What did you reload today?

[Stomper]

I have been depriming buckets of .brass and getting it all wet tumbled with the SS pins.

I picked up a dillon 650 and will be getting a Hornady progressive press kit here shortly when they become available again.

Once I get the Hornady set up I will be cranking out the ammo in volume.

When I went tumble the brass I put the bras on my drying racks and hitvthem with the air hose to get 99% of the water off then let them sit out in the sun to dry.
If the weather is overcast I will let them sit outside and then bring them in before dark to finish drying. If I want the brass sooner I will put it in the oven set at 190 hor a half an hour or so.

Ithe drying racks I had made up would hold 2,000 pieces of brass.
This past week I made more drying racks that will hold another 2,000 pieces of brass. It will take a couple of days to get all this brass tumbled & dried.

I will be getting more brass today or tomorrow to proccess.

My new drying racks.


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Some of my old brass drying racks.
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The reason I wet tumble, look at the crud that gets removed fron the brass.
Dry tumbleing doesn't compare to wet tumbleing.

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I like how you simplified the racks by using long box-nails instead of drilling out every hole for dowels. I may steal that idea!


I have been sitting on the couch decapping and sizing MILSURP .308 cases with my Lee hand press....





I dropped a shell into the couch cushions and I refused to stop until I found it.....




After all that, I wound up finding it in the front pocket of my T-shirt....

 

[Caveman Jim]

Somebody gonna be loading a lot... I just sold 7k 9mm cases to my sons best friend, they will be hand delivered by my son when he reports to the CG station in Kodiak, Alaska in September...

 

[Caveman Jim]

Nuttin but I did reassemble the Lee Pro 1000 that's been sitting in a box totally disassembled for months...
I'm gonna get with loading 300BLK supers directly...

 

[Haftard]

Is this a good group? 130g gmx with 49g of imr 4064 ...

 

[RVTECH]

Got started loading my .357 158 Gr. SWC poly coats yesterday.

I really like these ! when being seated they slide into the case very nicely - almost no resistance and when seated a few thou shy of the forward end of the band they cycle nearly flawlessly in my Henry.

 

[asbtg]

Is this a good group? 130g gmx with 49g of imr 4064 ...

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Depends on how far away you started...

 

[RVTECH]

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[nammac]

Got started loading my .357 158 Gr. SWC poly coats yesterday.

I really like these ! when being seated they slide into the case very nicely - almost no resistance and when seated a few thou shy of the forward end of the band they cycle nearly flawlessly in my Henry.
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That guy needs a wee bit of roll crimp, then it'll be a thing of beauty!

Kinda like these

 

[RVTECH]

That guy needs a wee bit of roll crimp, then it'll be a thing of beauty!

This guy now crimps with a Lee collet crimp die!

 

[arrowshooter]

Just loaded these 30-06 with 165 Accubond over H4350.......



Because it did this the other day with the confirmation loading after running the "ladder". First 3 shots out of a cold barrel on my new Winchester XPR. This was "only" at 77 yards on lane 4 @ Wolf Creek, but would calculate out to .4875" at 100 yds, allegedly.

 

[Packrat76]

I loaded up 100 rds of cowboy loads for a good, the bad, and ugly shoot with my .44 mag Super Blackhawk. 4.5gns of Bullseye with a .44 HSM 240 gn hardcast bullet and a win large pistol primer, equal a 740fps load.

 

[kmk1012]

Just put together some 700 grain 500S&W's! The first photo is a 44Mag and a 9mm case for comparison to the bullet. Second pic is 44Mag and a 308! Oops, pics loaded backwards but this is in the reloading section and I hope you all can figure out what is what, LOL

 

[Wood Worker]

today, I happened across a bag of 44mag brass at sportsmans, so I put together 242 grain hard cast leads with 13.6 grains of IMR 800-X and win large pistol primers.

 

[Lesliet]

Very happy with some of my ladder test results. @Mikej , thanks for the tip on HS-6. Working up a better load for bowling pins, using my 625-4 in .45ACP. Tried Accurate #2, with 250 grain plated rnfp, W231/HP38 with 230 grain plated hollowpoints, and HS-6 with the same 230 grain plated hollowpoints.

The HS-6 grouped best at 7.1 grains, group is just over 1 3/4" off a plastic MTM rest at 13 yards with iron sights. Average velocity of 813 fps, so it could be a bit faster, but at larger loads, the groups started opening up. Power factor of 187, sd was 7.7. Should be enough to get clean take-offs, and the hollow points help get a bite on the pin.

I'll try to find a load for the 250 grainers with HS-6 or w231, but the next pin match is coming up soon, not a lot of time left to sort that out this time around. The AA2 load on those was more of a "pattern" than a group....

 

[Caveman Jim]

Nuttin but I did reassemble the Lee Pro 1000 that's been sitting in a box totally disassembled for months...
I'm gonna get with loading 300BLK supers directly...

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I don't normally quote myself when I do it's for good reason. LOL

I had some packages arrive, on from Lee containing a bullet feeder for 40S&W and a case feeder. Also from in-line fabrications, I did screw up on the size of the T-shirt on the order but the JR mount installed fabulously on the Lee Pro1000. I'm ready to rock n roll on some 300BLK this week!!!

 

[kmk1012]

My son and I sized 1000 220gr coated bullets for the 300blk's. Hopefully get them slow enough while still cycling my 8.5" AR, the bolt gun is silly quiet with the can on too!

 

[DAVID Hampton]

Nothing reloaded today. Been rebuilding our 87 ford moror home for 2 months. Need to finish and go shooting before the monsoon season starts.

 

[RVTECH]

No reloading today but I had to custom grind a bit to fit the cylinder release latch 'thumbpiece nut' for my Smith & Wesson Mod 66.

It loosens up when shooting it and I almost lost it recently.

A good, snug fitting bit allowed me to tighten it up much more effectively and hopefully it won't loosen up again !

 

[Lesliet]

It loosens up when shooting it and I almost lost it recently.

My sideplate screws were doing that, I just added a dab of loc-tite to the ends.

 

[Certaindeaf]

No reloading today but I had to custom grind a bit to fit the cylinder release latch 'thumbpiece nut' for my Smith & Wesson Mod 66.

It loosens up when shooting it and I almost lost it recently.

A good, snug fitting bit allowed me to tighten it up much more effectively and hopefully it won't loosen up again !

Those weird short aluminum and steel S&W screwdrivers work awesome.. you gotta watch all them screws.