hit on wood but sometimes concrete. I’ve finally learned to load 5 cartridges and try them before proceeding with the batch!

[drac0nic]

About ten years of infrequent use. Mostly hit on wood but sometimes concrete. I’ve finally learned to load 5 cartridges and try them before proceeding with the batch!

Since I don't have a range like some of you guys I load 50 at a time. That ends with fun at moments though. Like how I have a box of .45 ACP here I know is going to stove pipe every round. Maybe I should stick with wheel gun ammo.

[lightman]

Not much of anything lately. Been involved with hunting season and probably will be until years end. I do have stuff saved up to do and as soon as it warms up I'll be casting.

[cwlongshot]

Batch of 45/70’s left tumbling this AM! Aughta be sparklin by 18:00!

CW

[Andyt591]

Not 100% sure where to put this, so I figure this thread is as good as any... Here is what I did in my reloading room last night...
From this:

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[lightman]

Mine needs some major house keeping done. I wanted to remodel it when we redid the kitchen but it didn't happen. I'll jump on it after hunting season is over.

[Soundguy]

I found out how long this lasted. About as long as the RCBS before it did.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20191217/950143bc13efffd3b4862137b675e201.jpg

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Ouch.. Looks like an opportunity to get a cam puller and a bunch of collets. I leave a puller in an old lee c press all the time now.

[44Blam]

My Dad is coming to town for Christmas and said he wants to go to the shooting range... He taught me to shoot when I was about 10 by going out to the desert and shooting 22s and 38s. (This was 30-somthin years ago)
In my adult life, I've never been to the range with my Dad and he said he wanted to go. So, I have a thing I like to do when I explain why I really enjoy reloading and it is to take three 44 magnum loads: Trailboss, Unique and W296 and have them shoot one of each in that order.
So, went to my ammo bin and Unique - check, W296 - check.... I've got NO trailboss loads!!! So, loaded up about 50 44 mag with Trailboss. Should be a fun time.

[drac0nic]

I resized 6 45-70 300gr HP bullets to 452 then I loaded up 6 rounds. 39, 40 and 41gr of Hodgdon H4198. I made a dummy round and fed it through my AR-15 and it seemed to work well enough. At some point I'll end up with a mold to try but in the mean time these cost me under .10 each. Expecting some stout results from these in my AR pistol as I've been shooting 265gr. Maybe I should upgrade to something a little gentler shooting than an A2 grip and add a muzzle brake.

[cwlongshot]

253214

I loaded up a dummy 350 W/ a Saeco 180g bullet.

Gonna squeeze some More down to 356 and send’em down range!

CW

[StuBach]

Signed up for a free ingot mold giveaway contest here on the forum.


Giveaway - 2 Free Ingot Molds - Winner chooses CB or Redneck Gold
https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink/topic?share_fid=9688&share_tid=392716&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcastboolits%2Egunloads%2Ecom%2Fsh owthread%2Ephp%3Ft%3D392716&share_type=t&link_source=app

[tazman]

I found out how long this lasted. About as long as the RCBS before it did.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20191217/950143bc13efffd3b4862137b675e201.jpg

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I had an RCBS that looked like that after a few years. I have one of that brand that isn't broken yet.

[Soundguy]

made up some gas checked 158gr lswc hp using a lee single cavity mold.

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[Texas by God]

Finishing up an AR-15 so I can move on to the next project and there's always a next project.

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[cwlongshot]

253456Gas checked couple hundred 323470 boolits. Now for powdercoating

[Budzilla 19]

Powder coated, sized, installed gas checks on 243 .30 cal. boolits. 155 grain Lee spire point, sized to .310”. .308 Win. Here we come!

[frumplepigskin]

neck turned 40 243 winchester cases, ain't sure it's really necessary but it sure is tedious

[15meter]

Polished 200+ 223's, then full length sized them, then back in the polisher to take off the lube.

[obssd1958]

Been runnin' brass in the wet tumbler for the past couple of days. Of course that required decapping it all before it went in with the pins.
Man!! is that stuff purty!!253509

[cwlongshot]

Tumbled about 300 7mm/08 cases acquired from the Generosity of this forum!

Thanknyou all!

Merry Christmas

CW

[tazman]

Loaded up some more of my recent light load for 38 special for a future trip to the range. Will be interesting to see if these work as well in the model 14 I recently purchased as they did in the other revolvers.

[cwlongshot]

I powder coated a couple Hundred bullets.

I cast a couple Hundred more then PCd those too

I sized all those them loaded up 50 45/70’s for a good friend with my cast Lyman 450g Lovurne style and 30/31.

CW

[jdfoxinc]

Set up my Lee 4 hole turret press to load .380 ACP. they designed this press with just enough room to use a Lee powder measure. Took some tetris playing but I got my Lyman 55 mounted.

[Mountainyoda]

253456Gas checked couple hundred 323470 boolits. Now for powdercoating

Respectfully ask, why do you not lube and size when gass checking in lieu of the powdercoating? Boolits look great!

[Drm50]

I had a RCBS hammer for years. It broke same way as OPs. I have Frankfort Blue hammer now, for several years. And it’s holding up well. I would say both these tools made in same plant. I have my RCBS cap and cartridge holder as extra parts for Frankfort hammer. I used RCBS handle in small lead hammer I poured in old Thistle Snuff can as a mold.

I found these hammers work best if held lose and hit smartly on end grain of a chunk of stove wood. Something at least 1’ in dia and 2’ long. If you use it like a hammer and strike hard surfaces it will break plastic of handle will bend.

[cwlongshot]

HELLO & WELCOME TO THE FORUM!

I used to always cast, immediately powder coat then size as needed.

Today, I cast and powdercoat shortly after then size very shortly afterwards. See bullets I cast are med to hard and they get harder as they get older. Harder bullets size.

When I have a gas check bullet that I feel I need a GC, I GC first. Then powder coat. My my reasoning is those Bullets are designed for a GC and not for pc. More specifically not PC under the GC. This makes for a better product.

The Powder Coating process negates the need of any lubes. Lube in the bullet (anything on the bullet really) can cause problems with the application of the powder coating. Even bullets washed in dirty water can effect quality of your powder coating.

CW

[Soundguy]

Question.. Are any commercial suppliers making powdercoat projectiles?

[obssd1958]

Yes. We have one locally, run by a group of retired firefighters.

[cwlongshot]

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I prepped up 50 357 Maxi Brass

Loaded ten to test N120 Powder with a 220 LBT PC GC bullet.

CW

[lightman]

I had big plans for today but I'm having one of those weak days. I moved some deprimed and sorted brass from the loading room to the store room and I moved about 5 gallons of sorted wheel weights from the garage to the shop. I'm about beat, that may be it for today?

[obssd1958]

Lightman,
That's the beauty of being retired! You don't have to do more than you feel like is enough for now.
Hope your energy level comes back later or tomorrow!!

[cwlongshot]

Question.. Are any commercial suppliers making powdercoat projectiles?
YES and more all the time!! Even the big guys are offering powder coated cci have rimfore
Powder coated and federal offers a line called SYNTEC.

Cw

[lightman]

Lightman,
That's the beauty of being retired! You don't have to do more than you feel like is enough for now.
Hope your energy level comes back later or tomorrow!!

Thanks! One of the symptoms of this stuff I got is fatigue. Every day is different. I'm learning to go with the flow. On good days I stay busy and on bad days I quit when the old bod says to. I can sit at the bench and load or cast for hours but moving stuff around zaps me pretty quickly.

[robg]

Preped some 357 mag and 45-70 brass.

[joe leadslinger]

Braved the cold garage and cast C312-155-2R , C309-150-F I shoot these in my Savage 99F
https://i.imgur.com/PnmlGVR.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/H5FHnne.jpg

[taco650]

Braved the cold garage and cast C312-155-2R , C309-150-F I shoot these in my Savage 99F
https://i.imgur.com/PnmlGVR.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/H5FHnne.jpg

How hard is your alloy for those?

[taco650]

Put some 9mm range brass in the tumbler

[obssd1958]

Joe,
Are those for .30-30, .300 Savage, .303 Savage, or .308 Win in that model 99?

Nice looking Boolits!

[joe leadslinger]

I cast these for my Savage 99F chambered in 308 WIN. I used 10 lb. COWW 1 lb. Mono type and 2 oz. tin. I will powder coat and water quench them some will be gas checked before PCing. Still working up loads, I have been using 2400, Unique, and Rx7
Thanks for the questions tells me I need to put a little more info in my post :smile:

[mr surveyor]

I cast these for my Savage 99F chambered in 308 WIN. I used 10 lb. COWW 1 lb. Mono type and 2 oz. tin. I will powder coat and water quench them some will be gas checked before PCing. Still working up loads, I have been using 2400, Unique, and Rx7
Thanks for the questions tells me I need to put a little more info in my post :smile:


just asking ... have you tried AA#7 with those?


jd

[lightman]

Deprimed and sorted through a bunch of recently shot 357's. I'm thinking its about time to junk this batch. Lots of body splits and the nickel is peeling pretty badly. I got my moneys worth from these guys!

Put a load of dirty rags and junk towels in to wash this morning so I folded these and stored them away. I do some gun cleaning and brass sorting on the bar in the kitchen and those old towels allow me to get away with it!

[Dvdmacdaddy]

Finally got back to building my tumbler.

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20191230/2e8bb54db49971bdc19f109db21b1007.jpg

Still need to build a motor mount, mount the electrical, and glue the pipe together. I got it where the tube turns today.

Using 4in pipe that I had laying around. I would like to source some 6in pipe.

[joe leadslinger]

just asking ... have you tried AA#7 with those?


jd

No I have been working with the powders listed in the Lyman Cast Bullet manual that I have on hand.

[robg]

Casting today as its not pouring with rain nor freezing cold cast some Lee 158grwfnpb and some rcbs 180 grsilgc boolits about 400 in all tumble lubed just waiting to size and gas check the rcbs boolits ,I shoot the Lee unsized over 7 gr of true blue for a light cheap load.

[lightman]

Long story short, I've been pulling bullets and dumping powder from a bunch of gifted ammo.

The long story is that my Son has been helping a buddy move and called last night offering me some old ammo. Thinking that it might be something collectable I went after it. Well, it was mostly modern stuff and had been wet. And corroded! I started last night pulling it down. When I finished I had 3 cartridges that cleaned up enough to add to my collection. The pulled bullets went into my scrap lead stash, the brass went into the retired electricians beer fund (scrap barrel) and the powder went into the jar of mixed up powder that I save to take to deer camp. It makes a nice light show when thrown into the yard fire!

Fast foreward to today, I was getting something out of the truck and discovered another larger tub of ammo. My Son helped me load the stuff up last night and I didn't see him get into the other side of the truck! It looks like a bunch of reloaded 38's, 30-30's and 270's without load data and several boxes of shotgun ammo. So anyway, today I started pulling that ammo down. Some of that brass could be salvaged but I don't really care about having a bunch of reloaded brass with no history. Some of the cases are fired and show pressure signs. Its prolly headed for the beer fund?

[pastera]

Spent a little time with CAD and the 3d printer (located in the reloading room) to make a quick tool to help sort 38 SPL and 357 Mag cases - The eyes are getting too fuzzy for easy head stamp reading.
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Mounts to the top of a coffee can - roll the cases down the ramp and 38's drop through and 357 rolls off into a second can.
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4072235

Also found a cured for a leading issue in my M&P 9c using Hi-Tek coated bullets (Lee 356-120-TC) - Win 231 is too fast and leads up in 10-20 rounds. CFE Pistol (4.2g) left the barrel shiny clean after the 50 test rounds I loaded.

[onelight]

I put the reloading casting stuff in boxes moving tomorrow :-(

[cwlongshot]

I put the reloading casting stuff in boxes moving tomorrow :-(

Good luck brother... I dislike even that thought.. ;)

CW

[kmw1954]

I put the reloading casting stuff in boxes moving tomorrow :-(

Moving isn't always a bad thing. Disruptive, inconvenient, a lot of work. Last time I moved was from an apartment into my own home. Come March it will be 21 years ago.

[trails4u]

Finally manned up and cleaned the heat exchangers and smoke pipe in my wood furnace that sits opposite wall from my bench. A much dreaded, but much necessary job. It's too much furnace for where I live....so I fight creosote in the fall/spring. It runs right as rain...but intended to heat homes in Wisconsin like weather, not South Carolina weather. If it's above 40.....it either runs us out of the house, or chokes down and I get to deal with the lovely liquid/glaze creosote. My nemesis.

[sigep1764]

I put the reloading casting stuff in boxes moving tomorrow :-(

It sucks. Still sorting through the boxes from moving a month ago. Needing to build a new bench, the one we moved from our apartment to the new house is way too small and doesn't work in the space.

[StuBach]

It sucks. Still sorting through the boxes from moving a month ago. Needing to build a new bench, the one we moved from our apartment to the new house is way too small and doesn't work in the space.

Loved when I moved from apartment to house. Gave me a space to plan and build out to what I wanted. As an idea, I’ve had pretty decent luck with the laminate counters from Home Depot mounted on custom home built 2x4 frame. Decent weight, low cost, water/chemical proof, etc. $100 got me a 8’ bench that has stood up pretty well for over 5 years. Mount it to wall for even more stability if needed though I haven’t seen the need yet.

[sigep1764]

Loved when I moved from apartment to house. Gave me a space to plan and build out to what I wanted. As an idea, I’ve had pretty decent luck with the laminate counters from Home Depot mounted on custom home built 2x4 frame. Decent weight, low cost, water/chemical proof, etc. $100 got me a 8’ bench that has stood up pretty well for over 5 years. Mount it to wall for even more stability if needed though I haven’t seen the need yet.
I like the idea of using laminate. Never thot of that!

[onelight]

Thanks guys , this move will be a good thing , once we get sorted , down sizing to get to better prepared for our senior years , we will both be retired within the next year and don't need the house or shop space we have now.
The hard part is going from 1600 ft of shop garage to 650 square ft of garage. Will move my reloading in bed room in the house and build a small shed for casting and wood work tools.
It will all be great once we get our 15lbs of crap in our 5lb bag :-P we are truly blessed .

[kmw1954]

Onelight we are staying put. We are in a 1.5 story 4 bdrm. and it's cheaper to stay than it is to sell and move. We are on a dead end road just 5 houses from the lake, I can see it from where I am sitting. Being this close to the lake none of us have basements so now that it was just the 2 of use I took over one of the upstairs bdrms. for my gun room. I have two benches and a computer desk in that room. Only problem with not downsizing is that once again we have freeloaders moved back in and if it wasn't for the grandkids the freeloaders would be living in their truck!

[robbyPGP2014]

Cast a pot of 45 acp 225tc and refilled ,ready to go again.

[Cast_outlaw]

I spent the last two days organizing and setting up my room on my new house probably have two more days to get it really good but need to put up more shelves

[skeettx]

Lubed and sized over 100 .382 Bullets for my 38-55s
Loaded 100 9mm
Shot 2 rounds of skeet
Shot 1 round of trap
Mike

[44Blam]

Lubed and sized over 100 .382 Bullets for my 38-55s
Loaded 100 9mm
Shot 2 rounds of skeet
Shot 1 round of trap
Mike

You stopped at 2 rounds of sheer and one of tap?!? I can shoot trap ALL DAY LONG...

[Green Frog]

At the time my father passed away nearly three years ago, the reloading bench we shared had fallen into serious disuse. We let it pile up with various boxes of empty cases, bullets, etc, etc and I've only used it for the last few years by moving stuff around to make room at one of the presses to load the cartridge or shell needed, while covering up another part of the bench that much worse. :-(

Today I went down and moved stuff from one end to expose the Dillon and load a few 38 MRWCs, then went to the other end and processed some 32 Keith style HPSWCs given to me by Beagle with some of his magic gas checks for non-GC bullets... checked and lubed in my trusty Lyman 450. Finally, I moved stuff around again and used the RCBS Jr2 to decap and size a coffee can full of 32 S&W L brass so I can prime it and get it ready for loading those Beagle bullets as well as some other bullets I want to shoot. :smile:

My experiences today finally convinced me that cleaning off the bench is my very next order of business. I'll post that picture when I'm done. :coffeecom

Froggie

Happy New Year!!!

[onelight]

Onelight we are staying put. We are in a 1.5 story 4 bdrm. and it's cheaper to stay than it is to sell and move. We are on a dead end road just 5 houses from the lake, I can see it from where I am sitting. Being this close to the lake none of us have basements so now that it was just the 2 of use I took over one of the upstairs bdrms. for my gun room. I have two benches and a computer desk in that room. Only problem with not downsizing is that once again we have freeloaders moved back in and if it wasn't for the grandkids the freeloaders would be living in their truck!
That would be great to be that close to a lake!
And downsizing is tough we are in now walking in trails between boxes. The garage will stay like that until I get some concrete and a small building up hopefully in the next month or two.

[robg]

helped a friend load 100x223 rounds as hes not set up his bench yet

[cwlongshot]

Yesterday was a rare day... I did nothing.

Happy New Year everyone!

CW

[Patrick L]

Well, not so much today as over this past two weeks. Coming towards the end of a glorious two week vacation. While I was off, I believe I

1. loaded up some 12 gauge skeet loads
2. ditto 16 gauge skeet loads
3. loaded about 225 .30-06 M2 ball equivalent loads (both j word and boolits)
4. lubesized about 300 .30 cal boolits
5. loaded up 300 .45 ACP light bullseye loads
6. currently loading up 20 gauge skeet loads
7. hope to finish up the vacation loading up a few .38-44 heavy .38 specials for the new Model 27

Also cleaned a lot of guns, dirtied up some more, and hope to do more. Been a heck of a two weeks!

[Mark McWillis]

Cast a couple hundred 429421's. PC after lunch.

[Cast_outlaw]

Loaded some 357mag hallopoints the set up some more lighting kinda wondering hoe I saw anything in here befor the lamps and overhead lights all 5k led bulbs even the 4’ tubes

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[lightman]

I started prepping cases for a new to me caliber, the 41 Magnum. I dumped 1000 cases new Starline cases out in a plastic tub and measured several dozen random samples for length. The length was very uniform so I elected to not trim them. I deburred all of them this morning and started priming them this afternoon. So far, I've primed about 250 of them.

[tucumcari_kid]

I started prepping cases for a new to me caliber, the 41 Magnum. I dumped 1000 cases new Starline cases out in a plastic tub and measured several dozen random samples for length. The length was very uniform so I elected to not trim them. I deburred all of them this morning and started priming them this afternoon. So far, I've primed about 250 of them.

I think you'll be happy. My 41 magnum Blackhawk is BY FAR the most accurate handgun I own. I also have a S&W model 58. My personal SD load is reversed hollow based wadcutters in the Mod 58. I've contemplated selling off my 44 mag stuff because I love the 41 Mag. But that would be stupid, so I haven't. LOL

Good Luck!

Mike

[tucumcari_kid]

Still working to get my shop in order since we've moved in. Trying to repair a 1889 Marlin and I never have time to shoot... ;)
Did a few 38 Long Colts, this is the heeled version for my conversions. Lot's of fun. I'm running 16 grains of Black MZ as a 18 grain blackpowder equivalent. Not enough room for any more... It will have a little compression which I was trying to avoid, but we'll see.... exciting!
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[robg]

loaded 100x357mags with lee 158gr<165gr my lead> with 7 gr true blue.

[cwlongshot]

Tumbled a bag of 32 S&W longs and swapped in a bag of S&W Shorts first thing this am!

Gonna load some later or tomorrow.

CW

[Cast_outlaw]

I’ve had a fair amount of time lately to spend at my press (single stage only for rifle and pistol) another 100 tight group 9mm with the lee 124gr tumble lube going to have to cast some more of them but my mould is old and a little worse for ware going to have to replace it soon
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[Dvdmacdaddy]

Cleaned all my pistols and all of my in-laws pistols, 16 in total. Really wished I had an ultrasonic for that many guns.

[NC_JEFF]

Tumbled, sized and primed 1500 38s.
44s and 45 ACP is next
Jeff

[cwlongshot]

Cleaned two muzzle loaders used last month for deer/ BP season. Pretty easy task this time as each was only fired twice since last cleaning.

I got a request from a friend of a friend. Its a front stuffer. Could be a super oldie so treating with care. Its a 45 cal very long and appearances tell me its a good copy of a old gun (hundred (s) of years) or honestly a old old timer. A big tell For me is its screws. They appear hand made. Its lock will only cock if you pull the set trigger forward. Its barrel is rusty but not to pitting or scale. I have been soaking it in kroil (aft removing) and after five days I have kroil on the patches I clamped under the hammer. Last night was first attempt at running a patch down. First was about 1/2. Second was all the way. But its not a clear so as I pulled the rod/jag out Suction Snatched that patch half way down the barrel!! I searched for a hour and finally found my patch puller and got it out. Figured that was enough as ut was approaching midnight.

More soon. Its a pretty gun he dosnet want to shoot it but would like to have it able to shoot. Its a wall hanger for him. Im not gonna touch anything but mechanicals. Finish-patina will stay as it.

[Keith 429421]

Its been a while since Ive posted . I have plenty of bullets cast sized and lubed and some handloads ready . Today I got back at it finally loading a batch of 8mm Mauser 165 grain Lyman cast gas checked bullets sized to .324 with a custom size lube die from Buffalo Arms I got last year . Will give a report on how they did from my Yugo Mauser later they are the first rifle bullets I cast as I just got started casting last year and have learned a lot from all of you here . BTW how high up do you lube these bullets Lyman mould # 323470 when you use bullet lube . My OAL is 2.730 for these per the Lyman cast bullet manual and I used 5744 powder and CCI regular primers . Pics of my loading bench and my Lee Loader and powder measures I bought when I first started handloading in 1973 . Lee Loaders are perfect for those with little room or no loading bench and can be taken to the range to make custom loads on the spot as you work loads up , they are not to be confused as for beginners , they are serious real handloading tools that do a great job and can load ammunition as accurate as you can shoot it . With some extras you can custom load any caliber they are made in .

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Pics of my bench and my 30-30 Lee Loader and Powder measures I got back in 1973 when I started handloading , the Lee loaders are great way to get started on this lifelong hobby and these Lee tools work like they did 47 years back still. My first powder was Winchester 748 primers CCI magnum and bullets Speer all still a great combination for 30-30 Winchester loads

[cwlongshot]

Awesome Keith!!

I use this same mold for my 8mm. I have all cast (mine are powder coated) and ready but have t loaded or shot any yet.

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[Keith 429421]

Thought It did not go thur sorry posted deleted 2nd post

[Dvdmacdaddy]

Loaded and tested some 38sp BlueDot and 9mm Titegroup loads; then loaded 500- 9mm 124gr Berrys, 500- 9mm 125gr Cast, and 50-38sp 165gr SWC.

[Texas by God]

My friend called and said he has Sandhill Cranes so I removed the riot barrel and laser from my 870 and put the mag plug and 28” barrel on. They taste so good. AND we can use lead shot so I pushed that steel aside for some heavy lead shells! I ignored that H&R .32 that I need to tear into....

[lightman]

I just finished sorting all of last years range brass by caliber and started depriming them. I hope to finish depriming them tomorrow. We have rain forecast for the end of the week and I hope to start tumbling them then.

[nun2kute]

Not a flipp'n thing, my blasted truck wont start so I been outside laying in the snow and mud trying to figure out why it wont start. sorry if I yelling to loud, I'm a little aggravated right now.

[Tom W.]

As we just had a sewage line put in and there is an overabundance of sticky red clay between the house and the shed, I'll just keep from tracking and clay into either the house or the shed. I may have to buy a few bags of dirt to cover some of the red clay and hope by spring that the grass will start to grow over in.

And we're expected to get heavy rains this weekend.......

[Keith 429421]

CWlongshot I saw your bullets , good job. What OAL will you use. The Lyman manual states a 2.730 OAL with the 323470 bullet . That seems to be seated short. I loaded a no primer inert powderless cartridge with the bullet seated out and chambered it until it stopped at the rifling at 2.826 OAL in my Yugo Mauser 8 MM with camming the bolt closed and ejecting the inert round. Yes the powder charge I am using is not as large as what I would use for jacketed factory type loads with another powder. I am familure with reduced charges in rifles. But I wonder why the short 2.730 OAL Lyman states to use . Im thinking it may be because of different throat and leade dimensions in different types of 8mm Mauser rifles so that's why Lyman settled on the 2.730 OAL for a safety factor.

NO ! I will not load any 8 mm Mauser rounds for my rifle at 2.826 as that would be a OAL length that is too long for my rifle, I will shoot what I have loaded at 2.730 and see how accurate they are and go from there. Every rifle has different manufacturing dimensions and that why OAL lengths and powder charges are worked up to be safe for all rifles with loading manuals such as Lyman's and that's what handloader's should stay with for safe handloads

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[44Blam]

Decapped/primed about 500 10mm and 100 40 S&W. The "about" was I had 483 WLP primers in my garage and so I primed those cases... Then I though, I'll just go up and get another box of primers and do 25 more to make sure that the NEXT time, I have 75 primers in the garage. As an even(ish) number, right?

[cwlongshot]

Looks good Keith!

I havent loaded any yet. Ill load longer Im sure Bullets closer to rifling usually do best for me.

CW

[smithnframe]

Cast a few hundred 480 gr 45/70 Spitzer projectiles!

[44Blam]

Loaded 212 10mm bangers! There's a steel match Saturday and I'm gonna make the steel dance!

[kevin c]

10 mm? You're not just gonna make the plates dance, you're gonna peen them 'til they look like the hubcaps on my dad's Oldsmobile!

[cwlongshot]

Loaded up a bunch of test dummies for the 327 in a single seven using 5 different cast bullets I have on hand. Two are gonna be no good and three are hopefully gonna be awesome! Only wish more where plain based. Dont really need a GC. Ill try them with and without. Maybe I get lucky. (All are powder coated)

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[Jack Stanley]

Just boxing up more stuff I'm not likely to use again . The selling page oughta love me by now Ha ha !!

Jack

[Doubles Shooter]

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[Doubles Shooter]

don't know why the first picture is sideways. Still learning the game.

[tazman]

Put together 200 rounds of ammo for my 38/357 revolvers. 50 rounds each of some experiments. I really expect all of them to shoot well, but you never know until you pull the trigger.

[cwlongshot]

I prepped 100 327 Federal cases. Sized deburred flaired and primed.

Then loaded them with BLUE DOT. Starting @ 6.5 stopping @ 9. One tenth grain jumps per five.

CW

[Wild Bill 7]

Humidity was at 40% this afternoon so I powder coated about 500 9mm 130 grain boolits. Humidity doesn't generally get this low down here in Florida and boy did they look good. Flag colors, bacon grease, zombie green, John Deere green and yellow, and a mixture of Flame Red and Black. Great day all around.

[44Blam]

Finished up the last 250 40 S&Ws for the 3 gun match Sunday.

Gonna be a busy weekend:
Saturday is a steel match and Sunday is a 3 gun match -- gonna go unload all the stuff I've done in the reloading room! :D

[lightman]

I recently finished sorting and depriming last years brass. After while I'll start tumbling it.

[Doubles Shooter]

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[kmw1954]

Doubles Shooter, very nice indeed. I just started with that same SWC mold. I have about 20 of them loaded and just need to test shoot them.

[Loudy13]

loaded a couple hundred 300 BO

[fcvan]

I went out to the garage and looked at my casting gear. I have been itching to cast up some plane based 223 boolits With harder alloy. It’s an NOE 62 grain round nose for powder coating. Too many other honey do jobs but if I knock them out I can get a hundred or so fast in no time. I have a mission!

[donald duck]

I just loaded up a few 30-30 cases with large pistol primers and 3.4 grains Tight Group behind a Meister 94 grain cast bullet sized to .309. Will see how it shoots next week after the snow melts.

[cwlongshot]

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[drac0nic]

Went and tested 9mm/Power Pistol. 5.5gr if I remember right. Stuff shoots nice, bit snappy and a bit flashy indoors but worked very reliably and I got accuracy that was as good as the fool behind the gun. :D

.45 was a really mixed bag, I think I have a load I can live with till my Nitro 100 is gone. After that I'll have to develop something new but hey I have about 400-500 rounds which should be enough for a while.

[lightman]

Still tumbling the range brass that I collected last year. Ran a couple of loads yesterday and plan on a couple more today.

[drac0nic]

Cranked out 150 rounds of .45 ACP. 4.4 old Nitro 100 (not NF) and a 215gr (Lee says 200) LRNFP. I had good enough luck with these I'm willing to dismiss the one bobble I had as something I should have plunk tested for or gotten a case gauge. Maybe even tolerances. Need to make some more 200 LRNs. May even throw down and get the 6 cavity mold since the 2 cav has serviced me well and I think I've gotten it sorted from a COAL/does this fit my gun standpoint.

Probably should have put together some new loads to test alternate powders with. Heck with it, I'll get there when I get there. Looking at the Alliant Data for the Speer 230gr CPRN Power Pistol seems like a winner although I may try Unique or Bullseye. I also have some 800X I could burn through that doesn't look too bad. I have a bit of HS-6 as well although it doesn't seem to give the velocity the other powders listed do. I'll probably burn the Nitro 100 up then transition to the 1/2LB of 800X then transition to Power Pistol subsequently. I guess I could burn up my Unique as well and get that out of the cabinet too.

The Lyman 49th manual lists Blue Dot as well but I'm just thinking I'll be dropping 10 gr a shot and I'd rather keep my Blue Dot for my AR Carbine because it really likes it with the longer barrel. That said I may also do a shoot off with Power Pistol and Blue Dot and see which one has a better net effect from a 16" barrel.

[Dvdmacdaddy]

Found the load I like for 38 special, loaded up 1000 rounds. Either need to buy more brass or shoot some of it. Also loaded up the last 500 pieces of 9mm brass I have.

I’ve been avoiding pulling the 2000 9mm rounds I loaded with cast bullets before I knew better. I casted a boat load of the Lee TL356-124-2R. Tumble lubed them with the LLA that came with the .356 sizer I bought. Sized ALL of them .356, and lubed again. Then proceeded to load ALL of them, with your basic Lee 3 die set. They sat one the shelf for a awhile as I loaded and shot J -Words. I got tired of buying j-words so a grabbed a few boxes and headed to the range. I shot about 50 of them an noticed accuracy decline proceeded to shoot another 50 thinking it was me. Afterwards went to clean the gun and that’s when I noticed the horrid leading, it took awhile to get it cleaned. After that I learned to slug the barrel, cast the chamber, use a M Die, etc (all the stuff I should have done).

[Hossfly]

Dvdmacdaddy, well what did your barrel slug at? Was it bigger than you thought, and what are you going to try next? Mine slugged at .3555 and size to .356, with pc they work fine. This ads a little dia. At least to .357. Just interested in your outcome.

[Dvdmacdaddy]

Dvdmacdaddy, well what did your barrel slug at? Was it bigger than you thought, and what are you going to try next? Mine slugged at .3555 and size to .356, with pc they work fine. This ads a little dia. At least to .357. Just interested in your outcome.

It slugged at .355, I am now using the NOE ELCO mold and HITek. I was sizing at .358 no leading issues but had chambering issues. I now size .357 marginal leading issues over 200 rounds, I’ve narrowed the problem down to some brass swaging the base. I use a M Die now, I didn’t back then. I’ve pulled some of those mistake bullets and the bases are .354.

[taco650]

Sized, checked & lubed half a peanut jars worth of Lee 310-180 2R. Air cooled WW’s average weight is ~168.5

[Texas by God]

I have a mess of 9mm JHP and FMJ bullets I’m tired of looking at so they will be loaded up. At the same time I’ll try a few Lee 358-105 SWC in my new Beretta. Also I note that I only have hunting and SD ammo for the .41 and .45 ACP respectively; so boolits need to be loaded for them! So the 9mm prep begins.....

[62chevy]

Sized, checked & lubed half a peanut jars worth of Lee 310-180 2R. Air cooled WW’s average weight is ~168.5

I see I'm not the only that is getting under weight bullets from the Lee mold. Best it does is 170 grains with dead soft lead.

[Jack Stanley]

Case prep ........................ well at least it's not trimming by hand .


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[Doubles Shooter]

I put in a toaster oven I picked up today at Goodwill. 1350 watt convection oven. Good score for 9.99. Got a couple hundred 200gr. semi-wadcutters and the same amount of 230gr. cast ball for my .45 awaiting my order of powder paint to arrive from Smoke. The Square Deal B is ready to roll as soon as the bullets are ready.

[kmw1954]

Doubles Shooter, with all that going on I hope to hear more from you on how this all turns out.

[The Governor]

I looked for .45 auto rim loads with Lee 200 and 230 grain boolits.

Didn't find any.

[lightman]

Just started tumbling some more of last years range brass. Got tired and wasn't feeling so good so I took a break for a few days.

[robbyPGP2014]

loaded 6 boxes of 9mm 105 gr swc,s this morning. shot those ,came home and sized 500ish 230 gr tc, s.put this mornings bass in the tumbler and getting ready to take those out and load some more. been great day

[taco650]

I see I'm not the only that is getting under weight bullets from the Lee mold. Best it does is 170 grains with dead soft lead.

I’ve heard the same thing from others on this forum. Kinda regret buying this one but works for my 30-30 too so I’m keeping it. 😒

[Mal Paso]

I kind of avoided the reloading bench and spent the day on the other side of the room setting up a HF mini mill. Got the mast squared and the bits running true in their collets. After installing the end mill I figured the size of the milling vise and ordered it. It was pouring rain and gale force winds today. Nice to be inside and dry.

[Doubles Shooter]

Well, it happened.
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[Cast_outlaw]

Made my duplex boolits today ahead of the crimp grove is soft lead +2%tin and the bands are ww+.5 to .75 tin(not sure just added a little tin did not measure) water dropped in ice water hope it works and they don’t fly apart in the air 254967please excuse the disaster that is my bench still haven’t finished setting up

[Texas by God]

I gave my Beretta 92 its first taste of cast (and glue). I'll shoot better when I get used to it. I've got j-words to load/burn up but the 105s are on my casting list.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200118/1ee57c907d5b7b354306fed7823d3b0d.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200118/d84a48602ab6c9e6090649a814afeb0b.jpg

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[Texas by God]

I looked for .45 auto rim loads with Lee 200 and 230 grain boolits.

Didn't find any.4 grs of Bullseye will work with both weights from Lyman CBH #3.

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[sniper]

Calibrated my new beam scale...It is a ChiCom product, sold by a reputable and excellent U.S. Company...OBOY did it ever need it! Substituted what looked like buckshot and floor sweepings in the pan holder for #9 and 10 shot from my Snake load supply, and all went swimingly. ACCURATE, as it should be, and repeatable!:mrgreen:

[kmw1954]

4 grs of Bullseye will work with both weights from Lyman CBH #3.

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Really would appreciate if you could PM me more info on loading that Lee 105 SCW. Do you load it for the 38Spl also?

[Loudy13]

Loaded 142 6.8SPC 90gr bullets

[Doubles Shooter]

I sized and loaded a few of my first cast and coated bullets for a range test. Had the wrong seating plug in for the round nose, but that's fixed now.
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[robg]

loaded up 48 x 45-70 410gr boolits ready for range tomorrow .

[cwlongshot]

I am Tumbling 327 mag brass. I’ll load it up in the. Morning.

[44Blam]

Nothing in the loading room, but I made a trip to the unloading area. Heard a lot of steel ring. ;)

[marshall623]

I made a few this morning before church . NOE 360 158 WFN from the group buy . https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200119/bab5aa9868d300d8e2f2c5ac1677cfab.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200119/209788ad277abdb40bb3e8e9c5d2e1b5.jpg

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[cwlongshot]

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[lightman]

Still tumbling last years range brass. Take a load out, put a load in.

But the oldest Son and Grandson were down for the weekend Duck hunting. Yesterday afternoon the Grandson and I loaded 50 223's. I took him through the whole process from the beginning and let him do most of it. The Giraud trimmer was a little much for him and I did most of the trimming. He did the primer pocket prep with hand tools, primed the cases with a hand primer, charged the cases and seated the bullets. I did the set ups and adjustments after explaining the hows and whys. He acted like he enjoyed it.

[jdfoxinc]

Continued To load lyman 90gr .356 over 2.5gr green dot in range pickup mixed head stamp .380 brass. It's interesting how much variation in weight there is from mfg. to mfg.

[okietwolf]

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[cwlongshot]

Just finished sizing a bunch of bullets!!

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[sigep1764]

With the help of a coworker, I got my new bench from the garage to the reloading room. Then I stained the legs, they'll be ready to put on in a couple days. I can then drill new holes for mounting the presses and lubricators. Ill take pictures once im done. During the Chiefs game, I sanded down and polished a new set of Lee handles to work with a recently acquired RCBS mold.

[DW475]

knocked out another thousand rounds of 45 auto out on the Dillon and will be at it again tomorrow!

[44Blam]

I PC'd 280 40 caliber boolits in Traffic White from Smoke... I like it; they look nice.
I still have about 250-300 to PC... I need to cast some more.

[sigep1764]

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[Bookworm]

Got my hands on 150 pieces of new, unfired PPU brass for 7.62x54r.

Started prepping brass. Uniformed and deburred the flash holes on 100 pieces. Then full length sized those same. Lost one piece due to a poorly adjusted sizing die.

One would think that, after 30+ years of reloading, mistakes would be a thing of the past. Unfortunately, mistakes are always lurking; just waiting to strike.

[Turkeytracks]

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[robg]

just stripped and cleaned my 1022.

[Doubles Shooter]

Broke in my new Lee TL452-230-2R mold so I can get them coated and loaded tomorrow to try. I was having feed problems with the 452-228-R1 boolits. 255396

[Michael J. Spangler]

Just some organizing.
Also unboxed a couple NOS MEC 600 JR MK5 presses. 12 and 20 gauge.
Unbolted my older models and sold them.
I need to bolt that bench to the wall and set up the new MECs properly. Can't wait to shoot some pheasants and quail with my own ammo.

Hoping to make up a few 44 special tonight. It's been too long since I've made some ammo.

[cwlongshot]

Sized 450 Accurate 31-135s bullets.
Sized about 250 Lyman 311008 bullets.


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[Larry Gibson]

Spent 3 hours casting 30 XCBs with 4 cavity NOE mould. filled up a bread pan and it weighed 16 lbs....should be 700 +/- bullets there...….8-)

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[Doubles Shooter]

Got em coated and loaded. 255456255457
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[Cast_outlaw]

Processed all my soft lead and a few pounds of ww this is my setup and redneck gold ingot molds

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[frumplepigskin]

Today it was beautiful in southern Indiana, almost 50 and sunshine. Charlie and I went to the range and unloaded a pile of 9mm.
Mine was home cast of course.

[deboog93]

loaded 150 .38 specials 158 Gr SWC over 308 Unique powder.

and some .223

[Doubles Shooter]

My granddaughter is here today recovering from a week long bug. She was feeling a bit better and wanted to help Papa reload so I put her to work filling primer tubes for me. I never turn down help doing that.

[Texas by God]

Worked on one of my pickups, “de-hoarded” my old mahogany cabinet I built in high school to make room for more “gun stuff”, and primed and flared 100 previously sized .45 ACP brass. I’ll be taking the hoarded stuff to the dumpster tomorrow. I’m applying the “5 year rule” here- by golly!

[cwtebay]

Began working on a ladder for the 300 PRC that my wife and kids got me for Christmas

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[44Blam]

Setup the new Turret press and cranked out some 40s...
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[lightman]

Still sorting and tumbling last years range brass. I dry and sort it on the bar in the kitchen and started getting those "looks" so I took everything that was sorted out to the store room.

I'm down to one tray to put up in storage and one caliber left to tumble. [smilie=w: I store brass in plastic coffee cans and write on them with a sharpie.

[Reverend Al]

Just heading down shortly to cast some more boolits!

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[Loudy13]

Completed new test loads for my new 223 Ruger predator, 69 gr HPBT, and 77gr HPBT both Sierras then load 120 300 BO

[jsanch03]

New to posting on here but have always read all the great information provided by you guys. Today, I took the, “what the heck leap” of converting some Bulgarian 7.62x54r berdan brass into boxer primer. I was nervous at first but out of 300 pieces I only lost 5 which turned out to be the first 5 I started with. Next thing to do is find some 1/4 inch copper tubing and make some sleeves for the primer pocket.

[44Blam]

Popped out another 100 40s on the turret press and it took just over an hour.
Once I started going, I outpaced the RCBS Chargemaster lite...

[roverboy]

I didnt load any today but, loaded 600 .38 Specials a few days ago with 158 gr. Swc and Herco.

[lightman]

Today was a tinkering and housekeeping day. I had about a half gallon of roadside rescue wheel weights that I sorted. Many of them had dirt or gravel trapped behind the clips that I scratched out with a dental pick. Worried about moisture in the melt, you know?

I also sorted the first range brass that I picked up this year. About a quart cup or so.

[cwlongshot]

I cast powder coated sized them loaded 6 cartridges to try in my friends new Preformance center 44 Hunter. Mold is a RCBS 44-250 SWC

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[Jack Stanley]

Cleaned a rifle and made some wipe up rags from old T-shirts .

Jack

[Cast_outlaw]

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Not the reloading room but Made a bell because there is no steel targets at my range I. Not the greatest welder but I’m sure I can get someone to fix it if need be
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[sigep1764]

Very neat idea!

[mattw]

I made my first brass 410 shell this weekend and did not even blow up the old Marlin 60G!

The brass is 9.3x74R, scored 4 of them. They do have a tiny bit of brass rust, but this was the worst and it held up. The first photo is after fire forming with 10 grains of Unique and a case full of Malt-O-Meal. The second shows the original case and the case after being fired with 16 grains of 2400 and 300 grains of #4.

Why??? Because I can and they can be loaded with nothing more than a pair of punches, one to remove the primer and one to pack wads.

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[Mal Paso]

Sunday I built shelves from scrap plywood. I used 1 1/8 for the shelves and 5/8 sides so they can handle lead. Monday I went through all the casting and reloading gear and put it on the shelves. The brass tumbler has it's own shelf with all it's supplies. Same with casting and reloading. The reloading bench is CLEAR. It had become a catchall for everything and there wasn't a square inch free when I started. I plugged in the heater a while ago, it's 37* outside now, add a North Wind and it's really nice to have a warm place to work. Should be ready about now.

[cwlongshot]

I cast another couple hundred 220g .359 HP’s. This time real soft for lower velocity “playing”.

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[Michael J. Spangler]

I made my first brass 410 shell this weekend and did not even blow up the old Marlin 60G!

The brass is 9.3x74R, scored 4 of them. They do have a tiny bit of brass rust, but this was the worst and it held up. The first photo is after fire forming with 10 grains of Unique and a case full of Malt-O-Meal. The second shows the original case and the case after being fired with 16 grains of 2400 and 300 grains of #4.

Why??? Because I can and they can be loaded with nothing more than a pair of punches, one to remove the primer and one to pack wads.

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Do you crimp at all or do you glue the over shot card in?

[sigep1764]

Decapped/sized 250 .223 cases then mounted my new to me Dillon Super Swage 600 and swaged the primer pockets. This thing is the cats meow. No noise and almost no effort.

[kevin c]

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Not the reloading room but Made a bell because there is no steel targets at my range I. Not the greatest welder but I’m sure I can get someone to fix it if need be
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Nice! You can have fun shooting the bell, or show some real skill and go for the clapper.

Actually, I'm impressed you can hold that thing up with just one hand...

[jonp]

Finished loading 100 32H&R Mags for light Target and then 100 38sp self defense Gold Dots for wife's Chiefs Special. I found 2 lbs of Universal on the shelf I'd forgotten about so used that

[rockrat]

Cast about 500 boolits yesterday. Today, size and lube

[lightman]

Today was smelting day. In the shop, not the loading room. We melted a huge pile of pole top pins and ended up with 289 ingots. And several partial buckets of weights for 220 more ingots. The pole top pins were really slow to melt. We have about that much more to melt, hopefully tomorrow.

[Went2kck]

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melted down about 150lbs of clip on WW and 150lbs of the sticky WW
Also melted down 40lbs of pewter and made into ingot wedges.
The pewter is on the left in the pile not the neat stacks. That is the pure lead
I already put away the Clip on ingots.

[kmw1954]

I too rendered down some only this was range scrap from an indoor range. This was all fractured pcs. that was collected and put into a drum. Once again I found this stuff to be very dirty. Just a quick check on a bathroom scale and it looks as if this is about 60/40, lead to scrap.

[Thin Man]

Loaded a few test rounds of 41 Magnum: Lee 208 gr. WC over 5.5 gr. Red Dot. MV should be around 850 fps and am hoping for impact where the sights settle down. The test vehicle for this trial run is a Taurus model 415 (SS) wearing a 2 1/2" ported barrel with 5-shot cylinder.

[Tazlaw]

Today was smelting day. In the shop, not the loading room. We melted a huge pile of pole top pins and ended up with 289 ingots. And several partial buckets of weights for 220 more ingots. The pole top pins were really slow to melt. We have about that much more to melt, hopefully tomorrow.

They were pretty too!

[lightman]

They were pretty too!

Thanks! Enjoyed meeting you and your Dad and hanging out with you'all.

We didn't get through and left everything set up. Planning to get after it again in a little while.

[Tazlaw]

I’m planning on making some ingot molds today out of angle iron. See question in casting equipment. (It’ll take me a min to post the question).

[Doubles Shooter]

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[Doubles Shooter]

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[kmw1954]

Just finished up rendering down a small box of SOWW's that I had sorted for a full bucket of mixed. Looks like I'll end up with somewhere around 15#. This actually went pretty quickly. So now I have 3 piles of ingots with COWW's, SOWW's and Range. For now all I have left is a big box of scrap roofing flashing, which I'm not sure what to do with..

[lightman]

Today-------- We finished smelting last years calumniation of lead. Those pole top pins were really slow to work with and used up a big part of the day yesterday. Today was wheel weights and roofing lead. We had about 1100 ingots at the end of the day. We usually do that in a day. I think I'll pop a hand full of Aleve and grab a hot shower. I expect Biggin is planning to do the same thing! We didn't have enough time or ambition left to stamp them so that will be an evenings project sometime this week.

[drac0nic]

loaded 6 9mm steel cases for giggles. Wanting to see what they do. Just a basic loading of Power Pistol.

[Loudy13]

Sized a few hundred 223 cases in my alternate reloading room (might have a press at work :))

[Keith 429421]

Cast some Lee 148 gr .38 wad cutters with my new 6 cavity mould , pitched the first 40 or so back into the Master Pot and made 116 to try it out in about 15 minutes, they way I like to do it with multi cavity pistol bullet moulds , glad I made my casting bench set up last summer just needed to dust it off and flux the pot and cast in my garage . Warm today in Virginia about 55 F and sunny the garage has a 220V electric heater so I was good to go

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[Michael J. Spangler]

My friend and I fired up the casting pot and turned some ingots into some smaller more manageable pieces of lead.

Lyman 358627 215 grain gas check semi wadcutter.
I have two seated in a 38 special case. One seated long and one short. I don’t know if the long seated one will chamber but I’m going to try it out.
Load data is scarce for this bullet but LASC has some info. Up to 700 FPS in a 38 and up to 1100 FPS for a 357.

The second bullet is the esteemed Hensley & Gibbs #68 The 200 grain SWC
This was THE bullet for 45 bullseye shooting. My friendhappened to score brand new old stock 4 cavity mould recently. I have worked with a lot of different Moulds from custom to cheap lee and I’ve never worked with such a well made mould. This thing was an absolute joy to cast with. The bullets literally just fell out as soon as the mould was opened.
I can see why these Moulds are among the most expensive out there.

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[sigep1764]

Finished sizing, primer pocket swaging, trimming, deburring, and chamfering 1000 pieces of 223 brass. I'm getting a WFT for all this 223 brass.

[Bookworm]

Consolidating 2 batches of rifle brass. It's all the same headstamp; so I am annealing, sizing, length trimming, and then weight sorting.

This dang PPU brass is making me crazy. The primer pockets are deeper then SAAMI specs right from the factory, and the weight spreads are wider than I think it should be.

I may have to break down and buy some Lapua brass. It's 3 times the cost of PPU. I wonder if the juice is worth the squeeze.

[jonp]

Just loaded 100 357 Mag over 5.6 grs of Unique using up some Berrys Plated Target Hollow Points.

[lightman]

My friend and I fired up the casting pot and turned some ingots into some smaller more manageable pieces of lead.

Lyman 358627 215 grain gas check semi wadcutter.
I have two seated in a 38 special case. One seated long and one short. I don’t know if the long seated one will chamber but I’m going to try it out.
Load data is scarce for this bullet but LASC has some info. Up to 700 FPS in a 38 and up to 1100 FPS for a 357.

The second bullet is the esteemed Hensley & Gibbs #68 The 200 grain SWC
This was THE bullet for 45 bullseye shooting. My friendhappened to score brand new old stock 4 cavity mould recently. I have worked with a lot of different Moulds from custom to cheap lee and I’ve never worked with such a well made mould. This thing was an absolute joy to cast with. The bullets literally just fell out as soon as the mould was opened.
I can see why these Moulds are among the most expensive out there.

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Those look good! H&G makes a good casting mold. I Love the ones I have.

[lightman]

Have not done much lately. This morning I prepped some 223 cases for my Grandson and sorted through a double hand full of wheel weights. They were road rescues from earlier in the week. Some of these can be dirty and I use a dental pick to get the dirt and gravel out from under the clip. Thinking about moisture!

[Tazlaw]

I smelted 65 lbs of dirt covered range lead and recovered 51 lbs of bead rail ingots. I only have one mold right now, but will make another soon. It will speed up the process. 78% recovery is not too bad, imo. I’ve got another bucket of 85lbs to wash and smelt. We’ll see what the recovery rate is on that load. I made the bed rail mold about 8.5 inches long to fit in sfrb. They should be able to fill the box nicely. Not that I’m planning on selling, but thought about using the box to store and label.

[Dapaki]

I'm just working through all my .38 brass, 4k of the little buggers all shot and need processing. I am a big fan of single piece processing and I like to sip a beverage while listening to music while reloading. SWMBO thinks I spend more time in the 'shop' than inside.

[kevin c]

I set up two small pet feeders, one on each side of my progressive press. Left side is for boolit feeding, right is for case feeding. This should make more of each available without taking up much of a foot print. It also keeps the components covered and dust free between sessions. Tape labels will remind me what brass and boolit are set up.

I also mounted my new Lee APP on the end of a 2x3. I'd used the same before with a Lee Reloader press. The same bolt hole pattern made it an easy changeover. I used the Reloader press upside down for boolit sizing and will do the same with the APP. With a couple clamps, I can set up most anywhere, useful on my deck where I coat and bake my boolits, as I can size one batch while waiting to complete the bake on another.

[robg]

loaded up 48 x 45-70 with lee 405gr boolits .now i have got to do some casting as ive run out of boolits .

[44Blam]

Loaded 100 308s for a range trip on Monday... Amazing how fast a pound of powder goes when you're throwing 41.5 gains at a time!

[sigep1764]

Nothing. I spent 8 hours building stuff from Ikea for the female unit. Im sore.

[SubPir8]

Looked in its direction while doing chores. But it’s a 3 day weekend.........


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[LIMPINGJ]

Sorted out the zinc and steel from the lead in my last hundred pounds or so of wheel weights.

[cwlongshot]

Cleaning brass

[dbmjr1]

I loaded 150 .410's with 7.5 shot. MEC 600 Jr.

[Tazlaw]

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I welded some extra legs to my turkey fryer, and made two more bed frame ingot molds. Also turned a sprue knocker! Oh! And went lead mining and got 175lbs of range lead (that’s dirt and all-should give about 110 lbs of ingot lead).

[BrutalAB]

Reduced 4 buckets of wheel weights into this:
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Got 140 of them. Used a whole tank of propane.

While at the same time casted about 34 pounds of lyman 358429 with my 4 cav that i got in a last month.

[Cast_outlaw]

Continued sorting and smelting wheel weights so far 650# COWW and 325 of soft 256933

[cwlongshot]

continued sorting and smelting wheel weights so far 650# coww and 325 of soft 256933

wow!!

[Frosty Boolit]

Melted and alloyed 200 lbs of lead wool rings and sheet lead on a vintage Coleman Handy Gas Plant. Don't have Coleman fuel so I used the last of my mineral spirits and some ethanol free gasoline. That sheet was 72lbs so I c-clamped it and hung it off the cherrypicker lowering it in as it melted, I thought that was pretty clever! While I was waiting for the lead to melt, I casted 50 Lee 7/8oz 12ga slugs.

[lightman]

Just finished sorting a double handful of wheel weights and a double handful of range brass. Just busy work.

[lightman]

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I welded some extra legs to my turkey fryer, and made two more bed frame ingot molds. Also turned a sprue knocker! Oh! And went lead mining and got 175lbs of range lead (that’s dirt and all-should give about 110 lbs of ingot lead).

Those look good! You will have a stash built up before you know it.

[screwcutter]

Modified a couple of recently acquired LEE Collet dies.
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Never had the top pop out, I had the 3/4-16 bolts so why not?

[metricmonkeywrench]

Lubed up 100 Lee .38 wadcutter, primed 100 .38 cases and loaded up 50 H&G #50 wadcutters over 3.2g of 700x.

[cwlongshot]

Modified a couple of recently acquired LEE Collet dies.
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Never had the top pop out, I had the 3/4-16 bolts so why not?

Haha. Good deal.

[Tazlaw]

Got blister on hand from sizing and depriming about 2500 pieces of 45acp, and separating out a sfrb of small primer.

[ioon44]

I sorted out over 3000 rounds of 9 mm brass by head stamp, probably an exercise in futility but some brands of brass swag my cast bullets more than others.

[kmw1954]

I sorted out over 3000 rounds of 9 mm brass by head stamp, probably an exercise in futility but some brands of brass swag my cast bullets more than others.

I sort everything by headstamp also. Not that I believe it is going to improve accuracy but because I load on a progressive press and by separating it just makes operating the press much smoother. When I reload on the progressive I am loading by Sight, Sound and Feel so when something is significantly different I stop and check.

[Dapaki]

Continued sorting and smelting wheel weights so far 650# COWW and 325 of soft 256933

Is it a sin to covet another mans lead? :wink:

[onelight]

Is it a sin to covet another mans lead? :wink:
I think is okay to think about it a little , just don't pin up any pictures of it over your bench. We gotta draw a line somewhere .

[JonB_in_Glencoe]

I am loading a batch of 'snappy' 41 Mag today.

I loaded several different charges of 2400 in some test rounds yesterday, to work up a load. I wanted to find the limit for my 3" 657 with the Lyman 410610. and the winner was 17.7 gr. It was 15º and breezy, let me tell you the felt recoil goes up when it's that cold
:holysheep

I wish I could have used my chrono for a test like this...it's just too cold to set it up.

Funny thing the Lyman 4th ed, doesn't list the 410610, but for the similar weight Saeco boolit, it says the Max charge of 2400 is just over 16gr. (16.2 or 16.4 I can't recall?)
...and the Lyman 3rd ed does list the 410610 (cast in lino) and puts the Max charge at 18.8 :shock:

[The Dar]

Sorting the four 5 gallon buckets of brass I picked up from the range over the weekend. Still have one bucket to go.

[Winnie1886-4065TC]

Hi guys,
First post. I sorted 45acp by headstamp to do another run of rounds on my cheapy pro 1000 so I can get more practice done. after that did more digging around the loading bench to remind myself of what I have in there. Then did some inventory and realized its time for me to stock up on a bunch of stuff, from 223 projectiles and primers , to realizing I need to finally buckle down and buy the production melter so I can load more 44-40 and 40-65.
Reloading for me is almost as much fun/therapy as sending them down range. been a long time lurker, glad there is a place I can talk with like minded folks

[onelight]

Hi guys,
First post. I sorted 45acp by headstamp to do another run of rounds on my cheapy pro 1000 so I can get more practice done. after that did more digging around the loading bench to remind myself of what I have in there. Then did some inventory and realized its time for me to stock up on a bunch of stuff, from 223 projectiles and primers , to realizing I need to finally buckle down and buy the production melter so I can load more 44-40 and 40-65.
Reloading for me is almost as much fun/therapy as sending them down range. been a long time lurker, glad there is a place I can talk with like minded folks
Welcome , there is a lot great knowledge here and a lot of helpful casters and reloaders , I learn something every time I look around.

[kmw1954]

Hi guys,
First post.
Reloading for me is almost as much fun/therapy as sending them down range. been a long time lurker, glad there is a place I can talk with like minded folks

Welcome to the forum and always looking forward to talking with other Pro1000 users.

[Winnie1886-4065TC]

Welcome to the forum and always looking forward to talking with other Pro1000 users.

They are a decent little press, the don't have the polish of a Hornady or especially a Dillon. but for the casual re-loader who likes to tinker they are a good machine. I was fortunate enough to score mine at a garage sale, it has the old round wood knob and came with a lot of extras. I have only put about 150 through it so far, but It gave me a good idea as to what to watch for and work out. I plan on running a ton of 45 and 380 through it.

[onelight]

Last night I found all the bits pieces of the ABLP that have been missing since the move , got it all put back together and loaded 500 , .40 s&w with red dot and 180gr Hi-tek nice to have this press running again.

[Doubles Shooter]

I turned my 6yo grandson loose to size boolits for me. In a couple more years, ago I will have to do is shoot what he and his sister load for me
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[franklin_m]

20 rounds of 7.62x54R using Lee Classic loader.

[onelight]

loaded 150 , 32 S&W long on the LCT with red dot & 100gr rnfp

[kmw1954]

They are a decent little press, the don't have the polish of a Hornady or especially a Dillon. but for the casual re-loader who likes to tinker they are a good machine. I was fortunate enough to score mine at a garage sale, it has the old round wood knob and came with a lot of extras. I have only put about 150 through it so far, but It gave me a good idea as to what to watch for and work out. I plan on running a ton of 45 and 380 through it.

Indeed. I found mine on ebay while looking for a turret press. This one was mostly complete as it was missing the round primer tray cover and the shell feeder tubes and was set up for 38/357. Was able to get it shipped to the house for under $100.00.. So then I found a nice set of used 9mm dies and shell plate and was off to the races! Have since added another carrier with the large primer chute and shell plates for both the 45acp and 380.

At least for me it fits my way of reloading very well and I use it as it was designed to be used and I do prime on this press. For me it is just a fun, simple press and as long as I keep it clean it treats me well w/o a lot of fuss or tinkering.

[44Blam]

Cast about 400 or so HTC 188 grn cup points...
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[Barman54]

Yesterday got up and Swaged 300 Fed. .223 cases out of the 700 that I have ready.
I use these for Practice using a J bullet shooting at High Power Targets, when the warmer weather gets here.

I use Dillon Super Swager, then Seat them on my 550, like to Seat them individually and make sure they are below the Head.

I can do 300 in about 2 hours.

Barman54
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[cwlongshot]

I sized a TON of bullets!!!

I cast about 3/400 yesterday and powder coated most. Some 125 45 got a GC first and will be PCd today.

Gun shop journey yesterday resulted in 25/20,32/20,280,7mm Express 7.65 Mauser and 8mm Mauser Brass! My tumblers have been humming all night cleaning it up!!

CW

[wis40]

Haven't been here in a while but had to awake my password and such cuz im back at casting and havin a blast(sometimes I think I like loading and casting better than shooting). Yesterday made 300ish 452-230 for a friend that acquired about 500 lbs of pure lead for me through his job in asbestos abatement. Shut it all down and went with the wife to clean our church but just had to get goin again when I got home. Cast another 300 ish but this time 401-175,coulda gone all night,that LEE mold was making some of its best yet(with a little help of course).

[Barman54]

Shortly after posting the above Post I started and finished the remaining 400 FC .223 Swaging and Seating the primers, this morning.
All Done

Barman54
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