Maybe it's time for me to open up a shop. Give them a run for your money ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Slapps74
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Maybe it's time for me to open up a shop. Give them a run for your money ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Slapps74
The bullet nazi. No tips for you.
I was going to say the same thing. I thought it was Dad's with the grump reputation. I guess it's both.Quote:
Originally Posted by Slapps74
Dads is sweet compared to reloaders corner. At reloaders corner he looks at you like you just stuffed your pockets full of his stuff.
Unless I need a specific LEE tool, I avoid the place. Oh yeah, bring cash. He doesn't like those devil cards.
Looks like Varget is going to work well in my 6 Grendel gas gun. Time to load up 350 more.
Same for my 223 Ackley bolt gun.
Strange thing is, 27.9 gns for the 6 Grendel and 28.0 gns for the 223 Ackley.
Trying to come up with a reason on why I don't want to point 2,000 Berger 105 Hybrids.
Think I will just eat ice cream instead of playing with bullets.
Nothing like getting over that brain freeze, than some time on the press.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hoser
What bullet on that Ackley? That's a lot of Varget.
80 Sierra. Maybe it was 26.0 gns. Cant remember without my log book.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tim K
My memory is perfect. But short.
Went to the Reloading Zone in Wheatridge and picked up some 124gr target HP Berry's to try out. Going to try to find my barrels leade length for absolut COAL length just for my records. This time I'll load 10rds of each load for testing instead of my normal 5. Figure that should help remove some human error factors.
Cleaned up and cleaned the 10mm brass I shot at the range todayAttachment 61761
Picked a bunch of fat and leftover skin off a couple hog skulls for later reloading room decoration, but as far as things that go boom, the Yeti and I cast about 1,200 boolits for .38/.357 and maybe 400-500 for .44 mag.
Oh... and I loaded 700 rounds of .45 auto on his 550. Feels nice to have the can full again.
According to the empty primer trays I've kept since I started, I hit 2,000 rounds loaded tonight. I tend to reload seasonally, and what feels like just every once in a while. Anyway, had no idea I'd reloaded even that many yet. It sneaks up on you.
I started in loading in January and I'm close too 6k. It does sneak up on you
Haha, I started loading like two years ago. I need to get my butt in gear. This was me doing everything the hard and/or slow way. I've made improvements here and there and am ready to speed it up a bit.
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Originally Posted by Irving
You come to your senses and finally ordered a Dillon? If not Dillon, this deal would up your game.
https://www.ar-15.co/threads/152065-...gressive-press
Irving- You have a single stage or a turret press, right? Just get the Dillon or that LNL. I enjoy my time reloading so much I find time to shoot more so I can reload. I wouldn't think of using a non progressive anymore for that volume.
6600 rounds loaded since 5/23/2014, all on a lee turret press.
4300 rounds of 9mm, 2100 rounds of 45acp and 200 rounds of 223.
The Reloading Zone in Wheatridge has 550's and 650's in stock!
I'm interested in how you guys log your stuff actually. Anyone able to post an example of what info you consider important? I've been loading in batches, but prefer to have one big tub of ammo as long as I haven't changed the load. If I put each round of loaded ammo into a different container, I'd run out of room right away. What do you guys do?
All the 9 and 45 I load goes into the clear plastic 50 round cases, and when all my cases are full, I fill up the trays from commercial ammo.
In each case or tray, I have a little slip of paper with the date, bullet brand/type/weight, powder brand, powder charge weight and OAL.
So my last slips for my 45acp rounds have
10/23
CFE 6.2gr
Xtreme 230gr HP 1.250
I was originally loading my 230gr HP to 1.230, but had a few feed issues so I moved them out to 1.250 and found they ran fine.
Now I can tell when I'm grabbing a case what length it was loaded to (so I can grab the longer ones for idpa or pin shoots, but use the shorter ones for range plinking)
I also have a spreadsheet that I update after each reloading session that contains:
Date, # of rounds, caliber, bullet brand/type/weight, powder brand, powder charge weight, OAL and then a column that is a formula of # of rounds times the charge weight. I also note on the spreadsheet when I start on a new can of powder.
I've always used the same primers, so I don't log that, but if I end up changing primers at some point, i'll add that to the spreadsheet as well.
I only track how much of what bullet/powder, loaded OAL of what works.Quote:
Originally Posted by Irving
In my ammo cans I only store ammo.
Once I get a good load, I stop playing with everything and load buckets of it.
I do the same as above.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hoser
That's pretty much what my aim is as well.
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Originally Posted by Irving
Bullet weight / profile & mfg. Primer used, powder name & weight, OAL, brass and date of run. This info is on a load data label
https://reloadinglabels.com/image/ca...ls-496x220.jpg
Once i settle on a performing load i put that data (powder & OAL) on piece of painters tape, then stick to powder dispenser. This tells me what setting it's at, for future reference.
This tells me how much 223 was processed on the 1050 per sitting. I know how much was loaded (for any caliber) by the empty primer boxes.
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Got my wife to go to the Pawnee Saturday. I think She had fun. She shoots pretty well once she gets comfortable. I got to try out my 308 loads with the hornady 168 amax, 5 shot group with 43.2 grains of ancient h4895. Shot one 1/4" hole with a horizontal flyer that measures about 3/4 moa overall. My best shooting and, knock on wood, best loads so far.
De-primed and tumbled 1200 pcs of 308 tonight.
Seems I need to adjust the ergonomics of my de-prime station. Lower back is a bit sore.
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I cranked out a few boxes of 12ga for the Multiplex next weekend at Pawnee S.C.
One time I couldn't get the ram to go all the way up...finally backed everything out and looked in the shell, there was an empty .22lr case laying in the bottom, I just couldn't seem to press it through the primer hole!
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Man, time to hit the gym I guess.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alpha2
Just found out i have a 45 conversion for the 650..........Was looking for another item, when i stumbled across a dillon box. Cross referenced the part #'s with my dillon chart, well what do ya know.
Time to make the donuts.
Finished pointing up the last of my 2,000 Berger 105 6mm Hybrids.
I am so glad Sierra does this at the factory for most of their Matchkings now.
I know! I actually did work out right after this. Not related. You know how you want to put just a little more force into it, but it doesn't feel right, but you're pretty sure that if you just give it a bit more "oomph", but you don't want to break anything, but.........
I know you've been there!
Yeah, it's usually with primers. I'm pretty surprised I haven't had any go off in my face yet.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alpha2
Pulled about 75 10mm that didn't work.
Put Gold Bond on my Allox coated bullets, then shot em.
All done with pointing my last batch of 6mm Berger 105 Hybrids.
Now to move on two a few thousand 80 gn Sierras. Joy.
For a 5-10% jump in BC, I am willing to spend some time at the bench.
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Seriously? THAT big of a jump?Quote:
Originally Posted by Hoser
Some calibers/bullets, yes.Quote:
Originally Posted by asmo
For me I think the big gain is a slight jump in BC but a much more consistent BC without trimming meplats.
A while back I shot some unpointed 338 bullets and some pointed bullets back to back with the same powder charge. At a little over a mile, the pointed bullets impacted several feet higher than the non pointed bullets.
Deprimed and swaged 750 pieces of 5.56 brass and got 300 of ran thru the stainless pins and dried.
Been working through the 223 brass i separated by HS, then processing on the 1050. A few hundred more and i'll be done with the clean brass. Then on to the next project, sorting brass by caliber, tumbling then put away for a rainy day.
If you reload and don't have this tool get it, when $$ allows.
. https://sp.yimg.com/xj/th?id=OIP.M81...=0&w=300&h=300