I got all 1,100 boolits sized today. Tomorrow I'll be cleaning brass probably all day. I have over a 5 gallon bucket full of brass that needs cleaned and I only have a small vibratory tumbler.
Nothing! I have cast and lube sized about 2000 bullets lately in the last month and 1/2, finally the weather has cooled just a bit so Ive been to the beach and out on my boat enjoying the rest of the summer that's still here! As fall comes and I get time with leaves and home repair jobs the usual Ill be getting out to the range many times to shoot then finally repeat casting bullets lube sizing then reloading and shoot some more
I really enjoy my new bullet casting hobby I should have got into it years back!
Reloading since 73 Keith 429421
Case prep.
Did all the prep work for 128 30-06 brass which are destined for the M1 Garand. Now they're ready for primers. I would have done a LOT more but somehow, I snapped the decapping pin on my die. New one on order so in the meantime, I'm just doing a smaller batch.
Fun stuff, regardless!
--Wag--
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I fixed to stocks today.
My Savage 24 I just restocked has cracked again. I found that I didnt properly fit the sides and it cause dthe cracks. I have relieved the wood and glued it back together. Hoping its gonna hold.
My Howa Mini was also re stocked with a Boyds lam stock. I pillar bedded it and floated the barrel. Its a supper shooter. But my attention was elsewhere since late last year. Moving it in the safe I found that the barrel channel had WARPED!! SO... I have re relieved the barrel channel.
Then I decided to change the look and feel. Boyds stocks are quite blocky and unfinished. So I finished it! Smoothing everything, slimming the forend and fitting the grip.
It went really quickly and Im very pleased with the slimmer stock lighter weight and better ergos!!
Its laminated but I decided to paint it.
CW
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Loaded my first 45-70 today. My 5 yr old helped me all day. He loves it
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Cast a few hundred of each 45acp 9mm 357 hollow point.
Powder coated.
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Haven't reloaded much of anything recently, it's shootin' weather around here so a buddy and I made a bunch of reloading opportunities for when the snow flies in 303 British with:
And:
Plus some 6.5x54's in a:
Plus some 8x50r's and some 450/400 with these:
Too much fun stuff, not enough time!
Almost forgot the 9.3x74r's(the rifle with the scope).
I resized and de-primed around a thousand 9mm cases.
Almost done with 2500 FMJ 5.56s.
I need to charge seat about 150 more & that'll be it for them.
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In life: We are given tests, and learn lessons.
OK People. Enough of this idle chit-chat.
This ain't your Grandma's sewing circle.
EVERYONE!
Back to your oars. The Captain wants to waterski.
Loaded up 500 my 40s&w with my cast. Loading 500 more tonight. Need 350 ish for Tomorrow and another 350 ish for Saturdays match.
CW
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I finally had time to load some tokarov rounds 7.62x25. I have a lee dies. The only ones I could find in that caliber. The seating die works but the radius on the bullet is getting into the die before it will do the crimp. Some will make it ok but most do not. Unsure what to do about this. May just have to buy a different Mold and cast some more. OH DARN! on the cast some more. Accurate has a mold but is 90 dollars. May just have to load those J brass clad lead cast ones and forget the other. Life is hard.
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 |