That's done with a Dillon primer pocket swagger. The cases are sized down seven thousands at the base...
That's done with a Dillon primer pocket swagger. The cases are sized down seven thousands at the base...
Cleaned some .44 mag cases and .38 Spl cases and then tried out some newly loaded .45LC in my Ruger New Vaquero and in my Winchester Model 94AE. In the Vaquero they were great and in the Winchester I was hitting the steel plate at over 150 yards with iron sights. I had a big smile every time I seen the plate twist and swing and then hear that lovely sound of lead hitting steel.
I moved out of New Yorkisstan to Georgia and am in the process of setting up a new room. Spent 4 days cleaning a concrete floor and painting.
Filling 303 British and 45 Govt. cases .
Jack
Buy it cheap and stack it deep , you may need it !
Black Rifles Matter
Cast some 40cal 180 SWC. Primed some 45-70 brass. Got some "orange" ready to take an 11 and 12 year old on their first cow elk hunt tomorrow.
Loaded some 429421 rounds and loaded some bullets from a new mold that I intend to try sometime tomorrow.
Loaded a hundred rounds of 358120B tc boolits for the 9mms and cleaned 1000 9mm brass.
70% chance of rain tomorrow.... I plan to cast some .45s with a new Accurate mold and hopefully get to some .44s.
I'm a Happy Clinger.
I polished a new 9mm push thru sizer to .3575. If it turns out I need bigger I will polish it out more.
You will learn far more at the casting, loading, and shooting bench than you ever will at a computer bench.
I have my pinball machines in the Gun Room too. Do playing three games of Gottlieb Touchdown count?
Guess I did shake media out of fresh polished .45acp brass before playin pinball.
I cleaned, polished and re-strung an acoustic guitar for our church youth group. I did clean the reloading bench too.
Still working on a few hundred pounds of brass. That keeps building up.
Loaded ~200 or so 300 BlackOut "plinkin" rounds... (not cast, tho...)
Unboxed a Lyman case prep express and loaded the following;
7.62x54R - 20 rds.
7.5x55 - 20 rds.
.303 Brit. - 20 rds.
.223 Rem. - 50 rds.
.357 mag. - 50 rds.
.30 carbine - 50 rds.
.40 S&W - 100 rds.
I don't know which I enjoyed more - shooting it or reloading it - oh well 1 feeds the other.
So many guns, so little time
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"Free cheese only comes in a mousetrap"
built and installed a new larger reloading bench.
Just finished up 100 rounds of 200 gr SWC 45s over 4.1 gr of WST. That was my first 100 thru my new to me Dillon sizer die. A few Winchester cases were pretty tough to size. Finally dialed in my new to me RCBS 505 scale and was pleased to see that i am getting an extremely consistent powder charge. My Lee scale was off on my check weights so I decided I had better upgrade.
"The Constitution shall never be construed to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms."
- Samuel Adams
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No casting, but sized 100 44 mag cases to test out some new boolits I cast in my new 44 mold.
Yesterday I reamed a 44 mag sizing die to size .451.5 It was the first time I tried something like that so it look a while.
I went out to my new heated casting room (in my pole barn) and cast 400 good 286407 and 200 good 7mm Hammer of Thore's. My wrists are paying for it this morning.
When did I get old? Kevin
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 |