Took out today's deliveries. 5 pounds of WW231, 3 mould handles and 5 sizing dies. Now I can size and powder coat the bullets I have.
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Took out today's deliveries. 5 pounds of WW231, 3 mould handles and 5 sizing dies. Now I can size and powder coat the bullets I have.
Got some 9mm brass ready to load, and sized and lubed some boolits for it.
casted some MiHec 308 HP & FP boolits. Gosh, these are sweet molds.
Loaded some 44 special rounds to try in a new gun and a few hunting rounds for one of my flattops.
Cast a couple hundred 44 cal 250 grain LFN from my new LBT 4 cav mold. And then set up a star sizer for it.
Boiled an old Star sizer that had an unknown lube inside and lots of lube all over the outside. I know I'm going to regret doing it this way. The paint was already coming off and I know most of it will be gone by the time the pot cools enough to remove it. Made the mistake of removing a LAM1 before the lube hardened and it led to a sticky mess all over it. All this work for a sizer I plan to resell. Bought it for the sizing dies that came w/ it.
If you bought it for the dies that are in it; then I'll swap you a set of dies for the sizer.
I bought it for the multiple dies that came w/ it. Thought it would have top punches for all of them but for what I paid I'm not complaining.
Pulled out my 41Colt brass, inventoried my boolits and got out my mold. I've got a almost two boxes of brass to load, and need to cast most of the boolits.
As seems to be too much of a habit, I walked by on the way to work.
Cussed my LEE dripomatic, Lyman 30 caliber mold and 4500 sizer. Finally decided I'd better quit before something really bad happened. :)
P.S. I don't cast a lot and haven't had a lot of problems with that LEE pot, but I'm just about ready to drop the money on an RCBS, it would be cheaper than a heart attack.
LOL, NO HEART ATTACK. I DO ALL MY CASTING WITH A LADLE AND C.I. POT. IF IT DRIPS, ITS BECAUSE I MISSED.[smilie=b:
Ran about DCC of the Lyman 225462 bullets through the Star , mounted a couple of scopes and zeroed another rifle .
RKJ , feel free to weld the hole on the bottom of that pot closed and use it for dipping , then buy the RCBS it worked out for me that way . ;-)
Jack
Scraped lube off the entire exterior of a Star. Tried to figure out how to disassemble it to repaint it. That doesn't seem to be happening. Oh well, I will finish cleaning it up this weekend.
Picked up some more storage containers with lids for brass, etc. while shopping today and took them out to the cave.
Finally got a bit more than 100 9mm rounds loaded, and a bunch more brass cleaned and sized..Now to get a .357 sizing die.... I can see that the single stage press is gonna be a slow go for the 9......
Jack, That was something I hadn't thought of, but I may have to do that. Most likely if I do get the RCBS I'll try to sell the Dripomatic to some new (unsuspecting) caster that doesn't cast that much and doesn't want to spend a bunch of money. (Tongue in cheek)
triggerhappy243, If I tried Ladle casting, I'd probably drip the lead onto my hand. :)
Seriously, most times I can time the drips and slow them down, but the condiment cup I use for the drips would lets the drip hit and then splatter out at me. Having molten lead come whizzing at your head is a tad unnerving.
id be more afraid of dripping on my who-whos. i always wear leather gloves.
Loaded a few more rounds trying to find the right load for a new gun. Loaded some yesterday and was not real impressed with the results I got today.
Loaded 400 rounds of .45acp. Wife and I fired 200 of them this evening at an indoor range......I'm certainly shooting more now that I'm reloading...... :-)
I rolled up fifty rounds for my 7.62 Nagant. I use the 100 gr Lee RN, LLA lube, 5.3 gr Unique. I'm still having trouble with the long, skinny cases buckling somewhat when I seat the boolit. I cured that by running them through the sizer die one more time; it's fussy work, but now they all chamber well.
Wayne
PS: I used the new cases my kids sent me for Xmas. They sure do love me!
Pan lubed some 45 Acp with Ben's Red. Dropped a boolit. Got down on all fours to get it. Saw a bag hanging under the reloading table. This was inside.Attachment 127522 Unopened bag of new 44mag cases and 50 new nickel plated.Price on the unopened bag read $17.95 .
Found a wheel weight in Taco Bueno's parking lot.
Aha! Business is picking up! :-)
Um……created indoor lightning:holysheep:holysheep!!!!! Seems there is a difference between 12v dc and 120 ac:groner:
PS I will post more as I continue to build my PID.
I did something that is reinforcing to me and may be helpful to someone. For many years now most of the powder I use for rifle and pistol - especially pistol - and a little of what I use for shotgun has been from yard sales. As a matter of fact I have far too much powder but I seldom if ever pay more than $1 per pound. Several years ago, without anything ever having gone wrong, I discontinued buying powder in containers that had been opened. More recently when I happen to buy ammo at yard sales I don't shoot the reloads (but I do buy all ammo regardless of caliber as I always know someone who can use it). Today I loaded up enough shotshells for the week and then I disassembled some pistol ammo. A few weeks ago I found at a yard sale a very nice, complete Lyman 310 kit in the display carton. It has been used but not much, and the carton - from the 1950's maybe - is in great shape as well. A nice old hunting knife was thrown in and a wooden box with .44 magnum reloads; mixed brass, 240 grn swaged bullets, unknown (of course) primers. In disassembling the cartridges I weighed the powder in one and it came in at 27 grains as I have never put that many grains of any powder in a .44 cartridge. I haven't tried to identify the powder. But it may well be a stouter load than I want to shoot. As I become older I become more cautious and (arguably) wiser. It was all still a great haul for $8 - the asking price. My yard sale addiction has no apparent cure.
Some cleaning brushes arrived from Amazon. So I put them in the drawer and realized I need to get rid of the big kit in a wooden box. It's taking up to much space in the drawer and I don't use anything in it anymore.
First time casting. Cast about 60 rounds of 45cal. 230gr round nose for my New model Blackhawk.
New lee production IV bottom pour pot and double cavity mold worked great, with only first two boolits had to go back in pot
But, i did the research and got some great tips from the forums. Some times
it's better to be lucky than good. We'll find out after tomorrows session.
Are the rounds hanging up in the gun?
I've owned 2 AR-15's and have never found the need for small base dies, but every situation is different. I use just a standard .223/5.56 Lee three die set
Played with a low velocity explosive, vegetable fiber wads, large quantities of extruded brass, leveraged presses, dies, couple pounds of lead, copper, tin, arsenic, precision scales, drop tubes, wax based lubricants, hot plates, ignition initiators, and organized a large quantity of very old coins.
Then I got in my truck and drove into the sunset.
D
No craters were formed during this undertaking. No animals were harmed. One spider was converted to existence in only 2 dimensions.
My reloading room (we call it the man cave) is a multipurpose room. First I made one more frame to surround those plastic nut and bolt storage drawers, so I will have 3 with pine wood frames around them to make them look nice and match the walls somewhat. I then turned my attention to the reloading area. I cleaned up the oil on the 5 sizing dies I got in a couple of days ago from a guy that custom makes them. I then sized 30-30 and 45/70 bullets I had cast previously. I ordered some sample packs of checks from Vulcan so put checks on some and left some without. We will see how they work. For the 30 caliber they had 3 different types, 2 aluminum and 1 copper and just one type of aluminum for the 45. I then put some things away. I moved things around so I could fit the ww231 and trailboss in with the rest of the powder.
Loaded up 6 45lc with 454190 over 4.6gr Trailboss and 6 358158 over 3.2gr Trailboss to try out the powder I got on Christmas vacation
Used up the last of the 225462 bullets into the gallery loads today , loaded almost a M . Total count into federal cases is just shy of MMMD . Final cleanup in the tumbler , paint the cans and I can call this one done .
Jack
My reloading "room" is also known as the garage. Walked by my loading bench about 30 times today while using my chop saw and table saw. Spent all afternoon installing wood flooring in the dining room and had to trim many pieces and even re-milled a few so I could use up the scraps. Never did anything gun or reloading related. :-(