What did you do in the reloading room today?

[sigep1764]

Cast up 400 Elco Boolits today. Then lubed them and loaded them in 9mm. Need to cast about 3000 more of them. Might get started tmro. Also primed and expanded 100 7.62x39 cases.

[sigep1764]

Cast another 1500 today. Was going to lube them, got distracted with a project for the wife

[Mandoair]

Loaded 1200 pc Boolits in 9mm.

[uscra112]

Fitted sights to the .25 Stevens Favorite barrel. Ready to test, once I get a few rounds loaded.

[Mandoair]

Loaded up a few hundred more 9mm. Used up all of the processed brass I could find and cleaned up the bench to start on my first 223 experiments. Changed out the shell plate on the press put away the new cartridges and left over Boolits. Have 14 empty primer boxes to mark the progress.

[Jal5]

Did some cleaning up in the reloading area. Got some magnetic tool strips from harbor freight and hung up all the small tools cluttering the desk. I like it.


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[Mandoair]

Deprimed sized and wet tumbled my first 550 223 brass. One load. Tried to get them clean with just ss media and basic h. But not until the third go around with citric acid did they come out really shiny with clean pockets.

[sigep1764]

Deprimed sized and wet tumbled my first 550 223 brass. One load. Tried to get them clean with just ss media and basic h. But not until the third go around with citric acid did they come out really shiny with clean pockets.

Once you get a load that works you’re gonna love loading 223. One of my favorite to load. What Boolits and powder you starting with.

[Mandoair]

Once you get a load that works you’re gonna love loading 223. One of my favorite to load. What Boolits and powder you starting with.

55gr fmj bt 2000 from SW. H 335 found 2 lbs last week only rifle pwd to be found.

[georgerkahn]

Envious of all the cold-hardy "real men" on this site, I bought 1/2" aluminum rod with plans to turn from it a bullet-pusher (missing front end of mag tube spring) for an old Rem I wish to shoot, on my Unimat lathe -- to, after making my way to the lathe, looked at wall-mounted thermometer -- 40*F/4.44*C -- cussed a few times under my breath -- and came back upstairs. A tad toooo cold for me; at 74 (allmost 75) -- me thinks I may be turning into a bigger wimp than I had been... (2nd -- after the fact thought -- if I plugged in that electric heater...?...)
Spring will, they tell me, be coming...
geo

[trixter]

I am all caught up on reloading so I have been tying up fishing lures.

I know: shame on me. lol

[414gates]

https://ysterhout.net/images/lee-safety-scale/safety-scale-system.jpg

Rigged up a cheap, reliable trickle scale with old stuff lying around.

https://ysterhout.net/docs/lee-safety-scale/lee-safety-scale.htm

[osage]

I started removing primer crimps on brass. I had run those through Lee universal depriming die early this week. It's going to take awhile to work through a cat litter bucket 3/4 full that is a buddies. A mix of US arsenal head stamps DEN 42, TW 43 & 54, U 43, SL 53, LC 53 and DM 42.

[taco650]

Envious of all the cold-hardy "real men" on this site, I bought 1/2" aluminum rod with plans to turn from it a bullet-pusher (missing front end of mag tube spring) for an old Rem I wish to shoot, on my Unimat lathe -- to, after making my way to the lathe, looked at wall-mounted thermometer -- 40*F/4.44*C -- cussed a few times under my breath -- and came back upstairs. A tad toooo cold for me; at 74 (allmost 75) -- me thinks I may be turning into a bigger wimp than I had been... (2nd -- after the fact thought -- if I plugged in that electric heater...?...)
Spring will, they tell me, be coming...
geo

After moving from Oregon to Georgia 11 years ago, I’m not nearly as cold tolerant as I used to be. On the hand, the hot humid summers don’t seem so bad 😂😂

[Jal5]

More 9mm deprime and cleaning. I found two large coffee cans full I forgot about! I think they are breeding and multiplying


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[sigep1764]

Knocked out another 500 9mm. Somewhere around 2500 left. Still need to cast up another 1100 to complete the project, but tmro I’m headed to kc to watch the big game with old friends

[Mandoair]

Decaped and cleaned another 800 223. Making a dent in my range brass. Want to be able to measure enough to load with out having to trim. 310386310387

[ukrifleman]

Prepared a batch of 6.5x50R Arisaka PPU brass for .268 cast loads.
ukrifleman

[compass will]

Unpacked my new powder coat oven with 2 shelves.

[Recycled bullet]

l assembled 250 38-44's with my lee hand press and emptied the coffee pot.

[Mandoair]

Washed and sorted and dried 1/3 bucket of range brass all this from one visit to the range in the snow. 850 223s. Almost that many 9s few hundred 10s and other pistol stuff. Thanks to Berry for the brass separator. Going to prep. The 223s to boost my preped up to about 2500. Just need more power.

[Mandoair]

Unpacked my new powder coat oven with 2 shelves.
Wow Two shelves ‼️‼️ that would be sweet ��. I could make use of that‼️. I ordered my 9mill mold with out lube groves and BB. Liking it. MP 356/358-130-BB. 8 cavities.

[n9tkf]

De-primed and cleaned more 9mm brass.

[John Guedry]

Been looking for the powder I misplaced/lost since our move. It'll turn up sooner or later.

[Bentstick]

Nothing went out to a Local lake and Augered some holes in the Ice, killed a few minnows and caught a few dinners of Splake, which was supper tonight.

[Ajax111]

Swaged the cores in 200 22rf jackets. Point forming next.

[Texas by God]

I reloaded all my 30s to 50s military 30-06 brass using new to me Lee deluxe dies; the collet neck die is neat.
25 grs of 4227 WinLR Lee C309170F sized.309”(then PC’d).


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[TXCOONDOG]

Loaded 30-30 test load using Lee C309170F with IMR 3031 from 25gr to 27grs.

[TXTad]

...310108
THIS is a great idea. I can use the same concept to stand up my alox lubed bullets.

[Polymath]

Scored a deal the other day. A local guy was bringing some reloading gear he didn't use anymore. I spied this RCBS powder measure on the consignment table at the LGS. $75 bucks with stand. Just the measure goes for $150 and the stand another $30. I been looking for one of these for a couple year but choked on the price.
I normally use a Lee measure but it does not handle flake very well at all. so I keep it for stick type powders. This RCBS should handle all types.
Then I scored a lb. of unopened BL-C2 powder for $30 bucks.
I cleaned it all up and tested it with a flake powder this morning. Bang on.
310611
I made a little 12 x15" board and bolted it to it. Glued a piece of corner molding to the edge to keep the stray bits in the tray. I verathaned it for a smooth finish
I deliberately left the one corner open to sweep the tray bits back into the jug. It didn't come with a dump tube so I found a copper 1/4' NPT nipple that fit.

[Pereira]

I deprimed some 45 colt that I shot the other morning.
Then sized and expanded and primed some 357 brass and,
got 25 loaded before I developed a blame headache.
Still kind of nagging on and I haven't done much the rest of the day.

RP

[WRideout]

Loaded a box of 7.62x38R for my Nagant pistol. 100 gr Lee sized to .311 over 4.5 gr Unique. Also continued prepping 5.56 cases on the way toward becoming 7.62 x25 Tokarev. Can you tell I like 30 cal pistols?

Wayne

[Ajax111]

I ran 200rf .224 bullets through the point former. Next to the tumbler, to remove the lube.

[Outer Rondacker]

Shopped for a project 308 or 300 BLK bolt gun. No luck.

[Lee S. Forsberg]

Cast 500+ .452 HP bullets.

[firefly1957]

Last month I went into an old gun shop and the guy had a unopened 5 pound bottle of HS-7 for $50 I like the power in heavy shot shell loads but figured I can use it in .45 acp .
I found little data for 225 & 230 grain jacketed bullets . I mostly shoot a Lyman mold that throws a S W C of 195 grains from wheel weight alloy from my 1911 .
I started with the low data for the 225 grain jacketed bullet and gun cycled well worked up to Max 225 grain data of 9.3 grains the load cycles my 1911 and High point carbine well and is accurate . 5" 1911 is averaging 987 f/s with S,D, of 26 f/s 16" high point carbine is averaging 1140 f/s with S.D. of 25 f/s .

I am running low on red dot that I had been loading it was getting average with just 5 grains of 936 f/s with S.D. of 49 f/s from 1911 and 997 f/s with S.D. of 26 f/s from carbine .

HS-7 is the same as WW 571 is a bit more dense then Blue Dot and a bit slower then Blue Dot it is about as slow as I would go to load the .45 acp I am glad this worked out for me .

[Ricky Bobby]

Loaded and tested some 9mm and .45acp, and still have all my appendages

[Mandoair]

Continued trimming 223 brass. Bought a Frankford arsenal machine. Nice piece of equipment.

[Cast10]

Cast a small batch for my new 38-55. Lee 379-250-RF. Much different than the 6 cavity pistol moulds! This is my first rifle mould. Started with too hot and cadence issues. Settled in after about 40 boolits or so and all went good. Good fill out and weights were 249.3 - 251.5.

[sigep1764]

Loaded 30 Lee 312 155 powder coated Boolits in 7.62x39, 10 each with 21, 22, 23 grains of H335. 21 grains shot best, about 1.5 inches at 25 yards open sights. I think I’ll try 19 and 20 grains. For an AK.

[Texas by God]

Dusted off the old Mec 600, put Red Dot and #8 in the hoppers and CCI primers in the tray and loaded a coffee tub full of mixed hull fun.
Beats paying $10/25 for sure, folks.


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[15meter]

Last month I went into an old gun shop and the guy had a unopened 5 pound bottle of HS-7 for $50 I like the power in heavy shot shell loads but figured I can use it in .45 acp .
I found little data for 225 & 230 grain jacketed bullets . I mostly shoot a Lyman mold that throws a S W C of 195 grains from wheel weight alloy from my 1911 .
I started with the low data for the 225 grain jacketed bullet and gun cycled well worked up to Max 225 grain data of 9.3 grains the load cycles my 1911 and High point carbine well and is accurate . 5" 1911 is averaging 987 f/s with S,D, of 26 f/s 16" high point carbine is averaging 1140 f/s with S.D. of 25 f/s .

I am running low on red dot that I had been loading it was getting average with just 5 grains of 936 f/s with S.D. of 49 f/s from 1911 and 997 f/s with S.D. of 26 f/s from carbine .

HS-7 is the same as WW 571 is a bit more dense then Blue Dot and a bit slower then Blue Dot it is about as slow as I would go to load the .45 acp I am glad this worked out for me .

Think I have an Alcan manual on my laptop, it may have some loads you can use.

Poke me in a day or two, that will give me a chance to find it.

And I loaded my first 3 45 ACP shotshells. Sorting out the best way with the tools at hand.

And boiled a dozen gallons of sap, made an air rifle target for one of the gun clubs plus cleaned an M1, SMLE and a pattern 1917.

Good day.

[Mandoair]

Had a frustrating day setting up my Hornaday AP from pistol to rifle. Can’t get the powder to throw consistently what I want. Found out the hard way that most of my clean brass is 556 and swedged or otherwise needing to be hogged out. On the brighter side I have 20 or 30 cartridges to tryout. First time to load for rifle. 310770[/ATTACHo] [ATTACH=CONFIG]310771

[15meter]

Think I have an Alcan manual on my laptop, it may have some loads you can use.

Poke me in a day or two, that will give me a chance to find it.

And I loaded my first 3 45 ACP shotshells. Sorting out the best way with the tools at hand.

And boiled a dozen gallons of sap, made an air rifle target for one of the gun clubs plus cleaned an M1, SMLE and a pattern 1917.

Good day.

Misread the HS-7 As Al-7,

Never mind.

[Outer Rondacker]

Finally found a 300 blk bolt. Payed a bit more than I wanted too but I found one. So I spent the rest of the day loading 300 BLK. Mandoair those rounds look good.

[Recycled bullet]

Finally found a 300 blk bolt. Payed a bit more than I wanted too but I found one. So I spent the rest of the day loading 300 BLK. Mandoair those rounds look good.Is it a Ruger ranch that takes the pmags, are you loading cast? Im dipping my toes into 300BLK loading the 311235MP hollow point.

[Outer Rondacker]

Is it a Ruger ranch that takes the pmags, are you loading cast? Im dipping my toes into 300BLK loading the 311235MP hollow point.

Yes it is. I had a hard time finding one. They are sold out across the country it would seem. The guy I talked to had one more and to be honest it was a good price shipped to my ffl. PM me if you would like his contact info. I do plan on shooting cast. I plan on shooting everything from mild to wild. In my opinion this is a great reloader's /casters rifle. The round uses little powder and from what I am told cast works well. Low pressures means the barrel should last longer.

That sounds like a great mold. I only have a few of the lee molds in 30 cal. for now. Kinda blow the budget on the gun. LOL

[John Guedry]

Sized and deprimed a bunch of range pickup. It is 5.56 Aguila. Never used it before, here's hoping.

[Ajax111]

I put the cannelure on a batch of .224. That makes them ready to load.

[stubshaft]

Loaded a couple of hundred 45/70's.

https://i.imgur.com/Tp0bUlWm.jpg

[groundpounder]

Poured, sized, powder coated and resized a batch of rcbs 45 cal 300g scwgc to use in still newish to me, redhawk 45 colt/45 acp revolver.

[Mandoair]

Sorting 556 reaming and pushing primers. Tested my first batch ever for rifle yesterday and all went bang and cycled ar15 A1 1:9. Had my doubts because not all would fit the chamber checker perfectly. Groups ok but looking for better. Starting load fmj bt 55gr 23gr h335 2665’/sec. 16 rounds.

[openbook]

Loaded a couple of hundred 45/70's.

Wish I had that much 45-70 BRASS!! :lol:

Cast around 200 9mm, 55gr Lee Bators, 39-gr 22 Hornet boolits, and Lee 457-405s.

[Texas by God]

Sorting 556 reaming and pushing primers. Tested my first batch ever for rifle yesterday and all went bang and cycled ar15 A1 1:9. Had my doubts because not all would fit the chamber checker perfectly. Groups ok but looking for better. Starting load fmj bt 55gr 23gr h335 2665’/sec. 16 rounds.

Try some commercial sp or hp bullets for an accuracy improvement over fmjbt bullets.
Sometimes a big improvement.
Based on experience with lots of different .223 rifles since 1972.
H335 is a good powder for full strength loads.


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[Baltimoreed]

310852Finished up 100 .45 Schofield loads for my .45colt Marlin Trapper. They had to have the rims cut down from .520 to .512 to work in my rifle. Used my mini mill as a machine lathe. Worked. My other .45colt Marlin CL chambers them fine. The Trapper has a Microgroove barrel while the other a Ballard barrel which is more generous in the chamber rim cut.

[Recycled bullet]

Wet tumbled the brass.

Dried the wet tumbled brass in the toaster.

Sorted a bunch of mixed wet tumbled brass into the different calibers.

Sized a bunch of rifle bullets about half of them got gas checks.

Resized and deprimed and belled a bunch of small rifle brass.

[dondiego]

Scored a deal the other day. A local guy was bringing some reloading gear he didn't use anymore. I spied this RCBS powder measure on the consignment table at the LGS. $75 bucks with stand. Just the measure goes for $150 and the stand another $30. I been looking for one of these for a couple year but choked on the price.
I normally use a Lee measure but it does not handle flake very well at all. so I keep it for stick type powders. This RCBS should handle all types.
Then I scored a lb. of unopened BL-C2 powder for $30 bucks.
I cleaned it all up and tested it with a flake powder this morning. Bang on.
310611
I made a little 12 x15" board and bolted it to it. Glued a piece of corner molding to the edge to keep the stray bits in the tray. I verathaned it for a smooth finish
I deliberately left the one corner open to sweep the tray bits back into the jug. It didn't come with a dump tube so I found a copper 1/4' NPT nipple that fit.

You got a deal on quality stuff! Good job!

[sukivel]

I installed the metal roof panels on the new reloading room.


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[hawkeye1]

Just got my son a Rossi 92 in 44mag. Been sizing bullets and loading him up a batch of 44 Specials. Looking forward to seeing how it shoots.

[mdi]

I have a Rossi Puma in 44 Magnum that has exclusively used cast bullets. I would suggest you slug the barrel as the SAAMI specs for 44 Magnum rifle barrels is larger than those for a handgun (.431" vs .429"). Mewer manufactured rifles may be smaller (.429"?).I sized my Ranch Dog 265 gr RNFP bullets to .432"-.433"...

[45_Colt]

Hacksaw cut a bunch of 1-3/4" x 1-1/2" x 1/8" angle iron. For a new mill stand. I do need to get the mill back up and running. Even though it is a small-ish model shop unit. It does great work.

The other day I polished the mouth of a few hundred .223 cases. Getting ready for Spring!

45_Colt

[firefly1957]

loaded some copper plated 150 grain hollow based wad cutters I got at a gun show last Saturday . They do not seem to shoot well in my old S&W target masterpiece (.38 sp) . 2.5 grains bullseye bullet flush with case should give 700 f/s , they barely dent a 55 gallon steel drum burning barrel do knock a lot of rust off!

[sigep1764]

Made a couple hundred 30 cal gas checks, coated 100 Lee 312 155 boolits, coated 100 Lee 356 95rf, and loaded 100 rounds of 7.62×39.

[Texas by God]

Yesterday I loaded 44-40s with Unique and blue bullets.
Today I loaded 38-55s with IMR4198 and orange bullets.


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[Rapier]

Got in the 358 Win Die set, checked the expander, was tapered, but dimples like with walnut blast media, so did a polish with a hard white Arkansas stone to polish the taper surface, improved the 308 cartridge expansion and forming quite a bit. Prepped a half dozen cases to check the process for getting the brass ready for fire forming. I am going to build a light weight 358 Win, cast bullet rifle. To shoot 200 grain cast in.

[sigep1764]

Finished the 2nd thousand of 9mm and a 100 380acp. First time loading powder coated pistol Boolits, Lee 356-95rf for the 380. Seems easier to run them through the Star, but if the gun stays cleaner, we’ll see about keeping it up in future.

[Jal5]

Loaded 165 9mm the other day. Need to do another 100.


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[Bmi48219]

Primed 1,000 - 9 mm FC brass.
deprimed 260 mixed 38 spec and 280 - 9mm and have them in the tumbler with SS pins now.

[Texas by God]

I modified a Weaver 92a scope base by saw and file to fit over and tighten to a D&T dovetail blank- to mount a Burris FF3 on my Winchester 94.


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[Outer Rondacker]

After plowing spent a few hours teaching a new reloader some tricks of the trade. I feel for his generation. 18 years old and a good kid but he had no clue what the index or a glossary was in a book. I often wonder if that is how he looks at me when he talks Iphone stuff.

[racepres]

^^ Sad stuff indeed Outer!!!
In the loading room yesterday to do some 22-30 Oresky's..
seems the eldest boys Contender has a bit More headspace than Mine!!! Now the rounds he fired need the Shoulder pushed back a bit!!!
Believe it or not...I lost/misplaced/gave away, my shortened 222 Die.. off I go trying to locate another to "modify"
Some fun now huh??

[414gates]

Cleaned up an older RCBS 5-10 by Ohaus that I received today.

Honed the pivot blades on an ultra fine stone just enough to clean them, added lead shot to the pan to get the scale zero with the body level.

Nice scale, everybody should have one.

[sigep1764]

Cast around 1000 Elco, 300 Lee 312-155, and 100 NOE 310 165 HP. Lubed a few and coated a few last night. Finishing will be this week's project

[Jal5]

Loaded some 147 RN for 9mm trials in my guns. Got them from a really good member here too!


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[Mandoair]

Been running 223 brass through the chamber check gauge. Only have a couple of thousand more to check. I’m surprised that 5 to 10% just can’t be gotten to go. I’m new to rifle loading. Also cleaned my new AR after running a bunch of test round’s Sunday. Put a red dot dove tail mounting plate on my xdm 9. It took some fiddling around to get a solid platform within adjustment range. More testing is required.

[kevin c]

Been casting my supply of 9mm bullets for the year. Half the total (6500) done this past week, the rest in the upcoming week. Then comes coating, sizing and loading. Good thing I’m a man of leisure.

[stubshaft]

loaded some 270 IHMSA with cast for my Model 7 Mountain rifle.

https://i.imgur.com/8aQGp08m.jpg

[firefly1957]

Shot some loads I have been working on was disappointed by both .

Load a was a Nosler 40 grain all copper bullet with red tip over load from Nosler for a 22 inch rifle in .221 fireball.
I am shooting it in a 10" XP-100 I lost 400 f/s with shorter barrel but the real problem was the first shot the bullet vanished? I have no idea what happened it was fired at a water jug at 20 feet nothing hit the jug or the ground around it? Second shot hit the jug and destroyed it bullet turned to a fine powder of copper. Not something I would want in game meat but might be good for smaller vermin! The next shots where on paper group was terrible 4 inches at 25 yards . this gun can do 1/2" at 100 yards with Sierra 50 grain bullets .

Second load was with .690 round balls (hard cast at 473 grains) in a 12 gauge the load was from a old manual supposed to give 1 oz shot 1200 f/s at 8800 LUP using hard card and felt wads. I knew by the low recoil I was not getting 1200 f/s the balls did 800 f/s over the screens at 30 feet . The load shot a group of 3 feet at 25 yards . Lee slugs shoot three inches from the same gun at that range . I was impressed with the power of the load it also destroyed a water jug Laying on side then went over three inches into dry phone books . The hard alloy did have some pieces break off which is odd because one recovered from semi frozen dirt berm was barely damaged .

Live and learn I guess not sure what I am going to do with the Nosler bullets they where given to me so no loss and the round balls do shoot well patched in my 12 gauge muzzle loader over 80 grains FFG so I have them for that . The hard Alloy is not a big problem in the smooth bore it can be in a rifled barrel as patches will tear on loading .

[sigep1764]

Punched 300 checks for NOE 310-167 hp for the 30/30 and sized them all.

[RichardB]

searched for the cat...dang thing got into an open duct when I was cleaning it.

[Gewehr-Guy]

RichardB, filter should be able to trap your cat:shock:

I've been sizing, neck expanding, and priming 30-06 brass for this years CBA matches. Have 1400 done and need to start on 7.5 Swiss and some other less used cartridges. I will try to load about half with my favorite loads, and save the rest in case I discover the next magic load.

[racepres]

Shot some loads I have been working on was disappointed by both .

Load a was a Nosler 40 grain all copper bullet with red tip over load from Nosler for a 22 inch rifle in .221 fireball.
I am shooting it in a 10" XP-100 I lost 400 f/s with shorter barrel but the real problem was the first shot the bullet vanished? I have no idea what happened it was fired at a water jug at 20 feet nothing hit the jug or the ground around it? Second shot hit the jug and destroyed it bullet turned to a fine powder of copper. Not something I would want in game meat but might be good for smaller vermin! The next shots where on paper group was terrible 4 inches at 25 yards . this gun can do 1/2" at 100 yards with Sierra 50 grain bullets .

Second load was with .690 round balls (hard cast at 473 grains) in a 12 gauge the load was from a old manual supposed to give 1 oz shot 1200 f/s at 8800 LUP using hard card and felt wads. I knew by the low recoil I was not getting 1200 f/s the balls did 800 f/s over the screens at 30 feet . The load shot a group of 3 feet at 25 yards . Lee slugs shoot three inches from the same gun at that range . I was impressed with the power of the load it also destroyed a water jug Laying on side then went over three inches into dry phone books . The hard alloy did have some pieces break off which is odd because one recovered from semi frozen dirt berm was barely damaged .

Live and learn I guess not sure what I am going to do with the Nosler bullets they where given to me so no loss and the round balls do shoot well patched in my 12 gauge muzzle loader over 80 grains FFG so I have them for that . The hard Alloy is not a big problem in the smooth bore it can be in a rifled barrel as patches will tear on loading .
Easy trick... those are probably Hornet bullets... just slow them down!!!
If ya don't like "slow" send 'em to me... My Eldest is recoil shy worser than me with a Handgun...

[Cast10]

Loading first test loads for my new 1894 Winchester 38-55.

Using IMR4895, which I have on hand, Lee 379-250-RF powder coated, and Starline brass 2.080. Will shoot them over chrony as I’ve had a hard time with printed increments/velocity. I’ll stay within the Lyman 4 book values and work up. Alloy is 11.3 BHN.

[Mandoair]

Still prepping 223 cases. Learned about Burst Fire and their primer pocket reamers‼️‼️. What a difference they made. Like the primer pocket go no go gauge too. Smokein through the brass now. Loaded some 223 test rounds H335 24.5 to 26. Was getting pretty good groups and speed from 23 up to 24. Starting at 2600. New rifle works good.

[Brassmonkey]

Working through forming a batch of .300 blackout. Every hang up seems to be from a ppu headstamp case. But not every PPU case causes a problem.


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[Texas by God]

I loaded some brand new unprimed brass in 6.5x55 mm with Varget and 120gr Sierras and 38-55 with Unique and 250 gr Lees.
New brass is pretty.


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[WRideout]

I did absolutely nothing because we haven't found a house yet and have been stuck in an apartment for two months! I'm going through reloading withdrawls.

If you start to get shaky, just prime a few cases until it goes away.

Wayne

[lx2008]

just put away 2k of 55grainers getting ready to make another run!

[Outer Rondacker]

Working through forming a batch of .300 blackout. Every hang up seems to be from a ppu headstamp case. But not every PPU case causes a problem.


https://youtube.com/shorts/E2uso_KdFB8?feature=share

That is a very nice set up. Sure blows mine way out of the water. Takes me forever to make 50. Good job.

[Mandoair]

Got started yesterday but got running today about 1/4 through my processed brass 400+ rounds. 24.7 gn H335 under AI 55gn fmj bt. About 3000’/sec. Good group at 25yd. More testing later. 223 rem.

[Photog]

Cast about 375 of the Lee 358-125R pistol boolits out of GT Bullets 96-2-2 alloy. Takes no time at all with a 6 cavity mold and bottom pour pot. Maybe 2 hours TOTAL with set up.

[openbook]

Recent updates: did some plywood cutting and knocked together the frame for the top section of my reloading bench. Cast about 200 Lee 452-230-TCs from wheelweights and some 22, 9mm, and 45-70 bullets. Lubed and sized the 230-gr boolits and loaded 100 rounds with Titegroup. Tested 25 of them, I found that I was getting an unacceptable amount of setback in the 1911, not in the magazine during recoil, but when chambering. Some research and learned that the 1911 has a reputation for this. For these rounds I'm going to apply a slightly stronger crimp until they're acceptable, but I also suspect that not letting the tumble lube cure completely before loading played a role. More to experiment with.

[460S&W]

I loaded up 200 rounds of 40 with some powder coated cast to test out!

[Soundguy]

Finally sat down and loaded up some 30 Super carry with cast bullets. 93 grain. same as I use in my 327 federal revolver. Going to test them today at lunch. data called for small rifle primers. Hope my Shield likes them. Pictured are the loads with a single factor flat nose jacketed in the middle for reference.

311976

[35 Rem]

I cast a full 20lb Lee pot into the LEE 452-228-1R bullet. Should be something like 550. I love that mold, it drops bullets like water running out of a faucet. I've developed a load with this bullet using some military surplus powder I got recently on Gunbroker that works perfectly in both my 1911's so I'm going to load up all my brass with it and shoot em up. :)

[firefly1957]

I previously posted about some 40 grain all copper Nosler bullets coming apart leaving the bore of my XP-100 .221 fireball I wondered if the rifling may have been causing them to fracture . I put some in gray 30 caliber sabots and loaded them over a charge of IMR-3031 that gives a 100 grain short jacket bullet 3200 f/s (30-06) . All of them got to various targets 25 yard group was three inches between poor accuracy and sabots I did not shoot them over the chronograph but speed must have been good as the 46 grain bullet/sabot combination recoiled about like factory ammo and primers looked about normal for 30-06 .
Two blew thought a 55 gallon steel drum the plug of steel from the first side exited and so did globs of copper . A hit on a 3/8" steel plate made a impressive crater that had a copper coating .
If they did not shoot much lover then point of aim they might be fun for small vermin at close range .

[35 Rem]

I previously posted about some 40 grain all copper Nosler bullets coming apart leaving the bore of my XP-100 .221 fireball I wondered if the rifling may have been causing them to fracture . I put some in gray 30 caliber sabots and loaded them over a charge of IMR-3031 that gives a 100 grain short jacket bullet 3200 f/s (30-06) . All of them got to various targets 25 yard group was three inches between poor accuracy and sabots I did not shoot them over the chronograph but speed must have been good as the 46 grain bullet/sabot combination recoiled about like factory ammo and primers looked about normal for 30-06 .
Two blew thought a 55 gallon steel drum the plug of steel from the first side exited and so did globs of copper . A hit on a 3/8" steel plate made a impressive crater that had a copper coating .
If they did not shoot much lover then point of aim they might be fun for small vermin at close range .

That is weird how the same bullet could behave so differently. I've always assumed pure copper/gilding metal etc. bullets could be driven at any speed with no possibility of fragmentation. Certainly hard to believe it could ever happen with a 221 Fireball in the pistol length barrel. You know that 30-06 sabot load was faster.

[Rapier]

I ran six 308 cases in the FL 358 Win die. Assized is hey are .017” short. So I will try fire forming by using long bullets in the lands and case lube on the case to see the cases will grow a bit with the 6 cases. If they do not grow I will go searching for factory 358 Win brass.
With the rotation method they did not pull the mouth down to one side.

[dondiego]

Shot my Uzi with a bunch of 147 grain bullets...... waiting for the Jericho suppressor. Shouldn't need earmuffs any more when that comes in..........

[Good Cheer]

After making a batch of chicken fried steak checked the as-cast diameters on some hollow base molds of nominally .44 and .45 diameter. Looking for a common bore diameter and which molds could work as lubed lead and which mite get machined for a smooth sided paper patch. Working my way towards a light weight percussion rifle with octagonal to round barrel, somewhere between a .45 Colt and a .45-70.

[Targa]

Loaded some .400 grain’rs for the .475 Linebaugh.

[B1GB1RD]

I cast 120+ #s of ingots to cast my .358 155gr ILSA bullets, then I proceeded to screw up (literally) my mold, have a new screw coming, its the step down one that goes at the pivot point, oops. All good.

[Mandoair]

Sorted a 1/2 bucket of range brass and organized the room a little. Made up my mind as to what test loads to make up for the next trip to the range. Also inventoried my primers and powder stash. Amazing how fast the pwd disappears loading 5.56 compaired to something like 9mm.

[firefly1957]

35 Rem I suspect the rifling is breaking up the bullets ?

I am not sure what I am doing with the rest of the bullets I have few left now I am wondering what would be left of one hit with a hammer on a anvil....

[Rapier]

I made up a couple more "as formed" 358 Win cases from 308 brass to see if they might feed in a M-96 Mauser action. This is an as formed on a 96 follower, so far so good, used a Rem RN 200 just for feed testing. I need a mag spring, on the way. Now if everything works, I may need to turn and chamber a barrel. If everything works I will make a cast bullet rifle on the 96 action.

[Rockindaddy]

Just acquired a Dillon 550 set up for 45 ACP. Have an old CH inline progressive that turns out 45 ACP too. But this Dillon 550 is a bit hard to get used to. Turned out about 200 rounds today. The manual indexing is a pain as my Dillon RL1000 and Super 1050 automatically index. Everything went ok till one of those Federal small primer empties got into the mix and went past my old eyes and into the automatic case feeder. The air turned blue as the large primer feeder tries to push a large primer into the small primer Federal cartridge case. I feed several 1911's, a SIG P220, and an old M1A1 Thompson that is registered to me. I go through alot of 45 ACP ammo. I buy ammo usually a 1000 rds at a time but will not buy Blaiser or Federal small primer ammo. When sorting brass the Blaiser and Federal go right into the scrap. Why would these companies market this junk? After so many years of 45 ACP using a large pistol primer, they decide to change and market ammo with a small pistol primer???? Maybe they do not want their empty cases reloaded! I tell many friends and shooters not to buy their junk ammo! Pain in the ass to reload. Federal and Blaiser should go to Berdan primers! Am tired of my priming systems choking up on small primer 45 ACP brass!

[Thin Man]

I had a need for 30-40 Krag brass. I got down the Krag die set and ran a handful of .303 British brass through the sizing die and got very satisfactory Krag brass. The British cases are about .100" shorter than the Krag, but with that in mind I will never have to trim these replacements.

[Texas by God]

Custom fit a screwdriver bit(convex) to adjust the windage on my brother’s Walther PPQ.
And I put a brand new old stock firing pin in my most used Nylon66. I had a hard time believing that it needed one- but it did.


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[B1GB1RD]

So with the mold down, I decided to make my own lube, read a lot of posts on the lube, how to mix, heat, etc etc, and how to make the molds. Made the molds out of pvc, used aluminum dowels, and mixed my 1st batch of "NRA" lube, new style I guess cause I used lucas red, came out pretty darn good, made 6 sticks, I m excited to use it in the ole lube o matic, let ya know.

[Gobeyond]

Spill powder, threw a primer into casting pot, made too much lube, rippled the necks of a box of brass with too hard lube. Every mistake in the book or not in the book. Ha.lol supposed to be funny.

[Outer Rondacker]

As some might know I moved into a small retirement home in the hills I recently built. Since moving I have not been able to PC a bullet with good luck. I had to get a new oven since mine was killed in the move. I had to get new containers. I have Eastwoods Ford Light Blue brand new bag. Just can not get coverage. Heated the bullets didnt work. Washed the bullets in Acetone didnt work. Changed containers from one whipcream bowl to another. Nope. My coverage is spotty. So I built this big hobby room in the house and honestly I was a better caster and PC er in the driveway. My casting is all of a sudden questionable at best as well. So ya fun day in the reloading room.

[Rapier]

I was laying out, with blue Dykem, a few of the military Mauser modifications for the cast bullet sporting rifle. I pretty well determined that the 358 Win cast bullet rifle modifications will feed just fine. Made a couple more dummy cartridges for fitment. Just awaiting the arrival of the new 1-14 twist 358 twenty-two inch barrel.

[hc18flyer]

Yesterday I cast 375 of Mihec's 358640 bullets and powder coated them. Today I sized them and cleaned up some .38 Special brass I traded for. I loaded up 50 of my bullets in .38 Specials, over 4 grains of Accurate #2. I should be set on 'Plinker bullets' for some time. hc18flyer

[huntinlever]

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312793

-casting, sizing and lubing a few hundred more over the next few days.

And loading for all my and my son's rifles (45-70, 30-06, 30-30, 338 WM) - confirming load development, setting up Skinner, or trying new loads (e.g., 250 Interlocks and Barnes TSX for the 338, using H 4831 SC, Ramshot Hunter and RE 22. 225 Interlocks are pretty well completed).

[Kai]

Formed 45-70 brass into 38-56 and loaded 50 with BP.

[uscra112]

Nothing. Observed Easter.

[sukivel]

312792
312793

-casting, sizing and lubing a few hundred more over the next few days.

And loading for all my and my son's rifles (45-70, 30-06, 30-30, 338 WM) - confirming load development, setting up Skinner, or trying new loads (e.g., 250 Interlocks and Barnes TSX for the 338, using H 4831 SC, Ramshot Hunter and RE 22. 225 Interlocks are pretty well completed).

What mold did those in the pics come from?


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[huntinlever]

What mold did those in the pics come from?


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This is the 46-405VG from Accurate Molds.

[firefly1957]

Finally found a useful load for the 40 grain Nosler all copper.224" varmint bullets in my 30-30 !

20 years ago I ordered some sabots from E. Arthur they were grey and did poorly in 30-30 I believe because they were not spinning fast enough to leave bullet cleanly. I was almost out so I order more the new ones are white and a slightly different design with a bevel base for easier seating in the case . The old one are gray and 6 grains the new white ones are 7 grains . The new ones separate well from bullets at 30-30 speeds the 40 grain Noslers shot 1.1 25 yard group and at fifty yards the group was 1.5" velocity was 3000 f/s The load was for a 100 grain half jacket from Lee second addition reloading book new Aliant Reloader 7 . I only picked up about 200 fps over a 100 grain bullet .
Also shot was my home swaged 51 grain bullet which shot a bit better at 25 yards the same bullets in the old grey sabots they shot a 8 inch 25 yard pattern!
The white sabots dropped to the ground at 20-25 yards the grey dented the 25 yard target on each shot .
All the remaining bullets are loaded and ready for pests I does make my Marlin 336 a two shot rifle as I would not put the pointed bullet on a primer in the tube.

[MightyThor]

Test cast about 75 slugs from my new MP 9mm mold, two different hollow points and solids all from the same mold. Now to find my sizing stuff so I can size these for the new SA35.

[44Blam]

Cast about 14 lbs of the MP 452-200 in penta point with good clean 1:25 lead. Going to try to work up a good accurate load that expands nicely from a 1911.
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[Outer Rondacker]

I added 150 38spl to the empty bin and 20 357mag. Burned a box of 50 cci 22s in the old Henry. Tuned up the air rifle now that I can see the ground I know the red tree rats will be out. So nothing productive but sure was fun.

[Mandoair]

Separated few hundred 5.56 brass by head stamp and length off the shoulder +-.001. and loaded up some test rounds for accuracy test at 50yd. 55 gr. Fmj bt. And reseated primers by hand because my Hornaday AP doesn’t always push them in to my liking. Over H335.

[B1GB1RD]

Today was sit and lube all the 157gr .358 bullets I use for ILSA, boring but a necessity, 5-6 hundred Id say.

[Recycled bullet]

Cast, clear powder coated, sized, gas checked a quart bag of 208 grain 30 caliber hollow points. Now the waiting begins.

[B1GB1RD]

didnt realize what a mess I had in the shop, room, its 15x30 and after 5 hours its clean and straightened back up, whew! Found stuff I forgot I had, teach me to slack....lol

[Texas by God]

I stared at the Tupperware that contains my disassembled Taurus PT22…..
Then I reloaded 50 6.8 x 43 brass with the Lee 130 gr and 21.8 grs of AA2015.
Great load!


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[45_Colt]

Made an LED light that drops into the center opening of a 550 tool head. Along with a wall wart wired to run it.

Discovered that the very top of the tool head center holes can/do have some casting flash. So cleaned them up so the light gizmo drops right in and will fall/pull right out. Easy-Peazy.

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[44Blam]

Ended up PCing those 45s... I've got a new "gun" -- it's still being built -- that I reamed out the bore until standard ball ammo fits. My "loose" 45 acp load does not chamber by a few thousandths so I think I'm going to tighten up my load with the new boolit so that it should shoot a little more universally.

I've also got to slug that barrel so I know what to size to... My method for slugging a bore is to take a fired cartridge and fill it with lead and then pop out the "slug" with a bullet puller. Then lube that guy and pound it though the barrel. It doesn't take much to drive it through. The next time you cast, make a couple for the cartridges you load for just in case you go to the gun store... ;)

[firefly1957]

Snow bank I fired some bullets in melted on the grass I did find a very small amount of thin bullet jacket from the Nosler all copper varmint bullets . Fired from a .221 fireball the bullet exploded not going 4 inches into the snow leaving copper grains in the cavity made .

The copper plated hollow base wad cutters I got in a bag at the gun show that I loaded to 700 f/s showed patches of copper falling off probably why they are so inaccurate .

Cast .45 grain bullets fired from bot carbine and pistol showed no surprise the hollow points did not open and only some of the paint coating was worn off of them . It appears they traveled 3-4 feet in the snow before stopping this was not fallen snow but was pushed up by plow so it was a bit denser.

[openbook]

Loaded some trap shells, and 45 ACP with 230 gr truncated cones. Also today, I was gifted an antique lead pot by an estate sale-ing relative, haven't measured but I'm guessing it will hold around 27 lbs. The pot is crucible shaped, with two pour spouts and a flat bottom. With the pot was an old brass hammer—solid brass, head and handle—the striking head round on one side and flat on the other, along with a few half-cylinder ingots of an unknown material. I'm guessing lead or pewter. I'm looking forward to giving the large lead pot a try.

[Jeff R]

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I cleaned out years of crud from these dies.

Jeff

Rocketing towards 200 posts!

[B1GB1RD]

Sat and taught my wife how to load her ammo on the XL 650 to shoot ILSA, she picked it up quick and loaded a couple hundred rounds, awesome!

[openbook]

Cast 22 cal hollow points in an MP brass mold. I tried the hollow point pins first and then set them aside because of sticking. After probably a dozen casting sessions I swapped the hollow point pins back in. The little bullets were falling like rain, felt great to finally achieve hollow point nirvana.

[Mandoair]

Started loading my first wheel gun loads. 38 Sp. Now to cast and size some Boolits.
S&W 642 Airweight. My strong hand is out to lunch for awhile and thought this would be a good weak hand deversion. It’s a hand full. 313339

[chriskendziora]

Loaded some PC 45-70's..

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[jonp]

Dug out 2 boxes of 270 for a friend who couldn't find any in stock. Cleaned my Gemtech 250 of the olive oil my wife spilled on it measuring for some homemade hand salve along with the chips of beeswax

[Outer Rondacker]

Looked around and wondered how I ever collected so much stuff.

[TribunusSanGeorgii]

Loaded about 75 9mm on my SquareDeal press.

I really like having a mostly dedicated press to my most common caliber, so I can just crank a few out without committing to a huge run.

[TNsailorman]

Starting down the long road to building a new reloading bench. The last one was in 1973 and it was not very good and is now in bad shape.

[TribunusSanGeorgii]

Sized about 200pcs of .300 blackout brass

[Mandoair]

Built a stand out of local birch to hold my j frame smiths while slugging the barrels. Interesting results. Of the three they measured.3545, .3548 , and .3552. I was expecting .356 .357 ❓. I have some P C boolits I was using in my 9mm sized to.356 so I loaded up 10 rds for a test.
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[Hossfly]

Mounted a used Leupold 3X9 scope on a new to me .458 Socom pig rifle, and a lazer light sight for night work.

[B1GB1RD]

Today was cast the 44 217gr boolits for my large range ILSA matches, did about 300, its only a 2 cavity mold, not a bad day when your in the shop playing reloader....lol

[Kevinakaq]

Looked around and wondered how I ever collected so much stuff.

This for me as well…..

[Lakehouse2012]

Cast 22 cal hollow points in an MP brass mold. I tried the hollow point pins first and then set them aside because of sticking. After probably a dozen casting sessions I swapped the hollow point pins back in. The little bullets were falling like rain, felt great to finally achieve hollow point nirvana.

Nice!! I'm assuming you were in the GB that Miha has recently shipped. We would love to see reviews on that 65g HP.

[openbook]

Nice!! I'm assuming you were in the GB that Miha has recently shipped. We would love to see reviews on that 65g HP.

Actually this is a "leftover" mold (meaning I bought it from Miha's website) from an OLD group buy...the "227640 HORNET." 39 gr flat point or 37 gr HP. It's a 3-cavity, there were some neat options for having one or two cavities in a gas check shank, but as I recall those were all sold out. So I have a 3-cav plain base.

Pan lubing about a hundred of them right now.

[chriskendziora]

Loaded some 130gr cast coated 357 plinkers.

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[eb in oregon]

I reloaded 250 .380acp with a 100 grain bullet and 3.8 grains of Unique for a friend and inventoried my components for loading up some .25acp for practice.

[firefly1957]

Prepped and cleaned 100 or more 5.56/.223 cases still need to trim and sort them . Also shot the .357 mag and loaded some more up.

[Outer Rondacker]

Listed up one of my air rifles to cover the cost of some inflation. I hope this does not become a habit.

[dankathytc]

I cast approx. 250 or so M-P Mold 45-270SAA bullets with Lyman #2 alloy. Switched over to Lyman .44 SW 429244g/c and dropped another 200 with the same alloy. Opened my newly arrived M-P Molds 476-400 mold and cleaned it up (they really didn’t need it, they are perfect). I will give the freshly cast bullets 3 days to age harden and test hardness. 35 degrees here in N.W. Michigan and snow changing to sleet. Good day to play indoors. In a couple of days when the temps go up I think I may go searching for a couple hundred pounds of wheel weight scrap.

[Murphy]

While not really reloading, I need it in my reloading room. Finally got around to replacing my old stereo system in my reloading room. Don't worry, I only crank it up if I'm doing something mundane and repetitive. Sizing brass, cleaning primer pockets, casting & sizing. When the powder comes out, the music goes off. I don't want any distraction.

300 Watt's system, two speakers. Think I'll add two more. I've gone from standard CD (15-20 songs per disc), to an MP3 player (150-175 songs per disc). And now, this one will accept a memory stick. Literally 1000's of songs in one place! And, my taste in music is wide and varied...very varied. But I look at music much like a huge food buffet. Ain't no liver (not to me anyway) in my play lists. I know the limited few that may ever spend time in my reloading with me are going to think I'm nuts. The player is set on Random, so it chooses what plays next. Here's a sample of what one may get exposed to in my reloading room music.

1. Hank Williams Sr - Your Cheating Heart
2. Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love
3. Johnny Taylor - Who's Makin' Love, To Your Ole Lady (While you was out makin' love)
4. Ralph Stanley - Rank Stranger
5. Johnny Rivers - Poor Side Of Town
6. Zakk Wylde - Way Beyond Empty
7. Everly Brothers - Lucille
8. Hank Williams Jr. - Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound
9. Black Spiritual by unknown to me artists
10. Black Oak Arkansas - Jim Dandy To The Rescue
11. Jerry Lee Lewis - Don't Put No Headstone On My Grave
12. Johnny Cash - Oney
13. The Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody
14. Humble Pie - 30 Day's In The Whole
15. Eric Burdon & the Animals - Sky Pilot
16. Patsy Cline - Sweet Dreams Of You
17. Bob Seger - Turn The Page
18. Faron Young - Hello Walls
19. AC/DC - You Shook Me All Night Long
20. Elvis - You Saw Me Crying In The Chapel

Some of you will recognize the whole list, and well...you're good! And, getting older too. But, to me music is fuel to me when I need some.

Murphy

[Rapier]

Had a bit of repair to do after the torpedo went over two weeks ago, burning and stackng, burning some more.
Finally got around to some reloading. Did some 6mm Mongoose, 243 Win and 30x39. Had the rifle barrels to wet bore break in, scopes to get sighted in at 100 meters, etc.
3 of my neighbors, have wild hogs on their game cameras, night and day pictures, need to get ready for the unwelcome visitors. Two pictures have aprox 400 pounders pictured. Those I will hunt up with the 358 if they get on our place.

[Rapier]

Murphy, your list sounds like my very Eclectic music list. I set mine to random repeat as well and just let it rip. Change discs or thumb drives wen I get tired of one set. I like a bit of sound for company.

[Iron369]

Trying to get my powder charger to drop the right weight. I’ve moved my 223 set up from a turret press to a progressive press and it’ll throw 24.8gr or 25.2gr but not 25gr.

[Rapier]

Might help to take the powder throw apart and clean it good with solvent, at times they have a wee bit of oil from machining left in them.

[uscra112]

Torpedo? ----- Oh, tornado, maybe?. Silly me.

[B1GB1RD]

set up a brand new xl650 and cast about a 150 pounds of lead into pucks for later, great day.

[TXTad]

Continuing with my .35 resurgence, I loaded these 50 commercial 148 gr wadcutters over 2.8 gr of Bullseye. I have a few hundred more cases primed, and several different bullets to load. I think I'll feed these to my 5-screw K38.

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[Soundguy]

Lets see.. set up an arbor press to do some gas check cutting with my new set of check makers.. started melting down a bunch of old candles into wax bricks to go along with my crayon bricks.. and beeswax bricks. I keep these stockpiled.. the wax makes good flux for the lead pots.. and gets used when I am making bullet lube. Set up my new breech lock lee sizer to try out.. have been using the old style push thru sizers a long time. Got a couple new molds to play with.. one for .270...

[mdntranger50]

I loaded up some 9mm 124gr HST in Nickel federal cases, cci primers and BE86 powder. They chrono 1150 fps out of a 4 inch barrel. My duplicate load compared to factory standard pressure 124 HST.

[Texas by God]

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I loaded some full power 30-30 Mauser practice loads featuring cheap fmj bullets over Norma 203B and Ginex LR primers from Bosnia.
And some 30-06 with the same ingredients.
These two rifles of mine are accurate test beds.


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[Mandoair]

Found a great cast iron Dutch oven at a garage sale today $5‼️. Also got setup to load some test rounds in 5.56 75gr. Haven’t tried those yet. Also still waiting for my shooting arm to heal up enough to shoot the rifle again.

[juatMatt]

200 9mm cases primed and ready to load with 124gr RMR JHP boolits.

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[Green Frog]

I’m shooting at the N-SSA Spring Nationals next weekend, and since I shot up all of my old ammo last weekend, I’m casting and loading. Yesterday I cast a big old mess of .515” bullets for my Maynard then filled the old RCBS Pro Melt with pure lead so I can cast Minie Balls today. Then comes sizing and lubing tonight and tomorrow followed by loading and boxing for the event. I plan to fill one of my old Ideal #1 lubricating pumps with Emmert’s Lube to see whether I can speed the process compared to pan lubing and sizing separately.

On fleaBay I recently picked up one of the old, discontinued Pacific powder measures that fit on a powder can. With its separate drop tube it works very much like the much vaunted old B&M Visible Measure, so for BP it should be just the Huckleberry. I’ll need to load at least 50-100 rounds each for my Maynard Carbine and my Zouave Musket.

[B1GB1RD]

Today is melt and mix day, need to get all my lead ready to cast, kinda boring but as you all know a necessity to have consistent weights and hardness, only about a 100 pounds to do so wont be an all dayer, and then maybe cast some 215gr 44 mags, we shall see, its pretty warm in ole FL today.

[45workhorse]

Deprimed about 80, 41 magnum cases.
Tumbled for about an hour.
Sized and powder coated 200, .411 boolits. NOE 237 gr. SWC
Powder coated 400 as cast .453. MP 230 gr round nose penta hollow point.

Need to cast a bunch!!

[trails4u]

Finished fireforming some 11.15x58R Werndl brass for a good friend up in KY. Got it packaged up along with some .446 cast and my die set as a loaner so hopefully he can get it shooting soon!! :) We did the math and figured we could ship the dies back and forth for a long time before it made sense for him to buy a set!!!

[Texas by God]

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I had to relearn my casting cadence since I bored out my Drip O Matic Lee pot…..
But it works great.
The little Lee .225 was most of the lesson, but it and the .309 170 and the .324 175 worked great.
The 8mm mould was used (with issues) when I got it but reseating and anchoring the alignment pins fixed it.


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[15meter]

Loaded a batch of 450/400 N.E. yesterday, need to set up the 16 gauge MEC 650 today. The Model 12 should be about done with the reblue/retime job. Hope to pick it up this week or next. Need skeet and sporting clays loads.

[44Blam]

Loaded up a ladder of 45 ACP with AA#2 with my MP 452-200 boolits.
Those guys are about the size of a 230 grain boolit but with the Penta HP they come out to 210 grain when using a 1:25 alloy.
I've got a few lbs of AA#2 and it should be pretty economical to shoot.

[flgolfer29]

Set up new Lee dies in 44 mag, new caliber for me. Loaded 10 dummy rounds, then remove the pills. I will add primers & powder tomorrow. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20230518/5b60e7ba4baef1512549452cd7d8dd74.jpg

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[44Blam]

Set up new Lee dies in 44 mag, new caliber for me. Loaded 10 dummy rounds, then remove the pills. I will add primers & powder tomorrow. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20230518/5b60e7ba4baef1512549452cd7d8dd74.jpg

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44 mag is what got me into reloading/casting. I did it to save money.... Hahahahahaha!

[John Guedry]

I "unassembled" forty-five 9mm pieces of ammo. They failed the plunk test.

[Texas by God]

I "unassembled" forty-five 9mm pieces of ammo. They failed the plunk test.

Me too.
I pulled down 85 .380 shells that came with estate stuff. Most will plunk but they are under loaded pressure wise (won’t cycle the LCP).
I’ll reuse the primers and bullets but not the SR 4756 powder that’s in them.


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[Saxon]

testing the coal of some lee 228 grain bullets that it seems a lot don't like,
plunk and twist test on serval 45's coal it at 1.200 so i will be pc'ing them sizing and testing soon :D

[35 Rem]

I cast about 16 or 17 lbs of Lee 452-228-1R bullets and then ran them through the RCBS Lubrisizer. Next session I'll put them in a batch of primed and flared brass already sitting on the bench. I'm working to get a couple thousand 45 ACP loaded for practice shooting.

The atmosphere at the loading bench was perfect tonight by the way. Cool breeze blowing outside and the bull frogs in the pond 100 feet from my garage door were singing me a symphony. Retired with no job to force me to bed early so I can load until midnight - can't get any better than that.

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[firefly1957]

Started prepping some picked up 5.56 NATO brass and the left channel in my workshop stereo was out so I ended up tearing it down it was a broken wire inside the case wear wires connect to speaker wire .

The receiver is pretty old I have it hooked up to listen to FM radio , MP3, 8 track, Cassette tape even turntable but no AM as the L.E.D. lights and the power supply for a night owl security camera system interferes with AM . The 4 foot L.E.D. shop lights also have some FM radio interference 103.1 FM seems to be the worst even with a shielded antenna cable to the outside.
I missed a source above I also have a C.C. Crane internet radio I can play with a FM transmitter to get to workshop or to my headphones.

[Rapier]

I started reloading the 50 rounds of break-in brass for the 30x39 I will try some 1680 with new 150gr bullets. Those collet pulled bullets did not want to be consistant, either that or the reduced load of H-322 did not do the trick.

[44Blam]

Got some fantastic numbers today testing my 45s I loaded the other day.

This load was a MP 452-200 boolit with penta point, cast 1:25, powder coated and BLL.
WLP Primer, 5.2 grain AA#2 and a COL of 1.190"
They were shot out of my Sig 1911 with a 5" barrel.

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Device ID;LBR-0053175;;

Series No;0101;;
Total number of shots;0005;;

Units velocity;fps;;
Units distances;yd;;
Units kinetic energy;ft-lbf;;
Units weight;grain (gr);;

Stats - Average;893.08;fps;
Stats - Highest;899.33;fps;
Stats - Lowest;890.73;fps;
Stats - Ext. Spread;8.60;fps;
Stats - Std. Dev;3.55;fps;

Shot ID;V0;V11;V22;V33;V44;V55;Ke0;Ke11;Ke22;Ke33;Ke44; Ke55;PF11;Proj. Weight;Date;Time
0001;891;879;868;859;850;842;616;600;584;572;561;5 50;307.65;350.00;11-04-2017;19:49:41;
0002;891;877;864;855;847;839;616;597;580;568;557;5 46;306.95;350.00;11-04-2017;19:50:30;
0003;899;885;872;863;854;845;628;608;590;578;566;5 55;309.75;350.00;11-04-2017;19:50:46;
0004;892;879;867;858;850;841;618;600;584;572;561;5 50;307.65;350.00;11-04-2017;19:50:57;
0005;892;877;864;854;844;833;618;598;580;566;553;5 39;306.95;350.00;11-04-2017;19:51:16;

Group on paper was about 2" at 25 yards.

With my alloy, 1:25 tin to lead they weigh generally about 210 grain.

[sukivel]

I got my two most used presses mounted in my new reloading room.

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[txbirdman]

Started teaching my oldest grand son (17) how to load ammo for his .243. He was very meticulous. I think he’ll be good at this hobby.

[GONRA]

GONRA would run John Guedry's 9mm loads thru a Lee Factory Crimp die.
Bet they'll "plunk" Just Fine? ??

[Jal5]

Started setting up a Lyman 45 lubesizer for .357 and .358 sizers. Decided I really need to purge old hard lube out of it first. Job for another day.


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[TXTad]

More commercially cast .38 Special wadcutters over 3.0gr of Bullseye. I'm going to keep loading these up, and then shooting them up, as long as I keep finding them squirreled away in the gun room. I think I'm close to the end now. Moving forward, I'll either cast my own or maybe use the Xtreme Bullets plated ones.

[Jal5]

Txtad
Which wadcutters are you losding for 38 spl?
Joe


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[Iron369]

Deprimed and resized then cleaned 500 9mm cases.
First time using walnut media and they turned out nice after 15 hours in the shaker. I’ve only ever wet tumbled before this time.


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[sukivel]

Txtad
Which wadcutters are you losding for 38 spl?
Joe


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I loaded a few with H&G #9 recently and they look cool, but can’t find that mold anywhere.


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[15meter]

Cast 250 450/400 boolits and about 350 186 grain .458 collar button boolits from a new NOE 4 cavity mold. They dropped beautifully from the mold.

Time to put the bike up on the lift and figure out what the m/c shop did to my brake rotor when they installed the new rear tire.

[TXTad]

Txtad
Which wadcutters are you losding for 38 spl?
Joe

The lead ones are 15 years old from Rucker, a DFW area company that isn't around any more.

The plated ones I recently got from Xtreme bullets.

I've gotten a number of different WC moulds lately, including Lyman 358432 in both 148 and 160 gr sizes.

[Texas by God]

Modifying a 1917 action to feed .300 Win mag.
Cut and try.


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[dondiego]

Txtad
Which wadcutters are you losding for 38 spl?
Joe


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15 hours! What a waste! That is crazy! You should never need more than an hour!

[firefly1957]

Thursday I went yard sale-ing I found a Lyman Turret press with 9mm & 30-06 dies for $25 it is in great shape so I bought it for my son. the guy says oh the stuff in this box goes with it . In the box was a Lyman (ideal) powder measure missing the hopper cover and a old Herters powder scale missing the hanger and pan .
I did some research as the pan I had from a broken Lyman scale was to heavy ,with shot filled bottom removed it was 49.3 grains to heavy. I found the pan hanger was made of Aluminum wire so I bent one up and used the gold colored newer powder pan. To get exact balance I used a bit of hot melt glue on the pan bottom. The old scale has patent pending and Herters since 1893 on it also has a level on it . I checked it with my Lyman weight set and it is spot on but swings a long time even using the metal piece to stop movement .
Overall I would say I got my money's worth ! If my son does not care for the press it will be added to my bench!

[deces]

That's a killer score you found there. About a week ago I found a Lachmiller Lube-o-matic for about $35, feels pretty good.

[MOA]

Annealed, charged,sealed with cork and glued shut with water glass. Fire forming for new cut chamber soon. 50-90 Sharps straight.

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[John Guedry]

Resized,deprimed and tumbled 50 pieces of .38 spec brass.

[Ajax111]

Annealed around 3500 .224 jackets made from 22lr rim fire cases. About 150 .308 jackets made from 5.7x28 brass.
Busy day!

[Texas by God]

I rebarreled a solid frame shotgun, did a bit more to the 1917 Remingtons action, loaded round ball ammo for my 30-40 Krag and 38-55 for close range shooting.
Of squirrels…..


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[Mandoair]

Loaded up 30 rounds of 5.56 in 5 round batches to test Hornaday 60 gr. Sp.

[uscra112]

Assembled/tested the kit of bits I made on Friday that make a Lyman tong tool muzzle resizer and expander for .25-25 Stevens out of a medium length 310 decapper die body. Actual sizing is done by a .277 drill bushing (McMaster #8491A145), seen second from right in the stack. The .277 bushing is necessitated by the extraordinarily thin neck walls of RMC lathe-turned brass.

Expander is a sleeve pressed onto an old, broken decapper stem and turned to make a 2-step plug like unto a Lyman M-die. Still needs polishing.

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A side benefit is that, by mixing and matching spacers, it will also do .25-21 and .25-20.

Seating is handled by a .257 Roberts die bought on evilBay.

[firefly1957]

Loaded 50 .357 Magnum rounds I weighted the first ten on the old Herters scale I got at yard sale even with the metal part to slow the beam movement it was slow so I when back to my Magnetic dampened Lyman scale .

The load is H-110 CCI 550 and a Lee 120 tc .355 bullet cast of wheel weight alloy and coated and baked . I then sized them to .359 they weigh 125 grains and are averaging 1617 f/s from my 6.5" Taurus model 608 . The load does expand slightly in water and is really hard on steel targets that are not hardened.

[mdntranger50]

Loaded some 124gr HST into Federal nickel cases with cci primers over 5.8gr BE86 which duplicates factory standard pressure loadings at 1150fps out of a 4" barrel, very accurate loading for me as well.

[MOA]

Finally getting out to the pit today and get these 50-90 SS fire formed and can then start working on the powder column and which boolit and size I'll be starting with. Yea


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[jimb16]

Yawn! Today I finally got started on processing 600 once fired .30 carbine cases. I also cleaned and polished around 100 .380 cases. Its a slow day and I've got a bad case of spring fever. Well at least I'm retired so if it takes me a couple of days to get them all reloaded, that will be fast enough.

[deces]

Wet tumbling some LC 30.06 brass.

[MOA]

Spent morning cutting new powder wads for the big fifty.

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[Ajax111]

Annealed another 1500 jackets from 22lr, and 200 9mm for 308.

[David todd]

I charged a bunch of 8.15X46R cases, capped them off with a wax wad, and powder coated some bullets in preparation for my next outing with the "Anal Haenel":Fire:
David

[B1GB1RD]

actually yesterday, but, I lubed and sized about a 1000 of my ILSA .358 157gr boolits for the upcoming month, I will be back at it today casting my 207gr .358 ILSA boolits for the big gun side of the range.

[firefly1957]

Took Lyman/Ideal 55 powder measure apart I got cheap at yard sale and cleaned it up someone had a thick grease in the drum . While I was at it I also reapaired a Herters Number 40 powder measure I have had a couple years .

[lpel]

Cast 150 each 32-40 and 38-55 using 50/50 lead/WW. Oh and powder coated them tonight.

[sukivel]

Built a shelf for my new reloading room and moved in…it’s been a long journey…


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[Iron369]

Making stuff shiny.

[jonp]

Home early from work. Fired up the RCBS melter and cast 500 148wc for my 38sp. Going to let them sit and powder coat them.

[Mandoair]

Finally found a few hours to slowly melt some garage sale ingots I found last year. Needed to be sure there was no zink in them one white bucket full about 160lbs. The test went well. No zink and really nice Boolits from first pour. Only made about 20 but enough to be very happy to have gotten it. I think it is Lyman 2. Lots of antamoney and pours better than cww with added tin. Pencil tested same day as poured between B and BH around 15 bhn. Yeah.

[B1GB1RD]

Cast about 2000 of my ILSA 157gr conical boolits today, size and lube tomorrow!

[obssd1958]

Forgive my ignorance, but what is ILSA?

[firefly1957]

I picked up a Garmin Etrex handheld GPS used for $25 at yard sale, spent time at reloading desk figuring out how it works and removing previous owners waypoints . The GPS does get satellite signals in my workshop they have sure improved since my first one .
First use was setting it at the north west corner of my house then going back to deer blind I always figure it was 200 yards as the crow flies . It is 267 yards and the house is about 10 degrees further to the east then I thought . It is heavily wooded between The walk is probably over a 1/4 mile next I will work that out and map my trials . If I am looking at it correctly I may even find out how much area I mow with the area calculator , I have always guessed about 5 acres.

[ranger391xt]

Cast some MP 359-135 HP'shttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20230612/0a7305b16a8b630d5de8de735a7485fd.jpg

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[MOA]

Fired up the pot an cast a few great plains 50 caliber Lyman mold to see if they shoot in my roller. I mixed an alloy of 30:1

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[MOA]

Loaded up 20 black powder 50-90 Sharps cartridges.

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[MOA]

Sorry, duplicate post.

[Baltimoreed]

Been messing around with light loaded 160 gr rnfp .45AR loads for my 625 Smith. I’m going to try shooting some Steel challenge with them next month. But I found that my RCBS crimp die wouldn’t quite crimp the AR brass on my Dillon 550b because the shellplate bottoming out against the seat die. I used a dremel cut off wheel attachment to cut about 1/8 in off the bottom of the die and squared it on my bench disc sander. I also broke the inside corner to keep it from hanging up my flared brass. I had been using a lee seater crimp die that evidently was a hair shorter and worked ok for longer 200 gr boolits with either shell plate but I like the RCBS dies better.

[stubshaft]

GC'd and sized 600 .278 boolits.

[Rapier]

Well resized and prepped 50 once fired 30x39 Wn cases, Then cut some more on the Mauser bolt handle, thinning and shaping. Mounted the scope base, immediately stripped the middle screw hole, rats a fratz, what I get for drilling a shallow hole, on purpose, now need to drill and tap an 8x40 hole, just a tiny step back, no deal but is aggravating.

[michael.birdsley]

made 37.5 lbs of wheel weight ingots from clip on wheel weights. each ingot weighs just under 2 lbs. i know i have battery connectors pictures in the photo but, those are what i sorted out. i’ll use those for fishing jigs.

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[sukivel]

Built a powder measure stand for the new room and loaded 10 rounds of 6.5 cm with 120 grainers for coyotes for load development.

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[Texas by God]

Built a powder measure stand for the new room and loaded 10 rounds of 6.5 cm with 120 grainers for coyotes for load development.

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That is neat!
I saw a Lyman 55 for $25 at the LGS last week.
If it’s still there this week I’ll get it.
Today I cast a pot of Lee 38-105 swc, 401-175TCTL, and 452-230TCTL bullets.


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[firefly1957]

For a few years I have been forming 5.56 brass into .221 Fireball today I started forming it to .222 Remington for a neighbor .

I have brass formed and neck reamed half of the 20 is trimmed next will be annealing then re-polishing . Picking a bullet is going to be rough some of the things he shoots on his farm are larger then I would use the caliber for . I lost 4 cases to creases forming .

[firefly1957]

P.S. after annealing trimmed and sized .222 cases formed from 5.56 I put the decapper neck sizing part back in brand new Lee .222 Dies and pushed the neck into three cases?
Taking the same part from my Lee .223 die I found it was .002 larger on new .222 die and a bit rougher. I sized the cases using my .223 part then polished the new part in the lathe at High speed with emery cloth . It worked fine on some cases that had creased .

I thought (always a gamble) that I could anneal and salvage the creased .222 cases for .221 Fireball NOPE! The crease just grew MUCH longer .

Question : How many of these cases do I need to Justify buying a rifle to make .375" jacketed bullets for????

[Iron369]

Making ingots.

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[chriskendziora]

Loaded some 45 colt..

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[hc18flyer]

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I got my used Dillon Square Deal reloader going in .38 Special. And I am also using my new NOE 358 154 grain NLG mold for powder coating. My revolver will take the extra length, that is why I am not using the 'crimp groove'. 2.8 grains of Clays makes a nice load to shoot in my S & W Mo. #15-5. You have to think more with a progressive, than when using a single stage! Once I corrected a couple of things, the process went smoothly. hc18flyer

[firefly1957]

Shot up some paper cartridges in my .54 Sharps replica 1863 , The load was a flat bottom that does not need to be pierced to ignite the 80 grains FFG with a 3/*" felt wad under the 490 grain bullet.

I put a electric sight on the gun so was surprised when first two hit same spot just above target aim point at 25 yards . So I moved to 50 yards and shot over target backer . Moving back to 25 yards I was still shooting quite high with shots making two distinct groups above and to the right of aim point? My best guess is it is the cheap sight . I took it off and put original sights back on .
After a dozen shots the falling block got very hard to open it is very dry here I am wondering if that is why?

[sukivel]

Loaded 40 more rounds of 6.5 cm 120 grain amax’s for the coyotes after my first 10 shot great.


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[Rapier]

I re-heated the bolt handle, bent it again, swept it again, polished a bit, drilled and tapped the stripped 6-48 hole to 8-40, made a correct length 8-40 screw. Removed a wee bit of material from the bolt body rear. Checked the firing pin protrusion with a pencil launch, Houston we have a launch. My timber broker came by to discuss the cutting and thinning of 120 acres, discussion was in the cool at the bench. My 1800sq ft shop is spray foam insulated, heated and cooled. So I use it for groups to come in out of the heat, a handy place to have.

[PP-67]

It's my first time.
for my pot too
the pot and the PID works,
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From 20 kg of lead, 300 g of garbage.
and muffins ready.
2 hard lead ingots for later.

Pozdrawiam

[stubshaft]

Loaded some 30 Remington for my model 14.

[Texas by God]

I annealed my cast bullet specific 30-40 Krag brass.
I probably could have gotten by with setting them outside for a while[emoji848][emoji28]


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[firefly1957]

On way to the river to fish I stopped at a yard sale ,Lady said everything in here has to go if there is not a price ask . On a shelf was one 10 lb store bought cannon ball for fishing with 7 more home made and 30 pounds of ingots for a total of maybe 80 pounds on lead . I asked how much for all of it she said $10 I bought it I also bought two cannon ball molds for ten bucks . The molds look like abought 5 pound and are for fishing . The lead ingots are soft lead the molded "cannon balls" are made in several styles two round and the rest fish shaped they are a hard alloy .
I do fish with down riggers so may save a couple of the weights the rest will be turned into boolits.

[jonp]

Vacation is coming up so started casting 10mm.

[steveu]

Cast 175 Saeco #640’s.

[Baltimoreed]

Been loading .45AR with 160 gr rn for a Steel Challenge next month.Going to shoot them in my 625 Smith. My second SC shoot. I lightened the bullet weight which should help recoil recovery. I had to mod my four SK .45colt loaders to work with the autorim’s thicker rims. Used a dremel bit and my mini mill. Easy. Loaded 124 plus. Also been playing with my Model 41’s magazines, making 10 rounders into 12 rounders and adding base pads for ZSA 2gun shoots.

[Murdock]

I'm pretty new at making 308 bullets. What is the best BHN. I'm using high tech coating with Gas checks.

[Texas by God]

My 6.8 x43 mm AR15 has earned a 50 year old bulletproof steel Weaver K4 scope- so I mounted it.
And being tired of my mag tube sling mount on my Winchester slipping around- it got neatly epoxied in place.
Then I heard the AC calling- so I heeded.


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[MOA]

I'm pretty new at making 308 bullets. What is the best BHN. I'm using high tech coating with Gas checks.


You need to match your psi on your load to the BHN for that pressure level.

[Murdock]

I've got 16.6 BHN on my lead. What velocity should i run with 150gr gas checked high tech coated bullet. Thanks Murdock

[MOA]

I've got 16.6 BHN on my lead. What velocity should i run with 150gr gas checked high tech coated bullet. Thanks Murdock

These charts should be helpful
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[Recycled bullet]

I've got 16.6 BHN on my lead. What velocity should i run with 150gr gas checked high tech coated bullet. Thanks MurdockHey what gun powders have you got and what an exact bullet are you shooting out of what type of gun?

If it's manually operated this is greatly simplified.

If you're trying to operate a gas or recoil operated semi-auto you have to combine magazine feeding and pressure dwell time and not leading and retaining accuracy so you can see it gets much complicated.

I shoot reduced loads in 308 with 155 grain powder coated plain based bullets with between 5 and 10 grains of pistol or shotgun powder. In this case I've used Trail Boss, Red Dot, Winchester Auto Comp, Unique, Winchester 231 etc.

For medium power( heavier target loads) I use 20 g of IMR 4227 or Alliant 2400.

And I'm working towards a full power load starting at 25 to 30 grains of IMR 3031.

Start at the bottom of the powder charge range, consult as many loading manuals as you can , ask a lot of questions , work your way up, back off the load work up when the accuracy opens up.


Are you using an expander so the cases can accept the bullets without scraping coating?
I use the Lee universal expander now. Back in the day I used needle nose pliers to open the case mouth.