Dang! where did you find bullets and powder for $.01 a round? ;)Quote:
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Dang! where did you find bullets and powder for $.01 a round? ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by izzy
1985. [emoji39]Quote:
Originally Posted by thedave1164
I scored a very sweet bulk deal right before the pandemic actually. Now I send lots of time.Quote:
Originally Posted by thedave1164
Loaded 150rds of match 308 and 200rds of 9mm. Gonna start working on 200 peices of 38 brass tomorrow.
I decapped, resized, and hand-primed 450 9mm cases yesterday. I'm retired and have a lot of time.
Inventory.
received a few fun items from NOE - now to hunt down some gas checks.
A good friend dropped off a few thousand pcs of 9x19 to be roll sized.
No 380, no 40, no 22lr. Just clean 9mm brass.
30-40 minutes later it was all done.
Now that it has been roll sized, it already passes a case gauge.
I loaded my first .300 BO rounds today. I cut and sized the brass, trimmed and loaded.
15.0 gr of H110 with a 150gr Hornady SP. Loaded the mag, opened the door and test fired the first 10. The 75 yard gong didnt stand a chance. Im pretty happy for that being the first load I have tried.
Took apart a Browning SA-22 and started getting it ready for electroless Nickle.
Sorted through my brass. Sized and deprimed whatever hadn?t been. 1000 x 223, 20 x .270, 50 x .308, 50 x .380 and 50 x 6.5cm.
priming and loading a batch of .40.
Couldn't sleep so I loaded up about 900 rounds of 22 Jet.
11 gns of H-110 and 45 gn bullets.
What do you use that for? Critters?Quote:
Originally Posted by Hoser
Just about anything. That little bullet going fast will put the hurt on most things.Quote:
Originally Posted by Delfuego
But the big boom and massive fireballs with zero recoil is kinda fun too.
Discovered that I had a few hundred sized trimmed and primed .308 cases.
I?m not sure how Or why I did it, but They?re covered in case lube and tarnishing. So today I?m hand polishing .308 brass with a drill and steel wool.
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Scored some primers and projectiles recently so threw together a couple hundred more rounds of 9mm in anticipation of an upcoming range trip.
Might do some more 223 but I probably should trim some brass and I just haven?t felt like it. Plus, another 500 or so rounds and I?ll be hunting for more powder anyways.
dry media tumble them for about 30 min. Then check to see if any media is stuck in the case.Quote:
Originally Posted by Goodburbon
I?ve noticed that corn cob media sticks in the primer holes pretty bad, walnut doesn?t or hasn?t thus far so I?m willing to give it a go when the tumbler is done with the current batch.
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Deprimed a bunch of range pickup brass, marveled at what a shithole my tiny little space has become. I need a 2-car garage just for my reloading and brass monkeying.....
People over obsess about media in the flash hole. There?s no way a piece of corncob or walnut that small could impede anything in the ignition process. Just my opinion though. Maybe someday I?ll do an experiment to prove out my theory.Quote:
Originally Posted by Goodburbon
I use a lee universal decapper in the sizing station to remove any that are stuck.Quote:
Originally Posted by Goodburbon
The size of the walnut media I have blocks the entire pocket so that?s how I ensure that doesn?t happen. It?s too large for the flash hole itself.
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I figure it would just blow it forward and burn with the powder. May cause a slight difference, but why not remove it if you can?Quote:
Originally Posted by ray1970
My problem is much different as it blocks the primer pocket and must be removed for the primer to seat. Either way, I think the decapper should remove it.
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Man. I bet some of you goody-two-shoes even stick to published load data too.
Started to setup my lee APP. Have a few buckets of brass to remove the crimp from and my other ways of doing it are too slow. The primer crimp remover kit should be here this week.
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For the most part, yes. I find acceptable loads within the ranges they publish.Quote:
Originally Posted by ray1970
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Lipstick?
Same thought here when I ordered the color. Made me chuckle. I am firmly in weird dad territory these days.
Hahahaha!!! [ROFL1]Quote:
Originally Posted by JohnnyEgo
Loaded up 200 rnds. 556 for Sunday, cleaned my tac match rifle, ready to go.
Loaded a hundred rds of Beowulf.
Loaded 500rds of 357mag, 200 with 2400, 200 with h110, and 100 with unique.
I have discovered an optimal workflow for my brass prep courtesy of Covid and my work-from-home existence. I deprime with my Harvey deprimer at my desk during meetings. Depending on the level of engagement required of the meeting, I usually pop out between 150-250 rounds per meeting. This last week alone, I have decapped 2,000+ rounds during the normal course of business. Dump them in the wet tumbler in batches over the weekend. Yay multi-tasking!
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Showing that you can multi task during a meeting. That right there, sounds like management material .Quote:
Originally Posted by JohnnyEgo
Management material would be making sure nothing is accomplished during the meeting.Quote:
Originally Posted by Great-Kazoo
WHOA........... you bucking for supervisor?Quote:
Originally Posted by izzy
Sad but true. While working for the state, we'd have meetings on a daily basis, sometimes 2 a day. Because emails and delegating task was too difficult to do. After the 30 min mark, where the supervisor was telling us some people were complaining, the jobs we were doing were not done in a timely manner.
I said EXCUSE ME. if i may make a suggestion. How about we hold less time in meetings, and more time actually working.
We're at the 30 minute mark of our second meeting of the day. Total time spent today 2 hrs, talking. Overall that's an average of 10+ hours a week we're not doing real work.
Throw in the all dept meeting that usually runs 1.5 hours. That means we're down to a 28 hr work week. Anyone else see why the work is not getting done?
Damn gov employees, spend more time avoiding work, that getting it done. .
Now back on reloading. Today, nothing but, wander over to the reloading building and look at what i haven't done, the last month plus, due to health issues.
Soon the force will be strong in this one.
I do my part!Quote:
Originally Posted by izzy
I am middle management, so all my meetings above and below involve other management. If you think nothing gets done in a conventional meeting, you should see the raw time-sucking fury of management to the third power.
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Made a chamber cast of Dad's old Smith Corona 1903-A3. Mom gave it to him as a gift around '64 and I don't think he ever shot it.
I wanted to make sure it is still a 30.06 and wasn't modified. It measures out correctly. Now I need to find a headspace gauge to make sure it's okay to shoot.
Doing a few ladder test for .380 with 95 gr (everglades ammo) plated bullets. Running unique (3 gr- 2,8 and 2.6 gr) OAL of .965. Load data shows a flat poing bullet @ .900.
The OAL passed a plunk test with a friends ruger. Going to road test tomorrow, with another friends .380 Sig.
Why? because the daughter needs some 380 and i have ZERO .380's or even a case gauge.
Any input is, as always, appreciated. For those loading .380.
UPDATE. 2.8 gs causes FTE's. 3 gr unique, works fine.
Acquired some old dies, brass & powder to begin loading for the .45-70 that I do not yet own.
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