What did you reload today?

[Caveman Jim]

Do you not have a hammer style bullet puller?

I do but the impact tip is fubared with a hole in it or I'd use it. I'm not a fan of getting my nice clean reloading/gun room all dirty.
I should replace it but saving up for primers before they get any higher.

 

[Papercidal]

Really? Most days I can't remember what I had for breakfast…
Although I did find another box I didn't know I had must've acquired it years ago.
Anyways I looked into it and found these horribly made wad cutters. Good Gawd!!!
How can I reclaim the cases and primers?

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Ultimate Kinetic Bullet Puller — Quinetics Corporation

A quick rap extracts the bullet from the casing with no damage to components. The patented "New Twist" Chuck Assembly evenly grips and holds the case; bullet and powder are caught, so there's no waste. For all popular rifle and pistol, rim, or rimless center fire cartridges. ALWAYS WEAR

www.quineticscorp.com

 

[ma96782]

I did about 100 rds of .38 special for SASS shooting. I need to get back on the press and crank out more. Maybe sometime this week.

But I got sidetracked. Looking for my headspace resizing gauges in .308 and .30-06.

Aloha, Mark

 

[Ashley7480]

Made some .54 round ball.
Rendezvous is next weekend...got some shooting to be done...
Andy

Hello Andy my name is Ashley, I am from Texasi am messaging you because I have a black powder 50 caliber armi sans rifle in prestine condition and was wondering what I should price it?

 

[Caveman Jim]

Hello Andy my name is Ashley, I am from Texasi am messaging you because I have a black powder 50 caliber armi sans rifle in prestine condition and was wondering what I should price it?

Welcome Ashley.
You should send @Andy54Hawken a conversation to discuss this.
Click on his name and on the bottom left there is a conversation button.

Cheers, Jim Sr.

 

[Lesliet]

Started using software to calculate load data, for the first time, and it really helped figure some stuff out. " Gordon's Reloading Tool" has a " Optimal barrel Time" calculator that lets you figure out for a particular gun where the sweet spots ( accuracy nodes) will be. So these are my first experiment with that, and they are some sweet shooting rounds. 147 grain Xtreme round nose 9mm, loaded with Tite Group, 131PF, very soft recoil, and more accurate than I can shoot them at speed. After testing a ladder, and then a batch of a hundred, I made about 500 tonight. ( gotta prep more brass).

 

[RVTECH]

Made some .54 round ball.

What brand/name mold do you use?

 

[Andy54Hawken]

What mold do you use?

Sometimes a antique .530 round ball mould.
In this last case I used a Lyman .530 round ball mould.
Andy

 

[pietro beretta]

Some 9mm subsonic loads. Worked up a load using poly coated 147 grn RN and 3.4 grains of titegroup.

I put the last of my dirty brass in the tumbler then fell asleep, didn't mean to mind you - it tumbled for 8 hours. It was the last 50 or so from 1000 rounds I cleaned. Hurt my eyes the brass was so bright!

 

[Mono1]

Started using software to calculate load data

Software!

 

[Caveman Jim]

Started using software to calculate load data, for the first time, and it really helped figure some stuff out. " Gordon's Reloading Tool" has a " Optimal barrel Time" calculator that lets you figure out for a particular gun where the sweet spots ( accuracy nodes) will be. So these are my first experiment with that, and they are some sweet shooting rounds. 147 grain Xtreme round nose 9mm, loaded with Tite Group, 131PF, very soft recoil, and more accurate than I can shoot them at speed. After testing a ladder, and then a batch of a hundred, I made about 500 tonight. ( gotta prep more brass).

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131PF?

 

[Certaindeaf]

Some 9mm subsonic loads. Worked up a load using poly coated 147 grn RN and 3.4 grains of titegroup.

I put the last of my dirty brass in the tumbler then fell asleep, didn't mean to mind you - it tumbled for 8 hours. It was the last 50 or so from 1000 rounds I cleaned. Hurt my eyes the brass was so bright!

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[Lesliet]

131PF?

PF is "power factor", which for many competitions there is a requirement to have certain minimum power factors for your ammunition. ICORE is 120.

Power factor is calculated by the formula: bullet weight times velocity divided by 1000.

 

[misterarman]

Ultimate Kinetic Bullet Puller — Quinetics Corporation

A quick rap extracts the bullet from the casing with no damage to components. The patented "New Twist" Chuck Assembly evenly grips and holds the case; bullet and powder are caught, so there's no waste. For all popular rifle and pistol, rim, or rimless center fire cartridges. ALWAYS WEAR

www.quineticscorp.com

All too familiar with these. Does Quinetics have the same warrantee as say Dillon and RCBS. Not that I have ever worn one of these out. The collets don't last forever either.

 

[Caveman Jim]

All too familiar with these. Does Quinetics have the same warrantee as say Dillon and RCBS. Not that I have ever worn one of these out. The collets don't last forever either.

Plus I've heard from a reliable source that the plastic nuts on the RCBS kinetic pullers are prone to breakage. My Lyman strike face failed and now spews powder everywhere l… Not cool in Caveman's "Clean Room".

 

[Mikej]

Plus I've heard from a reliable source that the plastic nuts on the RCBS kinetic pullers are prone to breakage. My Lyman strike face failed and now spews powder everywhere l… Not cool in Caveman's "Clean Room".

I gotta' laugh. Only because I was beating the he!! out of my RCBS puller and when the bullet finally came out, so did the shell because the little shell gripper hootie was in backwards. Little black flecks everywhere.

 

[ma96782]

All too familiar with these. Does Quinetics have the same warrantee as say Dillon and RCBS. Not that I have ever worn one of these out. The collets don't last forever either.

LOL....the "nose" on my RCBS puller has been reshaped with my many, many thumps on the garage floor. Yes.....I've also gone through my share of collets. My last replacement set, I found/bought at the local Sportsmans Warehouse.

Aloha, Mark

 

[misterarman]

Plus I've heard from a reliable source that the plastic nuts on the RCBS kinetic pullers are prone to breakage. My Lyman strike face failed and now spews powder everywhere l… Not cool in Caveman's "Clean Room".

Rcbs will warranty it. All it takes is a phone call.

 

[Lilhigbee]

Impact puller tip; Screw the collets, use a real shell-holder. It fits fine and doesn't fall apart every time you take the brass out. You're welcome!!

 

[Capn Jack]

Sixty, .177 Pellets into those little round Crosman magazines for a 1077 C02 rifle.
Try that without your glasses on.
Finally got my grandson shooting something other than Nerf Rockets.

Next I'll be cutting 4" off of the stock so it will fit him.