What did you do in the reloading room today?

[Buckaroobonsai]

Set up and tested my new .223 WFT. Ran about 50 cases thru it, then thru the Lyman Prep Center. So easy even a caveman could do it...

[mackbamf]

Cleaned about 600 .223 pieces of brass, swaged 150 cases...

[asmo]

2 coats of mud..

[encorehunter]

2 coats of mud..

I put my second coat of mud on my new reloading room last night. One more edge to tape in, then texture and paint. I am getting evicted from my former room as a little "contender" is on the way.

[cstone]

I put my second coat of mud on my new reloading room last night. One more edge to tape in, then texture and paint. I am getting evicted from my former room as a little "contender" is on the way.

Congratulations!

Brass prep...always brass prep. I almost don't even hear the tumbler anymore. It seems like the thing is always running in the background. Sized more .223 after all of it got swaged. I really like the Dillon Super Swager. It is the next best thing to a 1050, IMO. Sized more .40 S&W and there is plenty more to be sized. I need powder and primers. I always need more powder and primers.

[BuffCyclist]

Congratulations!

Brass prep...always brass prep. I almost don't even hear the tumbler anymore. It seems like the thing is always running in the background. Sized more .223 after all of it got swaged. I really like the Dillon Super Swager. It is the next best thing to a 1050, IMO. Sized more .40 S&W and there is plenty more to be sized. I need powder and primers. I always need more powder and primers.

Sized .40 s&w? Are you doing it for fun or do you actually have cases that need to be resized? Or do you just do it to all of them to keep them a uniform length?

eta: Because I thought pistol brass rarely, if ever, needs to be trimmed.
2nd eta: I've measured the 1.5k pistol brass that I have and none of it was closer than 0.010" to the max length. They've all been fired 3 times now and that was after resizing. Hmm, might have to check again though

[cstone]

Sized .40 s&w? Are you doing it for fun or do you actually have cases that need to be resized? Or do you just do it to all of them to keep them a uniform length?

eta: Because I thought pistol brass rarely, if ever, needs to be trimmed.
2nd eta: I've measured the 1.5k pistol brass that I have and none of it was closer than 0.010" to the max length. They've all been fired 3 times now and that was after resizing. Hmm, might have to check again though

I size everything. I don't check case length or trim pistol brass. Where I am sort of anal is decapping and priming off the press.

[BuffCyclist]

I size everything. I don't check case length or trim pistol brass. Where I am sort of anal is decapping and priming off the press.

Wow, I totally misread your post. I imagined that you were TRIMMING the 40s&w brass, not sizing it.

What's your reasoning for decapping/priming off the press? Don't want your press getting dirty or do you have a progressive/turret/whateverhtehellthey'recalled press where all stages are done on one press?

I've got a single stage and do everything on the press and simply vacuum up particles of carbon and crushed walnut when it gets obviously dirty. I have a feeling I'll eventually need to apply some lube of some sort to the ram, but living in the desert with next to zero percent humidity, the chance of rust on the ram is quite low.

[Great-Kazoo]

Bagged n tagged a shit load of brass for a garage sale i'm doing in the am.

[cstone]

I try to find ways to be productive away from a press. I have a single stage and a Lee Pro 1000. I use a Harvey Deprimer and an RCBS universal hand primer. When I actually sit down at the press, I just want to churn out finished rounds, which is pretty easy when you are feeding clean, sized, primed, cases.