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Hoser

05-16-2014, 05:56

Is that the only difference? How much case capacity gain have you noticed from .243 to 6CM?

Dont know. Never shot it as a plain old 243.

With the 30' shoulder my brass grows less and I can easily use a slower powder and not run out of room in the case.

And its different.

TheBelly

05-16-2014, 06:12

Dont know. Never shot it as a plain old 243.

With the 30' shoulder my brass grows less and I can easily use a slower powder and not run out of room in the case.

And its different.

rebel.

TheBelly

05-16-2014, 06:13

Last night I prepped some brass for testing a new load.

mouse farts, not elephant turds.... start slow and low.

Rucker61

05-16-2014, 11:17

Loaded up 200 .308 AMAXs over the last two nights. Time to start on the .223 SMK and VMAX now.

stodg73

05-16-2014, 12:07

Took the new Dillon de-priming pins and case lube there.

DSB OUTDOORS

05-18-2014, 19:06

300 rounds of .32 ACP.

44993

Zombie Steve

05-18-2014, 20:54

You gots a 32 gun? Bat poop crazy indeed.

[werdo]

Irving

05-18-2014, 22:20

Primed and belled 120ish cases.

eneranch

05-19-2014, 07:30

Prepped & primed 520 9mm cases

Husker95

05-19-2014, 08:23

Yesterday, had the boy start the tumbler with a load of 9mm about 3 in the afternoon. Then.......forgot about it until this morning. Ought to be REAL shiny.

kwando

05-19-2014, 09:24

Prepped (Deprimed, resized, trimmed, deburred, and swaged) 500 pieces of 5.56/.223 this weekend. The WFT was a life saver! But still a PITA.... FML

Looking in to a dillion soon.

TheBelly

05-19-2014, 11:38

SS tumbled my brass from yesterday. Woot!

DSB OUTDOORS

05-19-2014, 15:23

You gots a 32 gun? Bat poop crazy indeed.

[werdo]
[LOL] Thanks, you know me all to well. And not a .32 but 3 of dem. [Coffee]

Zombie Steve

05-19-2014, 16:20

[LOL] Thanks, you know me all to well. And not a .32 but 3 of dem. [Coffee]

You got a razor in your shoe?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvwDohEEQ1E

DSB OUTDOORS

05-19-2014, 17:34

You got a razor in your shoe?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvwDohEEQ1E
Well now that you mention it. [Muaha]

45041

DenverGP

05-20-2014, 20:13

Got my first 9mm test loads done today, and shot them at the range tonight. All were with Xtreme plated 115gr bullets, and AA5 powder loaded to 1.155 OAL. The lowest load of 5.4gr failed to lock the slide back on the first round, but locked it correctly on the next 2 sets of the same load. The rest of the rounds (5.7gr, 6.0gr, and 6.3gr) all functioned normally. The 6.0gr load felt the closest to the factory Federal value pack stuff I was shooting. The 6.3gr felt a little hotter, but only barely. No cases showed any pressure issues, not surprising since I stayed a bit below the max load numbers.

With the one failure to lock the slide back on 5.4, I'll probably plan on a batch somewhere between the 5.7 and 6.0. I only tested them in my sr9c so I still need to see how run in my wifes new M&P Shield. It's recoil spring is tighter than my ruger.

My skills are still the weak link, so not worried about the ammo's accuracy too much. I didn't shoot any from a bench rest, but they seemed at least as accurate as the factory ammo I shot earlier in the evening.

Thanks to those who offered tips and pointed me toward sources for the components.

Zombie Steve

05-20-2014, 20:39

New .44 mold! New .44 mold!!!

Great casting session, Bobby.

bobbyfairbanks

05-20-2014, 21:12

if only you would have remembered to water drop them.. I swear it is getting harder and harder to find good friends.[Beer]

Alpha2

05-24-2014, 13:02

Threw a bunch of 9mm and .223 in the tumbler then ordered 1000 Extreme plated 9mm. Looks like I'll be shooting a LOT of 9mm in the future. Last range trip I went through 300 rounds. 1000 rounds goes quickly like that.

Great-Kazoo

05-24-2014, 14:48

Couldn't figure out why my OAL and powder throw were all over the place, especially on a Dillon [LOL]. Till i noticed the shell plate platform assy was loose[facepalm]
Full take down, clean, inspect, Blue Loctite on applicable threads. Damn things like new again. . That ones had lots of mileage on it.

TheBelly

05-24-2014, 16:10

Created 100x .308 for pig hunting.

created 250x .223 for yote killing.

Alpha2

05-24-2014, 17:45

"And now for the sporting news: Pig and yote numbers have been inexplicably decreasing in the state recently, wildlife management is stumped"

NFATrustGuy

05-24-2014, 19:55

Loaded 950 rounds of x-treme bullets 147 grain round nose 9mm. Gotta love the speed and efficiency of a Dillon 650!

TheBelly

05-24-2014, 20:51

"And now for the sporting news: Pig and yote numbers have been inexplicably decreasing in the state recently, wildlife management is stumped"

It would take a LOT more than my itty bit of ammo to drop the numbers by any significant amount. It certainly is a target rich environment, though!

Great-Kazoo

05-24-2014, 21:06

Loaded 950 rounds of x-treme bullets 147 grain round nose 9mm. Gotta love the speed and efficiency of a Dillon 650!

Make sure every thing stays tight , or you'll be banging your head against the strong mount ;)

Irving

05-24-2014, 21:16

Loaded the remaining 70 rounds last night, for the match today. They were very accurate for me. Now I've switched to X-treme and will have to start all over again working up loads. Currently tumbling 212, 40 S&W cases.

NFATrustGuy

05-24-2014, 23:09

Make sure every thing stays tight , or you'll be banging your head against the strong mount ;)

I saw you mention that in your previous post. I am considering running about 500 rounds of .223 tomorrow so I'll be sure to give it all a good once-over before I get started. Thanks for the heads-up.

DenverGP

05-25-2014, 00:54

Loaded my first batch of 100 rounds of 9mm. Loaded them in single-stage mode, where I resized/deprimed/primed them all, then ran thru them all thru the expander/charging die, then seated the bullet on all rounds, then crimped all rounds. Before adding the bullets, I was able to inspect all the charged cases side by side to ensure they all looked right.

I'm using the lee auto-disk powder measure with the adjustable charge bar. After adjusting it, its takes a few charges to settle in, then it seems to stay very consistent. For the first 50, I measured the powder charge of each round. For the next 50, I just measured every 5th or so, or if something didn't feel quite right. I was trying for a charge of 6.0gr, and the entire time I never saw a charge under 5.9, or more than 6.2. Most were 6.0/6.1.

I think by the next batch I'll feel comfortable starting to use the auto-indexing mode on the press. I'll probably single-stage the first 10 or so, so that I can weight the charges, then go auto-index after that.

Alpha2

05-25-2014, 08:03

Rod, I've got a couple thousand Extreme 147gr on the way, what load are you using?
I got the heavy-plated version so I wouldn't have to deal with the slower velocity thing.

Jamnanc

05-25-2014, 09:18

50 223 52 grain barnes xlc and 100 speer 52 hollow points 27.3 grains cfe. My 1/9 twist likes these. It exhausts my stock of them, but I'll only use them when it matters. Couldn't find a charge that wasn't within 1 tenth of a grain on my lee pro disk. As always.

Headed back to make 100 308 168 hpbt. Hopefully the wife sleeps in a little while longer before I have to start honey do's.

NFATrustGuy

05-25-2014, 11:34

Rod, I've got a couple thousand Extreme 147gr on the way, what load are you using?
I got the heavy-plated version so I wouldn't have to deal with the slower velocity thing.

I used TiteGroup 3.2 grains. I did a 60 round ladder to test loads... at 3.0, 3.2 and 3.4 grains. My XDm 5.25" seemed to like the 3.2 and 3.4 equally well so I picked the 3.2 and ran with it. My OAL was 1.160" +/- 0.005"

I'm using x-teme's UPC #819304313149 bullets.

I've still got about 700 rounds of loaded 115gr Montana Gold bullets and another 2000+ of the Montana Gold RN's sitting in the box. I like the feel of the heavier bullet as I'm trying to improve my skills in faster shooting. I'm trying to get to a point where I won't completely embarrass myself in a 3-gun competition... I should probably start shooting my shotgun at some point.... Hmm...

DenverGP

05-25-2014, 16:18

Finally shot my test 45acp loads. I did 5 steps from 7.0gr to 7.8gr of AA5, 230gr bullets. I ran a magazine of factory ammo first, then the test rounds. Even the 7.0gr felt hotter than factory. They all ran good and accuracy looked good. The 7.8gr seemed to have a little bit of primer flattening, but it was barely noticable, so I might be imagining thing. I won't be working up that high anytime soon, so not worried about it. Loaded up another batch of test loads, this time at 6.6gr and 6.8gr.

Alpha2

05-27-2014, 17:12

I switched the press over from .223 to 9mm........waiting for dem boolits!

Hoser

05-27-2014, 18:54

Great-Kazoo

05-27-2014, 19:42

Roll sized/Case-pro a couple thousand pcs of 38 Super brass for a friend.

Then I loaded a bunch of 38 Special subsonic ammo with Titegroup and 147 zero bullets and a couple thousand rounds of 9x19 ammo for my Smith 929.

How many grs of TG and OAL. My suppressor is real close to approval. I have a bunch of 158 HC lead sitting here.

Hoser

05-27-2014, 21:46

How many grs of TG and OAL. My suppressor is real close to approval. I have a bunch of 158 HC lead sitting here.

I started with a start load and went down quite a bit. I bumped up the crimp to be sure the load generated enough pressure to get the bullet clear of the barrel/can. Very quiet. Like Hollywood quiet.

XC700116

05-27-2014, 23:22

Prepped and Primed all the brass from the ammo I shot up at SHC this weekend, well most of it anyway, I think I lost probably 15 or so pieces. But 200 pieces of my usually meticulous brass prep for my match ammo was quite enough for one day.

Then loaded up 50 rounds of it for testing purposes with 123 gr Lapua's. Just to see what I can get out of it. If I can get the speed I'm looking for, with a low SD and good group, I may consider switching to them down the road. We'll see, it's not like the 139's I'm currently shooting are doing poorly, but it's more to satisfy my own curiosity.

Tomorrow night, I'll have to load up enough to ensure I have plenty ready to go for Steel Safari.

TheBelly

05-28-2014, 05:13

Hoser

05-28-2014, 07:01

142s in a gas gun suck.

Tim K

05-28-2014, 07:40

I shot 1K of Sierra's 123 out of my bolt gun. I got shamed into switching to the 142's, but I liked the 123's a lot. There was a bit less recoil and muzzle blast (pre-can days) which made the gun a little easier to shoot. I know I gained some ballistic performance by switching to the 142's, but I'm not convinced it made any real world difference.

TheBelly

05-28-2014, 08:29

142s in a gas gun suck.

yep... finding that out. They work awesome in my bolt gun.

I've got a few other weights/types that I'll give a try.

XC700116

05-28-2014, 08:33

I had a good time with the 123s. I was able to get them going 2900 out of my 20" gas gun before I saw any real pressure signs. I decided that I probably shouldn't be pushing them that hard. I now use the 142 SMKs, but I have a small stock (maybe 100 or so) of the 123s left that I should burn up.

The 123s and 139s are a lot easier to acquire.

What powder are you using? (I ask this question a lot, just to satisfy my curiosity of what others are using)

H4350, but also doing some testing with RL17, but not comfortable switching to it until I can test the load at over 100° ambient temp. Because it's pretty much inevitable that I'm going to run out of H4350 and not be able to re-supply as soon as I'd like. I've also found a really good load with the RL17 but have no idea if it'll get nasty (pressure/big velocity swing/lose consistency) when the temp goes up or not.

I'm mainly testing the 123 Lapua because when you put pen to paper on them, because the BC is so close on them to the 139, I figure if I can pump up the speed on them a enough, while keeping good groups/low SD, etc. it will be a ballistic advantage to run them vs the 139. I honestly don't think I'll get enough speed to make it an advantage, but we'll see. I'd need to gain a solid 200 fps over the 139 that I'm currently running @ 2830 fps while maintaining all the other goodness of my current load.

303sig1911

05-30-2014, 23:12

I was finally able to order some powder (thanks to powder valley) and some (montana gold) bullets. Starting next weekend I will finally enter the world of reloading!

clocker

05-30-2014, 23:32

Finally had enough time to clean up after too long away. Cast and powder coated some new bullets. Loaded up some in 38 special and tested out the rounds (worked great!). Also got some tax stamps back for toys, so finally fixed the CNC spindle index electronics on my lathe so that I can thread some tubes :)
45437

asmo

05-30-2014, 23:51

Made shiny.

stodg73

05-31-2014, 10:02

Thought of my reloading room from a long way away.

Hoser

05-31-2014, 10:18

Woke up early and turned 2,000 pcs of 5.56 brass into 300 Whisper/Blackout brass.

Then loaded up some more 9x19 for my revo.

ray1970

05-31-2014, 11:01

Woke up early and turned 2,000 pcs of 5.56 brass into 300 Whisper/Blackout brass.

Sheesh. That would take me two weeks.

XC700116

05-31-2014, 17:21

Ran a pile of test loads at the range. In my 260 I managed to get the 123 gr Lapua's up to 3148 fps, with an SD of 6.4 and no signs of pressure. 5 shot group came in at .402" With that speed, this load will shave off 1.8 mils of elevation and .2 mils off a full value wind @1200 yds as compared to my current load with the 139 gr loads.

Pretty sure I'm going to load up a bunch for the next Raton match and give them a whirl in real conditions.

Alpha2

05-31-2014, 18:10

147gr 9mm arrived, but the PITA state shoot is going on this weekend, so must wait...
Bought a Dillon LARGE sized media separator today, half priced, couldn't pass it up.

Hound

05-31-2014, 21:43

Sheesh. That would take me two weeks.

I am pretty sure you could take any 10 of us and not be half as setup as Hoser ;)

Hoser

06-01-2014, 05:34

Sheesh. That would take me two weeks.

90 minutes or so.

Great-Kazoo

06-01-2014, 07:15

I am pretty sure you could take any 10 of us and not be half as setup as Hoser ;)

I'd be willing to wager on it ;)

Zombie Steve

06-01-2014, 07:48

Breaking in new bullet mold blocks. Suck-o.

Alpha2

06-01-2014, 07:55

I didn't know you had to to do that. What does it entail?

bruceleroy

06-01-2014, 09:18

Got my Lee Tuuret press set up and loaded 500 9mm 115gr FMJ rounds. AND.... I got out and tested some new .308 loads.

Great-Kazoo

06-01-2014, 09:44

I didn't know you had to to do that. What does it entail?

You want to ensure the cast rounds are clean and as evenly shaped as possible.
http://www.reloadingtips.com/how_to/mold_warmup.htm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TeAteu2VZ4

Zombie Steve

06-01-2014, 13:26

I don't ever smoke a mold block unless it's having trouble letting go of bullets. For the most part, it's not needed.

When you get a new mold, the oils from machining are usually still present hidden in the nooks and crannies. I wipe out the cavities with rubbing alcohol, but it still takes a lot of casting before they stop coming out all wrinkled. Basically, my first session with the mold is getting it hot and getting it to drop pretty bullets.

Goodburbon

06-01-2014, 20:01

Loaded and crimped 200 rds of .40

Loaded 10 different loads of .223 for testing.

Loaded 4 loads of .308 Barnes TTSX for testing. The book says 45.5gr max, but I started compressing powder at 43.0gr.

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bobbyfairbanks

06-01-2014, 20:51

tumbled a lot of brass today. Had a great revolver session this morning with a zombie and even got about 10 pieces of free 45 colt brass.[Coffee] They are nice and shiny now.

brutal

06-01-2014, 21:32

Dropped a case of gun show 5.56 green tip on the bench.

Zombie Steve

06-01-2014, 23:11

tumbled a lot of brass today. Had a great revolver session this morning with a zombie and even got about 10 pieces of free 45 colt brass.[Coffee] They are nice and shiny now.

Scumbag!!! [Ninja]

Hoser

06-02-2014, 07:07

tumbled a lot of brass today. Had a great revolver session this morning with a zombie and even got about 10 pieces of free 45 colt brass.[Coffee] They are nice and shiny now.

Revolver? Nobody shoots those anymore.

Zombie Steve

06-02-2014, 07:27

SA, DA and lever guns. It was a hoot.

Great-Kazoo

06-02-2014, 07:43

Revolver? Nobody shoots those anymore.

Only the uneducated don't own revolvers.

Doing some 38 & 357 while a roast is on the smoker.

jmg8550

06-02-2014, 17:32

Loaded 135 308 rounds for my M1A. Service rifle season is here.

USNrigger

06-02-2014, 20:27

loaded up some work-up loads for 38 Special and 45ACP & AR.

38spc 158gr SWC-HP, HS6 and CCI SRP; Going for a old style FBI Load.

45acp 255gr SWC, HS6 CCI LPP; Revolver Heavies for whatever and some good old fun

I will let you know what the chrono has to say later in the week.

Goodburbon

06-02-2014, 21:21

Loaded some more .308, tested rounds. .6 MOA @100 (2 holes, 1 "flyer") in the intended rifle, .75 MOA in the AR and 1 MOA in my 18" bolt gun. All from the same powder load and 2 different bullets ...that'll do.

sent from my fone!

Hoser

06-03-2014, 07:35

sellersm

06-03-2014, 11:05

45 Auto Rim? That is too cool. I need to get some loaded up for my 25-2. One of my favorite revolvers.

^This! I'm working up various 45 Auto Rim loads. So far, my 25-2 really likes the 200gr HAP bullets with TG propellant.

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Zombie Steve

06-03-2014, 11:17

That does sound like a fun project.

bobbyfairbanks

06-03-2014, 18:20

interesting[Beer]

TheBelly

06-03-2014, 21:05

Deprimed about 1k pieces of 223 brass.

my arms is tired.

if I had a progressive press, I could have loaded it all as well!

Great-Kazoo

06-03-2014, 21:37

Got some 125 & 158 JHP 38 test loads together. Trying to figure out where i put 2K of 1x 38 spl brass. Upside is i finally located this red dot i misplaced [Rant2]

HoneyBadger

06-04-2014, 11:17

Just loaded up 40 55gr Xtreme bullets with IMR 4064. Heading to the range now to test them at 300 yds. I'll report back when I'm done.

rondog

06-04-2014, 12:14

Did my second trial of powdercoating cast lead .45 230gr. LRN bullets with red powder from Harbor Fart. First trial was dry tumbling them, that worked OK but they weren't very pretty. Yesterday I fired up my new HF electrostatic sprayer kit and sprayed a buttload of bullets with red, and those came out AWESOME! Got a bunch loaded up, now I've gotta go shoot 'em.

HoneyBadger

06-04-2014, 16:17

Well that was the most disappointing range trip in a long time. I don't know what the problem was, but I did not have any success with reloads or factory ammo. I had a few reloads not go into battery properly, and called it quits when one didn't go into battery and when i tried to unjam it, the bullet came right out and it dumped the powder all over the inside of the chamber and the barrel. [facepalm]

Even my factory ammo that usually shoots about 1.25" groups at 100 yds was giving me 2"+ groups at 100yds. At 200 yds, all of my reloads gave me consistently awful groups between 4 and 6 inches, regardless of the charge. Oh yeah, the 5-15mph gusting crosswind didn't help either. :(

Great-Kazoo

06-04-2014, 18:09

HoneyBadger

06-04-2014, 19:19

I was very careful about the brass length and the OAL. It seems that some of the brass did not get resized all the way to the rim. It was leaving dirt and oil about 5mm before the rim.

HoneyBadger

06-04-2014, 19:27

I am thinking my gun needs a very thorough cleaning and inspection. I haven't given it a full takeapart cleaning in almost a year and about 1k rounds down the pipe.

ETA: I did check the scope mounting. It's tight. It's a Larue LT-104.

Great-Kazoo

06-04-2014, 22:21

I was very careful about the brass length and the OAL. It seems that some of the brass did not get resized all the way to the rim. It was leaving dirt and oil about 5mm before the rim.

I am thinking my gun needs a very thorough cleaning and inspection. I haven't given it a full takeapart cleaning in almost a year and about 1k rounds down the pipe.

Performing an occasional PM on the sizing and seating die never hurts. Try a q-tip with some brake kleen to remove any deposits and pull the decapping pin, there's always crap on it.

ETA: I did check the scope mounting. It's tight. It's a Larue LT-104.

Great-Kazoo

06-09-2014, 09:57

250 more 38 spl. My nephew is doing a quick visit this weekend. He will see what it's like to have un-restricted access to all kinds of firearms & NFA items.

Irving

06-09-2014, 10:19

Primed 400 cases of 40.

Zombie Steve

06-09-2014, 10:20

Little bit of a lot of stuff over the weekend. .338-06, .308, .44 mag test loads (new cast boolit), .45 Colt and .357 mag.

TheBelly

06-09-2014, 13:11

Rebuilding my .260 loads with the 123 Scenars for the MWS.

Trying a different powder for the .260 bolt gun with 142 SMKs. I'm thinking that slower powder might be fine to make sure I'm filling the case up enough. Not too

Getting back into .223 for the fun of shooting that caliber at distance.

Great-Kazoo

06-10-2014, 17:23

Hoser

06-10-2014, 18:32

Formed about 500 pcs of LR118 brass into 260 and then ran them through the annealer for a friend. New brass to go with her new gun.

Irving

06-12-2014, 00:56

Loaded another set of 80 rounds, 10 rounds for each powder weight. Have to start all over after switching from Berry's plated to Extreme plated. Good news is that I'm getting noticably faster and more consistent now. Passed the 300 rounds reloaded mark.

Hoser

06-12-2014, 06:58

Great-Kazoo

06-12-2014, 07:12

Sweet. Next thing you know you will be loading on a Dillon 550 or 1050 and doing that many in 15 minutes.

Don't spoil him.

TheBelly

06-12-2014, 07:44

PLEASE ENCOURAGE him.

FIFY

Great-Kazoo

06-12-2014, 08:23

FIFY

Thx, it takes some people longer than others to buy quality parts. Gotta go, harbor freight is open ;)

TheBelly

06-12-2014, 08:39

Thx, it takes some people longer than others to buy quality parts. Gotta go, harbor freight is open ;)

I'm rocking the T-7 Turret Press now. I'll get into progressive someday. For now, I enjoy getting into the minutia of one-at-atime loading.

(don't you be knockin my harbor freight!)

hghclsswhitetrsh

06-12-2014, 09:21

Thx, it takes some people longer than others to buy quality parts. Gotta go, harbor freight is open ;)

I'm one of the examples Kazoo is speaking of. I'm a proud owner of a 550b now.

Irving

06-12-2014, 10:46

I know 300 is nothing, but I don't want too get to confident, too fast. I'm excited that I was able to load 8 different weights in one night. Last time it took me a whole week because it would take me an hour tondial in the weight each time. It's really that I'm just becoming more familiar with my equipment and procedure.

sellersm

06-12-2014, 10:53

Going to try some HP-38 with 158gr RNFP xtreme plated 368 spl loads. So use to TG but the data is sketchy. The HP-38 from hogdon looks exactly like their TG . Burn rate puts TG 2-3 faster than the HP-38.
Weird changing over once you have a comfort level with different powder.

HP-38 is the same as Win 231. It's a good mid-level powder for that load. Too fast of a powder to really push hard, but nice for target/plinking loads and plenty accurate.

HoneyBadger

06-12-2014, 19:58

Great-Kazoo

06-12-2014, 20:43

Irving

06-12-2014, 22:49

Sat down with big plans to just churn out rounds now that I have a target weight. Got interupted and only made 50.

Great-Kazoo

06-13-2014, 02:57

Sat down with big plans to just churn out rounds now that I have a target weight. Got interupted and only made 50.

A 550 could have made that number 150 [Beer]

BuffCyclist

06-13-2014, 08:07

Loaded up 250rds of 40s&w. Sister is coming to visit in 2wks and I want to have enough ammo for her to shoot. Last time she was here for my bachelor party (joint girls/guys shooting range the day after), she didn't get to shoot much because the guys were hogging all the guns/ammo and she felt bad lol.

Irving

06-14-2014, 18:51

Squeezed out 150 rounds of .40. Took me just over an hour, starting with primed cases. I'm okay with that pace, as it is already faster than I can afford as far as components goes.

Irving

06-16-2014, 18:07

Another 150 rounds of .40.

H'orderves anyone?
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-QxdOdBa_7r4/U59kkeONjkI/AAAAAAAAKHI/9jK17Kjr-LU/w999-h562-no/20140616_153058_Richtone%2528HDR%2529.jpg

I like this one best though.
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-swqciC38xqs/U59fke-YqxI/AAAAAAAAKGQ/oKgdpYP93Gs/w999-h562-no/20140616_151312_Richtone%2528HDR%2529.jpg

Great-Kazoo

06-16-2014, 20:21

tumbled brass from my family shoot this weekend. The nephew visited, after shooting all those free state guns, we can't get rid of him.

MilehighGS

06-18-2014, 05:29

Did my first ever load yesterday......total of 50 of 300BLK. Since I did not read scale correctly, I now need to buy a bullet puller for 30 of them!

Irving

06-18-2014, 09:23

Ha! Congrats on first load. Definitely a bullet puller. The hammer puller sucks for more than a handfull.

Alpha2

06-21-2014, 17:04

I quickly threw together 50 rounds of the 9mm load that tested best with WSF. Then took them to the range and tried them out on steel. They spanked the steel with authority. Low recoil, sent the dueling tree plates around nicely, and were still accurate at 50yds. We'll see what they can do at the Freedom Shoot at Pawnee next weekend.

Then, as I was picking up the 9mm and 5.56 brass, I remembered that I have a new media separator! Good times.

Irving

06-21-2014, 17:12

Primed roughly 300 cases. I always get 1-2 sideways primers per 100 when I go too fast.

Zombie Steve

06-21-2014, 17:34

Loaded up a test batch to mimic M80 ball for the M14 using some newly found IMR 4895. Been using H4895, so hopefully, it's not a lot of searching.

Also loaded up the remaining 225 grain partitions for the .338-06. I'm now... uhhhhh.... loaded for bear. [Coffee]

Irving

06-21-2014, 22:35

Finished off the last of my box of 500, 180gr .40. Surprising how fast a box of 500 goes; even on a turret press. Then I sized and primed another 200 cases. I'm hooked on reloading for sure now.

Zombie Steve

06-21-2014, 23:46

Alpha2

06-22-2014, 07:58

Update to my previous post, the media separator ROCKS!
And this one's for Irving, some reload art...

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/jhallrv4/gun/grnpeaceposter.jpg (http://s126.photobucket.com/user/jhallrv4/media/gun/grnpeaceposter.jpg.html)

DenverGP

06-24-2014, 18:46

Spent a couple hours unloading (the fun way) several hundred rounds of my reloads at the range today. I think this was my first range trip where I didn't shoot a single round of factory ammo. It all shot great, no malfunctions. Was pretty cool knowing that it was all handloaded. Need to order up some more 9mm bullets, and begin searching for more pistol powder.

Great-Kazoo

06-24-2014, 19:45

Soon you'll be shamelessly mining berms for lead, running through ankle deep mud because you thought you saw something shiny, and switch to revolvers in the winter so you don't lose brass in the snow.

Welcome. You'll have your CRB certificate in no time.

You told him about revolvers [facepalm]

BTW: you know anyone looking for a 10 cavity 38 mold? Guy called me sunday on one he would like to sell.

Zombie Steve

06-24-2014, 20:14

What is the bullet weight and profile? Can I assume it's aluminum?

Chad0724

06-24-2014, 21:04

Ordered $300 in new reloading goodies. I will post up a picture when everything arrives!

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Caithford

06-25-2014, 20:14

Set up my brand new 550 tonight! At least the majority of the installation and set-up anyway. So far, I have to say well worth the $$ and everyone else here who's a Dillon fan-boy is for a reason.

Great-Kazoo

06-25-2014, 21:37

opened shop door, turned on light, turned off light, went home.

Alpha2

06-27-2014, 17:38

Loaded up some more of the 147gr Majic Boolits for the Annual Freedom Shoot tomorrow. Wx says sunny for the next two days, hard to believe, considering my place being trashed by the recent hail storm extravaganza couple of days ago. I took today off work to clean up the mess.
It's better, but we're going to miss all those tomatoes. And fresh lettuce, and the tree in the front yard, etc...
Oh, and thank goodness it was the company car that got trashed, that's the second one!

NFATrustGuy

06-27-2014, 22:50

Sorry to hear of your hail damage.

I've been stuck down in Denver all this week for training, but talked to my mom the other night (who lives in Ft. Collins) and she was afraid at one point that the hail was going to start breaking windows on the north side of her house. I called my brother who lives within a mile of me here in Loveland and he said they had zero hail. Amazing how localized it can be.

Loaded up some more of the 147gr Majic Boolits for the Annual Freedom Shoot tomorrow. Wx says sunny for the next two days, hard to believe, considering my place being trashed by the recent hail storm extravaganza couple of days ago. I took today off work to clean up the mess.
It's better, but we're going to miss all those tomatoes. And fresh lettuce, and the tree in the front yard, etc...
Oh, and thank goodness it was the company car that got trashed, that's the second one!

Great-Kazoo

06-28-2014, 01:41

Anyone remember who was looking to trade 2 1lb cans of TAC, for 2lbs of hand gun powder? Don't see it posted, might have been traded.

BuffCyclist

06-28-2014, 08:04

Great-Kazoo

06-28-2014, 08:10

[Cry] I had to pack up my reloading room and toss out a bunch of crap to prepare for our move. [Cry]

"But honey, I'm saving those empty ammo boxes so that when I reload I can put the rounds in there instead of just a ziploc baggie..."

I mean, its not like I'm going to have time to go to the range anytime soon anyways, so why not. [gohome]

She'll thank you for boxing vs plastic, if she needs to move something by herself, while you're out of town. Summer in South America, enjoy , Via con Dios, compadre.

JackRyan

06-28-2014, 15:23

Just loaded up 40 55gr Xtreme bullets with IMR 4064. Heading to the range now to test them at 300 yds. I'll report back when I'm done.

Im interested in the results. I have the same combo. I used 23.1 grains, 24.7 and 25.1. What did you start with? They wern't as accurate as the Horiday 55 grain. Or I was just off that day.

Great-Kazoo

06-28-2014, 15:52

Observed another board member convince himself, he needed a 1050.

Hoser

06-28-2014, 16:36

Observed another board member convince himself, he needed a 1050.

It happens.

cstone

06-28-2014, 16:52

Swaged a bunch of .30-06 brass and load a few hundred 55 gr .223 rounds. Tumbled clean a bunch of 9mm for a friend.

Rifle brass prep is just about a daily thing. If you have it, you might as well swage, size and trim it, even if you aren't ready to load it [Flower]

Chad0724

06-28-2014, 21:56

Got it all set up and made my first 50 rounds of 223

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Great-Kazoo

06-28-2014, 22:12

Got it all set up and made my first 50 rounds of 223

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Road testing tomorrow?

Chad0724

06-28-2014, 22:22

Road testing tomorrow?

I would like to.. Anyone wanna go?

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Great-Kazoo

06-28-2014, 23:23

I would like to.. Anyone wanna go?

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Thanks. I'm trying to set up an outdoor range in the alley. Seems zoning, some cops and neighbors are a tad hesitant on it. Hey it will keep the traffic and dust down, what's the issue ;)

Hoser

06-29-2014, 06:07

Got it all set up and made my first 50 rounds of 223

Looks good. Congrats.

Hoser

06-29-2014, 08:14

Roll sizing 4,000 pcs of 38 Super for a friend and working up a load for my AI PSR 300 Win Mag.

eneranch

06-29-2014, 15:52

After busting P-Dogs all day yesterday[rockon], I cleaned-up a small boat load of 223 brass. Also tumbled & prepped 45 acp from Friday.

nikolatesla19

06-29-2014, 16:40

After busting P-Dogs all day yesterday[rockon], I cleaned-up a small boat load of 223 brass. Also tumbled & prepped 45 acp from Friday.

You have the private hook up or if not where do you go?

eneranch

06-29-2014, 17:53

Met a landowner who knew other landowners

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DenverGP

06-29-2014, 20:36

Loaded up my test rounds for the Titegroup powder.

9mm 115gr plated, 1.125 OAL with 4.0gr, 4.2gr, and 4.4gr.
45acp 230gr plated, 1.250 OAL with 4.4gr, 4.6gr and 4.8gr.

46543

Even though the charges for the titegroup were lower than the charges for my AA5, they are very close to the same volume. So one common knock I heard against titegroup, being that it was easy to double-charge and not notice, isn't any worse than the AA5.

Hoser

06-29-2014, 20:45

This mornings ammo ran great. Five rounds each of 70, 71, 72 and 73 gns of H-1000. The first load turned out to be the best.

After dinner I headed back downstairs to finish up. While my roll sizer was busy running in the background, I loaded up 20 rounds of 300 Win Mag to see how they will shoot out towards a thousand yards. As long as they will hold sub 3/4 minute I will start loading a bunch of them.

MilehighGS

06-29-2014, 23:10

Did my first ever load yesterday......total of 50 of 300BLK. Since I did not read scale correctly, I now need to buy a bullet puller for 30 of them!

Took my reloads to the range today.....loaded up a couple rounds......then BANG.........I still had my face intact, case ejected, fed the next round and held the bolt when the mag was empty.
Reloads consist of Accurate 1680 powder, CCI primers, and 180 grain Sierra Pro Hunters bullets. Overall, pretty happy and excited with this reloading stuff!

nikolatesla19

06-30-2014, 08:21

Took my reloads to the range today.....loaded up a couple rounds......then BANG.........I still had my face intact, case ejected, fed the next round and held the bolt when the mag was empty.
Reloads consist of Accurate 1680 powder, CCI primers, and 180 grain Sierra Pro Hunters bullets. Overall, pretty happy and excited with this reloading stuff!

Shooting your very first reloads is very rewarding when they fly down range. It's a cool moment to know you loaded it yourself.

Zombie Steve

06-30-2014, 11:51

Rolled up around 650 rounds of .45 ball last night. Since I started casting, they've been just taking up space on the shelf.

Mayhap I'll run them through my Glock. There. I said it. I own a Glock. [hammer]

Tim K

06-30-2014, 16:53

Mayhap I'll run them through my Glock. There. I said it. I own a Glock. [hammer]

The first step is admitting you have a problem.

Caithford

07-01-2014, 09:14

I built a couple of cheap target stands out of 2x4x96's and 1x2x96's. Yay!

Great-Kazoo

07-01-2014, 14:33

Looked for a few boxes for finished rounds. Never located, i did find a complete lower, had no clue was out there. Wonder if i need to do a 4473 before i bring it in the house.

sellersm

07-01-2014, 14:41

asmo

07-01-2014, 17:36

Cried that I don't have a 1050.. So many buckets of brass - and just one little 600 to swage it all.

Alpha2

07-02-2014, 08:43

Started reloading 9mm 147's to replace those that I shot at the Colorado Freedom Shoot over the weekend. "Started" being the operative word.

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/jhallrv4/2014freedompistol_zpsfc7a889a.jpg (http://s126.photobucket.com/user/jhallrv4/media/2014freedompistol_zpsfc7a889a.jpg.html)

HoneyBadger

07-02-2014, 09:54

Looked for a few boxes for finished rounds. Never located, i did find a complete lower, had no clue was out there. Wonder if i need to do a 4473 before i bring it in the house.
Are you transferring it to your house?

HoneyBadger

07-02-2014, 10:06

Im interested in the results. I have the same combo. I used 23.1 grains, 24.7 and 25.1. What did you start with? They weren't as accurate as the Hornady 55 grain. Or I was just off that day.
I did write up a report on my dismal trip a few pages back...

Basically, my best results at 200 yds were with 23.0 gr of IMR 4064 which gave me a 4.16" group. Just a little over 2 MOA. A little disappointing, but I think I had quite a few other issues that day.

Great-Kazoo

07-02-2014, 11:46

Are you transferring it to your house?

It was out of my possession for more than 72 hrs [Sarcasm2]

packaging up some inert 38 rds for mazin.

Jamnanc

07-02-2014, 15:19

The first step is admitting you have a problem.
That's like too much money or too much sex. A good problem to have.

Great-Kazoo

07-02-2014, 15:58

That's like too much money or too much sex. A good problem to have.

stop acting like a spoiled dick [Coffee]

stodg73

07-04-2014, 17:05

Loaded up 1k .40 S&W with 5.6gr HP-38, 155gr FP, CCI primers.

Hoser

07-05-2014, 18:40

Loaded up 250 rounds of 300 Win Mag with Berger 300gn Hybrids and H-1000.

Gonna burn up a bunch of them tomorrow.

Great-Kazoo

07-06-2014, 17:59

pulled some misc calibers i loaded sometime ago. Unknown / unmarked specs. easier to reuse components than risk an accident.

bkincaid

07-06-2014, 18:49

Loaded up 250 rounds of 300 Win Mag with Berger 300gn Hybrids and H-1000.

Gonna burn up a bunch of them tomorrow.

A 300 gr 30 cal, interesting.

Inquiring minds (me) want to know, what kind of velocity/bc does one obtain from such a creature?

bobbyfairbanks

07-06-2014, 20:56

Test load of 220 gr 300 BLK with h110, few thousand .223 and prepped 300 BLK case mouths.

DenverGP

07-06-2014, 23:44

200 more 9mm loaded with 4.2 gr titegroup and xtreme 115gr bullets. And 500 more cases thru the tumbler.

BuffCyclist

07-07-2014, 06:59

Looked for a few boxes for finished rounds. Never located, i did find a complete lower, had no clue was out there. Wonder if i need to do a 4473 before i bring it in the house.

If you're still looking, those big white boxes that Xtreme Bullets come in are perfect for storage of reloads. The big box will hold 400x 9mm, or 250x .40S&W. Print out a little tag indicating the load data, quantity and whatnot, then tape it shut and stack em wherever. I'm getting rid of my 50rd factory ammo boxes in favor of this since I can store more bullets in less space since they aren't stacked neatly. And lets be honest here, reloading the mags from a pile of rounds or from a neatly organized tray isn't faster one way or another.

BuffCyclist

07-07-2014, 07:02

Decided to break out my reloading stuff yesterday, spent all morning tumbling, decapping, cleaning, sizing about 1000x 223 (trimming/deburring these), 750x 9mm, 500x .40S&W. Then finished with priming that 223 only since I'm apparently out of small pistol primers. My wife gave me crap for not packing, until I showed her that I was really consolidating containers and was able to trash about 5-10 smaller containers that were holding brass in various processing stages. I sure showed her! [LOL]

Hoser

07-07-2014, 07:26

A 300 gr 30 cal, interesting.

Inquiring minds (me) want to know, what kind of velocity/bc does one obtain from such a creature?

Good catch. Meant 230. Had 338 Lapua on the brain. Thats where I use 300 gn Hybrids.

DenverGP

07-07-2014, 13:56

If you're still looking, those big white boxes that Xtreme Bullets come in are perfect for storage of reloads.

Outstanding tip, not sure why I didn't think of using those. My first order from xtreme came in the large 1000 count box. My second order came in two smaller 500 count boxes. The smaller boxes work great for me for loaded ammo. It just barely holds 250 rounds of 9mm.

46877

BuffCyclist

07-07-2014, 14:03

Outstanding tip, not sure why I didn't think of using those. My first order from xtreme came in the large 1000 count box. My second order came in two smaller 500 count boxes. The smaller boxes work great for me for loaded ammo. It just barely holds 250 rounds of 9mm.

46877

Nice. I have always gotten my bullets in the boxes that are twice that size (long rectangular), so I guess those are the 1000rd boxes. But my last order, I got the 500rd boxes which might actually make it easier to store.

bobbyfairbanks

07-07-2014, 17:02

Big day,
4k .223 69gr smk with H335
500 300 BLK 125gr balistic tip with H110
finshed case mouth prep of about 2k BLK brass.
case necked turned a couple hundred .308
then I cleaned the shop a little. I'm going to switch tool heads to 9mm and then going to have a big spring cleaning. The shop is getting pretty messy.

roberth

07-08-2014, 16:31

Sort brass

Clean and trim 30-06 brass for the Garand

Great-Kazoo

07-08-2014, 21:53

Sorted some hand gun brass. Need to load test some .38spl 125 MG JHP's and 200gr xtreme plated 45 acp.

DenverGP

07-10-2014, 16:46

Installed my replacement primer feeder. I was having a issue where primers were occasionally getting stuck in the tube coming from the primer tray on my Lee Safety Prime. Emailed them, and they shipped out a replacement part free of charge, no questions asked. Now feeding perfectly.

Zombie Steve

07-10-2014, 16:53

http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x214/sbecht/Boolits_zps65b3bc88.jpg

Hoser

07-10-2014, 17:18

http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x214/sbecht/Boolits_zps65b3bc88.jpg

Casting for Stevie?

Great-Kazoo

07-10-2014, 17:26

http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x214/sbecht/Boolits_zps65b3bc88.jpg

Very nice. Wish i had the time, and room to cast.

Zombie Steve

07-10-2014, 17:36

Little Stevie don't shoot he-man calibers.

bobbyfairbanks

07-10-2014, 17:44

ya!

TheBelly

07-10-2014, 19:06

3 words: seventy-five mike mike.

yep...

vossman

07-11-2014, 14:59

Well I tried to load up .45 but I quit. Changed the 550 from .40 to .45, loaded some primers, set the powder measure to run a few test cases. Had a problem with primers not feeding, turns out I put the small primer bar back in so I got that fixed. Dumped bullets into the tray a spilled a few dozen on the floor and as I was getting up my arm hit the casing bin a dumped all 200 on the floor. After cleaning that up I am taking a break so I can get my focus back. Some times you need to take a break.

bobbyfairbanks

07-11-2014, 15:45

I here ya. That is what I'm doing right now. I can't tell you how many times I have forgot to switch the primer bar. Because of that reason I'm looking for another 550.

Great-Kazoo

07-11-2014, 16:49

I here ya. That is what I'm doing right now. I can't tell you how many times I have forgot to switch the primer bar. Because of that reason I'm looking for another 550.

To solve the primer issue i have one auto prime set for lg and 1 for small. Change from 357 - 45 off comes small, on goes large. No more remembering to swap small/large primer tube etc.

Alpha2

07-13-2014, 16:11

Finished loading my 147gr plated. I actually ran out of bullets and WSF at the same time! That almost never happens.

Jamnanc

07-13-2014, 17:15

Cleaned... Organized..... Not much fun.

Great-Kazoo

07-13-2014, 17:49

Cleaned... Organized..... Not much fun.

Come on over , see if i can catch the Mr. Clean motivation vibe.

Tossed a crappy paint job lower in the tumbler. Looks like it did a nice clean up job.

Hoser

07-14-2014, 19:49

Finished up a batch of 3,500 pcs of 300 Whisper/Blackout brass for a forum member.

Gonna have to load some 223 for myself here soon.

smchop

07-14-2014, 20:09

Loaded some 6mm Creedmoor for load development, gotta do some 6.5x284 next.

Great-Kazoo

07-15-2014, 17:22

Road tested some 38 125gr JHP's and 200gr plated 45's. Both loads were close to dead nuts as possible. Granted, tomorrow, i'll be lucky to hit the berm.

Zombie Steve

07-15-2014, 22:25

Lots 'o shootin today. Of all the things I need to reload, all I accomplished in the room today was drinking the champagne of beers and sizing / lubing all of the previously pictured boolits.

TheBelly

07-17-2014, 21:24

Yay annealing!! 1k pieces of .308 with a drill and propane torch.

Tim K

07-17-2014, 23:03

I procrastinated loading hoping my Giraud trimmer gets here before I have to do it the old fashioned way one more time.

Great-Kazoo

07-19-2014, 14:57

another 200 125gr 38spl JHP's

Jamnanc

07-19-2014, 16:05

30 308 168's. Loaded to a reasonable length.

Great-Kazoo

07-26-2014, 09:01

Some 223 and 400 125hr 38 HP's Looks cool enough today, might get the spouse to start tumbling the last few range trips brass.

roberth

07-27-2014, 18:21

Tumbling brass

i got some 62g lead core from Bulletheads so I'm going to be testing those

Alpha2

07-28-2014, 18:01

"get the spouse to"

Kazoo, how, exactly does this thing work? She shoots, she will occasionally load a mag...she knows where all the cleaning and reloading stuff is downstairs...but the "get the spouse to" thing escapes me...

BTW, We've been away at the PITA Grand Pacific Trapshooting Tournament for a while, I had to go downstairs today to make sure the basement is actually still there. Maybe get down there tomorrow and actually do something.

Great-Kazoo

07-28-2014, 18:07

Rucker61

07-28-2014, 21:13

Give them their own guns, and walk away.

OR

Tape a picture of her on a milk carton. Sometimes a picture IS worth a thousand words

That's OR and not AND, right?

kwando

07-28-2014, 21:15

Reloaded 200 rounds of 9mm.

Great-Kazoo

07-28-2014, 21:41

That's OR and not AND, right?

Whatever works to keep peace.

How one handles their relationship inside the home, is no one's business. Providing they are consenting adults.

DenverGP

07-30-2014, 12:59

Used up the last of my AA5. Loaded up 200 rounds of 9mm, and 127 rounds of 45 (ran out of my 45 bullets, more on order already).

Now I've got 1/2 a bottle of titegroup, and 4 unopened bottles CFE Pistol. I'll work up some test rounds for the CFE later this week. Not much reloading data out there for CFE Pistol. Only "official" source I've seen is the Hodgdon website. But that data, combined with recipes I've seen on various forums seem to match up pretty well, so I have an idea of where to start.

Tim K

07-30-2014, 15:48

I procrastinated (again) and worked on the secret gun shelves instead. Gotta load some .260 soon...

BuffCyclist

07-30-2014, 16:20

Loaded up 28rds of Mk316Mod0 last night and then boxed up my reloading press and drove all that stuff to the storage unit. Won't get to reload or even go shooting for at least 4mo. [Cry]

Great-Kazoo

07-30-2014, 17:34

browsing load data from late 70's & 80's manuals, and the powders used. Interesting info.

stodg73

07-30-2014, 17:37

Vacuumed the floor, redid the shelving units, and sorted brass.

Alpha2

08-02-2014, 08:27

Okay, so I tried the "picture on the milk carton" idea. Not going to do THAT again! I'm not taking Kazoo's advice anymore! That's going to leave a scar.

I've started working out after work since I got back from the Grand Pacific shoot. Nice by-product of that is my cooling down period in the basement (it's always cooler down there) is just about right for two boxes of 12 ga reloading.
Finished a case of rounds last night. And, I've got another thou of 147 gr 9mm's coming from Extreme Bullets. BTW, they have free shipping this month.

Zombie Steve

08-02-2014, 08:33

browsing load data from late 70's & 80's manuals, and the powders used. Interesting info.

It is interesting reading. With articles written by guys with names like Hodgdon, Page and O'Connor, all you can say is there's a solid foundation there.

Here's a link to 4 old manuals:

http://www.castpics.net/LoadData/OM/default.html

roberth

08-03-2014, 20:58

I ordered some lead (Keith 173g .358 and 265g .452) from Beartooth. If these work out then I'll add the Keith 250g .430 for my .44.

DenverGP

08-03-2014, 21:31

Tested my first 9mm rounds using the CFE Pistol. Metered very well. Looks like VERY tiny flakes, small enough that it flowed well in the powder measure.

Loaded up 15 each with 5.3gr, 5.5gr, and 5.7gr, using Xtreme 115gr plated round nose, at 1.125" OAL. Made sure to test all the round in both of my 9mm pistols. All of them seemed good, a little snappier than my titegroup rounds, which I'm thinking I may have loaded a little light. Muzzle flash was minimal, and both guns were pretty clean afterwards.

Going to use the 5.5gr load and load up a couple hundred 9mm.

eneranch

08-04-2014, 06:42

Measured Case capacity on some old brass; had a friend run my load thru QL & it came back OVERPRESSURE. Will now be pulling these down & reworking the load; ugh

Irving

08-04-2014, 08:02

Bent the flat spring inside the ram on my press. Have to call RCBS I guess.

Great-Kazoo

08-05-2014, 01:28

Helped jreifsch / Justin, sort his berdan brass, from everything else. Found 75 pcs of 1X Hornady 44mag . It's a message from the spirits, Buy A lever action 44mag.

Zombie Steve

08-05-2014, 06:03

I'm not sure why you would ever doubt such a thing.

NFATrustGuy

08-05-2014, 07:11

Helped jreifsch / Justin, sort his berdan brass, from everything else. Found 75 pcs of 1X Hornady 44mag . It's a message from the spirits, Buy A lever action 44mag.

If that's how the gun spirits speak to us, then I should probably buy a bunch of guns in .380 because I seem to always find a bunch of .380 mixed in with my 9mm! ...of course I always seem to find it just AFTER I've seated a 9mm bullet in the .380 case...

[Mad]

SamuraiCO

08-05-2014, 07:36

cleaned .45 brass now time to reload. I shot up the last reloads over the weekend. Was happy to find the Berry's bullets I use at Cabellas. Quick price check on internet shows the same price. Bought one box should have bought both of them.

MarkCO

08-05-2014, 09:17

Over the past 4 days...

Deprimed, cleaned in ultrasonic, and prepped for loading 200 pieces of .260 Rem brass. Made 100 pieces of 6.5PCC brass. Loaded 100 rounds of 240SMK 300BO ammo. Loaded 1200 rounds of 9mm. Loaded 300 rounds of .308. Loaded 50 rounds of .414 SuperMag.

Great-Kazoo

08-08-2014, 15:12

eneranch

08-08-2014, 15:28

Pistol Powder ??
Unheard of around these parts; you should invest in Lotto tickets.

stodg73

08-08-2014, 17:42

Ran some .223 brass through the 1050.

Great-Kazoo

08-08-2014, 18:43

Pistol Powder ??
Unheard of around these parts; you should invest in Lotto tickets.

Elk Bomb Had 4 lbs of AA#7

Zombie Steve

08-08-2014, 20:13

Couple dozen rounds for the .338-06, 50 rounds of .44 mag for the second batch of tests with the lever gun (new cast boolit)... still in search of the .44 mag load that the rifle and pistol both shoot well.

TheBelly

08-08-2014, 20:28

100 rds of .308 on my single stage. It's fun to get into the little details.

XC700116

08-08-2014, 21:29

Picked up a few lbs of hand gun powder i didn't need, but took anyway. The feast or famine of components keeps one on their toes. No matter how many folks say, Components are making a comeback. Sure they are, like vanilla ice and milli vanilli.

Yeap, I was in Omaha and stopped in a shop that had an impressive amount of powder on the shelf. They even had 8lb and 1lb jugs of Winchester Autocomp, which is a great pistol powder for 9/40/45 etc. One guy in there was trying to find titegroup and I told him to give the autocomp a try, he couldn't wrap his head around the fact that a different powder might be as good or better than what he was using. Oh well, his loss. I walked out of there with 24lbs of powder, and a lighter wallet.

Now I get to spend some time tuning up some 7-08 brass into 260 brass. Found a shop that had it on the shelf too.

brutal

08-08-2014, 22:16

Knocked over a couple hundred primed .308 cases I had stacked in a plastic tub while moving the workbench over 1" while re-arranging the basement to make more room for storage.

HoneyBadger

08-08-2014, 23:06

Loaded a test run of Hornady 75gr BTHPs to test tomorrow in the new 1:8 upper.

22-24gr H335
CCI#400 primers
Brass is marked "AD 08 5.56"
OAL is 2.270

Great-Kazoo

08-09-2014, 00:19

Loaded a test run of Hornady 75gr BTHPs to test tomorrow in the new 1:8 upper.

22-24gr H335
CCI#400 primers
Brass is marked "AD 08 5.56"
OAL is 2.270

Not sure on 335, but western/ alliant gives different specs for 5.56 & 223 YMWV
http://www.accuratepowder.com/load-data/

HoneyBadger

08-09-2014, 21:46

Not sure on 335, but western/ alliant gives different specs for 5.56 & 223 YMWV
http://www.accuratepowder.com/load-data/
I ended up stopping at 23.3gr due to pressure signs. Best accuracy was with 22.0gr
http://i.imgur.com/Bejl7Lql.png?1

Great-Kazoo

08-09-2014, 22:11

I ended up stopping at 23.3gr due to pressure signs. Best accuracy was with 22.0gr
http://i.imgur.com/Bejl7Lql.png?1

Nice grouping.
https://sp3.yimg.com/ib/th?id=HN.608037425128148607&pid=15.1&P=0

HoneyBadger

08-10-2014, 08:56

That's my first BCM upper and I had heard that they were good shooters, but... Damn! I was actually really pissed off when I shot it because I saw the first shot (in the white) and the next two shots were in the middle of the stripe and couldn't see them... I thought I had somehow completely missed. I started checking my scope mounting, etc to make sure everything was still tight.

Great-Kazoo

08-10-2014, 11:49

Putting a reloading component pkg together for a family member. He & his kid decided it's time to learn how to reload. Be nice having another person running the dillons.

Grab a chair, you start by learning how to process brass, yes all of it ;)

TheBelly

08-10-2014, 16:00

Loaded up 100 rds of .308 FGMM clone. I surprised myself as I was able to lay down and (quite luckily) hit an 18" plate at 750yds on the first trigger pull of the day.

I should have just stopped there, but, nope.....

eneranch

08-11-2014, 07:03

Prepped & loaded 550 rds of 45 ACP; need powder

roberth

08-11-2014, 17:00

Lately I've been trimming and swaging brash.........ugh.

Great-Kazoo

08-12-2014, 09:45

Getting ready to redo my vacuum set up for the 1050 trimmer.

Jamnanc

08-12-2014, 10:10

Resized cleaned, trimmed, chamfered 250 308 brass.

Lars

08-12-2014, 22:53

Reloaded 50 rounds of .300 WSM for a buddy, then prepped brass for my .300 Weatherby and my 30-378 Weatherby. Getting rounds ready for the Alaska trip

roberth

08-13-2014, 07:07

Reloading 200g lead in 45ACP and 62g lead-core for 5.56. :) I like ammo.

Great-Kazoo

08-15-2014, 09:33

Ladder testing loads using TAC for my cousins AR. His kid has really picked up the reloading thing. Now if he can finish the ABC's of reloading...

DenverGP

08-15-2014, 10:27

Loaded a hundred rounds of 9mm using 5.5 gr of CFE Pistol with xtreme 115gr plated round nose. I had done test loads from 5.3gr to 5.7gr, and since they all ran great decided to go for the middle load, and run a bunch.

Was my first reloading since having surprise surgery last week to remove my appendix. Reloading doesn't seem that physical, but was definitely sore afterwards.

Speaking of xtreme, hopefully my next batch of bullets will be here soon... ordered them on 7/30, just showed as shipped 2 days ago.

Great-Kazoo

08-16-2014, 13:38

Watched the spouse unload my goodies from jhood001's garage sale ;)

XC700116

08-16-2014, 22:34

Built my new loading bench and cleaned out the room, it was starting to look like a bomb went off in there.

http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj197/XC700116/DSCN0886_zps986da783.jpg (http://s272.photobucket.com/user/XC700116/media/DSCN0886_zps986da783.jpg.html)

Zombie Steve

08-17-2014, 08:20

Looks nice, but there's something very sick about how clean it all is.

Great-Kazoo

08-17-2014, 11:24

Looks nice, but there's something very sick about how clean it all is.

Without confusion i don't think i'd locate anything. Did i mention i'm reorganizing the shop ;)

Hoser

08-17-2014, 13:26

Loaded up 100 rounds of subsonic 308. Trailboss powder and Sierra 175 Matchkings. Almost as quiet as a suppressed 22 lr. Shooting them through a 18.5 inch barrel and Thunderbeast 338BA can.

And then... got back to the grind of converting a couple 5 gallon buckets of 5.56 brass into 300 Whisper/Blackout for a buddy.

http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/ac105/puebloshooter/DSC03645.jpg (http://s890.photobucket.com/user/puebloshooter/media/DSC03645.jpg.html)

http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/ac105/puebloshooter/DSC03646.jpg (http://s890.photobucket.com/user/puebloshooter/media/DSC03646.jpg.html)

HoneyBadger

08-17-2014, 16:46

Built my new loading bench and cleaned out the room, it was starting to look like a bomb went off in there.

Looks nice, but there's something very sick about how clean it all is.
Yeah... I can't even see the surface of my reloading bench right now...

XC700116

08-17-2014, 17:34

Looks nice, but there's something very sick about how clean it all is.

That's only because I just built it yesterday, give it a week and it will look like a bomb went off in there.

Zombie Steve

08-17-2014, 21:47

That's only because I just built it yesterday, give it a week and it will look like a bomb went off in there.

I understand, but for the love of the Lead Gods get a girlie calendar, spittoon and some antlers in there!!! What's happening to my country?!?!?!? <sob>

cstone

08-17-2014, 22:37

XC700116

08-17-2014, 22:51

I understand, but for the love of the Lead Gods get a girlie calendar, spittoon and some antlers in there!!! What's happening to my country?!?!?!? <sob>

Spittoon was on the desk on the opposite wall of the bench, Plenty of lead in the closet just outside of the room, but all my antlers are in my dad's house in MN. Girlie calendar is on the fridge.

My whole house is a man cave, so my loading room is a little bit more sterile. [Beer]

Zombie Steve

08-17-2014, 22:53

OoooooOOOOoooo, Godblessyaladdie.

Great-Kazoo

08-17-2014, 23:02

Has anyone else noticed that Giraud has a new trimmer similar to the Crow Gun Works WFT. http://www.giraudtool.com/Tri%20Way%20Trimmer.htm

I'm getting tired of hand trimming .30-06, so this will probably be my next purchase.

You didn't see the standard giraud last time you stopped by ? Might have been in storage, i'm redoing the shop, or did i say that already ?

Feel like i'm going through vou ja de. never been here before.

cstone

08-18-2014, 06:54

You didn't see the standard giraud last time you stopped by ? Might have been in storage, i'm redoing the shop, or did i say that already ?

Feel like i'm going through vou ja de. never been here before.

I didn't look for it, but I was so busy on the 1050, and the 1200 does a very nice job on .223, so I didn't have any reason to look for it.

I keep telling myself that once I've gotten caught up on the large quantity of any given caliber, I won't mind doing a hundred of anything by hand. I may be deluding myself. Inhaling too many brass shavings.

Great-Kazoo

08-18-2014, 08:46

f. Inhaling too many brass shavings.

Don't run for president, with that revelation.

cstone

08-18-2014, 09:02

Don't run for president, with that revelation.

I've been in the White House once or twice. It definitely convinced me I never want to live in public housing.

DenverGP

08-18-2014, 18:31

Loaded up my first test rounds using CFE Pistol and Xtreme 124gr plated flat point bullets. Didn't find much load data for CFE with 124gr bullets, but based on the single item on the hodgdon site and then verifying against loads I found on forums, I ended up with 4.9, 5.1, and 5.3 grains at 1.100 OAL. Will get to the range to test them out tomorrow.