I sized, trimmed and primed 100 pieces of new Starline 10mm brass today. Did this in anticipation of the arrival of 400 180 grain rnfp hard cast bullets tomorrow.
What did you do?
Finally hung the shelves in my loading room as part of my reorganization project! ::)
I need some more shelves in mine. The ones I have are completely full.
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Yeah empty shelves are so nice but never seem to last long. Mine are full but organized. I do have too many boxes of 10 of this 23 of that but I have been trying to shoot it up as I can. Nicer weather has helped with that in general and it's a lot of fun to boot. Craig
I received 3000 147 grain 9mm bullets from The Blue Bullet company all in 1 box. Man, it was heavy!
I have seen posts like this go for YEARS AND WITH DOZENS OF PAGES!! ;D ;D ;)
Good post!!
Last night I installed gas checks in about 200 30 cal bullets.
I prepped 50 222 Rem cases for loading.
I tumbled the balance of 300 6.5 Grendel brass
Lastly pulled out some 300 BO brass for those GC'd bullets.
CW
I am kicking around the idea of getting a 22-250, probably with an Ackley chamber and a 1:87 or 1:8 twist. I got about 500 pieces of new brass when I bought out a reloader a year or two back, so clearly I need a gun so I can unload any ammo I make.
Along those lines, I ordered some 90 grain 224 pills. They came Monday, so I loaded up a couple of dummy cartridges with a 90 grain SMK and a 90 grain Fusion soft point. The goal was to measure COAL with those long 22's loaded just so the base of the bullet was aligned with the base of the neck, and then calculate the needed free bore to chamber them, and ensure they would fit in an AR10 magazine.
COAL came out to 2.715" for the fusion. It loaded longer than the matchking due to it's very short boat tail. The 95 grain Matchking would probably load out to a full 2.800 to fit the magazine, but require less freebore due to the long ogive.
Now I gotta decide how much jump I am willing to live with in lighter bullets compared to seating into the case for these long, heavy ones.
The goal is to have something that can still shoot the 62 grain bullets well, but also get out to a mile above transonic with the 90 grain stuff. I see videos of guys pushing the 22 Valkyrie to a mile, and I should have a 300-400 fps speed advantage over that round for the same bullet. That translates to 32 minutes less drop at a mile. and 2 minutes less wind drift in a 6 mph wind.
My time was pretty uneventful compared to most. Stopped into my favorite small town reloading shop to shoot the breeze with the owner, only to leave with 1K primers, 500 starline brass, and a jug of BE-86, now I can get to work on the 165gr Federal Hydra-Shok's I didn't remember I had 😀
I got my bullets in the mail and loaded an OCW test. 35 rounds of 10mm with 9.2 to 10.4 grains of Blue Dot under 180gr RNFP hard cast.(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200701/a9af8cd6bda90a4b9c790fc15d3ca84c.jpg)
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de-primed, re-sized and trimmed 200+ pieces of.308 Win brass.
Hey Blaster great minds think alike. I deprimed 250 9mm cases and put them in the tumbler. They are now done and in the oven drying. I don't have any small pistol primers and the local place is out of them. Will move on and maybe the net will have the primers but I haven't done to well lately on the net as they are also sold out. Craig
Got my load for hardcast worked out, so I loaded 100 rounds of 10mm with 180gr rnfp today.(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200702/d54bddab7db999ae8ca334282534670f.jpg)
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Cleaned a bunch of nonreloading/nongun related detritus from one of the benches.
About a 1000 556 brass going through the trim process.
Setting up to do a run of 200gr Nosler JHPs I got from SPS a few years ago.
All my 10mm and 38/.357 is loaded up
Swore I'd not ever bother with 9mm but have picked up my brass....so starting to process 3000+ 9mm freedom seeds :(
Started putting things back in the loading / hobby room today...I hate to say this but I have a problem... :-[
Anyway sorting combining and organizing years worth of all sorts of collected brass, bullets that are in my current stock pile (no shortages), still have ammo to sort through and ammo cans to label as they fill up! ;D
Thinks are progressing nicely, but what a job to organize all that stuff! :o
One day I'll get to sit at the loading bench and continue where I left off... ;D
loaded up the .308 Win. brass I prepped the other day. boy, my estimate was way off! instead of 200+ pieces, it was only 153 pieces of brass! :o I guess its been a while since I've reloaded full sized rifle ammo. loading all those pistol & 300 Black Out rounds has skewed my estimating ability to look at a pile of brass and guess the numbers. :-[ anyway, I charged them all with 42 gr. of WC - 846 and topped 129 with Hornandy 150 gr. SP and the rest with some 147 FMJ bullets. now I need to take the M1-A out and empty a bunch of them so I can start the process all over again. ;D
Today, I ordered all the stuff to change my Loadmaster from. 45acp to 9mm.
Sized about 250 30'06 last night and polishing them today! :D
I just received my "blue" bullets from North East reloading. Ah they are blue and look real fashionable. I have never done painted bullets but these were priced right and I thought I try them. Will let everyone know how they load and shoot. Craig
Hey Craig,
If possible, can you post a link to the blue bullets you ordered
Thanks
Ken
I prepped up 50 450 Bushmaster cases and then loaded up 10 for test fire.
CW
Quote from: Kenk on July 07 2020 05:44:21 AM MDT
Hey Craig,
If possible, can you post a link to the blue bullets you ordered
Thanks
Ken
Here is where I get my blue bullets....
https://thebluebullets.com
Sorry it took me so long to get back but I have been reloading!!! The web site for North East Reloading is as follows. www.nereloading.com (http://www.nereloading.com) I did try to make it a link but not sure how to do it. Craig
Edit to say the link is good but I can't find the bullets at the site. They may be out. Craig
Thanks, I looked earlier and thought the same thing
Ken
Polished the 30'06 brass that was resized and sorted and bagged.
Also loaded a few 30'06 testers with my Cast NOE 311-199-SP-K5 bullets.
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Also loaded a few testers of 30-30 with my cast RCBS 150 FN
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Boy Wade those rounds should take care of those pesky rhino in your backyard!! Ha. Back to reality for me I loaded up some of the blue bullets I just got in and shot them in three guns. All shot good but I was off slightly but not too bad. This is interesting, I loaded 6.5 Power Pistol with those mag primers I had to buy. I feel a very good load for these blue bullets should be 6.3 power Pistol. It also happens to be the same load I have shot for years with JHP bullets. The 6.5 with mag were just a little hot for me but they sure worked. I'll post when I shoot the 6.3 rounds. Craig
Oh the three guns were the Taurus slim,G2, and the Walther p-38.
BTW I did check the barrels and NO!! leading of any kind. The data folks on the internet said to load light so the bullet would stay together and my load as stout as it was for me was lighter than most but I like light. BTW this was a 115g round head bullet. It really shot good in the Slim and I have had trouble with that gun before. Craig
Ya know it's almost as good when you have no issues as to function in a new round compared to shooting great. I like both but will settle for good function in a new to me round. Craig
Shot the 6.3 blue bullets this morning and they were fine. No failures of any kind but I did have some trouble with 125g JHP as I loaded them too deep so they hung up on loading the first round then all OK. The blue bullets are a welcome surprise to me as they are so cheap I will have to buy like 1000 or so just because!! Need to find primers first. Craig
I have a mess on my bench. I am reworking g a progressive press that was given to me. I have to order some parts to convert it from 45acp to 9mm and replace some worn or broken parts.
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Got a couple of things I did today. First a friend came up with some IMR 4756 he didn't remember buying but thinks he did but couldn't remember what caliber he got it for etc. I looked it up on the net and it is interesting. You can use it for shotgun down to small pistol loadings. It's close to Unique in that it' is slow. I have never used it but it is all over the net. Second, I am trying a new technique for cleaning the shop up. It's like do a primer, put something away. You get the idea but it works for me. Craig
loaded up 214 rds. of .40S&W.
I scored 4000 small pistol primers and 1000 large pistol primers. I also got 200 more Hornady 155gr XTPs.
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thats a great score Alabusa! primers are all out of stock. :( last night I tried to buy some small pistol primers on line and all my reloading sources were out! :o
Quote from: blaster on July 13 2020 07:22:51 PM MDT
thats a great score Alabusa! primers are all out of stock. :( last night I tried to buy some small pistol primers on line and all my reloading sources were out! :o
I called around and found a store 2 hours from my house that had them in stock. Me and a friend took a road trip today.
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Got my 1.1K of 10 mm brass wet tumbled.
Joined this site. ;D
New to loading 10 MM, but been reloading for 40 years.
Much fun learning a new caliber and getting tooled up to reload it.
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Order in from Midsouth; Bullet mold in 175 gr TC, 6 gang, 180 gr plated bullets, Hornady dies and ammo boxes.
Have powder and primers.
Welcome aboard dryflash! That should supply you for a while if you have the primers and powder to make it all come together for your needs...
Go easy with your crimping of those plated bullets, 0.4220" - 0.4150" at the very edge of the case mouth as crimped should be plenty!
Best regards! Enjoy the addiction!
Welcome to the site! You're going to love loading for the 10mm. It is easy to load for and get great results.
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Welcome dryflash!
last night I loaded up 229 rds. of 10mm. 109 with 165 gr. plated bullets and 10.8 gr. of Long Shot and 120 with 200 gr plated bullets and 9 gr. of Long Shot,
Yesterday I put up the last of my (+/- 250?) Montana Gold 45/230 with WST for my wife, and afterwards another batch of 45/200 LSWC with Red Dot for testing on next range trip.
loaded up some 7.62x39 with various partial boxes of bullets in that cal. that have been taking up space on the shelf. also loaded up some 7.62x39 test ladders using different powders and some plated 150 gr. bullets.
Just so you guys don't think I am loafing I finished up some 9mm and delivered to a friend so being low on 9mm brass I deprimed and tumble cleaned a bunch. The 9mm was some hot 147g that he wanted for his kel tec rifle and I loaded them at book max (not real max) I have shot these in a S&W 910s with no problems. It is a warm load he will like. Craig
loaded up 381 rounds of .45 acp. 51 were 200 gr. JHP over 7 gr. of Unique and the rest were loaded with 200 gr. LSWC bullets and 7 gr. of Unique.
A month ago I purchased a DPMS Oracle AR10 308 Win. Made some updates to it. Today I went to the range with various 308 loads I had made for my bolt action. I shot 150 grain Federal Fusion, 165gr Nosler Partition and Ballistic Tip, 150 gr Hornady Interlock and 180gr Nosler Partition. The Fusion will be my go to hunting load for this rifle. The 165gr Nosler Partitons were a good load. The funny thing is the Nosler BT with the same charge both worked fine in the bolt action but in the AR10 it was quite a different story. The BT's were not very good. So know I will make up a bunch of the Federal Fusion loads using 43.5gr of Varget. After supper tonight I plan on popping the primers out of 308 and 300BO casings I have and will wet tumble them while I am at work tomorrow. Then put them on the dehydrator at lunch. Then start loading the Fusion rounds. I have 178 bullets. I need to chrono them for use with the Sig Sauer BDX Scope/Rangefinder. But there shouldn't be much of an adjustment. Scope was zeroed with factory Fusion rounds. My loads were only 1.25" high at 100.
I also tested some 41 Mag Speer Deep Curl and Nosler JHP Hunting both 210 grain. Fired from a Taurus Raging Bull with a AT3 Tactical red dot. Both loaded with AA#9. Both are accurate loads but the Deep Curl was slightly better. But I could hit 6" steel plate @ 100 yards with both. And 6/6 on 8"x8" zeroing target at 100 yards.
Well loading 9mm blue bullets with mag pistol primers that I ran out of at round 90 so finished up with small rifle primers. I am sick of not being able to buy what I want when I need it. My local store is telling me nothing is in production as the factories are shut down due to the virus. It's a good thing we don't need any ammo at this time because it wouldn't be available. Craig
Just finished prepping 350-400 223 cases into 300 BO brass.
CW
I loaded 500 rounds of 9mm in prep for 2 days of shooting in Steel Challenge and USPSA this weekend.
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Well I was digging through a box of stuff my brother brought for reloading, found 236 223/556 cases, got them sized and deprimed, trimmed to length & cafered, pocket staking all cut clean, they are in the tumbler being cleaned and polished to be ready to load up. However primers are nowhere to be found. Its OK because with the covid stuff he will delay his visit for a while.
I ordered 2000 pieces of 147gr 9mm round nose bullets. These are a new brand that I am trying for a comp bullet. I found a new startup company and am hoping that I really like these bullets.
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I sealed the deal on a new to me mold yesterday!!
Last night I loaded up ten rounds of a load QL says should be perfect...
Range, quick trip tonight with the 350 Legend
CW
Just finished 84 blue bullets and now I am waiting for the real blue bullets to show up and will be testing them!! I also am cleaning some 45 I deprimed for a friend but not sure when I will finish as I am getting caterack (spelling) surgery on Tuesday. Craig
Well talk about boredom. Finished 50 45 for a friend and even delivered them to him. I am burned out on reloading. Craig
Swaged 300 190 grain bullets out of annealed 9mm brass and got them loaded for my 10mm. Bullets are 0.72 long so they will be about 100 fps slower than 180 gr XTPs.
What gear are you using to swage your bullets DDRiller?
I bought a swage die from BT Sniper for one step forming bullets. I did add another step and use a star crimp die from them also. Bullet is similar to the XTP. Was using a Lee Classic for the press but now use a Walnut Hill.
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?398657-400-price-and-options
Very nice. I was very active at cast boolits back in the timeframe when Brian was developing his gear. Has always looked like good stuff.
Well I had surgery this morning so haven't reloaded much today. Possible tonight if I can think of anything to do. Boy I did find some Starline 45 I bought when a store went out of business like 2 or 3 years ago. Mayby I will load the brass with the Sierra 185g JHP I just got lately from a friend. That could be interesting. Craig
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Very nice. I was very active at cast boolits back in the timeframe when Brian was developing his gear. Has always looked like good stuff.
He has some very nice things and his new nitride coating is very good. I got started using his dies for .458 Socom several years ago. This .40 die is a replacement for a CH die that wore out and started making .403 bullets.
Finished up some 9MM and 45 for a friend. The 45 was a Sierra 185g JHP. Very nice bullet that I will do 50 for myself tomorrow. He gave me the bullets so I guess I don't mind loading some for him. He is going to try them in a AR type rifle. I did some 230g FMJ that worked great he thought so I suggested this bullet so we will see how it goes. Craig
The last couple days, I have loaded 400 rounds of 9mm for my best friend and another 300 for my competition gun. I am about burned out on 9mm and am in need of dome 10mm therapy.
I did find a good source for 9mm bullets. One of the very few places that has bullets in stock and ready to ship. Sadly, they do not stock .401 bullets....yet. i have talked to the owner of the company and he said he would take a look at the market and see if investing in that caliber would be worthwhile. Fingers crossed!!
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Loading allot of 350 Legend lately. Proving acc loads and the like
Stumbled upon a dandy sub loading with a 270g bullet.
Working on another cast bullet now. A Lyman 258430. If I get it shooting Ill send it out for a HP treatment and then ill have so ething!!
CW
de primed, resized, flared and re primed 304 pieces of 10mm brass. loaded up 50 with A #9 & 180 gr HST bullets. going to try to shoot them today to see if I like them.
You should like them as I did when reloaded the same a year or so ago. AA9 is the most powerful powder I use with 10mm or it seems that way. I still like the 180 HST as I got some as pulldowns and are all loaded and tested. Craig
Well I finished a bunch of 45 some for a friend and some for me with Starline brass that I had for years but I though never loaded except when I put these new loads in storage I found a few hundred already loaded!! Kind of sums me up. Well I moved on to 300 blackout for another friend that I hate to load but it went well as I was going to do some over a few days and finished all in one sitting. Am ready for the next gun show this coming weekend. Craig
this morning I took a batch of 10mm brass out of the tumbler.
I guess you know your reloading when you have to order more plastic ammo boxes from MTM. Got like 60.00 worth coming. Craig
Working on 500 rounds of competition 9mm loads. I do all my co.p loads on singke stage, quality over quantity. I koad all my practice ammo on progressive.
147gr Summit City Bullets
WW spp
Mixed brass
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Quote from: blaster on July 18 2020 06:11:54 AM MDT
last night I loaded up 229 rds. of 10mm. 109 with 165 gr. plated bullets and 10.8 gr. of Long Shot and 120 with 200 gr plated bullets and 9 gr. of Long Shot,
Thanks for the welcome guys. :D
I'm set on powder and primers. Good advice on plated bullets, break through the coating and you get problems.
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Have 2k range brass wet tumbled, 1k in this pic.
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Spent several days casting several calibers and this what I powder coated for 10 mm.
Got some loading to do.
Found some powders I'd been looking for
Got in a back order of 5.56 finally( really wish I'd ordered more at the time but oh well)
Made an inventory of powder, primer, projectiles
Sized/deprived a couple hundred 9mm, and about 50 38 super case.
(https://i.imgur.com/QqanhDL.jpg) Made a few more of these today. .40 190 grain +/- 2 depending on 9mm case used. weight
^ now I am intrigued! making .40 bullets out of fired 9mm cases!? please tell us more. 8)
Fascinating 😀
It's just good old fashion swage jacketed bullets. RCBS got it's start making .224 bullets from spent 22LR cases (Rock Chuck Bullet Swage).
About 10-12 years back a guy named Brian Thurner (BTSniper) over at cast boolits latched onto the idea of using spent 9mm cases as a jacket. I don't think he came up with the idea, he just really grabbed on to ride the bull as it were.
The problems he solved were related to using a thick brass case of a 9mm (or 40 S&W for 44 mag bullets) instead of purchased copper or using thin 22lr/magnum cases. He also made a bunch of headway in making the process fast and efficient.
Here is a thirty something page thread at cast boolits about his products: http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?117577-BTSniper-Custom-Tools-and-Dies
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?398657-400-price-and-options Direct link to the .40 bullet. The rims on the 9mm case also swage to .40. Waiting on the heat to go away to cast some lead for copper jackets that I have on hand.
I get quite a bit of use from my use of home swadged 40 cal bullets made from 9mm casings!!! Hahaha. "Only way I shoot 9MM" is frequently my line. :o ;D (Im not a 9MM fanboy)
Last night I cat up about 300 from a new NOE mold. Then powder coated and sized them to .3595.
CW
150 rounds of 180gr RNFP hardcast over 9.8gr of Blue Dot. (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200821/48149a9be2fc5a3c3bc30ffba8e7bd06.jpg)
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Decapped 1k+ 5.56 NATO brass with crimped primers. [emoji853]
Ran them through the stainless pin tumbler.
Got another 1500'ish to go. [emoji15]
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Went to a gun show and there were no primers and very little loaded rounds. I got lucky with some 300 blackout brass and some 7.62x39 same. I left as there were still people waiting in line to get in. Prices were high in general. I also got lucky with a friend doing a garage sale and with other friends he had a bunch of 303 Enfield rounds like 2000 or so. I didn't really need them but bought some odd bags and boxes cheap as I can always use the brass. There was a lot of people walking around with high end guns for sale at high end prices. I guess I was there about 1/2 hour and then I hit the road home. Craig
Received a new. NoE mold last week. I cast up three batches. (4 really) WW/HP, WW/cup and 20:1 HP. Then just about fifty pure lead HP.
My buddy is always wanting what he calls "garden loads". He used to reload, Gave me rest if his stuff ten years ago with premise I load for him. Anyhow, I made the PB loads for him. Loaded 20 with splash of aa2 for 975 fps. He said he has a couple woodchucks he wants to
Put in freezer. ;)
CW
It all started last weekend. We had a LARGE garage sale that is advertised as the route 40 garage sale that has gotten hugh over the years to the point you can't see them all but I had friends that were selling guns and ammo so I was there checking it out. I load for these people so the main guy started me off with a 20 round box of newer 303 British for free. He had just given me a bunch a few weeks ago and this was left over from that pile. He was also selling for other friends that also shot 303.They had cases of 730 rounds they were selling for 200. I thought at that price it would never move but one guy put down 800 for four cases. They got another case from one friends house. I did buy some odd quantity's of 303 like 100 rounds for 15.00 or so. Then I was at breakfast and another friend said a local gun shop had just got in a load of strange rounds from an estate sale so I went to that yesterday and there were rounds I had never heard of there but also some 303 so I made an offer that the guy jumped on. I am set for life. I keep saying to myself enough is enough until I went to the website that had once fired 303 brass and they were out so maybe I am not so craze after all!!! Craig
Sized, Flaired and primed 100 45 Colts.
Sized Flaired and primed 100 350 Legends.
Sized and flaired 250 10mms.
Loaded up a doz 357 Mags for my neighbor. His garden loads with my soft cast 358429 HP. Keeps our "other neighbor" quiet cause the report is far less then factory ammo yet more accurate and works better then the target 38's he WAS using! :)
CW
I normally do most of my reloading during the winter months. Decided to get started early.
Over the past few of days I have loaded 100 rounds of 308 Win 150 grain Federal Fusion.
200 Rounds of 10mm 180 gr Speer TMJ w/ 10.6gr Blue Dot. I got a 400 count box of these from Mills Fleet Farm for $35. I was able to get out and shoot these on Monday. This is a good load for my Glock 29 and XDM. I didn't G20 with me but I am guessing these will work just fine. I will load another 100 of this today.
Wet tumbling 200 30-06 brass right now. About 10 I will change the water and run a half hour rinse cycle. Put them in the dehydrator and they will be ready to load.
Im running out of 9mm so I will most likely start on that today since its going to rain the entire day. Im hoping I have enough Power Pistol. I was at both retailers and they are out.
So, it's official. There is an ammo shortage going on. Have you heard about it??
I have no more 45ACP brass to load... well except the big jar of small primer!
I did manage to trade some SPPs for some SRPs last week, so I'm feeling better about keeping my wife's AR fed.
my order of pulled tmj bullets came today. they were mixed180 & 165 gr so I sorted them out. from the looks of the bags, the different weights came out about 50/50.
OK went to a gun show looking for small primers, found them and hold on to your hats!! I only paid 80.00 per 1000. I got um anyway!! The bigger better news is I bought a Lyman 6 hole turret press to put with my 7 hole Redding. I wanted a single stage for Lee deprimer but this is better in that I could do other rounds while not disturbing the settings for the dies on the Redding. It will work for me and the guy that had it before me bolted it to a massive flat plate so you can c clamp it to the bench which I have done. The only downside is the spent primers go everywhere so I will have to dream up a waste system for them. Nice day so far!! Craig
Decapped and wet tumbled 100 45 Colt cases, same with 100 7.62x25 Win cases I picked up at the funshow.
I would love some ideas on my latest purchase on the 6 hole Lyman turret press. I have been thinking about moving the lee deprimer back to the Redding as it has a tube for spent primers. Any ideas would be nice even something that you are thinking about but don't have a second press. After all I am retired and a dreamer. Craig
Got 600 copper cups with lead bullets bonded and swaged into 171 and 175 grain JHP bullets. The 171 grain bullets have exposed lead, the 175s are fully jacketed. Won't be able to load anymore until I get recovered from a hip surgery I am having on Tuesday.
This was the before I started cutting view looking from in front of my stand
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After cutting with the push mower
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View back to my deer stand
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Quote from: The_Shadow on September 20 2020 08:06:26 PM MDT
This was the before I started cutting view looking from in front of my stand
After cutting with the push mower
View back to my deer stand
That looks great and makes me jealous. No hunting for me this fall.
Hey Wade nice pics and nice deer slaughter ground. He He. Anyway I just got done with the two turrets setting up with 10/40 on the Redding and 9mm on the Lyman. Was doing some 40 so It works with plenty of room for all dies with holes left over. It will be the same with the Lyman as with 6 holes I only need 5 on a bad day with 9mm. I can put the decapper anywhere and am still thinking on that. Craig
threw all my fired 10mm brass in the tumbler. ;D
Range day on Saturday, because I needed to "empty" some 45 ACP brass. I had none left at home to load! :D
Saturday morning I made up a batch of 9mm for my Mrs. with her favorite Unique & 147 grain Blue Bullets. Sunday afternoon was spent cleaning guns from the range trip on Saturday. A good weekend all-in-all.
loaded up that 10mm brass I tumbled the other day. 213 pieces. all with 10 grs of Long Shot and 180 gr HST bullets.
Quote from: gadabout on September 20 2020 04:58:12 PM MDT
I would love some ideas on my latest purchase on the 6 hole Lyman turret press. I have been thinking about moving the lee deprimer back to the Redding as it has a tube for spent primers. Any ideas would be nice even something that you are thinking about but don't have a second press. After all I am retired and a dreamer. Craig
Check eBay. There is a guy on there that sells 3D printed primer catchers for various presses. I use one of the cheap RCBS partner presses for de capping and I bought one for it.
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Scored 4000 LP primers today. That's a good day nowadays. :o
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Got a little cooler dryer weather, took advantage and sanded the front door and side lights yesterday and put the first coat of paint on today!
I'll let the paint cure a couple of days the sand and repaint with a second coat... May start on the porch post next...
I rescued a lonely pound of Unique I found at a store while traveling yesterday for $25.
There was also a herd of Varget that all wanted to ride in my truck but I balked at $35/Lb.
OK just finished off 50 9mm cases with the last 25 using the new Russian small pistol primers I got at the last gun show. They seem to go in just fine and I will compare them to the small rifle primers I had to use to empty the primer tube. The official name of the primers is WPA but the fine print on the box says made in Russia. Kind of fun stuff. I will post after I compare. I wish someone would explain to me why Russian primers are available but USA primers are not. Well don't bother to explain really. Craig
Here is a good example of what a little brain damage can do. I was finishing the small rifle primer comparison to Russian small pistol primers when I suddenly thought to myself I really need regular small pistol primers to compare to the Russian primers. Well what I loaded will tell me enough I feel. Then to top it off I bet I have 20,000 9mm loaded with small primers just sitting there I could of used to compare. I really need to test a bunch of stuff but it is now bow season so my usual target ranges are connected to land friends use to bow hunt. I don't want to scare the deer off. There is an indoor place but I don't like to spend the money to shoot there. Craig
On the surface this may not sound reloading related:
We took possession of our mountain cabin/retreat. The plot is 40 acres and is bounded on three sides by state-owned land. There is a 2000 sq ft cabin, fully insulated, wired and plumbed. We spent the weekend up there stocking up provisions and making plans to get the cabin usable year round. Currently the only water is from a tank on the mountain and the power is from a gasoline generator. There is a propane tank but heat is wood stove. In the next four weeks we hope to have a well drilled, get the water line from the well->tank->house buried below the frost line and get 21Kw of solar panels installed along with an 18KwH battery bank (LiFePO) and a propane generator, along with some propane wall heaters. It will make for some busy weekends.
Reloading related? Once we get these items done, I will have my location where I can load up and walk outside to test the load. Already have the 100 yard range defined, as well as a 25 yard pistol range. With a little judicious trimming of some branches on the aspens, I should be able to see the 100 yard range berm from the deck. Range from deck to berm will be 135 yards.
Got out to the range to shoot 40 cal and 9mm with the two types of primers. I could tell no difference between the rifle and Russian primers. The Russian shot fine and I will use them up in short order I feel. The 40 call still has problems and I may have to order a new barrel to fix the ramp issue as they are one. The gun shoots great when it feeds. One last thing to try is FMJ reloads. Craig
In an effort to organize I have added a 6'self over the bench and filled it with junk from the bench to the point the bench is clean. I have spent hours sorting bullets, cases and other misc. stuff like tupper ware lids. Drives me crazy. It's looking good but I do need to organize the whole room at some point!! Craig
I started reloading just misc. stuff off the bench as I have cleaned down to the bench surface and there is primers, brass, and bullets dropped during previous reloading sessions. You wouldn't think there would be that much but I have loaded 50+ 9mm, 15+ 45 and 20 or so 40 cal and I am not done yet. Lots of one of this and two of that I may just pitch. Craig :-\
I ordered a selection of 9mm, 40 and 45 bullets.
Getting ready for my stocking stuffer Christmas I am loading 38 sp. The brass came out of the tumbler "cloudy" So I did them again but like 1/2"or 50 rounds as I was trying for 100. 50 are for me so no rush on those. The second cleaning was the ticket as they came out like new even the primer pockets like new. I will also need a bunch of 9mm but they are done and some 380 which are also done. Easy Christmas and I get a good laugh out of the stocking stuffers. Craig
Went to a local gun show and primers were 125.00 per 1000 I didn't buy!!! Did find a long lost holster maker that had an interesting IWB holster that totally fit into your pants and you pushed or pulled the whole holster out far enough to grab the gun. It's an interesting concept as you can't see the gun print or any part until you need it. There are some videos on the net that show it in action and it does work with some practice. I also bought a ankle holster for my North American 22. Prices on guns were very high but I at leased found some holsters I liked. Craig
Well I saw an ad for a shop fixture at Harbor Freight. Missed the ad days but bought the fixture anyway. It's a 5000 Lumens led 4'strip fixture and it's like turning on the sun!!!! I love it as I am sort of blind anyway and can use all the help I can muster! It does light up the whole room. Oh yeah I have been meaning to ask what all guns are you all buying yourself for Christmas?? Craig
Well I just lost a reply to this thread bummer! Well I just finished 45 long colt for a friends 9 year old son. He is shooting a revolver type gun like a Judge. He shoots it now and my reloads should not be a problem. I am also working on 300 blackout for dad. He is my holster making guy and does great work. Just did a kydex basket weave out side carry for my Walther p-38. We all love it. When you have a guy with his talent it is nice as you get just what you want. Hope you are having nice holidays!!! Craig
Just started reading this thread and realized I also need to put up some more shelves in my reloading room. Just received 1K of Federal HST 124gn 9mm tips that I need to clean the sealant off of and confirm weight before I oad.
Also need to finish loading about 600 HST's in 10mm with my Bluedot load.
Love that 180gr XTP / 10.4gr BD load. As long as you can get past the flash in lowlight, it's one of the most accurate loads I have found
Ken
I mounted a LEE Bench Plate for my APP Press I like for my PC bullet sizing.
Not at all a LEE fan boy, but It was recommended by a friend and I must say.... WOW! I believe I am pulling out the router & making a jig to recess this in my bench. Its gonna be perfect.
https://youtu.be/6Hso_wuuTb0
CW
Lee has some really good ideas. Sometimes I appreciate their pursuit of lowest cost, and sometimes I wish they spent a bit more on the quality of the final product. The bench plate system is good idea and well implemented.
One of the simplest things LEE made was the Load-All shot shell press, I got my 12 ga way back in 1979, and it makes great ammo. Recently I have been using it for buckshot and slug loads.
While LEE also makes regular bench presses, I have seen many that were broken for various reasons. Some people abusing them or not understanding the limitations and pressing their luck and broken press... The handles, press body and other things broken.
Working on some 000 buckshot loads for .410. Book shows 2750 fps, will see.
Loaded up another ladder 1/10g jumps per 5 bullets.
CW
I moved a number of years ago and because of my demon sloth attitude of I'll "get around to it" I left a lot of stuff unpacked. This week I've been unboxing a number of things, and reorganizing my bench.
I found a primer stash which that alone was worth the effort. I sold my 12ga. MEC hydraulic press to make room, bought some new doodads (scored a third Star sizer) and finished up casting and powder coating a few thousand rounds of .40's for my 40 cal and 10's, 356's for my .357 Sig and .38 super, and also some .45's for the .45 Colt and ACP.
I'm now firmly in the "I'll never reload 9mm's again" and gave away all my 9mm brass too!
Now that I can once again see my bench, I got going on using up and shooting some of the hoard of primers I found without juggling stuff on the bench top :-)
Bought all this:
Xl 750 spare parts kit ?never opened?
Dillon .38/.357 carbide die set and conversion kit
Dillon 9mm carbide die set and conversion kit
Dillon .45acp carbide die set and conversion kit
Dillon .223 die set and conversion kit
Dillon .45 long colt carbide die set and conversion kit
XL 750 swage it
Dillon flip tray
Dillon strong mount
5 Dillon 750 toolheads with 3 stands
3 Dillon powder measures
Loaded cartridge tray
Dillon casefeeder with small rifle and large pistol case feed plates
.223 bullet feed tube bullet feeder mini
.45 ACP bullet feed tube bullet feeder mini
Mr bullet feeder die
Comes with power supply , primer tubes , primer pickup tubes , comes with everything needed to start progressive loading immediately, press and all components are in like new condition !
Been loading on a single stage for 35 years and decided to jump in to a progressive with both feet! Don?t plan on going that deep but I was adding up everything to go with a Dillon 550 and this popped up used and oh well
For jumping in with both feet you did well.
Nice find pacecars : )
I fired up the mini lathe and turned an old rusted 9mm Luger sizing die in to a push-through sizer for 10mm Auto cases. I chucked it up and drilled through the die with a cobalt 10mm drill, then used a boring bar straight in to open the bore to exactly 10.80mm (0.425 in). Then I ran the bar in to a depth of 21mm at 10.9mm diameter, and used the cross slide set at 2 degrees to taper the 10.9 to the 10.8. Finally, I flipped the die around and bored from the top to 10.9mm and a depth that half the case can sit in. Of course, I cut a chamfer on the input side of the die with a 1/2 inch bit to guide the cases in easily.
It works great. No lube needed and surface finish of the sized cases looks really good!
I could have gotten the same results with a Lee FCD gutted, but this way I salvaged a rusty die and saved buying one, and got to play tool-and-die maker in my garage for a couple of hours. I call that a Win.
Finished 100 rounds of 10mm w/155gr xtp. 8.5gr Longshot. Headed for the range later in the week.
Made up a small shelving unit for the too of a steel cabinet for ammo storage. I could add doors and secure if I wanted later.
CW
Loaded 300 rounds of 180gr jacketed flat points over 10.0 gr Blue dot
I loaded up 50 W/ my own slick side hard cast 200's. Then 50
More with a MP 200 WFN all in new R/P Nickel brass.