What did you do in the reloading room today?

[Harter66]

Emptied Dad's 12# can of Unique. Only took 54 years . There's only enough left in the UniFlow and the little 1# square can for about 2,000 45 ACP/AR .

The real bummer is now I have to figure out how to burn up that 10# of Red Dot that's in the same 1968-69 keg that Grampa left me that just a year newer ......

[jim 44-40]

Cast .490 rb and punched out 200 lubed wads.Also loaded some Black powder 20 gauge with #4 buck.

[44Blam]

Will you have to anneal them before loading?

No - I don't. I shoot a 225 grain boolit subsonic at about 1050 fps.
Originally, I did 50 cases this way and did my load development. Then I did another few, etc and at this point I've got a few (maybe 300) cases. I am sure I've shot those original 50 at least 5 or 6 times and they don't grow and don't really get stressed... In fact, I cannot tell them from the newer ones...
So at this point, I'm just adding to the pool so I can have a bigger stockpile.

[Mandoair]

Every one here is so productive I’m impressed. But not it seems to the point of productivity.
I have been studying measuring and experimenting with col for 9x19 RMR P FN 147. Saami says 1.000 to 1.165”. After testing 40 rds at col 1.130 I realized my bullets were touching the rifling. Anyway I did manage to load 50 test rounds from 1.050, 1.065, 1.100, 1.115, 1.120 in AA#2, and Win. 244. Waiting for 20+’ F and more day light to test them. After all the days do start getting longer next week. Merry Christmas. PS there was one day I did managed to load over 300 rounds.

[B1GB1RD]

got to break in the new molds, little chilly here in Fl today, so decided to get the molds out and break um in, 44 in 240 swc, and a 45LC 230 conical (they look great), cant wait to size lube and shoot the new ceations....lol. Did about 200 44 and about 500 45lc, have a load for the 44 but the 45lc is lighter than I shoot, so itll be fun!

[36g]

Slowly working on a run of 180 gr PC 10mm. Have the brass sized and deprimed, working on belling case mouth prior to priming. Also have polished a batch of .308 brass in prep of running some more FMJ's. Won't take long on those though - the 1050 cranks them out quickly.

[Texas by God]

I mounted a new to me Weaver K2.5 scope on my 20" 5.56 AR15 and it sighted in easily. A 2" group @100 yds with 55gr fmj ammo is nice.
I loaded 20 7x57mm to test a new die set, and started to load some 45 auto.

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[scooterwrench]

Loaded a ladder load of 45acp with 300gn TC's and 4.6-5.2gns IMR red. Gonna try it out tomorrow in the small ring mauser plunker I built for my brother.

[Rapier]

Loaded a bit of 30x39 cases with H-322 and 150 grain flat base bullets. for the 30x39 rifle I just finished up. Advantage of the 7.62x39 chamber in a .308 barrel with 1-10 twist can use of 30 caliber bullets with good accuracy.
Put together more ASP 115 bullets with AA #7 for the 9x19 gun..

I now have some testing to do....Might get the grandkids to "help" with that on Christmas day......

[Texas by God]

I’ve started sizing and priming 100 .218 Bee cases. I’m using Small Pistol Magnum primers(because I have a bunch), and this first batch will be with H110 and 35gr Vmax bullets.


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[B1GB1RD]

Shot our ILSA match and realized im starting to run a little low on the 357s, so I cast about 500 and lubed about 100, starting weighing and realized they were heavy, checked the mold only to find out the nut had backed off, shoulda seen that while sizing, duh, so I re melted and re ran the lot, see tomorrow how they did....lol

[Mandoair]

Got a berry brass separator for Christmas. Started on a 5 gal bucket of range brass. 22 223 9 40 10 308 300 win…. Sure beats pecking through by hand but busy work.

[44Blam]

Turned the necks of about 300 more 300 BO cases - that is some bo-ring work that gets you all crampy...

[Rapier]

I finished the 30-39 AR. A 7.62x39 chambered .308 barrel with 1-10 twist in 16". Loaded up some Win 7.62x39 new brass with .308 dies and a ,308 expander ball using 150 grain bullets and H-322. Makes a neat light, powerful, hog rifle.

[Willie T]

I cast 20# of 9mm 125 round noses out of Lyman No2 with a Lee six cavity. I have not picked out the rejects but there are very few. If I keep the No2 around 700 and don’t get the mold too hot, it just rains a lot of quality boolits in a hurry.
Then I sized, gas checked, and lubed some 158 SWCs for my .357’s on the LAM.

Then I put an auto prime on my single stage press and belled and primed 500 cases at the same time with 100% positive function. The auto prime may be the best $53 Ive spent updating my gear. No difference in my ammunition quality but eliminating one step from the process was pretty dog gone nice.

Willie

[414gates]

Made up a case retention bracket for my Pro 2000 press.

It snapped and had bits break off one too many times. For some reason, the epoxy adhesive I have does not adhere well to that plastic.



Cut with a hand jig-saw from a PVC pipe stop-end. The thickness of the stop-end is almost exactly the same as the original part.

[robg]

just loaded up 45x 45-70s 24gn 2400 340gn boolits .

[Jal5]

Had to breakdown some 9mm reloads mixed bunch JHP and lead. Trying to get the hang of Hornady bullet puller.


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[B1GB1RD]

Cleaned all the guns from the match, sized and lubed about 500 (all I had) of my 452 colt boolits, and ran off about 700 45 230rn on the Dillon, and cleaned a bucket of 45 acp brass, good day.

[15meter]

Made up a case retention bracket for my Pro 2000 press.

It snapped and had bits break off one too many times. For some reason, the epoxy adhesive I have does not adhere well to that plastic.

Next time try sanding the part to be bonded, sometimes a little "tooth" for the epoxy to key into can help. I buy epoxy by the gallon, a too smooth surface can be an issue. 80-120 grit.