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Posted: 2/8/2023 8:01:45 PM EDT
[#1]
Picked up some Dillon parts from a local board.
3x toolhead stands 1x 650 toolhead 1x set of 38/357 carbide dies Paid $130. Everything looked in almost new condition and is 50% of what new would cost if you could even find the dies. |
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Posted: 2/8/2023 8:15:01 PM EDT
[#2]
Made some .357 magnum test loads with pulled 147 grain HST’s from AR, referencing Hornady load data for their 158 grain XTP’s.
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Posted: 2/8/2023 10:37:05 PM EDT
[Last Edit: dryflash3]
[#3]
Pulled out a tray of 45 cal PC bullets from the oven, then cooked another load.
Went over to Shooter709's and we sorted a large tub of range brass. |
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Posted: 2/9/2023 10:45:21 AM EDT
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IA, USA
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Posted: 2/9/2023 10:50:01 PM EDT
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I just bought a 22-250. I have been processing brass and loading for it. Brass in the tumbler and priming processed brass. As soon as the weather warms back up I will be testing those reloads. But, it looks like rain and cold weather for several more days.
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Posted: 2/9/2023 11:10:02 PM EDT
[#6]
Swapped the press over to .380, I have a delivery from Midway coming tomorrow. Some 75 gr Lehigh Defense Controlled Fracturing Bullets, 90gr Lehigh Defense Xtreme Penetrator Bullets 380, and some nickel cases. Just going to make a few for function testing and go from there.
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Posted: 2/9/2023 11:10:59 PM EDT
[#7]
 Got out my 357 SDB, funshow bullets and powder, and old school primers from the $15 per k days. Got 100 loaded before stopping for dinner. Took pics of my SDSB family, they will be in my funshow thread. |
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Posted: 2/10/2023 10:06:45 AM EDT
[#8]
Deprimed 380, 38 spl, 357 mag brass and wet tumbled it as one batch
Deprimed a half-gallon's worth of 45 Auto brass, separated it by primer size, and the small primer brass is currently wet tumbling. |
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Posted: 2/10/2023 3:45:04 PM EDT
[#9]
Made 20 minimum CFE charge loads with this. Just got it in. Looks like CFE pistol, but I’ve never bought pull down powder.
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Posted: 2/10/2023 4:26:40 PM EDT
[#10]
Received shipping notification on the last order of projectiles, so I ordered more - makes sense to me….
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Posted: 2/10/2023 8:08:40 PM EDT
[Last Edit: chumly2071]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By mustb123: Received shipping notification on the last order of projectiles, so I ordered more - makes sense to me…. I have been doing this as well. My mail carrier hates me and American Reloading. I have several very heavy boxes coming, and some that have not shipped yet (in addition to those that have already been delivered). |
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Posted: 2/10/2023 11:10:15 PM EDT
[#12]
Loaded some more 357's. 125 gr JHP's and H-110.
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Posted: 2/10/2023 11:57:17 PM EDT
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Posted: 2/11/2023 12:01:07 AM EDT
[#14]
Annealed about 300 pieces of 223 brass.
Made another test ladder of XBR and the 69 TMK… this set set is HOT! |
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Posted: 2/11/2023 12:56:04 AM EDT
[#15]
Resized 380, 45 Auto small primer, and a handful of 38 special brass I'd finished wet tumbling earlier in the day.
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Posted: 2/11/2023 1:22:40 AM EDT
[#16]
Ran another thousand 1x 223 cases through the S1050,and tumbled the lube off.
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Posted: 2/11/2023 2:12:51 AM EDT
[Last Edit: 1168RGR]
[#17]
Cleaned and dried a batch in the FART and brass dryer.
Chamfered, deburred, checked headspace/trim length and primer pockets on a few hundred 5.56 of unknown state of processing, acquired off a buddy. They seemed to be sized, deprimed, and trimmed, and cleaned. Some need to be swaged. One had a loose pocket. Decapped a 5 gallon bucket of 556. Found a few ringers coming off the press and a few cases without primers going in, which gauged loose. I’d presume there are some more ringers that slipped by. Also a found a .40 and 2 9mm. Cleaned my single stage, after I “repaired” some brass on it that needed a gentler touch. I also used it to deprime some brass to be scrapped. Tried out the Frankfort Arsenal pocket reamer. It does the thing. I’ll still use swagers for most, but its convenient to use when the trim station is running already, before I gauge the pockets, if I’m just doing a few. Or if I do any crimped LRPs. |
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Posted: 2/11/2023 2:51:24 AM EDT
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Ordered 500 150gn projectiles for loading 30-30 from RMR. These were pulls. Counted them out and sorted since the ad said there would probably be some that were unusable.
I received 505. 10 were trashed due to crushed tips or torn jackets. The rest were almost perfect. Very few pull marks if any and only a few minor dented tips. I should have ordered 1K. These will make nice hunting ammo and just general shooting. Going to work up some loads this weekend.  Attached File Attached FileI even got one hollow point..!!  Attached File |
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Posted: 2/11/2023 9:13:07 AM EDT
[#19]
Thought I'd pop in, still above ground but in midst of an interstate move.
In the process of packing up the reloading room at the 'Rifler Compound  Attached FileMaybe 2/3 of way done. Anything that has empty space in it gets used, e.g. a partial 3 gallon tub might get a box of dies tossed in it. As it stands now. Eerily silent. No longer the tintinnabulation of a completed round hitting the output bin echos through the chambers. Goal is to get everything off the tables and shelves. I have a dedicated 27 gallon plastic for each of the machines. The vice will go into a plastic bucket.  Attached FileLoad on! |
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Posted: 2/11/2023 12:50:02 PM EDT
[#20]
Overnight and into this morning wet tumbled batches of 10mm and 45 Auto (LPP) brass.
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WA, USA
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Posted: 2/11/2023 5:54:08 PM EDT
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Bought an M96 Swedish Mauser today at the gun show and was able to pick up some reloading gear from the seller. A set of Hornady loading dies, 50 Lapua new cases, 20 Herters new cases and about 60 Hornady SP bullets for $80.
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Posted: 2/11/2023 6:00:54 PM EDT
[#22]
Loaded 20 rounds of of rmr 69gr of 22.8gr of Shooter's World Tactical Rifle to chrono to my tomorrow.
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Posted: 2/11/2023 6:24:55 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Southrnshooter: Ordered 500 150gn projectiles for loading 30-30 from RMR. These were pulls. Counted them out and sorted since the ad said there would probably be some that were unusable. I received 505. 10 were trashed due to crushed tips or torn jackets. The rest were almost perfect. Very few pull marks if any and only a few minor dented tips. I should have ordered 1K. These will make nice hunting ammo and just general shooting. Going to work up some loads this weekend. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/43482/A2C1CC2A-6548-49D4-B8FD-ACE68A221A71_jpe-2706456.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/43482/3B72148B-7673-4414-869E-351E89C18D8A_jpe-2706457.JPG I even got one hollow point..!! https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/43482/87C33B46-EC70-48FC-97A2-78C7BE8000F7_jpe-2706459.JPG This post just cost me $56, lol. Neck sized/trimmed some one fired/fireformed from my new 7mm mag. |
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Posted: 2/11/2023 6:38:41 PM EDT
[#24]
Reset my Redding 223 sizing die to bump the shoulders .0035” back on brass fired from my Bartlein with a CLE chamber. It was set at .009” bump for some reason, which seems excessive for sure! Checked multiple pieces of the reset brass for chambering & extraction in the CLE chamber and several other Wylde chambered rifles… they were all perfect.
Did a ladder load of Hornady 55 fmj bullets with TAC and Wolf primers. It’s been years since I did a workup on 55 FMJ’s… this one is for my WOA barrel. |
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Posted: 2/11/2023 11:03:45 PM EDT
[#25]
Finishing up 200 rounds of plinking 223. Mixed range brass, 55gr Berry's over 24.7gr of H335.
Thinking about cleaning up my bench some when I get done too.   Attached File |
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OH, USA
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Posted: 2/12/2023 12:02:22 PM EDT
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Road trip to property check parents place up north, stop at shop and walk around.. left and moved on way to destination.. stopped at shop on way home and made off with bottle of H4350 for $41 and (1000) tray of Nobel Sport 209 shotshell primers for $65 to replace WIN 209 that I used up a few yr ago pre pandemic
Still waiting (4000) Ginex small pistol ordered a week ago,, realize I'm a total DUMBASS by ordering 2x (2000), and seeing later that a (5000) count could have been had for same price as the (4000) I ordered,, OOOps |
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Posted: 2/12/2023 5:12:07 PM EDT
[Last Edit: 1168RGR]
[#27]
Cleaned and organized my reloading room. Removed a .22LR case that had been speared by a decap pin.
Originally Posted By Teddydog: Bought an M96 Swedish Mauser today at the gun show and was able to pick up some reloading gear from the seller. A set of Hornady loading dies, 50 Lapua new cases, 20 Herters new cases and about 60 Hornady SP bullets for $80. Rob Spectacular. I love that caliber and rifle. |
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Posted: 2/13/2023 4:34:54 AM EDT
[#28]
Just dropped an order for a Henderson Precision trimmer a few hours ago, hopefully this will make quick work of trimming 30 Carbine brass. Just wished they did a 45 (45-70) and 357 (357 Herrett and 357 Mag) cal trim head.
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Posted: 2/13/2023 7:46:36 PM EDT
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Finally found some #9 shot this weekend, and reloaded 200 rounds of 20ga. this afternoon.
Getting ready for 5 stand.  Attached File |
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Posted: 2/13/2023 8:34:13 PM EDT
[#30]
Got my latest order in from Dillon, also got my order for switches for fixing Dillon early warning primer alarm.
Now I can post a thread on replacing the parts that fail if you leave the battery in the unit and it corrodes. |
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Posted: 2/13/2023 8:39:32 PM EDT
[#31]
Sorted a bit of brass and got the shipping notification on more bullets I don’t need….
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USA
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Posted: 2/13/2023 11:17:04 PM EDT
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Washed a batch of 9mm, and then tried out my new dryer. After an hour they were dry! Also decapped a few 44/45s so I can wash up a batch tomorrow.
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Posted: 2/14/2023 7:51:44 AM EDT
[#33]
Resized a quart bag of 9mm brass.
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USA
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Posted: 2/14/2023 11:37:51 PM EDT
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Started to break down some of the rounds I picked up at the range over the summer. Glad I don't try shoot those.
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Posted: 2/15/2023 2:43:34 AM EDT
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 Finished my 357, 125 gr, 500 rd batch. Next up 158 gr batch. |
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Posted: 2/15/2023 10:55:01 AM EDT
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Bought the dies and bullets to load 338 Federal and 38/357.
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Posted: 2/15/2023 11:24:04 AM EDT
[#37]
I flew over 4000 miles to get large rifle primers. I took brass with me and hand primed the lot only so I could bring them home to finish. No LR primers in state and one can't ship them here by normal means. Hand priming added the magic pixie dust to transform hazmat into non-hazmat for airline purposes.
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Posted: 2/15/2023 3:34:37 PM EDT
[Last Edit: SpeyRod]
[#38]
Ordered 5lb of Tac and 500 77gr Smk’s.
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Posted: 2/15/2023 10:47:45 PM EDT
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received my Inline Fab order of a plate for my RCBS trim pro 2
LOVE Inline Fab Now to find the time to get trimming |
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Posted: 2/16/2023 3:31:36 PM EDT
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Got my 32 H&R mag dies for the SDB back ordered at Dillon.
Not long ago they were not accepting backorders on these dies.  |
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Posted: 2/16/2023 6:43:32 PM EDT
[Last Edit: ThePontificator]
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Another shooter at the range let me have all his .357 magnum (200 pcs) and 38 Special (50 pcs) brass. Good man! Already dry tumbled and deprimed/resized. Wet tumbling now.
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Posted: 2/18/2023 11:40:36 AM EDT
[#42]
Decapped/resized approx. 750 pieces of dry-tumbled brass in various calibers in preparation for wet tumbling.
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Posted: 2/18/2023 3:01:30 PM EDT
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Made another couple hundred 9mm subs today.
A few days ago me and a friends ran them through some suppressed MP5’s and they ran great and sounded awesome. |
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Posted: 2/18/2023 9:13:49 PM EDT
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Started into a 45ACP session I thought was going to be at least 500-1k rounds. 230gr Blue Bullets over some True Blue, loaded the first 100 and then realized I was out of CCI primers, no biggie, grabbed a box of S&B primers and got stopped with my primer shuttle binding up with the S&B primers.
 Killed my motivation as now I need to bevel it out so it's binding the S&B's when it slides back under to pick another up. Forgot I had to due to that when I ran S&B's for 9mm as well.
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Posted: 2/18/2023 11:49:47 PM EDT
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Wet tumbled a batch of 10mm brass for a fellow ARFCOM member. Now wet tumbling a mix of 38/357.
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Posted: 2/18/2023 11:52:15 PM EDT
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Finished my 357 reloading for now.
Got 500 125 gr JHP's earlier in the week, and 600 158 gr JHP's done today. |
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Posted: 2/19/2023 12:55:54 AM EDT
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Tumbled a couple of thousand 115’s from American reloading - they are great looking. Probably load some up next week.
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Posted: 2/19/2023 6:50:38 AM EDT
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Replaced a broken drive belt on my HFT rock tumbler.
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Posted: 2/19/2023 2:30:42 PM EDT
[Last Edit: dryflash3]
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I just spend about 4 hrs reloading ~100 rnds of 38 special ammo. It's been over 15yrs since I reloaded anything and this was my first shot at pistol ammo. My powder drop either doesn't like titegroup or I'm just being too anal about measuring the weight. I ended up having to weigh and adjust about every charge. I'm thinking I probably just need to get the thing close enough and go to town.
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Posted: 2/19/2023 6:48:08 PM EDT
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Yesterday I did some maintenance on my 650, was able to get it all cleaned and lubed up, played around with shell plate tension and the case pusher. Was able to get it cycling much shooter but it was a fine line from indexing great and not priming deep enough. I think I finally got it straightened out going to try some more rounds soon, ran out of time.
Today I loaded up some test ammo for my 2011 40cal. 4.5, 4.6 and 4.7gr 10ea of Sport Pistol and 180gr Blue Bullets. Hoping to test out this weekend. |
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