What did you do in the reloading room today?

[Hoser]

I loaded up 300 rounds of 38 Special ammo, 500 rounds of 300 Whisper and processed about 2,000 pcs of 5.56 brass.

You?

[cstone]

I will hand prime 300 or 400 .40 S&W cases this evening.

At least it's something [Coffee]

[Beprepared]

Built my closet reloading bench for my new Hornady LNL classic. [Coffee] Well, almost done.

[DFBrews]

Sized blackout brass on the nut cracker hand press during my down time

[Jesus-With-A-.45]

Looked at it while typing this response.

[Great-Kazoo]

Tried to locate what ever it was i lost. Then measured how much more room i need, for another Blue Meanie.

[hghclsswhitetrsh]

Looked around and said. Damn this place is messy, then quickly vacated the room.

[sabot_round]

I help preserve the environment by recycling aluminum cans and turned them into 1200 gas checks. Then I installed them on my 9mm boolits. Now it's time to load them.

[Gunner]

I have a reloading room?

[Irving]

I tumbled a few pieces of brass for about an hour the other day.

[nikolatesla19]

Finally got it all set up and took a step back and :)

[BuffCyclist]

I thought about how to build a swing up table in my garage, next to one of my cars so I can have a workbench and convince my fiancee that reloading is cheaper than buying factory ammo so that I can buy a reloading setup.

Currently thinking about just getting a tumbler and hand primer so I can clean and prime the 3-4k of .223 and .40s&w brass that I've been saving.

[sellersm]

Converted from .45 LPP to 9mm SPP and then loaded up 200 9mm. I'll bet you had all of yours loaded up before I even swapped priming setups!! [Coffee]

[Danimal]

100 300 BLK 200 .223. Then I looked at the buckets and buckets of brass that still need to be processed. Le sigh.

[Danimal]

http://i656.photobucket.com/albums/uu288/harthand/Untitled-1_zps37b8797f.jpg

Ohhhhhh Pretty

[Jherexx]

sized and trimmed 100pcs 7mm mauser brass

[Tim K]

Walked in, grabbed some ammo to weight up my pack, flipped the presses the bird, and did 9 miles in the hills.

Tomorrow I sort the .223 brass you processed for me and maybe load up 25 of my new pet load for the .260.

[Zombie Steve]

Sized / lubed around a thousand cast .45 bullets with / for a buddy... goes fast when you're shootin' the breeze.

[Lurch]

Figured out I have about 3/4 of everything I need to load the calibers that I shoot.

[CareyH]

I loaded up 50 12ga slugs, nothing to exciting.

[ChadAmberg]

Couple hundred 9mm... but also bought 2k primers.

[rondog]

For several years, my ammo stash has been split between the garage and the basement, and here and there. Stuffed into dozens of ammo cans, just in general disarray. I've been schlepping it all into the garage, and resorting and recanning it all. DAMN, what a chore! I've got way more than I thought, yet I'm sure many of you have lots more. I just have so many different calibers, and different loads in each, keeping them sorted and stored is a challenge. Then I need to do the same with the two shitloads of brass I have in buckets......a dozen calibers, from pure filthy to polished and primed, and all stages in between.

It's hell being an anal, disorganized packrat and hoarder. Yet I'll still pick up every damn case I see.....

[SA Friday]

Killed terrorists on Rainbow 6 on the Xbox for a while. Yep, gotta nice little entertainment system in my man cave.

[NGCSUGrad09]

Processed a few thousand pieces of .223 brass and organized my newly acquired primers. Still have about 8,000 cases to work on tomorrow.

[coop68]

i went a fired 100 of my reloads and some .22lr before the weather turned bad. headed into work to see the bare shelf's with hardly any ammo.

now currently tumbling the rounds i fired! waiting on bullets i ordered a month ago, processed 1000 .223 cases back a month ago all ready to go just need primers, powder and bullets and a little of my time.

[madmike283]

Finishing up processing of ~3k pieces of pistol brass. I need to do a cleanup after that, then maybe load 400-500 rounds of 9mm later.

[dogbreath650]

Loaded up 50 9mm with small magnum pistol primers which was all I could find. If they fire OK in my CZ I'll start loading up the rest. They should work but before I load up a whole bunch, need to make sure...

[encorehunter]

I trimmed around 300 rounds of .308 brass, then primed with my hand primer until I got a blister on the back of my thumb.

[clocker]

Received the bullet feeder for my LNL AP and installed it. 100 9mm in ~12 min taking it slow and easy to start. I'm more than happy :)
I've been helping my old fire chief learn to reload over the last few weeks. Hopefully he'll have some free time tonight and we'll load up some 223.

[TTWHTD]

I produced my first round ever. I'm grinning like a mule chewing barb wire! . .45 acp on my new Dillon 550. Can't wait to go shoot some of these.
On a side note, thanks to a lot of you bums for posting info to help a guy out. I appreciate it!

[ray1970]

I produced my first round ever. I'm grinning like a mule chewing barb wire! . .45 acp on my new Dillon 550. Can't wait to go shoot some of these.
On a side note, thanks to a lot of you bums for posting info to help a guy out. I appreciate it!

Why does this come to mind when I read your post? [Coffee]

http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/amtkaboom2.jpg

[birddog]

Holy Smokes, glad that's not mine.

i didn't do squat on the bench today but this thread is quickly becoming one of my favorites. Thanks for starting it, very motivational.

[ford_muscle1]

Cleaned and primed about 100 peices of .223 still got a bit more to go.

[TTWHTD]

Why does this come to mind when I read your post? [Coffee]

http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/amtkaboom2.jpg

Damn you! Keep your negative vibes away!

Ive read, watched, taken notes, referenced, cross referenced and triple checked. I had to pull that damn lever eventually!

[Caithford]

Loaded 100 rounds of .45acp single stage. Trying some W231. Went to BluCore today to shoot them... 3 hour wait, said fuck that and went home to watch Batman.

[ray1970]

Damn you! Keep your negative vibes away!

Ive read, watched, taken notes, referenced, cross referenced and triple checked. I had to pull that damn lever eventually!

Just razzing you a bit. Everyone who loads had never done it until the first time they did it. I've been doing it for over 20 years and haven't destroyed anything yet.

You'll be just fine. [Awesom]

[Danimal]

For several years, my ammo stash has been split between the garage and the basement, and here and there. Stuffed into dozens of ammo cans, just in general disarray. I've been schlepping it all into the garage, and resorting and recanning it all. DAMN, what a chore! I've got way more than I thought, yet I'm sure many of you have lots more. I just have so many different calibers, and different loads in each, keeping them sorted and stored is a challenge. Then I need to do the same with the two shitloads of brass I have in buckets......a dozen calibers, from pure filthy to polished and primed, and all stages in between.

It's hell being an anal, disorganized packrat and hoarder. Yet I'll still pick up every damn case I see.....

I suffered from this once, so I went out and shot the hell out of everything that I had. Clean slate, dirty brass but at least you know where everything is and had one hell of an afternoon!

[Danimal]

Why does this come to mind when I read your post? [Coffee]

http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/amtkaboom2.jpg

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XU9x8G7khv0/SwSlV2FiKHI/AAAAAAAALCs/1KnNOpGnwZc/s1600/explodedrevolver4.jpg

[TTWHTD]

Just razzing you a bit. Everyone who loads had never done it until the first time they did it. I've been doing it for over 20 years and haven't destroyed anything yet.

You'll be just fine. [Awesom]

All good my friend. However, I will be mildly annoyed if my Wilson Combat blows in 2.

[clocker]

I started with 45 ACP too. Being a relatively low pressure round and a nice big case that you can see into makes it perfect for beginners in my opinion. Good luck, but I remember well the pucker factor on touching off my first loads :)

[DSB OUTDOORS]

Loaded another 200 rounds of 300 Blackout, deprimed and re-sized some 45 ACP. And reorganized my brass holding racks.

[Zombie Steve]

Loaded up some .357 mag to replace what I shot last week, loaded some good old fashioned .45 Colt with some lead round nose boolits and got in a few mags worth of a new .45 auto load I've been testing.

[Rucker61]

Today, I loaded my first rounds ever. After spending time in January decapping, sorting, trimming, chamfering, pocket cleaning, degreasing and priming, I finally got to load my first rounds. I'm working to get the best rounds for both antelope and elk this fall, so I loaded up 5 rounds each of Barnes 150gr tipped TSX in Wincester brass and Federal 210 primers with 46, 47 and 48 grains of Varget. I also loaded 168gr Barnes TTSX in Federal brass with 43, 44 and 45 grains of RL15. Once I figure out which of those set ups I like best, I'll finish off the boxes of Barnes and load up the remainder of my powder with 150gr Hornady FMJ and 168gr Hornady AMAX for practice.

[Zombie Steve]

Today, I loaded my first rounds ever. After spending time in January decapping, sorting, trimming, chamfering, pocket cleaning, degreasing and priming, I finally got to load my first rounds. I'm working to get the best rounds for both antelope and elk this fall, so I loaded up 5 rounds each of Barnes 150gr tipped TSX in Wincester brass and Federal 210 primers with 46, 47 and 48 grains of Varget. I also loaded 168gr Barnes TTSX in Federal brass with 43, 44 and 45 grains of RL15. Once I figure out which of those set ups I like best, I'll finish off the boxes of Barnes and load up the remainder of my powder with 150gr Hornady FMJ and 168gr Hornady AMAX for practice.

I usually like to ladder up in 1% jumps in rifle (and usually less as I approach max). In this case, half grain increments. You might skip right over your sweet spot (or the threshold for overpressure). What cartridge are we talking about here? .30-06?

Also - not trying to give you grief or anything, but you know the barnes all copper bullet is going to have a long bearing surface. What your gun likes for this probably won't be plug-and-play with a traditional fmj or amax of the same weight. No free lunch. Load development takes time and effort.


Good luck on shooting the first rifle loads. Be safe.

[SA Friday]

I usually like to ladder up in 1% jumps in rifle (and usually less as I approach max). In this case, half grain increments. You might skip right over your sweet spot (or the threshold for overpressure). What cartridge are we talking about here? .30-06?

Also - not trying to give you grief or anything, but you know the barnes all copper bullet is going to have a long bearing surface. What your gun likes for this probably won't be plug-and-play with a traditional fmj or amax of the same weight. No free lunch. Load development takes time and effort.


Good luck on shooting the first rifle loads. Be safe.
With those charges I would suspect 308 and not 30-06. I like to do half grain charges until I find the area the gun seems to like and then run a second test run at every 0.2 grains.

[Rucker61]

I usually like to ladder up in 1% jumps in rifle (and usually less as I approach max). In this case, half grain increments. You might skip right over your sweet spot (or the threshold for overpressure). What cartridge are we talking about here? .30-06?

Also - not trying to give you grief or anything, but you know the barnes all copper bullet is going to have a long bearing surface. What your gun likes for this probably won't be plug-and-play with a traditional fmj or amax of the same weight. No free lunch. Load development takes time and effort.


Good luck on shooting the first rifle loads. Be safe.

No grief taken. I shot the 150 gr last year in my .308 Tikka, and really didn't see much accuracy difference between 44 and 47 gr (one grain increments). I'd love to do more experimentation to really hone in on the best load, but with the scarcity of bullets, power and primers, I can't play around as much as I used to. I didn't see any pressure issues at 47 gr with the 150, so perhaps I should just start from there and load 3 at .2 gr increments. First time with the 168s, so I didn't want to jump into max load (45). I realize that the non-Barnes aren't drop in replacements, but as long as they group somewhere (and a known somewhere) I can at least stay shooting over the summer. I don't even have enough RL15 and Varget to load the bullets I do have. At least my arrows are reuseable.

[SA Friday]

No grief taken. I shot the 150 gr last year in my .308 Tikka, and really didn't see much accuracy difference between 44 and 47 gr (one grain increments). I'd love to do more experimentation to really hone in on the best load, but with the scarcity of bullets, power and primers, I can't play around as much as I used to. I didn't see any pressure issues at 47 gr with the 150, so perhaps I should just start from there and load 3 at .2 gr increments. First time with the 168s, so I didn't want to jump into max load (45). I realize that the non-Barnes aren't drop in replacements, but as long as they group somewhere (and a known somewhere) I can at least stay shooting over the summer. I don't even have enough RL15 and Varget to load the bullets I do have. At least my arrows are reuseable.

If you are not seeing a difference in group sizes from one test load to another, something is off. It could be many things. Most common is the OAL is too short and you are jumping the bullet too far to see where the rifle is really wanting the bullet at a certain velocity. Another can be the gun just doesn't like the bullet. Neither of my 308's shoot 150's for damn. They both shoot 175 SKMs in half inch groups. Barnes bullets are a PITA if you ask me. They are long and light, and this makes everything kind of a craps-shoot like Steve was mentioning earlier.

[Zombie Steve]

I guess I'm confused. I thought today was your first loads you've ever done.

48 grains of Varget sounds like a pile. Maybe the barnes data is different, but it's a grain over max on the Hodgdon site, and more than 3 grains over the sierra data for a 150 grain bullet. Maybe I just need some sleep, but that looked like a light '06 charge, and when I think hunting, I think '06. =)


Edited to add - if he's not seeing anything grouping better than anything else, they all might be overpressure too. Again, don't know about Barnes bullets and I'm not researching anything right now. Have a good night.

[Rucker61]

I guess I'm confused. I thought today was your first loads you've ever done.


Sorry. A hunting buddy loaded my rounds for my last season.




48 grains of Varget sounds like a pile. Maybe the barnes data is different, but it's a grain over max on the Hodgdon site, and more than 3 grains over the sierra data for a 150 grain bullet. Maybe I just need some sleep, but that looked like a light '06 charge, and when I think hunting, I think '06. =)



48 is max according to Barnes latest data.





Edited to add - if he's not seeing anything grouping better than anything else, they all might be overpressure too. Again, don't know about Barnes bullets and I'm not researching anything right now. Have a good night.

We did 43 to 47 grains last year, and I only shot one 5 round group at 100 yds with each load. Not the best test, for sure, but all were around 1" with one flier. My rifle really liked the Freedom Munitions 155 gr AMAXs, but that's not a good elk round.

[Rucker61]

If you are not seeing a difference in group sizes from one test load to another, something is off. It could be many things. Most common is the OAL is too short and you are jumping the bullet too far to see where the rifle is really wanting the bullet at a certain velocity.

When we first set up the OAL, we backed off 0.05" from the lands, but the cartridge wouldn't feed from the detachable Tikka magazine. Right now I'm at 2.177" to the ogive, using the Hornady Comparator. Don't think I can get too much longer and still feed.

Edit: and thanks very much for the advice. Given that the 150 will just be for goats and whitetails, I think I'll not worry about getting too hot. I'll just stick around 46 and play with .2 gr increments. My best three round group with 46 was 1.25" at 250 yards.

[Zombie Steve]

Well again, have fun, be safe.

Sorry to derail the thread.

This whole work thing is going to really cut into my casting / reloading time today...

[SA Friday]

1.25" groups at 250 yds? You're done, that's about as good as you are ever going to see with a high end hunting bullet from most rifles.

BTW shooting 5 round groups at 100 yds is the best test possible for building reloads. There a whole thread on this in the reloading section I started about a year or so ago.

[Rucker61]

1.25" groups at 250 yds? You're done, that's about as good as you are ever going to see with a high end hunting bullet from most rifles.



It was just the once ;) Usually it's an MOA.




BTW shooting 5 round groups at 100 yds is the best test possible for building reloads. There a whole thread on this in the reloading section I started about a year or so ago.

The 250 yd groups are where I was zeroing for goat hunting. I did follow the suggestions on groups at 100 yds for initial load development.

[rondog]

I'm gettin' there......and lemme tell ya, those shelves are straining! Those cans are as full as I can get them of boxed ammo of all kinds, I need to work on making new labels for 'em now.

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b150/rinselman/guns/ammo%20and%20reloading/DSC_0068.jpg

[Rucker61]

I'm gettin' there......and lemme tell ya, those shelves are straining! Those cans are as full as I can get them of boxed ammo of all kinds, I need to work on making new labels for 'em now.

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b150/rinselman/guns/ammo%20and%20reloading/DSC_0068.jpg


You have more ammo than most stores right now.

[clocker]

That's a metric ton of ammo cans! Thanks for reminding me of how much I need to go find a few more 30 and 50cal cans. [facepalm]

[rondog]

You have more ammo than most stores right now.
Very, very little commercial stuff though. Only a couple hundred 9mm & .40 S&W, and all the .22's of course. The rest are milsurps or handloads for the majority.

[Danimal]

Today, I loaded my first rounds ever. After spending time in January decapping, sorting, trimming, chamfering, pocket cleaning, degreasing and priming, I finally got to load my first rounds. I'm working to get the best rounds for both antelope and elk this fall, so I loaded up 5 rounds each of Barnes 150gr tipped TSX in Wincester brass and Federal 210 primers with 46, 47 and 48 grains of Varget. I also loaded 168gr Barnes TTSX in Federal brass with 43, 44 and 45 grains of RL15. Once I figure out which of those set ups I like best, I'll finish off the boxes of Barnes and load up the remainder of my powder with 150gr Hornady FMJ and 168gr Hornady AMAX for practice.

168 grain amax with 45 grains of RL-15 shoots like a dream in my .308, but it really is over-pressured just so you know. My barrel is 24" so if you have a shorter one maybe it wont be a problem but I get two maybe three loads out of the brass before the neck splits (from brand new brass). The primers are hammered flat too; any further and I would not even considering using it, but I can hit a clay at 500 yards 9 out of 10 times so it is hard to let it go. Maybe if you anneal your brass you will have better luck near the max pressures.

[Danimal]

I'm gettin' there......and lemme tell ya, those shelves are straining! Those cans are as full as I can get them of boxed ammo of all kinds, I need to work on making new labels for 'em now.

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b150/rinselman/guns/ammo%20and%20reloading/DSC_0068.jpg

I need to get some more fat 50's. That is a pile of ammo cans, I don't even know what I would put in them all.

[Great-Kazoo]

I watched another blue unit being unloaded in the "shop" 3 car garage just ain't cutting it no more. Gotta get me a new hat.

[Rucker61]

168 grain amax with 45 grains of RL-15 shoots like a dream in my .308, but it really is over-pressured just so you know. My barrel is 24" so if you have a shorter one maybe it wont be a problem but I get two maybe three loads out of the brass before the neck splits (from brand new brass). The primers are hammered flat too; any further and I would not even considering using it, but I can hit a clay at 500 yards 9 out of 10 times so it is hard to let it go. Maybe if you anneal your brass you will have better luck near the max pressures.

Good to know. My rifle has a 22" barrel, and this is the elk load, so it won't get a lot of these rounds through it. I won't have the powder or time to shoot like I did last year. I've added a bow to the arsenal and I need much, much practice and strengthening with it, though. Given SA Friday's comments on my 150 load, I just unloaded the hotter test rounds and loaded everything up at 46 grs. Why mess with what works?

[Danimal]

I watched another blue unit being unloaded in the "shop" 3 car garage just ain't cutting it no more. Gotta get me a new hat.

You got another one huh? I need to insulate and heat my garage so I can do the same. Called Giraud, he is going to get back to me today about the .308 discs for the annealer.

[Great-Kazoo]

You got another one huh? I need to insulate and heat my garage so I can do the same. Called Giraud, he is going to get back to me today about the .308 discs for the annealer.

PM Sent!

[Marine24]

Ordered a Redding T-7 and am waiting expectantly for my xtreme bullets to arrive.

[sellersm]

Fiddled with the crimp on my 9mm loads, loaded up another 100 rounds after de-crimping these stupid WCC crimped once-fired cartridges... The little, cheap Lee chamfer tool works great for that task!!

[Danimal]

Fiddled with the crimp on my 9mm loads, loaded up another 100 rounds after de-crimping these stupid WCC crimped once-fired cartridges... The little, cheap Lee chamfer tool works great for that task!!

I hated the crimp on WCC and FC cases so bad that I would have nightmares about them after a long day of reloading.

[spittoon]

Stashing the bullets that came in today and dreading the massive cleaning i need to do

[Dingo]

Rubbing my little paws together with maniacal chipmunk glee that I managed to snag a bottle of Unique all to myself. Sad, no?

[Zombie Steve]

I sniffed my 8lb jug of Varget a little bit.

http://images.sodahead.com/polls/001133671/too_ashamed_xlarge.jpeg

[Hoser]

I sniffed my 8lb jug of Varget a little bit.

Just one jug? Friggin new guy.

[Zombie Steve]

[Twist]

[Mazin]

Just decapped 2.5k of 223. Found out I have a hell of a lot of berden primed brass, anyone have any ideas on what to do with it?


Sent from a Magpul enhanced tactical iPhone using High Capacity "clips".

[clocker]

Depends on how motivated you are for the brass :) Either add it to the recycle bucket, put it up for sale or try to find some berdan primers and reload

[bobbyfairbanks]

I dreamed of being in my reloading room, opening up all of my boxes filled with powder, primers, brass and bullets. Soon very soon I will be back in my room.

[Hoser]

Just decapped 2.5k of 223. Found out I have a hell of a lot of berden primed brass, anyone have any ideas on what to do with it?

If its brass, the recycle bucket.

[Madusa]

Discovered I was out of ammo and full of empty brass.

[Zombie Steve]

I dreamed of being in my reloading room, opening up all of my boxes filled with powder, primers, brass and bullets. Soon very soon I will be back in my room.


See you in a few days, Amigo. We need to do some casting.

[BuffCyclist]

Just cleaned, sorted by caliber then headstamp about 2k worth of pistol brass. 1k of it was already grouped by .40s&w, but the rest was all together in a bag.

Note to self and anyone else getting started with cleaning their pistol brass: sort by caliber THEN clean.

Boy oh boy, its amazing how perfectly a 9mm fits inside a .40s&w which fits inside a .45acp. And then, tiny bits of cleaning media get stuck in between the cases and wedge them together.

Looking forward to getting my press so I can start decapping and priming.

[4gunfun]

I just started working up some loads for my 2 new 22-250's. The books say OAL to be in the 2.350 range but I measured my chambers with the wooden dowel methed and come up with 2.500 OAL and longer with 3 different bullets. (40 and 50 grain nosler balistic tips and 64 gr winchester power points) I'm using H380 powder so far. Is 2.500 too long?

[rpm]

Finished up 1k of 9mm on the 550b

[Hoser]

I threw 500 pcs of 6CM brass in the stainless media tumbler and converted 1,000 pcs of 223 into 300 Whisper/Blackout for a friend.

[scratchy]

Decapped and sized a couple hundred 40S&W

[Caithford]

Poured 3/4 of a coffee can worth of 230 gr LRN boolits! Woot!

[Tim K]

First, I looked at my supplies of Varget and H4350 and got angry. Where in blue blazes is it all going? You know they're making more but you never see a single pound for sale.

After some deep breathing exercises and a double scotch, I decapped, cleaned and sized my .260 match brass.

[ray1970]

I stared at my Varget, not wanting to open it just yet. Think I'll use up the 4895 first.

[Tim K]

Where do you live, Ray? Do you have an alarm system?

[ray1970]

Where do you live, Ray? Do you have an alarm system?

Lol. I stumbled on some powder locally and bought all I could afford. Even a blind pig finds a truffle every now and then.

[fly boy]

Finally got the first piece of equipment.... Besides the super heavy duty table of course:

http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/s480x480/485392_10151441516146492_1305921336_n.jpg

[SA Friday]

Last night, I pulled 300 bullets. Today, I resized 300 pieces of Lapua brass. Tonight, I will be refilling the 300 pieces of Lapua brass with the powder I took from the cartridges and reseating the 300 bullets I pulled from them...

Ya, I'm Fn mad. I found some of the rounds would fit, some wouldn't. Two different guns, two different chamber dimensions. They would all fit the loose chamber. Complete fucking rookie mistake and I know better. Winchesher for the PSS and Lapua for the AICS from now on.

[Zombie Steve]

Managed to swipe a few hundred pieces of .30-06 brass from a certain old codger up in Conifer. Tumbling 70 years worth of grime off them now.

Lake City '43!!!

[Tim K]

Last night, I pulled 300 bullets. Today, I resized 300 pieces of Lapua brass. Tonight, I will be refilling the 300 pieces of Lapua brass with the powder I took from the cartridges and reseating the 300 bullets I pulled from them...

Ya, I'm Fn mad. I found some of the rounds would fit, some wouldn't. Two different guns, two different chamber dimensions. They would all fit the loose chamber. Complete fucking rookie mistake and I know better. Winchesher for the PSS and Lapua for the AICS from now on.

You have too many guns and are obviously incapable of maintaining two rifles simultaneously. Give me the AI and all your problems will be solved.

[Madusa]

Casted 40 cal 180g bullets. Only a couple K left of primers.Should I keep going?

[Hoser]

Managed to swipe a few hundred pieces of .30-06 brass from a certain old codger up in Conifer. Tumbling 70 years worth of grime off them now.

Lake City '43!!!

Didnt know that old coot was still alive. Good to hear. Tell him I said hi and then kick him in the hip for me.

[ColoWyo]

Processed a metric shit ton of .223 brass just to realize that I have less than 300 small rifle primes left.[fail]

[encorehunter]

After the Mrs. went to work at 5:30 this morning, I was able to squeeze out 250 rounds of 223 Zmax from the Dillon before I had to go to work. I think I am going to start doing that every morning she has to open.

[SA Friday]

You have too many guns and are obviously incapable of maintaining two rifles simultaneously. Give me the AI and all your problems will be solved.

The chamber in the AI is tight like prom pussy. I seriously cannot believe I did that.

[sellersm]

Managed to swipe a few hundred pieces of .30-06 brass from a certain old codger up in Conifer. Tumbling 70 years worth of grime off them now.

Lake City '43!!!

Nice! How's that old codger doing? Has he finished his book yet?

[Zombie Steve]

Nice! How's that old codger doing? Has he finished his book yet?


Getting over pneumonia, couple busted ribs... my wife was there, so he was putting on his sickening gentleman routine. I can't believe women fall for it, but they do. Funny. I forgot to ask about the "relationship" book from the guy with 3 ex-wives. [Coffee]


Floor hasn't collapsed yet from all the lead he'll never cast. Has more boolits cast than the next 2 generations of Giampapa's will shoot in their entire lives. I suppose I'd be the same way if I could.

[fitz19d]

Ignore this post, for Jim since can't add image in PM?

Solid core door already bolted on, not pretty I know but heavy and solid.

[spittoon]

casting some 1oz 12ga slugs man they are fun to shoot shinny

[SA Friday]

Finished reloading the 300 lapua cases in 308 Win that I Fed up on resizing. All reloaded and chamber now.

Then I started prepping 250, 223 cases for reloading with 77gr SMKs.

[NGCSUGrad09]

Finished prepping about 5 gallons of .223 brass. Have another 6-7 gallons to go, then loading it all.

[Caithford]

Lubed all the bullets I cast last weekend. Going to load up a couple hundred this week I hope.

[Great-Kazoo]

Separated some lead ingots for a deal today.

[spittoon]

Got a new toy and now I have to clean a spot for it and that sucks http://www.natchezss.com/images/products/_med/PC050012_med.jpg I think i need a new bigger man cave[Coffee]

[Zombie Steve]

Castaway...

'bout 600 boolits for the .45 autos...

[Hoser]

I did about 2,000 pcs of 300 Whisper last night.

After processing a ton of 308 these past couple weeks, going back to 5.56 and 300 Whisper/Blackout was a nice change.

[hghclsswhitetrsh]

I processed a few 308 cases last night. What an ease with the RCBS prep center with large crimp removal attachment.

[DSB OUTDOORS]

I processed a few 308 cases last night. What an ease with the RCBS prep center with large crimp removal attachment.
I love mine. De-bured about 1,000 pieces of 300 blk out brass.

[hghclsswhitetrsh]

I love mine. De-bured about 1,000 pieces of 300 blk out brass.

Well aren't you a damn over achiever? Those of us that slum it in the single stage press don't have that luxury! Haha! Awesome job though.

[cfortune]

Bought 400 bullets for the 6.8 and got 500 in the mail for the .308. I'll be in the garage all day tomorrow I'm sure.

[Great-Kazoo]

setting up the other 650 for a run of 9. another 550 is supposed to be at elk bomb wed-thurs. dedicated 9, 38/357, 45 and 223 Thanks to jreifsch's idea i am able to run all of them off one bench. Now to clean up the top and final organization[ROFL3]

[XC700116]

Made my first 120 pieces of 300 BLK brass tonight, planning on tackling a few more tomorrow. Then do some searching for a better bench so when my 650 show's up I can get it set up right away.

[Hoser]

Made my first 120 pieces of 300 BLK brass tonight, planning on tackling a few more tomorrow.

I tried a few hundred the old fashioned way. I pulled what little hair I had left out.

Thats why I have the set up to make them like I do now. In fact, I originally wanted to build a 302 Whisper, but I couldnt find any decent reloading data for it and JD Jones was not willing to sell me any. And thats how my little venture into the 300 Whisper/Blackout began.

[XC700116]

Yeah, it's tedious at best, but I actually kind of enjoy the tedium of it, sometimes. Work requires my mind to try to keep track of a million things, plan, plan again, and re-plan and generally burns me out, so the mundane time at the loading bench is actually quite welcome hahaha. But I'm pretty sure I wouldn't want to have to do it on anything remotely resembling a time line.

[paddywagon]

Sized and trimmed 5.7x28 brass. PIA being they need to be trimmed every load!

[rondog]

Bought a tiny 1.25 cu. ft. cement mixer from Horror Freight, and ordered 25# of stainless steel pin media from Pellets, LLC. I wanna do the wet polishing thing, but don't wanna fuck around with the small quantities that the Thumlers will only do. So I should be able to run 25lbs. of brass at a time.

Ain't set up yet, don't have the media yet, and it's still winter. So I've been depriming cases by the thousands to get them ready.

Y'all keep this 'lil experiment of mine in mind, I'll be sure to make a thread about it. And if it works as good as I hope, then I'll be offering polishing service for large quantities later on. Details to follow in a couple months.

[Mazin]

I was just taking about getting a cement mixer with another member. Defiantly interested in hearing how it works.


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[82ndShooter]

Started setting up my XL650

[spittoon]

Bought a tiny 1.25 cu. ft. cement mixer from Horror Freight, and ordered 25# of stainless steel pin media from Pellets, LLC. I wanna do the wet polishing thing, but don't wanna fuck around with the small quantities that the Thumlers will only do. So I should be able to run 25lbs. of brass at a time.

Ain't set up yet, don't have the media yet, and it's still winter. So I've been depriming cases by the thousands to get them ready.

Y'all keep this 'lil experiment of mine in mind, I'll be sure to make a thread about it. And if it works as good as I hope, then I'll be offering polishing service for large quantities later on. Details to follow in a couple months.

Do you have to remove the paddles in the drum or does it have any?

[vossman]

Just made 300 .45FMJ

[clocker]

Finally got tired with my slow progress in load development and lack of range time. Made up 100 ea in 5 steps from min to max in 9mm, 45ACP, 38SP. 100 ea in 3 steps for 357 Mag. Should have similar quantities for 40S&W, 357 Sig, 45 Colt and 44 Mag done today. If I get enough time maybe some more 5.7 loads :)

Will take them out to the range for chrono and keep anything remaining for plinking / blasting rounds.

[rondog]

Do you have to remove the paddles in the drum or does it have any?
Yes, it has paddles. But I haven't unboxed and assembled it yet. The paddles are for mixing cement mix and water, so I doubt they'll be suitable. I might be able to modify them, or just replace them with something different. Remains to be seen.

Who knows, I might need to mix up some concrete someday too!

[USNrigger]

Cleaned up the bench, tumbled a bunch of brass from range pickup and updated list of my reloading stores.

USNRigger

[Dryfli]

Loaded 100 .454 with my son to go shoot with my cousin in utah Tuesday should be fun

[Goodburbon]

Deprimed and sized ~250 .308

Deprimed and sized about 10 .30-06

Ripped the press off my bench... Something was up with the .30-06 die. Deprimed and sized easy but they were hanging up halfway out of the die and took an extra bump to pull them down, the extra bump tore the bolts through the cheap bench.

[rondog]

Deprimed and sized ~250 .308

Deprimed and sized about 10 .30-06

Ripped the press off my bench... Something was up with the .30-06 die. Deprimed and sized easy but they were hanging up halfway out of the die and took an extra bump to pull them down, the extra bump tore the bolts through the cheap bench.

Damn! The Incredible Hulk is a member here!

[Mazin]

Well finished Cleaning and prepping about 800 45acp cases (Full size, Decap, Cleaned primer pockets & belled). Just went through and started a detailed inventory of everything and tumbled about 4 loads of misc brass. Tonight I think I will prime them and start processing some 9mm brass.

[asmo]

Deprime and size... buckets and buckets..

[Mazin]

Figure I will take a break from 45 and work some 9mm tonight, yea I know I live like a rock star.


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[Zombie Steve]

Realized I left my tumbler going all night.

Really REALLY shiny .357's this morning. [obama]

[Mazin]

Lol nice! I have been running on average about 4 hrs but its some dirty crap.

[DSB OUTDOORS]

Realized I left my tumbler going all night.

Really REALLY shiny .357's this morning. [obama]
[ROFL2] I thought I was the only one that did that. I set my taper crimp die for my 300 BLK. Gona feed smoooth.

[Goodburbon]

Got a tumbler in from Amazon.com. Put some .308 in it, turned it on.


Bench is rebuilt.

[asmo]

Tried to figure out why my case positioner/case feed mechanism feels like I am dragging it over 40 grit sandpaper.

[BuffCyclist]

Deprimed and sized ~250 .308

Deprimed and sized about 10 .30-06

Ripped the press off my bench... Something was up with the .30-06 die. Deprimed and sized easy but they were hanging up halfway out of the die and took an extra bump to pull them down, the extra bump tore the bolts through the cheap bench.

I'm sure I'll end up doing that soon enough, but only because my press is attached to a pretty crappy workbench right now. I am working up plans for a new bench, but need a powder scale to start reloading first.

Today I sized/decapped about 600x .40S&W (winchester headstamp this time). Took delivery of a kinetic bullet puller, definitely has a bit of a learning curve. And also got a .40S&W case gage, because I dont want to blow up my Glock with brass that is too deformed and being new, I don't know how much is too much. Apparently, the brass that I selected (which seems like a huge bulge to me) was perfectly fine. Interestingly enough, the first few were a little tight on the first insertion into the case gage, but after that, they all dropped free right in. Must have done a little sizing or knocked a little dirt off the gage.

Keep eyeballing a dillon terminator electronic scale, might get the hornady version for around $90 instead.

[rpm]

Keep eyeballing a dillon terminator electronic scale, might get the hornady version for around $90 instead.

I'm all for Dillon blue, however before you do that, check this one out:

http://www.brianenos.com/store/be.scale_hp.html

Can't beat the warranty.

[Great-Kazoo]

I'm all for Dillon blue, however before you do that, check this one out:

http://www.brianenos.com/store/be.scale_hp.html

Can't beat the warranty.


Nice unit.

Got a 650 up and running for some 9mm.

[DSB OUTDOORS]

Nice unit.
Uhhhh you said Unit!!!!


http://youtu.be/BxuCeHUxoBY

[Great-Kazoo]

Uhhhh you said Unit!!!!


http://youtu.be/BxuCeHUxoBY

Yeah i'm trying to be NICE to one of the flag burner board members, BUT i don't see it lasting another 5-10 min tops, if that. NICE................

[hghclsswhitetrsh]

I didn't do anything. Kinda burned out right now. Maybe Sunday.

[DSB OUTDOORS]

I didn't do anything. Kinda burned out right now. Maybe Sunday.
Pussy..........Cat. [LOL]

[hghclsswhitetrsh]

Pussy..........Cat. [LOL]

Well if you'd friggin adopt me and call it father son bonding time I'd be by to use your 550. Meanie head.

[Beer]

[spittoon]

you said cat////??????? “Man I tell what, I felt like a one-legged cat try'in to burry turd's on a frozen pond out there.

[DSB OUTDOORS]

Well if you'd friggin adopt me and call it father son bonding time I'd be by to use your 550. Meanie head.

[Beer]
Not dissin ya. But you didn't give any kudos in da feed back thread for the hoodie buy. You do that and I might consider it. Son........of a monkey I almost forgot. I have dinner going. [Coffee]

[DSB OUTDOORS]

you said cat////??????? “Man I tell what, I felt like a one-legged cat try'in to burry turd's on a frozen pond out there.
Yes, yes I did say puddy tat. I'm still looking for some 4000 data for you. No luck yet.

[DSB OUTDOORS]

Well if you'd friggin adopt me and call it father son bonding time I'd be by to use your 550. Meanie head. [Beer]
OK. I'll adopt you. Buttttt I want some some back pay for all the B-Day's, and Father day's you missed. [LOL] [Beer] SON.

[BuffCyclist]

I'm all for Dillon blue, however before you do that, check this one out:

http://www.brianenos.com/store/be.scale_hp.html

Can't beat the warranty.

Hmm, $5 cheaper than the Dillon. I thought everything Dillon had a lifetime warranty, or perhaps thats just my impression since I couldn't find anything on their website indicating that. Haven't seen too many reviews on the BrianEnos scale though, guess I'll search harder.

[hghclsswhitetrsh]

OK. I'll adopt you. Buttttt I want some some back pay for all the B-Day's, and Father day's you missed. [LOL] [Beer] SON.

How about we will call it even for the back child support, missed Christmas, our wedding, first vehicle, first house, etc...

[DSB OUTDOORS]

How about we will call it even for the back child support, missed Christmas, our wedding, first vehicle, first house, etc...
Deal! [Beer]

[Great-Kazoo]

Hmm, $5 cheaper than the Dillon. I thought everything Dillon had a lifetime warranty, or perhaps thats just my impression since I couldn't find anything on their website indicating that. Haven't seen too many reviews on the BrianEnos scale though, guess I'll search harder.

Not much coverage after the basic warranty on electronic items. My rcbs took a crap and they "rebuilt" it / sold me anew one for 1/2 price. Considering it was 5 yrs old i figure 1/2 price is better than full boat.
I say the enos is labelled for him , probably the same mfg as dillon's etc. If it's in stock and blue isn',t buy it NOW. This insanity has gone so deep components are months out on delivery time. 7mm Nosler's OOS expected delivery 5/2013[Bang] Good thing i only look at guns and don't own any.

[BuffCyclist]

Not much coverage after the basic warranty on electronic items. My rcbs took a crap and they "rebuilt" it / sold me anew one for 1/2 price. Considering it was 5 yrs old i figure 1/2 price is better than full boat.
I say the enos is labelled for him , probably the same mfg as dillon's etc. If it's in stock and blue isn',t buy it NOW. This insanity has gone so deep components are months out on delivery time. 7mm Nosler's OOS expected delivery 5/2013[Bang] Good thing i only look at guns and don't own any.

In searching for reviews for it, I found a similar scale that the same brand as the Brian Enos scale (MyWeigh) makes the GemPro 250 which is apparently accurate down to 0.02 grains instead of 0.1 grains (like the BE Model), and I've seen several reviews praising the GemPro 250. Time to price things out, looks like the lifetime warranty really is worth it over the blue koolaid, so thanks for making me reconsider, this one is looking very nice!

And if I order the GemPro 250 right now on amazon for $145, I get free two day shipping with Prime...

[Great-Kazoo]

In searching for reviews for it, I found a similar scale that the same brand as the Brian Enos scale (MyWeigh) makes the GemPro 250 which is apparently accurate down to 0.02 grains instead of 0.1 grains (like the BE Model), and I've seen several reviews praising the GemPro 250. Time to price things out, looks like the lifetime warranty really is worth it over the blue koolaid, so thanks for making me reconsider, this one is looking very nice!

And if I order the GemPro 250 right now on amazon for $145, I get free two day shipping with Prime...

Upon vendor receipt of order placed. Unless it's free via fedex, Monday -tuesday the latest. Order Now. operators are standing by. The only down side to rollin your own, it never ends. Damn thats a good price, click, 2k ordered. hazmat this, group by that, beats drinking.

[cstone]

Today I hung out and loaded 500 55gr .223 [Flower]

Windsor is lovely this time of year.

Now begins the long wait till Montana Gold begins selling bullets again [panic]

[Great-Kazoo]

Today I hung out and loaded 500 55gr .223 [Flower]

Windsor is lovely this time of year.

Now begins the long wait till Montana Gold begins selling bullets again [panic]


PM SENT!

[BuffCyclist]

Upon vendor receipt of order placed. Unless it's free via fedex, Monday -tuesday the latest. Order Now. operators are standing by. The only down side to rollin your own, it never ends. Damn thats a good price, click, 2k ordered. hazmat this, group by that, beats drinking.

Yes, very true, however I am heading on a workshift tomorrow and won't be home until Tuesday anyways. I'm just wondering if I can spare the cash right now on it or if I should wait a little longer. Just had to buy my Fiancee a new laptop, hers bit the dust yesterday in a violently loud blaze of glory. Sounded like something exploded inside and was ricocheting around.

And I'm learning this with components in seeing how easy it will be to buy bullets online. Powder/primers too, but the hazmat fee is already annoying.

[Mazin]

Eh back to the grind and working more brass. 9mm on the menu for the next couple weeks.


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[ray1970]

Resized 500 pieces of brass for one of my recent acquisitions. Running them through the tumbler as we speak. I was going to load them tomorrow but it might be a few more days until I can get some primers.

[Mazin]

I've been working brass ass all the live long day. Ok not really but I will be tonight. I'm starting to think I have more than I need.



Naw


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[Hoser]

I'm starting to think I have more than I need.

You cant have too much, unless you are drowning.

[cstone]

I've been working brass ass all the live long day. Ok not really but I will be tonight. I'm starting to think I have more than I need.

Naw

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Dollar cost averaging [Flower]

Pick a price point for anything you want. When the item is at that price or below, buy.

The only problem with all of the brass right now is lack of primers, bullets and powder. Patience is tough when the shiny buckets are full and waiting to be loaded.

[NGCSUGrad09]

Loaded up 1000rds of .223 and 2000rds of 9mm yesterday. In for another day or 9mm and then prepping .223 brass again.

[JM Ver. 2.0]

I am disappointed in the amount of pictures in this thread ..... Not nearly enough.

[ray1970]

I am disappointed in the amount of pictures in this thread ..... Not nearly enough.

Watch what you wish for. If Hoser starts posting pics it will just make you want to throw all your stuff in the trash. [Coffee]

[Jherexx]

Loaded up 500rds 9mm in a couple of hours on the Dillon, enough to get me through the next 3 USPSA matches. I am way behind this year, need to get ahead of the honey-do list and set aside a weekend to really crank them out.

[Mazin]

715 9mm RP cases. Sized, deccapped, pockets cleaned and now getting ready to bell and prime. Then I get to start working the win, ccl, fiocchi etc. I wish I had a 1050 right now.


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[XC700116]

Mounted my new Dillon 650 to the loading bench and started to check it out. Mostly set up now, just need dies. Going to put my Hornady dies in it and finish setup to run about 1K 40 cal on it tomorrow night/Sunday. Saturday I'm going to the range to try out my 2 new AR's. 300 blk and a 25 DTI. [AR15]

[Mazin]

Sortin more brass

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/03/16/4eqy9y6a.jpg


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[Hoser]

Sortin more brass

By caliber?

[Great-Kazoo]

715 9mm RP cases. Sized, deccapped, pockets cleaned and now getting ready to bell and prime. Then I get to start working the win, ccl, fiocchi etc. I wish I had a 1050 right now.


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Come on up and road test my 650. It's set up for 9 and ready to go.

[82ndShooter]

Finally have my 650 dialed in and rolling out some 9mm. I cranked out 1200 so far and have to admit that this press is the shit!!!!

[Great-Kazoo]

Finally have my 650 dialed in and rolling out some 9mm. I cranked out 1200 so far and have to admit that this press is the shit!!!!

I hear ya. it's one of the reasons i avoid looking at a 1050. Logistics and money, do not justify a 1050, YET!

[Mazin]

By caliber?

Rgr that. I have had that box in the center accumulate of the last couple months and figured I was kind of tired belling 9mm and would toss it up and sort the box.


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[KS63]

I stared at my bench because I have no powder. Very productive day.

[Mazin]

I stared at my bench because I have no powder. Very productive day.

What do you load?


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[rondog]

My brother in TX has a stainless polishing kit, and he recently did a Large Flat Rate box completely full of .30-06 brass for me. Beautiful stuff! So I've been lubing and sizing them. Got all the Match and Commercial cases done, and am now going through the milsurps cutting out the primer crimps.

I have a nifty rig setup to do them very quickly, thinking about making a short video on it. Essentially, I use a Hornady cutter in a drill, and have the drill clamped stationary and the trigger rigged to run on "slow", kinda like a tiny lathe. I just turn it on and stick the cases on the cutter for second or two, whips 'em right out.

And for lubing, I have a big plastic tray made to set house plants on for watering, I just line up the cases in rows and hose 'em down with One Shot. I can do a couple hundred '06 cases at a time that way. Can do a shitload of .223's like that.

[KS63]

I'm new to reloading rifle cartridges so pardon my naievty, but can you remove primer crimps with a 30 degree chamfer tool or does it need to be swaged?

[Zombie Steve]

I'm new to reloading rifle cartridges so pardon my naievty, but can you remove primer crimps with a 30 degree chamfer tool or does it need to be swaged?

You can... you'll just wind up feeling like you have rheumatoid arthritis in 15 minutes.

[DSB OUTDOORS]

I'm new to reloading rifle cartridges so pardon my naievty, but can you remove primer crimps with a 30 degree chamfer tool or does it need to be swaged?


You can... you'll just wind up feeling like you have rheumatoid arthritis in 15 minutes.
Unless you get a prep station. I have the RCBS and I love it. But it's still time consuming. So drink beer while you ream those critters. [Coffee]

[NGCSUGrad09]

You can... you'll just wind up feeling like you have rheumatoid arthritis in 15 minutes.

Get a cordless drill and a power adapter. It's what I do every year or so with my accumulated crimped primer pockets.

[Musashi]

Did the exciting sort of 1X fired .223 brass so I can get them cleaned and ready to load. Man I hate this part, good thing I only have to sort once and the brass was free from a class I just took.

[Great-Kazoo]

You can... you'll just wind up feeling like you have rheumatoid arthritis in 15 minutes.

I use a lathe, or the dillon swager. That 1050's loooking better every 1K i do.

[Hoser]

That 1050's loookign better every 1K i do.

You wont regret it.

[Great-Kazoo]

You wont regret it.

3 tax stamps this week, can't going to stretch myself too thin. I could unload one of the 550 or 650's ? I upgrade to a 1050 and every one north of 104th will be parked out front. Like a slot machine with better pay off!

[DSB OUTDOORS]

I love Carbide die's!!! Re-sized and d-primed about 150 rounds of .357 mag tonight. Clean and bell em tomorrow. Then start the .38 spl.

[John123]

Helped a friend of a friend of friend move today, I have a truck. Do not know how I got talked into it[Bang]
But I think the luck of the Irish was with me a day early!!![UZI][M2]

http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj169/harryhard/IMG_0684_zpsfda9d428.jpg

I think my journey has just started. I have never reloaded before. Scored this for zero! say again ZERO dollars. Its covered in sawdust, but it should clean up . I hope it has all the parts.

No dies, just the press. Its a XL650 dillon. Time to start learning. Wonder how much money I will be spending and or saving :)

John

[XC700116]

Helped a friend of a friend of friend move today, I have a truck. Do not know how I got talked into it[Bang]
But I think the luck of the Irish was with me a day early!!![UZI][M2]

http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj169/harryhard/IMG_0684_zpsfda9d428.jpg

I think my journey has just started. I have never reloaded before. Scored this for zero! say again ZERO dollars. Its covered in sawdust, but it should clean up . I hope it has all the parts.

No dies, just the press. Its a XL650 dillon. Time to start learning. Wonder how much money I will be spending and or saving :)

John

That's awesome, I just got mine after waiting for about 7 weeks since I ordered it. Those are a pretty hot commodity these days.

One thing, Get a strong mount for it, it's worth it.

[asmo]

pain.. lots of pain. But the buckets are getting full.

[NGCSUGrad09]

Loaded up 800 rds of .223 yesterday and hope to get in another 1700 today. Maybe I'll get to final prepping some .308 brass as well.

[Mazin]

Finished sorting my big box of brass by caliber, when I get home from moving my BIL I will be belling more 9mm.


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[rondog]

Now I'm starting on the unpolished .30-06 brass I have. Jesus Christ, where did I get all this '06 brass from???? It's sad that I can't even remember where I got it all. Some is milsurp that I've fired, I've bought several lots from people over the years, and even found a few cases on the ground here and there. But I've got more commercial '06 brass than I could carry. And I've never bought a box of .30-06 ammo in a store in my entire life, no shit.

Bullets and primers, I'm good. But I think I'm gonna need some more powder.....

[Danimal]

3 tax stamps this week, can't going to stretch myself too thin. I could unload one of the 550 or 650's ? I upgrade to a 1050 and every one north of 104th will be parked out front. Like a slot machine with better pay off!

Damn Jim, I wish I had your sort of problems. I'd play that goddamn slot machine till I lose!

[spittoon]

cleaned and CLEANED how did it get so dam messed up i swear there was tornado

[eneranch]

Loaded 100 rounds of .223 with 69gr SMK; looking forward to shooting at 600 yds. Also ran 350 rounds of 45acp brass through the tumbler.

[hghclsswhitetrsh]

Saw my die with a stuck case in it. Dumbass. Now I'm sad.

[Great-Kazoo]

Saw my die with a stuck case in it. Dumbass. Now I'm sad.

If you're up this way i have the case remover.

[NGCSUGrad09]

Due to the snow, I felt inspired to load about 1500 rds of .223 and 350 rds of match .308.

[rondog]

Irritated the shit out of the tendonitis in my elbow by sizing all that .30-06 brass I polished a couple days ago. Now I have about a 5 gal. bucketful all polished and sized, gotta run 'em in some corncob and NuFinish to get the sizing lube off. Then I'll be setting up the Giraud trimmer to trim them all to length. Then I gets to prime them, yay! I know I have enough bullets, but I'm gonna run out of IMR4895, I just know it.

[rondog]

Saw my die with a stuck case in it. Dumbass. Now I'm sad.

Oh, that sucks. Been there, done that, burned the t-shirt.

[Lurch]

If you're up this way i have the case remover.

There also is to make if you have a tap and die set.

[mikeh1911]

Today I'm going to load the 250 rounds of 300 Blackout I primed last night with H110 and 208 Amax bullets.

[eneranch]

Prepped & primed the 358 rounds of 45 ACP I tumbled the other day; gonna load them with W231 & Nosler 185gr JHP.

[TheVath]

Went and tried some of my finished product. Very 1st batch ever, not a single malfunction. Shot 10rounds of 22.8 grain loaded varget (55gr sp hornady) .223 then shot another 30 of 24 grain varget (same projectile). That first trigger squeeze made me nervous as hell, but I think this is going to be fun

[paddywagon]

Reloaded 900 rounds of 9mm!

[hghclsswhitetrsh]

I ended up at sportsmans today and bought a stuck case removal tool. I get my other in the mail tomorrow. I prepped a bunch of 223 and cleaned and sorted .40. Today was a good day.

[Great-Kazoo]

I ended up at sportsmans today and bought a stuck case removal tool. I get my other in the mail tomorrow. I prepped a bunch of 223 and cleaned and sorted .40. Today was a good day.

So you didn't have to use your AK

[coop68]

5 gal bucket of 5.56 sorted and fl sized! Took three nights to get through it all. All for jr highpower only three more 5 gal buckets that need processing.[Bang][panic]

[rondog]

Went and tried some of my finished product. Very 1st batch ever, not a single malfunction. Shot 10rounds of 22.8 grain loaded varget (55gr sp hornady) .223 then shot another 30 of 24 grain varget (same projectile). That first trigger squeeze made me nervous as hell, but I think this is going to be fun

Dang, those are kinda light loads! I stuff my .223 with 26 gr. of Varget. Right up to the bottom of the neck. 55gr. FMJBT's.

[TheVath]

Dang, those are kinda light loads! I stuff my .223 with 26 gr. of Varget. Right up to the bottom of the neck. 55gr. FMJBT's.


Originally Posted by TheVath (http://www.ar-15.co/showthread.php?p=1040917)

Went and tried some of my finished product. Very 1st batch ever, not a single malfunction. Shot 10rounds of 22.8 grain loaded varget (55gr sp hornady) .223 then shot another 30 of 24 grain varget (same projectile). That first trigger squeeze made me nervous as hell, but I think this is going to be fun



I figured they're too light, but I wanted to start with the lowest number given according to my book (hornady 9th ed). Next I will try loading my BLC-2

[Marine24]

Finally received my 9mm, 45 ACP and 454 Casull bullets from xtreme. I see some 255gr 454 Casull ammo being loaded tonight.

[ray1970]

Didn't do anything in the reloading room today but I really need to get on the ball and start putting some .308 loads together. Nice weather is just around the corner and I need to get sighted in and find a load my rifle likes so maybe I can participate in some of the local matches this summer.

[Flower]

[Hoser]

I got my new 1050 set up and adjusted for 300 Blackout and 223. I only had to tweak the primer seating depth and FL resize from the old 1050. I would rather be lucky than good.

[Mazin]

Finally got my new press setup and now I'm going to start working some 223 brass.


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[dwalker460]

I decapped and sized a cpl hundred 9mm cases to load up some plated 115's for the upcoming Noveske match, loaded up 30 or so test 300blk's with 125gr Speer OTM's, and loaded 300 5.56 55gr FMJBT's for the Noveske match. Good times.

[bobbyfairbanks]

I built or am in the process of building a new reloading shop. All I need now is a couple of 1050's!
http://i1137.photobucket.com/albums/n507/bobbyfairbanks/photo1.jpg

[Dingo]

Stood around with a glum look on my face for a while, and wished I had more reloading components. :-)

[Hoser]

I actually used a single stage press yesterday.

I sized down some Z-Max 123 gn .311 dia bullets to .3085 with my CH4D die. Getting them that .025 smaller took more oomph than I would have thought. Even with lots of Imperial Die Wax.

I also ran a bunch of surplus 175 Sierra (118-LR pulls) through as well.

[Hoser]

All I need now is a couple of 1050's!

You gotta start somewhere.

[Zombie Steve]

You gotta start somewhere.


I'd say his 550 is a damn good start.

[Mazin]

Counting brass and finishing up with the mounting and dialing in of the new press. Once I get though counting the rest of my brass then I will start trimming up some 223. busy night ahead.

[losttrail]

Well, over the weekend I loaded about 500 round of .223/5.56, straightened things up, took inventory, bemoaned the shrinking supply of bullets, powder and primers.

Started laying out a plan for a new room after we move to a gun friendly state.

[Hoser]

I'd say his 550 is a damn good start.

But two 1050s is better.

[TheBelly]

But two 1050s is better.

Breaking two 1050s that belong to someone else is best!!

ok, so maybe just screwing up a couple depriming pins........ Thanks again, Hoser.myou are a man amongst men, and a damn fine golfer!

[mikeh1911]

Loaded another 100 rounds of 300 Blackout. 9 grains of H110 pushing a Hornady AMAX 208 grain bullet

[bobbyfairbanks]

No more pics today. I finished my shelves and cleaned up the dust and tools. Tomorrow will see some more cleaning and maybe if I am lucky some time pulling the handle on the 550.

[hghclsswhitetrsh]

Borrowed a buddies rcbs charge master and started loading 168, 180, 190gn - 308 win. Sure saved a bunch of time.

[BuffCyclist]

Just received my scale (Gem Pro 250) and got to load up my first 50rds of .40s&w. Did two batches of 25rds: 25 with 4.2gr WST and 25 with 4.7gr N340.

My afternoon class was cancelled tomorrow due to the engineering building catching fire during spring break and the lab my class meets in is pretty badly damaged (along with a lot of others), so I'm hoping to head to the range in the afternoon to test these loads. If they work out, I'll probably load up another 100-200 or until I get tired of pulling the lever lol

[Jamnanc]

Made a few hundred 223. Took the barrel out of my 40 and dropped my suspect loads into the chamber to find that I will be pulling about 50 that are not chambering well. Dammit I won't use hard cast for an automatic again.

[Zombie Steve]

Made a few hundred 223. Took the barrel out of my 40 and dropped my suspect loads into the chamber to find that I will be pulling about 50 that are not chambering well. Dammit I won't use hard cast for an automatic again.

Nothing wrong with cast boolits for a bottom feeder.

I'm headed down to the garage to have a .45 casting session.

[bobbyfairbanks]

Casting bullets in a garage to feed a bottom feeder what a great session.

[coop68]

Sized roughly 500 .223 cases, went and bought some clean corn cob and walnut at the blasting supplier.

Loaded 1260 rounds the other day.

[ColoradoMike]

Spent the weekend cleaning the garage....well to be honest just pulled the boat out and built 24' of shelving for one half of the garage...LOL...this frees up some more space from the "bunker" (read wife's Christmas decorations) in prep for another reloading/cleaning/tooling bench. Loaded up 200 or so 9mm for steel challenge in Pueblo.

I am KICKING myself for not getting small pistol primers at the end of the last Steel Challenge season a few months ago....down to my last 400 SPP and all of my backorders are WAY behind schedule.....I never thought things would get so bad for us reloaders :(

I have PLENTY of powder, brass, bullets but primers are harder to come by than gold it seems.......I have about 2K small rifle primers and a MORE than adequate supply of loaded .223/5.56 but I need to build up my shooting supply for the competition season of 9mm.

[rondog]

Ran out of IMR4895, that's what I did....dammit.

[ray1970]

Stared lovingly at my IMR4895.

[Delfuego]

Loaded 223 yesterday! 250 plinkers' & 150 of match. Single stage press is killing me....

[JOEO]

Used every last drop of Varget that I had. Guess I will have to work on a 223 load now.

[ray1970]

Stared lovingly at my Varget, too.

[dwalker460]

Used every last drop of Varget that I had. Guess I will have to work on a 223 load now.


Are you shooting the Noveske match?

[Tim K]

I have 16# of Varget on a confirmed order from Powder Valley. I'll be ogling it soon. I also got 8# of H4350.

I resized .260 match brass and hated every minute of it. I wish I'd win the lottery so I could give up loading for good.

[rondog]

Stared lovingly at my IMR4895.

Suck, you do.

[ray1970]

I wish I'd win the lottery so I could give up loading for good.

Thats kind of a contradiction. If you won the lottery you wouldn't have to work so you would have plenty of time to enjoy hobbies. Like reloading.

[Flower]

[ray1970]

Suck, you do.

[Coffee]

(Hey, I offered to work out a trade for that cool, vintage ammo can.)

[Zombie Steve]

Stared lovingly at my Varget, too.


Varget's for smelling, not a-lookin' at.

[Love2]

[Marine24]

Took my Harevy deprimer for a test drive on a bunch of .223 and 45 ACP brass. Works good.

[encorehunter]

Deprimed 223 cases until I got a stuck case from hell. I stripped the threads on it with the case remover. After that frustration I used the Dillon swager to swage the ones that I did get deprimed. I am going to try and remove it tonight.

[bobbyfairbanks]

Built another shelf and tied some storage cabinets to the wall. One of these days I am actually going to pull the handle a little.

[TheVath]

25303
Broke my 1st de-priming pin. Yay!

[TheVath]

Rookie mistake...
25305

25307

[spittoon]

Resized 120, 300 rum cases

[Marine24]

More depriming. Like eating pistachios