What did you reload today?

[pinne65]

100 RDS of 9mm 115gr RN coated over 5.4~5.7gr Unique.
100 RDS of 9mm 115gr RN coated over 4.7~4.9gr WSF
Trying out tomorrow

Both worked fine. Smoky though. Not sure of it was the gun powders or the powder coated bullets. I'll live with it though. ~ $9 for 100 rounds it's hard to beat.

 

[Lesliet]

I like WSF fairly well, although I've moved to other stuff, it had a decent soft recoil with 147 grain 9mm. Not remembering huge amounts of smoke with it though. Not like Titegroup.

 

[shibbershabber]

Finally got around to making some reduced load 30-30

Scored a bunch of plated 150gr bullets, which cant be fired at normal velocities.

Went with 10gr of Unique and was averaging about 1350fps through my Henry. Perfect plinking load. Relatively quiet too

 

[JRuby]

40S&W 180xtp over 7.5g of hs6

 

[HaveGun]

I like WSF fairly well, although I've moved to other stuff, it had a decent soft recoil with 147 grain 9mm. Not remembering huge amounts of smoke with it though. Not like Titegroup.

For pistol, I've tried a few different powders. WSF, W231, Titegroup, Lil' Gun, Blue Dot, Unique, Power Pistol, and finally Ramshot Silhouette.

 

[Lesliet]

I liked Silhouette, also, but for my purposes, I've settled on Accurate #2. Good, fast powder that meters very well. Not a lot of smoke with coated bullets, runs cooler than some fast powders. ( My pistol gets REALLY hot running Titegroup loads for extended practice sessions.) It seems to live up to its name, also!

Loaded about 1200 rounds of .380 for my partner, with hand cast poly coated tc. Probably load up the rest of the SNS 147 rnfp for my 9mm as my next session.

 

[zenmariner]

Went to work last week and the next day my annealeze shows. Cant wait to get back to try it out on some 6.5 CM

 

[Mikej]

Went to work last week and the next day my annealeze shows. Cant wait to get back to try it out on some 6.5 CM

Sounds like some sort of hemorrhoid ointment? Too much time sitting at the loading bench?

Ooo, I'll be here all week!

 

[American123]

I liked Silhouette, also, but for my purposes, I've settled on Accurate #2. Good, fast powder that meters very well. Not a lot of smoke with coated bullets, runs cooler than some fast powders. ( My pistol gets REALLY hot running Titegroup loads for extended practice sessions.) It seems to live up to its name, also!

Loaded about 1200 rounds of .380 for my partner, with hand cast poly coated tc. Probably load up the rest of the SNS 147 rnfp for my 9mm as my next session.

Do you have any experience using #2 for short barreled 9mm?

 

[Lesliet]

Do you have any experience using #2 for short barreled 9mm?

I do not. I would expect it would work well. I looked on another reloading forum, and several people recommended it for an sr9c.

 

[American123]

I do not. I would expect it would work well. I looked on another reloading forum, and several people recommended it for an sr9c.

Thanks - it's in the "will work up and test eventually" list for me. Have used #5 for volume / everything 9mm so far but wanted to test the faster powder for some micro 9mm reasons.

 

[fuqyeahammo]

Imr 4198 @ 11.7 gr
Lee mold .308 230 gr range scrap bullet
Once fired and cleaned 300blkout brass

gotta load some more and than go have fun shootin

 

[Lesliet]

~ 75 12 gauge shotshells. Still figuring out and setting up a new ( to me) MEC 9000g progressive shotshell reloader. Kinda done for tonight after spilling shot all over the workbench for the third time in an hour. Still a few more adjustments to make, seems like it can run pretty fast once I get it all dialed in. People's youtube videos claim 500 rounds per hour, which is a couple of weekends worth of trapshooting, for me. 700-X and a #28 bushing gives me ~ 1225 fps with 1 oz of #8.5 on the full choke barrel. ( Yes, I ladder tested. )

 

[DLS]

Imr 4198 @ 11.7 gr
Lee mold .308 230 gr range scrap bullet
Once fired and cleaned 300blkout brass

gotta load some more and than go have fun shootinView attachment 723865

Nice looking rounds <grin>!

How do you lube those bullets? Do you use a gas check? I have a buddy who bought that mold in hopes I'd cast some bullets for him and then help him find a load.

 

[fuqyeahammo]

Nice looking rounds <grin>!

How do you lube those bullets? Do you use a gas check? I have a buddy who bought that mold in hopes I'd cast some bullets for him and then help him find a load.

So the lee mold that I got does not have a gas check and I didn't not lube them either. I'm going to start powder coating them but I wanted to make 20 and see what they do. Kinda just running test on them

 

[CLT65]

So the lee mold that I got does not have a gas check and I didn't not lube them either. I'm going to start powder coating them but I wanted to make 20 and see what they do. Kinda just running test on them

Maybe I misunderstand, but no lube at all, of any kind? If so, I guarantee you do NOT want to shoot them. It's a little like running your car engine without oil...

 

[fuqyeahammo]

Maybe I misunderstand, but no lube at all, of any kind? If so, I guarantee you do NOT want to shoot them. It's a little like running your car engine without oil...

Oh I definitely agree. I wanted to get photos of the leading. I want to put together kinda like a before and after with no coatings/lube, lube, powdercoating, spray applies coating with and with out baking. Stuff like that all in one post.

 

[fuqyeahammo]

Like it'll take time to put it together cause I'm still learning with it and in need of buying the equipment and material as well but I think myself and others would enjoy that

 

[Certaindeaf]

Imr 4198 @ 11.7 gr
Lee mold .308 230 gr range scrap bullet
Once fired and cleaned 300blkout brass

gotta load some more and than go have fun shootinView attachment 723865

Pre-coffee I was all staring at that and going, "that's a pretty fast load for lead, good job" and then realized.. lol.
I use a Lyman 195 gr spitzer for my 30-06 is kinda why I thought that

 

[CLT65]

Back when I first started casting, in the late '80s, I loaded a few .30 Carbine rounds with un-lubed bullets. I ended up spending hours scraping and cleaning lead out of the bore and gas piston. It was a mess, and I learned quickly that I didn't want to make that mistake again.

Powder coating, on the other hand, has revolutionized casting for me. In that same M1 Carbine, I load a 100gr powder-coated bullet to a velocity or around 1800fps- a plain-base bullet and no leading at all.