Not having any experience with bullet casting I'm curious as to how you get a hollow point bullet? Does the mold have a retractable core which is removed before the bullet is dropped out?
What did you do today in the world of reloading?
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TheMailMan
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The Lyman Devastator molds have a removable pin/plug. They are single cavity.
NOE has the RG system in which the pins run on tracks.
MP molds use a Cramer style.
The pins are on pins through the block. I much prefer the MP style.
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Thanks for the reply, you learn something new everyday.
TheMailMan
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That's an MP 311-410 HP. I also have his 311-235 HP mold. I'll have to get a picture of those tomorrow.
I ran another 15 lbs of the 410 today.
I haven’t done anything for reloading lately, but I did stop by Cabela’s in Oklahoma City yesterday and bought some Federal Large Magnum Rifle Match primers, and some 338 Hornady ELD match projectiles.
I had good luck with those in the 338 Lapua Savage I had. Of course the 250 and 300gr Sierras did well too.
H1000 was my go to powder for it but that seems to be hard to get ahold of lately.
H1000 and Retumbo both seem to be rare as hen’s teeth right now.
Can't you just use 9x more h110?!? 
Last night I processed a small amount each of 460, 454, and 44. Not enough to run. Them yet but was Ted to get it out of the way. Plus I don't have enough h110 for them all.
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Last night I processed a small amount each of 460, 454, and 44. Not enough to run. Them yet but was Ted to get it out of the way. Plus I don't have enough h110 for them all.
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Primed my 460s and 454s. Missed a batch of 450s from the last range trip so ran them through the tumbler. Also found a small bag of 45s so they're tumbling away now.
Now the OCD in me won't load the 454, 460, or 44s because it's an odd number. Where the hell am I going to find 7 more 460s to even it out. I hate when that happens.
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Now the OCD in me won't load the 454, 460, or 44s because it's an odd number. Where the hell am I going to find 7 more 460s to even it out. I hate when that happens.
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Dancing Heretik
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The fact that I don't go through ammo super fast makes it easier to start. No rush. Just work on 10, then 50, then 100, etc. Take it slow. The 32 s&w long is probably the most expensive to buy, then the 32 acp. So, those would be the most likely for me to learn on. I'ld probably pick just one kind and stick to that for a while.
What's most important to me is just learning how to do it, to have that to fall back on.
I wouldn't bother with 9mm or 380acp, not unless something changed in the future. My focus is just to learn. 32 acp & 32 s&w long are expensive enough and hard enough to find that they would be the best to learn on.
Once I have the skills, I'll always have it to fall back on.
Uh-oh. I hadn't even thought of that.
Hmmm. She may not mind if I have just one container of powder, maybe. Either that or maybe reload at my brother's gunshop.
More to think about.
No problem. It doesn't matter.
Yeah, that’s what most of us thought when we started reloading. Let me be the first to warn you, reloading fever is even worse than gun buying fever. You get started, and you want to reload for everything. If you don’t believe me, ask these guys how many can reload calibers they don’t even have guns for. I’ll admit it, I can reload 2 calibers that I used to have guns for but don’t anymore. Hell, my last acquisition, 338 Lapua, was just to see if I could make it more affordable by reloading.
Dancing Heretik
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I took a closer look. That's closer to what I want than I thought at first. But, $200?!
I was just looking and couldn't find Lee dies for 32 acp. But, I can find Hornady dies. So, I guess it can be done, maybe.
Lee has 32acp dies. You can buy them from Lee or Midway USA has them for about $34. I have a hand press and a single stage from Lee. The hand press will give your shoulders a workout but pistol rounds or neck sizing rifle rounds are very doable. I use it for 9mm, .38/.357 and 45 Colt. I do black powder cartridges with it too.
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Dancing Heretik
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I'm starting to get a little excited. Although I may need to talk to my brother about setting up in his back room at the shop. I don't think he'ld mind as long as I don't spread out and leave all my stuff all over the place.
I have so, so much to learn.
Also, try Amazon for your dies and other small tools needed. I buy most of my reloading equipment from Amazon. They're usually cheaper than everywhere else. On the Dillon stuff, it's usually $3-4 more than direct buying from Dillon, but once you pay the shipping when ordering from Dillon, Amazon ends up being cheaper and faster.
I am an Amazon addict. I buy a crap ton of stuff from them. So for a receint birthday request, I wanted a Caldwell shooting pod (thanks to jrbfishin I now know I HAVE to have one). Amazon was $300 for one, so the kids made sure I got $300 to order one. I found one on EBAY for $200! I was pretty shocked to see that. $210 delivered. Guess I need to look a bit more often.
