What did you reload today?

[nammac]

More .38 Special 148 gr hbwc's, for the 642 of course…

 

[misterarman]

They sure are beautiful Jim.

 

[Caveman Jim]

They sure are beautiful Jim.

And they sound fantastic bouncing off the AR500 steel targets too.
Thanks again

 

[2ndtimer]

I was able to get out and do some 9mm testing yesterday with my buddy @Thomas_Gunne at his pistol range.
The ladder test consisted of 3.6 grains to 4g of Tightgroup in .2g progressions with 124g Montana gold JHP's. Thanks @misterarman.
I would have never thought that the lower loads would've shot the best, 3.6 & 3.8g did great. The max load did not show over presser or flattened primers so there's that.
This test was shot through my new Springfield XDM9 full-size pistol that I acquired last month.
Once I got the auto desk set at 3.6-3.7g consistency I loaded up 72 rounds in short order on the Pro1000. I know I said I switched the pistol and rifle loading around but it was just awkward loading pistol on the turret for some ungodly reason.
I'm gonna fill this coffee can up with this recipe.

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Love your "high tech polymer storage receptacle" !

 

[Lesliet]

Working on loads for the 929, tonight, mainly just practice ammo for speed steel & ICORE. Had some 125 grain, .357 TC with cannelure from Bang & Clang, and the HS-6 did really well on the ladder test at 5.2. Accurate, and loads into the cylinder pretty well in moonclips for TC stuff.

 

[41mag]

https://www.badmanbullets.com/OnlineStore/prodimages/38-130-RNFP-Red.jpg

IIRC these have a slight cannelure

 

[Lesliet]

I got my molds made up, and a bunch of the ogive .357 slugs made, I just need to coat them, and make a bunch more. ~128 grains is what they came out to. The Bang & Clangs are just to hold me for practice ammo til I catch up on casting/coating.

 

[misterarman]

Finally found some modern powder to load up some .38 special.

 

[Caveman Jim]

Finally found some modern powder to load up some .38 special.

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New old stock right John?

 

[Caveman Jim]

I have been busy, I've sorted through a large ammo box full of 9 mm which held 4000 more that I didn't know about. I sold 2000 today plus I wet cleaned 1500.

 

[misterarman]

New old stock right John?

No. I think just old. Going to test some out Friday. I will bet they go bang.

 

[Caveman Jim]

No. I think just old. Going to test some out Friday. I will bet they go bang.

I also happened to score some old Bullseye powder last year just for the tin but it's unopened.

Here it is. Use or put on shelf??? Decisions decisions decisions.

 

[shojikitsune]

I also happened to score some old Bullseye powder last year just for the tin but it's unopened.

Here it is. Use or put on shelf??? Decisions decisions decisions.

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Yes, use and put on shelf. Sorted.

 

[misterarman]

I also happened to score some old Bullseye powder last year just for the tin but it's unopened.

Here it is. Use or put on shelf??? Decisions decisions decisions.

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USE IT! Save the can if you want.

 

[misterarman]

Finally found some modern powder to load up some .38 special.

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Model 10 said yum yum this morning.

 

[CLT65]

Finally found some modern powder to load up some .38 special.

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I had a can just like that, some years ago. It worked fine with loads reduces from the maximum I found in old manuals. If I tried pushing them anywhere close to what the book showed, they had signs of over-pressure. I figured maybe it had dried or something over the years. IIRC I used it up in moderate .44 mag loads. That is one OLD can.

 

[Mikej]

I also happened to score some old Bullseye powder last year just for the tin but it's unopened.

Here it is. Use or put on shelf??? Decisions decisions decisions.

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I'd love to find an old can of Hercules anything. For the mantle, more than likely. Where I grew up, in the Salt Lake Valley, we had the Hercules Power Co in West Valley at Bacchus. There was a ton of mining that went on in the nearby mountains. The huge Kennecott Copper Mine was nearby. Back then the old dynamite boxes that people would have in their basements, barns and garages would say "Hercules Powder" on them. I grew up with the fishing lure called a Hercules Spinner, not Dupont Spinner.

 

[Local Loader]

I'm hoping to have some fun this week. Got something beautiful delivered early.

 

[Camelfilter]

I'm hoping to have some fun this week. Got something beautiful delivered early.
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[2ndtimer]

I was attempting to tidy up my reloading room this afternoon and stumbled upon this:

My very first box (empty now, of course) of centerfire rifle bullets for my first centerfire rifle, a .243 Win. That price was a decent deal over 40 years ago. It doesn't seem THAT long ago.