What did you do in the reloading room today?

[openbook]

Finished the lower portion of my bench. Still to go, upper cabinet portion.

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It's real solid.

[cwtebay]

Finished the lower portion of my bench. Still to go, upper cabinet portion.

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It's real solid.Dang! Beautiful work! Kinda jelly!

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[Big Tom]

Loaded "a handful" of .500 S&W Magnum with 700 grain ones... now I'll need somebody to shoot them...

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[MOA]

Finished off tumbling all the 2400 pieces of 38 brass and 100 pieces of 357 mag. Now I've got to set up the master caster with my DC mold and crank out 2 or 3 thousand boolits.

[cwtebay]

Loaded "a handful" of .500 S&W Magnum with 700 grain ones... now I'll need somebody to shoot them...

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294234OUCH......

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[Mandoair]

Just Sayin. I have tried small rifle primers in my nine mill work just fine just a few to test it. I’ve been using large pistol magnum primers cci 350 in all my 10 mill because that’s all I had for thousand rounds and that’s been working well also. Start at the bottom numbers and went up about halfway and didn’t want really hot anyway no chrono.

[1903.colt]

Cleaned my Hollywood Gun Shop measure & fit & installed new rubber band for cap .294295

[inspector_17]

Finally got a room to store my guns and reloading stuff in the house. So now the only thing I have to go to the shed for is to melt/cast lead, powder coat my boolits and tumble brass. The roughest part was bringing in my bench. Now I just need to make another workbench for wood working projects.

[tinsnips]

Mounted another press on one of my benches just for sizing. Finished my friends 6.5 creedmoore shells .

[kfd518]

Not cast, but I Loaded 983 .223 over the last two days. Think I finally got the quirks mostly figured out on this new load master press the wife bought me for Christmas. I think I need to run the swaged deeper on my .223 brass to make more radius from the former crimp.

[Pavia]

I loaded 44 Special

[cwtebay]

Got my first red dot sight mounted on a rifle (actually an AR carbine). A business associate Santa got it for me. A Sig Sauer Romeo. I know nothing about it, but I am looking forward to giving it a whirl!!

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[centershot]

I stuck a case in my '06 sizer die......(wait for the alcohol to evaporate, Patrick).......:sad:

[Loudy13]

Mounted my Lee APP that showed up a few days ago and I have to say I am worried about the lack of stoutness. It seems like a very light piece of equipment and I will be using it solely for sizing bullets. Guess I will see what happens.

[Jack Stanley]

I coated about twenty pounds of thirty caliber bullets with Ben's lube .

Jack

[Texas by God]

I loaded some 38-55 squirrel ammo without dies in fireformed 30-30 brass. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220110/9e54e9ca2bec1df44bc0c9a333b84471.jpg

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[Virch]

Deprimed a couple hundred .38 Special cases, and around 100 or so .45 ACP and .45 Colt cases.

[cwtebay]

I loaded some 38-55 squirrel ammo without dies in fireformed 30-30 brass. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220110/9e54e9ca2bec1df44bc0c9a333b84471.jpg

Sent from my SM-A716U using TapatalkDo you use an over powder / under shot card? Or some sort of shot cup?
Great looking fun rounds BTW!!

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[Texas by God]

No wad or cup- just any large primer, 2.8grs(.3cc) of Bullseye, push .380" ball into case firmly. I use them single shot only- they might make the trip through the feed system- but probably not. So I'm cool with single loading them.
Deer season is over; but squirrel season never closes in the Cross Timbers!

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[cwtebay]

No wad or cup- just any large primer, 2.8grs(.3cc) of Bullseye, push .380" ball into case firmly. I use them single shot only- they might make the trip through the feed system- but probably not. So I'm cool with single loading them.
Deer season is over; but squirrel season never closes in the Cross Timbers!

Sent from my SM-A716U using TapatalkApologies TBG! I thought they were buck and ball - I assumed that was shot in the metal container.

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[Texas by God]

Cwtebay- I tried to PM you, your box is full.

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[openbook]

No wad or cup- just any large primer, 2.8grs(.3cc) of Bullseye, push .380" ball into case firmly. I use them single shot only- they might make the trip through the feed system- but probably not. So I'm cool with single loading them.
Deer season is over; but squirrel season never closes in the Cross Timbers!


Lucky man. We have a "generous" 6 month squirrel season here, trying to max it out before it (sadly) closes end of February.

Yesterday in my reloading room: sanding my bench top, tinkering with new Lee classic cast turret press.

[cwtebay]

With my newly acquired brass, I felt the need to channel my grandfather. I got out his Lee Loader and proceeded to make 50 - 225 Winchester. Really looking forward to taking his model 70 out to call in some coyotes this weekend.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220113/8871cf051cc31b0d9c084dfc21c91b9f.jpg

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[Texas by God]

It's cold today so I ran the clay back stove and loaded some .40S&W with the Lee 175 TLTC over 5grs of AA#2 and some .38 Special with the Speer swaged 158gr SWCHP over 3.5grs of Red Dot.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220116/1a3493e7f677d1b24cd2521e9eb66d38.jpg

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[Baltimoreed]

Finished 200 x .44-40 Black Maxx loads for my uberti ‘66 and real 1873 muskets.

[Dieselhorses]

Reloaded another 100 spp using EPH-25. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220116/4a4614ef59d435f31eae201548ed825b.jpg
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[Jack Stanley]

Loading some test ammo for the Badger with HP38 powder .

Jack

[Outer Rondacker]

de-primed 3500ish brass 38 specials. Tomorrow I will work on the nickel-plated ones. Thats going to take more than one day. The wife wanted me to ask you guys if having 8-9000 38 cases was a bit much. Hope she does not start asking about my 357 and 44 stash.

[openbook]

Mocked up dummy cartridges for 45-70 collar button gallery loads. They cycled great, so proceeded to load and test some rounds with my MP Molds (MiHec) 153-grain collar buttons. Ballistically stable at 20 yards, cutting nice round holes in paper, and reasonably accurate shooting offhand. They were a bit louder than desired so I'm working down now. Will also be doing serious testing (not shooting offhand) and looking for something that groups within 1/2" at 25 yards. The goal is to be able to carry my deer rifle with a few small game loads in the pocket and some good dope to go with them.

[cwtebay]

Mocked up dummy cartridges for 45-70 collar button gallery loads. They cycled great, so proceeded to load and test some rounds with my MP Molds (MiHec) 153-grain collar buttons. Ballistically stable at 20 yards, cutting nice round holes in paper, and reasonably accurate shooting offhand. They were a bit louder than desired so I'm working down now. Will also be doing serious testing (not shooting offhand) and looking for something that groups within 1/2" at 25 yards. The goal is to be able to carry my deer rifle with a few small game loads in the pocket and some good dope to go with them.I would really enjoy hearing your loads and experience if you find the time.

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[Outer Rondacker]

I would really enjoy hearing your loads and experience if you find the time.

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I second that if you do not mind. Thanks

[Mandoair]

Thanks for the post. This is extremely interesting!! I want to know how this is done. I saw a post, i think of yours, before and got hooked. I am by no means ready to begin, but think it is a necessary skill set!! I started saving used primers a few months ago.

[Mandoair]

Reloaded another 100 spp using EPH-25. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220116/4a4614ef59d435f31eae201548ed825b.jpg
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Thanks for the post. This is extremely interesting!! I want to know how this is done. I saw a post, i think of yours, before and got hooked. I am by no means ready to begin, but think it is a necessary skill set!! I started saving used primers a few months ago.

[openbook]

cwtebay and Outer Rondacker, I would be more than happy to share. I will post a thread in this forum once I have some more thorough data to share.

[Chaparral66]

Well, last night. It was 27 °F and I fired up the smelting gear. 6 buckets of COWW now is 133 LYMAN ingots.

[Dieselhorses]

Well, last night. It was 27 °F and I fired up the smelting gear. 6 buckets of COWW now is 133 LYMAN ingots.

So obviously you had steel and zinc mixed in?


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[cwtebay]

cwtebay and Outer Rondacker, I would be more than happy to share. I will post a thread in this forum once I have some more thorough data to share.Thank you!

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[Outer Rondacker]

Thank you!

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Looking forward to reading it. Thanks

[Chaparral66]

Dieselhorses,

No steel or zinc. I presorted to cull out the steel, zinc and plastic. Also put SOWW in a separates buckets for another day. There may have been one or two that I missed, but with a lot pot temperature they floated to the top and were scooped out.

[Jbiker]

Not to cold in Deerfield ,Mass today, but headed down to the loading room and turned on a new audiobook and went to work. The book ,Is titled "THE REAL ANTONY FAUCI " BY ROBERT F. KENNADY JR... oh boy ........loaded up some .308 /150 gr fmj bt , and then some 5.56 x 45 's ....and got thru 3 chapters of the book.....feeling at the end fulfilled cause I got some tings to go play with and now all I got to do is find some pictures of Fauci and. Bill Gates go and to make holes in the paper pictures at 100 yards !!! Have any of you guys wondered why IVERMECTIN, AND THAT OTHER DRUG were pulled off the shelves a year ago ?......Well it was because they worked to save lives from COVID but since the patten's were expired , and they were like 17 cents a dose , the big pharma exercised it's muscle and made them go bye bye !!! enough of my rant ...read the book !!

[Mandoair]

Having a barely 20’ day with even light I grabbed the chrono left under the tree by Santa and headed to the range. Have many 9&10 mm loads with never a speed check. Gathering brass and supplies to load some 2 or 300 of each. So glad that powder is coming in most every week now. Also looking into reloading primers. Seems quite tedious but I m thinking a necessary skill for the future.

[Mal Paso]

Having a barely 20’ day with even light I grabbed the chrono left under the tree by Santa and headed to the range. Have many 9&10 mm loads with never a speed check. Gathering brass and supplies to load some 2 or 300 of each. So glad that powder is coming in most every week now. Also looking into reloading primers. Seems quite tedious but I m thinking a necessary skill for the future.

Do you turn the chronograph sideways so the screens catch sun, use another light source or a Lab Radar?

[Mandoair]

No so far the flat light seems to work well. Thanks

[Mandoair]

I294852 been kookin some range brass in citric acid.

[WRideout]

Finishing the prep on twenty 7.62 brass ctg, made from 5.56.

Wayne

[Mandoair]

Tumbled 500 10 mill deprimed sized and expanded. Ready to prep and measure.

[Jack Stanley]

Casting some bullets for the old surplus rifle .... when I finished I found a bunch I didn't know I had .

Jack

[openbook]

Cast up 148 of these 45-70 collar button beauties from my MiHec 4-cavity aluminum mold.

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These nominal 153-gr buttons drop at 154 gr cast of COWW. Cull rate 48% not adjusted for heatup casts. I find that the cavity closest to the handles takes a while to start casting right. A more thorough mold heatup would probably help.

With regard to the cull rate, I will say 1) That I am a noobie and 2) That I am being very selective--any rounded edges on the base, non-concentricity on the base, or wrinkles on the driving band, and they go back in the pot. Whether that's necessary for 25m is an open question, but while I search for my "most accurate load," I'm being very picky.

[Dieselhorses]

Do you turn the chronograph sideways so the screens catch sun, use another light source or a Lab Radar?

I guess that wouldn't do me any good lol, shopping for another!

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[Hossfly]

I’ve got a couple that look like that but amazingly they still work. Tho I don’t use the sky screens any more, just shoot over them and hope for the best.

[veeman]

Looked at my bench, shook my head, said "What a mess", turned around and walked away. maybe tomorrow.

[David2011]

Finally started moving reloading room stuff from the storage unit to the new reloading room. GREAT DAY!

[Remiel]

Looked at my bench, shook my head, said "What a mess", turned around and walked away. maybe tomorrow.I've been saying that for about a week now, lol. Between that and all the overtime, I just haven't been able to do any cleaning or reloading lately.

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[AZ Pete]

rebuilt my Square Deal B. The press is over 25 years old, and was last rebuilt by Dillon about 12 years ago. One call to Dillon, described the problem I was having and identified the worn parts, they were in stock and mailed that day. SDB runs smooth again!

[sparky45]

Got a new mold today and cast some nice looking Lead globs that were supposed to be 250 grains and they averaged 252, at least the 10 I weighed did. A Lee #90324 379-250; and I have to say, I didn't have to cull a single one. Dropped perfect from the first to the last. Didn't even have to tap the Mold to get them to drop. Next is PC and then sizing. Going to run them in my new to me 38-55 when I get it back from Jesse @ JES.

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[oley55]

received today and then broke in a brand new Lee 6 banger mold by casting 24 pounds of 124gr (126gr actual) 2R 9mm boolits.

edit: and today I PC'd and sized the lot.

[Texas by God]

I loaded a batch of .300BO with 110gr Vmax over H110 for general use.
And, one last try with cast 180gr C309170F over IMR 4198- if it doesn't group at 40yds-then it's jacketed all the way forward.

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[rbuck351]

I loaded about 100 410 shells made from 303 berdan cases, Then I made a sizer for plastic 410 shells as my Lee whack a mole doesn't size the cases.

[sparky45]

What's your process for making 410 from 303?

[trails4u]

Converted the closet in the guest room to floor to ceiling shelving..... Does that count? And no...not for any gun/reloading purposes. :sad: But apparently it's in our contract to keep the Ms. happy. Who knew.....

[Outer Rondacker]

Converted the closet in the guest room to floor to ceiling shelving..... Does that count? And no...not for any gun/reloading purposes. :sad: But apparently it's in our contract to keep the Ms. happy. Who knew.....

I have this same to-doo list from the wife.

In the gun room last night, I spent an hour trying to understand the NYS SAFE ACT pistol re-registration BS. I was told by many re-registrations is up for the first round of pistol owners. OK that is me. But the website said not until 1/31/23. I need to figure this out, go figure its a weekend so no one to call until Monday. This BS stresses me out.

[long_arm]

Wasn't a terribly productive day but managed to load up a few different .44Spl loads and prep some .44Mag brass.

[cwtebay]

Loaded a box of 300gr 45-90 with some Blackhorn after hearing so much about it. Looking forward to giving them a try.
OH!! And an awesome aside - discovered that I had a brand-spankin-new set of RCBS dies for this cartridge!!!! It was in a box of "gun junk" that I bought in July for $50. Had to cut the seal and everything! I've been using a second hand Pacific set forever. Definitely a pleasure to use, and I am looking forward to using the rounds created from them.

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[Bentstick]

Unboxing reloading/casting equipment from proposed reloading/Gun room/ vault, getting ready to add work benches, shelves and gun racks, has been a work in progress since everything has been boxed up for move from our old house( 1 acre in swamp) to new house (50 acres on a awesome river with swamp and high ground) 2 yrs ago, after FIL passed away, Wife inherited his house ( been my project for 2 yrs finishing it) so there was no ? we where moving 3 miles from old house as crow flies, any way he was a caster and I ended up with his equip old and used, digging around today came across his old Lyman 45 that was in dire need of cleaning so it is what I tackled today.

[MOA]

Just got done depriming 45 acp, 45-70, 30-06, 223, & some 32 Winchester special brass and got them tumbled and dried. Hope to get everything trimmed this week.

[Outer Rondacker]

When we moved into the new house I go into a rush to setup the gun room. When I built the benches I never painted them. So today I got them ready and tomorrow I will paint/ seal them up.

[Mandoair]

I received a box of RMR 147 grain jacketed .356 bullets on Friday measure in a few they look like I’m going to like They are round, and the weight is very close I only weighed five I only measured five but the weight was within .2 grains of 146.9. And within .0002” Of round and .356. Compared to the plated bullets from HSM I’m kind of excited about them I’m gonna try them out with probably HS six and small rifle primers from Germany just because I have lots of them and no small pistol. So then I went to the lodge for the weekend slipped on the ice shattered my hip and been in the hospital since. I’m probably not back in Reloding room for a month or so

[MOA]

Ouch Mandoair. Hope a speedy recovery is yours. My Brother in law went down on his asphalt driveway from black ice. Had to crawl to the front door for help. Take care.

[whisler]

I was salvaging a mistake. I have had a 1916 Spanish Mauser in .308W for years but did very little with it. Before I knew better, I bought some surplus military 308W at a gun show then found out the rifle shouldn't use full house .308W. So it sat around for years until I had a discussion with a more experienced reloader friend.
Today I broke down the rounds, weighed 10 charges and examined the powder, an extruded powder like IMR. The full case charge was 45.5 gr. average which would make the powder 4064-ish. Downloaded the rounds (10%) to a 4064 mid-range 300 Savage load and re-installed bullets.
Since these are Berdan primed, they will be stored away for SHTF use. I have plenty of .308W cases and H4895 for usable loads in normal circumstances. Waste not, want not.

[Mandoair]

Fun stuff ‼️

[Outer Rondacker]

Tossed some Rust Oleum Professional Oil based smoke gray with hardener on the new bench. Going to take a week to cure. Once it does it will be smooth like glass and hard as one needs a gun bench. What did you think I was going to say.

[Baltimoreed]

Been working on fitting a horizontal forearm to my AO WH 1928 [semi-sbr’ed] Thompson. Had a extra long forearm that I picked up that someone else had built for his too heavy long barreled AO 1927 Thompson that also had a part where he could slide a bipod on it. I cut it down and filled his screw holes and half of the sling swivel mortise with pieces from the scrap I cut off. Got the 75 degree bolt hole drilled and mortise cut for the swivel. Might be going to a WW2 military ZSA match soon and want to shoot it and have a sling on it. Used pcc’s to compete but never my Tommy, should be a hoot. As my buttstock is a correct GI 1928 it has a swivel on it. Built the buttplate for it out of a steel Enfield buttplate. Couldn't find a decent priced Thompson gi original.

[Mandoair]

I hobbled My walker to the top of the stairs leading down to the reloading room and figured it would be one or two weeks before I could try the decent.

[WRideout]

Rolled up a box of 32-20 for my Spanish revolver. I used the 100 gr Lee 30 cal boolit, 3.8 gr Promo, and CCI small rifle primers to see how they work. I still have some small pistol, but I tend to ration them.

Wayne

[taco650]

Nothing in the room itself but did pick up a few pounds of range scrap at my depts pistol range.

[Outer Rondacker]

Spent hours trying to navigate the air gun forums. Guys we have it good here. Those sites are a mess. No info all attitude. I think I know less now than I did when I started.

No reloading just learning, I think.

[veeman]

300 rounds of 45 acp, 230 coated LRN over 4.8 WST.

[MOA]

Pulled out some 520 grain boolits my neighbor gave me for my 45-70. Wasn't sure they would chamber due to the .460 diameter, and there to go into a 1885 Browning which are notorious for having a tight chamber. I lucked out. Seated them at 2.655 and they fit. Not a plunk, but no real resistance when closing the breach either. Should be a fun load I hope. Not fast, only a bit over 1K fps, but with the weight I think it will be good for elk.
If I like them and their accurate with some work I can pick up the pace on velocity if needed.

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[Adk Mike]

Sized up and lubed 100 311-291 to shoot up when it finally warms up in my 06

[robg]

sized expanded and primed 50 x 357 mag cases.catch up with my 45-70 brass tomorrow.been a bit lethargic since my dog died and my wife had covid but shes on the mend ,but a bit lost not taking the dog for walks .we both had 3 doses of vaccine but i tested covid free.

[Mandoair]

I hatched a plan today to hobble down the stairs to the room on Monday if for nothing else to see what it looked like when I left it. I’m certain I was working on something I believe I was working up some 9mm loads for a training session in February that I will no longer be able to attend. Funny how fast priorities can change‼️

[MOA]

I finished sizing the 45 acp brass this morning while the 40 S&W along with the 360 Nitro express was pin tumbling. Was able to get 100 225gr #452374 Lyman cast boolits into the lube-a-matic for tomorrow's loading. Will use red dot. Likely around 4.7 grains or so. Will have to get out the master caster soon cause not too many left in the box to load so, that's ok, I've got some ingots ready to go. Although it really needs to warm up a bit.

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[trails4u]

Fully prepped about 200 5.56 cases... Ugh, my least favorite chore at the bench, but a necessary evil I suppose. We do run some ARs, as does my son, so the ammo cans must be filled from time to time. Probably have close to 1,000 fully prepped at this point, so time to set up the press and grind through the misery.... Would much rather be doing something cool like BP loads in 43 Spanish but....it can't all be fun, right!?

[Pavia]

My small casting setup. When I sold my house, I scaled down my reloading setup. I also recently put together a minimal, but effective, casting station to get back into the hobby. Plenty of light and I added a ducted exhaust fan to move fumes outside. Just goes to show you don’t need a fancy expensive setup to enjoy casting. :)

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[Kosh75287]

I'm loading practice ammo for my wife's ("The Boss's") 9mm, and for my new (to ME) Israeli Kareen P-35.
I reloaded 9x19mm in the following forms:
4.8/BE-86/147 gr. PC-TC/CCI SPPs/WIN Cases/1.130"
4.8/BE-86/147 gr. PC-TC/CCI SPPs/F-C Cases/1.130"
4.8/BE-86/147 gr. PC-TC/CCI SPPs/R-P Cases/1.130"
5.5/BE-86/125 gr. PC-TC/CCI SPPs/WIN Cases/1.130"
5.5/BE-86/125 gr. PC-TC/CCI SPPs/F-C Cases/1.130"
5.5/BE-86/125 gr. PC-TC/CCI SPPs/R-P Cases/1.130"
5.5/BE-86/122 gr. LRNFP/CCI SPPs/WIN Cases/1.130"
5.5/BE-86/125 gr. LRNFP/CCI SPPs/F-C Cases/1.130"
5.5/BE-86/125 gr. LRNFP/CCI SPPs/R-P Cases/1.130"
25 rounds each, chronograph and accuracy results to follow. "Accuracy" with a P-35 is somewhat "in the eyes of the beholder", since they have a reputation for "adequate but not stellar" groups. Eight or nine rounds rounds of 10 in an 8" diameter circle at 50 yards is probably twice as accurate as it needs to be.
I have ONE way of organizing the results, but if anyone has a super-neato method of tabulating the specs on the ammo, plus average velocity + standard deviation, please PM me.

[firefly1957]

I chronographed a load I worked up for a OLD Winchester 1907 I size a Hornady 140 grain FXT bullet to .351 " Because of the shape this bullet is the same length as the original 180 grain bullet . It is seated to 1.9" and some loads I had for the 180 grain were tried .

first try was using AA 1680 powder a maximum loading density only give 1740 f/s the powder was to slow gave less then a 180 grain bullet .
Next try is 2400 powder 19 grains in a OLD Lyman manual said just under 1800 f/s and it is faster then AA 1680 . Working up to 19 grains all were safe and cycled action it gave the 140 grain bullet an average of 2150 f/s cases drop next to me .

[Bentstick]

First try at casting (finaly),long story short, inherited some casting equipment some used and abused ok most,so been gearing up to get a fresh go a Lee 4-20 pot and a few molds mostly lee and a RCBS 30-180-FN so I cleaned up a lee 309-200 and played with both today learned some on amount of heat to use and how to speed up and mostly slow down, first issue was non filled molds, got over and through that then was frosted bullets(not some frosting but lots) started to get away from them also, it will be a learning curve for sure but progress as been made into my journey of casting my own boolits
Thanks to all for the info that is shared on this forum, makes the rough road a lil smoother.

[MOA]

Pulled out another 400 pieces of acp brass to decap and then pin tumble. Then when I get the master caster setup and cranking I'll have some place to put the boolits. But at least these 400 are ready to go as soon as I make up some stuffing for them.

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[Rapier]

I have about 3k pieces of nickel brass cleaning, in a big blue vibrator cleaner.

Then I have some 375 Win Big Boy brass coming, dies, etc., I need this like I need a new butt whipping. I think a cast plain base for powder coating. But I do not like Winchesters, can not see distance, a Marlin is better for me to mount a scope on. I may need another trade deal done
to get where I need to be.

[trixter]

I tore down my Lee Turret cleaned lubed all moving parts and changed over form 9mm to 10mm.

[robg]

loaded up 50 x 45-70 352gn boolits

[trixter]

Looked in as I walked by, and moaned "I'll be back".

[Texas by God]

I explored the versatility of the 30-06 by loading 4 types of bullets for four uses.
L to R we have the C309150F with Red Dot for small game and target; the 110gr V-Max going fast for general varmints; the 175gr Sierra bthp for long range target; and 180gr Vernon Speer sp for bigger game. All the "j- words" are loaded with Varget.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220217/0ff532a24dd24c65317db5438fb9fc17.jpg

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[Michael J. Spangler]

Mixed up about 140 pounds of alloy.
A little over 2% antimony and 1.4% tin. This blend has worked great for me in 9mm where I prefer some hardness.

[Mandoair]

After almost 3 weeks on the walker I was able to hobble down the stairs to the reload room looked around looks okay like I was doing something when I left for the hospital. Maybe in a couple of weeks I’ll be able to actually start reloading I’m hoping to make a bunch of rounds up for a match for training in March or April. So you can take my advice I’m not using it, keep the shiny side up.

[StuBach]

Stared longingly at the “new” firearms I got from my Fathers collection as I worked on other things. Hard having him gone but these help me keep the memories going.

Among the pieces, a bare Brownells 1911 SS kit gun (with all the parts needed) he had barely started fitting on. I will eventually have enough time to finish it for him. Irony being, when his father passed in 07 he left behind a barely started tuning job on a 1918 manufacturer 1911 which my dad finished and presented to me the last time I saw him. (Yes it retains is property of USG stamping)

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I did play around a little with the Ruger PCC on my Beamhit though, that was fun.

[Outer Rondacker]

Hung 6 more packs of Crossman Premier Hollow Point pellets on the rack. Got lucky local WalMart had 6 packs of .22 cal still marked at $6.24 each. Not anymore.

[thump_rrr]

I had a big day today.
I cast my first batch of 600 125gr 9mm and 375 230gr .45 out of my automated Magma caster.
I sized them through my Star Lube Sizer (no lube)
I bought a nice used toaster oven for $45 and powder coated my first batch of 9mm.
I test loaded 50 rounds to try out tomorrow.
Here is a video of my Magma Caster that I automated.
This is an older video from around a year ago.
I got too busy with work and set the project aside till now.
I added a touchscreen which I can also use to search the web if I wanted to.
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https://youtu.be/5-yu0px3KZg

[Iron369]

Put together a Lee pro 1000 for 223. I decap and resize on a single stage and hand prime, so I’m setting up my first progressive press trying to transition from a Lee turret press.

[openbook]

Cleaned up the bench a bit, and loaded up a few "steps" in my ongoing 22 Hornet Red Dot load ladder.

[MDC]

Cast some boolits from a new NOE 360-154 WFN to try in my Marlin. They finished out with gc and lube right at 159gr.
While the lead was melted figured I'd go ahead and cast some from my 358156 too. My mold is single cavity so I'm pretty sure it's taking much longer to cast than shoot them up.

[slim1836]

I cast (NOE mold 270-151-RN), sized, installed GC's, and lubed some 150ish grain Boolits for my newly acquired Swedish Mauser made in 1915. Still waiting on brass to arrive.

Slim

[robg]

loaded up 50 x 45-70 then shot them all on sunday .hope to do the same next week.

[Texas by God]

I'm loading Federal brass with H335 and the Lee C309170F for the 30-06. Remington 9-1/2M primers to light that ball powder. It's starting to sleet here so shooting can wait!

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[Mal Paso]

We had sleet the night before last. There is still a pile in front of the loading room door this morning. Even the sun yesterday didn't melt it.

[Mandoair]

Managed to clean and straighten a bit. Toyed with new case trimmer wondering if there is much future in Triming for 10 mill brass. Tired out quickly but getting to work was a win‼️

[Hossfly]

Cast 34# of 45ACP 200 gr. SWC last 2 days and power coated same 2 different colors. Blue and red for 2 different loads. Temp outside stayed around 35-45’ all day but no winter mix just cold rain and mist.

[MOA]

Put together 100 cartridges of 41 magnum for a friend who hunts almost exclusively with handgun.
Hornady 210 grain XTP with 18 grains of Alliant 2400.

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[Texas by God]

I may or may not tell ya'll someday that " I killed a squirrel with the ought- six!"https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220227/da14d441c53038991eff3b6cf09824cd.jpg

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[Mal Paso]

I finally got holt of some 350L brass, once fired, mixed headstamp, Winchester, Winchester, and Winchester. There were a few crimps which surprised me. I got 90 of them cleaned, sized and primed and 1 dummy round made up.

[Davy Sprocket]

I prepped some starline 41 mag brass. Sized, expanded, and primed. Then I realized I don't have a seating die. Also found out I need a lyman m die for 357 mag otherwise I would have prepped that too. Just need a mount for my Labradar and I'll be ready for testing.

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[Remiel]

Sorted through a couple of 5gal buckets of brass and started cleaning and labeling them to be either stored or traded/sold. Been sitting on them for a couple months and need to get off my butt.

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[trails4u]

Started the seemingly undoable task of moving my reloading room from my shop to a dedicated room in the house.. Ugh... This is gonna take a while! Will keep tumbling, trimming, brass prep, etc. out in the shop (i.e. all the 'dirty' work), but looking forward to having a 'clean' room for loading, cleaning guns, building guns, etc.. Just gonna take some time!!

[cwtebay]

I may or may not tell ya'll someday that " I killed a squirrel with the ought- six!"https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220227/da14d441c53038991eff3b6cf09824cd.jpg

Sent from my SM-A716U using TapatalkWhat do those cute 'lil fellas weigh?

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[cwtebay]

Fantastic end to a really long Monday!
Brand new bag!!!! 55 for the price of 50!!!!!
And my first venture into this cartridge!!296921

[Texas by God]

What do those cute 'lil fellas weigh?

Sent from my Pixel 5 using Tapatalk90 grs. The Lee TL 31490swc mould. I loaded those with 3.5grs of AA#2 and they were quiet. And quite inaccurate. Head scratching going on.

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[62chevy]

90 grs. The Lee TL 31490swc mould. I loaded those with 3.5grs of AA#2 and they were quiet. And quite inaccurate. Head scratching going on.

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3.5 grains of TiteGroup worked great at 25 yards or less with my Savage Axis in 308.

[Grayone]

Cast some Lee C309-150FN and some Lee 225-55 F 224 checked powder coated and cooked.

[MOA]

Finally found the box with my master caster in it. I had it broken down into two pieces when packing for the move. Was glad to put it back together so I can get my new NOE mold set up an pour a couple thousand of 360-158-WFN-T4.

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[Chaparral66]

Smelted about 28 pounds of CWW and about 40 pounds of SWW.

[skeettx]

Loaded a 5 gal bucket of Win AA 20 gauge ammo with home made shot

Loaded cartridges for Ruger #1 , Remington 725, Winchester Model 70 and Sears (Win) model
all in 243. Used my home made 100 grain swaged bullets.

[Mal Paso]

The mold got here yesterday and I got 105 finished in the first 24 hours. I had the hot plate too low and had quite a few rejects at first and hitting the hole with the lead stream is a little trickier on an 8 cavity mold. Smaller target and it's easy to slop alloy into the next cavity. I just need practice. The pot sure goes down fast. NOE is out of gas check seaters so I tapped them on. I have a Star sizer so I changed the holes on my .3565" die to the bottom and ran the boolits through check first. I used my shortest push rod and it barely fit but it worked. Hope to try them this weekend.

[Michael J. Spangler]

The mold got here yesterday and I got 105 finished in the first 24 hours. I had the hot plate too low and had quite a few rejects at first and hitting the hole with the lead stream is a little trickier on an 8 cavity mold. Smaller target and it's easy to slop alloy into the next cavity. I just need practice. The pot sure goes down fast. NOE is out of gas check seaters so I tapped them on. I have a Star sizer so I changed the holes on my .3565" die to the bottom and ran the boolits through check first. I used my shortest push rod and it barely fit but it worked. Hope to try them this weekend.
They look great. How do you keep them so clean? I always find mine pile up in the akro bins and get little lube marks all over them.
I guess if I handled them one by one I could het them lookin that nice.

[Mal Paso]

They look great. How do you keep them so clean? I always find mine pile up in the akro bins and get little lube marks all over them.
I guess if I handled them one by one I could het them lookin that nice.

One by one. LOL These were my first rifle boolits ever after tons of pistol boolits. First gas checks too so I took my time. I've kept it down to 1600 fps until now.

[Mal Paso]

The gunshop opened at noon. I got my stripped Lower out of jail and had the rifle built by 4 pm. I made up 3 dummies with the 38-200s at 2.140" COL and cycled them through the new rifle. Got the load data organized but I'm too tired tonight. Looks like I'll have cast to go to the range. I bought jackets as a threat in case all the casting stuff didn't come together.

[Michael J. Spangler]

One by one. LOL These were my first rifle boolits ever after tons of pistol boolits. First gas checks too so I took my time. I've kept it down to 1600 fps until now.

Well that explains it lol. They look amazing. Your pics always do inspire.

[Outer Rondacker]

Placed an order with midway. I found two lee six cav molds for 56 bucks before tax and free shipping. One should work well for the 350L.

[cwtebay]

Went through the "to be filed" papers on the file cabinet. Turns out I am OCD about buying splatter type targets when they're on sale.
Also discovered that I had put a case of 22 LR in the camper at some point a few years ago - pretty happy with that find!

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[Kylongrifle32]

Loader up 200 rounds of light 44 mag 246 gr wad cutters from a 432-246 NOE mold I picked up from a member here last week. Then another 150 rounds of 44 mag brass with 250 gr SWC's from a Lee clone 6 cavity 429421 mold that I got a couple of months ago. Also prepped 200 pieces of 222 Rem for a Contender barrel I just bought and awaiting delivery of.

[Mal Paso]

Well that explains it lol. They look amazing. Your pics always do inspire.

Thanks! I should have posted pics of the loaded rounds but they are all down range now. They all fed perfectly unlike the jackets. I loaded 19, 20, and 21g of A11FS and figured safe max at 21.6 behind the 200g 38. THESE ARE NOT LISTED LOADS as there is no official info yet for 11FS in 350 Legend but it is slightly more potent than H110 in comparable loads. I think some people got into trouble using H110 tables.

[Cast_outlaw]

Prosesed 315lb approximately of pure lead to my supply

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[Mal Paso]

Prosesed 315lb approximately of pure lead to my supply

297628...

[lightman]

Not in the loading room, but I sorted a nearly full bucket of wheelweights that I picked up from the local tire store yesterday.

This morning I deprimed and washed about a gallon jug of range brass that I also picked up yesterday.

[kevin c]

…Turns out I am OCD about buying splatter type targets when they're on sale…

You too, eh? Glad I’m not the only one.

I did a spare parts inventory the other day. It’s too hard to figure out how I have ten spare OFM extractors when I only ever had to replace just one, so I’m just going to go back to my work area to sort brass.

[trixter]

Finished up a 3000 round project of 9mm with Oregon Trail boolits. Whew, glad that is done
Now I need to go shoot them so I can do it all over again. I am addicted!

[cwtebay]

Finishing tumbling 44 mag and 300 PRC and 243 Winchester. Super excited about the results of my son's Bergara rifle with his ladder loads this past weekend. He averaged 0.65 moa out to 550. He's definitely been doing his homework. He surprised me with 2 boxes of factory ammo from his trip to his uncle's house a couple of weeks ago.
I am also thrilled with the three oldest boys handgun work. 4/6 on average with the running target at 10 yards. 2 Blackhawks in 44 Mag and a Colt New Army in 45 ACP. Definitely getting set for backcountry spring bear - with the hopes of not stumbling into the great white bears.

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[Outer Rondacker]

Opened up the package from Midway USA. A white paper bag again. But two more molds to the pile. I cannot wait to try the 358-150- 1R in the Legend.

[lightman]

Opened up the package from Midway USA. A white paper bag again. But two more molds to the pile. I cannot wait to try the 358-150- 1R in the Legend.

Thats funny! I just had a Midway package arrive.

[chuck40219]

Yesterday went to the range and shot 250 357mags up. Punched used primers today and tumbling brass right now.

chuck40219

[Texas by God]

Exploratory surgery to find hitch in gitalong. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220319/13be1a26c02fb8e4dd1aa36e415ebc35.jpg

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[Outer Rondacker]

Opened the box my new Henry came in and gave it a good cleaning. Today will be a few test fire shots. Dont know what it is but something about a lever action gets me going. Always wanted a Golden Boy.

[owejia]

Was in the 70's on Friday and saw a carpenter bee, so decide to check my inventory of 38 and 357 bee killer loads, have about 600 total loaded. Will get some target practice in a few more days. Shot all of my 45's last spring so the 38/357 will have to suffice for my bee shooting this year.

[lightman]

Just started boxing up stuff for a future move. I started with my J-words and packed until I ran out of the smaller boxes.

[Texas by God]

All better now and killed six cans in a row.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220320/994e5c0eb8ec635738185fa6601bb734.jpg

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[Budzilla 19]

297873 finally got back to this project! NOE 4 cavity mold .45-230 hp. They chamber fine now!

[Mal Paso]

Well I finally have compatible brass. With only 87 pieces of 350 Legend Brass I added a tub of 9mm to the lightman tumbler. The steel pins clean much faster when you have a full load and the 2 calibers separated easily.

I gas checked and lubed another 125 MP358-200s. I'll load them in the clean 350L brass later.

Got a Fedex email saying the HP version is on the way.

[BJung]

Today I made 6 lead ingots from range scrap while doing gardening

[Happy caster]

Managed to size my finger, lol

[toallmy]

managed to size my finger, lol

ouch !!!!!

[Happy caster]

Upside down Lee classic single stage, left hand on the lever and right hand feeding,. Got into a Super rhythm before my left sped up too much. Still laughing about it. Used to read about others doing it and laughed at them. Guess who is the "punch " line now

[uscra112]

Finished the last machining operation on 50 of my "reloadable rimfire" .25 Stevens cases. Saturday made a couple of widgets to enable me to use a Lyman tong tool for loading in the field. No excuses now -have to test a few this afternoon, to see if I need to make a neck sizer, too.

[Mal Paso]

Another 50 358-200 GC

[Texas by God]

I'm looking to establish my iron sight 100yds capabilities with my Krag loaded with IMR 4350 and 165gr btsp Privi bullets- so I'm loading up my Graf brass thusly.

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[LIMPINGJ]

Cast a pile of 32s from a Lee 32 Kieth mold which was from when we did group buys from Lee and a NOE 315-89-WC mold. So now I just need Starline to make a run of 32S&W Long brass so I can shoot the Colt Officers Model Target I bought a few months ago/

[Mandoair]

Traded 1700 S Rifle Primers for a like number of L Pistol Primers today. I’ve been forced to use lp mag since I started loading 10mm. Except for the small pocket 10s where I used S Rifle primers or sp mags. At least will find out which I like better.

[Mal Paso]

I cast a few hundred MP 358-200 GC HP with the Penta Pins. I cycled the mold a few times last night in a 400 degree oven to give the mold some color and ran most of a 25 lb pot through it today. The Pro Melt 2 was at 700F and the mold ran GREAT! Tapping on the pins to dislodge boolits damaged a few so I switched to tapping the mold with my 6oz rawhide mallet, just enough to vibrate and let the pins slide by themselves.

[Mandoair]

I cast a few hundred MP 358-200 GC HP with the Penta Pins. I cycled the mold a few times last night in a 400 degree oven to give the mold some color and ran most of a 25 lb pot through it today. The Pro Melt 2 was at 700F and the mold ran GREAT! Tapping on the pins to dislodge boolits damaged a few so I switched to tapping the mold with my 6oz rawhide mallet, just enough to vibrate and let the pins slide by themselves.
Wow that’s a beauty

[trixter]

I picked up 1000 pieces of 9 mm this morning, came home and set up the APP with the 4 tube case feeder, step one deprime and get ready for the wet tumbler, and even with a whole bunch of interruptions I finished them by 4:45. When I get some of the junk moved in the garage, I can run them through my double barreled (very ancient) wet tumbler. Ill get 500 in each barrel.

[robg]

prepped 100x357mag brass .

[Baltimoreed]

Been reloading brass from last weekends cas shoot, 150 .45colt and just started on .45 Schofields. Also cleaning up gifted .223 and 30-06 brass from a bud. Might go zombie shooting next Saturday with my .45 pcc. Shot clean and came in 22 out of 44 last month. Still waiting scores from the cas shoot.

[kayala]

Fully processed my stash of 7.62x54R brass (only about couple hundred cases). Anneal, size, trim, neck chamfer. Process goes fast when you have right tools :)

[MOA]

Finished off some poly coated 41 mag 215 grain SWC cartridges.

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[Mal Paso]

While waiting for UPS I got almost 600 MP 358-200s Gas Checked. Gotta have something to do while waiting for those guys.

[cwtebay]

Loaded 50 ladder loads for my son's 300 PRC. 25 in 225gr ELD Match, 25 in 250gr A Tip Match. His 14th birthday is tomorrow and he is really excited about having a go at a 1000 yard match in May. He's been shooting 1ish moa out to 715 at our own range under the instruction of a remarkable teacher.298355

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[Walks]

Just sorted .38 & .357 brass.

[Mal Paso]

More waiting and Sizing. Got about 560 after culls.

[Hossfly]

Made about 100 felt 45 cail wads today for the 44 cap and ball pistol, with a Harbor frt gasket cutter and a roll of felt found in the closet. Used bees wax and lard to soak wads in. Will try some out tomorrow. Also punched out some brass caps with the 22lr.com tool working extremely well with .005 brass shim stock. #10 cap maker.

[robg]

loaded up 100x357 mags 195gn boolits gas checked 11.5gn 2400 my favourite load.

[lightman]

Yesterday an old working buddy came over and we melted our last years accumulation of lead and cast it into ingots. We started kind of late and didn't work too hard but ended up with about 700 pounds of clip-on wheelweight ingots. We still have to stamp letters on them and we still have our soft stuff left to do.

[cwtebay]

Spent until 2am getting 218 Bee, 22 Hornet, and 225 Winchester loaded up for the ground squirrel eradication project. My boys call the 225 "Thanos"

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[uscra112]

Went to start loading .32 Long Colt for a centerfire vs. "reloadable rimfire" comparison, and found that I have only three pieces of centerfire brass that hasn't been trimmed too short! So ordered up a batch of Starline S&W Longs (paid a scalper's price, too) and got out the tooling to swage it down to Colt O.D., when it comes. That's it for today.....I need a nap anyway.

[Mal Paso]

Yesterday an old working buddy came over and we melted our last years accumulation of lead and cast it into ingots. We started kind of late and didn't work too hard but ended up with about 700 pounds of clip-on wheelweight ingots. We still have to stamp letters on them and we still have our soft stuff left to do.

Whoa! I think you have processing lead down!

[lightman]

Whoa! I think you have processing lead down!

Our process has slowly evolved from a 10# cast iron pot on a Coleman stove to what we are using now. And the two of us work well together. That helps.

[robg]

loaded up 39 x 45-70 .all the 350gn boolits i had left.must do some casting soon.

[johnd5412]

I loaded about 350 x 45/70 with 350 grain cast boolits I cooked up. Ran out of boolits so I gotta fire the pot back up tomorrow and mould out another 30 pounds of boolits!

[StuBach]

Cleaned the 1918 custom 1911 and the Remington R1 Limited after today’s range trip. Hopefully tomorrow I’ll get the the American and Superposed.

Also cleaned up a little more of the mess that has been plaguing my gun shop space.

[dverna]

A couple of days ago sized four large coffee cans of .223 using coconut oil as the lube. I had done a few with the CN oil when I could not find the Imperial Sizing wax after moving my reloading stuff. I could not find ISW and ordered a Hornady product, but wanted to see if the CN oil would work and it did. I have a huge tub of CN oil that will last my lifetime. The stuff is cheap too. $14 for 56 oz.

[Cast_outlaw]

Continuing to pack up reloading room to move this summer

[skeettx]

Went to a local pawn shop today and
left with a Star Progressive press in 38 Special and a
Star Lube Sizer with a .358 die in it.
Total cost to me $216
Yeeee Hawwww

Mike

[uscra112]

Received the new .32 S&W Longs yesterday, did the swaging-down and lathe work to convert to .32 Colt overnight, trimmed everything for the comparison test to common length today, now they all need to be expanded by .002. I must have a mandrel for the 299153 bullet, I've done this before, but can I find it? Back to the lathe again.

[StuBach]

Went to a local pawn shop today and
left with a Star Progressive press in 38 Special and a
Star Lube Sizer with a .358 die in it.
Total cost to me $216
Yeeee Hawwww

Mike

You robbed them…. That is a great find. I love my old Star progressive. Gave the universal to my brother a couple weeks ago but kept the progressive.

Next your going to say it had the lifetyme die in it?
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My shop time today was spent going through the bags and bags of test rounds my dad left behind deciding what to take with me tomorrow to shoot through. Ended up throwing all the 9mm in the shooting box and I’ll do some light testing of my own to see what works best for me and replicate his loads when I start up my own. Since I’m shooting his 9mms his loads should do pretty well for me.

[taco650]

A couple of days ago sized four large coffee cans of .223 using coconut oil as the lube. I had done a few with the CN oil when I could not find the Imperial Sizing wax after moving my reloading stuff. I could not find ISW and ordered a Hornady product, but wanted to see if the CN oil would work and it did. I have a huge tub of CN oil that will last my lifetime. The stuff is cheap too. $14 for 56 oz.

The only problem with coconut oil is that it has a low melting point… like 75F.

[Hossfly]

Cast some .451 ball boolits and powder coated to get some more diameter. These look really good, will try them out this afternoon. Made about 100 caps with .005 brass shim stock, and primed with 22reloader compound. Been working extremely well, with this brass shim stock. Found out the brass sheet that i paid .88 cents from hobby lobby is too thick at .010, cuts hole but also pounced a hole through middle.

[lightman]

Packed some components up in boxes for a future move. Fun Fun!

[whisler]

Cast 148 gr. wadcutters.

[Budzilla 19]

Sized, primed and got ready to load some 30/06 NM brass from the stash!!! Been a looonnnngggg time since I put the “ treatment” to some NM ‘06 brass! ( you guys know the drill, full length resized, chamfer outside and inside, true the primer pockets, deburred the flash holes,etc.)Now on to the powder charging and bullet seating chores! We’ll see if that old Rem. 700 still got the potential.

[Texas by God]

Time to cast up some bullets for my brush guns. 44 200RF and 38 250RF for the 44-40 and 38-55 respectively.

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[taco650]

Time to cast up some bullets for my brush guns. 44 200RF and 38 250RF for the 44-40 and 38-55 respectively.

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What molds did you use for these?

[Texas by God]

Both are Lee 2 cavity. I powder coated the bullets and then sized them. The 44s .429" and the 38s .377"; I've tried fatter in both but they chamber too firmly for hunting guns.

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[MOA]

Finally got the kinks worked out of my Master Caster alignment issues, I think. I'll know next time when I set up my other mold that's not behaving like it should. But, these came out just fine for my 9mm.

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[Horseman]

Converted 1.5 buckets of COWW's into 104 nice, clean 1 pound ingots. If my math is correct, that's 2,912 Keith 250's via Accurate's AM432250K.298861

[405grain]

I cast up several hundred Lyman #266673 150 grain 6.5mm boolits. Sized and gas checked them at .266" I plan on tumble lubing them with 45-45-10 and loading them up in 6.5x55 Swedish at around 1600 fps with some 2400. I haven't finished the stock for the Turkish 98 Mauser with the Swede barrel yet, so I'm not in any hurry.

[rockrat]

Loaded some converted Nagant brass for my 30 carbine blackhawk and some 7mm Br to test in my rifle

[MOA]

Just got done loading up some 38 specials. Used about 3.6 grains of Winchester 231. Don't want them too hot for my derringer.
If they turn out to be a good shooter I may up the powder a bit to see what happens.
:guntootsmiley:

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[whisler]

Loaded 358-148 WC over 3.1 gr. of w 231 for testing. 25 unsized (0.3588) with BLL, 25 sized to 0.3575 with BLL and 25 sized to 0.3575 with Speed Green lube (2 of 3 grooves lubed). Waiting for rain to quit for testing.

[skeettx]

NO, but I had a spare Lifetyme carbide die that screwed right in :)

Only thing needed now is a powder hopper.

Mike

[Texas by God]

I scraped the "original refinish" varnish off of a Western Auto model 110 .22 rifle stock. Since I can't remove all of the stain unless I oversand it- I'll re-stain it before rubbing in the TruOil.

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[trixter]

After I get my morning stuff all taken care of, I'm going to load 100 9mm rounds while listening to some good ole 70's music.

[lightman]

A old working buddy came by and we melted about 100# of stick-on wheelweights and cast them into ingots. Then we set up the anvil and stamped permanent letters on them and on the 700 pounds of clip-on wheelweight ingots that we cast a few weeks ago.

[Mandoair]

299117299118After ten weeks of rehab from a broken femur finally able to get back into the reload room. Manage to pick up where I had left off working up some 10 mm loads with HS 6 and hsm 180 grain plated bullets. I got to the range to test them, and found out more people are shooting 10 mm leaving the brass on my ground. Picked up 500 empties out of mud and cleaned those up with citric acid sized them the deprime and send them back to the Tumbler with stainless steel media. They sure do come out clean. Ready to load a few hundred for a training session next month. Ordered a 4 cavity mold from Arsenal with 2 165 grain WFN and two 200 grain WFN. Cleaned up an Old LYMAN 45 and ordered A sizing die top punch. Going to get out and run my first run of cast booiits.

[Walks]

Primed some .38S&W cases. Good exercise, hand to eye coordination for recover from small stroke last month.

[StuBach]

NO, but I had a spare Lifetyme carbide die that screwed right in :)

Only thing needed now is a powder hopper.

Mike

Bruce is your guy. He send me a new hopper for mine a few years ago. His are clear plastic but larger than the original brass ones.

[cwtebay]

Primed some .38S&W cases. Good exercise, hand to eye coordination for recover from small stroke last month.That's an awesome PT method!
Sorry to hear about your stroke, but good on ya for keeping doing what you want to be doing!!!

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[Mal Paso]

It's been raining all day, got the last of the 44Mag deprimed and in the wet tumbler, about 500 pieces. The new 6 inch 44 Mag makes the full loads feel like Specials compared to the 4 inch, hope to be shooting more.

[Johan Steyn]

I converted an old Lee .356 hand sizing die to .360 to size bullets for a .38 S&W Webley revolver. I also loaded a 150 .44 magnums with a Lee 215 gr.
WC bullet, that has been coated with Bullet corp coating and sized to .430

[Texas by God]

I disassembled some old 16 gauge shells to reuse the primers and shot to load .410 shells. We have three .410 shotguns here and no 16 gauge shotguns-so why the heck not?

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[Mandoair]

I disassembled some old 16 gauge shells to reuse the primers and shot to load .410 shells. We have three .410 shotguns here and no 16 gauge shotguns-so why the heck not?

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I have never found the nerve to push out live Primers. how does that work out with pistol rounds like nine and 10s thanks

[Remiel]

I have never found the nerve to push out live Primers. how does that work out with pistol rounds like nine and 10s thanksSlow and steady and it's not too much of a hassle, just have to have a way to catch them.

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[uscra112]

I've done it several times. And I re-use them, too. They always go bang for me.

[Mandoair]

Thanks

[dverna]

I have never found the nerve to push out live Primers. how does that work out with pistol rounds like nine and 10s thanks

Might want to at least wear safety glasses. A face shield would be better. I have reclaimed a few primers but not many and never had a problem...you just never know if Murphy is around the corner.

I look at it like wearing glasses when I shoot. I have never needed them after touching off about 500,000 rounds in my lifetime, but still wear glasses...just a "silly" habit I suppose.

Or maybe I have been lucky.

[MOA]

Got my casting machine work station setup today with the help of a short piece of 2x6 a 28x49 inch pallet and a sheet of 24x36 galvinized metal along with some 1x3's for legs. Turned out 360 9mm and 500 38/357.

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[Tazman1602]

Wish I could figure out picture posting…after a long recovery from a mangled hand last January I was finally able to get back to casting for .45 cal rifle. I received a couple of REALLY nice 400 and 535 grain molds from Steve Brooks molds right before the dog got ahold of me (long story…) and my left hand.

In the recovery period I read everything I could about casting premium BPCR bullets but these molds made my job easy, cast about 50 *really* nice 400 grain PB bullets without a whole lot of pain and am going to cast some 535 grainers tomorrow. SO great to be back in my shop!

Art

[Rich/WIS]

Sized and lubed 500 SWC for my 45 ACP.

[Hossfly]

Produced 280 round balls, soft lead .452” for 1858 Cap and Ball Remington style pistol. Also chopped about 1/8” off front sight to get it on target at 25 yards, been about 1’ low, will shoot and adjust as required.also pc’ed same balls red.

[Mal Paso]

I finished expanding the brass then primed almost 500 44 Mag brass.

The bigger thing was sorting out my RCBS APS strip loader. It puts the primers into the strips. It's over 10 years old and was getting to be a PAIN! I pried the loader apart, installed 3 lighter springs where 1 heavy one was warping the plastic, lubed it with bees wax and it now works better than new.

[MOA]

Cast another 800 38's.

[John Guedry]

Loaded 50 .38 specials.

[StuBach]

Cast 195 359-135 Rnswc for my PCC than powder coated them and about 230 454-200 HPs I cast in the fall.

Thanks again Chris for the PCC mold, looking forward to trying them.

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[uscra112]

Luberisized 120 165 grain 8mm Loverin bullets for my .32 Ideals, then had an attack of clumsy. Dropped them on the floor by the lathe, they picked up a potpourri of grit, so I had to boil 'em clean and do it over. [smilie=b:

[Mal Paso]

I got 300 44 Mag loaded. 20g of 2400 with a Federal primer and the late #503. Only dropped one case so I'm getting better. More practice required. LOL

[MOA]

Finished my run of 38/357 boolits. 54 pounds of alloy. Just under 2400 boolits. Now I gotta start back on the 9's.

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[Rapier]

I finished the 24 GPC brass die formed, primed, powdered and 80gr bullets loaded for fire forming, resized 20 rounds of fire formed brass and uniformed the pockets. 100 pieces of 22-250 AI brass neck sized, I used my old system with powder graphite and lead shot on half then tried imperial wax on the other half, pockets uniformed.
while resting loaded two boxes of 28 Ga shot shells.

I have three 6mms I am testing for an ATN Thor 4 thermal mounting.

[cwtebay]

Not my reloading room - but headed to a buddy's house to finish up 30,000 9mm, 20,000 5.56 and 15,000 7.62 NATO. We finished casting the boolits almost 6 mo ago from a large amount of lead I procured, purchased primers for the project 3 years ago. Looking forward to watching our boys get these emptied out again!!

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[cwtebay]

Well, cancel that - rain and snow put my buddies out of the room.
Stayed home and cooked up about 250 218 Bee with 46gr. Speer j words.
299400

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[Mal Paso]

Cooked some 30+ Lb Piglets with a pound and a third of Tin and poured 30 casting pot ingots.

[Mandoair]

Cooked some 30+ Lb Piglets with a pound and a third of Tin and poured 30 casting pot ingots.

What alloy are piglets. Thanks

[MOA]

Cranked out 1500 9mm 147 grain boolits of my 2000 count target. Been very windy all last week so only about 4 hour casting time a day.
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I finished up my38/357 casting session last Thursday with just under 2400 boolits. 54 pounds of alloy. Could hardly pick up the ammo can.

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[Mal Paso]

What alloy are piglets. Thanks

Those are Rotometals 3-4% Antimony Lead Alloy. I added a fat 1% Tin.

[MOA]

299541

Finished the 9mm casting session. Tub is 10x6x3 and weighs 34 pounds. Approximately 2500 castings. Guess it's time to get the brass prepped.

[Texas by God]

I finished a small batch of 44-40 and I'm starting a batch of .41 magnum. Both are loaded with 9grs of Unique. And benched the Revelation .22 rifle with old Federal Lightning ammo. A decent group for Iron sights at 40 yards but 10" high.....sights are bottomed out.....time to scope it!

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[Mandoair]

Bit the bullet today and Bought a 5 gallon bucket of wheel weights at the local tire shop. Looked at the top of the bucket hope in I Saw about 90% lead maybe more. They said it was an old bucket and maybe had more land than the newer buckets. And they said the last shipment of wheel weights were all zinc and steel so it won’t be long before all the lead wheel weights are gone. Haven’t weighed it but more than 100lbs. $80. Plus tax. Broke my heart paying that much.

[Mal Paso]

I cast another 600 38-200 Penta Hollowpoints. Had trouble finding the groove, too cold and those boolits do not want to leave the mold. Went to 710F and had a very good run.

Loaded my last 9 free 350L cases with A11FS and a Magnum primer under a 38-200 hoping to tighten up the Extreme Spread.

[MOA]

Running 45 acp mold after finishing 2,400 38/357 boolits and 2,500 9mm boolits. Hope to get a few thousand 45's finished within the next few days.

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[Wal']

Made up some more .358/9mm gas checks tonight....still haven't quite got it right as yet, but a work in progress. : :x :

[MOA]

Finished the week long casting session. Phew.
2400 - 38/357
2500 - 9mm
2000 - 45acp

Total 6,900 castings. ��������
160 pounds of alloy.

[OFFSHORE]

I have been wanting to try ladle casting. The "Brown Santa Clause" dropped off my new Lyman Big Dipper and ladles on Friday and I spent the day messing with it today. Ran about 40lbs. of pretty .361" boolits for my 358 Winchester today. I just may be putting up the o'le bottom pour pot!!!

[kmw1954]

Finished the week long casting session. Phew.
2400 - 38/357
2500 - 9mm
2000 - 45acp

Total 6,900 castings. ��������
160 pounds of alloy.

very nice. I need to start shooting pistols again, I'm way behind.

[MOA]

very nice. I need to start shooting pistols again, I'm way behind.

I need to automate my master caster. My right shoulder has had a bigly workout.

[robg]

prepped 100 x 308 brass ,loaded 20 x 308 .must cast some boolits this week.

[Velosa]

Nothing at the bench today, but Just bought myself a RCBS Pro Melt 2. Can't wait to give it a go.

[Rich/WIS]

Spent the last two days reforming 30/40 AI back to 30/40. Went well with only a few cases I didn't like the look of. So far today have expanded, trimmed and chamfered 70+ and have another hundred or so being tumbled before expanding and trimming. Expanded as a separate operation as I reformed them in a 30/40 FL die with the expander removed and after reforming decapped with the Lee decapping die. Using a Lyman M die backed out enough to expand the neck but not flare the case. Once I finish trimming and chamfering on the last ones will anneal all of them before loading, figure the reform operation is the textbook example of work hardening. Did try ten with my moderate loads for my Ruger No 3's and there were no issues, so if the trend continues figure I can put another thousand cast boolits down range over the next year or two. Not sure how these would work for full power J bullet hunting loads, but have enough good brass to cover that (about 10 rounds a year).

[Tazman1602]

I have been wanting to try ladle casting. The "Brown Santa Clause" dropped off my new Lyman Big Dipper and ladles on Friday and I spent the day messing with it today. Ran about 40lbs. of pretty .361" boolits for my 358 Winchester today. I just may be putting up the o'le bottom pour pot!!!

OS —— I haven’t ladle cast in 20 years, RCBS Promelt is way too easy —- BUT, I recently have read almost everything Paul Matthews ever wrote and had a new Steve Brooks mold. I had long ago given away my ladle casting stuff and big brown had brought me the same setup you just got. Everything I read said 30-1, ladle cast, etc. I just spent a really enjoyable few hours casting some of the nicest 400 grain 45-70 bullets I’ve ever cast. I had plain forgotten how enjoyable it was to slow down, take it easy and throw good bullets, I’m a hopeless reloading gun nut….

Art

[Scorpion8]

Just got in a new powder/shot cutoff for an ancient, non-progressive Pacific 366 shotshell press. Jazzed!

[Mandoair]

I just separated the bucket of ww I bought from tire store last week. 48 lbs Fe. 31lbs Zn. 68 lbs Pb. Plus a few hours of dusty work. $80 not really happy with cost.
Managed 100 cleaned n primed 10 mm brass with reamed pockets and flash holes all the same length with fed 200 spm primers. Trying to get my velocities to balance out + or - closer. Haven’t been able to figure why 2 out of 5 are all ways way slower. Got a crono for Christmas. So don’t understand most of what I know.

[Mal Paso]

Managed 100 cleaned n primed 10 mm brass with reamed pockets and flash holes all the same length with fed 200 spm primers. Trying to get my velocities to balance out + or - closer. Haven’t been able to figure why 2 out of 5 are all ways way slower. Got a crono for Christmas. So don’t understand most of what I know.

Sometimes mag primers will tighten up Extreme Spread, sometimes not. Most powder burns more consistently as pressure goes up so picking a powder that's in the top end of it's range for your application helps. Extreme Spread is not an indicator of accuracy, or so I've been told over and over.

[15meter]

Load the first 19 500/450 #1 Express loads today.

New caliber to me, 10 loaded with Lyman 457122, Ben's Red and aluminum gas checks for non-gas checked boolits. Used 5744 at the lowest load. We'll see if this will regulate.

9 rounds with a custom Accurate boolit, ~295 grains flat point with G/C, same starting load as the Lyman boolit.

Loading was a bit of a challenge.

C-H only had a sizer die in stock, so I used that for case forming and F/L sizing 500 N.E. cases down to 500-450's.

Used the expander from the .458 Win Mag to expand the neck.

Seated boolits with a 470 N.E. seating die with a seating stem that I turned, the 470 stem was too short for the 2.750" cases.

And wrote a bunch of notes on how I'm doing this because I'll forget what I did by next week.

[AZ Pete]

cleaned my loading bench

[cwtebay]

Load the first 19 500/450 #1 Express loads today.

New caliber to me, 10 loaded with Lyman 457122, Ben's Red and aluminum gas checks for non-gas checked boolits. Used 5744 at the lowest load. We'll see if this will regulate.

9 rounds with a custom Accurate boolit, ~295 grains flat point with G/C, same starting load as the Lyman boolit.

Loading was a bit of a challenge.

C-H only had a sizer die in stock, so I used that for case forming and F/L sizing 500 N.E. cases down to 500-450's.

Used the expander from the .458 Win Mag to expand the neck.

Seated boolits with a 470 N.E. seating die with a seating stem that I turned, the 470 stem was too short for the 2.750" cases.

And wrote a bunch of notes on how I'm doing this because I'll forget what I did by next week.Please keep us updated with this quest!

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[cwtebay]

Just got a little gift. 112 of these. Haven't weighed them, but approximately 145# apiece.
Thinking that I will be in Pb until I am done.299829

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