What did you do in the reloading room today?

[stubshaft]

Prepped 200 more 32 acp cases to shoot out of my Walther PP.

[Texas by God]

Sorted through my 70-90 year old milsurp 30-06 brass that I use for cast bullets and found three with small neck cracks.
They got set aside to become 7.65 Argentines.
The rest I loaded with Lee 170 F and Lee 200R over 3031 and 4227 respectively.


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[Recycled bullet]

I cast up 17 lb of 359 hammers with the deepest hollow point pins tonight.

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[Mandoair]

Loaded up around 300 rds of the MP-40-160-HP PC sized to.401 7.3 gr. Very accurate load at about 1150 ‘/sec. Trying to use up all my 10mm brass and CFE Pistol powder. Ending up trying my RCBS Little Dandy to get accurate meatering with the low volume of powder left. Seems to be working fine.

[hk940]

Today I will deprime about 50 .284 Win cases and wet tumble with about 30 others. I don't even own a .284 I got these cases and dies in a lot I bid on in an auction.

[GuyKickinit]

Prepped some 243 brass to load for a pumpkin hunt, put them in the garage, in the walnut media to clean. Started sizing some 303 brit and found this case and thought.... Maybe just one more time.
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[Mandoair]

Loaded up around 300 rds of the MP-40-160-HP PC sized to.401 7.3 gr. Very accurate load at about 1150 ‘/sec. Trying to use up all my 10mm brass and CFE Pistol powder. Ending up trying my RCBS Little Dandy to get accurate meatering with the low volume of powder left. Seems to be working fine.

Want to add this picture of the little dandy on the Hornaday AP Progressive press. Don’t forget to turn the crank.
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[Outer Rondacker]

Well you see I sat my butt in front of this computer and checked some emails when I got a link from a buddy. Hum let me take a look. Rut RO what have I done. Guess I am the new owner of a Thermal scope. Dang black friday.... So ya computer in the gun room equals not good.

[rmark]

Lubed and sized some bullets for my .451 muzzleloader.

[Milky Duck]

poked some cast 405grn .45 cal boolits through a .458 sizing die I had mate reem for me.

[Mandoair]

Finished up the small primer 10 mm brass with fed GM200M primers finished off the CFE PISTOL 7.4 gr and MP-40-160-HP .401 Boolits. Setup for large primers sized up 300 of the MP 160s to .402. Now have to decide which power to use for the last 300 rounds of 10 mm brass left to load.

[michael.birdsley]

not really reloading related. However, i finally broke down and bought a set of ear muffs for shooting at the range. Being 38.5 yrs old, working in a shop setting for the last 13 years, and doing shooting sports. my hearing is getting bad. I had just stealing the foam plugs foam work. but, i think the muffs are better. i bought a decent $30-$35 pair off of amazon supposedly good up to 34 db https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20231126/ea7cca2c7209bf0eec439fbe198349bd.jpg


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[uscra112]

Better late than never.

Voice of experience: I wore the EAR plugs riding motorcycles daily for 30+ years, as well as weekend shooting. I'm severely deaf anyway.

Passive muffs aren't that great by themselves. Use them over foam plugs.

[Mandoair]

Made up 20 rds of AA#5 with 7.9gr nice soft load that shoot pretty good average 1025’. I’m going to look for 1150 to 1250 our so. Loaded up ladder to 9.2 try them when I can.

[armoredman]

What did I do in the reloading room? Ran out of #@%!!* One Shot, that's what I did!

[35 Rem]

I've been working to load up large batches of handgun ammo with all-around type loads so have been processing brass to that end. Am working with 38 Special, 40 S&W, 44 Mag, 45ACP and 45 Colt doing the same operation on each cartridge as I go. Got most of them cleaned, deprimed and sized and flared. Got stumped on the 44 Mag when I realized that I was no longer patient enough to lube and clean each one anymore so came in and got on the internet to order a carbide sizer die. Already have carbide for all the others. Will set the 44 Mag cases aside tomorrow and proceed with priming the others. Noticed that I will have to cast a bunch of bullets for the 45 Colts before I'm done.

[flgolfer29]

Loaded 150 ea. 357 mag, primed another 100 ea. cases.

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[GuyKickinit]

Test fired a batch of 32acp in the Italian Beretta 81bb. 2gr of TG. Weighed each charge. Finishing up the rest for some target practice.

[Mandoair]

Tested 20 rounds of the AA number five starting at 8.2 up to 9.3. I got the velocity up to 1230 or so. Accuracy was not good. Have three rounds in the center at 15 yards and two of them wandering around I got use to CEF pistol and tight little groups all touching. I shall try again with the ones at 8.9 and see if I can pull them together or put the number five back on the shelf. This time I will try 20 rounds all the same head stamp and see what happens.
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[GuyKickinit]

Loaed up the rest of 243 with 31.6 gr imr4320 under hornady FTX lids, using some br primers gifted to me by a customer.
Finished loading the 32acp with bergers bullets and crimped with a lee factory crimp die other wise they wont chamber.

[cwtebay]

Set up to load 300 - 32 WCF. Crushed 1 right off the bat, the 2nd and 3rd when I was nearing the finish line. 118gr cast from my own alloy about 18 BHN.

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[SteveM54]

Yesterday I started sorting the things I want to sell from the things I want to keep. Guess witch pile is the bigger one?

[GuyKickinit]

Postman delivered the ergo handles. Put one on my RCIV, and one on my LNL AP. Yay!!!
Thank you Inline Fabrication!!

[Kai]

44 half jackets on the old Pacific

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[35 Rem]

Charged and seated bullets in 200 38 Specials. Load is 4.0 grains Red Dot under the Lee 125 grain RFN. My favorite 38 Special load that complements my Uberti Stallion revolver with 5-inch barrel perfectly.

[Mandoair]

Loaded up couple hundred more 10 mm went through all my Boolits from my last casting session around 900. Still have couple few hundred empties I cleaned up today. May just have to save them as clean brass and move on to 9 mm. Have about 4000 range brass to do something with. Love my MP 8 holer for 9 mm PC. It’s good to have job security. Then back to 5.56.

[Texas by God]

I played Musical Scopes by mounting a Weaver J2.5 on my 38-55, moving a K4 from my 6.8 AR to my 44-40, moving a Norinco 3x9 from the 44-40 to the scope drawer, then adding a 6x Redfield to the 6.8 AR…..
And tweaked the previous mounting of a Vortex 2x7 on my 91 Argentine 7.65……
Now I’ve got some sighting in to do.


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[Rapier]

Started reloading for the Glock 23s, leaving one a 40 and the other will be changed to a 357 Sig. Got some Sig range brass from Everglades. 40 pulled brass from American. Out of 50 Sig pieces had four bulged too badly to save, made a belt on the case web, thought I might get them to work as dummy rounds, that was a bust, could not tell what was sticking in the chamber, so scrapped them. After, reloading the resized to spec brass the Sig reloading went OK for a bottleneck pistol case, not my first day at the rodeo with those. The 40s laded with 180s was pretty straight forward, with new brass. Then about the time I got the Sig die's setup, the thunder storm came, thunder and lightning, pouring down rain, so left the shop to go to the house to see about the wife, she gets kind of skittish after the tornado last year.

[Jack Stanley]

I cast another handful of .22 bullets in the H&G number four mold .

Jack

[Moiecol]

I was just looking at that mold for my 450BM

[Outer Rondacker]

Got a good deal on a AGM thermal scope on black Friday. Started playing around with it and well so far I hate it. I got to see mice running all over the ground. If you go past the basic zoom its to blurry. So I will do more research on it today and see if I can clear things up if not I guess its going back and I will return to night blindness.

[jim 44-40]

Loaded up 50 rds of 45 Acp, with Dupont 5066 and 200 gr SWC
Also loaded 12 gauge black powder buckshot in Rio hulls.I love being able to see what's in the hull with the clear hull.

[hawkeye1]

Took out my PA-63 9mm makarov last week and shot up remainder of old reloads. I forgot how much I enjoy that little pistol. So, today I reloaded 100 rounds with 95 grain LRN with AA-5. Now just have to apply crimp and will be ready to take it out again.

[trails4u]

Can't get there from here..... :( Total left hip replacement yesterday morning. Looking forward to getting through these first few weeks of recovery so I can get back down those 14 stairs!!

[Outer Rondacker]

Can't get there from here..... :( Total left hip replacement yesterday morning. Looking forward to getting through these first few weeks of recovery so I can get back down those 14 stairs!!

I feel for you. Hoping for your speedy recovery. You gots boolits to make.

[cwtebay]

Can't get there from here..... :( Total left hip replacement yesterday morning. Looking forward to getting through these first few weeks of recovery so I can get back down those 14 stairs!!I bought my Dad his first reloading set after his first hip 20 some years ago. (Reloading skipped a generation on my father's side). He sat there with his rock crusher and made boxes and boxes of ammunition while he was recovering. He spent 7 days recovering on his left one (horse rolled over him when he and I were gathering heavies when I was in highschool), 3 days on the second one 18 years later. I hope you have a swift recovery!

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[Mandoair]

Can't get there from here..... :( Total left hip replacement yesterday morning. Looking forward to getting through these first few weeks of recovery so I can get back down those 14 stairs!!

I get it. Fell and broke my leg 2-22 and got 18” of titanium 1/2” round driven down into my right femur for my trouble. Use to stand at the top of the stairs looking. Helped me to stick with the P T.

[trails4u]

Appreciate the well-wishes guys. Day 1 post-op and getting around OK. Learning how to sit, stand, walk, etc. in ways that minimize the pain. Getting easier by the hour.....and have my pain meds down to about 1/2 of what prescribed. Hoping for a good night's rest and an even better day tomorrow. If all goes as planned....I'll be forming 35WCF brass by next weekend! :)

[cwtebay]

Appreciate the well-wishes guys. Day 1 post-op and getting around OK. Learning how to sit, stand, walk, etc. in ways that minimize the pain. Getting easier by the hour.....and have my pain meds down to about 1/2 of what prescribed. Hoping for a good night's rest and an even better day tomorrow. If all goes as planned....I'll be forming 35WCF brass by next weekend! :)Atta kid!!!!
If you're hurtin on the 35WCF side of things, let me know. I might know a guy that knows a guy that has a few thousand pieces of brass to help with your healing!

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[Shiloh]

LEE 125 RF 38 Special.

Shiloh

[Mandoair]

Started over the Weekend have 6000 9 mm brass, polished up and ready to decap prime load and shoot. Wish it were as easy as it sounds. Use to decap all than tumble the pockets clean before loading. But 6000. Going to run them in one go around. Ordered 2000 berry plated 115 gr and going to cast and cast and cast. Have a MP 356-358 rn bb with eight pockets that does eight at a time. Perty sure I’ll be using AA 7. It sure meters nice. Using a Hornaday AP Progressive press. Took me about two months to crank out 2000+ 10mm so won’t be done by Christmas. Oh well I suppose it’s the journey. Not the destination or something like that.

[Outer Rondacker]

Packed away some more primers. Got to spend more time with the misses on the holiday months. (because she bakes and I like it)

[Outer Rondacker]

Last post was yesterday Today I got to play with a higher end thermal scope. It was a blast shooting at microwaved potatoes. Helped the neighbor get his new Tikka with thermal on target.

[35 Rem]

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I cast a pot full of the LEE 452-228-1R for 45 ACP. My load with this bullet feeds 100% reliable in my two pistols and is a lot of fun to shoot so I'm loading up several thousand of them while the weather is cool.

[trails4u]

Atta kid!!!!
If you're hurtin on the 35WCF side of things, let me know. I might know a guy that knows a guy that has a few thousand pieces of brass to help with your healing!

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cwtebay.....tried to send you a PM, but it's not showing up in my sent messages. ?? Not sure if it made it through or not?

[cwtebay]

cwtebay.....tried to send you a PM, but it's not showing up in my sent messages. ?? Not sure if it made it through or not?No, my mailbox is jacked up. Give me your email address and I'll get back to you.

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[Mandoair]

Loaded up 9mm tests rounds in 4 steps for three different powders AA 2-5-7. 60 rounds to test. By around 3 pm. It’s to dark for the chrono and it takes real planning to get to the range while it’s warm enough for it to operate. Tomorrow’s high is forecast for 21’ hoping to get er done. Not really light enough till 11 or 12. Got to love it. Good thing the range is 5 minutes away.

[35 Rem]

Loaded up 190 45 ACP. Processing a bunch of 45 Colt for loading. Got them sized and expanded. Going to have to do some more casting to get bullets to fill them. Probably put that off until I get the rest of my 45 ACP loaded which is about 750 pieces.

[ggilbert]

I did absolutely nothing, because need to clean and order the mess I have in my reloading room.

[35 Rem]

I did absolutely nothing, because need to clean and order the mess I have in my reloading room.

That is the main driver in most of my recent loading mentioned here lately. My loading bench was so covered in boxes of various brass and bullets that I HAD to do something to clean it off so it's useable. I decided to load up every piece of handgun brass I own as a way to get it out of the way. I'm on a roll now and the bench top is visible about half way back!

[trails4u]

That is the main driver in most of my recent loading mentioned here lately. My loading bench was so covered in boxes of various brass and bullets that I HAD to do something to clean it off so it's useable. I decided to load up every piece of handgun brass I own as a way to get it out of the way. I'm on a roll now and the bench top is visible about half way back!

I so desperately need to do this....... :sad:

[firefly1957]

My recently cleaned reloading bench is not clear either!

However... I did size 47 coated Cast hollow Point .452" bullets . The mold is a bit tedious to use but it does make a decent .45 acp bullet of 208 grains of soft alloy . It is a mold I modified from a Lee double cavity 230 T.C. mold . The bullets shoot great from my 1911 but tumble from a Highpoint .45 carbine that shoots other cast bullets very well ?
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[Outer Rondacker]

Called around looking for large rifle primers and a few different powders. I found one store with CCI large rifle for $25.99 per 100. That is just nuts. I also found one store that has Unique and bullseye for $58.99 per pound. I am getting pushed out of this sport/hobby very fast.

Not a fun day in the gun room. I need a place to buy some bulk powder I can understand.

[MOA]

Nice modification. Great boolit performance for the 1911. I'd try tapping a copper plated bb into the nose on a few just to see how it behaves in the hi point.

[labradigger1]

Loaded myself 50 6.5x55 140 grain nosler partitions in 1x Norma brass.

[Recycled bullet]

I'm powder coating a mess of bullets

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[Efin]

Not actually reloading yet, but soon as I just got a Lee Mold for making some 30 Super Carry pills.

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[cwtebay]

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[Mandoair]

Tumbled about 700 9mm to polish the primer pockets. They look so good think I’ll do the rest of the 5000 while I’m at it. I can’t seem to be able to get the loads to shoot straight. Working with AA 2,5,7 and now focusing on #7. Tried 3 different bullets and many different loads. Maybe clean pockets will help ❓. Going to try different primers next.

[cwtebay]

Loaded ANOTHER 250 - 6.5 Grendel. After that I am loading 50 - 35 WCF and 50 - 401 WSL and a handful of 50-70 to make me feel better about my marathon runs in the reloading room.

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[trails4u]

cwtebay - tried to email you...... you get it?

And as for the reloading room.....still NOTHING. Hope to make it down the stairs tomorrow with this busted up hip! ;)

[Mandoair]

Merry christmas ����
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[trails4u]

Merry christmas ����
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Nice!!!

[Recycled bullet]

Well smurfity smurf! Looks like somesmurf came along and smurfed your boolits!

Sent from my Pixel 5 using TapatalkI painted about 16 and 1/2 lb of the Smurfy bullets today

[cwtebay]

cwtebay - tried to email you...... you get it?

And as for the reloading room.....still NOTHING. Hope to make it down the stairs tomorrow with this busted up hip! ;)No email yet!

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[trails4u]

No email yet!

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Hhhmmm.... Hit me up @ trailsforu@aol.com. Tried to contact via email through your profile, but maybe that's not working either?

[firefly1957]

Nice modification. Great boolit performance for the 1911. I'd try tapping a copper plated bb into the nose on a few just to see how it behaves in the hi point.

I can do that in the carbine but could not use the same ammo in the pistol then because of MY state and federal armor piercing laws ! The hole is .185" and slightly tapered in the bullet I think for shear fun maybe some priming mix would be better in that Hollow Point .

[YoungGun88]

Spent a couple hours this evening listening to Loads of Bacon and FortuneCookie45LC videos on Reloader Network and Rumble, while FL sizing, mouth flaring and priming up some 38 and 357 brass I picked up recently. Every time I do bulk brass prep(especially decapping and FL sizing, it makes me look longingly at the Lee APP! Are any of yall doing case mouth flaring with the Lee APP?

[trails4u]

FINALLY made it down the stairs and to my bench....only to discover so many unfinished projects! :) Worked on forming some 35WCF from 7x65R...tedious, at best. The forming is pretty straight forward, but about .003 has to be removed from the base, just above the rim, to chamber. Also spent some time forming 43 Mauser back to 43 Mauser, as it had at some point been formed to 43 Spanish. Also pretty easy....just a quick trip through a 43 Mauser sizing die and a little clean up.

It was nice to be back in the cave..... :)

[Outer Rondacker]

Trails4u I am glad to hear you are moving around better. Even happier to hear you made it to the man cave. Things are looking up. Congrats.

[trails4u]

Trails4u I am glad to hear you are moving around better. Even happier to hear you made it to the man cave. Things are looking up. Congrats.

Thanks Outer.... I have some projects piled up down there, and probably another 2-3 weeks before I'll be released to go back to work, so I hope to spend some time down there pretty much every day if I can. Gotta finish my 40pcs of 35WCF and get those loaded, 40pcs of 43 Mauser to reform and load, quite a bit of 11x36R Werndl Carbine to finish trimming/forming/loading. ....and that's just the first layer I found on the bench!! :veryconfu

[405grain]

In the "reloading room" today I cast up a batch of 6.5mm Lyman #266673 out of hard alloy for a 6.5x55 Swedish sporter that I built on a Mauser 98 action. When the pot was about 3/4 empty I put in a couple of pounds of pure lead, then switched to casting Lyman #311041" for use in 30-30. I got about 200+ boolits of each type out of that one session.

[jim 44-40]

Cast some Lyman .330 rb with ww lead. perfect #00 buckshot for 12 gauge.
Would like to thank Centershot for the mold.

[Mandoair]

Stayed clear of the bench so far been plowing snow

[brassrat]

LGS had bags of 100 + .38 RP WC brass. Bought a few bags, last year and loaded up 100. HG button WCs coated Smokes clear. Finally managing a full .358 size after reaming out a, too small, not 358 sizer from Lee and Titan.

[hickfu]

Went through everything looking for 35 Rem brass. Selling my old 1950 waffletop ��

[Mandoair]

Cast 38 lbs of MP 135-138 RN BB 132 gr.

[hawkeye1]

Been on vacation for couple weeks. Always nice to get some time off and get some things done around the place. Been out in gun room some every day. Yesterday I got a batch of about 400 45 Colt brass ready to prime. Will get some 200 gr. RNFP bullets poured today.

[MOA]

Finished up a bunch of Federal GM paper shotshells.

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[littlejack]

Been finishing up making shotshell loads that will function in my Win. 94 AE. I first started making them for my Uberti 45 Colt Evil Roy.
I use 460 S&W cases cut back. Powered by 6.5 grains of HP-38, and a payload of 220 grains of #9 shot. That's a few more pellets than a 2.5" 410 load.

[brassrat]

Have a lot of, waiting brass, many completely ready to insert powder/ boolets. Banged out three boxes of 170gr SWCs .38sp. with 2400 loads that might hit 700 fps. Faith loading that one of my guns will like em.

was surprised an older Lyman book listed this as most accurate load, never loaded this powder at less than boomer loads in 357

[trixter]

I ran out of boolits. So tomorrow I will have to go out to the garage to my casting table and get busy.

[Mandoair]

Separating by head stamp and length a few hundred 9mm with clean primer pockets to load some tests. Still trying to get my new echelon to shoot straight. It may never meet my expectations set by the late XDM.

[pete501]

I had some problems with previous ammo for an XD compact. It would not go into battery without a rap on the back of the slide. Same ammo works fine in S&W 4006 and glock.

Started yesterday casting a couple hundred 40143. Range lead and linotype powder coated using a mix of orange and white, I call it creamsickle and sized to .401". I normally use the Piggyback, this was the first time in a long while I have loaded pistol on single stage. I ran the brass through a home made bulge buster die using a Corbin CSP-1 swage press. Then deprimed it.

Belling and Seat dies were set up in a hollywood turret. I hand primed and laid everything in a loading block. Load for today was 4.2 bullseye, starting load from the 48th lyman book. Made four to test fire, everything cycled. Went back and charged the rest of the primed cases and using the turret, Flared the mouths and seated the bullets in a two step.

This was the first time I have used a lyman 55 powder measure, I was impressed. The only thing I did like is that the handle does not rotate like all my other powder measure handles do.

Now if I can get some range time,

[Texas by God]

Cast a pot using three moulds in tandem; all Lees.
135 gr .277”, 250gr .379”,& 340gr .457”
LLA for the 45-70 bullets, PC for the 6.8 and 38-55 bullets.


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[cwtebay]

Cast 100 - 210gr 0.450" for my Smith and Wesson #3. Looking forward to handling her some more after the holidays.

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[brassrat]

Loaded up a box of .357, sitting for a few years. Not matching primers and a funny mark on all of them. The rod from the RCBS primer may have been flipped the wrong way or maybe too tight. Very strange but trying a light load of Herco to around 1000 with some Lyman round nose 35?242 for 9mm. Sized em down a few weeks back to .358. They sat a few years and were pretty big for some reason Expanded them but were all trimmed

[flgolfer29]

Deburred and chamfer 500 each new starline 45 colt cases.

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[35 Rem]

I cast up about 10 lbs of RCBS 45-250-FN (obsolete mold) and 10 lbs of LEE 452-228-1R using range scrap. Next on the list is the RCBS 44-245-SWC. Then to have a day of sizing soon.

[Mandoair]

Bought a used XDM 9mm 4.5 like the one I blew up and swooped the springs and things from the dead one including the red dot that rides in dove tail. Went out and sighted it in. All went well.

[Winger Ed.]

Tumbling that brass boss...

Washed & dried the media, recharged it, and put a coffee can of .38Specials in there.

[hawkeye1]

Have about 350 pieces of 45 Colt brass sized, expanded and primed. So I Lee lubed about that many Lee 200 gr RNFP bullets to go with them. Tomorrow I will start putting them all together, today will be Christmas with all the kids and grandkids. Merry Christmas to all and God bless

[frkelly74]

Looked at empty brass in the room,, 38 Sp, 45 ACP, 30-30, 30-06, 9mm, 8mm, 6.5mm X57 and 55, 308 Win, 300 BO, 7.62X39, Turned off the light and came back upstairs. I am not out of any of those yet. Oh and 223 REM

[hc18flyer]

I cast up about 10 lbs of RCBS 45-250-FN (obsolete mold) and 10 lbs of LEE 452-228-1R using range scrap. Next on the list is the RCBS 44-245-SWC. Then to have a day of sizing soon.

35 Rem- I have and like the 45-250-FN in our Blackhawks. Loads nice in the Dillon SDB too. I could live with just 2- .45 Colt molds, that one and the 270SAA!
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[flgolfer29]

Loaded 100 ea. 357 mag, 158 gr. SWC with aa#9. Had to finish those so I can move on to 45 colt.

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[Mandoair]

Unloaded about 700 9mm 147 gr I loaded last year when my progressive was brand new. What a dirty job. Had never unloaded before cept for a few hammer jobs. After I blew up my XDM last month I got a collet for my press I went a little crazy stuffing boolits back then not understanding the nuances of the progressive. Now after some thousands of rounds I have enough of a handle on it to trust my work. Anyway how ever you crack it education is expensive.

[stubshaft]

Sized and deprimed the 300, 32 acp I shot this morning.

[WRideout]

Loaded up a box of 38 spl with the Lee 148 gr DEWC over 3 gr of Promo. Also loaded up a test box of 9mm para with progressive additions of Accurate #5 (I have been looking for a replacement for Unique.) with the Lyman 356402 boolit, I made up loads starting at 5.4 gr up to 6.0 gr in 0.2 gr increments. We'll see how it does in my FEG pistol.

Nowadays, I have been stocking up on the Ginex primers because they seem to be much more sensitive, and eliminate the misfires from light primer strikes.

Wayne

[Outer Rondacker]

Put together a pack of single press, scale, powder dropper, trimmer and reloading book. Going to give it to the neighbor who has been looking to get back into reloading after now that he is on a fixed income and retired. Im starting to see why I am always broke lol. He was looking to buy some stuff off me but I just dont feel right doing that as its what I do help others to get into reloading in my area.

[lightman]

Not in the loading room and not today but over the past week I transferred lead ingots from 10 milk crates to a truck toolbox and about a dozen 50 caliber ammo cans. Its been sitting in the garage floor since our move last year.

[dondiego]

Looked at my reloading area and realized that it was a hopeless endeavor..............why can't I organize anything.............

[cwtebay]

Stepped into my BIL's reloading room. Been mothballed for 4 years. Going to reload for his 6mm and 22 Creedmoor. He's taken my sons and I out coyote hunting for the past 3 nights. Looking forward to opening full cases of primers!

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[justindad]

Stuck some Saeco 180 boolits in .357 Mag brass. Comparing HS-6 and Enforcer. Starting charges gave better velocity with HS-6 (3” barrel). I won’t be surprised if max charges also give too velocity to HS-6, although book data says otherwise (longer barrel). Accuracy may go to Enforcer though… we’ll see.

[uscra112]

Looked at my reloading area and realized that it was a hopeless endeavor..............why can't I organize anything.............

Some famous French chef once said that "nothing good ever came out of an organized kitchen."

Harry Pope produced his wondrous barrels in a shop that looked like a bomb hit it. If he can do that, so can you.

[Texas by God]

While digging around I found 70 9mm 124 gr Golden Saber hp bullets.
So I’m loading them with Red Dot today.
My brother and my nephew are coming over to do some gun related stuff today as well.
Yesterday another nephew, my son and I tore up some old pumpkins. Offhand at 100 yards with the Krag and Winchester 38-55, and offhand at 40 yards with the AK 47.
A fun time was had by all.


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[dondiego]

Some famous French chef once said that "nothing good ever came out of an organized kitchen."

Harry Pope produced his wondrous barrels in a shop that looked like a bomb hit it. If he can do that, so can you.

Thanks for your words of confidence. I can actually assemble some very good ammo in quantity. I have no organizational skills but I get it done somehow.

[firefly1957]

Put a steel security door on my reloading room !

Democrats passed some new gun laws this year that go into effect here in Michigan on St. Valentines day 2024 one of them "allegedly" requires guns and ammo to be locked up separately and a stolen gun can get the owner 15 years in prison! Now I used the word ALLEGEDLY because even though the law is passed and signed it is still not publicly published for us to view!

[jim 44-40]

Carried a new bag of 7.5 shot, Dang 25 lbs did me in. So @ 1 oz loads will make 400 rounds

[uscra112]

Once again I bless my lucky stars that i decided to flee Michigan when I retired.

[frkelly74]

We fled in 2016.... but came back. Still kind of wonder why.

[greybuff]

Primed several hundred 9mm so I can load them up in the morning (on my Hollywood Model A) when I wake up yet again at 4:30 am. I thought when I retired I could learn to sleep in, but no joy. Then I went out to the welding shop and burned up about 2 lbs of 7018 on one of my small cannon barrels (1 1/2" bore), tomorrow I'll tap it for the removable breech plug and then build a carriage for it.

[Mandoair]

Dumped the AA#7 out and put the little bit of CFE Pistol that’s left into the hopper and loaded 40 ladder loads to test. Need to wait for the temperature to go up from -10 degrees to +20 before I can use my crono. Next week I guess. Next year.

[15meter]

Cast up about 225 Lyman 358315. Have the mold promised to a guy on the forum. Figured I'd cast a bunch before the mold got shipped out. Used to use this boolit in 350 Rigby Magnum and 35 Remington for two buddies. Was going to ship it out but decided to cast up one last batch before it disappears into the great white north.

Both buddies I loaded for have passed away, don't anticipate loading for a 350 Rigby again but the 35 Remington is a possibility. I can store cast boolits just as easily as I can ingots. If I never use them they can be recast into something else.

[cwtebay]

Had a group of clients gift me a 6.5 PRC, haven't received any components yet - but loaded up some 140gr j words over some RL26 to take it out this week.

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[dtknowles]

I loaded all my empty 32 S&W brass. Just under 100 rounds. I shot all my reloads and some factory stuff yesterday. Got nice comments from the range master and a fellow shooter.

Tim

[brassrat]

Just planning to make a nice box or two of .223/.556. Numerous bags all sorted, extremely well, and shiny. They are even counted. Several bags are even, totally ready, except for primers.I tried slipping a head in one and see my M die has them, still sliding in, just a little. I spent hundreds of hours but no one wanted.

[buyobuyo]

Finally starting to organize the gun/reloading room beyond the initial unpacking 4 years ago when I bought the place. May actually have the benches cleared enough to setup my presses this year. :lol:

[Tall]

Yesterday I used my puller to remove 39 bullets from a group of 32 WCF that I loaded. The Servicios Aventuras primers are hit or miss. Some work, some don't. Because they are unreliable I dumped 900 of them in the trash. I will be wearing earmuffs and a face shield when I punch all the primers out of the brass.

[cwtebay]

I guess I need to pull 80 rounds of 6.5 Grendel. Will chamber in the AR, not the bolt gun. I'm unsure of what could be wrong, plunk tested them with no issues. But I couldn't get the bolt to close last night.

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[buyobuyo]

I guess I need to pull 80 rounds of 6.5 Grendel. Will chamber in the AR, not the bolt gun. I'm unsure of what could be wrong, plunk tested them with no issues. But I couldn't get the bolt to close last night.

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If the bolt won't close, I would guess it's a headspace problem. I'd run them through the sizing die and push the shoulder back another 1-2 thousandths.

[Ajax111]

Put a cannelure on 400 swaged .224 bullets.

[15meter]

Pushed the 358315 count up past 500. Set up to cast a batch of 375 diameter boolits, just in case. Prepped a block for turning on the wood lathe. Future Christmas ornament. Rose wood and vegetable ivory. Put away the last of the Christmas yard ornaments. Moved a gun safe back into the house. The daughter isn't going to need it as soon as i thought. Got a start on cutting new slats for the cast iron bench for the daughter's house, if she ever gets to buy one. Watched the Michigan-Alabama game. Had perhaps, maybe, one too many Gin and Tonics. But the bartender was nice. And she cut fresh limes for me.

i don't need scurvy.

Fairly productive day for the first day of the year.



Cast up about 225 Lyman 358315. Have the mold promised to a guy on the forum. Figured I'd cast a bunch before the mold got shipped out. Used to use this boolit in 350 Rigby Magnum and 35 Remington for two buddies. Was going to ship it out but decided to cast up one last batch before it disappears into the great white north.

Both buddies I loaded for have passed away, don't anticipate loading for a 350 Rigby again but the 35 Remington is a possibility. I can store cast boolits just as easily as I can ingots. If I never use them they can be recast into something else.

[hlvabeach]

Yesterday, I cast, powder coated and sized around 20 lbs of MP 359-640. I plan on loading these using Unique in 38 and 2400 in 357. Only have about a half pound left of the 2400, so will need to load up some AA9 and 296 test loads.

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[steve urquell]

Worked up a load that would cycle my new AR9mm 5" pistol. 133gr MP molds over TiteWad powder. Accurate as well at 25yds.
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[Mandoair]

Cast 26lbs of MP 356-358 RN BB NLG throws 8 at a time. 75 min two full pots of RCBS bottom pour. 1300 boolits before cull. Lovin that mold.
Photo from last month pour
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[steve urquell]

Cast 26lbs of MP 356-358 RN BB NLG throws 8 at a time. 75 min two full pots of RCBS bottom pour. 1300 boolits before cull. Lovin that mold.
Photo from last month pour
I’m 321682

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[WRideout]

Yesterday I used my puller to remove 39 bullets from a group of 32 WCF that I loaded. The Servicios Aventuras primers are hit or miss. Some work, some don't. Because they are unreliable I dumped 900 of them in the trash. I will be wearing earmuffs and a face shield when I punch all the primers out of the brass.

I have had the same issues with the Argentine primers. They seem to have a very thick and hard cup, which some of my guns handle ok, but some are erratic. I only have one rifle that takes small primers, and I haven't tried it yet with SyA primers.

Wayne

[15meter]

Cast 300+ NOE 480-375- FN boolits. Used to use them in both 470 N.E. and for 480 Ruger. Only do the Ruger infrequently now. Another hundred or so today will give me more than a lifetime supply. Then it will be time to move the mold down the road.

Getting time for a serious reduction in the stuff in the shed, can't find stuff no more. Been looking for an arbor for my wood lathe for 4 days.

I give up, going to buy a new one today[smilie=f:

[WRideout]

made up a box of 380 Auto; 95 gr Lee as cast over 2.5 gr Promo, Ginex primers. And also one box of 9mm Para; 356402 over 4.3 gr promo, also Ginex primers. The 9mm I have to add a taper crimp step after seating because my FEG pistol is finicky about feeding.

Wayne

[35 Rem]

I poured a few hundred RCBS 44-245-SWC's for my 44 Magnum. Loading up most all the brass I have with that bullet and 10 grains of Unique.

Going to have to drill and tap that mold for a sprue cutter bolt set screw as it is driving me crazy constantly loosening and slowing me down.

[lightman]

Started tumbling brass yesterday. Did 4 loads yesterday, 2 hours each, and have the 2nd load running so far today. Hope to do 4 today and finish up tomorrow.

[doc1876]

I haven't done anything in a year. I have picked my life up and moved out of the socialist state of Illinois to the free state of Arkansas. I had a "barn" delivered and have been making a loading/ repair shop. Hopefully I will be back at it by June.

[Shell knob]

Cast some 40-82’s from 2 new to me Winchester molds. One cast a .405 the other a .408 diameter pill. To finish the pot cast some 405gr hollow base for the trapdoor.

[cwtebay]

Cast some heavies for the 32WCF. Got through 65 and realized that I had lent the rifle to another lion hunter.

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[Milky Duck]

turned 1 roll of toilet paper into half a cup of mostly black but ever so slightly brown soot......

[trixter]

Nothing yet, I just got my coffee, and so far turned on the light and the computer, it's going to be a good day though. It might snow, woo hoo blessed!!

[35 Rem]

De-primed 500 38 Special cases. If I can motivate myself I might go back out and flare them.

[Mandoair]

Been diligently working up loads looking for accuracy from my new SA Echelon with my MP-136-138-RN NLG BB boolits AA#7 pwd and cci 500 primers. I’m new at this but never been so difficult before. Have gone through most of a lb of pwd so far. Shooting aabout 40 rounds per day since before Christmas. Even moved into 10yds even shot a box or two of Factory to see. They did very well so still trying. And yes did dabble with other pwds with not so much success. Besides I want to make the #7 work. The loads that work quite well won’t cycle well around 850’. Going on into +P territory next and tomorrow breaking out the XDM

[35 Rem]

I got those 500 38 Special cases flared and primed tonight.

This increased the count for priming with my new RCBS Auto Prime tool to approximately 3,000 primers installed since mid-September. So far, I really like it. Should have bought one years ago. The only problem I've had with it was that the handle pivot bolt loosened at something like 700 primers. I cleaned the threads and retorqued it with Red Loctite and have had no problems with loosening since.

[stubshaft]

Loaded a couple of hundred 44 Specials to shoot through my Lipseys Flattop.

[DaleT]

Sorted some brass , inventoried my vintage ammo stash and cleaned up the bench ,getting ready to do a batch of 9mm subs.

[Rapier]

Setup a new Win 11 4k ASUS laptop today. been using an iPad for 9 years. Perhaps I can now use 50+ years of data and photos from my PC. Learning IOS from Win was fun now relearning Win from IOS, happy to have a back space. Will be nice to carry my current reloading data from the shop to the house with me.

[Texas by God]

I used the last of my Varget to load a few 6.5x55 Swedish with 140 gr Hornady bullets.
I had a teaspoon left.
I put it on a steel plate and lit it.
Burns slower than I thought!


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[jim 44-40]

Loaded some of the older AA hulls in 12 gauge. Just amazing how great they crimp.

[steve urquell]

Been diligently working up loads looking for accuracy from my new SA Echelon with my MP-136-138-RN NLG BB boolits AA#7 pwd and cci 500 primers. I’m new at this but never been so difficult before. Have gone through most of a lb of pwd so far. Shooting aabout 40 rounds per day since before Christmas. Even moved into 10yds even shot a box or two of Factory to see. They did very well so still trying. And yes did dabble with other pwds with not so much success. Besides I want to make the #7 work. The loads that work quite well won’t cycle well around 850’. Going on into +P territory next and tomorrow breaking out the XDM
The worst accuracy I've ever had out of one of my pistols was when trying to load low velocity loads with slow burning powder. For me it was 9mm with Shooters World Major Powder which is equivalent to AA#7.

Same powder shoots very accurately with high velocity loads. I disassembled those low velocity loads and reused the bullets with a fast powder and they were very accurate. Ditch the slow powder for low velocity loads.

[sukivel]

Got 3 new Lee molds. Been awhile since I used any Lee’s since I got on the HP bandwagon. They sure cast well.

I have realized I enjoy casting solid bullets better…


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[Mandoair]

The worst accuracy I've ever had out of one of my pistols was when trying to load low velocity loads with slow burning powder. For me it was 9mm with Shooters World Major Powder which is equivalent to AA#7.

Same powder shoots very accurately with high velocity loads. I disassembled those low velocity loads and reused the bullets with a fast powder and they were very accurate. Ditch the slow powder for low velocity loads.
I appreciate the advice I have sucked it up and loaded up ladders of AA #2, and #5, Tight Group, Win 244, When it warms up enough for the chronograph we’ll see.

[steve urquell]

I appreciate the advice I have sucked it up and loaded up ladders of AA #2, and #5, Tight Group, Win 244, When it warms up enough for the chronograph we’ll see.

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[Outer Rondacker]

Walked in and started to open a box of primers to make a 223 run and the wife told me her client of 18 years was in the hospital and they gave her 48 hours at the most. So I drove in the crazy snow store to the hospital. A 45 min run took 2 hours each way. Some times you just got to do what you got to do. Tomorrow is another day and I will get the 223s done then.

[Jadkins87]

I got some 44mag brass sized and need to get them cleaned up the rest of the way and stored in till i make a trap to one of the big city to get powder and supplies. none of my local shops carry any reloading stuff besides a few things at 15 to 20 bucks over market price..

God Bless

JDAS

[openbook]

Finished my long-running reloading bench project—begun 2021, completed 2024.

I've been using the bench ever since I made the base back in December 2021.
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A year later, I put together the skeleton of the cabinet (can't find a pic of that). And this past week, finally put in the dividers, shelves, and doors.
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A picture showing the fold-down powder scale table.
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Pretty happy with the project. It took a long time to finish—but it was usable as soon as the bench top was done, and it's grown with my handloading since then.

Lumber cost including three sheets of 4x8 3/4" plywood and several 2x4s, 4x4s 2x6s was about $300, with 3/4 plywood being by far the most expensive part. Hardware including nuts, bolts, screws, hinges, door track and a latch, about $125, with plastic door track, surprisingly, the most expensive component. I don't charge myself for labor.

The bench top sits at 43 inches, which is about four inches below elbow height for me and a good height for working.


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[deltaenterprizes]

I got my 9mm 135 gr HP plated bullets from Extreme that I ordered on New Year’s Eve so I can attempt to make a reasonable facsimile of Hornady Critical Duty 9mm 135gr +P ammunition that we carry at work so I can practice some before we requalify in March.
I got 25 test rounds loaded.
That ammo has a different recoil pulse than I am used to with standard velocity 9mm ammunition.

[Mandoair]

Cast 38lbs. Of MP-135-138-NLG-BB 133 gr. Boolits. It drops 8 at a time. Going to be too cold to test my latest loads for some time
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[WRideout]

That's a nice looking bench, Openbook. Mine is a salvaged steel frame with solid core door on top.

Wayne

[MUSTANG]

Deprimming .223 brass I have collected over the last 3 years. Will swage pockets, resize, trim, clean again and load up about two 5 gallon buckets full over the winter. Have to swage about 4 gallons of 22LR brass to make .224's for 60 grain bullets also during the winter. If that get's done; time to swage a few thousand 175 grain .308's from 5/16 copper tubing.

[Texas by God]

I’m loading 100 6.8 SPC with Speer 100 gr hp, and 50 more with Hornady 110gr bthp.
My truck gun needs to be fed.
New calves being born- got to watch for coyotes.


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[Mandoair]

Deprimming .223 brass I have collected over the last 3 years. Will swage pockets, resize, trim, clean again and load up about two 5 gallon buckets full over the winter. Have to swage about 4 gallons of 22LR brass to make .224's for 60 grain bullets also during the winter. If that get's done; time to swage a few thousand 175 grain .308's from 5/16 copper tubing.

Well, that’s very interesting about swedging 60 grain Bullets from 22 Brass sure like to know how to do that. Can you point me in that direction? Thank you.

[MarkinMD]

I was sizing some 350 legend cases for further experiments with lee 200 gr RNFP GC cast boolits. Apparently the sizing lube was insufficient on one case and it stuck in the die. The rim then pulled off. I removed the decapping pin from the Lee die. I was able to reach down with a screwdriver and used a small hammer to tap the case out of the die. I was using my Lyman All American 8 turret press. I did not think to rotate the turret away from the ram position. The Lee die uses a tapered thread plug to retain the decapping pin. That retainer plug takes a considerable amount of torque to grip the pin. Of course, the die began to turn in the press. I reached for a second wrench to hold the die and at that point the decapping pin slipped out of the retaining plug, fell through the shell holder and down into the hollow ram. The ram has a machined slot that lines up with the primer catcher and that is where the center hole ends. The decapping pin was lodged at the bottom of the center hole with no access from the primer slot or from above. I had to walk, through the snow, to my garage, find my small telescoping magnet and then back to the reloading shop. I was able to retrieve the pin using the magnet. I then rotated the turret so that a dropped pin would land on the bench. This is a good example of Murphy's Law in action. When things go wrong, there is no half way, they go all the way wrong!

[Wild Bill 7]

Loaded 300 357’s with 153 grain RCBS mold boolits. 5.5 grains AA#2. They are powder coated red, white and blue. Going to use them with my wife’s new Rossi 92 stainless lever gun.

[Outer Rondacker]

Finally got to prime up some 223 brass but life jumped in the mix again. Today's goal is to charge and seat some plinkers. At least 100 for crying out loud.

MarkinMD I am glad you got it worked out and yes Murphy's Law runs rain here at this homestead as well.

[WRideout]

I was sizing some 350 legend cases for further experiments with lee 200 gr RNFP GC cast boolits. Apparently the sizing lube was insufficient on one case and it stuck in the die. The rim then pulled off. I removed the decapping pin from the Lee die. I was able to reach down with a screwdriver and used a small hammer to tap the case out of the die. I was using my Lyman All American 8 turret press. I did not think to rotate the turret away from the ram position. The Lee die uses a tapered thread plug to retain the decapping pin. That retainer plug takes a considerable amount of torque to grip the pin. Of course, the die began to turn in the press. I reached for a second wrench to hold the die and at that point the decapping pin slipped out of the retaining plug, fell through the shell holder and down into the hollow ram. The ram has a machined slot that lines up with the primer catcher and that is where the center hole ends. The decapping pin was lodged at the bottom of the center hole with no access from the primer slot or from above. I had to walk, through the snow, to my garage, find my small telescoping magnet and then back to the reloading shop. I was able to retrieve the pin using the magnet. I then rotated the turret so that a dropped pin would land on the bench. This is a good example of Murphy's Law in action. When things go wrong, there is no half way, they go all the way wrong!

(head nodding) So true, so true! I once had to fill a stuck case with molten lead so I had something to push it out of the die.
Wayne

[firefly1957]

I have been working on making my own percussion caps one die uses large primers to form them. I dumped the empties from my RCBS 4X4 press set up for .45 acp and found three small primers and one primer with a upside down anvil ! The primer looks to have fired fine and was most likely range pickup brass.

I am using a odd mix for priming it is made in small batches 8 grains Barium Chlorate , 2 grains Charcoal and .3 grains Red Phosphorous . I have been working with .2 grains in a cap and it is a bit energetic so I will be reducing it . The other day I put 15 grains old Clumped up CTG Pyrodex in my CVA .45 pistol with a bit of paper towel on the powder it went off without a hitch . Commercial caps tend to misfire or hangfire with this old can of Pyrodex . I started by making pellets with Gum Arabic or N.C. Lacquer as binder and finding scooping the mix in then adding a touch of thinned Lacquer seems to be best . Pistol has fired quite a few caps in two weeks without cleaning no rust so far...It was cleaned after firing Pyrodex .

[abqcaster]

I lubed, Sized and Gas checked some 155gr, .40, MP, round, hollow-points. I gotta say this is probably the last time I pan lube and PBGC my bullets. It's way too messy and time consuming for me, these days. I'm getting set up for powder coating the vast majority of my projectiles. I tried about 9 years ago, but it was too inconsistent and too new of a process. I have seen it mature and become more reliable and simple. I'm very ready to give powder coating another try.

[flgolfer29]

Loaded 100 ea 45 Colt rounds, and resized 300+ 38 special cases.

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[Arkansas Paul]

Cast some .530 round balls so I can go shoot the new (to me) muzzleloader tomorrow.

[hc18flyer]

Cast and powder coated just over 200 .358- RCBS 150 grain Keith bullets to feed our K- frame 38's. They will get pushed thru the Lee sizer Monday night. I was looking forward to spending a couple hours casting. Next time it's 358- 149 grain button nose wad cutters. Can't have too many ready to load! hc18flyer

[WRideout]

Put the final polish on 20 ea 7.62x25 cases I made for my Tokarev pistol. I find if I limit myself to twenty at a time, it's not too tedious. Cut down 5.56/.223 cases, run through Tok dies and trimmed to length.

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Wayne

[15meter]

Pulled 250 pieces of 204 Ruger out of the polisher after annealing them last night. As much as I could handle after spending most of the day on the ice.

May load some tomorrow.

[Mandoair]

Weighed n segregated bout 2,300 MP 356-358 NLG BB. NOW TO PC while the humidity is low around 27%.
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[firefly1957]

It was past time to do some clean up of the reloading bench so I did some of that today .

[Mandoair]

Got the red ones PCd (132.0-132.4gr) green blue and black to go.
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[justindad]

.357 Mag, HS-6, FWFL, NOE 360-160-WFN

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[challenger_i]

Worked up loads for 6.5x55 in an M38 Swede: IMR 4831 and 140gr Hornady SST. Have to say, I like it! :)

[stubshaft]

Loaded 250+ pieces of 44 Special with my target load of 5.5 231 behind a 240 gr. RCBS Silhouette boolit.

[jim 44-40]

Forced myself to lube some 230 gr RN for 45 ACP,

[Mandoair]

PCd the green boolits today. MP 356-358 NLG BB. 131.5-131.9 gr. .356”. About 1200+. Build a certain around my oven to keep the fumes out of the room and out the fan. Does a good job. 322568. 322569

[jim 44-40]

Loaded up a few Speer shot capsules with #9 shot, for 45 Colt. Now need some snakes to shoot at.

[sukivel]

Loaded some 6.5x55 with the newer Lee 266-140 cast boolit. Shot a few and it functions great with poi low but all close offhand. Further testing coming…

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[SquibCity]

Loaded Some 12 Gauge on the size-master, Sized and primed a few hundred clean 9mm's for later, Loaded 200 45's for this week, Like always, need to clean and organize again.

[Efin]

Wet Cleaned some 300 W. M, 300WinMag, and some 7mmRM, I didn't realize how much I needed to clean...

[35 Rem]

I cast about 500 Lee TL358-148-WC for 38 Special loads with Red Dot. Will tumble lube them tomorrow - should have done it tonight but didn't want to hunt for wax paper.

Believe it or not but this is the 1st wadcutter I've ever loaded after shooting for nearly 50 years. :)

[35 Rem]

Coated the bullets from the previous post with Lee Liquid Alox last night and again this morning. Currently have them laid out of wax paper drying. I figure that I might as well start using the 13 bottles of the stuff that I have!

[Mandoair]

Been doing lots of measuring for max COL for a couple of S A 9mm. MP 356 358 NLG BB. 132 gr. 8 cavity mold. My measurements are consistently inconsistent. I realized hay 8 holes in aluminum how perfect can they be and with me casting well now I get it. Go with the flow and get a one holer if you want perfection. Hay it’s only plus or minus. .017” max. Big news was I was loading up to .000 head space. Seeing good accuracy but it kinda scared my self. That’s all I got to say about that.

[stubshaft]

Loaded 150 pieces of 357 Maximum to shoot this Saturday.

[firefly1957]

I have been working on percussion cap making dies and priming mix I have about got it down when weather warms I am going to do some shooting with my replica 1859 Sharps .

Out of curiosity I tried the same mix in pistol primers and they fizzled and did not fire . The mix is 8 grains Barium Chlorate two grains charcoal and .3 grains red Phosphorous mixed wet with water. A second mix of 11 grains Barium Chlorate 2 grains charcoal and 1 grain Red Phosphorous works quite well . The powder was mixed wet dried then .2 grains (small primer cup full) was poured into large pistol cup . That was then wet with 1/3 spray lacquer & 2/3 acetone the anvil seated and dried .
These primers seem more energetic then factory magnum primers but I did not try yo measure force yet . I did have a first ever happen in reloading since 1973 and I have no idea how many round loaded . The primer got sideways when seating I crushed it so I could get it out of the shell holder like I have down many times over the years . That caused it to go off! It was quite the noise too!

[Texas by God]

.218 Bee day- loaded a bunch of 40 gr Z-Max over 4227 and a handful of Lee Bator 55 gr over Red Dot with Fiocchi SPP.


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[Larry Gibson]

Cast about 750 30 XCBs......

[cwtebay]

.218 Bee day- loaded a bunch of 40 gr Z-Max over 4227 and a handful of Lee Bator 55 gr over Red Dot with Fiocchi SPP.


Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkDang it!!! You're about 2 months ahead of me.
We shot 750 218 Bee last year and I probably need to get going on that.

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[Rapidrob]

I loaded up 50 6.5x55 Swede using 140 grain HPBT Match Kings over 37 grains of IMR-7383 ( RAD-78 ) powder. This gives a very accurate 2,400 FPS load out of the bolt rifles / carbines and the AG42B semi-auto rifle. ( port pressure is not an issue ) I bought 150 pounds of the surplus powder when in bulk you could get it for $1.50 a pound.
I have loaded it in many cartridge calibers over the years and never had an issue with excessive pressures or poor accuracy.
When a load is worked up where all the powder grains have burned, the powder is very clean burning. It is a triple base powder.
Many post here on the powder.

[Mandoair]

Got out to shoot some test rounds that have been waiting for temperatures in rise to 20’ or higher so the chrono would work. Testing with faster powder on my 132gr cast boolits. The results are encouraging especially at the top end of the loads

[sukivel]

I loaded 6.5x55 as well, but with the Lee 140 gr cast bullet. Also loaded some 170 gr cast into 30-30.

Shined up my new Mauser…


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[MOshooter]

We've, (my grandson and I) have been pretty busy in the reloading room lately. I'm teaching him how to reload, and also have been teaching him how to shoot 22 rimfire, he's 6 years old.
We've been reloading 300 Savage, 45-70 for the trapdoor, 45acp, and 44 mag.
I've been sorting brass, figured out I might have to much 38 special brass :) haha

After lunch I'm planning on casting some 405 HB boolits for the 1884 Springfield 45-70 carbine, so we'll have something to reload this weekend when my reloading buddy comes to visit.

[ChuckS1]

Cast 600 Lyman 356632 bullets using my new-to-me four cavity mold. Surprisingly accurate in my little Colt .380 MK IV Government.

[Big Nate]

Dug out the NIB Mag25 pot that was a deal pre-2019.
This will be the winter I try casting! Got a NOE 358 mold and hope to get everything set up by the end of next week! Gotta get loading for some sass shooting this summer.

[Mark85304]

I cast, culled, and sorted 500 22 Hornet boolits.


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[hc18flyer]

On Saturday I cast about 450- Lachmiller 358432 button nose wc, today they were powder coated. They weigh about 157 grains each. Next they need to go thru the Lee push-thru sizer. I'll be set with Wad cutters for a while! hc18flyer
PS- Went to a local gun show today too. Came across an old box of Hornady hbwc for $5, couldn't pass it up!

[35 Rem]

I dropped powder and seated bullets in 180 38 Specials using the Lee TL358-148gr WC and Red Dot. I lowered the powder charge down one Rotor size in the Little Dandy powder dropper compared to the recent load I've been testing. This new load will give an economical 2,187 shots per pound of powder. Being that lead is recoverable from my berm, and I still have a factory sealed Hercules Red Dot 8lb container that was bought for something like $85, shooting will only cost a primer for a good long time now. I'm still using the last 2 pounds of my other Hercules Red Dot. It lasts a long time this way. Good times!

[15meter]

Sized and G/C'd 250 NOE 311-151-SP's. Loaded 50, 300 H&H's. Set up the casting pot and cast a couple hundred NOE 314-203-SP for the Enfield and the P14. Dug out the 38 special brass/boolits, that's next in line behind the 303 British.

Dug out a 40 pound slab of telephone lead. Need to make it into usable muffin sized ingots. Probably Friday.

Need to dig out an ice boat, I was invited this morning to exhibit a boat or two at an outdoor show in Novi this weekend. Buddy's been asking me since before Thanksgiving. Told him I would if there was no sailable ice. He reminded me of that today.

Tapped the first maple tree, not much sap flowing yet.

Had the youngest nephew stop by for a while. He had his 5 year old in tow.

Good day.

[lightman]

I've been tumbling brass on and off since our Christmas Deer Season ended. Today I sorted a partial bucket of weights that a buddy brought to me. I don't weigh them but I kind of look in the buckets that the lead, iron, zinc and trash go in and estimate my lead yield. Todays bucket had less lead than I've ever had, about 50%, maybe a little less. Its been slowly declining but usually runs 55-60%.

[steve urquell]

Threw together a few test 9mm loads with some boolits that have been hanging around for years. 115gr PC from an unknown source. I didn't adjust anything on my press from my last session and it came out perfect. 2.8gr of Titewad and all cycled fine in my Foxtrot AR 9mm. I'll load up the rest of the 100 as plinkers as set.
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[Mark85304]

I cast 700 .358 200 gr FP for my Contender pistol calibers 357 Mag, 357 Herrett, and 35 Rem. I powder coated 600 9mm 120 gr and 300 357 158 gr HP.


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[Texas by God]

I’m in the middle of taking off the parts of a semi- inletted stock that doesn’t look like a classic lightweight sporter stock.
And getting it ready for glass bedding.
It’s a very nice walnut stock from a buddy; it’s going on a 1916 Oviedo/Remington 7x57 barreled action.


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[Mark85304]

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Lyman 225438 44 gr 22 Hornet.


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[JiriK]

I ground a profile tool for lathe to cut the extractor groove in 38spl brass.
Going to test converting 38 Special brass to 7.62x25 Tokarev.

[cwtebay]

I ground a profile tool for lathe to cut the extractor groove in 38spl brass.
Going to test converting 38 Special brass to 7.62x25 Tokarev.Great job! Just an FYI - Starline has been making them.

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[JiriK]

Great job! Just an FYI - Starline has been making them.

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I know. Price of 43,9€/100pcs of Starline brass + shipping is a bit high for me. I can buy S&B cartridges for ca. 0.65€/pcs.
Also Starline Tokarev brass is on backorder at Brownells.Fi. So 4-12weeks of waiting or DIY.

I like to tinker, already modified one Lee 2-cavity mold to make lighter bullets for this cartridge.

[Mark85304]

I ground a profile tool for lathe to cut the extractor groove in 38spl brass.
Going to test converting 38 Special brass to 7.62x25 Tokarev.

Great job!

My only question is how much of the case web remains above the extractor groove and does it compromise the web integrity? I’m thinking case head separation.

I’ve been thinking of getting a miniature lathe for small reloading tools and things like that.


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[JiriK]

Case base thicknesses:
Fiocchi 7.63Mauser - 4.0mm
CBC 38spl - 4.1mm
S&B 7.62 Tokarev - 4.35mm

Pretty close, I don´t expect problems.

I got inspiration to this conversion from thehighroad forum, there´s a thread about converting 38 to 7.62 tok.
I have tried to convert 223 to Tokarev but those shells still lack neck reaming.

Photo description: CBC 38spl brass, end of caliper´s depth measurement "stick" shows where bottom of cavity is.

[15meter]

Sized and lubed a couple hundred each 38 and 45 boolits. Got 1000+ 38's and about 500 45 ready to load.

Hung out with gun buddies at the gun club for a couple of hours.

Set up the Square Deal B to load 38 specials. Going to use up an OOOLD can of 5066 that has been around for way too long.

Burned my maple syrup that was being reduced thru inattention. Bummer.

Autorama tomorrow, haven't been in over 50 years, I suspect the world of hot rods has changed a bit since the last time I was there.

[stubshaft]

Loaded 165 32 ACP to empty out with my Walther PP.

[Mark85304]

Case base thicknesses:
Fiocchi 7.63Mauser - 4.0mm
CBC 38spl - 4.1mm
S&B 7.62 Tokarev - 4.35mm

Pretty close, I don´t expect problems.

I got inspiration to this conversion from thehighroad forum, there´s a thread about converting 38 to 7.62 tok.
I have tried to convert 223 to Tokarev but those shells still lack neck reaming.

Photo description: CBC 38spl brass, end of caliper´s depth measurement "stick" shows where bottom of cavity is.

Good deal. I hope it works out for you like you want. That’s some good thinking.


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[hc18flyer]

Loaded 200- .38 Special button nose wad cutters on my Dillon SDB, using the Photo Escape .358 HTC 'powder thru expander'. I loaded them over 2.5 grains of Clays. Last week I loaded a few at 2.7 Clays, plenty warm for paper or plates! I found out about the PE upgrade reading about her thread, works extremely well. hc18flyer

[challenger_i]

600rnds 45 Cowboy Special Mouse Phart rounds, single-stage Herter's #3 press. 3.7gr Bullseye under 180gr RNFP cast. Test rounds shot very accurate @ 25 paces, and I think a 22 Long Rifle makes more racket.

And yes: my arm be tired! :)

[Arkansas Paul]

Spent about an hour casting some .38 boolits.
Usually I use Lee molds. I forgot how tiring it could be running an iron 4-cavity mold. But hey, I got a lot of bullets done in an hour.

[Shell knob]

Not reloading room, but made some modified cases on the lathe. 225 win, 250 sav, 270, 30-06.

[deces]

Sandblasted press parts, getting ready to parkerize.

[Texas by God]

I started sorting a bucket of clip on and stick on wheel weights that my brother got at a tire store. He left it on my shop porch.
Amazing how few zinc weights I have found in this gift! Thanks, Brother.


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[AlaskaMike]

Today I fired up the casting pot and cast about 500 bullets from Accurate 36-125K. Only 3 rejects from the entire bunch! These Accurate molds are an absolute joy to cast with.

Also loaded up 50 rounds of my normal .45 Auto target load (200 gr. SWC over 4.0 gr. Clays), and 20 rounds of a test load using Clays in .45 Colt which will be going through my .454 Casull Rossi 92 just for fun.

[MOshooter]

After several evenings I finally completed my 223 brass prep of over 2000 cases, all sorted tonight.
Resized, trimmed to length, chaffered inside and outside of the case mouth, primer pockets cleaned, wet tumbled, and all cases ran through a dehydrator to make sure no moisture is left behind in the cases.

I've become a fan of wet tumbling the brass

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[Arkansas Paul]

Getting these .38 bullets ready to go.

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[MOA]

Getting my mec 600 setup for the 20 gauge. I've a box of 500 Winchester super X hulls That I got from BPI. Only downside is that some are 6 point. Most are 8 point. The 6 points don't do well in the 8 point crimp starter. Lol.

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[Mark85304]

Since it is a rainy day in AZ, I cast 1,200+ 9mm 120gr TC boolits said n the shop and washed them in acetone getting them ready for powder coating once the humidity goes down.


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[sukivel]

Since it is a rainy day in AZ, I cast 1,200+ 9mm 120gr TC boolits said n the shop and washed them in acetone getting them ready for powder coating once the humidity goes down.


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Does washing them in acetone help powder stick to them better?


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[Mark85304]

Does washing them in acetone help powder stick to them better?


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It may. All the other rules apply, but I find acetone removes any oil and sweat from handling and removes some oxidation. It removes some variables known to cause problem with the powders giving me the best chance for successful powder static cling.


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[stubshaft]

Loaded up some 45 LC and 30 Carbine for my Blackhawks.

[15meter]

Loaded several hundred 38 Specials using 60's vintage powder-Winchester 230 P and similar vintage R-P primers with my own cast boolits. Powder and primers were dead guy stuff that I got for almost nothing. Boolits were from freebie lead. Other than time probably a good 1-2 pennies in each load.

Reduced 8-9 gallons of maple sap to ~3 quarts, was supposed to be less than a quart but the propane jug ran dry. Finish it tomorrow or Sunday.

And took the wife out for perch dinner. About the only thing catholic I still do. And she's not a catholic.

Not even a C&E member anymore. More of a F&W kind guy.

And prefer the W to be going to the reception only.

And NOT a dry one.

[JiriK]

Ordered a shellplate for Hornady L´n´l AP press some time ago. Received older model plate without the extractor groove on bottom.
Could have returned that plate but correct ones aren´t available here (or nearly anywhere, it is for 7.62x54R)
Intermittent cut on a small desktop lathe is not fun but got it done.

[thump_rrr]

Loaded a ladder of 6.5CM with Lapua brass, H4350, BR-4's, and 147 ELD-M's.

Setup and cast 200 45 285 FP-FB with a new to me Magma Master Caster mold bought from a member here.

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Since that video was posted I installed a touch screen.
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[rintinglen]

I loaded 10 25 ACP's while doing the laundry. Only took me the best part of an hour (truth in advertising means I have to say I primed about 200, but only managed to get 10 loaded-weighing each charge.)

[Texas by God]

I loaded 10 25 ACP's while doing the laundry. Only took me the best part of an hour (truth in advertising means I have to say I primed about 200, but only managed to get 10 loaded-weighing each charge.)

Aha!
You’re loading Match Ammo for that 6.35![emoji106]

[stubshaft]

Sorting out the 350, 32 ACP and 38 Special brass I emptied yesterday.

[Texas by God]

I necked up two R-P .244 Remington and eleven Norma 6mm Remington brass to 6.5, then to 7x57 Mauser as an experiment.
It worked just fine.
In case 7mm brass gets hard to find….


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[sukivel]

Cleaned some brass.

Loaded 50 rounds of 45-70 with the MP 462 Hammer.

Loaded 25 rounds of 9mm with the Lee 147 truncated cone to test in the G19.


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[Mark85304]

Separating a barrel of brass I found while cleaning out an old storage shed.


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[Thebigbaby]

I’ll be loading up some .308 hunting rounds. 178gr ELD-X over 37 grs of CFE223. FC brass.


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[Shell knob]

Loaded some 41 mag into starline brass w 210gr HC jwords to try out my new to me Ruger while waiting on mold.

[Budzilla 19]

I finished up the last of my soft lead melting, turning it from sheets, blocks, and assorted pieces to Redneck Gold ingots! ‘Bout a hundred pounds so far! Now, on to the zinc wheel weights! Those cannonball guys are to get a chance on a big batch of melted zinc ingots in the near future! 324743

[whisler]

Did some cleaning and organizing. I know, heresy. Lol

[greybuff]

Turned 30lbs. soft lead into 20:1 ingots, cast some 45-70 bullets and than resized some 32-40 brass on my new to me Hollywood Gun Shop Super Turret. What a machine.

[Jedman]

I finished cleaning up a modified BSA 12/15 martini barreled action and cold blued it. Tomorrow it will get all put back together and a scope mounted. I have owned this rifle for years but shortened the barrel made a new forend and Acraglas bedded it and refinished the stock all recently.
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[armouredtrooper]

A while ago I purchased a "Quigley down under" Pedersoli Sharps with the 34" barrel along with two boxes Remington corlokt 405 gn bullets. it was only after I got home did I realize that the bullets purchased were "full charge". Knowing that Cabelas will not refund purchased ammo, I decided to strip the bullets and replace the smokeless load with 65 gns of Goex 2F powder. in 10 cases, I substituted the 405 gn bullets with Hornady 350 gn interlocks, and the remaining 10 were capped with the original 405 gn spcl bullets. I can't wait to get out and see how these loads group at 100. I also replaced the Vernier sight with a Lee Shaver sight with a Hadley eye cup.

[RustyReel]

I finished cleaning up a modified BSA 12/15 martini barreled action and cold blued it. Tomorrow it will get all put back together and a scope mounted. I have owned this rifle for years but shortened the barrel made a new forend and Acraglas bedded it and refinished the stock all recently.
Jedman

I would like to see a pic or two of your BSA!

[MOshooter]

I've been on brass prep for the last several weeks

Last night I finished swaging 45acp crimped primers, all pistol brass is complete after wet tumbling and a cycle through the dehydrator. I've also been bagging and tagging all completed brass, before storing in containers.
I also worked on cleaning the reloading room and reorganizing after cleaning and prepping nearly 10K pieces of brass.

[35 Rem]

I was on a roll casting some Lee 43-310-RF bullets for my Super BlackHawk when I noticed the mold halves were misaligning. The front alignment pin had slipped back into the hole such that it wasn't engaging it's mate in the other block. I decided it was smart to stop for the evening and wait for everything to cool before working on it. Only got about 100 cast before this happened.

[stubshaft]

Loaded up 350 pieces o 40 S&W or the upcoming weekend.

[Cast_outlaw]

Moved in mid 2022 and did not get a reloading room right away went through some personal stuff suffice of to say I’m finally starting the project
Insulated most the walls and ceiling of the mezzanine in my shop and Vapor Barriered it today just need 4 more bags of r24-23 and to frame a wall against back wall (the structure is solid but built a little jankey as it started as a 2x4 framed tarp shed then got 2x6 filled in between the 4’ centre 2x4s then rebuilt again later) then I can finish insulating vapour barrier the board and get my friend to tape it

Going to steel stud the open end into the rest of the shop creating a fire break with rockwool and double 5/8 fire board
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Well that’s enough blabbing wish me luck