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.    (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.

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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.