What did you do in the reloading room today?

[paddywagon]

Produced more empty brass!

[Musashi]

Hmmm got my 223 brass prepped, primed and ready to crank out a couple of test loads for my range trip this week.
25.5 grains of Varget with a 55 grain FMJ-BT, should be a good plinker/blaster recipe from what I have read.

[Waywardson174]

Wednesday 390 rounds of 5.56, Hornady v-max pushed by 24.3 IMR 4895.
Friday 550 rounds of 45 ACP 185 gr RN OVER 5.3 gr Win 231.

Now I need something to shoot.

[HoneyBadger]

I bought a Lee Classic Turret Press. Now I need to decide where to mount it on my bench. My bench is 8ft long with a wall on both ends. I don't want it in the middle, but it seems since I'm right handed, it should go on the right side somewhere.

[BuffCyclist]

HB, did you read my comment in the PWT?

I think I put mine about 1/3 from the far right of my bench (which is only 5-6ft long). Perfect location, I can still put stuff on the right side of it and it keeps the full left side open enough for powder, bullets, etc.

[cstone]

At some point you will move your press, so pick a place that works for you, mount it to a piece of plywood or another base and use some c clamps to hold it in place. Once you find the place that works best, you can make it more permanent. Eventually you will want a mount that brings your press up to a good working height.I just got an Ultramount from inlinefabrication.com for my Dillon 550B. They make a mount for the Lee turret - http://inlinefabrication.com/collections/lee/products/lee-classic-turret
(http://inlinefabrication.com/collections/lee/products/lee-classic-turretDan)
Dan at inlinefabrication.com made the whole process painless. Send him an email and tell him what you want and he will send you an invoice. Shipping was fast and everything that was needed was included.

[Great-Kazoo]

At some point you will move your press, so pick a place that works for you, mount it to a piece of plywood or another base and use some c clamps to hold it in place. Once you find the place that works best, you can make it more permanent. Eventually you will want a mount that brings your press up to a good working height.I just got an Ultramount from inlinefabrication.com for my Dillon 550B. They make a mount for the Lee turret - http://inlinefabrication.com/collections/lee/products/lee-classic-turret
(http://inlinefabrication.com/collections/lee/products/lee-classic-turretDan)
Dan at inlinefabrication.com made the whole process painless. Send him an email and tell him what you want and he will send you an invoice. Shipping was fast and everything that was needed was included.

See you went blue. The 550 is a nice unit

[cstone]

See you went blue. The 550 is a nice unit

I am definitely happy with the 550. Now I need more tool heads and caliber conversions [Flower]

[HoneyBadger]

HB, did you read my comment in the PWT?

I think I put mine about 1/3 from the far right of my bench (which is only 5-6ft long). Perfect location, I can still put stuff on the right side of it and it keeps the full left side open enough for powder, bullets, etc.
Yeah, I think I'm going to have to settle for a temporary mount until I finish the room that its in and I can mount it more permanently in a spot that makes sense.

[DonnyCommo]

Just knocked out a bunch of 30 carbine yesterday


Sent by a click click durk

[BuffCyclist]

Yeah, I think I'm going to have to settle for a temporary mount until I finish the room that its in and I can mount it more permanently in a spot that makes sense.

I thought the clamps would be temporary too, but to be honest, it is really growing on me and I'll probably just leave it on clamps permanently.

[bogie]

Deprimed ~50 pc of 220 swift that my Dad had shot probably over the past 40 years. He gave me the rifle and all the brass he had ever shot through it. Pulled it out of the tumbler this morning. Most is pretty good but some is unfortunately corroded.

Also primed 50 pc of 300blk. Ordered me some W296 last week, which should be here later this week. Gonna work up a 110 grain vmax load and 125 grain SMK load with that blk brass.



Yeah, I think I'm going to have to settle for a temporary mount until I finish the room that its in and I can mount it more permanently in a spot that makes sense.

Take a look at cstone's post #773 in this thread. I also have an inline precision mount that I have been clamping to my bench. Posted a pic in 'that other thread'. The guy that makes those stands is a really good guy. He custom made a pattern for an press that a friend of mine uses at no charge.

[JM Ver. 2.0]

Deprimed ~50 pc of 220 swift that my Dad had shot probably over the past 40 years. He gave me the rifle and all the brass he had ever shot through it. Pulled it out of the tumbler this morning. Most is pretty good but some is unfortunately corroded.

Also primed 50 pc of 300blk. Ordered me some W296 last week, which should be here later this week. Gonna work up a 110 grain vmax load and 125 grain SMK load with that blk brass.




Take a look at cstone's post #773 in this thread. I also have an inline precision mount that I have been clamping to my bench. Posted a pic in 'that other thread'. The guy that makes those stands is a really good guy. He custom made a pattern for an press that a friend of mine uses at no charge.

Send me the corroded brass.... I'll wet tumble it. Might be able to save it.

Sent from my teepee using smoke signals.

[bogie]

Send me the corroded brass.... I'll wet tumble it. Might be able to save it.

Sent from my teepee using smoke signals.

Thanks for the offer JM. I'd say about 50 of the 60 turned out nice and shiny. I had several that still had these pits. This is some of the worst...
35653

I'm thinking if it was more, I'd take you up on that as it's not worth your time for a few shells..

[cstone]

Thanks for the offer JM. I'd say about 50 of the 60 turned out nice and shiny. I had several that still had these pits. This is some of the worst...
35653

I'm thinking if it was more, I'd take you up on that as it's not worth your time for a few shells..

Pretty brass is over rated. If it will hold a primer, it isn't cracked, split, otherwise damaged, load it and shoot it. When it is no longer fit to be loaded, sell it to the scrap man.

I spent the morning pulling the handle on a 1050. Lots of prepped .223 [Flower]

[Zombie Steve]

Pretty brass is over rated. If it will hold a primer, it isn't cracked, split, otherwise damaged, load it and shoot it. When it is no longer fit to be loaded, sell it to the scrap man.

I spent the morning pulling the handle on a 1050. Lots of prepped .223 [Flower]

http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x214/sbecht/howlinwolfbud_zps164a468b.jpg

[JM Ver. 2.0]

Thanks for the offer JM. I'd say about 50 of the 60 turned out nice and shiny. I had several that still had these pits. This is some of the worst...
35653

I'm thinking if it was more, I'd take you up on that as it's not worth your time for a few shells..

Hey... I gotta clean my own brass too. Why not toss some others in there as well?



Pretty brass is over rated. If it will hold a primer, it isn't cracked, split, otherwise damaged, load it and shoot it. When it is no longer fit to be loaded, sell it to the scrap man.

I spent the morning pulling the handle on a 1050. Lots of prepped .223 [Flower]

Not true, sir.... Pretty brass is happy brass.

Sent from my teepee using smoke signals.

[scratchy]

More like what I did for the reloading room. Bought a Hornady LnL AP press. Yeah! No more loading pistol rounds on a Rockchucker.

[Lurch]

Started to work on some 308 brass and then broke my decapper. [Mad] Drilled a hole in the other end of the rod inserted a broken drill bit and a little super glue and I'm back in business till the replacement shows up. [rockon]

[stevew]

Started setting up the T-7 to do 40cal and then got honey do'd into taking down and putting away all the Halloween decorations.

[Great-Kazoo]

processed 2.5K of 223 on the 1050. Is the cost of an auto-drive worth not having to pull the handle, to be or not to be.

[Hoser]

processed 2.5K of 223 on the 1050. Is the cost of an auto-drive worth not having to pull the handle, to be or not to be.

Not. Huge pain in the balls. At least he PW version is.

[TheBelly]

I loaded up 25 rounds of .260 Remington to try out my new MWS barrel.

i loaded up some 155s for my LaRue. I need to make sure it still runs right.

[Great-Kazoo]

Not. Huge pain in the balls. At least he PW version is.

Once again Sage advice from the Sensei of Reloading. Domo Arigato, Sensei

[HoneyBadger]

Got my Lee turret mounted with C-clamps to the bench and mostly assembled. The instructions that come with everything are pretty terrible, and the auto disk powder dispenser requires a special die that I don't have... Kind of a PITA.

[Great-Kazoo]

Got my Lee turret mounted with C-clamps to the bench and mostly assembled. The instructions that come with everything are pretty terrible, and the auto disk powder dispenser requires a special die that I don't have... Kind of a PITA.

What is it, i have some misc. lee items here. SW carries a bunch of them too.

[HoneyBadger]

I'm going to use a scale to measure my charges until I have a better feel for things. The die I need is a universal charging die. I'll see if the SW down here has one when I go to look for powder this weekend.

Edit: I don't need the "Universal charging die", I need the "Rifle charging die".

[BuffCyclist]

I'm going to use a scale to measure my charges until I have a better feel for things. The die I need is a universal charging die. I'll see if the SW down here has one when I go to look for powder this weekend.

If you've got Lee, I don't think you need the universal charging die (that is just a charge die without belling the case mouth). I believe what you need is this: http://www.titanreloading.com/powder-handling-equipment/lee-auto-disk-measure-riser

The Universal Charge Die is for using the Auto Disk with rifle dies, where they don't come with that case belling / powder dropping die.

[BuffCyclist]

And to stay on track of the thread, I tumbled a buttload (english, not metric) of brass. Still trying to sort through what we shot at my bachelor party and if I can scrape up the funds, I might order a bunch of bullets right now. Xtremebullets.com has a 15% off coupon code (while supplies last and they have TONS) on all copper bullets.

[HoneyBadger]

If you've got Lee, I don't think you need the universal charging die (that is just a charge die without belling the case mouth). I believe what you need is this: http://www.titanreloading.com/powder-handling-equipment/lee-auto-disk-measure-riser

The Universal Charge Die is for using the Auto Disk with rifle dies, where they don't come with that case belling / powder dropping die.
No, that piece came with the autodisk, I need an actual die to run it through.

Xtremebullets.com has a 15% off coupon code (while supplies last and they have TONS) on all copper bullets.
What's the code?

[BuffCyclist]

No, that piece came with the autodisk, I need an actual die to run it through.

What's the code?

That's odd, the autodisk that I bought didn't come with that riser. [Dunno]

The code is 15offbullet
Check their In-Stock page for the most up to date info, but they have hundreds of boxes of most things (in 500rd boxes that is).
http://www.xtremebullets.com/category-s/48075.htm

[HoneyBadger]

That's odd, the autodisk that I bought didn't come with that riser. [Dunno]

The code is 15offbullet
Check their In-Stock page for the most up to date info, but they have hundreds of boxes of most things (in 500rd boxes that is).
http://www.xtremebullets.com/category-s/48075.htm
The riser came in a separate plastic bag as a part of the Lee Classic Turret Kit that I just bought. After looking closer, I don't need the universal charging die, I need the "Rifle charging die". I fixed it above.

...of course, I could be totally wrong... I'm new at this game. [Abused]

What kind of accuracy have you gotten out of their .223 FMJs?

[BuffCyclist]

The riser came in a separate plastic bag as a part of the Lee Classic Turret Kit that I just bought. After looking closer, I don't need the universal charging die, I need the "Rifle charging die". I fixed it above.

...of course, I could be totally wrong... I'm new at this game. [Abused]

What kind of accuracy have you gotten out of their .223 FMJs?

I just started loading with their 55gr FMJs but using IMR 4895 I was getting less than 0.5" groupings at 50yds and iron sights. That was through my M&P15 with 16" 1:9 barrel and using a wobbly bipod (as in, definitely not a target rifle/barrel). But we shot through all ~260 rounds that I loaded from that 1lb of IMR 4895, so now I get to wait for my LGS to get more rifle powder in stock. :(

If I was using a scope, I'm sure those groups could have been better. The bullets are definitely FMJ's and not copper plated.

eta: And ahh, forgot you got the kit, didn't realize it came with the riser as well. And yes, the rifle charging die is what you need then! [LOL]

[HoneyBadger]

No worries, I kind of figured I was wrong since I'm teh newb. [Flower]

Why did you choose IMR 4895?

[BuffCyclist]

No worries, I kind of figured I was wrong since I'm teh newb. [Flower]

Why did you choose IMR 4895?

It was the only, and I kid you not, ONLY pound of powder that my LGS had on the shelf. They got 10lbs of Varget in-stock (had on order and I had them reserve 3lbs for me), but they sold them all out from under me.

Speaking of, haven't been there in a while, might swing by tomorrow on my way home and see if they have any new powders.

eta: Basically, I had 3 manuals that I wrote down all the listed powder recipes for 55gr bullets and IMR 4895 happened to be on that list, so I grabbed it.

[HoneyBadger]

Yeah, that's my plan when I visit the LGS this weekend... Take a list of acceptable powders and grab whatever I can.

[BuffCyclist]

I did the same thing when I got pistol powders, ended up with Win WST (for light .40 loads) and N340 (for expensive 9mm lol) and again, those were the only powders on my list. Hope someday they start getting more in-stock and keeping them in-stock so I can get other powders to try out.

[TheBelly]

Still working on the .260 Remington barrel in my MWS. 20" barrel, 1/9 twist, rifle length gas system, ar-10 carbine buffer system.

The 120 AMax bullets are what I've found on the cheap (locally), and the gun seems to shoot them well. I won't post the pics again, but sub-MOA for ten rounds straight.

The first load was with 36.8gr of Varget. This was enough to extract and eject reliably, but it wouldn't pick up the next round. It also wouldn't lock the bolt back on the last round.

Today, I shot with 37.2gr Varget. Same thing, only it came out a little bit faster (duh!). The MV today hovered between 2840-2850fps. It showed no pressure signs. im trying to get this gun to reliably cycle, but I don't want a small nuclear explosion to do it.

that being said, at what sorts of MV should I start worrying about over pressure?

[hghclsswhitetrsh]

200 rounds of 12 gauge.

[HoneyBadger]

Got my new turret all set up and reloaded my first round!

[Lurch]

Decapped and swaged 2000 308's. Only 1000 more to go, I will be glad when this is all finished.

[HoneyBadger]

Also, got some goodies from Cabelas in Lonetree: https://www.ar-15.co/threads/42773-Post-a-picture-of-your-latest-purchase?p=1402089&viewfull=1#post1402089

[clocker]

The first load was with 36.8gr of Varget.
Today, I shot with 37.2gr Varget.

According to the Hornady 9th edition, you are past the max load at 37.2gn. They are listing a MV of ~2700 with a max load of 37.1gn Varget out of a 24" barrel. You can also check http://data.hodgdon.com/main_menu.asp which lists a max load of 39gn. Your call on testing the upper bounds or seeing if the gas system can be adjusted. Have you tried any factory ammo yet? That should give you a good indicator if the rifle is setup correctly.

[BuffCyclist]

Got my new turret all set up and reloaded my first round!

Congratulations! How'd it turn out? Does it meet the specs you were aiming for?

[HoneyBadger]

Congratulations! How'd it turn out? Does it meet the specs you were aiming for?

I'll let you know when I get to the range! It looks identical to all the factory ammo I have. Kind of anti-climactic. Since I don't have a super accurate AR to shoot it out of, I'm reloading more for economy than perfect accuracy right now.

[BuffCyclist]

I'll let you know when I get to the range! It looks identical to all the factory ammo I have. Kind of anti-climactic. Since I don't have a super accurate AR to shoot it out of, I'm reloading more for economy than perfect accuracy right now.

Nothing wrong with that. My first few rounds I too was a little shocked at how simple it was. Lots to learn up front, but then once you get your hands dirty, you realize how easy it is and wish you started earlier, right? And reloading for economy is what I do as well. I can load things MUCH cheaper than I can buy them, usually half the cost even. If/when I get a nicer rifle capable of excellent accuracy or that I care to get excellent accuracy out of, I'll buy some expensive bullets and load those with a chronograph. But for the time being, as long as it goes bang and not boom, I'm happy.

[TheBelly]

According to the Hornady 9th edition, you are past the max load at 37.2gn. They are listing a MV of ~2700 with a max load of 37.1gn Varget out of a 24" barrel. You can also check http://data.hodgdon.com/main_menu.asp which lists a max load of 39gn. Your call on testing the upper bounds or seeing if the gas system can be adjusted. Have you tried any factory ammo yet? That should give you a good indicator if the rifle is setup correctly.

Yeah, I worried about max load, but I'm not seeing any sorts of over pressure signs.... It's really weird. I see that hodgdon says that I can take it up a bit. That's why I'll try maybe 5 rounds at 37.5 gr.

i really think I better do more research before I get too excited about upping the charge too much.

[TheBelly]

Seeing as the case capacity of the 6.5 creed is very close to the .260 Rem, and the hodgdon varget loads for 6.5 creed are between 36-40.2gr...... I think it'll be ok to load up a bit....

[Zombie Steve]

... found space for about 350 pounds of pre-sorted clip on wheel weights.

:sploosh:

[Great-Kazoo]

All presses are down for routine maintenance. Please call back during regular hours, or press 1 for more options. en espanol' Numero Dos.

[DonnyCommo]

Loaded up 100 rounds of primed 30-30 brass that I prepped a couple years ago. Silly me. Also loaded 62 rounds of 30-06. This week will be the decap/ swaging party for surplus 06 brass!


Sent by a click click durk

[HoneyBadger]

Cleaned, deprimed, trimmed, and deburred about 100 pieces of .223.

trimming is a PITA.

[TheBelly]

Loaded up for a .260 ladder test.

[jerrymrc]

Cleaned, deprimed, trimmed, and deburred about 100 pieces of .223.

trimming is a PITA.

I have a bunch of lee trimmers and have done 1000's of rounds with them but they are a pain. The options are a few but having tried many the cheapest route is to go for the WFT http://www.littlecrowgunworks.com/wft.html for calibers you load a lot for. I use the lee for 7.62X39, X54r and the trim to make 9X18 from 9X19. .223 and .308 get the WFT that works on the same idea of a Giraud Trimmer that is much more $$$.

[TheBelly]

I sized and prepped 200 x pieces of .260 brass by sizing down .308 brass.

i also loaded up 30 rds of the exact recipe that my LaRue likes:

http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af70/thebelly925/69EADF1E-55C2-4D90-A6F1-E9A3C1EE48E8-4285-00000212375AA536_zps2de19ae8.jpg

[BuffCyclist]

I loaded up the last of my pistol bullets, 400x 9mm. Definitely took a while, and I need to order more!

Also, sorted, cleaned, decapped/sized, and primed another 500x 9mm, 1k .40s&w, 500x .223. Later today I will decap/size about 750x .45acp.

Free brass is fun to pickup at the range after a class, until you realize how much sorting/cleaning you have to do! [LOL]

[Zombie Steve]

Cast a new boolit for a .38-55. I absolutely hate breaking in a new mold. I don't care what the box says. Even after wiping it down with rubbing alcohol, it still took a hundred drops or so to start making bullets that look decent.

http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x214/sbecht/3855_zpseea12beb.jpg

[Hoser]

Working my way through several 5 gallon buckets of 5.56 brass. Turning them into 300 Blackout.

And cleaning guns.

[Zombie Steve]

And cleaning guns.


Wait... what?

[cstone]

Working my way through several 5 gallon buckets of 5.56 brass. Turning them into 300 Blackout.

And cleaning guns.

Several? I am pleased at having one 5 gallon bucket of prepped and ready to load 5.56 brass. I obviously am working in a smaller world than you. [gohome]

[Great-Kazoo]

Listening to the Giraud and RT1200 humming.

[TheBelly]

Letting the tumbler do its magic. I need to get some more .223 blaster boolits.

[vossman]

Tumbling some LC brass.

[Hoser]

Wait... what?

The winds at the range Saturday were brutal. Dirt, dust, tumbleweeds were everywhere.

And I have to clean them once every couple years just cause I should.

[Zombie Steve]

The winds at the range Saturday were brutal. Dirt, dust, tumbleweeds were everywhere.

And I have to clean them once every couple years just cause I should.

Understood. I was going to go shooting, but decided to be a candyass and work in the garage because of wind. It never gets windy in real life, so why should I practice that way? [Coffee]

[Great-Kazoo]

Understood. I was going to go shooting, but decided to be a candyass and work in the garage because of wind. It never gets windy in real life, so why should I practice that way? [Coffee]

I hear ya, crime never waits for a nice day either. I blame a low pressure front for not going to the range, or reloading today.

[WiseAsset]

Cast 400+ 9mm bullets, loaded another 500 9mm to start getting ready for having a week off work...

[Great-Kazoo]

few hundred 9mm

[Hoser]

Loaded up a couple thousand 9x19s and 700-ish 45 GAP.

[4gunfun]

Loaded up a couple thousand 9x19s and 700-ish 45 GAP. I loaded up some 45 gap a couple weeks ago. What was your load? And bought Carey's Dillon 550 press today.

[Hoser]

I loaded up some 45 gap a couple weeks ago. What was your load? And bought Carey's Dillon 550 press today.

Clays under a 185 Berrys. Your gonna love the 550. Awesome press.

[Great-Kazoo]

Clays under a 185 Berrys. Your gonna love the 550. Awesome press.

Keep an eye on the 550 they're like rabbits, next thing you know there's a Blue Invasion

[Hoser]

Keep an eye on the 550 they're like rabbits, next thing you know there's a Blue Invasion

Happens with other Dillons as well.

[DSB OUTDOORS]

Cleaned, re-sized, and de primed, 325 pieces of 44-40 brass for a friend of mine.

37247

[Great-Kazoo]

Turned off the caliper i OOPS, left on since wed [Bang]

[DSB OUTDOORS]

Turned off the caliper i OOPS, left on since wed [Bang]
Your doesn't have an auto shut off? [LOL] Shit, mine doesn't have one either.

[Great-Kazoo]

Your doesn't have an auto shut off? [LOL] Shit, mine doesn't have one either.

I opted for the manual shut off
http://ts3.explicit.bing.net/th?id=H.5002182064931354&pid=15.1

[TheBelly]

Prepped some .308 brass for a shoot out with my boss. He says that he (and his new (factory) DPMS) is more accurate than me with my factory LaRue. We are using the same scope and the same ammo.

Seeing as one of his previous jobs included time with the AMU, I may be in for a bit of a fight.

[4gunfun]

Loaded up a few hundred 223 on the new to me dillon rl550. I think I need a new bullet seating die. The lee die seems to not seat very accuate till u do about 50 rds. Then it nails it. But if I get some new heads and leave it set up.....

[Zombie Steve]

Little bit of .357 mag... 100 .308's. Finally changed the Stihl calendar to the December girl...

[CareyH]

I reorganized all my reloading supplies and live ammo. Now its time to trim up some 300blkout brass.

[hghclsswhitetrsh]

Loaded up some shotgun rounds.

[Musashi]

Yeah cleaned a bunch of .40 and 9mm brass so I can prep it and load up some blaster ammo

[Roger Ronas]

deprimed 2000 5.56 military brass. Now need to swage and then convert to 300 Blackout.

Roger

[gnihcraes]

tumbled about 300 rounds of 9mm range brass a friend gave me.

Few boxes of bullets and some brass ready for a snowy day. (not a cold day though) ugh.

[J]

Spleify came over and we spent the day building a nice big new bench in my reloading room. Its an "L" shaped bench, just under 12 feet long, 2 feet deep and 37" high, and has a 4 foot "L" through one corner. A second lower shelf goes the full length.

I still have to paint it, mount up my presses, and then I can give her a run. I also have a total of three - 3 foot wall hang power strips to mount up and distribute power wherever I need on the bench.

https://www.ar-15.co/j/bench1.jpg

https://www.ar-15.co/j/bench2.jpg

[TheBelly]

Prepped about 200 pcs of .308 brass. Loaded up 45 rounds of .260.

Im still having problems getting a load that will reliably cycle my LMT MWS. I've tried 43.0, 43.5, and 44.0 gr of Hodgdon 4350. I'm not seeing any pressure signs, so up and up I go!

[earplug]

Cast about 400 .358 DEWC and some .452 LRN. Then my fingers go cold.

[Great-Kazoo]

not one thing. too busy staying warm. -8 outside and the shop was 36*. I could turn the heat on by why bother? There's nothing pressing i need to load, till TOMORROW.

[Bentley]

Turned 100 pieces of 223 brass into 300 BLK brass.

[Lurch]

I put some recently purchased bullets into containers then decided it was cold in the garage and went and snuggled with the wife.

[HoneyBadger]

Cleaned, deprimed, resized, and sorted about 500 pieces of .223/5.56 brass. All told, there were 17 different headstamps on the ~500 pieces.

[bobbyfairbanks]

Prepped 600 pieces of 308 and loaded up 1000 9mm

[J]

Added the backsplash and painted it FDE:

https://www.ar-15.co/j/paint1.jpg
https://www.ar-15.co/j/paint2.jpg

[JM Ver. 2.0]

Primed four pounds of 223 brass....

Sorted four pounds of 9mm brass....


Too damn cold in the garage to do much.


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[sellersm]

Looks good J! I think I have a reloading room somewhere in my house... Might find it this winter and actually load something!

[TheBelly]

I hazed myself.

I went back to my roots by putting a pull-up bar on the door frame to my reloading/gun room. Just like the Basic Airborne Course, everyone has to do 10 pull-ups to enter and 10 pull-ups to leave. Mrs. Belly is less impressed. She just stands there with 'the look' on her face. I'm not even kidding, though. 10 reps.... Knock 'em out.

[TheBelly]

Oh, and I loaded 10 rounds for the .243. That stupid gun LOVES 40.6 of IMR 7828 pushing an AMAX weighing at 105 gr.

why 10 rounds only? Because if I have to shoot more than once at a deer, it deserves to live. A buddy and I are getting back out there and filling the tags (and the freezer).

[scratchy]

Went downstairs to look at the box my LNL AP is in. I can't open it until Dec 25.

[Roger Ronas]

Did some modifying on my Dillon Super swage 600.
Roger

[MAP]

Primed 500 9mm cases

[scratchy]

Built an el cheapo bullet feeder for a progressive using a Hornady bullet feeder die, some clear rigid plastic tubing and hitch pins. The thing looks like it'll actually work. Total cost, $27.50 for 9mm and $28 something for .40S&W

[TheBelly]

Added a clamp light for more visibility. I decided that seeing what I was doing would help load ammo more gooder.

[Great-Kazoo]

Built an el cheapo bullet feeder for a progressive using a Hornady bullet feeder die, some clear rigid plastic tubing and hitch pins. The thing looks like it'll actually work. Total cost, $27.50 for 9mm and $28 something for .40S&W

I have one for 9mm. I don't like how much of a bell you need on the brass for it to work. Run yours and give us a report.

[scratchy]

As soon as the other half lets me open the press, I will.....

[Great-Kazoo]

As soon as the other half lets me open the press, I will.....

you manual feeder should work. i forgot you're receiving a lnl for Christmas. I was running it off a 650. Thinking of doing some slight alteration as per a brianenos / arfcom thread

[asmo]

I broke a 650 XL.. Right as I am actually home for 3 weeks and able to get some stuff going.. Blah.

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[paddywagon]

Spent some time loading some 300 Blackout.

[JM Ver. 2.0]

200 rounds of .223 zmax.

10 rounds of .38spl as well.

Why only ten? Because I have no clue how to reload handgun ammo!!!!

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[20X11]

Fixed 200 rnds of 300BLK ammo some dumbass manufacturer couldn't size correctly. Pull, lube , re-size, re-assemble. Ammo wasn't mine, but now half of it is. Won't mention the maker, but their company is named after a point on the compass.

GRRRRRRRR.
[Mad]

[Great-Kazoo]

200 rounds of .223 zmax.

10 rounds of .38spl as well.

Why only ten? Because I have no clue how to reload handgun ammo!!!!

Sent from my teepee using smoke signals.

Same way you do rifle, only increase crimp. Also double check powder throw, IT'S Real EASY to double charge hand gun, real easy.

[JM Ver. 2.0]

I weighed each charge. I should be good.

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[Great-Kazoo]

I weighed each charge. I should be good.

Sent from my teepee using smoke signals.

Drop in and load some on the 550.

[asmo]

Swaged 3lbs of 5.56 on a Dillon 600. Uggh.. Why didn't I get a 1050..

[Zombie Steve]

Had a great day at the range yesterday with the M14... tumbling now, will be rolling some more M80ish .308 this afternoon.

[Great-Kazoo]

spent time with 2 other board members sorting 223 by head stamp. ALL 60+ lbs of it.

[asmo]

spent time with 2 other board members sorting 223 by head stamp. ALL 60+ lbs of it.

If I would have known there was a party I would have gladly sent you a couple of buckets full.

[Great-Kazoo]

If I would have known there was a party I would have gladly sent you a couple of buckets full.

The ones helping had to be convinced, i doubt your kindness would have gone unanswered. Both parties said process, load , shoot. Myself being kind of Anal went against the grain. Besides i was informed the 223 was mostly if not all LC. Sadly it's not, shit load of FC.

[Caithford]

I cast about 150 45 boolits and about 75 30 boolits, then lubed them. Pretty good for me as I was breaking in the molds. I need to get me some more lead!

Cleaned some 45 brass and decided its time to get a media separator. Cleaned my pistols. All in all, it was fun!

[NFATrustGuy]

I'm happy to report that I've finally started to use the Dillon 650 I bought back in June. Never being a big fan of doing anything in moderation, I've deprimed and resized 2100 pieces of .223 brass in the last 2 days.

Depending on how the Christmas festivities go later today, I'm hoping to fire up the case trimmer and bring 'em all down to size. I spent about 45 minutes fiddling with the adjustment screw on my Giraud trimmer this evening chasing down the last .005" accuracy. Should have looked at the acceptable tolerance before I wasted all that time. Woops. In a test batch of 20, I'm seeing between 1.748 and 1.752. Searching around, it seems like the allowable tolerance is between 1.74 and 1.76. My worst ones weren't that far off.

This reloading stuff is addictive. Those of you who've met me in person know the I'm a "clean your plate" kinda guy. It's tough to walk away from it and go to bed when I could always do just one more batch...

Once the .223 brass is prepped, I'm planning to put it away until I first gain a little experience doing some 9mm. I just picked up a new XDm 5.25 in 9mm today and I can't wait to go try it out. Santa was good to me this year!

Rod

[brutal]

I worked up my first .45ACP loads over the last few days.

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[eneranch]

Haven't been to the Reloading Room today, but Santa did bring a set of Lee 9mm Dies!

[Great-Kazoo]

I'm happy to report that I've finally started to use the Dillon 650 I bought back in June. Never being a big fan of doing anything in moderation, I've deprimed and resized 2100 pieces of .223 brass in the last 2 days.

Depending on how the Christmas festivities go later today, I'm hoping to fire up the case trimmer and bring 'em all down to size. I spent about 45 minutes fiddling with the adjustment screw on my Giraud trimmer this evening chasing down the last .005" accuracy. Should have looked at the acceptable tolerance before I wasted all that time. Woops. In a test batch of 20, I'm seeing between 1.748 and 1.752. Searching around, it seems like the allowable tolerance is between 1.74 and 1.76. My worst ones weren't that far off.

This reloading stuff is addictive. Those of you who've met me in person know the I'm a "clean your plate" kinda guy. It's tough to walk away from it and go to bed when I could always do just one more batch...

Once the .223 brass is prepped, I'm planning to put it away until I first gain a little experience doing some 9mm. I just picked up a new XDm 5.25 in 9mm today and I can't wait to go try it out. Santa was good to me this year!

Rod

get to it cowboy. I have a dedicated 650 for 9mm if you're in the neighborhood.

For adjusting the Giraud, pick up one of the hornady lock rings. If you don't have a spare dillon lock ring / nut.
http://www.hornady.com/store/Sure-Loc-Lock-Ring-1-Each/

[Hoser]

Unfortunately I loaded about 3,500 rounds of 9x19 with Extreme 147 gn plated bullets tonight. I only have 1,500 left to load tomorrow night.

I ordered 5,000 of the .357 version of this bullet for my 4 inch Smith 686 back in Sept. And then they sent me the .355 bullet.

Rather than go through the ass-pain of returning them, I figure they will make decent machine gun blasting ammo.

If they screw up the re-order, they will have to eat the return shipping.

[MAP]

Processed 1300 .223 on Jim's 1050.

[Zombie Steve]

Sizin' boolits on the Star.

[esaabye]

Prepped and primed 3500 223 for the coming season, started on 2000 308 case prep. Will be done with the 308 by the new year and then the loading starts.

[Hoser]

Bought 6,000 pcs of once fired 45 GAP for a song from a buddy in Florida. Its in good shape, but tarnished from getting wet.

So now to make it pretty again I am going to end up tumbling it all in stainless media. 700 pcs done today. 5,300 to go. Joy.

[sellersm]

Finally found my reloading room & loaded up some .45acp with Nosler 185gr JHP competition bullets with 231 powder.


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[Hoser]

Made about a thousand 300 Whisper/Blackout and kept plugging along with cleaning up my 45 GAP brass.

[brutal]

Setup my Lyman case trimmer.

gathered load data.

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[hghclsswhitetrsh]

I looked at a five gallon bucket of unprocessed brass and quickly left the room.

[brutal]

Trimmed and processed 100pcs 308


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[NFATrustGuy]

I keep plugging away prepping .223 brass. I've got about 3700 rounds polished, sized and de-primed. Of those, I've only trimmed about 700 cases. My Dillon super swager should arrive tomorrow so I'll start swaging soon. Man, this stuff takes some time. I've even got the Giraud trimmer which should make things easier/faster and it still takes some serious time. All the brass I've got is once-fired and about 3/4 of it is Lake City so I'm hoping the lack of swaging and minimal or no case trimming next time around will make it go faster.

I feel like once I've got the brass prepped and ready to load, it'll go pretty quickly with the Dillon 650. Time will tell, I guess. I'll probably do a bunch of pistol ammo first to get the hang of it since this is my first experience with reloading.

[buckshotbarlow]

I keep plugging away prepping .223 brass. I've got about 3700 rounds polished, sized and de-primed. Of those, I've only trimmed about 700 cases. My Dillon super swager should arrive tomorrow so I'll start swaging soon. Man, this stuff takes some time. I've even got the Giraud trimmer which should make things easier/faster and it still takes some serious time. All the brass I've got is once-fired and about 3/4 of it is Lake City so I'm hoping the lack of swaging and minimal or no case trimming next time around will make it go faster.

I feel like once I've got the brass prepped and ready to load, it'll go pretty quickly with the Dillon 650. Time will tell, I guess. I'll probably do a bunch of pistol ammo first to get the hang of it since this is my first experience with reloading.

a dillion 1050 will solve your problem, along with their case trimmer. If you want to really get dirty, get a lee pro 1000 for decapping. I decap on the lee, then do a 3/4 resize on the dillon, then trim, then do a full length resize. Works like a champ...Sometimes you just gotta ask yourself how much your time is worth...

[BuffCyclist]

Sat back and guided a friend as he loaded 80rds of 9mm (took a while to get the lee adjustable charge bar dialed in) and a ladder of 18rds of 30-06 (weighing each charge because I don't have a powder dropper).

We're heading to the range tomorrow to blast some clays and test out his 30-06 loads.

[BuffCyclist]

My friend's pistol kept having FTEjects with his reloads, so we once again thought that the loads were too weak. But after having loaded 5.6gr of Accurate #5 behind 115gr Plated RN 9mm, I started questioning if it was his pistol. The max load for that powder is 5.9gr. Since we used a volumetric powder measure, I didn't want to go higher on the charge and thought we'd find a different powder for him.

Then he told me he was going to clean his pistol real quick and add some lube. Turns out his pistol was dirty and dry, he has never cleaned or LUBED his firearms because a friend told him not to. Well no wonder he was having malfunctions! [facepalm] After he lubed it, the pistol started shooting the reloads flawlessly!

In other news, I picked up a pile of pink 308 Win brass at the range while picking up my other brass. Headstamp was 61 over 92. At first I was excited that I got some nice 308 brass, but after doing some research, it appears to be copper washed steel cases from China. [facepalm]

Just a pic of the pink brass:

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[brutal]

We had one go into the disposal.

I guess I'll re-tumble after sizing instead of washing them.

[scratchy]

The Christmas LnL is finally set up to run 40S&W. There's stuff to learn the hard way getting it going with the powder through expander and the Po Man bullet feeder. It works like a champ. Next is to actually put powder in and adjust OAL. This has been FUN!

[sellersm]

Tested my new .45acp loads! I had one FTFeed in my XDm. Very accurate in all our pistols that we tested with today. Now it's time to crank up the volume!

[coop68]

Im currently stairing at my 5 gal bucket of nicely sized and polished .223/5.56 brass that needs to be trimmed. Hahaha

[BuffCyclist]

I now have some VERY shiny brass, left the tumbler going for 9hrs (yea yea, I know, its not like the 24hrs some of you guys leave it going). Kind of makes me want to go tumble all of my other brass for that long [LOL]

Guess this means I have a bunch of brass to process tomorrow, so yay!

[brutal]

Trimmed, swagged, prepped, and re-tumbled some decapped and sized LC 5.56.

Loaded up some more .45ACP rounds. Working up a ladder.

Loaded up my first .223. 69 gr SMK over BL-C(2). Tomorrow I'll load up some 75 and 77. Still thinking about powder for those. Maybe I'll try some Varget. I need to get my behind down to pick up my 8208 XBR.

[MarkCO]

Loaded 10 450 Corvette with 320 grainers, 50 .414 Supermag with 265s, and 50 .300 BO 240 SMKs, all slated for the Chrono next week.

[powerstroke79]

New to reloading. Setup the bench yesterday. Started processing brass today. Deprimed, clean primmer pockets and cleaned 1000-1500
Pieces of 223 brass today. Still waiting on my scale to come in. Looking forward to start the load process. What type of bullets are you guys using. Any recipes for SS109 bullets. I will be use h335 and Barger with CCI 400 primers.

[TheBelly]

Tumbled the brass from yesterday's range session.

loaded up 50 rounds of .308 training ammo.

Bought a bunch of powder and some boooolits.

[asmo]

Beat on a Dillon 1200 until it did what I wanted (for the most part).

[NFATrustGuy]

Loaded my first 30 rounds. 10 each for test loads. .40 S&W 155gr JHP with 5.5, 5.6 and 5.7 grains of Titegroup.

Hoping to get a new head set up for 9mm tomorrow to load up a 3-step ladder for 9mm load testing.

Planning on a few hours at the range on Tuesday if work doesn't interfere.

Woo, hoo!

[brutal]

The real fun is the first time you shoot your reloads and they all go bang, the pistol cycles, and you still have all your fingers. :D

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[Hoser]

I looked at a five gallon bucket of unprocessed brass and quickly left the room.

Good plan. Done that a few times myself.

[NFATrustGuy]

The real fun is the first time you shoot your reloads and they all go bang, the pistol cycles, and you still have all your fingers. :D


I'm thinking of wearing a motorcycle helmet and a flak jacket! Somebody will have pictures, I'm sure.

Honestly, everything checks out great. I measured each round for OAL and visually confirmed the powder in each case before setting a bullet in place. Pretty exciting, actually, when a plan comes together.

Discovered this evening that I think I should have ordered another die for my powder checker for the 9mm head. Kinda defeats the purpose of having multiple heads for multiple calibers if you gotta change out a die.

[bobbyfairbanks]

Painted the floor OD Green! I'll post pics once it dries

[NFATrustGuy]

Finally joined a range and went shooting. Ran about 40 rounds of Winchester white box through a previously-unfired 9mm gun (XDM 5.25) and then started trying out my reloads.

Short story is that I did 30 rounds of 124gr round nose and 30 rounds of 115gr bullets changing powder load by 0.1gr every 10 rounds. In both cases, I really found no difference in accuracy so I'll probably stick with the lightest loads that cycle the gun properly.

I started at the lowest powder suggested in the reloading data. Is there any reason I shouldn't experiment with even lighter loads? I'm just putting holes in paper, after all. My theory is that the lighter load will give less recoil and will allow me to get back on target quicker/easier.

i loaded up 200 rounds of the 124gr bullets when I returned home from the range last night. I felt like I was moving at a snail's pace and it still only took me 22 minutes on the Dillon 650. This included the time needed to clear an upside-down primer jam and the time needed to refill the primer feeder (already had a tube of primers loaded up--just pulled the cotter pin).

I feel like a little kid with all this stuff. I need to get my chores done today (playing lawyer) so I have time to get to the range again this afternoon.

[trlcavscout]

Finally joined a range and went shooting. Ran about 40 rounds of Winchester white box through a previously-unfired 9mm gun (XDM 5.25) and then started trying out my reloads.

Short story is that I did 30 rounds of 124gr round nose and 30 rounds of 115gr bullets changing powder load by 0.1gr every 10 rounds. In both cases, I really found no difference in accuracy so I'll probably stick with the lightest loads that cycle the gun properly.

I started at the lowest powder suggested in the reloading data. Is there any reason I shouldn't experiment with even lighter loads? I'm just putting holes in paper, after all. My theory is that the lighter load will give less recoil and will allow me to get back on target quicker/easier.

i loaded up 200 rounds of the 124gr bullets when I returned home from the range last night. I felt like I was moving at a snail's pace and it still only took me 22 minutes on the Dillon 650. This included the time needed to clear an upside-down primer jam and the time needed to refill the primer feeder (already had a tube of primers loaded up--just pulled the cotter pin).

I feel like a little kid with all this stuff. I need to get my chores done today (playing lawyer) so I have time to get to the range again this afternoon.

I normally stay below most min starting points but it depends on your powder and gun. I don't know anything about the XDM, my Glock compact and full size can handle lighter loads then a sub compact (stock guns) due to the recoil spring on the subs. I don't modify my guns as far as springs and whatnot so I only compare stock. I have ran thousands of rounds of 9mm with 115 and 124 grain plated bullets using 3.5gr of titegroup powder. I use 3.8-4.2 for 40 s&w and 10mm, and 3.8-4.5gr for 45. I haven't used any other powder in years but I am working on some loads in Alliant promo, still working on how light I can go. Don't go so low you end up with squibs though! Unless your shooting a competition where you need to make a power factor or just like shooting hot loads might as well save the powder and load light.

I do have some 10mm loads I shot in my Glock 20 that make my hand hurt, every once in a while they are fun but not often.

Disclaimer: I DO NOT reccomend straying from published known load data.

[trlcavscout]

I sat in my cave still trying to decide what press to get, high mount or low, blah blah.

I also wish southern bell hadn't screwed up and forgot to ship my 45 gap brass so I would have something to do today.

[scratchy]

Ran my first 100 rounds of 40SW through the new Lock n Load. This sure beats loading pistol on a Rock Chucker. The Poor Man's bullet feeder works like a champ.

[trlcavscout]

Ran my first 100 rounds of 40SW through the new Lock n Load. This sure beats loading pistol on a Rock Chucker. The Poor Man's bullet feeder works like a champ.

I was just looking at the lnl. How does it work? Which bullet feeder did you go with?

[scratchy]

It works very well. I went with the hornady bullet feeder die fed by plastic tubes from Linens and Things. Here's a link to the bullet feeder idea I swiped. I cut the tubes in half so each one holds 25 bullets:

http://www.ar15.com/mobile/topic.html?b=6&f=42&t=349969&page=1

[encorehunter]

Set up my new 1050 and ran 1k rounds of .308 brass for prep.

[BlasterBob]

Have not used my RCBS AmmoMaster press in quite a while so just cleaned and lubed the ram and dies so they're ready for some action. Now my reloading is limited just to .50BMG since equipment/components for all other calibers has been sold/traded off. I sometimes think that I'd actually rather reload than shoot the reloads. I do know that ANY pieces of equipment or components for the .50BMG reloading are damn expensive. If anyone is anticipated reloading for this caliber in the near future, start buying the components now before some CO Congress critter thinks that this caliber is just way too dangerous for their common subjects to own. This is NOT, by any means, meant to be a political rant of any type, just a "heads up" about .50BMG reloading stuff.

[bobbyfairbanks]

Pulled the tape off the floor and marveled at how amazing a OD Green floor is
then I loaded 1k 9mm and 400 45acp, cleaned the 550 and 1050. Man the presses where dirty as he'll.

[Great-Kazoo]

It works very well. I went with the hornady bullet feeder die fed by plastic tubes from Linens and Things. Here's a link to the bullet feeder idea I swiped. I cut the tubes in half so each one holds 25 bullets:

http://www.ar15.com/mobile/topic.html?b=6&f=42&t=349969&page=1


There's a local (Ft collins) plastic dist. where you can buy it. I took andturned down the OD to fit my home made 9mm feeder. Too bad i'm not happy with the way the powder drop flares the case.

[Zombie Steve]

Finally joined a range and went shooting. Ran about 40 rounds of Winchester white box through a previously-unfired 9mm gun (XDM 5.25) and then started trying out my reloads.

Short story is that I did 30 rounds of 124gr round nose and 30 rounds of 115gr bullets changing powder load by 0.1gr every 10 rounds. In both cases, I really found no difference in accuracy so I'll probably stick with the lightest loads that cycle the gun properly.

I started at the lowest powder suggested in the reloading data. Is there any reason I shouldn't experiment with even lighter loads? I'm just putting holes in paper, after all. My theory is that the lighter load will give less recoil and will allow me to get back on target quicker/easier.

i loaded up 200 rounds of the 124gr bullets when I returned home from the range last night. I felt like I was moving at a snail's pace and it still only took me 22 minutes on the Dillon 650. This included the time needed to clear an upside-down primer jam and the time needed to refill the primer feeder (already had a tube of primers loaded up--just pulled the cotter pin).

I feel like a little kid with all this stuff. I need to get my chores done today (playing lawyer) so I have time to get to the range again this afternoon.

IMO, unless you have a super fast powder, or if you have a powder like H110 where min and max are 1 grain apart, just start in the middle of the data and work up. If you want a softer recoiling load, get a heavier bullet and use a faster powder. Going lighter than start loads can cause problems. It will be dirty, for one, and as mentioned, the potential for a squib goes up.

[trlcavscout]

Reloading bench make over home edition. I am gonna strip the old laminate/Formica what ever it is and sand it down. Paint the cabinets and either paint the top or relaminate it? How hard is that stuff to cut? Anyideas on cool paint/color? While I was researching presses I seen so many cool benches that i realized I was really lacking.
Maybe paint it a nice red with a big Lee logo just for kazoo? Bronco colors, with a big bronco decal in the center would be cool? Black with a big Glock logo would be awesome! This was my first reloading bench, still has the holes from mounting the original Lee and RCBS presses to it.

I did load 250 RDS of 45.

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[Great-Kazoo]

I took down one of the 650's, "supposedly" i had a buyer for it ;) Even put it in the 650 box, instructions and all the misc items it came with.

[trlcavscout]

I took down one of the 650's, "supposedly" i had a buyer for it ;) Even put it in the 650 box, instructions and all the misc items it came with.

Cool I got the $200 cash from the ATM today! That includes delivery and setup right?

[brutal]

Reloading bench make over home edition. I am gonna strip the old laminate/Formica what ever it is and sand it down. Paint the cabinets and either paint the top or relaminate it? How hard is that stuff to cut? Anyideas on cool paint/color? While I was researching presses I seen so many cool benches that i realized I was really lacking.
Maybe paint it a nice red with a big Lee logo just for kazoo? Bronco colors, with a big bronco decal in the center would be cool? Black with a big Glock logo would be awesome! This was my first reloading bench, still has the holes from mounting the original Lee and RCBS presses to it.

I did load 250 RDS of 45.

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Is that top solid wood? If not, I would consider a piece of plywood. Laminate needs to be cut and trimmed with standard woodworking tools. That means routing the edge.

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[trlcavscout]

Is that top solid wood? If not, I would consider a piece of plywood. Laminate needs to be cut and trimmed with standard woodworking tools. That means routing the edge.

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Its 2" particle and a 5/8" sheet of plywood. Its a big heavy massive beast I almost threw out when I moved due to the weight. I think I am going to pull the plywood and put another sheet of MDF or what ever it is and paint it. I don't have a router and I don't think I could do it good.

[Great-Kazoo]

Cool I got the $200 cash from the ATM today! That includes delivery and setup right?

For the strong mount & roller handle, sure.

[trlcavscout]

Seriously what do you guys do all day in your reloading rooms besides surf the web?

I went to my daughters school and had lunch with her today then went to the post office. My new Lee 1000 (setup for 45 acp) and my 45 bullets came in today. I went home and spent 20 minutes setting it up, maybe 30 with running some cases through it and checking powder etc. I had the powder disk in wrong so that took a couple minutes to figure out why I had no powder. All the dies came pre setup and I only had to adjust the seating die slightly. It came with the roller handle but I don't really care for it. I loaded up the last 28 230gr bullets I had then 100 200gr. I probably spent an hour and a half setting up, figuring out how it works, changing the chain on the powder measure to a spring, running several case to test priming and powder drop. The powder measure is dead nuts every time with promo powder. I should have done this years ago! $150 with dies. Reading the reviews and now having one apparently they fixed the problems the old ones have.

I waited on the case feed collator to see how the case feeder worked, I will be ordering it shortly!

I forgot to order the small primer kit for 45 gap so I will have to prime on the SS till I get one.

[Great-Kazoo]

Seriously what do you guys do all day in your reloading rooms besides surf the web?


.

With a 650, reloading is not an all day project. ;)

[TheBelly]

Seriously what do you guys do all day in your reloading rooms besides surf the web?



I have a Rock Chucker.....on purpose. Getting lost into the tiny little details makes for a fun afternoon for me.

i use reloading time as therapy. Shooting, in general, is very calming to me.


Once I get everything set up for the caliber, I can make maybe 100 rds per hour....probably more if I'm just creating plinking ammo.

[Husker95]

200 rounds of 45 ACP to use up the last of my 230 gr BBIs. Next batch will put me into my 2k Bayous.

[XC700116]

Set up my new base plate for my trimmer, super swage, powder measure and new RCBS Priming tool. Which is the best thing since sliced bread when priming Lapua Brass with tight pockets. The hand priming units just don't cut it there.

Then......

Brass prep, lots and lots of brass prep.

Neck turning sucks balls BTW.

[Hoser]

Neck turning sucks balls BTW.

Yup. I just leave things set up and turn 40-50 pcs a day till I have it all done. Barely beats the sit down and turn 500 necks in one day deal.

[sellersm]

200 rounds of 45 ACP to use up the last of my 230 gr BBIs. Next batch will put me into my 2k Bayous.

I'd be curious to hear how you like the Bayous...

I did a few hundred of .45 with 185gr JHP, 357mag and some more .38spl. The 125gr Xtreme plated FP are just excellent in both .38 & 357mag!! I've been very surprised by these plated bullets.


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[TheBelly]

Yep, did 50 rounds EXACTLY alike (or close enough that my rifle won't be able to tell the difference) of .260 Remington.

It took about a little more than a half hour.

[Caithford]

cleaned, sized, and started trimming 400 pieces of .223. I hate trimming.

[Hoser]

Knocked out some more 300 Whisper and kept plugging along on my 45 GAP brass.

[HoneyBadger]

Cleaned and deprimed ~ 1500 .223 cases. I'm dreading the trimming.

[Hoser]

Cleaned and deprimed ~ 1500 .223 cases. I'm dreading the trimming.

Should not take more than 40 minutes. Oh wait, never mind.

[Husker95]

I'd be curious to hear how you like the Bayous...

I did a few hundred of .45 with 185gr JHP, 357mag and some more .38spl. The 125gr Xtreme plated FP are just excellent in both .38 & 357mag!! I've been very surprised by these plated bullets.


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I loaded up a sample pack of about 30 that i got from a friend a month or so ago and ran them through some testing. They worked fine so i ordered up a case. Actually talked to Jerry M himself when i ordered them. I'm just a little OCD, so i HAVE to load up the BBIs that i had already opened BEFORE i can start throwing the Bayous. Pretty standard load - 230gr RN over 3.7 gr Clays loaded to 1.25. They seem to run exactly the same as any coated/plain LRN bullet. Bayou has great CS and decent prices as well.

[sellersm]

Husker95 thanks for the review.


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[sellersm]

I'm sure this is a dup...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hk0wGmVvI2Y

[Zombie Steve]

What does he mean nerds? Do fish know they're wet?

[sellersm]

What does he mean nerds? Do fish know they're wet?

[ROFL1]

[Hoser]

A friend just dropped off a 5 gallon bucket of 223 brass for me to process. No worries. Then he added he wants them done by Friday. Joy. He must have known I am not flying tonight or tomorrow night.

[trlcavscout]

Sizing 45 gap brass while watching duck dynasty.

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[roberth]

45 Colt plinking ammo.

[sellersm]

45 Colt plinking ammo.

What's your recipe, if you don't mind sharing?

[Zombie Steve]

Worked up two batches of .45's for the new cast boolit. Accurate makes some darn nice mold blocks.

Game on - WSF vs. Unique.

[sellersm]

Worked up two batches of .45's for the new cast boolit. Accurate makes some darn nice mold blocks.

Game on - WSF vs. Unique.

What's your objective(s) for this test? Of course we all know that nothing beats Unique! [Coffee]

[Zombie Steve]

What's your objective(s) for this test? Of course we all know that nothing beats Unique! [Coffee]



Well, this bullet profile isn't much different than what I was using before, so I just went a little bit up and down from the old data just to see if the sweet spot changed due to bearing surface, flat base vs bevel base, etc. I've been using WSF as it meters a little better, but I want to have the Unique load dialed in just in case WSF isn't available. I always have Unique lying around. I just figured if I'm going to set up the chrono for testing, I might as well do them both at once.


Profile is the 45-230E

http://www.accuratemolds.com/catalog.php?page=7


I am not officially Lee-less in the reloading room quite yet - I'm casting for a guy's .38-55 with a Lee mold, but I don't use Lee for any of my stuff. It's a step forward.

[Hoser]

What's your objective(s) for this test? Of course we all know that nothing beats Unique!

Unique is king. Well, other than Clays, Titegroup, N310 and Bullseye, it is king.

[hghclsswhitetrsh]

A friend just dropped off a 5 gallon bucket of 223 brass for me to process. No worries. Then he added he wants them done by Friday. Joy. He must have known I am not flying tonight or tomorrow night.

You could always adopt me and I will come and help. Should be a profitable business proposition for both of us.

[Zombie Steve]

Unique is king. Well, other than Clays, Titegroup, N310 and Bullseye, it is king.


TG... with lead? [Abused]

I've used Clays and liked it quite a bit for a mild 200 gr lswc load. For some reason, I never liked Bullseye... I know it was used in military .45 for many years, I just never thought it did a better job than Unique. I haven't used N310, so no comment.

[sellersm]

I like Clays, Red Dot, WST, Bullseye. But I'm with zombie on questioning TG for lead...?

I've not used N310 either. I really like N340 with plated/FMJ however!


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[Hoser]

TG... with lead?

Yup. And Varget with a 375 H&H.

[sellersm]

TG with lead... I guess the world is coming to an end! [panic]

[trlcavscout]

Titegroup is like hot sauce, "I put that shit on/in everything", even enchiladas.

[Zombie Steve]

Yup. And Varget with a 375 H&H.

Now that makes sense... being, uh... underbore as it is. Is underbore a word?


Titegroup is like hot sauce, "I put that shit on/in everything", even enchiladas.

Terrible in my Copenhagen. I think Herco is best for that application, but it pretty much sucks for everything else. Back to Unique for the great "all-rounder".

[bobbyfairbanks]

Don't look down on WSF in lead 45. Real nice recoil impulse and good numbers posting in speeds. A little dirty but nothing that my Wilson can't handle

[asmo]

Made with the polish and the dremmel. Its soo shiny!

[Hoser]

Loaded up 3K 9x19 for some full auto suppressed fun.

Kept plugging along on processing all my 45 GAP brass.

[TheBelly]

Two new additions to the reloading room: Lyman DPS3 (used and a gift from the wife) and a RCBS Charge Master (new that I bought for myself at the same time the wife was buying the Lyman)...

now I have dueling powder throwers.

[eneranch]

Refilled my supply of 69gr SMK over Varget

[Hoser]

Finally finished my project of 45 GAP brass.

Two 20mm ammo cans full of fully processed and tumbled in stainless media and one full of loaded ammo. That was a lot of time just to make ugly brass pretty. One time bad deal though.

Now to start on 243 ammo.

[Hoser]

Getting some annealing done and then calling it a night.

http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/ac105/puebloshooter/Reloading%20Stuff/DSC03651-1.jpg (http://s890.photobucket.com/user/puebloshooter/media/Reloading%20Stuff/DSC03651-1.jpg.html)

[sniper7]

Trimmed and prepped about 250-300 5.56 cases tonight. Holy crap I need to find a better way. Doing them individually on my cordless drill is getting old.

[Great-Kazoo]

Getting some annealing done and then calling it a night.

http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/ac105/puebloshooter/Reloading%20Stuff/DSC03651-1.jpg (http://s890.photobucket.com/user/puebloshooter/media/Reloading%20Stuff/DSC03651-1.jpg.html)

How soon before you acquire a robot, to do the work for you? You have more toys than i do, AND the room to put them.

[Hoser]

How soon before you acquire a robot, to do the work for you? You have more toys than i do, AND the room to put them.

I thought about having kids to help out. Then I remembered how much of my dads reloading equipment I broke before I turned 10.

[hghclsswhitetrsh]

I thought about having kids to help out. Then I remembered how much of my dads reloading equipment I broke before I turned 10.

I'm almost 30 give me a chance man! =)

[Hoser]

Forgot to add in pics of the finished brass.

From left to right. Factory Virgin Lapua 308, unannealed 6CM, annealed 6CM.

Using templaq, the inside of the case neck got to about 750' and the 450' zone did not extend more than 3/8 or so down below the annealed discoloration.

http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/ac105/puebloshooter/Reloading%20Stuff/DSC03652.jpg (http://s890.photobucket.com/user/puebloshooter/media/Reloading%20Stuff/DSC03652.jpg.html)

[XC700116]

I've gotta get one of those machines one of these days.

[Zombie Steve]

As much as I bust your chops for gadgetry, that's pretty sweet, Hoser.

[cstone]

As much as I bust your chops for gadgetry, that's pretty sweet, Hoser.

Oh the Cathedral of Saint Barbara apparently has many stations of worship [ROFL1]

[Great-Kazoo]

I thought about having kids to help out. Then I remembered how much of my dads reloading equipment I broke before I turned 10.

I volunteer some of the board members kids, them, or their spouses. I've had some board members "offer" but they seem to fade by the roadside. Not going to name names, they know who they are.

[Zombie Steve]

Oh the Cathedral of Saint Barbara apparently has many stations of worship [ROFL1]

http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x214/sbecht/2nvb49g.jpg

[Musashi]

100 rounds 223 blaster ammo. I think I am sticking to making the accurate stuff and buying the range ammo.

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/02/02/7ydevy9u.jpg

[Irving]

Put the kids to work emptying the brass from the tumbler (it was off). I guess they didn't do too bad of a job keeping the media in the tumbler, but not as good as I would have liked. Also, I recently purchased primers and primed my first 9 rounds. Just need some powder now.

[Hoser]

So I finally decided to put all those 175gn Sierra Matchking GI pulls that you used to be able to get for about .10 each to good use. I bought 10,000 of them years ago for my 308. Turns out machine pulled bullets and long range shooting dont get along well.

I dont know how many there is in that ammo can (I am guessing about 3,000) but it put a dent in my powder and bullet supply. Now I am ready to very quietly take over a small third world country.

The 300 Whisper upper that Spook built for me will be getting a workout.

http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/ac105/puebloshooter/Reloading%20Stuff/DSC03672.jpg (http://s890.photobucket.com/user/puebloshooter/media/Reloading%20Stuff/DSC03672.jpg.html)

[Limited GM]

Resized 1100 BLK brass, chamfered and primed same. Loaded up some 125 gr, 150gr loads to dunno and function out of two barrels.

Attempted to load some 110 Speer varmint bullets to no avail. Thinking the new free floating type Hornady bullet seater may be letting the angle of seating change.

[NFATrustGuy]

My tumbler has been running almost non-stop all weekend. I bought 2000 pieces from Mr. Kazoo a few weeks ago and the last of that is in the tumbler now.

I should receive my new stainless media tumbler via UPS tomorrow. I'm planning to re-tumble all my prepped .223 cases to really get the primer pockets and the inside of the cases clean before I load them up. I received 1000 Nosler 40gr varmint bullets and 1000 69gr Sierra Match King bullets late last week. I'm trading a friend a few things for 8# of Win 748 powder and I've got 1000's of primers so I think I'm ready to get rolling in earnest.

Oh yah... Yesterday I loaded up about 90 rounds of the Nosler 40gr bullets with 23.0 grains of H322. If the weather is good on Thursday, a buddy and I are going to the range to test the light bullets in my 1:12 CZ American 527.

Fun times.

[TheBelly]

Wet tumbled, dried, trimmed, annealed, re-sized, chamfered, de-burred, then primed 200 pieces of .260 Remington rounds/brass for an upcoming match.

then I weighed bullets until I had 200 of them that weighed the same. THEN Mrs. Belly told me that my 1k of Lapua Scenars arrived yesterday.

[TheBelly]

I should receive my new stainless media tumbler via UPS tomorrow.

I went the harbor freight route:

http://youtu.be/vhOYRgyl4xk

http://youtu.be/iWB8jnqtztY

[HoneyBadger]

Removed a stuck case from my .223 full length resizing die. Took about 20 mins. Didn't have time for anything else.

[Tim K]

Loaded 150 rounds of my precision .223 load. Gonna load 50/night till I run out of something. Brass is likely to go first.

[MAP]

Processed more 9mm brass on the Great-Kazoo's Dillon 1050. I love that press.

[brutal]

Loaded 150 rounds of my precision .223 load. Gonna load 50/night till I run out of something. Brass is likely to go first.

Do tell. Load data? Rifle setup?

[brutal]

Last night - loaded 50 .308 M80 pulls over 43 grains of IMR4895 just to try my first .308 plinking loads.

Primed another 50 cases. Had some setup issues with the lee safety primer and kept popping primers out of the holder. I may have to upgrade to a Dillon progressive quicker than I thought.

Tonight I will prime 150 .308 cases and maybe work up a 168gr SMK load. Or maybe I will load up the .223 ladder I planned.

[Great-Kazoo]

Opened the shop so folks can precess brass. Going to be a busy week.

[Zombie Steve]

Last night - loaded 50 .308 M80 pulls over 43 grains of IMR4895 just to try my first .308 plinking loads.



I gotta ask... if these are your first loads, how did you decide to just jump in at 43 grains and why would you load 50 of them?

[brutal]

I gotta ask... if these are your first loads, how did you decide to just jump in at 43 grains and why would you load 50 of them?

first .308 loads.

43gr? Why not? :D

Research, and because that's what I could efficiently throw with the gear I have.

Why 50? I'm confident in my process and I want to get rid of the pulls as they're an inconsistent lot and I've got to fiddle around to get consistent COAL. Fills up a box nicely too. :D

The loads I work up a ladder for are 15 per. Three five shot groups

[TheBelly]

Redding T-7 arrives today. I may have a lot of work ahead of me this weekend.

[Great-Kazoo]

Redding T-7 arrives today. I may have a lot of work ahead of me this weekend.

Once assembled, you will really enjoy those single stage task, that much more.

[SamuraiCO]

Cleaned a bunch of 45 brass. Time for a reloading session. Glad I have plenty of components for now.

[trlcavscout]

This weekend I sized/deprimed, cleaned primer pockets and trimmed 1k 40 brass and to top off the fun I sized /deprimed 500 9mm brass on steel dies! Kicker is I don't shoot either of these calibers haha. While I was on a roll I sized 44mag/special brass that again I don't shoot. Next weekend it's 380, 38, 357 and more 9mm I don't shoot any of that either, but I'm stocked up on 45 gap and I haven't got more 45 auto brass yet. Guess I have to shoot so I can reload!

[kwando]

First time reloading.... I measured by hand the powder prob 5 times.... Measured the case after trimming prob 5 times.... Wrote down and reviewed the load data prob 10 times.... Measured OAL 10 times.

Loaded 7 rounds of 308. :)

Hey gotta start somewhere!!!

[Great-Kazoo]

First time reloading.... I measured by hand the powder prob 5 times.... Measured the case after trimming prob 5 times.... Wrote down and reviewed the load data prob 10 times.... Measured OAL 10 times.

Loaded 7 rounds of 308. :)

Hey gotta start somewhere!!!

If you don't pay attention early in the game, you get lazy later on. I know my powder throws using the Unique tek are on the money ~ .1 maybe .2 However i still weigh every 10rds plus an OAL check .

[kwando]

Yea I figure I have enough bad habits, might as well start some good ones.

Still need to come up and see your massive setup I've always heard about

[TheBelly]

I broke a resizing pin on a piece of brass that was REALLY crimped in there.

I like to deprime, then wet tumble. That way I don't have to hit the primer pocket for too much of anything after the rinse and dry.

[brutal]

Processed 250 pcs .308 brass to primed and ready to load stage. Finished priming 250 previously prepped pieces.

Sized/decapped 1k pcs 5.56 brass. Waiting for the trimmer power adapter to arrive Tuesday before trimming.

Played with a new RCBS swagging die set.

[DeusExMachina]

I'm racing to see if I run out of 9mm brass or bullets first...trying to get a good stash of 9mm up before I switch the 650 over to 223. So far I have one 30cal can full and might have a 2nd before I'm done.

[Hoser]

Turning necks today. I have about 350 pcs left to turn. One time bad deal.

[coop68]

Loaded some 308 over the weekend got to go shoot sat to test out a load and zero my scope finally.

[Jamnanc]

Finally got into my reloading room for a bit. 250 9mm, made 10 12 gangue #4 buck to see how they work before I make a bunch. Any of you shotgun reloaders ever use the data for a weight of shot and convert the same load into a buckshot load sans petals on the wad?

[Zombie Steve]

Tumblin' brass... tumblin' brass...

This damn puppy my wife got is really cutting into my putzing time in the garage.

[Great-Kazoo]

Eagerly awaiting a Mr. Bullet feeder for the dillon's. Had another member road test the 1050, i think he's still in the shop ;)

[brutal]

Eagerly awaiting a Mr. Bullet feeder for the dillon's. Had another member road test the 1050, i think he's still in the shop ;)

You'll have to beat him off with a stick now.

[BuffCyclist]

You'll have to beat him off with a stick now.

Beating him off with a stick? Sounds... painful... [Shock]

Oh wait, you mean beat him OUT with a stick... That makes more sense. [LOL]