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Dollar cost averaging [Flower]Quote:
Originally Posted by Mazin
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.
Loaded up 1000rds of .223 and 2000rds of 9mm yesterday. In for another day or 9mm and then prepping .223 brass again.
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]Quote:
Originally Posted by JM Ver. 2.0
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.
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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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]
Sortin more brass
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By caliber?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mazin
Come on up and road test my 650. It's set up for 9 and ready to go.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mazin
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!Quote:
Originally Posted by 82ndShooter
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hoser
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I stared at my bench because I have no powder. Very productive day.
What do you load?Quote:
Originally Posted by KS63
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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.
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by KS63
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Originally Posted by KS63
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]Quote:
Originally Posted by Zombie Steve
Get a cordless drill and a power adapter. It's what I do every year or so with my accumulated crimped primer pockets.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zombie Steve
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.
I use a lathe, or the dillon swager. That 1050's loooking better every 1K i do.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zombie Steve
You wont regret it.Quote:
Originally Posted by jim
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!Quote:
Originally Posted by Hoser
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.
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]
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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.Quote:
Originally Posted by John123
One thing, Get a strong mount for it, it's worth it.
pain.. lots of pain. But the buckets are getting full.
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.
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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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.....
Damn Jim, I wish I had your sort of problems. I'd play that goddamn slot machine till I lose!Quote:
Originally Posted by jim
cleaned and CLEANED how did it get so dam messed up i swear there was tornado
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.
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by hghclsswhitetrsh
Due to the snow, I felt inspired to load about 1500 rds of .223 and 350 rds of match .308.
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.
Oh, that sucks. Been there, done that, burned the t-shirt.Quote:
Originally Posted by hghclsswhitetrsh
There also is to make if you have a tap and die set.Quote:
Originally Posted by jim