Anything gun, reloading, CCW, you name it thread. Post pictures and/or description upon ordering or reception.
I just ordered
EOTech 553.A65
Troy Industries Medieval Muzzle Brake
Hornady Reloading Manual
Armscor 62gr 224 bullets
MTM Flip Top Boxes for ammo
Lyman Case Prep Tool
Lyman Funnel
Magpul BAD Lever
Can I buy an A for my thread title. Doh!
This could be a fun thread. I bought this about a week and a half ago for $650. Bought a 300 Blackout barrel for it and took off the .223 barrel. If you'd said I should buy one of these a couple months ago, I'd have said you're nuts, but now, my research convinced me it does fill a specialized niche, and actually works pretty good. Weird little gun though. Technically a pistol, so it's legal to carry loaded in this state with my CPL, and no ATF paperwork required. I'd put a stock on it an make it an SBR, but that's not legal in my state.
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That is sweet, man. I need an SBR, add.
So are we just saying what we bought dont look like much guessing. Was a busy weekend for me.
Some 135 10mm bullets to play with
Some Blue Dot, Long Shot and H4350
Some 270 Dies, case trimmer, brass, primers, 110 130 150 grn bullets
AR lower
500 223 rounds for a great deal.
I just got my new Lyman 44 cal 250gr Devastator HP Gas Check mould in, and casted some up.
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However I didn't like what my regular RCBS sizer 0.429" was doing, (could be the top punch).
So I ordered a new 0.431" sizer for my Star sizer/lubricator, now I have to wait for it to arrive.
No doubt I'm itching to buy some shooting related goods! It's just on hold thru the near future cause of other unexpected costs to include; replacing the tire I shredded during an abrupt off road situation, replacing my camera I accidentally bounced off a rock, $70 worth of new printer ink cartridges (lasts about 6 months),....
Wait, I did get new batteries for my chronograph! ;D But, that isn't actually getting me back to handloading and shooting. :(
I didn't buy it....But a buddy dropped off a can of 4831 surplus powder he found in his fathers reloading room. Cracked the lid and the powder looks perfect. No clumping, smells just like the new stuff.
Oh, and the can. It is about 2' tall and about 1' square. Weighs over 40 lbs. I think I am set for 4831 powder for the rest of my life. That would be enough to load about 3500 rounds for my 300 Win Mag.
That is pretty sweet! 2'x1'x1' :o +40 Pounds :-\
I bought a Redding expanding die for 10mm. Pretty boring.
LOL I bet it works smooth as silk though! 8)
I really like the stuff Redding has to offer. I was looking through the catalog and they have a lot of cool stuff. How are their progressive presses? That's what I am looking for next. Any suggestions?
Their T-7 turret press w/primer arm is the closest you'll get to a progressive with Redding. All in all though, depending on your specific needs, you really can't go wrong with it if it will do the kind of production numbers you're hoping to achieve. It's way over built, which I really like. It is the next press I would like to own. Right now I only have a single stage press too. But I do have Redding 10mm dies and love them. So smoooooooth.
But yeah, pretty hard to go wrong with anything from Redding. So far I have their dedicated 10mm die set, powder trickler, and #2 beam scale.
Well I won a bid on Evil Bay, for the Dillon 550B, 10mm/40S&W/357Sig/9x25 shell holder plate with the pins. This will allow me to run any one of these cartridges on the progressive press if and when I decide to run then. I do have a ton of 40S&W to do, therefore I may start with them...
Congrats! I know you wouldn't have done it if it wasn't at, minimum a decent, or super deal. That's awesome. Have you already got a mounting location picked out, or is that part of the fun still to come?
I may have to un bolt one of my single stage presses to put that one up or use it on my old reloading table. ???
They speed of a progressive is definitely seductive.
I've done a thousand 223 on my single stage and it has been time consuming. I am shooting them way, way faster then I can make them.
Looking at a Horandy Lock N Load AP press.
Picked the Coonan up last week and got out to shoot it yesterday. I was impressed.
I think this would be a good platform for 10 mm.
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That's awesome. Congrats on the Coonan. It's the one 1911 style firearm I have any interest in, and if I had the extra cash would own.
Nice Coonan!!
I just picked up an Aero Precision lower
Quote from: REDLINE on November 01 2012 04:15:49 PM MDT
That's awesome. Congrats on the Coonan. It's the one 1911 style firearm I have any interest in, and if I had the extra cash would own.
When I took the Coonan down to clean it appears to be really built well. I like the link-less barrel and the pivoting trigger is pretty good right out of the box. I own a couple of Springfields Omega's and the "Glock type" lockup between the slide and barrel on them looks like a better system to me the a one-lug "1911 type" used by the Coonan. I guess I will find out. It seemed to shoot very well and I was pleased with it.
Oh.. nice
I'd love to have a shot of a Coonan one day.
Well I guess I am officially in the market for a Glock 20 SF or 4th Generation, why do I say this? I just purchased a 9x25Dillon 6 LWD barrel for a gun I don't own yet! ??? Crazy! :o
Beemer do you have a Chronograph you can launch some Remington Express 125's over?
Quote from: The_Shadow on November 13 2012 04:43:20 PM MST
Well I guess I am officially in the market for a Glock 20 SF or 4th Generation, why do I say this? I just purchased a 9x25Dillon 6 LWD barrel for a gun I don't own yet! ??? Crazy! :o
Aaaahh!!
He said "someone" beat me to it by 7 minutes. Enjoy it, when you can. Good catch.
Got a couple FDE 30 round mags.
Ordered a ACS-L lower kit in FDE from Palmetto State Armory
600 75gr Hornady HPBT for my 223 loads.
2 pounds of Varget powder
A "World Finnest Trimmer" in 223
Quote from: Intercooler on November 13 2012 05:51:07 PM MST
Beemer do you have a Chronograph you can launch some Remington Express 125's over?
I have the chronograph but not the ammo. Why are you interested in that particular brand if I may ask?
All I have shot so far are 158 gr which is what they recommend for the first 200 rounds.
Their was an ad posted on another board (and maybe here) where the Remington 125 got some crazy numbers. Like not believeable numbers! Just wanted to smoke it out like we do other things.
http://www.ar15armory.com/forums/Coonan-Delta-Elite-t117749.html&pid=1863787
2000 FPS???
Quote from: Intercooler on November 14 2012 08:29:28 PM MST
http://www.ar15armory.com/forums/Coonan-Delta-Elite-t117749.html&pid=1863787 (http://www.ar15armory.com/forums/Coonan-Delta-Elite-t117749.html&pid=1863787)
2000 FPS???
Uh... No. I wouldn't believe it, if I saw it (from a distance, for sure). The .357 Mag at the old 40K pressure wouldn't do it. Not close. Nope. Ain't gonna happen. The .357 Max will, with an 8-3/8" barrel. The .357 Max in a 10" TC barrel moves out at 2125 FPS. 5" .357 Mag/auto? Nope. Maybe 1600, under ideal conditions, disregarding the 35K pressure max.
OK, I see why you ask now. I really find it hard to believe you can get that out of a 5" barrel but I will find out and get back if I can find that ammuntition some where.
Tha pistol comes with two springs, a 22# for 357's and a 10# for 38's. To be honest all I have shot so far is two boxes of Federal 158 gr JHP as a friend of mine who is a supplier to Coonan in Blaine Mn told me that is what all the pistols are test fired with.
I guess I will start looking for ammo on line today and get back with what I find out.
Well I have 3 boxes of the Remington shipping today. Fairly cheap ammo. Remington specs say 1450 fps out of a 4" barrel and I would bet I do not get that.
You will. I get that out of my 4" revolver and your 5" Semi should get a boost.
I know that the barrel/cyllinder gap plays into this, but a 5" auto loader in 357 equates to something under 4" in relation to a revolver. I will take along my 6" 686 to compare.
There was an article in Handloader a couple of years ago where they tested the gap phenomenon rather thoroughly. They used a couple of model 1917 revolvers and had a barrel made for a 1911 that would mimic the chamber + 5.5" barrel of the revolver.
One of the revolvers had an excessive gap as I recall and it was consistently behind, but the other guns all traded back and forth for best speeds.
The conclusion was, all things being equal, a properly gapped revolver doesn't lose anything outside the standard deviation for a good load.
And, yeah, 2000 fps from a 357 5" or 6" in a 125 grain bullet is measuring gas/ejecta, not the bullet.