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TX, USA
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Posted: 6/8/2024 1:48:52 PM EDT
[#1]
Ordered 21st century expander dies and mandrills for 223 and 308.
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Posted: 6/8/2024 2:20:33 PM EDT
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 Order in from NE Reloading. Five 100 rd bags of range 30-30.  Also in the order was 1k of .452 230 gr HP's. Since I got 1k, price ea was .20. They look beautiful, so ordered another 1k. Shipping was free and no tax. Reminds me of AR.  Also order in from Midsouth, got the 2024 Hodgdon's guide, free VV reloading data when you buy VV powder. Had to get a 1 pound jug. Have two 4 pound jugs of VV3N37, but I like to use a 1 pound jug on the bench. And just refill it from the 4 pound jugs. Lot# of 4 pound jugs will be on a label on the 1 pounder when refilled.  Going to set up 1050 for 45 ACP (small primer) eventually. This is how I but a set of dies, Hornady die set, M die, and dedicated taper crimp die. So Hornady expander is not used, and seater/crimp die is set to seat only. Crimping will take place in taper crimp die. |
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ON, CAN
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Posted: 6/8/2024 7:56:00 PM EDT
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I'm increasingly becoming dissatisfied with the 7.62x54mmR recipe I've been using for nearly a decade for my M91/30 PU sniper, a dissatisfaction that only increased after this morning's range trip.
This afternoon I started playing around with bullet and powder combinations in Gordon's Reloading Tool and am intrigued by a 150 grain bullet with H335 that I came up with. |
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Posted: 6/8/2024 9:29:13 PM EDT
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Decided to work on depriming 9mm on the Lee APP, swapped it over from 45 and within 15 minutes bent two decapping pins. No more on hand so over with this endeavor for the night before it even started. Pretty tempted to just go back to dry tumbling and call it good.
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Posted: 6/10/2024 12:57:08 AM EDT
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Finally transferred my .40S&W dies out of an old 550 toolhead into a 650 toolhead. Then I cranked out about 100 rounds using Winchester 231:
 Attached FileFrom the good ol’ days:  Attached FileAnd yes, I had emailed Winchester/Hodgdon about their labeling error. |
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Posted: 6/10/2024 1:47:35 AM EDT
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Ya, W-231 is not a rifle powder.
Continued casting today, half way through, switched to 32 ACP, 7.62x25, and a 380 mold. Kept going with the 9mm mold. Ordered caliber change kit in 45 ACP for my 1050 from Dillon. Got the dies the other day. I finally realized the value of SP 45 ACP cases, I don't have to change my primer system. Already set up for small size. |
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Posted: 6/10/2024 1:53:51 AM EDT
[#7]
Headstamp sorted another thousand 9mm brass.
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Posted: 6/10/2024 12:04:58 PM EDT
[#8]
Sorted all of the brass we fired and picked up the last two range trips. Sized and decapped all of the .38 and .357.
I haven't done much with reloading since Dad died in November. I have most all of his equipment and supplies moved but I just can't get back into it. I hope that will change but time will tell. |
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Posted: 6/10/2024 10:35:33 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Cascade-Dude: Sorted a thousand 9mm brass by headstamp before breakfast and another thousand after. Looks like I barely made a dent in the unsorted cans. My god why man? —— Watched some hockey while I boxed up the last of the 1600rds of 124gr RMR ‘nukes’ I loaded up this weekend (unsorted, I dont have that kind of patience with 9mm). |
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Posted: 6/10/2024 11:02:00 PM EDT
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Finished up my 8th day of casting, tomorrow I put everything away.
Pic in my casting thread. |
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MT, USA
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Posted: 6/11/2024 10:53:53 AM EDT
[#11]
Picked up a fair amount of brass and some lead at my local shooting spot. Sized and de-primed 150 45 cases, sorted today's pickings.
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OH, USA
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Posted: 6/11/2024 4:43:07 PM EDT
[#12]
Yesterday and today:
Unpacked my Redding Turret Stacker (had no idea such a thing existed until recently). Two of my three T7 turrets are now sitting on it while the third (set up for .223/.308 duties) is on the press. Guy in AZ offers various 3D-printed organizers for RCBS stuff. The second Pro 2000 shell plate holder I bought came yesterday and I mounted it below the first. 8 of 12 slots filled with plates I use the most often and I can see getting a few more. Same person has an organizer for Trim Pro 2 shell holders and pilots. That little thing is slick. Lastly, got a light for a Dillon 750 and installed it on the Pro 2000. I need something in 9mm, 10mm and 40S&W as an excuse to fill a few empty die plates. 
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Posted: 6/11/2024 11:43:09 PM EDT
[#13]
Cleaned up/put away my casting setup. Tuned up a couple molds before putting them away.
 Got out my supple of scrap wood scavenged from pallets and made 7 more of these boxes. Now all of my lead is stored in easily movable trays (trays hold 16 ingots) and labeled. |
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OH, USA
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Posted: 6/12/2024 11:59:44 AM EDT
[#14]
Sniped an APS Bench Auto Prime unit.
Plus some other stuff including a hand primer. I'll pass along my Lee hand primer to my nephew when I see him. No idea whether all the pins and bushings for the APS unit are included in a box of spares that come with it, but if not off to RCBS customer support I go again. (And they're one of the reasons why I keep buying green.) |
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Posted: 6/12/2024 12:07:02 PM EDT
[#15]
Loaded up the remaining .380 bullets I had. Sized and decapped the rest of the brass that was on my bench. Cleaned up the loading bench.
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Posted: 6/12/2024 2:42:21 PM EDT
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Posted: 6/12/2024 3:26:08 PM EDT
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I sorted another thousand 9mm brass by headstamp this morning. I'm getting about 75 rounds of 9mm brass per pound of range brass, which means that just shy of 75% of the brass I've sorted so far, by weight, has been 9mm. I have one more .50 ammo can to sort, then I'll be getting another batch.
I'm sorting it by headstamp so I know what I'm getting from a bucket of range brass. When I get a 9mm, I'm going to want to develop a self/home defense round for it and then stockpile a bunch of it. I want to use the same headstamp for the loads that go into that stockpile. As well as a bunch more I can use in training. My engineering background tells me that reducing variables increases reliability. I think it's a good principle to follow even if I don't know what the variables might be. The smallest round I handle regularly now is .38 Special. My manual dexterity with 9mm brass has gone way up after sorting so many of them. When I started, I fumbled around a lot. Not so much anymore. All that having been said, I decided that the 9mm brass from one more 60 pound bucket will be the extent of my headstamp sorting. Especially if the proportions stay the same. After that, I'll sort out the 3 or 4 headstamps I want and use the rest for blasting or barter. |
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Posted: 6/12/2024 11:19:40 PM EDT
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Loaded 100 rounds of .357 with Dad's components. Then, seated some of the .357's he loaded a tad deeper so they will feed in my 1873 rifle.
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Posted: 6/12/2024 11:31:55 PM EDT
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Weekly reloading night at Shooter709's.
 We loaded, 348 Winchester, all of his vintage bullets he scored at the funshow. Hard to find bullets that are north of $1 each. He paid $60 for these. 
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Posted: 6/13/2024 7:40:57 PM EDT
[#20]
Went to the LRS…. Bought an 8 pounder of WST and a Dillon powder measure.
I looked at their primer shelf/cabinet, not a single large primer to be found. I did ask them about White River Energetics. I am not the first person to ask about them. |
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Posted: 6/13/2024 8:15:14 PM EDT
[#21]
Sorted a bucket of brass from earlier this week.
Started tumbling 9mm. |
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Posted: 6/14/2024 7:34:21 PM EDT
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Stopped at Graf and Sons and bought 2 lbs of N330. They had tons of powder including Unique. Might go back for more before heading home .
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Posted: 6/14/2024 8:16:22 PM EDT
[#23]
Switched out the tumbler. 9mm out .45 in
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Posted: 6/14/2024 10:14:45 PM EDT
[Last Edit: dryflash3]
[#24]
 Got cast bullets out of the bins and into labeled clear plastic containers. Might be some time before I get them all PC'd, so want to make sure they stay clean.  Bullets put away and got out the APP to decap 500 30-30 cases.  About a quarter of them had deformed case mouths. Pic shows the punches I use to reform the mouths. Nail set on the left, and a Craftsman's center punch on the right. Hand pressure is all that's needed.  Finished, 5 wet tumbler loads, 100 cases ea. Hard to see, but five containers. Total time including bolting press to bench, change from 45 ACP to 30-30, all decapping and unbolting press and put away, 2 hours. |
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Posted: 6/15/2024 11:04:21 AM EDT
[#25]
Used an Ace Rewards $5 cash back voucher to purchase a single tray of Winchester SPP's for $2.99
I'll take a small victory when I can. Oh, did I mention I had to spend $250.00 to get that cash back reward?
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MN, USA
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Posted: 6/15/2024 9:15:52 PM EDT
[#26]
Took apart the Dillon super swage for a cleaning.
Loaded some 53gr Vmax over BLC-2 for testing. Trying to find a load my American predator likes before prairie dog time. |
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Posted: 6/15/2024 11:05:19 PM EDT
[#27]
Latest 1k order of 230 gr 45 cal HP's came in.
Also 45 ACP cartridge conversion for 1050. Went to the funshow today, just found a couple plastic ammo boxes. No scores, can't win every time. |
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TX, USA
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Posted: 6/15/2024 11:29:21 PM EDT
[#28]
I enjoyed an absolutely awesome day at the range today.
Between me and my brother we took 8 rifles / sbrs and my 44 super redhawk. We also took the new garmin chrono....... We gathered almost as much data in one day as we have in three years with our other chrono just because it was so ridiculously simple just set it next to the gun while shooting groups. The other cool thing was we found out we had a good optical chrono some of what we gathered was a direct comparison of old data and very very close. Some picture of the absolute worst groups i shot today.... thats why it was a good day  Some of the junk we carried...... My 77smk with supressor attached load (gun zeroed with 69) first group is .5 mil low at 100 after adjustment the group above was going to be nice and i shanked the last one high right then i shanked the next group low right. The crosshairs on my nightforce virtually cover the whole aiming point.... i need more scope.      
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Posted: 6/16/2024 8:28:46 AM EDT
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Had to make a second trip to the hardware store to buy a toilet fill valve. Bought another 100 SPP's in order to use a $5 off $25 purchase coupon.
I guess that's another small victory of sorts. |
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TX, USA
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Posted: 6/16/2024 2:30:51 PM EDT
[#30]
Decapped 45-70 and 7 mag rounds I shot yesterday
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TX, USA
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Posted: 6/17/2024 8:31:15 AM EDT
[#31]
Fathers day sale still on this am so I ordered another 2k rmr 69gr bullets.
I can’t ignore how good they shoot in everything we try them in. |
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Posted: 6/17/2024 2:53:10 PM EDT
[#32]
Got some brass prep and cleaning done 300 pieces of 223.
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Posted: 6/17/2024 2:56:49 PM EDT
[#33]
Today I'm turning .223 brass into 6mmx45 brass...
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OH, USA
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Posted: 6/18/2024 12:37:22 PM EDT
[#34]
Over the past few days:
Inventoried all the pieces that came with the APS Bench Loader I won last week, did same for the hand primer then called RCBS and begged for and bought more parts. Won an APS hand priming tool plus a bunch of strips and a strip loader yesterday. |
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Posted: 6/18/2024 12:48:55 PM EDT
[#35]
 Got home from the funshow and took pic of latest "Round" of linotype. Got a can of Lyman sized ingots, total of 14. Got 2 wet tumblers going with 30-30 brass. Cooked first batch of PC bullets. |
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Posted: 6/18/2024 5:28:53 PM EDT
[Last Edit: WeimaranerDad]
[#36]
Finally installed the pivot bolt or screw for the handle on my second RCBS trim pro:
 Attached File(^^^^pic is from a bing image search….not my pic) And realized that during the move to Missouri, that all the little “pilots” went missing too:  Attached FileI’m leaving the first Trim Pro set up for .223 at 1.740” long. |
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OH, USA
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Posted: 6/18/2024 5:44:21 PM EDT
[#37]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By WeimaranerDad: Finally installed the pivot bolt or screw for the handle on my second RCBS trim pro: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/369122/76472CF5-A4CC-4927-B72B-9E6176E45CB1_jpe-3244688.JPG (^^^^pic is from a bing image search….not my pic) And realized that during the move to Missouri, that all the little “pilots” went missing too: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/369122/A0ED7AB9-390A-4238-A34F-65ABC17A121B_jpe-3244696.JPG I’m leaving the first Trim Pro set up for .223 at 1.740” long. I have the manual version of that tool and was thinking about buying a power unit for it. How has yours done as far as case concentricity and trim length repeatability? |
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Posted: 6/18/2024 7:50:39 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AnalogKid: I have the manual version of that tool and was thinking about buying a power unit for it. How has yours done as far as case concentricity and trim length repeatability? So this is wrong thread for questions. So either start your own thread and ask your question, or send an IM. |
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Posted: 6/18/2024 7:54:11 PM EDT
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Unloaded 2 wet tumblers and reloaded with another 2 batches of 30-30.
 Front cooked batch of 7mm 135 gr FN. Background is 200 gr 10mm start of tray.  2 trays of 200 gr 10mm starting to cook. Red thing is heating element hanging down, but works fire, so I keep running it. |
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Posted: 6/18/2024 10:36:01 PM EDT
[#40]
Primed 200 .357 Magnum in preparation for some 158gr SP from AR.
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Posted: 6/19/2024 11:49:53 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By dryflash3: Cleaned up/put away my casting setup. Tuned up a couple molds before putting them away. https://i.imgur.com/G1bJDGDl.jpg Got out my supple of scrap wood scavenged from pallets and made 7 more of these boxes. Now all of my lead is stored in easily movable trays (trays hold 16 ingots) and labeled. Nice idea, and I'm only half kidding, but 16 ingots doesn't seem "easily movable".
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Posted: 6/19/2024 11:52:32 AM EDT
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Reloaded 40 6.5 Creedmoor for the bolt gun, and working on cleaning the debris field the "man cave" bench has become, lol.
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Posted: 6/20/2024 1:26:20 AM EDT
[#43]
Stained my bench.
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Posted: 6/20/2024 1:48:32 AM EDT
[Last Edit: dryflash3]
[#44]
Went over to Shooter709's and helped him set up his 750 to 9mm.
And how to change setting on Easy Dial from 700X to Power Pistol. Then he loaded 600 115 gr plated with 6.0 grs Power Pistol. One of my proven loads. |
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Posted: 6/21/2024 8:19:52 PM EDT
[Last Edit: WeimaranerDad]
[#45]
I actually made it to the range and shot some of my reloads.
I was kinda worried that the COAL’s for both 9mm and .40S&W were too long. NOPE! Both guns ran 100% :  Attached File^^^^That was the CZ75 in Fo-Tay.  Attached File^^^^That was the SP01 in 9mm. My laser could use just a little adjustment. EDIT: now with the Beretta:  Attached File |
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Posted: 6/21/2024 8:36:04 PM EDT
[#46]
Did some development on my pipe dream of a “universal” 308 load.
Showed some great success but one of the rifles I wanted it to work in won’t group them. May just rebarrel it because I like the bullets. Waiting on a response from a barrel maker. Also got the 90 cases I shot today cleaned and lubed. Will process them and tumble the lube off tomorrow morning. May try a different bullet in the one rifle and shelve the awesome idea of a single loading for everything. |
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Posted: 6/21/2024 10:30:35 PM EDT
[Last Edit: dryflash3]
[#47]
 Did some powder coating today, using black on .358 180 gr RNFP. the before pic.  And after cooking. These will be set aside, and sized later.  Out of the oven some 30 cal 155 gr pointed, in FDE. Ready to be sized. Note "plain" bullet laying on the tray next to cooked bullet. Put another batch of these in the oven and started as I left the shop. I had been cooking outdoors as the weather is beautiful. |
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Posted: 6/22/2024 8:45:27 AM EDT
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Posted: 6/22/2024 4:40:56 PM EDT
[#49]
Started off this morning unloading some 6.5 Grendel at the 500yd range. It was a bit warm and I saw about a 20 degree increase in velocity at almost 90 deg.
  Sized, trimmed, chamfer/debur, wet tumbled to get ready for loading tomorrow morning. 
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Posted: 6/22/2024 7:50:19 PM EDT
[Last Edit: WeimaranerDad]
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I am almost done.
 Attached File Attached FileI just can’t remember how wide my drawers are:  Attached File |
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