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Yesterday evening I got a brass case stuck in a full length sizing die wile resizing some once fired brass , when you hear that funny sound don't push it in any further . I eventually got it out but it was in pieces and I had a hole in my hand . After the fight I decided to get out the imperial wax and my old Pacific 007 single stage press . When this all started the plan was to quickly run the brass through a progressive press just full length sizing , using spray lube . I just finished tumbling them ready to load .:grin:
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Started yesterday tumbling 2 coffee cans of 45 brass for a buddy. Plan to finish those up today. Sorting out any rejects and small primers as I go.
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Just got in from casting a pile of the Lee tc boolits for my 9mm. That's pretty much all I cast now, except for an occasional pile for my .44 RemMag.
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Pretty much spent the whole day tumbling, drying and sorting brass. Probably dream about looking at calibers and headstamps!
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Started setting up my 2nd star reloader this on in 45acp.
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Unwrapped a brand new 5cav mold from ACCURATE.
.45-210J, one of my shooting buddies bought it "for me" so I can cast BULLETS for his COWBOY SHOOTING LOADS. I also got 5 new empty HORNADY die boxes so I can set up more die sets with L-N-L Bushings.
I seem to be doing more casting & reloading for my buddies than I do for myself these days.
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Loaded up some 38 spcl with unique and a rn cast 158. We'll see how the model 10 likes em on Saturday... Picked up a bit too and put away some mags I had laying around.
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Tumble lubed 150 .430" (213gr av.)rnfp for the 44 WCF.
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Tumble-lubed 400+ boolits for the 44's.
De-primed, tumbled, annealed, and neck sized 35 pieces of 7.62x54R.
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Cast 150 45-70. 405g boolits with my Lee 2 cavity mold,there now on csome grease proof paper waiting for the Lee lube to dry .tis a good day sunny and 70 degrees .
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Mounted my new birthday present. Its the orange one. Lyman Brass Smith Ideal Press. Its hefty. Now I need to figure out how I am gonna mount the new Uniflow Powder Measure. My bench is pretty small but works for the apartment while we save for a house. It is cut as a triangle to fit in the corner to save space.
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Congrats on the birthday present. Looks great.
I dug and dug and dug at the range. Dragged home five 5 buckets 2/3s the way full. Lots of old school bullets in it. Somebody has been shooting a very very very large gun at the 25 yard bunker.
An hour a bucket sifting wet dirt is not bad. Well even if it is I do not care I am happy I now have some lead scrap. Oh and I put it all in the new houses reloading room. To bad its not finished yet.
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Cast, pan lubed and sized a couple hundred 245 grain SWCs for the .44 mag.
Was getting a little low on 158 grain .38 specials so I loaded up a couple boxes of those.
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Loaded several hundred 9mm.
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deprimed and annealed 200 cases
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Continued working on my latest muzzleloader build. Reloading bench does double duty. I've got a build thread over in the muzzleloader section here.
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I finished mounting the new Lock and Load AP press. Got set up for 9mm, and did a few loads as singles, then got braver and actually used the full feature and had brass in each shell holder on the turret as I got more comfortable with the operation. Went out and shot a few, adjusted the powder volume a tad. Chronographed the shots, checked for keyholing, and all looked good, so proceeded to get into "production" mode. After about 300 rounds, I noticed I wasnt paying attention to the primer tube and was loading minus the primer :roll: Decided to try and slip them thru the press and just get them thru the primer position just to primer a loaded shell. Ended up losing powder out the primer hole into the primer feed mechanism and jambed it. :killingpc:killingpc In the process of trying to get the primer feed working I broke it
https://i.imgur.com/7IlfN3E.jpg
Lesson learned the first time, sometimes I have to learn the same lesson a couple times, but this time I hope once was enough. New part arrives Thursday from Amazon, and I will be back into reloading. Maybe I can work on my brass feed in the meantime. It isnt anything like my rockchucker :drinks:
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Loaded 50 45-70 405 g Lee boolits .
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Loaded ten 170 gr RD boolits into some fire formed 30-06 A.I. brass, using a 30-06 charge.
I dunno why... probably because I don't have any empty brass that isn't fire formed.
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Nothing! I spent the last four days rebuilding the clubs outdoor range. I'm whooped. Our club had range boxes and the bullets where not being contained. Now we have a 120yrd field with mountain behind it. Target stands that can be placed at any distance wanted. Mainly the bullets have a good backstop to contain them.
Well maybe not nothing. Does putting five 5 gallon buckets of range scrap into the reloading room count.