What did you do in the reloading room today?

[Jtarm]

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

Been there (still am a little).

Have some fun and enjoy your "me" time. You've earned it!

[bstone5]

DerekP Houston

10 Ring on Jones road keeps the little nylon square in stock. I keep a few extra not knowing when they wear to a point where the need replacement.

[DerekP Houston]

DerekP Houston

10 Ring on Jones road keeps the little nylon square in stock. I keep a few extra not knowing when they wear to a point where the need replacement.

Thanks for the tip!! I went ahead and ordered 4 from lee before I started searching...I figured at .50c each I'd keep a few extra too. I'll head over to 10ring and take a look again I liked the store last time I was in.

[jimb16]

Not much....just ran 50# of #9 shot.

[dragon813gt]

Thanks for the tip!! I went ahead and ordered 4 from lee before I started searching...I figured at .50c each I'd keep a few extra too.
Now that you have them, you won't need one. I've managed to wear one out. I will say it was wear and not abuse ;) Haven't needed one since.

[tazman]

Now that you have them, you won't need one. I've managed to wear one out. I will say it was wear and not abuse ;) Haven't needed one since.

The first one I replaced died from an excess of lubrication. If you get oil on the little square it will soften and wear out almost immediately( ask me how I know). All you need to do is wipe the indexing rod clean periodically and things will be fine.
The last one I installed has lasted over 10,000 rounds and is still going strong.

[JeffG]

dumped some freshly fired 9x19 and 9x18 brass in the tumbler and cleaned 3 pistols.

[str8shot426]

Loaded up 50 rds for "Fran" with the new lee 358-200.
"Fran the meat gun" is my jm 336 .35 Remington. http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/12/20/c75d404cd1c98e900956e7aaa1554459.jpgpurty aren't they!

[TXGunNut]

Loaded up 50 rds for "Fran" with the new lee 358-200.
"Fran the meat gun" is my jm 336 .35 Remington. http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/12/20/c75d404cd1c98e900956e7aaa1554459.jpgpurty aren't they!

Yes, they certainly are! Just getting back to my 336 hunting rifle project and your photo has inspired me, thanks!

[TXGunNut]

Reloading room? I have a reloading room? Scored some primers on sale today, think I'll find it and stash them in there. Looking forward to some casting/loading sessions after hunting season ends and before lawn work season begins, should have a week or two, lol.

[str8shot426]

Yes, they certainly are! Just getting back to my 336 hunting rifle project and your photo has inspired me, thanks!

I'm glad I could help!

Jim

[corbinace]

I loaded up some 577 Snider and went to the gunclub and shot them.
I got to find a bunch of brass while I was there.
Double score!!!

[dragon813gt]

Bought a small toolbox to keep the ultimate cannelure tool in. Labeled it so I don't forget what's in it. Went to find a spot for it in the reloading area and thought better of it. Made room on a shelf in the basement where the humidity is controlled. I don't want this fine piece of machining to rust :)

[6622729]

Bought a small toolbox to keep the ultimate cannelure tool in. Labeled it so I don't forget what's in it. Went to find a spot for it in the reloading area and thought better of it. Made room on a shelf in the basement where the humidity is controlled. I don't want this fine piece of machining to rust :)

Finished gas checking, sizing and retumble lubing some Lee 312-155-2R castings. Loaded to the crimp groove and test fired some over 15gr of W296 for 300AAC. I was so happy with the looks and function of the completed rounds (1800fps ave and nicely accurate) that I bought Lil Gun and Reloader 7 as two more 300AAC powders to play with. Followed that up with loading to the cannelure and then testing some M2 projectiles over 15.1gr of W296. Very impressed with those as well.

[Black Powder Bill]

Working on my second Missouri drop sleve shirt. Went to a local hardware store today , more of a new and use second hand type of place. Scored a five pound roll of solder for $5.98 like the price tag said. He has more one pounders partials and a pan of lead he mentioned. I'll go back and grab it all.

[Hogtamer]

5 boxes (125) Lee 7/8 oz 12 ga key-drive slugs....just because.

[Michael J. Spangler]

Loaded up 50 rds for "Fran" with the new lee 358-200.
"Fran the meat gun" is my jm 336 .35 Remington. http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/12/20/c75d404cd1c98e900956e7aaa1554459.jpgpurty aren't they!



Don't do stuff like that!
I'm trying to sell my 35 Remington and this makes me want to keep it and buy that mould!!
Beautiful cartridges.

[161]

Spent a solid 12 hours cleaning and reorganizing.

[Jal5]

Pulled a bunch of 45 acp loaded too long on my progressive press. Definitely learning on this thing!

[dragon813gt]

I'm looking at it through the kitchen door. Two days straight of OSHA training is boring and I'd rather be in the garage reloading. I think I have 90 minutes left.

[rodsvet]

Took some scrap 10 gauge cold rolled and made a clone strong mount of my 650 mount. I'm going to mount my rock chucker up to a more convenient level. It's raining now so I'll finish it later by making a convertible mounting plate for it to mount my star and bench primer.

[str8shot426]

Don't do stuff like that!
I'm trying to sell my 35 Remington and this makes me want to keep it and buy that mould!!
Beautiful cartridges.

Would it help if I said, "they shoot like a dream". [emoji16]

[Dakooz]

Loaded my first 44 specials(200 GR RNFP with 700X)..

[taco650]

Took some scrap 10 gauge cold rolled and made a clone strong mount of my 650 mount. I'm going to mount my rock chucker up to a more convenient level. It's raining now so I'll finish it later by making a convertible mounting plate for it to mount my star and bench primer.

Please post pics when you get it done. I'd like to see the results.

[6622729]

Loaded my first 44 specials(200 GR RNFP with 700X)..

Last night I applied copper gas checks to 78 Lee 312-155-2R bullets for 300AAC (to complete another box of 100 loaded rounds) and retumble lubed with 45/45/10. Since those need to sit overnight, l sat down and cast 500 or so Lee 356-124-RN for 9mm from COWW water dropped just to relax and enjoy an episode or two of BAA BAA Blacksheep.

[mold maker]

Discovered the small pushrod in my RCBS pocket swagger was bent.
Called RCBS and the CS lady is sending me the new improved ( tempered) in both sizes.
She said Merry Christmas when I ask the price.
That swagger unit was from the "70s and they still replaced it.

[Michael J. Spangler]

Would it help if I said, "they shoot like a dream". [emoji16]

NOOOOO!!!!!

Have you messed with any reduced loads?
I just wish my 35 Remington offered me more so I could keep it.

Without rifle hunting in MA I don't find much use for it. If rather plink with the 357/38 or the 45/70 from wild to mild.

If I lived in a rifle state I would LOVE the 35 Remington for sure.

I wish that bullet would work in 357 in my 1894

Great pics man.

[tygar]

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!

If you have any LC Match, once fired send me a PM.

I've been doing my yearly Linseed oil treatment & oiling, cleaning etc of my M1s. In between have been processing LOTTTTSSSS of brass. Did 200+ LCM 06 yesteday & will anneal today. For any M1 fans out there her is a pic of my mint all correct 6 million + ser# (maybe the last one ever made) M1.

[taco650]

If you have any LC Match, once fired send me a PM.

I've been doing my yearly Linseed oil treatment & oiling, cleaning etc of my M1s. In between have been processing LOTTTTSSSS of brass. Did 200+ LCM 06 yesteday & will anneal today. For any M1 fans out there her is a pic of my mint all correct 6 million + ser# (maybe the last one ever made) M1.

Very nice old rifle!

[Digital Dan]

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[therealhitman]

I vacuumed and straightened up for the indoor tornado of Children and Grandchildren due in at noon!

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[dragon813gt]

Got a chance to use a new Mihec mold. It's been raining all week and it's currently 70 degrees w/ about 80% humidity. Every metal surface in the garage is sweating and the floor is slippery. I hate when it warms up quickly like this.

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[flyingmonkey35]

Took the kids to the range and they tried to put a dent in my ammo reserves. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20151224/3d96fd63014215238d823f41499049cf.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20151224/19f180e66a7e9dec1851132ee2dfc637.jpg

[waco]

I vacuumed and straightened up for the indoor tornado of Children and Grandchildren due in at noon!

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I see a Marshall Half stack! Very nice!

[rancher1913]

my wife got a new pantry room so I get half of the old one, now I will be able to leave stuff set up and not have to clean off the mud room table every time I want to reload. even got a budget for getting it set up so I ordered a couple of the inline press stands with interchangeable tops and some parts for the hornady ap press I got for fathers day/ birthday/ Christmas. now I just need to find the bottom half of a case feeder for it. once I'm operational I'll try to post a photo, it will never be as nice as some of your guy's but it will work for me.

[therealhitman]

I see a Marshall Half stack! Very nice!

Good eye! But , as I always say, half stacks are for rehearsals. Here's my gig rig...

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[MOA]

Been working on some once fired 06 brass to load with some 173 grain flat point boolits.
And, getting some 44 caliber boolits cast for the 44 special and the Mag (only about 9 bad ones out of 300 ) along with opening a new bag of clear Federal 12 gauge shotshells that Santa brought me from BPI that I have been wanting for almost a year that I will load with some slugs and some with buckshot.

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[Wayne Smith]

Putting the guns in it and locking the door. Grandkids (3,2, and 9mo) coming over tomorrow.

[lightman]

I sorted out a tub of range brass. Put another tub in hot soapy water to soak. Did a little off season housekeeping.

[Budzilla 19]

Loaded a hundred .357 SIG rounds, resized 200 .308 Win. for an upcoming project, then finished the morning casting about 400 or so 9 mm 124 grn RN pills for my reloading buddy who is down with the shingles! We are going to Hi-Tek coat them In this new Zombie Green from Hi-Tek! Just relaxing from the rush of Christmas, ya know!

[Ovationdave]

Hello, this is my first post so be gentle! I loaded 100 rounds of 38sp this morning. I am somewhat new to reloading, and just getting my stuff together to begin casting my own. In the meantime, I loaded up some cast boolits I got from Dardas (158g. RNFPBB) and tried out my new M-die expander (which I really like). I did, however, run into an issue that I have to figure out. I tried metering both Unique and Bullseye and had problems in my RCBS powder measure with it not letting me move the handle freely, I had to force it and you could feel it kind of "crush" the powder. The charge it threw was chunky, and you could see it was kind of smashing grains into clumps. I have never had this issue before. I tried running some graphite through the measure, and it still clumped (and yes I am using a baffle). I ended up switching to titegroup with no issues, but I gotta get this figured out.

The Dardas boolits seemed decent, in my box of 100 I had 102 (instead of being shorted), which was nice. My wife got me some sizing dies and 20lb Lee bottom pour pot for x-mas, so I need to order up some moulds and get going, but I will probably wait till it warms up a bit. Now I am back to searching the forum to see if I can find any power measure answers!

Dave

[corbinace]

Welcome to the forum Dave. I do not have an RCBS measure so I can not be of much use there. Is it really humid at your place now? So much so that the powder could have a somewhat higher moisture content.

I cast up about 300 keepers from a new NOE mold and likely that many more that did not make the cut by the time I figured out the mold. This is the first rifle bullets for me to cast and the learning curve was a bit steep for me. I found it hard to get the mold up to temperature with the long skinny bullets. The were 174gn .291"

[Ovationdave]

Actually I was wondering about humidity as well. But I can't say that I have noticed a big issue, however it has been rainy & wet here over the last few days, so it IS a possibility. I may need to see about getting a better storage location for my powder and putting some moisture absorbent in there for long-term storage. I guess for now using Titegroup is not an issue, I like it, but I wanted to try something a bit different to fill the case a bit more.

[JPinMI]

Welcome to the forum, fellow Michiganian. I too have been loading some 38's however with a Dillon powder measure so I don't have an answer for your troubles. I thought I would bump this so others could see and perhaps chime in.

[dragon813gt]

Put everything away since I have to travel for work this week. I was fighting w/ a MP mold on Christmas Day. Sprue plate was grinding on something, wasn't the top of the blocks. Couldn't cast many keepers so I just quit using it for the night.

[JeffG]

Sorted some brass and loaded some 9x18 Makarov. Time to cast more of those.

[flyer1]

Still prepping a shoe box of rifle brass. Not my favorite job!

[obssd1958]

Ovationdave,
The only time that I have had a problem with my RCBS powder drop, crushing powder, is when I was trying to drop small charges of powder for my pistol cartridges - but had not changed the rotor out from the large to the small.

[sav300]

Cast about 10 kilo`s for my 40-65 at 400 gn each.At 20-1 mix.

[matrixcs]

Cast about 5 1/2 pounds of 55gr boolits from my new Lee 6cav. yesterday
(it has been many months since the last casting session)
Cooler weather here does help with the motivation...(it was only 85 yesterday)

[Ovationdave]

Hmmmm. That's a good point, I only have the one that it came with, I will have to look into the small one. I am sure it would make it meter better anyway for these small pistol loads. Thanks for the tip OB......

[trixter]

Walked right by, had a 0530 Company breakfast to attend. Well worth it.

[NavyVet1959]

Resized some .30-06 to 7.7x58.

Loaded a round to test, but some neighborhood kids were in the street playing and I didn't want to draw any attention by shooting in my garage. Need to wait until night or school starts back up from the semester break, I guess. :(

Or wait until New Years Eve...

[pretzelxx]

Trying to get my lnl ap set up so I can get to work creating a case feeder and then build a collator. Got the holes drilled, mounted and some of the stuff sorted so it does operations without crushing brass. All in all, a great day for reloading!

[aspangler]

Loaded 100 rounds of blasting ammo fro the AR.

[robg]

Smelted 30lbs of lead pipe gas and water into pretty little ingots.

[Don Fischer]

The 1/16" drill that came with my hollow pointer broke! Couldn't fit into an RBCS case trimmer so I tried by hand with a drill. can't center it well. So I pulled a few across a file and flattened the tip and tried. Better but not good. Last night I got one of those caps on the end of a kitchen sink. Then I filled it with liquid steel. Today I drilled a hole clear through, 9/64". Comercially I could only get either 1/16 or 1/8" and the shank was to big to fit in my case trimmer. 9/64 fit in just right. Then I got another bit, 5/16" and drilled through the 9/64th hole about 3/4 of the way. Loaded round goes through the 5/16" and stop's at the with the point centered at the 9/64 hole. The trimmer is not long enough to allow a loaded round in But the 32 Long fit great. Put the 32 Long in the trimmer, put my centering guide over it pushed the drill bit into the hole till it stopped at the bullet nose and tightened down the case holder. Set the trimmer to drill as much of the tip as I wanted and turned the handle to cut the hole. Worked like a dream but afraid the epoxy will take a beating before to long so going to fine some 1" steel bar about an inch long and drill it out! Thing really works great.

[Alan in Vermont]

Over the past couple days I converted 104 7mm Rem Mag cases to 6.5mm Rem Mag. Started with 106 cases, only lost two in setting the shoulder back and necking them down.

Those will be dedicated to the 600 Rem that belongs to SWMBO. She hasn't shot it in years, bad shoulders won't handle the recoil with leaving her hurting. She's not about to give it up though and boredom was resting heavy on my shoulders. I ran across a bunch of Federal 7mm brass I had been given a while ago. They really should be fire formed because the shoulders aren't quite "right" but the fit the gun with just a hint more pressure on the bolt handle that what it takes to close it on an empty chamber. Loaded them with 44 gr of Winchester WXR that I got for $0 and some 87 and 100 gr bullets that came in a closeout sale at around a dollar a box so I can afford to waste 100 primers to finish forming them.

Once they are fire formed I'll do a little accuracy work to see just what it likes best. I never have worked for accuracy with it, just fed it the same loads I use in my 600/6.5 RM. 52 grs. of IMR-4350 behind a Sierra 120 spitzer. Those shoot good enough for field work but maybe I can find something better.

Now I just need to work up my courage to run 100 rds. through that lightweight beast. It sure is pleasant to carry, not so much so to shoot long for long strings.

[Ovationdave]

I loaded up 100 .38 special with some Hornady XTP's in 125grn. Then another 100 .357's with some 158 grain XTP/FP's. I used HS-6 in both, so I am curious to see how it does since I have loaded mostly titegroup in those loads. I have a 1000 rounds of nice Lapua brass I need to load up, but I am struggling trying to figure out what to do with it since when you shoot 9mm @ a range, the rounds go everywhere. I would really like to retain that nice brass for future reloads. I guess that's why its still sitting there. Its not like shooting a revolver where its easy to retain and manage your brass. Tomorrow I will be working on R/C Airplanes in the shop, I have loaded about 500 rounds over the last week so I think I will get some building done before I have to return to work before the holiday is over!

[Budzilla 19]

Thanks to seeing some SS pin tumbled brass,earlier this evening I unpacked a brand new Frankfort Arsenal pin tumbler and immediately put 400 .308 brass in it! 2 hours later, WOOOWWW!!!! I have been lost in a cloud of dust so to speak! These beauties are ready for the primer powder bullet combo of choice for sure! Amazing piece of equipment ! Didn't realize how dirty my "clean" brass was! Live and learn! Happy New Year to all !

[trails4u]

Worked on some 5.56 for LOMLs AR...it has a nasty habit that must be fed. :)

Got my first 10 rds. loaded for my newly acquired .43 Spanish Rem rolling block (Argentine) - Thanks BrassMagnet!!

And worked with my 14yo. son for about an hour or so....he loaded his first 10 7mm-08 rds. for his new Savage he got for Christmas/Birthday. We had it out to the range today...not a bad rifle. Several 3-shot sub-MOA groups...but what seems to be a tendency for it to throw some fliers. Those were brand new brass......now they're neck sized, and we found a sweet spot around 46gr. of 4350 under a 140gr. Sierra Spitzer. Sub .700 for a three shot group. Hoping the chamber formed, neck-sized brass might tighten up the fliers!!

[tpatterson950]

So far today reloaded 100 40 cal. S&W. Got 400 more cleaned/sized/primed.

[matrixcs]

Thanks to seeing some SS pin tumbled brass,earlier this evening I unpacked a brand new Frankfort Arsenal pin tumbler and immediately put 400 .308 brass in it! 2 hours later, WOOOWWW!!!! I have been lost in a cloud of dust so to speak! These beauties are ready for the primer powder bullet combo of choice for sure! Amazing piece of equipment ! Didn't realize how dirty my "clean" brass was! Live and learn! Happy New Year to all !

Wow for sure.. I picked up a second one on black-friday for $110....I never want to be without one....

[Efin]

Found +250lbs of soft lead, cast it into 2lb pucks for easy casting.

[Tinbullet]

I made boxes to store all of my cast bullets in.
I make the boxes by recycling cereal boxes, cracker boxes, even a Mac & Cheese box can be recycled.
I have attached a photo of the production area.

[corbinace]

I made boxes to store all of my cast bullets in.
I make the boxes by recycling cereal boxes, cracker boxes, even a Mac & Cheese box can be recycled.
I have attached a photo of the production area.

Wow, that is interesting. Are the pinchers holding them until some glue dries? Any pointers you would care to share?

[62chevy]

Wow, that is interesting. Are the pinchers holding them until some glue dries? Any pointers you would care to share?

I used staples to hold mine together but it is a different design as the rounds lay flat in a double row and the box holds 100 45 acp.

[DerekP Houston]

Finished setting my new dillon case seperator (Much better than the bucket and sieve method!). Loaded up ~20 rounds of 380 acp for the first time to test out a new pistol.

[Black Powder Bill]

Oh yea been sucking up water for a week. With all the rain it appears the old well line and elec. have given way to open a water inlet to the craw space. Which just happened to be the rear wall of the shop!!
Just enough water to be a PIA!
Worked on a drop sleeve shirt, punched some 38/357 primers, loaded a few 30-40, sold a can of BH209. And if'in my luck holds out the guy who bid on the W1895 pays up in ten days and I'll be one less safe queen!

[Tinbullet]

Washington State I presume?
I was hatched at a Army hospital in Washington state back in "51" as pops was in Korea at the time.

As far as the boxes goes I have several different sized templates made up that sort of correspond to the cardboard stock that is available.
I mark the cardboards and score the fold lines with a ball point pen.
Then cut fold and glue as required to make the box bottoms and tops.
I have cut up 1/8" thick board stock to aid in gluing.
The paper clamps work well on the smaller boxes.
The bigger boxes may be clamped with Irwin clamps.
I use regular wood glue because its thicker and easier to apply a thin coat.
The small boxes are 3 1/2 x 2 1/4" and hold 70 45's up to 120 9MM bullets in two layers (spacers are from scrap also) and 77 30-30 bullets in one layer.
The larger boxes are 4 x 2 3/4" and hold 108 44's.

That's the general idea.

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[kbstenberg]

I resized 100/ 223 to 7TCU. I sized, length trimmed, PP reamed. All I have to do now is wet tumble. then use.
Was I surprised how all of the cases shrunk when I resized. Most shrunk .02" in length. I had measured them all so they were 1.751 to 1.770. And after sizing they were 1.738 to 1.75

[Harter66]

Finishing up some prep on some 6.8 in my half hearted clean up effort I found an ammo can of brass I didn't know I had.......

[Bullwolf]

Prepped a pile of Lake City military brass.

It's a little more work to do than commercial brass. Somewhat more difficult to resize, and remove primer crimps.

The finished product is definitely worth the hassle though, so I never seem to mind the extra work.



- Bullwolf

[corbinace]

Washington State I presume?
I was hatched at the Army hospital in Tacoma back in "51" as pops was in Korea at the time.

As far as the boxes goes I have several different sized templates made up that sort of correspond to the cardboard stock that is available.
I mark the cardboards and score the fold lines with a ball point pen.
Then cut fold and glue as required to make the box bottoms and tops.
I have cut up 1/8" thick board stock to aid in gluing.
The paper clamps work well on the smaller boxes.
The bigger boxes may be clamped with Irwin clamps.
I use regular wood glue because its thicker and easier to apply a thin coat.
The small boxes are 3 1/2 x 2 1/4" and hold 70 45's up to 120 9MM bullets in two layers (spacers are from scrap also) and 77 30-30 bullets in one layer.
The larger boxes are 4 x 2 3/4" and hold 108 44's.

That's the general idea.

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Yes, indeed, the Evergreen State.

That is really neat. I will use your picture and see if I can whip some up.

I am new to casting and I had been putting them in the plastic trays that I scavenge after the police use the range. Most of the shorter pistol bullets will get two deep in the tray and still fit in the cardboard box.

Thank you for the new twist.

Tim

[rond]

Loaded a mess of 40 S&W.

[bedbugbilly]

Tinbulet - just curious . . . in making our boxes, have you ever used a hot glue gun? I don't make boxes for my boolits, etc. but over the years, I've done quit a bit of selling on flabbay. I save and break down boxes we get from things, cardboard, etc. to keep for shipping things. I often have had to make boxes of a special size to ship and I began to use a hot glue gun my wife had at one time for doing some craft things. I have found it works really well . . . gun heats up quick, it's quick to apply and then hold the flaps together, etc. and it sets quickly giving a very secure "hold". The hot glue guns are inexpensive and I usually get the glue sticks when I get low at Joanne Fabrics, etc. Once the boxes are made, the glued areas won't come loose.

I had to ship a 12 pounder solid shot Civil War cannon ball once from here to Gettysburg, PA. Had I not had the hot glue gun, I don't think I could have constructed a strong enough shipping container - a well padded box with a box within a box. The guy sent me an e-mail when he got it thanking me for the "secure packing" (I used corrugated cardboard) and said that he had a heck of a time getting boxes apart to get to the cannon ball - the flaps would tear, etc. and he had to finally hut up a razor knife to "cut his way in".

Just an alternative way to glue the boxes together to try if you have a hot glue gun around . . . .

[Tinbullet]

Awhile back I picked some of those plastic cartridge trays out of the gun club trashcan.
You see them all the time, some plastic, some Styrofoam, with or without the factory box.
I decided to make a box(s) to cover these also, although I'm not a fan of "split top" style boxes.

See attached photo.

Maybe I should change my login to "Recycleman"

And no I have not tried a glue gun yet.
I have to pry it out of my wife's cold dead fingers, if you know what I mean.
I've already commandeered her 1" diameter punch.

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[JeffG]

Sized 50 452-255-RF and lubed with Lars White Label 50/50 then loaded 50 45LC rounds, using 7.5 gr of BE-86.

Cast ~ 500 365-95-1R for the P-64 and TL'd them for sizing tomorrow, then TL again.

[Dave C.]

Sized 600 H&G#68's to .453"

Dave C.

[Ovationdave]

I sized up about 100 rounds of .257 Roberts and measured all of the cases. Out of about 120 rounds I had about 20 that didn't need to be trimmed. Its my first effort in sizing these cases, some of which are an unknown origin. I didn't have a proper case trimmer for them so I just bagged the ones that need trimming and ordered up a case trimmer from Midway. Should be here this week so I can prep all of them and get some loaded up next weekend. I have some Nosler ballistic tips I will be loading up for my initial tests with some Varget. First time I have loaded anything for that rifle.

[shoot-n-lead]

50rds of 44 Special

[bangerjim]

Gotta keep up! I did 200 rounds of 44SPL with ETR7 and 100 44MAG with full house H110.

banger

[Harter66]

Decapped and sized about 300 45 ACP of unknown origin and was thinking the I have a couple hundred Win prepared someplace .

[flyer1]

I finally finshed prepping and loading my shoe box of LC .223. I thought I was done with 223, but another partial shoebox of commercial 223 was given to me. It keeps me out of trouble!

[edler7]

Deprimed and tumbled 1000 40 S&W and 100 44 mag. Will size them tomorrow.

[corbinace]

Worked on some small cardboard bullet boxes. Loaded powder, COW and fire formed 50 .303 cases with my son. I tried something new to me to hold the charge in place. Previously I had used a bit of Elmer's wood glue and dried overnight. This time we took a bit of modeling clay and formed a thin plug, just enough to bridge the mouth. Seemed to work well and no waiting.

[obssd1958]

When I fire form using powder and cream-of-wheat, I just use a toilet paper plug ---- confetti!!!!

[Scottyh]

I cleaned one of the casting pots, and cast my tin into smaller ingots. Also put up another shelf unit in the reloading room.

[NavyVet1959]

Fitted a picatinny rail for a scope on an Arisaka that I acquired a few months ago.

[Buckshot Bill]

I did a long overdue cleaning and loaded up and tested a few different round ball loads for my .44 mag. Think I have finally settled on one, it gave me a half inch 5 shot group at 25 yds, just over a quarter inch if you go by the holes and not the lube smudges. Also loaded a few .45 acp round ball loads to shoot out of my chamber adapter tomorrow now that I have my Winchester 37A project shootable and a few 250 grain SWC 44 mag that should be cooking about 700ish out of my rifle. Having fun working up some very quiet and accurate small game loads.

[shoot-n-lead]

Sized/deprimed/reprimed 350 cases and loaded about 25rds.

[lightman]

Nothing yet, just got home from the gym and waiting on the coffee pot. I spent most of last week sorting and polishing the range brass that I picked up before and during hunting season. Also prepped several hundred 223's that I plan to load today.

[tazman]

I cast, sized, and lubed just over 200 358429 boolits. Then I loaded 100 rounds of 9mm using Titewad and the Lyman 356632 100 grain boolit. That combo shoots well in my Beretta 92FS.

[Buckshot Bill]

factory stuff shot o.k out of the 8" 45 acp adapter but it shot incredibly high with the rifle sights adjusted all the way down. Sent the adapter back for a refund :(

[NavyVet1959]

Spent a couple of hours trying to find the right size allen wrench to loosen the scope rings on one of my scopes so that I could install the scope on an Arisaka Type 99 that I picked up a few months back.

[krems]

I loaded 350 rounds of 45 acp today on the dillon press. Got to love those progressive presses. Now if I only had time to shoot more!

[Drew P]

Made an adjustable 357sig powder dipper for a black powder project.

[HeadLead]

Gathering my goodies to put together a homemade Annealing machine.

I have received the enclosure, speed controllers, power supply, 6" cake pan, torch setup and I am waiting on several other items such as the motors and case arbor material.

As I begin the build process, I will snap some pics. Hope it turns out as nice as the reference units I am styling after.

[Retumbo]

Cast up some more 1 oz slugs :)

[Scottyh]

Fired up the turkey fryer to mixup about 250 lb of casting metal. Wheel weights,lead and tin. Pored it into 1lb ingots. I should be good to go for a while.

[waksupi]

Just finished making 75 new 8X57 cases from .30-06, to replace the box of fifty I had lost, which I have now found. Life as usual.

[tazman]

Loaded 50 of the 358429 boolits I made up a couple of days ago with a slightly reduced Glen Fryxell load. It will be interesting to see how well this highly reputed load shoots in my Blackhawk.

[sparky45]

I finished sorting approx. 900 9mm cases by weight. Now I can load and know with a certainty that I don't have a undercharge, overcharge within 2 grains I am going to color code the various weights and know where I'm at in future reloads.

[Retumbo]

built a 12 gauge crimp roller

[Jaybird62]

Loaded all of my pure Pb on a trailer and hauled it from the house in town to my barn in the country. We moved to the farm before Thanksgiving and I've been working on my new reloading shop an hour or two most days for the past six weeks.

[tazman]

I cast 200 Lyman 356637 for testing in my 9mm guns. They are dropping right at .357 and 150 grains. This is a little smaller than I like to shoot(.358). It will be interesting to see how they work.

[taco650]

Smelted about 10lbs of range scrap.

[tward]

Made up some round ball loads for my Colt 45. Tim

[bedbugbilly]

I've been FL resizing 1 X fired 30/30 brass that I've accumulated over time. Just got a (new to me) like new Winchester 94 30/30 Ranger. Thought I was all set as I had a 117 gr .311 Lyman mold - cast some up yesterday to try - the design won't feed in the rifle. Time to get an order in to Titan - will try the Lee .309 - 100 FN and the Lee 309-159 FN. A guy is giving me a box of Hornady gas checks so slowly but surely, I'll get there!

[Victor N TN]

Yesterday was a range day. I'm doing good to get the rifles cleaned and take a nap...

[coxa2]

Build a new reloading/gun bench in the back room of the house (no more garage for me!). Now it's time to move all the stuff into the house (this should be a task by itself).

[Victor N TN]

Build a new reloading/gun bench in the back room of the house (no more garage for me!). Now it's time to move all the stuff into the house (this should be a task by itself).

When you can work in heating and air conditioning, everything changes. For several years I would stay out there until after bed time. My wife would call about midnight and ask me if I was going to bed.

[swheeler]

About 600 rounds of 45 ACP

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[Retumbo]

Loaded my very first shot shell with my first cast Lee one ounce slug.

:)

[rond]

Sized, trimmed, and primed .30-06 brass.

[takasaki]

Just got done casting a few hundred tl356-124-tc for 9mm, tl358-158-swc for 38 spec and 357mag, and lyman 311252 for 32acp

[Shiloh]

Cleaned sorted and straightened things up. Through away some stuff I forgot why I was saving.

Shiloh

[Ovationdave]

Ovationdave,
The only time that I have had a problem with my RCBS powder drop, crushing powder, is when I was trying to drop small charges of powder for my pistol cartridges - but had not changed the rotor out from the large to the small.

Just thought I would mention that OB's recommendation for the smaller RCBS rotor in my powder measure fixed my issues completely, everything is working fine now.

Thank You!

Also, along with my new Rotor from Midway, I got a .257 Roberts (Lee) case trimmer and trimmed up about 100+ rounds of sized ammo, ran it though the tumbler and separated it. I will be loading that up today.

Dave

[corbinace]

Replenished my stock of powder, I had used all of my Red Dot fire forming .577 and 7.7x58 cases and my LGS finally got some after a long dry spell. I am going right now to load some test rounds in 350 grain for my Trapdoor.

[ukrifleman]

Loaded a batch of 44-40 for my repro Spencer carbine.

ukrifleman

[waltherboy4040]

Changed the o rings on a herters 49 sizer and lube dies. Also made some 9mm with lee 124 tc bullets.

[Retumbo]

My home made roll crimper works

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[skeettx]

Nicely done on the crimper

When I do not use the tool in the background, I use
this pulley setup to slow the quill speed of the drill press
http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/medium/MVC-003S15.JPG

I loaded a boat load of normal crimp12 gauge today :)

Mike

[4719dave]

Sitting here debating whether to roll crimp or taper crimp these cast boolits I pc ...For my s&w 686 .

[StuBach]

Working on growing my supply of MiHec 360-93 rounds for my 380s. If I can just get my furnace to hold temp.

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[hydraulic]

My rifles:157674

[hydraulic]

oops, sorry!

[OnceFired]

I cleaned 20 gallons of 5.56 brass today.

First 5 gallons was done with stainless steel pins, boiling water, a squirt of Dawn and some citric acid. The next three loads of 5 gallons each was done with just garden hose water, Dawn & citric acid and I left the pins out. The first batch got the least amount of time but also generated the darkest wastewater. That water was dark brown and much dirtier than the others were.

But, all four batches came out really nice which surprised me. I'm thinking I want to clean without stainless pins - saves me a major pain of separating them out later.

I've got them on the drying table with a fan pointed at them.

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The first 5 gallons during a rinse.

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Super dark brown water from first rinse vs final rinse

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Brass on the drying table. If you look carefully, you can tell the brass on the left is dirty and the right is clean. The light isn't great in the garage, even with the main door open.

[hc18flyer]

FIRST ANNEALING AND CONVERSION
Today I annealed 75- 30/06 brass and formed it to 8 X 57 with a Redding file and trim die. I damaged a couple of case mouths before I figured out how to straighten them while still in the f/t die. I just used the RCBS sizing lube, didn't experience any problems. It is a time consuming process, but it is LC brass and will last a long time with modest cast loads.
Flyer

[therealhitman]

Installed a FO front sight and an ambi-safety on a Stainless Kimber Target II in 9mm. The gun is a matte finish and the Ed Brown safeties are polished. Carpet has to match the drapes, so I polished a Wilson Bullet Proof Slide Stop to replace the stock MIM part at the same time. Now the polished safety doesn't look so out of place. Used the time wisely and tumbled some .45 Colt brass, warmed up the heater under my Star and ended the afternoon sizing a load of 356 120 TCs.

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[therealhitman]

...all four batches came out really nice which surprised me. I'm thinking I want to clean without stainless pins - saves me a major pain of separating them out later.

That reaffirms my conclusion. I put the pins in a drawer after the first couple of days with the wet tumbler too. Lemishine makes a much bigger contribution to the process than the pins IMO.

[rodsvet]

But does it clean the primer pockets as well as the pins?

[OnceFired]

@rodsvet - I am cleaning mil crimped LC brass, and I leave the crimp on brass I resale. So those pockets aren't getting cleaned at this stage anyway.

[therealhitman]

I generally deprime my range pick up, then tumble. Gets the pockets without pins. After that first cleaning my pistol brass gets tumbled with dead primers and run through the 550s the normal way. Have yet to worry about primer pockets in pistol brass after the initial cleaning. Rifle brass gets deprimed and tumbled every few times. No problems seating primers to speak of on any of it.

[DerekP Houston]

Threw away my first mold =/. Dang lee 2 cavity for my 44, could not get the thing to close flush again after the first casting session. Should have listened to the advice around here; the six bangers were awesome though I'd take a chance.

[taco650]

Good day shooting at a range with a friend. Also got to bring home some extra brass & lead.
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[Windwalker 45acp]

Installed my new Lyman 4500 and lubed close to a 100 452374's. I am liking it better than tumble lubing so far.

[Retumbo]

Waiting for a couple hundred 12 gauge hulls to show up.

[rwybld]

I'm a newbie here. This might not be the place for this input, but I've been reading for about six months. In that time I have learned a lot. From not reloading (except shotshells) I now have a Dillon 650 all set up and reloading .45 acp and today I actually "made" about 275 "good" and another 50-60 "bad" bullets - 452-200-SWC. At this point, filled sharp bases are good and they don't have more wrinkles than I do[emoji1] ANYWAY all this is thank all you guys (and gals?) -- people for your forum, knowledge, and so friendly sharing!

[skeettx]

Hello rwybld
Welcome on your first posting
Mike

[aspangler]

Loaded 280 5.56x45 with cast.

[dikman]

I'm in the process of treating my boolits with Hi-Tek coating, to get away from wax lubes. Ready to load a few to try out on Saturday. Also need to cast a few pure lead boolits for coating.

[jason280]

I attempted organizing my reloading room, but didn't get too far...ended up with quite a bit of stuff from the gun show over the weekend, so now I have even more stuff to organize. Did end up with some decent deals, though. Picked up an RCBS hand priming tool and Uniflow powder measure for cheap, but have to find the primer ram for the priming tool and a baffle and top for the powder measure. Also snagged an older Lyman 55 powder measure, has to be at least 30+ years old. Neat thing is, it still has the box and paperwork inside.

[coxa2]

Powder coated a couple hundred 45acp 225gr bullets, along with a couple hundred .358 pills.


Started the process of tearing down 200rds of 38special that I was given. Talk about terrible reloads. I have seen 4 different types of bullets all mixed in along with various degrees of bullet shaving. Plus at least 3 different powders. BEWARE RANDOM RELOADS!

[onehousecat]

Made my first foray into the 41 magnum world with some mild 215 SWC loads for my 657. When I find the Hornady 210 gr. bullets bought at the last gunshow, I will make some test loads for my Mark VII Desert Eagle.

[skeettx]

onehousecat
I want to hear more about your adventure with the Mark VII Desert Eagle
I know they do NOT like cast bullets
and the need a pretty HOT load to cycle
Mike

[rond]

200+ rounds of 32 S&W long.

[Electric88]

Have to remount the reloading press tonight. Then on to resizing 9mm brass :D

[Jal5]

Loaded some 9mm on the LLM. RANOUT OF BOOLITS. Guess its time to do some serious pouring fir 9 and 45s now[emoji6][emoji6][emoji6]

[Harter66]

Converted some long762 N LC Match to 358 Win .
Bore sighted a couple of new sight sets and and a backup set.
Tried some new pellets in an air rifle, the collared dove are, I hope, in trouble .

[LabGuy]

Deprimed a bucket of 38 special.

[montanamike]

Finished sizing lubing and gas checking about 1200 boolits for the 458 socom. That star sizer sure saves a lot of time.

[Butchman205]

I'm a newbie here. This might not be the place for this input, but I've been reading for about six months. In that time I have learned a lot. From not reloading (except shotshells) I now have a Dillon 650 all set up and reloading .45 acp and today I actually "made" about 275 "good" and another 50-60 "bad" bullets - 452-200-SWC. At this point, filled sharp bases are good and they don't have more wrinkles than I do[emoji1] ANYWAY all this is thank all you guys (and gals?) -- people for your forum, knowledge, and so friendly sharing!

Good job on getting the 650 up and producing. Those suckers are AWESOME!!!

Also-Welcome aboard, and jump right in...help the overall knowledge increase!

[Butchman205]

I "field tested" my 30-06 loads on an unlucky 8pt whitetail.
DRT-Dead Right There...like didn't move out of his tracks-like sack of potatoes plop.
Load is a 30-06 with 165 Nosler ballistic tip. Wickedly nasty at 160-170 yds.
Totally destroyed shoulder/neck junction box, heart and lungs were jelly, and good punch through.

I've got to make some more of these!!!!!!

[warf73]

Finished reloading ammo for the girlfriend (380acp) then convered the 650 (first time changing over the new press) to 357mag. Only took about 15mins taking my time and looking everything over. Ran out my plated bullets I had on hand (about 130). Then rolled right into 158gr cast boolits, loaded up 100 and called it good.

[tazman]

I loaded some heavyweight 9mm cartridges while I waited for my lead pot to heat up. Then I cast 200 NOE 358-155-TC for the 9mm, 100 Lyman 358156 for the 357, and 100 NOE 358477 hp for the 38.
I then sized and lubed all the boolits I just finished casting.

[TXGunNut]

Tough day at work; came home and sized about 300 boolits thru my Lee sizers. Much better now. Tomorrow I'll HT some and tumble lube some others.

[dragon813gt]

Took some measurement as I'm building a second reloading room. It's to cold in the garage to do any work. I'm building a simple bench in my basement just for reloading. Will most likely permanently mount the 550 to it. This way I can crank out a summers worth of ammo during the cold months.

[swheeler]

Getting ready for a zombie attack......

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[dragon813gt]

Built this small bench in my basement today.
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Put the first coat of wood putty in the holes tonight. Will sand and apply a second coat tomorrow. Then it's on to staining the top and back piece. Overkill but I like a dark sealed top.

Ignore the green stucco that's crumbling. I swear the previous homeowner was color blind. And they had no clue what they were doing. There is no way to stop water from seeping through a 116yo stone foundation. It was doomed from the start. And one day I will remove the oil tank. Have no desire to cut a hole in it to clean it out so the yard will take it.

[TXGunNut]

Built this small bench in my basement today.
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Put the first coat of wood putty in the holes tonight. Will sand and apply a second coat tomorrow. Then it's on to staining the top and back piece. Overkill but I like a dark sealed top.

Ignore the green stucco that's crumbling. I swear the previous homeowner was color blind. And they had no clue what they were doing. There is no way to stop water from seeping through a 116yo stone foundation. It was doomed from the start. And one day I will remove the oil tank. Have no desire to cut a hole in it to clean it out so the yard will take it.


Good Job! I like it.

[Jal5]

Ran about 100 45 cases in the SS PIN WASH. Should have bought this setup long ago. Also played around setting dies for a run of 9 mm with Berrys bullets and Unique on LLM. WILL do those tonite.

[Victor N TN]

I bought another round of Home Depot heavy duty bins / tubs and a furniture dolly to make another 6 feet tall portable storage bin. The first one worked so well, I thought I would double my storage space available.

[DerekP Houston]

loaded up a mason jar full of 380 acp and a dozen 45 and 9mm to test powder loads in.

[avogunner]

Loaded 50 30-06 for my 03 - I like the 311299/IMR-3031 to about 1800fps. My next project is my basement casting station...I just have to figure out the venting.

[coxa2]

Started sorting all the shotgun hulls I have collected over the years. Going to try my hand at reloading for the scatter gun!

[krems]

I finally got around to casting 200 - 500 S&W RNFP bullets this morning. Man those big bullets can empty the pot quick.

[Uncle Jimbo]

Prepped 100 30-06 case ready to load and prepped 100 9mm case ready to load for the two new projects I have undertaken.

[dragon813gt]

Put two coats of stain on the new bench. Apparently the house now stinks. I don't smell it outside of the basement. If she thinks the stain smells bad just wait until the polyurethane tomorrow :laugh:

[dikman]

Ahh, the sweet smell of polyurethane........
I melted down all the .357s that I'd cast and coated with wax lube. I wasn't going to take a chance that the Hi-Tek coating might not stick because of any wax still remaining after trying to clean them. All that work.......oh well, more casting I guess.

[taco650]

Put two coats of stain on the new bench. Apparently the house now stinks. I don't smell it outside of the basement. If she thinks the stain smells bad just wait until the polyurethane tomorrow :laugh:

Put that poly on with a sprayer and she'll lock you in the basement for good, LOL!

[6622729]

Unpacked and tried out my new PatMarlin's gas check maker. Adding to my self sufficiency.

[taco650]

Swapped out brass in the tumbler; organized the 260 pieces of 45ACP brass I was given (don't have anything that uses that caliber or dies to load it but that will change eventually) and smelted about 9lbs of range scrap.

[labradigger1]

Mounted warne mounts and a vx3 to my new cz 550 fs 6.5x55

[Chris C]

First time I've been able to add to this thread! Got my first bullet mold a couple of days ago and fired up my brand new 20# Lyman pot today and cast some bullets for my .38-55 C. Sharps 1885 Highwall. Now I'm an official member of the family. (only I've got a ton to learn from all you guys!) :happy dance:

[waco]

Cleaned it top to bottom!!!:drinks::Fire:

[TXGunNut]

Congrats, Chris C!
I lubed and checked my 360-230 hunting boolits and some 311-041's in the Lyman with BAC, checked and re-applied LLA on the RD 310-164's for my 300 Savage. May even get to shoot that 99 before the weekend is over.

[waco]

First time I've been able to add to this thread! Got my first bullet mold a couple of days ago and fired up my brand new 20# Lyman pot today and cast some bullets for my .38-55 C. Sharps 1885 Highwall. Now I'm an official member of the family. (only I've got a ton to learn from all you guys!) :happy dance:
Welcome aboard Chris. Lots of nice guys here more than willing to help out. Congrats!:drinks:

[Chris C]

Thanks, guys. I've only been loading for the past 4 years or so. Just got tired of never havin' the right sized bullets for my firearms. Figured it was time to get serious about this a roll my own from start to finish. (now if someone will just tell me how to make my brass cases and primers!);-)

[mart]

Converted 100 30-06 into 9.3x57 and got started on turning some 375 Whelen which I no longer use into 10.75x57.

[TXGunNut]

Converted 100 30-06 into 9.3x57 and got started on turning some 375 Whelen whi.ch I no longer use into 10.75x57.

Cool cartridges! Been eyeballing a Ruger #1 in (I think) 9.3x57 and was a bit intrigued. Never heard of the 10.75x57. Guess I need to do a bit off research.

[mart]

It is the same case as the 9.3x57 but opened up to .423. It has an almost imperceptible shoulder, just enough of a bump to establish the correct headspace. Even less shoulder than the 400 Whelen which I have loaded for extensively.

[Jal5]

Setup my single stage as de priming station and ran 200 pcs 9mm next is a bunch of 223. I also want to stabilize my LLM and remove any slight wobble today.

[gunoholic]

http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/16/01/23/335b3314604e100ec590c5228a84216e.jpg
Sorted through this, got 100kg of lead head nails and stick on wheel weights, 70kg of coww and a small amount of steel and zinc weights. Got some smelting to do now.

[OnceFired]

@6622729

Let me know what you think of the gas check maker.

OF

[Pee Wee]

Finished making mods so I could get case feeder to work with 380 ACP on a Dillon 550.
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[aspangler]

Loaded 60 rounds of 270.

[RogerDat]

Moved some powder to the nice 1 inch thick wood chest a friend made me for powder. Deep enough for 8# jugs or stacking 1# cans two high. Can hold 48# of powder. Rope handles held on with copper bands and solid enough to pull on. He ran 2x4's though planer to make 1x1 inch pieces that are interlocking at the corners. The handle on the top is to discourage setting stuff on the non-latching lid. It also reduced chance dear wife will take it and put a cushion on it and claim it as an ottoman or end table. I'm going to put a harbor freight 4 wheel furniture dolly under it to make it portable and keep it off the floor.

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[JWFilips]

Paper Patched some boolits to Try in my well worn JP Sauer & Son Mauser 98!

[DerekP Houston]

filled another 2 mason jars with 9mm and berry plated bullets. Another 1500 to use up before I switch to cast.

[Seeker]

I tumble lubed some .452 swc boolits with the first coat of BLL for my 1911 and Blackhawk convertible. Then I loaded up some .452 swc over top of 4.5 grs. of Bullseye for the 1911.

[montanamike]

Cast up 1150ish 38 Cal boolits half wad cutters and half wfn

[tazman]

Cast up 1150ish 38 Cal boolits half wad cutters and half wfn

That's a nice combination of boolits. Those are my 2 most accurate projectiles for my guns.

[lolbell]

Tore down, cleaned and lubed a new to me 336 in 35 Rem, then sized and lubed about 500 .358 SWC for a couple of revolvers. Didn't really load anything but spent all afternoon in the reloading room.

[shoot-n-lead]

Loaded a few .38 specials...

[TXGunNut]

Finished making mods so I could get case feeder to work with 380 ACP on a Dillon 550.
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Good job! Finally found a 380 I enjoy shooting but the tiny cases and bullets give me hand cramps after awhile.

[TXGunNut]

Loaded 20 rounds of 300 Savage try loads this morning. My RCBS ChargeMaster quit on me so I pressed my RCBS 5-10, Lee scoops and an RCBS trickler into service and all performed admirably...after I figured out how to use them again. ;-) Sized 50 boolits for Project Thutty-Thutty, may get them loaded in time for my range trip tomorrow.
If kitchen-table gunsmithing exploits count around here I removed an ugly scope base from my most recent Marlin acquisition and installed a good Weaver base, Burris Zee-rings and did a redneck bore-sight on a sticky note on the shed out the back door and across the driveway. Hard to say why I convinced myself I needed another thumper (1895 Marlin in 45-70) but I really like it. Handles nice, scope was a good match. Funny thing, I was eyeballing the scope before the rifle showed up. Some things are just meant to be. :-)

[NavyVet1959]

Ran the around 300 of the Lee C225-55 Bator mold bullets that I had powdercoated via the ASBB dry tumble method through the resizer. Looking at them through a magnifying glass, it appears that the pigment is not over the entire bullet, but it looks like the clear part of the powder does cover everything. All in all, they're not pretty.

Decided to cast a few more of these and experiment with a method that that I had occurred to me that I thought *might* work. I heated up a pan of pan lube and then dipped each bullet into the pan lube and set it aside to cool. I then ran these through the Lee push through resizing die. At least they *look* better.

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[therealhitman]

Broke out the long unloved 44mag dies and worked up a nice light load for Dad's 1894 Marlin. 250 gr Keith bullet is not ideal but it's the mold he has for now so we used it. Went with 700X , standard CCI primers and no filler. I am going to find a nice RFN around 210gr for him eventually, but these SWCs cycle without a hitch contrary to the usual logic on Keith bullets in leverguns.

[robg]

Loaded 100 gas checked 180gr sil boolits with gas check and 37 165gr pb book it's for my win trapper.

[Reverend Al]

Went down to my new shop to sort things out and clean up a bit. Instead I started loading some .300 Blackout and ended up loading 500 rounds! (Now I just have to get out to the local range and shoot some of them. Maybe on Wednesday ...)

[Pee Wee]

Good job! Finally found a 380 I enjoy shooting but the tiny cases and bullets give me hand cramps after awhile.
i have the same problem, also almost cut my left thumb off and no felling in it so hard to hold onto small bullet. I use Lee dies so I can use the Lee bullet feeder. Only thing I have to do is advance it.

[Outer Rondacker]

Finished off a run of 9mm on the dillon. Now I can strip it and give it a good cleaning. Did some case prep on the whole 69 223/5.56 brass I have for the new ruger ranch rifle. Cleaned,sized,trimmed and primed 350 22TCM bass. Sorted what molds I have and what I do not use for future sale. Now I am off to fix the wives car again. If I get that done and still feel ok I plan on finishing a run of 45acp on the hornady LnL. Followed by a good cleaning to start the year. What else should one be doing on a rain/freezing rain day? Scope shop? Any day in a reloading room is a good day. Some times I think I enjoy making them as much as I enjoy shooting them. I do not feel I am alone here. Happy reloading.

[RogerDat]

The forest of single die plastic cases that Lee quick trim dies come in are now a stack of labeled 2 die red plastic cases I picked up from Titan reloading. The single die cases designed to hang on a hook sitting on a shelf kept falling over and took up a lot of shelf space. Now they are in cases which stack and they won't fall over every time I touch anything on the shelf.

Little base chamfering of some cast 312-160 so they will be ready for gas checks.

[labradigger1]

Swaged 100-270 grain 44's.

[taco650]

Cast ~100 357 boolits and about 25 44's.

[Jal5]

Deprimed about 200 .223 brass and washed them in SS pins.

[avogunner]

I tore my Dillon SDB apart to clean, lube, and replace worn parts. It's a 25 year old machine and runs like new again.

[taco650]

Cast ~100 357 boolits and about 25 44's.

Made an actual count of my keepers from the above casting session. Both boolits were from Lee molds.

357-158SWCGC: 162 total
429-240SWCGC: 52 total

Guess that's about double what I originally estimated LOL!

[goryshaw]

Loaded 32 .30-06 with NOE 311299 and IMR 4350. Need to load another 133 for a M1 / vintage military match this weekend. Trying to get my nephew, his wife and brother in law involved, so loading ammo for them to shoot too. Nephew shot my M1903 last month, using HXP 71, and got a little beat up doing a 55 round match. First time he had ever been shooting, but he enjoyed it and said he wants to do it again. His brother in law has never shot either, but he watched last month and wants to give it a try too. Cast load should be easier on their shoulders this time.

Tumbled the 110 .30-06 cases from last month's match, along with about 100 .556 cases I got as range pickups last weekend. Twenty somethings shooting their black rifles, then left, leaving all the brass laying on the concrete next to me. Very generous of them. Discovered too much auto wax in with the walnut media fills the cases to the mouth with a solid mass of media that doesn't just shake out. Works fine in straight pistol or rifle cases, bottlenecked cases not a good combination. Spent an hour or so with a pick breaking up the media so I could get it out of the 200+ cases.

[umwminer]

Loaded up a pile of .38 Spec . Lee 148gr TL , white Label lube , 3.5gr B.E. . Shoot them in my old 5 screw S&W's .

[aspangler]

Loaded 95 38spl, 35 357mag, and prepped 100 30-06. Bad weather outside but gives you time to catch up!

[shoot-n-lead]

Tumbled some brass and resized/deprimed some, also.

Loaded a few 44mag rds.

PC'd 500 bullets and sized them.

[dikman]

Tried to get my industrial sewing machines working [smilie=b:. (Well, they are in the same shed as my reloading gear).

[Hickory]

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Yesterday, I cast a hundred 429640 HP from my MiHec mould.
Got them sized and lubed.
This is mostly a test picture, I've been having trouble uploading pictures here lately.

[lightman]

Loaded 350+ 223's. This gets my PD ammo replenished. Washed and sorted a tub of range brass that I scored yesterday. This bunch had some pretty common brands. The last batch was mostly no name stuff that mostly went into the scrap bucket. Thats ok, I can make 1 scrap bucket = 1 box of Lapua brass by watching the scrap prices and the sale prices. After lunch I plan to try adjusting the trigger on the new to me Pre-64 M70 that I have not shot yet. Looks pretty simple, wish me Luck!

[Butler Ford]

Finished casting, sizing, lubing and gas checking 68 pounds of 45's and got the pot ready for the next #20.

BF

[groundsclown]

Not the reloading room but at work in the shop...2 days of solid rain. It's nice to cast while on the clock :mrgreen:

55.6lbs of MP 454-225 215gr penta HP's

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[taco650]

Not the reloading room but at work in the shop...2 days of solid rain. It's nice to cast while on the clock :mrgreen:

55.6lbs of MP 454-225 215gr penta HP's

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Getting paid to do my "hobby"? What a novel idea! Congrats!

[tazman]

Loaded 300 rounds of 38special wadcutters for my K frame S&W revolvers.

[hickfu]

It wasnt today.. last week I was having a good day pain wise so I wired up the new reloading room that I will be sharing with my wifes uncle... been down the entire week since.

[tazman]

I smelted about 120 lb of range scrap into ingots today. While waiting for the batches of lead to melt, I loaded 65 rounds of 38 special with a new wadcutter to test, and cast up roughly 1000 358495 wadcutters. I need to get them lubed and ready to load.

[Retumbo]

Loaded another 15 Lee 1oz slugs. 110 slugs waiting to go

[flyingmonkey35]

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Completed a few 45 acp

Cleaned the reloading room up a bit

[ukrifleman]

Loaded a batch of 7.5x55 Swiss with J words.

ukrifleman

[nemesisenforcer]

Loaded up a box of 7.5 Swiss with my boolits, sized and checked a whole bunch of 30 cal boolits for future use.

Been long overdue.

[skeettx]

Question: 7.5 Swiss revolver or rifle?
Thanks
Mike

[dragon813gt]

Put everything away and waxed the bench top w/ Johnson's No Buff Wax. It was just sitting on the shelf so I figured why not :laugh:

[sandman228]

loaded up 200 rounds of 9mm 120 gr tc ,loaded up 100 rounds of 40 s&w 175 swc which was what I shot at range yesterday . sized and lubed about 550 9mm bullets . only 4200 more 9mm bullets sitting in buckets waiting for me to either size and lube or powder coat whenever I make up my mind which way I wanna go with them .

[David2011]

Shot some long range (for me) at 200, 300, 400, 500 and 620 last weekend. Been loading my 6.5x55 with H4895 but realized at that range session that the last 1/3 of the barrel was much cooler than the big end after firing about 20 rounds. Loaded a ladder of H4350 with 120 gr Sierra MatchKings to see what happens at longer ranges. We're at the start of the windy season here so no telling when I'll get to choot 'em.

I'll be checking group size and chrono them at the same time.

David

[RoGrrr]

Loaded up several hundred rounds of 45ACP, cleaned my EDC, shot it some and had to clean it again.

[cigarman454]

Sized some 45 boolits

[bruce drake]

Finally got to reload some 30-223Rem (30 Apache) cartridges for some test loads in an AR15. 15gr of H110 under a 120gr Lyman 311359 gas-checked bullet and a Lyman 311410 130gr plain-base bullet. I'm expecting ~1800fps for the loads from my 20" barrel.

I hope to go out next weekend to test-fire the bullets.

Bruce

[michiganmike]

I am semi-retired, grew up on a small dairy farm and learned from my father how to scrounge and improvise. Over the last three days I made a handy stand for my new Lee Class powder measure. I used some scrap aluminum, bolts, washers and nuts. I put it on a 7" plywood stand so when sitting on my reloading bench stool it is close to eye level. I am pleased with this minor accomplishment.

[Black Powder Bill]

The past week: Poured 600 RB,38 WC trash can TL,9mm 125gr,380 102 gr, 45 T/C maxi, and 45 REAL in a DC with RB.

[DerekP Houston]

Nothing yesterday, had fun at the range. Planning on loading up some more 380acp when I get home. Had to clean out the flaring die as it kept crushing cases.

[robg]

Loaded 100 190grgcsil boolits for my win94 357mag .

[Outer Rondacker]

Yesterday played on my range with some friends. Then cleaned up 250+ 9mm brass and 150+ 45acp and a handful of 30-30 and 223/556. Today its warm and I can not bring myself to be inside the house so I am making some new target stands. Not sure if that counts as the reloading room but I am sure I will be in the chair tonight.

[Tweetyj]

Just finish running 2200 45 GAP brass through my Case Pro 100 and will powder coat next week about 4800 ,45-230g my buddy cast for me when i decide what color i want .

[s1120]

I'm waiting on my two M expander dies from Lyman and till I get them I've been cleaning and resizing all my brass. I'm all set once the dies show.

[NavyVet1959]

Just finished installing wood flooring in the living room, foyer, and dining room for my wife. Decided that the small nubs that were supposedly legs on the leather couch, sofa, and love seat were too small and might result in indentations to the wood, especially if the units were being slid across the floor. Didn't particularly like the options for commercial units -- wanted something that was a bit larger in diameter while also raising the furniture slightly off the floor, so I made my own. Started out by cutting a 4 squares of 3.5"x3.5" for each piece of furniture out of a 2x8 that I had. Then marked the center and put a centering hole with a nail in each piece. Clamped a board to my table saw with a nail about 3" from side of the blade, filed off the head, and sharpened what was still sticking out of the board. For each of the 3.5"x3.5" squares, I placed them on the board so that the center hole would fit on the nail and they could rotate. I then turned the table saw on and slowly raised the table saw blade while rotating the wood square. Eventually, I ended up with a wooden disc / cylinder. Having 3 hands would make this a lot quicker since it would work better having two hands holding and rotating the square while the third hand gradually turned the crank to raise the blade. Oh well... Had to make do...

Once I completed all of the wooden cylinders, I took a belt sander to them to smooth the flat ends and the curved sides. I then used my drill press and Forstner bit to cut a flat bottom hole in each one to the same depth for all of them. I had bought a $3 rubber backed carpeted door mat at Home Depot and some carpet double sided tape. I cut out the double sided tape and a rough cut of the mat to use for the bottom of each new leg piece. I then used a razor blade to trim the carpet to exactly the size of each of the new leg pieces.

My drill press is in my reloading room and thus this is why this counts as "what I did in my reloading room today". :)

Now I just need to get my shop vac out and clean up all the wood chips on my reloading bench. :(

[Outer Rondacker]

Just finish running 2200 45 GAP brass through my Case Pro 100 and will powder coat next week about 4800 ,45-230g my buddy cast for me when i decide what color i want . The 45Gap runs better with a lighter bullet. It was based on a 185-200. My 37 has chucked thousands of pills and still looks brand new. The NYS LEO runs the Gap. No clue why.

[aspangler]

Poured,checked and lubed 198 6.5mm 140 grain boolits..

[robg]

Sized and decapped 200 .357mag cases ,they were hiding in my range bag I knew I had more brass somewhere .

[OS OK]

"Walked down with best intentions…I dunnoh what?..admired all the clean space to get started in…felt a chill from the cold and had to go to pee…forgot to go back".

[aspangler]

Poured 130 150grain 30cal flatnose, 180 148 grain 358 dewc, 130 102 grain 357 rn. Weather was warm for a change and I took advantage of it.

[Jal5]

Deprimed about 200 223 cases and SS washed 100 tonite

[jimb16]

Wasn't exactly in the loading room....I drilled out part of the gas check shank on an old 8mm mold and turned it into a driving band. Now the mold throws a plain base boolit. I cast up 80 of them and pc'ed them. I'll load them up for testing tomorrow. Should be an interesting experiment.

[s1120]

Still waiting for my M expander dies to come in, so cant load... But I have been going through all my brass, and cleaning, depriming, and resizing what I have. Im starting to get pretty well organized. I have peanut butter jars filled on the shelf of all the brass set to go with whatever I plan to shot out of it in the future.

[tazman]

I cast up just under 1300 wadcutters (358495) for my 38 special. They didn't need to be sized so I tumble lubed them. When they dry they will be ready to load.
I also loaded 300 rounds for the 9mm.