Today I'm going to load the 250 rounds of 300 Blackout I primed last night with H110 and 208 Amax bullets.
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Today I'm going to load the 250 rounds of 300 Blackout I primed last night with H110 and 208 Amax bullets.
Prepped & primed the 358 rounds of 45 ACP I tumbled the other day; gonna load them with W231 & Nosler 185gr JHP.
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
Reloaded 900 rounds of 9mm!
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 AKQuote:
Originally Posted by hghclsswhitetrsh
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]
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheVath
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Originally Posted by rondog
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Originally Posted by 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
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
Finally received my 9mm, 45 ACP and 454 Casull bullets from xtreme. I see some 255gr 454 Casull ammo being loaded tonight.
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.
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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.
Finally got my new press setup and now I'm going to start working some 223 brass.
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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.
I built or am in the process of building a new reloading shop. All I need now is a couple of 1050's!
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Stood around with a glum look on my face for a while, and wished I had more reloading components. :-)
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.
You gotta start somewhere.Quote:
Originally Posted by bobbyfairbanks
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Originally Posted by Hoser
I'd say his 550 is a damn good start.
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.
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.
But two 1050s is better.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zombie Steve
Breaking two 1050s that belong to someone else is best!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Hoser
ok, so maybe just screwing up a couple depriming pins........ Thanks again, Hoser.myou are a man amongst men, and a damn fine golfer!
Loaded another 100 rounds of 300 Blackout. 9 grains of H110 pushing a Hornady AMAX 208 grain bullet
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.
Borrowed a buddies rcbs charge master and started loading 168, 180, 190gn - 308 win. Sure saved a bunch of time.
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
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jamnanc
I'm headed down to the garage to have a .45 casting session.
Casting bullets in a garage to feed a bottom feeder what a great session.
Sized roughly 500 .223 cases, went and bought some clean corn cob and walnut at the blasting supplier.
Loaded 1260 rounds the other day.
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.
Ran out of IMR4895, that's what I did....dammit.
Stared lovingly at my IMR4895.
Loaded 223 yesterday! 250 plinkers' & 150 of match. Single stage press is killing me....
Used every last drop of Varget that I had. Guess I will have to work on a 223 load now.
Stared lovingly at my Varget, too.
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Originally Posted by JOEO
Are you shooting the Noveske match?
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.
Suck, you do.Quote:
Originally Posted by ray1970