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    Cleaned my SRH .44 mag.
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    Inventoried the amount of presses I have. Too many, some got to go!!! Stand by for swap and sell ad!! Can’t pile them up forever, I guess.
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    Not in the reloading room...but finally had a "nonwindy" day to melt some lead. I melted and poured about 175 lbs of soft lead today. I love my 2.5 lb - 50 cent muffin tins.

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    I “learned by doing” an 80% AR15 lower with a router and drill press. The next one should be easier I think. Slow Fun.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Texas by God View Post
    I “learned by doing” an 80% AR15 lower with a router and drill press. The next one should be easier I think. Slow Fun.
    I got the 5dtactical jig and have done several ar15 and ar10 lowers. You use a router and it is super easy. The first one took about 45 min and the subsequent ones took around 30 or so min.
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    Nothing yet but I need to give my muzzle loader a bath today.

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    Quality checked couple hundred cases. Counted loaded rounds then made a plan since i didn't have as many as I thought.
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    Cast, gas checked, and lube/sized 400+ "Oldfeller Frankenstein" boolits for my trusty M95 Steyr straight pull rifle and carbine... Sized .338 ......

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    Tumbled a few hundred pieces of brass from Last weekends range trip.

    Started preping 6.5 Grendels for some 95g VMax coyote loads Im needing.
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    Blended a small batch of COWW+2% for next casting session

    Gotta love the CB ingot molds

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    I fully prepped fifty 6.5 Grendel cases.
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    Couple months ago, I got a good deal on some 308 primed LC brass. Finally loaded up some for the long range shoot this weekend.

    Love it when you fire and start counting: 1...2...3...4...(ding)
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    Hanging some shelves.

    I'm going to run out of wall space.
    It doesn't help that my reloading room is also my office, and a small room to start with.

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    I'm almost ashamed to admit it, but I haven't had any "want to do anything" for some strange reason. Maybe after I fire form some more brass or something.....just been feeling yuccky lately.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tom W. View Post
    I'm almost ashamed to admit it, but I haven't had any "want to do anything" for some strange reason. Maybe after I fire form some more brass or something.....just been feeling yuccky lately.
    I feel ya Tom....I've been feeling the same way. Have a hunting trip coming up next weekend....do it every year with GREAT friends, and I've still not gotten myself to the bench to work up this year's loads. I have cartridges loaded, I know they're dead nuts, but still....part of the game is getting ready for the game. And....I just don't feel it.

    Let's say.....I'll make you a deal. Get up and do some loading, and I'll do the same!!
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    Had to run a few errands today. Still haven't loaded anything......I'm going to sorry away.......
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    Tom! Buck up!
    You'll get to it - we have faith in you!
    I look forward to seeing what you've accomplished in the reloading room, and at the range. I've managed one range day, and one day in the reloading room, in the last 6 months. You keep me hopeful that I too will eventually get to spend some time doing the things that I love to do!!

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    Cast, sized, lubed, an gas checked 500 boolits... Lyman 358156
    WW & 2%tin, water quenched.

    Used Jake's "Ceresin Purple", with a BLL "overcoat"...sized .360 wish Sage's 35. Cal aluminum checks.

    All with a two cavity mold..... I was busy! Lol

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    This coming Saturday at the range there will be a turkey shoot. I've never been to one and haven't fired one of my shotguns in over 7 years or so. I'm going to go pick up my 1100 from my son's house and use it. After the shoot I was told that there may be our regular range time, but that wasn't a promise......
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    Melted 65 lbs mono type letter press scrap fluxed and Ingot

    He did say reloading room?
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Abbreviations used in Reloading

BP Bronze Point IMR Improved Military Rifle PTD Pointed
BR Bench Rest M Magnum RN Round Nose
BT Boat Tail PL Power-Lokt SP Soft Point
C Compressed Charge PR Primer SPCL Soft Point "Core-Lokt"
HP Hollow Point PSPCL Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" C.O.L. Cartridge Overall Length
PSP Pointed Soft Point Spz Spitzer Point SBT Spitzer Boat Tail
LRN Lead Round Nose LWC Lead Wad Cutter LSWC Lead Semi Wad Cutter
GC Gas Check