What did you do in the reloading room today?

[stodg73]

Added a press for swaging bullets and primer pockets to the bench.

[Brian]

Waiting on a guy to pick up the reloading bench. I thought he said 12. Looks like he meant 12 ..........................NOON!Or he got lost.

LOL I just saw this. It would've helped if I didn't have to drive through the back pasture to find you.

... and I did offer to bring lunch, you know.

[Brian]

I got all set up with my new 650 and just finished getting the powder drop all dialed in last night. Got annoyed at the pan on my digi scale, so I bought this gadget while I was meeting up for a trade this morning at Cabelas.

Side note - does an approx .02gr variance sound about right for the dillon PM (titegroup/flake)? I let it "settle in" after my final adjustment and ran a few through just dumping out the powder, but in the end, that was approx the +/- I was seeing.



Also had to call my buddy to look up some info in his hornady manual because the data from the lyman manual I was using had a way too short OAL. I think I'm all good now and will probably crank out my first few live rounds this afternoon.

[NFATrustGuy]

If you're getting down to 2 HUNDREDTHS (0.02), you're doing VERY good, in my experience. Mine is realistically +/- a tenth (0.1). My Dillon scale doesn't even show hundredths.

[Brian]

If you're getting down to 2 HUNDREDTHS (0.02), you're doing VERY good, in my experience. Mine is realistically +/- a tenth (0.1). My Dillon scale doesn't even show hundredths.

yep, using the gempro 250, aiming for 3.2gr and getting 3.18 - 3.22 with an occasional spike or two. The PM seems to be doing ok now, but I did notice the powder check bar is picking up a couple flakes, so I'll need to clean that or polish it or something. I think I need a good anti-static anti-fatigue mat too.

[crays]

.02 grains for 9mm is nowhere near being an issue, even with TG

Glad to hear you are up and running.

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[DeusExMachina]

Hundredths of a grain is a level of anal that would make me quit reloading. It makes me twinge as it is.

[Brian]

Good to know, busted out the first 10 rounds of 9mm this afternoon, will probably test those before I commit to making a bunch. Need to decide now what gun I'm going to feel comfortable blowing up (just in case). Probably take the Beretta, since it's big and steel, and if I feel brave I can screw on the suppressor and try that out. I don't have a Chrony but I can probably borrow one. What testing do you guys go through before you feel comfortable starting mass production? Part of me is itching to start cranking that sucker so I can fill up those bins.

I did get to experience Dillon support the other day. Could not believe how hard it was to screw the dies into the toolhead, and with a couple of the powder dies, - I couldn't even get more than half way in. Thankfully I remembered the caliber conversion box and swapped out for a different toolhead and everything was smooth. Had to wait on the phone 20 mins but it only took them 3 mins to get a new one in the mail to me. Very nice. I'm betting it's not one of the new pretty colored ones though...

[stodg73]

Sized and deprimed about 300 .40 S&W today.

[Great-Kazoo]

Good to know, busted out the first 10 rounds of 9mm this afternoon, will probably test those before I commit to making a bunch. Need to decide now what gun I'm going to feel comfortable blowing up (just in case). Probably take the Beretta, since it's big and steel, and if I feel brave I can screw on the suppressor and try that out. I don't have a Chrony but I can probably borrow one. What testing do you guys go through before you feel comfortable starting mass production? Part of me is itching to start cranking that sucker so I can fill up those bins.

I did get to experience Dillon support the other day. Could not believe how hard it was to screw the dies into the toolhead, and with a couple of the powder dies, - I couldn't even get more than half way in. Thankfully I remembered the caliber conversion box and swapped out for a different toolhead and everything was smooth. Had to wait on the phone 20 mins but it only took them 3 mins to get a new one in the mail to me. Very nice. I'm betting it's not one of the new pretty colored ones though...

I'll do 10-15 of a few different weights. Shoot them to see which gives better performance, accuracy, operation of firearm. What works in the beretta may not be workable for say a S&W.
I have better overall performance using 4-4.1 grs of TG under 115 & 124 9mm. @ 1.14 OAL. Now that same 4.0 TG in a XD does not fully cycle 100%, 4.3 and it's GTG

BTW: How'd those pre-drilled strong mount holes work?