I guess you know you are hardcore reloading when you only need 3 primers to finish 1000 9mm fmj and you easily find 3 on the floor!!! Craig
Lol 😀
I processed 1500 223/556 bass recently and it has my hands so very sore....sized deprimed, trimmed to length, deburred in and out, cut staking from primer pockets!
Have 700 loaded and more to go...
It seems that my hands get worse pain while trying to sleep...could be some arthritis issues
Yea, stinken arthritis, I know it well, especially in my lower back : (
I have it too but reloading doesn't seem to hurt it. I can take Ibuprofen for it and do OK. Craig
Too funny!
Quote from: gadabout on March 26 2021 08:19:34 AM MDT
I guess you know you are hardcore reloading when you only need 3 primers to finish 1000 9mm fmj and you easily find 3 on the floor!!! Craig
Not laughing about you guyses' arthritis.
Well I was almost in a panic as I was running low on 9mm brass but have a few thousand in storage. I was looking around the bench and found a box with, I don't know, maybe 50,000 9mm in it and another box with a leased 20,000. In storage I have coffee cans full of all flavors and I am sure there are mega amounts of 9mm, my favorite!!! Craig
Hey Craig,
Pre-pandemic, I decided to only load .45 auto and 10mm, as inexpensive 9's we're readily available, as well as being very time consuming on my single stage Rock Chucker. Now, with hardly anything available, I'm rethinking this
Ken
Hey Ken I load everything I shoot and even some rounds I don't shoot because I love to reload more than I like to shoot. I really shoot more to test rounds and guns than I do for skill. I got good enough to pass the NRA Certified Pistol instructors shooting test. This is not an easy test to shoot but I did pass with a perfect score!!!!!!Craig
That's way awesome, keep it up 😊
Yeah it was one of the high points of my life!! Craig
Well since I finished my nephew's loadings...my wrist being slightly better, I got1500 223/556 brass to do for myself. What a glutton for punishment... :o :'(
Got all the headstamps sorted, have several cleaned/polished, more being cleaned in the tumbler. Later this after noon, I'll start sizing and depriming the cleaned/polished brass for further processing... I will try to pace myself a little with this batch! ??? :-[ ;D
Hey Wade I know the feeling!! The 9mm brass I just found was corn cleaned and I am going to wet tumble it but it will look great but still a lot of work. Craig
This is a few days later. Getting ready for this coming weekend gun show. I needed some 300 blackout and 45 long colt, those are done. Doing some 380 for some local friends and am waiting for FedEx to bring bullets. But I am ready for powder and bullet. While I wait I did some 40 cal just to free up loading block space. It has come to that don't need the 40 but need room for other rounds I don't need. Well I only have a week to do rounds that are already done. Ah...Time for a break :o Craig BTW has anyone done 380 using Nosler data for 115g bullets??? They have good data for Power Pistol and I may try there round.
Keep it going Craig 😊
Just finished up the 380 with 95g FMJ bullets. Came out nice but the bullets are very small and it seemed like there was very little in the case but were holding OK. Two different people will be shooting them but one will not shoot much if at all. She needed for protection and to sleep better at night I suppose. The other person will go thru a few as he just bought the gun and they had no bullets to sell him. He has shot much before so I don't foresee any problems. Craig
For sure, 95 grainers are pretty small, but am sure your friends will be grateful for your efforts
Hey Ken if it was just a little warmer I would be burning um up myself but it's just a little cold for me. Any thoughts on the 380 with 115g bullets? Nosler has data that is around 4.5 ish. I would like to try my blue b ullets for this round. Craig
Yep Cool in MN this week also, not a fan after a long cold winter
OK just did 10 115g blue bullets for 380 and needed to push the bullet into the case more as it was hanging up in the mag. Will shoot as soon as I can weather permitting. Loaded at 3.1g power pistol with 3.4 being max. Nosler had this as their most accurate round. We will see. Craig
Quote from: gadabout on March 26 2021 08:19:34 AM MDT
I guess you know you are hardcore reloading when you only need 3 primers to finish 1000 9mm fmj and you easily find 3 on the floor!!! Craig
I have to pick up each primer as it hits the floor. The maid gets really pissy when they rattle up the vacuum.
Least you have a maid, plus she's getting paid for it 😀