What did you do in the reloading room today?

[Seeker]

Today is brass sorting, cleaning and sizing day. Ohh, I did load up a few .45 Colt shotshells earlier.

[Sticky]

Technically the garage, but it counts as reloading to me... lol

Cast and coated using Smoke's Independence Day Special... cheated, cause I didn't have enough containers nor bb's around, so I just used the ziploc in a bowl method with pretty good success! MP 200gr HP in 45acp

[bangerjim]

Got my new 5 cav NOE 225 FP 55gn brass mold, so seasoned it and cranked out about 500 of them, BBDT PC'd them in various brilliant colors, and stuffed a couple hundred cases for 22LR shooting next week. No GC needed.

Really Nice Mold!!!!!

bangerjim

[Harter66]

I will be checking a few more 22-55 FP RCBS from NOE today myself ,they shot pretty well ,as well as the cheap rifle ,cheap optics and cheap factory fmj . Them I'm checking some 27-130 FP RCBS for the 6.8 . Im still shaking bbls and guessing at data for this with emails out all over in high hopes.

[trixter]

Before the loading room, I went to my range and shot 50 rds 223. I used 8 gr Unique and Lee 'Bator' Set up the target at 50 yards and was quite pleased with the results, then to church and now working on reloading 50 more, and next week going to shoot them from 100 yards and see how I do. I sure love my RCBS Pro 2000, it makes this hobby so enjoyable.

[Eddie789]

Getting my loading bench organized to put up the new rcbs lam-o-matic. I have to start getting my casting materials and look for a lyman two cavity mold handle. Maybe by early next week i can cast my first batch of 45acp! Cant wait!

[avogunner]

I spent the weekend celebrating American Independence my way...... away from the crowds in my fortress of solitude - the gun cave. Loaded up some ought-6 mouse fart loads but spent most of the time casting. I haven't counted my total yet but it was about a bit more than 25 pounds of: 358311 (my favorite .38 special), 358156GC, 452374, and for the first time some 311576. I got that mold from a member here not to long ago and I've been itching to see how they perform in the M1 Carbine. I've read some consider it the "Holy Grail" for the Carbine but we'll see.
Overall, a great weekend!
Semper Fi.

[dragon813gt]

Cast up some 227-62 bullets from a HMsquared mold for the first time. Took awhile to get it working right. But once I got the temp and speed of the pour dialed in it rained bullets. Was hoping to cast w/ some other molds but I took my son to the pool instead.

[whisler]

I loaded up 100 38 Special +P with 358156 H.P. Slowly building my ammo stash.

[TXGunNut]

Very nice, Dragon813gt. Closest I came was retrieving a scope mount base for scrutiny and giving some serious thought to ordering NOE's version of the H&G 51. (Last Chance!) The fact that I have more swaged SWC's for the 38 than I'll ever use may have had something to do with it, lol. Someday I'll load and shoot the 38 again, may even live long enough to cast for it, lol.

[robg]

sized,expanded & polished 345 .357 cases.they look realy pretty now

[EMC45]

Yesterday I tumble lubed some 120gr. Lee TCs and some 150 SWC Lees and also trimmed 100 pcs of .308 brass followed by chamfer and de-burr and primer pocket reaming. I got them from the PIF section here. They are now in the tumbler ready for the second cycle. Plan to start working up some loads for the FR8 for my 9YO son.

[trixter]

Tumble lubed a couple hundred 'Bators', and set them to dry.

[brown bass hunter]

Loaded 10- 300 short mags with j-words for a friend to try out. Kind of a slow day, but any day in the reloading room is time well spent !

[Efin]

Prepping some 223 and 300BO brass for another set of test rounds.
Loading the 300's with some 230g boolits w/AA5744

[therealhitman]

Getting a bunch done as I'm on a stay-cation this whole week. This morning and yesterday morning got the coffee maker and the new ProMelt fired up at 6 am (my old SAECO 47 won't keep a consistent temp, got frustrated and retired it) and alternated my SAECO .452 185 and RCBS 9mm 124 CN to the tune of about 1200 each before the rest of the house even woke up! Spent a bit this evening loading up some .45acp with ladder loads of 700x from 4.5 to 5.2 to see how clean it is compared to WST. The 700x meters so randomly in the Dillons that it needs a big case like a 45acp or colt to make me feel comfortable loading bulk batches. I have many pounds of it to use up so I am experimenting. 5.8 in the 45 Colt is nice and 3.2 for steel in my .38s burns cleaner than Bullseye. Gave up on it in 9mm though.

[Eddie2002]

Trashpicked a 200 watt per channel Onkyo stereo amp so had to spend the last week upgrading the shop and reloading room sound system. It's kinda fun tinkering with stuff like that when I find it for free. Time to get back to reloading.

[Flexy]

I cleaned some 45-70 brass in vinegar/water solution in a ultrasonic cleaner. Before that I drilled the holes under primer some what bigger, to give better ignition from magnum primers to my fast but not full powder charge. Then I inserted new primers to the brass. Tomorrow I'll do some filling the brass with Lapua N120 powder and cap the cartridges with some boolits.

[3 gun Gus]

Loaded 400 38 specials with 148 grain WC.

Gus

[dragon813gt]

I finished heat cycling four NOE molds this morning. Yes, I have a problem. There are still three more in the safe that need to be prepped for first use. So this afternoon I disassembled and lubed them up. Printed out labels for the mold storage boxes, top punch storage boxes and cast bullet example storage boxes. Was going to print one out for the dummy round box but I don't know when I will get around to casting some let alone loading any. I may have a hangup w/ organization





As you can see I have a good number of molds I haven't cast w/ yet. I have a lot of catching up to do and no time to do it