What did you reload today?

[Caveman Jim]

Out reloading 3k rounds of 9mm currently. Arghhh

That'll be a few hours with a good progressive press and three months with a single stage. If the latter, I feel your pain brother.

 

[Caveman Jim]

Been sorting the 35# of brass that came from my trip to the pits on NYD. There ain't no ammo shortage that I can tell.
I can't even give away 9mm anymore.

 

[Mikej]

The one I'd need would break the bank (4'x4')

Not to mention your back? Getting that thing out of the truck and set up!

 

[deadeye]

Not to mention your back? Getting that thing out of the truck and set up!

Nah just put 2 uprights in the stake pockets on one side and string the chains and plate between them. The weight of the target will automatically angle the plate perfectly for ya. Empty all your shooting needs out of the truck onto the bench drive the truck away as far as you wish to shoot turn the truck broadside of the shooting bench and voila you're ready to rock.

EDIT: make sure you're a good shot or have relatives in the autobody and mechanics fields.......YMMV

 

[kmk1012]

Nah just put 2 uprights in the stake pockets on one side and string the chains and plate between them. The weight of the target will automatically angle the plate perfectly for ya. Empty all your shooting needs out of the truck onto the bench drive the truck away as far as you wish to shoot turn the truck broadside of the shooting bench and voila you're ready to rock.

EDIT: make sure you're a good shot or have relatives in the autobody and mechanics fields.......YMMV

As to your edit, happened to me. My brother was using my car as a rest/bench back in the day and I had my trunk open. The impact slammed the trunk closed and left a long bullet shaped dent without paint. Never penetrated the Toyota metal but, it was only a 7.62x39

 

[oremike]

Nah just put 2 uprights in the stake pockets on one side and string the chains and plate between them. The weight of the target will automatically angle the plate perfectly for ya. Empty all your shooting needs out of the truck onto the bench drive the truck away as far as you wish to shoot turn the truck broadside of the shooting bench and voila you're ready to rock.

EDIT: make sure you're a good shot or have relatives in the autobody and mechanics fields.......YMMV

Must have never seen bullet splatter.

 

[Mikej]

Must have never seen bullet splatter.

Iffin you got a truck, isn't the bed suppose to be messed up? That's what it's for, carrying stuff and getting messed up!

 

[oremike]

Iffin you got a truck, isn't the bed suppose to be messed up? That's what it's for, carrying stuff and getting messed up!

I do work my truck hauling ammo and firewood, I'm just thinking bullet splatter might be harder on the paint and glass than I care for. But you do you.

 

[deadeye]

Must have never seen bullet splatter.

Must be needing another cup of coffee to wake up and smell the humor.

 

[aasbra]

Loaded up some 45 ACP with 200 Grain SWC bullets over Clays powder.

 

[osprey]

I recently reloaded some test loads for my 10.5" 458 socom using the 300gr barnes tactx. I had previously chronoed this bullet going 1650 fps out of my 16" gun using the max barnes load with lil gun. This time I tweaked the oal to be longer by .070" and used 3 different powders working up .5 gr higher than max on each to make up for the increased powder space. I shot these out of my 10.5" pistol and was really surprised how well it did. Lil gun was the winner for velocity and sd although the load showed slightly flattened primer with rounded edges still. I will back out a couple tenths of a grain and shoot again out to 100 yds. The velocity I recorded out of the 10.5" pistol was 1580 fps average with the lil gun load

 

[oneshotkyle]

Loading up some 556 for a buddy with 35g ntx Hornady. Then I'll be on to loading some Nosler custom comp 220g in my 300 blackout

 

[kmk1012]

Loaded 1000 40S&W's at a friends house who owns a Dillon.

 

[Newberg]

Tested an RCBS bullet die for 9mm. ultimately decided it didn't work reliably enough to justify the time. Was shedding delrin into the cases along with the projectile. Case mouth flare was set to spec in manual.

 

[Mikej]

Tested an RCBS bullet die for 9mm. ultimately decided it didn't work reliably enough to justify the time. Was shedding delrin into the cases along with the projectile. Case mouth flare was set to spec in manual.

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Never heard of this? 'Delrin?

 

[Newberg]

Never heard of this? 'Delrin?

A type of slick plastic, usually white. Similar to a thick plastic cutting board.

 

[Mikej]

A type of slick plastic, usually white. Similar to a thick plastic cutting board.

Yeah I googled it. I don't get why it's on jacketed/plated bullets? I probably don't know about that particular die either. I'm a single stage loader.

 

[Newberg]

Yeah I googled it. I don't get why it's on jacketed/plated bullets? I probably don't know about that particular die either. I'm a single stage loader.

It's a bushing inside of the die, it expands when a flared case mouth pushed up on it, allowing a single projectile to drop. The problem is that the sharp edges of some cases cut into the material and weaken it, also causing it to shed into the powder under the projectile. Case flare can be adjusted down, but then a projectile will not drop. I'm sure an exact combo of projectile type/weight and critical dimensions of case flare would lead to a perfect combination... but I failed to find it and destroyed the inserts in a day. Back to the company it went. Now I'm off to try the all metal Hornady version.

 

[Mikej]

It's a bushing inside of the die, it expands when a flared case mouth pushed up on it, allowing a single projectile to drop. The problem is that the sharp edges of some cases cut into the material and weaken it, also causing it to shed into the powder under the projectile. Case flare can be adjusted down, but then a projectile will not drop. I'm sure an exact combo of projectile type/weight and critical dimensions of case flare would lead to a perfect combination... but I failed to find it and destroyed the inserts in a day. Back to the company it went. Now I'm off to try the all metal Hornady version.

Ohhh-Kay. The bullets aren't coated. It's an insert in the die that sets the bullet into the flared case mouth! Gotcha! Glad to be just a simple, single stage, guy.

 

[Papercidal]

It's a bushing inside of the die, it expands when a flared case mouth pushed up on it, allowing a single projectile to drop. The problem is that the sharp edges of some cases cut into the material and weaken it, also causing it to shed into the powder under the projectile. Case flare can be adjusted down, but then a projectile will not drop. I'm sure an exact combo of projectile type/weight and critical dimensions of case flare would lead to a perfect combination... but I failed to find it and destroyed the inserts in a day. Back to the company it went. Now I'm off to try the all metal Hornady version.

Do yourself a favor and just skip to the mr bullet feeder die it's not that much more expensive and works the hornady version never did work reliably for me and costs almost as much as the mr bullet feeder die.