What did you do today in the world of reloading?

[SGHinds]

I loaded up a few hundred home cast, powder coated 147gr 9mm to take to the range sometime this coming week. Need to swap the Dillon over to large primer to load up some home cast, powder coated 200gr SWC for the range as well.

 

[c.tiberius]

Fast session of 300 blackout.
110 hp from Sierra and 110 vmax from hornady


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[Lonesome Dove]

Another box of 243 loaded with 100g Sierras and H414 in FC brass.

 

[Leadeye]

Loaded up some BP FFFG 32 SW and 38 LC, going to have to get busy making 44-40s as my youngest has been having a good time shooting what I have made.

 

[sergeant69]

I loaded up a few hundred home cast, powder coated 147gr 9mm to take to the range sometime this coming week. Need to swap the Dillon over to large primer to load up some home cast, powder coated 200gr SWC for the range as well.

which dillon press?

 

[Deavis]

I think it was gen 2 and gen 3 40cal pistols that did that.
Deavis, are you sizing them forwards or backwards? I heard you should size them backwards (base first) to push the metal back forward.

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We push through size them on a casemaster first. It pushes them through base first, same as the Camdex processor, which they see next. Feeding them the other way would be a pain at speed on conventional equipment.

Getting rid of the bulge is easy, it's the strain on the brass that I dislike. No way to control the next chamber it sees and which direction the casing will enter. It is a big reason I wont load fired brass in 10mm anymore

 

[SGHinds]

which dillon press?

I load on a 550. With the amount I usually load it works best for me. I also use a RCBS Rock Chucker for rifle rounds and load development. Once I dial in a load I switch it over to its own tool head on the Dillon.

 

[DubiousDan]

For true straight-wall cases, there are "push-through" dies and tools from various sources. The link was for Lee products. Here's the Redding stuff in use:


Note that both the Lee and the Redding are designed to have the mouth of the case fed into the die. You specifically asked about sizing backwards. I assume by that you mean shoving the base of the case into the die first. For push-through sizing, that always seemed to me like a more logical way to do things. The only tools I know of designed to do that (I'm sure other tools can be adapted to work like this, but I have no experience doing that.) are by Magma. They have a manual version for less than $400.


They also have a fully-automated push-through sizer for somewhere on the far side of $6K but I don't play where the air is that thin.

The Lee system uses the factory crimp die as a sizer and will work on these calibers if you have the factory crimp die for that caliber.

380 ACP

40 S&W

45 ACP

45 Win Mag

10 mm

41 AE

45 GAP

Lee Bulge Buster Kit

 

[xdmikey]

Laid out the makings for a couple hundred 223 rounds but with 55 gr armscor pulls. We'll start with clays on the berm at 25.

 

[rp-]

Finished off a batch of 850 9mm cast and P.C. loads. Boxed them up and marked them. That'll last a couple more range sessions. Next project is to test loads for a 243 and work up loads for the bolt action 223.

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[Vaquero]

Got a box off the porch.
Brown truck thing.

 

[Txmark]

Sized, neck turned, primed and loaded 130 6ppc Lapua brass so I can fire form them when the rain stops. Neck turned about 30 others for future use.


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[sina1919]

Sized some 30-30 then dropped them all so now I have to redo them.

 

[Charlie]

Sized some 30-30 then dropped them all so now I have to redo them.

Why?

 

[Lonesome Dove]

Sized some 30-30 then dropped them all so now I have to redo them.

Why redo? They can handle a fall even if slightly anything they are safe to use.

 

[Lonesome Dove]

Sized, neck turned, primed and loaded 130 6ppc Lapua brass so I can fire form them when the rain stops. Neck turned about 30 others for future use.


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Fire forming for your particular chamber?

 

[xdmikey]

Decapped ~ 200 .40 cals only to find two more containers of ~ 250 each below it. I swear they are reproducing in my absence.

 

[mad88minute]

That wouldn't be a bad thing.

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[rp-]

If they're giving you that much trouble you can send them my way.

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[Maverick44]

Got some 480 Ruger brass sized and primed yesterday. I'm debating whether I want to go out and try to warm the shop up to finish loading them. It's wet and miserable out there today.