What did you do in the reloading room today?

[Area Man]

Got my shelves installed and about 15% of my stuff put away.

Moved in August. Still working on unpacking the last of my ****.

[taco650]

I pan lubed ~200 boolits today and remembered why I got a Lyman 450. Time to buy more sizer dies and top punches.

[Bberguson]

Loaded 100 rounds of 38 special with 145gr cast and 3.8 grains of Win 231. Also boxed about 500 rounds of 12 gauge.

BB

[robertsm53]

Resized /De-Primed and belled the mouth of 400 45-70 cases, and primed about 1/2 of them. Tonight I get to finish priming and stuff then full.

[Black Powder Bill]

Loaded a few 45LC with 13gr BD and the 200gr J Hornady Flex tip.
Make a fire out back to, 1. get rid of dead wood,,2 melt down some Pb I picked up earlier in the week. Since the fire was nice a hot I cooked a yard bird for supper.

[tazman]

Loaded several different sets of 38 special test loads to try out. Mostly lighter weight boolits designed for 9mm. Since I size my 9mm boolits to the same size I use for 38 special, it should not lead the barrel. I am just curious about how accurate they will be.

[Schrag4]

Loaded 100 9mm Lee 124gr RN tumble variety, powder coated, over 4.8gr of Unique.

[robertsm53]

loaded up 250 45-70's with some 500 gr Boolets on top of a mild dose of IMR 3031.

[1989toddm]

Loaded a few 45LC with 13gr BD and the 200gr J Hornady Flex tip.
Make a fire out back to, 1. get rid of dead wood,,2 melt down some Pb I picked up earlier in the week. Since the fire was nice a hot I cooked a yard bird for supper.

I'm really enjoying smelting over a wood fire also. Plus I get charcoal out of it for the BBQ!

[JeffG]

1. Cleaned out a new set of 9x18mm Makarov dies then sized, primed and expanded 50 new starline brass.
2. Cast a couple hundred Lee 365-95-R bullets for the P-64, checked diameter then tumbled lubed them.
3. Made up a dummy round to check in the P-64 chamber
4. Made a new bracket to hold a new PID temperature probe in the Lee pot.

[tygar]

Yesterday was organizing & putting 1k 62grAP on strippers then was putting away various stuff & had 3 take off barrels to put with my others from TOs etc. So I dug out the barrels I had oiled & wrapped in paper before storage. Well wouldn't you know it the dam Virginia humidity, even though in my basement which is not humid, had caused rust on several! A decent M1 TO for a rifle I made into a 308 match, 2 like new Kleinguenthers(which cannot be replaced since he's dead), an 06 & 7mmMag, a heavy brl .308 & a 25-06. The rest were stainless. Some light rust on the M1, 308 & 25-06 which cleaned up OK. But the Ks were really bad. Cleaned & removed rust from the lightly marred brls the started on the Ks. Some bad stuff. They will have to be refinished, sanded etc. Luckily, I use a heavy bore grease so all brls are OK. Today after shooting I'll get hot on the K brls with Naval Jelly or similar to take off rust & see how bad they are. It sucks cause brls are from guns I had made in 73 & 79 & were exc, except now, of course, for the rust.

I had actually wanted to check the K brls to see if one was a .308 since I wanted to put it back on one of my Ks that were duplicates. Only 308 was for a 700.

Since I don't have plans for either brl I'll just de-rust them, cosmoline the crp out of them & put them away for now.

[johnc486]

Cast 530 148 gr lwc to be powder coated tomorrow and loaded for the mod 67.

Tazman
I shot 50 124 gr rn (powder coated) out of my 686 yesterday, loaded in 357 brass, no leading and accuracy was as good as I can shoot. I think you'll be fine out of a 38, I loaded with HS-6 and magnum primers.

[jabo52521]

Cast a few 40cals for another member here. His were falling small. My second mold dropped consistently at 404. We may have a winner!!

[Efin]

Load 500, 223 and put on strippers.

[doc1876]

a couple of days ago, the grandson and I made 130 45-70 "loads" for a friend who works movie productions. We had to load lead, with spent primer, and no powder. They also needed to be coated for corrosion resistance, so they did not turn green in the belts. check out his profile at http://www.kelequineproductions.com/
This is my loading partner

[johnc486]

Cast another 550 148 gr LWCs to go along with the 530 cast yesterday (all cast with a single cavity mold). Let the powder coating begin.

[Reverend Al]

Tried out my brand new Frankford Arsenal wet tumbler with a gallon of hot water, ss pins, a squirt of Dawn, and some Lemi-Shine. I now have several big plastic tubs full of shiny .303 British, .30-06, .30-30's and 6.5x55 Swedish. This thing is amazing! The '06 was a big batch of scuzzy brown military brass that I was tempted to scrap because they looked so bad, but now they look brand new again! I'll never go back to my vibrating tumblers with corn cob again ...

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[1989toddm]

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First cast of the season!! Boy does it feel good! .452-225 for trying paper patch in 45-70, .429-200 44 mag, and a couple different .309 boolits for thursdaymike!

[labradigger1]

Tried out my new to me rcbs 2A press. Sized, deprimed and swaged the primer pockets on a few hundred 30-06 brass for the garand. Next will be pp cleaning, case length check and case chamfering.
I detest case prep! I plan on doing about 2k rounds of brass prep after work all week. I like to just get it over with all at once.

[Black Powder Bill]

Sorting out totes and boxes. Found 6 rolls of wire solder 50-50 ,60-40 and a staybrite. Moved the redneck silver into 2 milk crates. Soft for my RB and hard for other boolits.
Sorted out close to 30 pounds of scrap yard boolits earlier in the week. 45's-30 cal some lubed and GC,30 cal 2 weights, 600 358's at 162gr and about 3lbs of .285's 143 gr not lubed or sized.
Anyone need the 285's I'll trade for some .224 for my .223 CZ?

I have to put up another shelf or load some ctgs.

[Tenbender]

PC'd 600, 401's.

[Reverend Al]

Still tumbling brass .... lots ... and lots ... and LOTS of brass ... (and still have quite a bit to go) ...

;-)


Tried out my brand new Frankford Arsenal wet tumbler with a gallon of hot water, ss pins, a squirt of Dawn, and some Lemi-Shine. I now have several big plastic tubs full of shiny .303 British, .30-06, .30-30's and 6.5x55 Swedish. This thing is amazing! The '06 was a big batch of scuzzy brown military brass that I was tempted to scrap because they looked so bad, but now they look brand new again! I'll never go back to my vibrating tumblers with corn cob again ...

:smile:

[flyingmonkey35]

Sized about 650 .452 espc hf black 230 grain Lee boolits. Then came up with this simple chute to get them in the bin.

Worked really well.

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[NavyVet1959]

Sized about 650 .401 espc 200 grain Lee boolits. Then came up with this simple shoot.


What Lee mold was that? I haven't seen a 200 gr Lee mold for 0.401". I ended up going with the TL410-210-SWC and resizing them for 10mm. They drop at 216 gr with a 50:50 Pb:WW alloy. 747 ft-lbs... :)

[flyingmonkey35]

Let me doulbe check I'm tired

[flyingmonkey35]

230 grn round nose

[flyingmonkey35]

What Lee mold was that? I haven't seen a 200 gr Lee mold for 0.401". I ended up going with the TL410-210-SWC and resizing them for 10mm. They drop at 216 gr with a 50:50 Pb:WW alloy. 747 ft-lbs... :)


Let me doulbe check I'm tired
230 grn .452 wow good thing I. Just sizing them :-)

[NavyVet1959]

230 grn .452 wow good thing I. Just sizing them :-)

You resized a .452 to .401 in one step?

I tried that once and all I got was a bullet stuck in the bottom of the Lee resizing die. Even going from .44 mag to 10mm, I ended up having to do it in steps... Resize to .44 mag first, then resize to .41 mag, then resize to 10mm. Ended up going from 240 gr to around 210 gr, so it wasn't worth it. Going from .41 mag to 10mm, I don't lose any weight.

[flyingmonkey35]

You resized a .452 to .401 in one step?

I tried that once and all I got was a bullet stuck in the bottom of the Lee resizing die. Even going from .44 mag to 10mm, I ended up having to do it in steps... Resize to .44 mag first, then resize to .41 mag, then resize to 10mm. Ended up going from 240 gr to around 210 gr, so it wasn't worth it. Going from .41 mag to 10mm, I don't lose any weight.
I deserve the ribbing.

I was posting more on my make shift pvc shoot for the sizing die. It worked brilliant. Going to tweak it a bit.

[NavyVet1959]

I deserve the ribbing.

I was posting more on my make shift pvc shoot for the sizing die. It worked brilliant. Going to tweak it a bit.

So, you're saying that you weren't resizing to 0.401", but rather to 0.452"?

I didn't pay much attention to the photo. When you said "shoot", I thought you actually meant something about shooting instead of having misspelled "chute (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chute_%28gravity%29)".

Interesting way of doing it... I recently tried the inverted press method of resizing and it works pretty good. I just mounted my RCBS single stage on a 2x6 (about 3 ft long) that slides into brackets under my reloading bench so it can be mounted normally or inverted.

[flyingmonkey35]

Shoot!! I meant chute. I am to not spelling well today.:-)

Yes I was sizing Lee .452 230 grain round nose. Cast with a mix of ww and range lead.

They drop at 233 grains.

Not 100% sure I like the black powder coat yet. We shall see.

[NavyVet1959]

Shoot!! I meant chute. I am to not spelling well today.:-)

Awh, blame it on the auto-correct... I find myself having to go back and edit a lot of posts (some even multiple times) because of auto-correct on touch pad devices (i.e. phones and tablets). :(

Tried to type "braindead" the other day and it kept auto-correcting it to "BRAINdead" instead. Don't know why it insisted on capitalizing the first part even after I went back and changed it.

[ohiomadman]

I loaded up 28 45-70 with a 340gr LFN with 7gr of Trail Boss. Fun little plinkers.

[DEC505]

Loaded 50 rounds of .45 acp and 100 rounds of 9mm.

[JeffG]

I carried 50 rounds of just fired 45 Colt brass there and dumped them in the fired brass bin. Then lapped the muzzle on 3 milsurps.

[mdi]

I sat on my stool listening to '60s Doo-Wop, trying to decide which caliber I should reload. I have 64 rounds (4x16, four loads of two clips each), various loads of 30-06 to try in my Garand. I have 16 $x$) rounds of various loads to try in my 308 bolt gun. I have a whole bunch of .44 Mag., 38 Special, 45 ACP, 9mm, and 7.52x54r reloads waiting to be shot....

[Efin]

Loaded 25 - 350g, 458 Socom for the range.

[L Erie Caster]

Took the case feed on my XL650 apart cleaned it, replaced the spring and put it back together. I was having a problem with the cases not fully inserting into the shell plate. Problem seems to be solved as I ran several hundred through it (without dies) and no half inserted cases. I will find out for sure if it is better next loading session.

[waco]

Drank a cold beer reading the last few pages of this thread.

[P Flados]

It started with loading 38 Sp (50) with PC bullets. I use these as fouling shots.

Gathered up some left over from a couple of non-standard alloy batches, added in the right Pb and tin to get one of my standard alloys and made up a couple of pots worth of ingots.

Trimmed bushes & mowed the front yard.

Later I got around to the "good deed" for the day. Found that Cheeper Than D**t has 357 max brass in stock ($40/100). Ordered 200. As long as I was paying for shipping, I ordered some other misc items including a Lee 158 tumble lube. My first 6 cavity.

[JeffG]

Loaded 20 rounds 8mm Mauser with NOE 326471GC and H4198.

[sparky45]

Cast some 0 Buck .320" for some .410 ammo.

[scaevola]

I loaded 250 rounds of .32 S&W Long on my Lee classic turret (no proper shell plate for the 550) then switched to the 550 for 200 rounds of .38 Special.

Switching machines sure makes the superiority of the Dillon obvious.

[rintinglen]

Cast, sized, and lubed about 12 pounds of 230 grain boolits for my experiments with light 45 auto rim in my Mk VI Commercial Webley. I was using an RCBS 230 grain Cowboy mold that I got from Midway on sale. RCBS makes great molds, if they made 4 cavity molds, I'd probably own nothing else.

[robertsm53]

cast sized and lubed almost 100 RCBS 500 grain .45 cal bullets for the 45-70

[62chevy]

Range day today so now soaking all my brass.

[Ola]

Smelted a gallon of stick-on WW's (outside, of course). The smell was strong 200 yards away, I was told.
Poor neighbors..

[bruce drake]

Not a darn thing :(

[dragon813gt]

Cleaned it up. Last time I was in was over a month ago when I was emptying all the tools out of my work van. Got everything somewhat organized as far as the tools go. Had a bunch of random bags of brass on the bench.

One of them was some 300 Savage brass I converted. It was before I had a Dillon SuperSwage and small base sizing die. Saw one of the primers backed out of the pocket. So I deprimed one hundred pieces and scraped the brass. Not worth any potential issues and I have 100 pieces done that I know are done properly.

[rmark]

Ran a few .38 bullets through a used RCBS Lube matic 2 I just picked up, using the unknown lube that came in the sizer.

[NavyVet1959]

Tested using small rifle primers in the 10mm M1911 for heavy loads (216 gr, 747 ft-lbs) instead of pistol primers. The primer indentation was a bit less, but they fired reliably and there was less flattening of the primers.

[Expat74]

Scratching my head, wondering where to start with all these moving boxes to unpack.. but I'm looking forward to the new and improved ..

Will get to it after work today, good excuse to call it a day at 3pm, at least to myself ;)

[robg]

sized & expanded 100 .357 cases,sized 60 .308 cases washed off the case lube then set them to dry before they go in the tumbler for a nice polish.

[tward]

Cast 260 Lee 358 RNFP, 260 MiHic 433640L with solid nose and 180 Lee 429 200 gr RNFP. Lubed the Lee Boolits with Ben's liquid lube (BLL). Tim:bigsmyl2: Great day for casting, bright and sunny temp around 65 degrees!

[6622729]

Took delivery of my Lee hardness tester today. Test fired about 20 rounds of cast through the chrono working up the powder load on 9mm 124gr TC. Loaded 30 rounds of 124gr truncated cone 9mm at 4.8gr of Ramshot Sillouette for a COAL accuracy test. Tumble lubed another 150 124gr TC bullets with 45/45/10 lube.

[Petro58]

Trying to get Boolit stock built up. Just finished off casting another 200+ Lee TL356-124 TC for the 9mm, 200+ Lee TL401-175 for the .40s&w, 200+ Lee TL430-240 for the .44mag/spl. Now take a break and get ready to Powder Coat them. Hope to hit the Range tomorrow to try my loaded PC Boolits and see how they perform. And hopefully get some Range Lead too. :bigsmyl2:

[Jal5]

Loaded another 100 rounds of 45 ACP using 230 RN from Xtreme bullets and Bullseye.

[thursdaymike]

Built a shelf for my reloading bench to help decrease clutter in my gun room.

[jabo52521]

I had to get organized after the "good luck bird" landed. These discs were found in a bucket of weights . Don't know what they are but they ring when dropped. Found this in the box of weights, Brand new. Trade bait soon. And la152719152720152721152722st...on the way home saw a garage sale sponsored by one of the churches. $3 for this platter. Says its pewter. Anyone familiar with the brand?

[hickfu]

Nothing, but I did special order a Lee case length gauge for the 6.5x57 so I can trim all my cases before reloading them..

[iraiam]

Mixed up about 50 pounds of Lyman #2 alloy and poured into ingots, stamped them with a big number 2, The new Lyman Mag 25 furnace is nice for this, got it done in just two batches. Looks like I used the last of my virgin Linotype alloy for this:cry: I still have a lot of ingots that are Linotype-ish.

[Butchman205]

Won 1k- 300 blackout brass for loading. Fully prepped once fired 556 LC brass, including annealing...$80 shipped to my door. Not bad!

I shoot my 45 Colt single-actions more than everything else combined...but LOVE plinking with the 300 blackouts. Very cheap to load my own.

[brassrat]

Just loaded 100 9mm w .357 XTPs. and 50 of my new .380 loading. Also pulled 13 remaining factory 90 gr. 9mm and put em into .380s... you asked

[carstensxd45]

Finished my casting for this next year152781
150 lbs of 45acp, 5,250 rounds and 123 lbs of 9mm, 7,105 rounds, will keep me through the year

[Jal5]

Wow good job

[Crusty Deary Ol'Coot]

Last night, finished loading up 100 - 30/06 hunting rounds.

165gr Hornady Interlock, 61.5gr of RL22, Winchester Brass and CCI #200 primers.

Considering I bought this very accurate RUGER American for a loaner rifle, my current stash of loaded "06" hunting ammo will likely out last me.

Next on the list is loading some 275gr Wide Flat Nose cast bullet test loads for my son's triple 4. IMR4198 and H335

Then maybe on to loading some 12ga. shot shells for a friend that gave me 100lbs of #7 1/2 shot.

Need to have a casting session soon! Have a couple new Accurate Molds to try out.

Need to go out hunting again tonight with the new to me 77/44 loaded up with the same bullet I'm loading for the son's triple 4.

Busy Busy and a number of other rounds to load cast bullets in!

Crusty Deary Ol'Coot

[dragon813gt]

Pulled nine new molds out of the safe that were still in the original boxes. Put all the HP pins together and cleaned the molds up. They're currently in the oven heat cycling. Printed out labels for the storage boxes that the molds, bullet samples, top punches and HP pins go in.

Tomorrow I get to disassemble all the molds. Stone the sprue plates. Lube them and put them back together for storage. I've let new ones stack up for to long and created a lot of work at once for myself.

I know there are two more molds on the way. A few GBs are closed and the molds are being made. Then there are the buys that are still open. I don't even want to know how many I'm signed up for :laugh:

[thursdaymike]

Pulled 24 6.8 spc bullets. Cases weren't chambering. I resized and wahlah they work. Then I set up my 300 blackout dies and loaded 24 in .5 gr steps down to work up a sub load. Slugged the 300 blackout barrel while I was at it.
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[DEC505]

Separated three 5 gallon buckets of wheel weights, ended up with about two and a half buckets of lead weights.:bigsmyl2:

[Tweetyj]

Try to find place to store the 130 lbs of 45-230 RN ( approx. 4000) boolits my casting friend gave me today till i have time to powder coat them !!!! After i powder coat the 3000 44-240 RN he gave me last week , good thing i am a school bus driver lots of time to powder coat !!!!

[bunkysdad]

Worked on some medium strength cast boolit loads for the 303 British after find about a hundred new Remington brass I had forgot I bought.

[bscapt]

over weekend worked up 200 rounds of 223

[jonp]

Just cast up 50 370gr 43 Spanish for this weekends load work-up in my Rolling Block.

[Crusty Deary Ol'Coot]

Friend gave me 100lbs. of #7 1/2 shot awhile back so last night I loaded up 50 trap level loads 7 1/2 and maybe tonight I do 50 field loads with #6 as a bit of a thank you.

Crusty Deary Ol'Coot

[taco650]

Started on some .38 Special with my own cast boolits.

[Hick]

Put up insulation. Been wanting to try out cast with my 32 WS but don't have a place (or the stuff) to cast. Ordered some 170 grain from Hunter's supply. Got the brass got the primers, got the loading data and got the powder, but the boolits have not arrived-- and today was such a nice day for shooting as well. Oh well...

[tazman]

I cast 300 pieces of NOE 358-155-tc ELCO for my 9mm and 38 special using the hollow point pins.
Loaded up 200 rounds of 38 special in 2 different wadcutter configurations to test for best accuracy. Lyman 358495 and 35863 both over 3 grains of Bullseye.

[Brotherbadger]

Sized and deprimed 71 30-06 cases. I also cleaned about 500 9mm cases.

[6622729]

Tumble lubed 160 NOE 358-135 RFHP for 9mm. They need to dry, get sized to .357 then tumble lubed again. Continued tumbling my sorted 9mm brass and storing most of it in newly acquired 100 round plastic cases. Took receipt of another 50lbs of wheel weight lead.

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[jonp]

Just mixed up some Emmert's with the Beeswax I got today from RandyRat. When did women get so finicky about their cooking pots and pans??

[bedbugbilly]

Loaded up a couple hundred 358-432 160 gr. WC in 38 Spl. over 3.5 gr. of Bulls Eye. I seat these out further and crimp in a lube groove. These have proven to be quite accurate out of my S & W Combat Masterpiece. Still experimenting though. Have about one more day to shoot and then will stop - deer season starts here on Sunday and I don't like to shoot on my range on the farm during deer season - too many hunters out on adjoining property. And, it's been very windy and COLD here today!

[curt48mauser]

bangerjim wrote about sprues: " I use a hand garden trowel to slide them back in with my hand safely back from the pot."

I like this idea, another gardening tool that my wife won't know what happened to it.
And to keep with the theme of the post, I worked on cleaning around my reloading bench-I'm beginning to think I might be a little messy.

[bangerjim]

Picked up several pounds of H110 over the weekend, so I loaded up some test loads (24) of 44MAG's for my 7½" RedHawk. Never fired full house 44 rounds B4....only lighter ones more like 44SPL's. 240 SWC PC + Cu GC with 24gn H100, by the books. Also did 12ea) of 21.5gn, although the books and this forum say do not go more than 0.3% below....no problems at all. Just less kick and no noticeable loss of accuracy.

Went to the range this afternoon.

WOW........that was fun. A lotta kick.....but fun! Need to stuff some more now!

The 357MAG's in the S&W were light weights compared to the 44's! The guys down the lanes had to ask what that loud bang was from. They were shooting 22LR's and 9mm!

Fun!

banger

[Davy Sprocket]

Sorted most of the way through my first 100 lbs of wheel weights. I'd guess scrap yard has another 400 lbs evenly split between ww and pure lead.

[Petro58]

Here's some of my PC Lee TL401-175 . Loaded into 38-40 cases for my 1892 Winchester. Hope to get to the Range next week and punch some holes so I can tune these loads.
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[1989toddm]

Here's some of my PC Lee TL401-175 . Loaded into 38-40 cases for my 1892 Winchester. Hope to get to the Range next week and punch some holes so I can tune these loads.
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Beeeeyoutiful rifle!! (And SA)

[Jal5]

Nothing in the reloading room but i did find almost 100 cases for 223 at our club today.

[dragonrider]

I have been preparing several thousand 223 cases for use. decrimping primer pockets, polishing, and full length sizing. Bought an AR-15 lower last week and gonna find an upper soon, hence gonna need something to shoot from it. To start with I will be using some H322 because I have a lot of it, well relatively speaking, 2 pounds is a lot for me. . Was thinking about some H4831, I have even more of that, but have only found 1 source for load data, not from a manual, would like to find more, seems like it is more usefull in the larger cases.

[tazman]

I cast up 512 rounds of Lyman 358495 full wadcutters using my 4 cavity mold and Lee 20lb pot in exactly 1 hour. No rejects at all during the run(preheated mold). May be the best afternoon casting I ever had.
Loaded up 200 rnds of 38 special with 158 SWC and 3.5 Bullseye. Always good to have a few boxes of these on hand.

[Lead Fred]

Found several 100 38 Special brass in a box, so Im sized them up, the last are in the tumbler.
Hopefully will finish up by next week, and get back to fun stuff like 45/70 loadin

[JeffG]

Cast about 450 Lee 365-95-1R for the P-64 and broke in a new 6 cavity Lee 358-105-SWC, casting about 450 of those. Then loaded 20 38 special rounds

[scottfire1957]

Welll, I have a couple of Savage/Springfield shotguns on the bench I'm thinking of tossing in the dumpster. I'm gonna look in a few more places first, but they sure are frustrating.

[stubbicatt]

Casted up some 32-40 bullets. With a single cavity mould, this is slow going.

Loaded up some 357 magnum bullets for the pistol caliber cowboy match this morning. I like 231, such a versatile powder, and only 1100 fps. Just dandy. The cases hardly expand at all, and slide noticeably easier through the carbide sizing die.

[1989toddm]

Welll, I have a couple of Savage/Springfield shotguns on the bench I'm thinking of tossing in the dumpster. I'm gonna look in a few more places first, but they sure are frustrating.

Toss in the dumpster?? What's wrong with them?

[Petro58]

Toss in the dumpster?? What's wrong with them?
I had wondered the same thing. But then Frustration will sometimes make you do funny things. My Dad has a Kimber Solo that I personally would like to take and use for a Target. Then melt it down and bury it deep. It's a total piece of JUNK. We've taken it to 2 supposed different Smith's look at, it's been back to Kimber at least once, and it still jams or fails to fire. Good primer strikes, but FtF. I don't care about the Premium ammuniton Myth. If I was dumb enough to carry it and had to use it, I'd have a better chance dropping the mag and throwing the Bullets at the Perp, then I would pulling the trigger and relying on it to Fire. Now if you SOAK IT with WD40 it'll MAYBE (and I say MAYBE) fire a Mag or 2 with No Jams or FtF. Chamber been Polished, the feed ramp Polished, Firing pin and guide slot Polished, everything slick as Hot Goose Grease sliding a Turd out an Owl's Butt. Last I talked to Dad we intend to Send it back to Kimber along with a Picture of a HIGH POINT that really works, and tell them to Stick it, "Please Destroy" because we don't want it Back. Maybe we need to Trade it for 2 Savage/Springfield Shotguns that someone else is having Problems with. Sorry for the "Frustration", Rant Over!

Side Note: the only thing we haven't done is try Only 147grain ammo. We've used at least 7 different Brands of Factory 124gr, FMJ, and HP and NOTHING worked everytime. Premium Ammo Myth.

[1989toddm]

Pietro, I can testify that frustration makes you do some otherwise crazy things. But shoot I'll take a chance on it! Lol

[jimb16]

Actually, I didn't cast any boolits or make any shot.....BUT I did finish putting into ingots 440 lbs of sheet lead and got started on smelting around another 125 lbs of sorted WWs. These should go nicely with the 75 lbs of tin that I have squirrelled away. Hmmmmm, I hope that will last me til spring...

[scottfire1957]

Toss in the dumpster?? What's wrong with them?


Easy enough to get apart, but when you pull the trigger group from the receiver, springs fall out. I'm looking for diagrams to reinstall the springs.

They are cheap shotguns and never very popular, with many series variations.

IF I can get them together, I'm gonna sell 'em cheap. Caveats will be given about disassembly.

[triggerhappy243]

I have been preparing several thousand 223 cases for use. decrimping primer pockets, polishing, and full length sizing. Bought an AR-15 lower last week and gonna find an upper soon, hence gonna need something to shoot from it. To start with I will be using some H322 because I have a lot of it, well relatively speaking, 2 pounds is a lot for me. . Was thinking about some H4831, I have even more of that, but have only found 1 source for load data, not from a manual, would like to find more, seems like it is more usefull in the larger cases.

H-4831 is no good for 223. way too slow.

[1989toddm]

Easy enough to get apart, but when you pull the trigger group from the receiver, springs fall out. I'm looking for diagrams to reinstall the springs.

They are cheap shotguns and never very popular, with many series variations.

IF I can get them together, I'm gonna sell 'em cheap. Caveats will be given about disassembly.

I do see your frustration. Oh well such is life! Without these things there would be no challenge! [emoji1]

[Brotherbadger]

Picked up about 80lbs of ww and a nice long ladle for smelting.

[rockrat]

Nothing really in the reloading room, as my shop has more than reloading. Does rechamber a .308 win Savage barrel to 300 win mag count?:)

[shoot-n-lead]

Just walked through and put up some j-word bullets that came in, that I bought from a fellow on another forum.

[tazman]

I cast about 200 158RN boolits for my 38/357. Then went to the press and loaded 250 rounds of 38 special.

[goryshaw]

Smelted 2x laundry detergent buckets of range scrap. Got about 115 lbs of good clean lead from them. Still need to rep-smelt the dross, can probably get another 30+ lbs from it.

Did my first casting session with a NOE 311299 x5 mold. Took a few casts to find the rhythm to keep the mold at the right temp, but after I found the right pace I emptied the 20 lb pot twice with barely any rejects. I don't have a lot of experience, but that mold is the nicest I have used by far, bullets just fall out of it perfectly formed. Did another 20 lb pot of Lee 457-500, harder to keep it at the right temp, but still got several hundred good bullets from it. Planning on another 20 lb pot of it this afternoon, followed by Lee 459-405 HB, NOE 225-70 and RCBS 32-98 SWC later in the week.

After all that's done I've got to load up another 200x .223 for service rifle practice. That's pretty much a continuous process, load 100-200 a week, shoot them all off, and start over. About time to order another 1000 bullets from Nosler or MidwayUSA.

[dragon813gt]

Disassembled and started stripping the paint from a RCBS JR3. It had a lot of rust and I was going to sell it off. But it will work perfectly for seating gas checks w/ NOE's tool. I hate the old crinkle finish as it always looks filthy. Hopefully I have time this weekend to finish stripping the paint and clean up all the parts.

[rodsvet]

Polished and chamfered the top of the hole in all my shell holders so they would function perfectly without hangup in my RCBS bench primer. Now it works flawlessly the way it was intended.

[tazman]

Polished and chamfered the top of the hole in all my shell holders so they would function perfectly without hangup in my RCBS bench primer. Now it works flawlessly the way it was intended.

Excellent solution. I just wish it had not been necessary.

[michiganmike]

Yesterday actually, I completed my work on a power case prep tool. I just posted the results with a couple pictures. A fun project. And it even works well!

[DEC505]

Mail man dropped off my first two molds. Sat in shop just admiring them.:bigsmyl2:

[Jal5]

Nothing but unpacked the box of 500 55 gr. bullets from Xtreme bullets i got in the mail.

[edler7]

Loaded 100 30-06 on a single stage press and powder coated 250 .45 boolits, plus assorted goofing around.

[GhostHawk]

Cast 130 .356 120gr TC TL from my Lee 6 banger.
Then proceeded to process 100 rounds of 9mm from my new 25 lb box of 9mm brass.

Got all primed, 50 charged with 3 gr Red Dot using a .380 case as dipper and styrofoam circles as adjustable filler. 50 rounds ready to play with our new Hipoint 9mm Carbine. 50 to go tommorow.

[thursdaymike]

Let my new noe mold get to 300 degrees and cool to room temp. Four times as described in the instructions.

[tazman]

Loaded some practice ammo from small batches of leftover boolits.

[62chevy]

Mail man dropped off my first two molds. Sat in shop just admiring them.:bigsmyl2:

Hey I've done that before. You do know there is no turning back now.

[aspangler]

Sized, deprimed, and trimed about 150 .223 bras. Only 1700 to go!:veryconfu

[therealhitman]

Loaded up 500 rounds of my new .45 Colt loads with 185gr SWCs in place of my normal 250gr FRNs. Easy shootin' plinker/plate load.

153695

[Brotherbadger]

I reorganized my reloading bench. I find I got lazy and let it get cluttered. Much better now.

[6622729]

Grabbed another 70lbs. of wheel weight ingots from reliable source. Loading 124TC and 125HP lead rounds cast for 9mm (sized to .357, tumble lubed with 45/45/10) with Ramshot Sillouette for my Glock. Before we get lost on a "don't shoot lead in a Glock" arguement, I have a KKM barrel expressly approved by KKM for reloads and lead.

[dragon813gt]

I got the JR3 press fully stripped and primed yesterday. Painted it this morning so I should be able to put it back together tomorrow.

[Butchman205]

I've been cleaning lead, and putting up, cleaning lead, and putting up...
Scrap prices are so stinkin low, I think this is the absolute best time EVER to put a couple thousand pounds of clean ww lead back.

[ohiomadman]

I loaded up 21 rounds of 44mag with a 240gr lswc over 19.5gr of 2400. I hope to kill a deer
with one of those boolits here pretty soon.

[aspangler]

Broke the last depriming pin I hqad for the 223 dies. :violin:

[Jal5]

Finished about 250 38 spl brass in the tumbler. Need to pour more boolits for them next

[DerekP Houston]

Just used the acetone/pc mix on a batch of 45 and stuck em in the oven. Got my HiTek coating in this week as well so I'll give that a shot once I cast some more.

[dolang1]

I stopped and picked up a wheel weight at a stop sign. My wife, who was riding with me to the Post Office, didn't even comment. I'd say I've come a long way.

[dragon813gt]

Put this back together.
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa39/dragon813gt/TimeToMakeAmmo/CC61E74C-D33B-4615-A9FA-AD06A797D248.jpg (http://s198.photobucket.com/user/dragon813gt/media/TimeToMakeAmmo/CC61E74C-D33B-4615-A9FA-AD06A797D248.jpg.html)

Ignore the smudge mark. It was caused by the bar clamp but cleaned right up. I need to order up an Inline Ultramount w/ removable plates. Can't mount anything on the edge due to the molding I used on the bench :(

[scottfire1957]

Made some inmate brew. Fruit juice, yeast, sugar, raisins, time. Alcohol to trade if or when shtf.

[Tailhunter]

Made a Christmas Tree .....

[labradigger1]

Loaded 24 25-20 SS with 8.0 grains of 4227 and Vmax 75 grain bullets.

[scottfire1957]

Made a Christmas Tree .....


Festive!

[mwells72774]

Put this back together.
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa39/dragon813gt/TimeToMakeAmmo/CC61E74C-D33B-4615-A9FA-AD06A797D248.jpg (http://s198.photobucket.com/user/dragon813gt/media/TimeToMakeAmmo/CC61E74C-D33B-4615-A9FA-AD06A797D248.jpg.html)

Ignore the smudge mark. It was caused by the bar clamp but cleaned right up. I need to order up an Inline Ultramount w/ removable plates. Can't mount anything on the edge due to the molding I used on the bench :(
I got one of those. Old workhorse

[str8shot426]

Put this back together.
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa39/dragon813gt/TimeToMakeAmmo/CC61E74C-D33B-4615-A9FA-AD06A797D248.jpg (http://s198.photobucket.com/user/dragon813gt/media/TimeToMakeAmmo/CC61E74C-D33B-4615-A9FA-AD06A797D248.jpg.html)

Ignore the smudge mark. It was caused by the bar clamp but cleaned right up. I need to order up an Inline Ultramount w/ removable plates. Can't mount anything on the edge due to the molding I used on the bench :(

Love the jr3. I have two of them, I'm sure I'll run into another at a gun show and adopt it. Poor mans progressive! Set them in a chorus line. Lol!

[edler7]

Fired up the pot and started casting 429640s. I was getting round bases, incomplete pours and other assorted unsatisfactory results. Figured today wasn't the day for it so I unplugged the pot, turned out the light and left it all for another day.

[Efin]

Cast some 30, 40, 45 Cal for a variety of loads.

[Boolseye]

A few Mak and little .45 slugs, lubed in 45-45-10

[hollywood63]

Cast some 38's and loaded some 40

[Brotherbadger]

Primed 400 9mm cases.

[rodsvet]

Found a way to totally dampen the primer tube for on an RCBS bench primer. No more bounce! I wish I could put a picture on the forum but I am digitally challenged. I took a 12x12 micro fiber towel and folded it lengthwise till it was 2 inches wide but still 12 inches long. I hung it with a metal spring clip from the shelf above and positioned the last inch of the top of the primer tube to just contact the cloth when fully back. It took all the bounce away. 10 minutes well spent.

[bnelson06]

I built this, works with everything I have from 223 up to 300WM.

[tazman]

I cast up about 250 hollow base wadcutters using the NOE-360-148-wc. I loaded a couple of different loads for testing using WST instead of my usual Bullseye. It will be interesting to see how well they work.
I hope they work well since I managed to get an 8LB jug of it. I have enough powder to load 18-20 thousand rounds if these loads work.

[Boolseye]

Hey Tazman, I have that mold. How have you found the accuracy to be?
I think they must have to be pretty soft for that thick skirt to flare out and obturate under a target load.
I actually was getting better accuracy loading them backwards in my initial loads.
-BE

[Efin]

Cast a few hundred 200g 308s

[tazman]

Hey Tazman, I have that mold. How have you found the accuracy to be?
I think they must have to be pretty soft for that thick skirt to flare out and obturate under a target load.
I actually was getting better accuracy loading them backwards in my initial loads.
-BE

Accuracy has been excellent in all 4 of the revolvers I have. I am not running them soft. I water drop them coming out of the mold, not for the hardness but for convenience sake.
I am sizing them to .358 which is what I use for all the other boolits I shoot in those guns. The bases won't need to expand much if any to fill my barrels. So far they have worked really well.
The only issue I have is I need to be careful when I open the mold that I don't crack/break the skirt.

[1989toddm]

I built this, works with everything I have from 223 up to 300WM.

Looks great! Any chance of a "motion picture" of it in action?

[trixter]

Ran 250 223's through the Pro 2000, had to stop and go to memorial service for a friend's dad, then an over-nighter at friends house.

[Dframe]

Finished up a batch of 45 acp, and switched over to 380.

[bnelson06]

I can post pics but I haven't dove into videos yet. There are vids on YouTube just search auto case annealer.

[Jal5]

Unpacked a Loadmaster i purchased used. A friend who knows these will help me set up tomorrow

[ohiomadman]

I loaded 40 rounds of 44mag. 240gn XTP over 24gn of H110.

[old benn]

Hi: Wondering what you and others are finding out about ww lead ratio. Last bucket (115 lb) of ww I got was 44 lb. lead and the remainder was zinc,
steel and plastic.

[scottfire1957]

Hi: Wondering what you and others are finding out about ww lead ratio. Last bucket (115 lb) of ww I got was 44 lb. lead and the remainder was zinc,
steel and plastic.

It's a guesstimate, but I'm closer to 75-80% usable weights.

[tazman]

Hi: Wondering what you and others are finding out about ww lead ratio. Last bucket (115 lb) of ww I got was 44 lb. lead and the remainder was zinc,
steel and plastic.

I gave them up. The tire shop I had been getting them from is still pulling off old weights but the lead ones are few and far between. The last 6 months worth that I picked up ran less than 50% lead.
Down here no one wants the others.

[Victor N TN]

Did some measuring for a set of "totes" that stack to put brass in and keep the casting gear together.

[Jal5]

A friend helped me setup the Loadmaster press. I still need the Pro Auto Disk powder measure and new tubes for the case feeder. Getting closer to getting it running.

[Petro58]

A friend helped me setup the Loadmaster press. I still need the Pro Auto Disk powder measure and new tubes for the case feeder. Getting closer to getting it running.
Make sure you get the Adjustable Charge Bar for your Auto Disk, you'll thank me/and Lee. Screw those Disks!

[62chevy]

Make sure you get the Adjustable Charge Bar for your Auto Disk, you'll thank me/and Lee. Screw those Disks!

The adjustable charge bar does not work for me with 3.5 grains of Bullseye. sometimes I got none, zero grains and some times it gave me 3.5 but most of the time it was very low from want I needed. Others have said it works great over 5 grains of powder.

[therealhitman]

Realized I need to cast up some 9mm asap. And it's cold outside. :violin:

[Mule]

Mixed up a batch of Ed's Red

[ZippyHillbilly]

Tryin to straighten up the dag gum place! Lotta load workups, various friend's rifle preps, hunting season prep ...... dang place is a organized mess! Starting this casting hobby has only made it worse with pots, ladles, moulds, alloy and so forth. I am a pig in heaven I suppose. :)

[DerekP Houston]

Bought some 3/4" hardwood ply to shore up my bench :D. Now I have to disassemble everything and resurface it.

[warpspeed]

I seasoned my new brass mold and cast a few slugs. Good times!

[goryshaw]

First session with a new Lee 452-228 2 cavity mold. Emptied a 20 lb pot with it, had occasional problems with base fillout, but still got several hundred good bullets out of it.

Ran about 300 NOE 311299 through a Lee .311 sizer with Vulcan aluminum gas checks. Got 2 more coats of BLL on 100 of them, and 1 coat on the other 200. Do another coat on them tomorrow and they'll be ready to load.

Ordered a new NOE 314299 5 cavity, a Lee universal expander and a Lee .314 sizer. Got a CMP M1 match coming up on the 5th, would like to get a good load worked up for .30-06 with the 311299 next week.

[Steyr47]

Started cleaning ~400 pcs of 9 & 38 brass my son & I burned up at the range yesterday.

[Boolseye]

Cool Tazman, thanks.

[edler7]

Escaped from the grandkids and took a brief turkey induced nap in one of my loading room chairs.

[RogerDat]

The adjustable charge bar does not work for me with 3.5 grains of Bullseye. sometimes I got none, zero grains and some times it gave me 3.5 but most of the time it was very low from want I needed. Others have said it works great over 5 grains of powder.

Small charges of powder the charge bar hole is too far off to one side since the slide is pretty tight. There is a fix for the problem put a spacer in against the fixed part to shift the opening toward the adjustment side. Some use thin piece of plastic sheet, or cardboard, some use JB Weld and make the change permanent so that charge bar will always work for smaller loads but not have as much capacity.

Oh I put together some shelves for finished ammo, with space underneath to stack metal ammo cans 2 high. Nice to have it all in one place at the bench. Brass shelves on one end of bench, finished ammo on the other end of the bench. With the makings in the middle.

[62chevy]

Small charges of powder the charge bar hole is too far off to one side since the slide is pretty tight. There is a fix for the problem put a spacer in against the fixed part to shift the opening toward the adjustment side. Some use thin piece of plastic sheet, or cardboard, some use JB Weld and make the change permanent so that charge bar will always work for smaller loads but not have as much capacity.

Had not thought of that. Will have to give it a try and betting it will work because it makes sense.

[dragon813gt]

Pulled out the turkey fryer and all the smelting gear. The ingots I got from the foundry don't fit into the Lee pot. Tried splitting them, didn't work w/ what I had. Tried cutting them, made to much of a mess. So it's back to melting and pouring them into smaller ingots. Wish I had the money for Satan's Little Smelter because a little bottom pour pot would be the ticket for this chore.

[coxa2]

loaded up a couple hundred 45acp rounds for this weekend.

[JeffG]

Screwed down a Lyman case trimmer I got at the gun show, loaded 100 9x18 Makarov and 50 9x19. Cleaned up the loading bench.

[sealer]

Just finished sizing the last of the bullets that i made this week:
2000 9mm 120 gr. TC
400 45 200 gr. WC
250 44 240 SWC
250 44 240 gr HPGC
300 38 158 gr. HPGC
700 38 150 gr. SWC
500 38 148 gr. WC
500 9mm 102 gr. RN

I might make a few more 38 WC's later this weekend. i just got a new to me H&G #50 WC mold
Dennis
ETA: Almost forgot, I made about 5 lbs. of Felix Lube too.

[Stefflus]

Sorted through a bucket of Wheel weights.
Ended up with 4lbs of lead, 10lbs of ferrous and 30lbs of Zinc... So that's the end of small vehicle WW for me, I'll have to find a shop that only does trucks and buses since Lead is still allowed for them.

[62chevy]

Small charges of powder the charge bar hole is too far off to one side since the slide is pretty tight. There is a fix for the problem put a spacer in against the fixed part to shift the opening toward the adjustment side. Some use thin piece of plastic sheet, or cardboard, some use JB Weld and make the change permanent so that charge bar will always work for smaller loads but not have as much capacity.


Just had to give that advice a try and it sure worked. after adding 3 layers of thick card stock and super gluing all 3 in the adjustable charge bar dropped 2.5 grains of TiteGroup 8 out of the times, the other 2 were 2.6 grains. Still had problems as the powder normally drops after the hopper is closed but not this time.

[dragon813gt]

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa39/dragon813gt/TimeToMakeAmmo/8C3F8E38-7595-4FC1-9F6B-FE175668AE0B.jpg (http://s198.photobucket.com/user/dragon813gt/media/TimeToMakeAmmo/8C3F8E38-7595-4FC1-9F6B-FE175668AE0B.jpg.html)

Tomorrow I will sort the plain base from gas checked. First time using the mold so I will weigh all of them to see how consistent they are.

[goryshaw]

Tried a new LEE 358-125 RNFP mold out. Cast about 15-16 lbs of them, then my LEE 20 lb furnace plugged it's spout and had to call it a day. Took about 15 casts to get the mold up to temp, but once it got there I got perfect bullet after perfect bullet, probably 3-400 of them. When sorting them out from the water bucket I found that my cheap LEE molds are turning out a much higher % of good bullets than my RCBS molds are.

Received a new NOE 314299 mold, but need to fix the furnace spout before I can use it. Al at NOE is terrific, ordered it Wednesday morning before Thanksgiving, got it Friday. Will cast up about 20 lbs of them, then I can start loading for my 1909 Mauser Cavalry Carbine in 7.65x53.

Rediscovered why it is a bad idea to toss 9mm, .40 S&W and .45 ACP in the tumbler at the same time. Still trying to get some 9mm cases removed from .40 S&W or .40 S&W from .45 ACP. Really neat when they daisy chain all three into one.

[Drew P]

Made some twice baked potatoes

[MOA]

Trimmed some 06 brass after wet pin tumbler.

154446

[Bayou52]

Nothing. My Mom's very ill and in the hospital. So, my hobby has been trumped......

[tazman]

Family takes precedence as it should.

[therealhitman]

Nothing. My Mom's very ill and in the hospital. So, my hobby has been trumped......

Prayers and best wishes for Mom!

[daniel lawecki]

Loaded some .45 ACP 200grain SWC over 4.8 grains of Titegroup.

[sparky45]

Others have said it before, but a hotplate is a fantastic tool to have on the casting bench. I use mine to heat up my Molds prior to casting, perfect bullets everytime.
S45


Tried a new LEE 358-125 RNFP mold out. Cast about 15-16 lbs of them, then my LEE 20 lb furnace plugged it's spout and had to call it a day. Took about 15 casts to get the mold up to temp, but once it got there I got perfect bullet after perfect bullet, probably 3-400 of them. When sorting them out from the water bucket I found that my cheap LEE molds are turning out a much higher % of good bullets than my RCBS molds are.

Received a new NOE 314299 mold, but need to fix the furnace spout before I can use it. Al at NOE is terrific, ordered it Wednesday morning before Thanksgiving, got it Friday. Will cast up about 20 lbs of them, then I can start loading for my 1909 Mauser Cavalry Carbine in 7.65x53.

Rediscovered why it is a bad idea to toss 9mm, .40 S&W and .45 ACP in the tumbler at the same time. Still trying to get some 9mm cases removed from .40 S&W or .40 S&W from .45 ACP. Really neat when they daisy chain all three into one.

[TXGunNut]

Loaded up 15 rounds of 35 Whelen ammo for my hunting rifles and prepped 50 pieces of new RP brass for my brother. Loaded the new brass with J-words today and put them back in the tumbler for a final polish. Nap time!

[Retumbo]

no reloading but i cut up 70 lbs of lead pipe ready for the smelter

[dragon813gt]

My son is sleeping and I'm waiting for the washer to finish it's cycle. So I decided to create a chart w/ this mornings findings. I'd like to see the weight variances a little tighter but at this heavy of a bullet I'm not to concerned.

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa39/dragon813gt/TimeToMakeAmmo/A91B05E2-72CC-45BC-B090-91D8239B73EA.jpg (http://s198.photobucket.com/user/dragon813gt/media/TimeToMakeAmmo/A91B05E2-72CC-45BC-B090-91D8239B73EA.jpg.html)

There were a couple outliers that I didn't chart because it would have left to much dead space. Two bullets didn't make it for plain based and three for the gas checked. Just realized I never added the formulas to add up the quantity cast. 88 gas checked and 95 plain based keepers for an hours worth of work is just fine. I threw back at least one hundred throughout the session and culls at the end.

[taco650]

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa39/dragon813gt/TimeToMakeAmmo/8C3F8E38-7595-4FC1-9F6B-FE175668AE0B.jpg (http://s198.photobucket.com/user/dragon813gt/media/TimeToMakeAmmo/8C3F8E38-7595-4FC1-9F6B-FE175668AE0B.jpg.html)

Tomorrow I will sort the plain base from gas checked. First time using the mold so I will weigh all of them to see how consistent they are.


What will these get stuffed into?

[Bayou52]

Family takes precedence as it should.

Thanks, tazman....

[Bayou52]

Prayers and best wishes for Mom!

Thanks, therealhitman. It's greatly appreciated.....

[dragon813gt]

What will these get stuffed into?

Winchester Model 70 in 375 H&H. Or if I decide to shoot it, highly unlikely, a Savage 99 in 375 Winchester. The Savage still has the hang tag on it and I'm constantly debating wether to sell it or shoot it.

[gwpercle]

Broke out a new mould Lee C358-158-SWC, cast up enough for a good range session.
A Ruger Blackhawk , three screw ,357 magnum, bought in 1971 was stolen in 1995. Last month the police in Arizona recovered it and it was returned to me. It was my first center fire handgun and had been missing for 20 years...now it's back. Going shooting ! :guntootsmiley:

[tazman]

It's always nice when an old friend returns.

[jonp]

Tried a new LEE 358-125 RNFP mold out. Cast about 15-16 lbs of them, then my LEE 20 lb furnace plugged it's spout and had to call it a day. Took about 15 casts to get the mold up to temp, but once it got there I got perfect bullet after perfect bullet, probably 3-400 of them. When sorting them out from the water bucket I found that my cheap LEE molds are turning out a much higher % of good bullets than my RCBS molds are.

Received a new NOE 314299 mold, but need to fix the furnace spout before I can use it. Al at NOE is terrific, ordered it Wednesday morning before Thanksgiving, got it Friday. Will cast up about 20 lbs of them, then I can start loading for my 1909 Mauser Cavalry Carbine in 7.65x53.

Rediscovered why it is a bad idea to toss 9mm, .40 S&W and .45 ACP in the tumbler at the same time. Still trying to get some 9mm cases removed from .40 S&W or .40 S&W from .45 ACP. Really neat when they daisy chain all three into one.

Throw the 45ACP in, let them run a few minutes, follow with the .40, let them run a few then the 9mm.

[Digital Dan]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v298/muddler/Guns/Sneezer/Ducks_zpscqr0rx5a.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/muddler/media/Guns/Sneezer/Ducks_zpscqr0rx5a.jpg.html)

[DerekP Houston]

Wow very nice Dan!

[Menner]

Well it will be the reloading room soon drywall up and first coat of mud

154568154569
Tony

[taco650]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v298/muddler/Guns/Sneezer/Ducks_zpscqr0rx5a.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/muddler/media/Guns/Sneezer/Ducks_zpscqr0rx5a.jpg.html)


Wow very nice Dan!

DITTO! What are they and what will they be going in?

[taco650]

My son is sleeping and I'm waiting for the washer to finish it's cycle. So I decided to create a chart w/ this mornings findings. I'd like to see the weight variances a little tighter but at this heavy of a bullet I'm not to concerned.

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa39/dragon813gt/TimeToMakeAmmo/A91B05E2-72CC-45BC-B090-91D8239B73EA.jpg (http://s198.photobucket.com/user/dragon813gt/media/TimeToMakeAmmo/A91B05E2-72CC-45BC-B090-91D8239B73EA.jpg.html)

There were a couple outliers that I didn't chart because it would have left to much dead space. Two bullets didn't make it for plain based and three for the gas checked. Just realized I never added the formulas to add up the quantity cast. 88 gas checked and 95 plain based keepers for an hours worth of work is just fine. I threw back at least one hundred throughout the session and culls at the end.

The weight difference between the GC and PB is greater than I thought it would be.

[Bullwolf]

Processed and loaded 100 44 Magnum, in new Starline brass with an old friend.



- Bullwolf

[Digital Dan]

Taco, it's the bullet being used in my Sneezer project. Mould came from Steve Brooks, casts .310" w/30:1 alloy, weighs 183.5 grains +/- .2 grains in the sample of 20 I weighed.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v298/muddler/Guns/Sneezer/Dies_zpsefv9sbgq.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/muddler/media/Guns/Sneezer/Dies_zpsefv9sbgq.jpg.html)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v298/muddler/Guns/Sneezer/Sneezer%205_zpsnfujhrsr.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/muddler/media/Guns/Sneezer/Sneezer%205_zpsnfujhrsr.jpg.html)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v298/muddler/Guns/Sneezer/4.2%20WW540%2050%20yds_zpsx7otpqan.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/muddler/media/Guns/Sneezer/4.2%20WW540%2050%20yds_zpsx7otpqan.jpg.html)

[trixter]

Reloaded 25, 45ACP with 200gr jacketed RFN for accuracy test.

[taco650]

Taco, it's the bullet being used in my Sneezer project. Mould came from Steve Brooks, casts .310" w/30:1 alloy, weighs 183.5 grains +/- .2 grains in the sample of 20 I weighed.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v298/muddler/Guns/Sneezer/Dies_zpsefv9sbgq.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/muddler/media/Guns/Sneezer/Dies_zpsefv9sbgq.jpg.html)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v298/muddler/Guns/Sneezer/Sneezer%205_zpsnfujhrsr.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/muddler/media/Guns/Sneezer/Sneezer%205_zpsnfujhrsr.jpg.html)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v298/muddler/Guns/Sneezer/4.2%20WW540%2050%20yds_zpsx7otpqan.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/muddler/media/Guns/Sneezer/4.2%20WW540%2050%20yds_zpsx7otpqan.jpg.html)


30 Sneezer? Never heard of it but it looks like a ton-o-fun!

[Digital Dan]

It is a variation of the Badger/Reece cartridges intended for cast bullets and subsonic velocity. Only one in the universe so far as I know.

[Tom W.]

I just loaded some 9mm with the cast 120 Lee . Later on in the day I cast some more 120. Can't have too many. Soon I'll size and lube them.

[GhostHawk]

Cast 60 .452 230 gr for .45acp. Couple light coats of BLL and leave them to dry.

Deprimed 100 cases, cleaned with citric acid, dried, sized, and capped. Those are ready for powder and bullets.

Tommorow I will cast another 50-60 bullets, and load. 4.6 of Red Dot is my current recipe.

Looking at the ammo table I can see some 450 loaded .223, 2/3rds cast. 7.62x54r boxes are almost full, if I get ambitious I'll load another 50 or so to fill my boxes.

7.62x39 is in good shape 1k of PPU factory loads and another 500 of cast.
.357 mag is sitting pretty with nice assortment of .38 special, .357 mag and .360dw brass all for my Handi rifle.

The newest additions to the table are 9mm and .40sw for a pair of HiPoint Carbines.
Both have at least 200 rounds on the table plus another 80-100 in the case.

Tommorow will finish loading 100 .45acp, putting it back into the safe zone.

Snow on the ground outside so I should get to work reloading but if I keep this up I'll need a bigger sturdier table!

Can't afford a new caliber for half a year or so. Looks like might be time to hibernate for a bit.

[10x]

Cast up about 600 0.225 37 grain plain base bullets, finished powder coating the 500 I cast yesterday.
Tried out a couple with 2 grains of circa 1930s Dupont Bulk shotshell powder in the Hornet, got 1200 fps and a 1/2 inch group at 25 meters.

[Bullwolf]

Got tired of hanging onto my old RCBS aluminum powder trickle with both hands to keep it from rocking back and forth, and sliding around on the top of my bench while I turn the knob.

Random Google image of someone using both hands to hold one below.

http://www.thegunmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/HL9-trickle-300x200.jpg

So today I filled the bottom of my RCBS powder trickle up with molten lead alloy,
(I removed the plastic pieces first of course) giving it some much needed ballast.

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=154670&stc=1&thumb=1&d=1449035156

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=154669&stc=1&thumb=1&d=1449035136

In addition to the lead, I added a small piece of old mouse pad to serve as a non skid bottom.

With both the lead weight on the bottom and the non skid base, the trickle hardly moves at all while it's being used. It can easily be operated single handed now without sliding around, and is much less likely to get knocked over by accident.

This made my old RCBS powder trickle a lot more user friendly. I should have done this a long time ago.


- Bullwolf

[62chevy]

Bullwolf that is an awesome fix. My Reading trickler is heavy from the get go and stays where I put it. If you are in need of one pay the extra dollar or so and you will never regret it.

[Brotherbadger]

Another 300 cases of 9mm deprimed and resized. Also tumbled another 200 or so.

[dragon813gt]

Lubed and ready to load up for development. Just need to wait for the ranges to reopen in two weeks.
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Received a package from Titan w/ 375 H&H dies. So I put them on a turret and labeled it. Now I can size, trim if necessary, and get the brass ready to load. Need to heat treat some bullets for testing purposes before I go down the development road.

[Menner]

Got the walls painted floor going down reloading room getting closer

154881
Tony

[sealer]

Cast about 400 200 gr. 45 cal. with a 2 cavity Lyman mold and then started casting 120 gr. 9mm in a six banger Lee mold. Got about 300 made and broke one of the mold handles. I found out that the metal doesn't weld good, so I finished up casting about 200 150 gr 38 cal. in another Lyman 2 cavity mold.
Dennis

[augercreek]

Making a aluminium plate to fit under my lube sizer. Also loading some test rounds for the 45-70. Made a bullet seating dummy round for the 7.62x39.

[tygar]

Got tired of hanging onto my old RCBS aluminum powder trickle with both hands to keep it from rocking back and forth, and sliding around on the top of my bench while I turn the knob.

Random Google image of someone using both hands to hold one below.

http://www.thegunmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/HL9-trickle-300x200.jpg

So today I filled the bottom of my RCBS powder trickle up with molten lead alloy,
(I removed the plastic pieces first of course) giving it some much needed ballast.

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=154670&stc=1&thumb=1&d=1449035156

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=154669&stc=1&thumb=1&d=1449035136

In addition to the lead, I added a small piece of old mouse pad to serve as a non skid bottom.

With both the lead weight on the bottom and the non skid base, the trickle hardly moves at all while it's being used. It can easily be operated single handed now without sliding around, and is much less likely to get knocked over by accident.

This made my old RCBS powder trickle a lot more user friendly. I should have done this a long time ago.


- Bullwolf

How I use the trickler is fill it with powder, position it next to the scale, then take a pinch with my fingers & dribble it that way. Way quicker & at least as fast & accurate.

[62chevy]

How I use the trickler is fill it with powder, position it next to the scale, then take a pinch with my fingers & dribble it that way. Way quicker & at least as fast & accurate.

I used to do that with a stainless cup from Walmart but since I got my trickler I like that much better.

[tazman]

Loaded 400 rounds for my 9mm. I hadn't loaded any 9mm for a while so it was time to catch up.

[bruce drake]

I built a chess set for the youngest son out of pistol, rifle dummy cartridges and washers.

[Jal5]

Finished installing the new to me Loadmaster press on the bench. Will test it out tomorrow probably.

[Pumpkinheaver]

Powdercoated and sized about 1000 .45acp bullets. Went to Cabelas and bought some 10mm brass.

[Ola]

Yesterday and the day before I casted 40 lbs of 140 gr bullets . Today I'll cast some more.

More importantly: I got so fed up with the Lee 6-banger sprue plate dripping lead all over.. The mold was still hot when I took my dremel and grinded a ditch between the holes.. WHY I DID NOT DO THIS YEARS AGO????

From now on I'll convert all my molds like this. But not in anger with a dremel :)

[Michael J. Spangler]

Couple dozen of these http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/09/19/b976cb3ad90420b52f31c7527aeb21de.jpg


what bullet mould is that from? thanks!

[Shiloh]

More LEE 140 SWC 38's.
4.7 gr Unique.

Shiloh

[jonp]

Tried out 10 38sp in my Chiefs Special. 158gr Berry's plated HP over 3.0gr Promo. I've gotten conflicting data from a number of sources on what a safe Red Dot/Promo load is with the 158gr and Red Dot. It was ok but kinda big. Recoil was fine

[Jtarm]

Tried out Power Pistol as a replacement for Unique in .38 Special under Lyman 358429. Worked 4.0 grains up to 5.0.

Good accuracy at 25 yards but high standard deviations. At 5 grains the 10-shot spread was 794-850. The lighter charges varied even more.

Also tried Clean Shot, a Czech powder. 3.7 grains under the Mihec DeCarli wadcutter, seated & crimped in the groove. 2.5" groups at 25, Average around 850 FPS. Approach their published data with caution. Their starting loads look +P

[rond]

40 rounds of 6.5 Japanese.

[L Erie Caster]

Loaded 1220 rounds 9mm with Hornady 115g XTP over 4.7g W231 on my Dillon XL650. I would have loaded more but I ran out of powder.

[10x]

Loaded 1220 rounds 9mm with Hornady 115g XTP over 4.7g W231 on my Dillon XL650. I would have loaded more but I ran out of powder.

I am starting to blame folks with progressive presses for the primer and powder shortage....
I bought a dillon xl650 15 years ago. It is sitting in the box waiting for me to organize my workbench so I can Set it up.

[Budzilla 19]

Cast 300+ .38 158 SWC,100+.30 caliber 150 RNFP, then powder coated almost all the .38's, and tried my hand at PC the 30 cals! This ASBBDT method is addicting! I love the HF Red.

[aspangler]

Sized, deprimed,trimmed,swaged primer pockets, and primed about two hundred LC 5.56.

[mwells72774]

what bullet mould is that from? thanks!
IIRC it's a lyman 457 485

[Victor N TN]

I opened and cleaned a new set of RCBS dies for the 45-70. I'm looking forward to when I can actually take some time and load a few rounds and get it to the range. I got the NOE 4 cavity brass molds a couple of days ago. The Blammer gas checks came the next day.

[Tenbender]

Tumbled about 2000 38 spl's. PC'd and sized 800, 200gr. .452's.

[labradigger1]

I am starting to blame folks with progressive presses for the primer and powder shortage....
I bought a dillon xl650 15 years ago. It is sitting in the box waiting for me to organize my workbench so I can Set it up.

Is there a primer and powder shortage? After bozos first reich I bought enough to last me out.

[Pumpkinheaver]

Made a bunch of empty 10mm and .45 brass at the range!!

[GRid.1569]

I am starting to blame folks with progressive presses for the primer and powder shortage....
I bought a dillon xl650 15 years ago. It is sitting in the box waiting for me to organize my workbench so I can Set it up.


Seriously ? ��

[dragon813gt]

Put a pallet full of tools in the the new work van. Job supplies everything so I have to decide what I'm going to do w/ the tools, they fill a van, I already own. Now I can actually get to the lead storage area.

[tygar]

Spent a solid week cleaning, depriming/X-size, sonic cleaning, then re-vibrating the dirtiest 1K LC once fired 5.56 brass I have ever seen! I have bought lots of once fired LC in 5.56 & 7.62 & usually it is not a big deal to prep it. Had to vibrate it for hours to get it good enough to size & decap so I can sonic clean. Then after the sonic, needed another hour or 2 to get a shine on it & some still had staining.

That said, the count, quality, condition after cleaning was good. Only had 5 rejects & 8 WCC instead of LC with the total count sent at 1006. Also it had excellent weight matching with probably 90%, within 1.5 gr. with them seperated into .5 gr groups very close to evenly.

This came from Monmouth & they did say it was dirty. So, if you get their brass, get it cleaned. The extra $10 will be worth it.

Today I did about 300 RP .308 once fired (by me) so cleaning was a snap & most of it run thru the X-die didn't need trimmed, maybe 60 or so & they had been weight sorted while new so just put them back in containers.

I enjoy or at least don't mind any other part of reloading EXCEPT that dam case prep, even with power trimmers.

Forgot, I also annealed 100 or so 308.

[maxreloader]

I weighed-up/sorted 600+/- milsurp (not pulls) M72 173-175gr projos that were given to me for free.

[10x]

Seriously ? 😱

Seriously, I am just getting my life back after children....

[corbinace]

My adult son and I loaded up some cast loads for his 500 S&W. We also drooled over his new Enfield no 4 mk1 with bayonet and sheath attached.

We even made some black powder loads for the 500 just for grins.

A great day to be alive.

[tazman]

Sorted some 38 special brass. Loaded 200 rounds of 9mm with 100 grain boolits and Titewad powder.
Pulled a box of 40s&w for the components. 6 more to go.

[DrDucati]

Shot off my first ever set of hand loads. They shot fine but often not powered enough to cycle the next round. Working on it.

[Budzilla 19]

Sorted out about 500 rounds of '06 o/f brass ! Guess what's going to be for sale in s&s section shortly? Hahaha! Merry Christmas to all on Cast Boolits forum!

[mgread]

Yesterday and the day before I casted 40 lbs of 140 gr bullets . Today I'll cast some more.

More importantly: I got so fed up with the Lee 6-banger sprue plate dripping lead all over.. The mold was still hot when I took my dremel and grinded a ditch between the holes.. WHY I DID NOT DO THIS YEARS AGO????

From now on I'll convert all my molds like this. But not in anger with a dremel :)

got any picture?

[Jtarm]

Finally had a "doh!" Moment after spending hours trying to setup my MP 358 495 and cranked out a few hundred wadcutters:

http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b511/jtcarm/4095DFEF-E47C-4991-8DAF-A9F703E7583B_zpsrq9tktac.jpg (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/jtcarm/media/4095DFEF-E47C-4991-8DAF-A9F703E7583B_zpsrq9tktac.jpg.html)

[michiganmike]

Actually, the "reloading room" was our breakfast room. I finished cleaning the primer pockets of 250 .223 cartridges. Nice and shiny. I'm using the Lyman pocket primer cleaning tool in a small battery powered drill. Works like a charm and saves a lot of wear and tear on the wrist.

[10x]

155658
Cast and powder coated about 4 pounds of these NOE 225 37 grain boolits

[flyingmonkey35]

Shot off my first ever set of hand loads. They shot fine but often not powered enough to cycle the next round. Working on it.
Congratulations

[DerekP Houston]

swapped out the nylon square on my lee turret press after cursing for an hour looking for it.