What did you do today in the world of reloading?

[robertc1024]

Oh - and thanks Dawico for the .45 boxes last time. They are all full and available at your pleasure.

 

[Dawico]

Oh - and thanks Dawico for the .45 boxes last time. They are all full and available at your pleasure.

No problem. I still have a handful of those boxes that I will never use.

 

[stemoo01]

I go with freezer bag's for storage (250 rounds a bag):



Get's a bit wobbly with a bunch piled atop each other.

I'm thinking of sticking the bags in cans to make them a little more structured without loosing too much storage space.

 

[Dawico]

I tried pulling my 338 ammo apart with the tools I have handy. Nope, too much bullet damage. It is like they make the proper tools for a reason.

 

[rp-]

I tried pulling my 338 ammo apart with the tools I have handy. Nope, too much bullet damage. It is like they make the proper tools for a reason.

 

[Brains]

I use these things, they're great.

 

[STXdevilsquid]

I use these things, they're great.

I bet people are allergic to those too.

 

[orbitup]

I bet people are allergic to those too.

It makes the bullets extra lethal.

 

[Flashcb]

listening to Scuba Radio and loading a .38 load in a .357 case for a Cowboy Match tomorrow.

 

[orbitup]

I worked a lot of brass yesterday and spent some time today just organizing the room. I got 2 kitchen cabinet pieces in there now, that helps.

 

[rp-]

I took my ak out today finally. I had my v-max rounds loaded up but while driving around at work listening to YouTube videos I realized I may have over crimped them.

Yesterday I pulled a bullet and sure enough it looked like a mushroom. Scrambling through the internet for a solution I found a guy who said he had over crimped several hundred rounds before he found they were over crimped. His solution was to seat the bullets ever so slightly deeper to reopen the crimp slightly and relieve some of the pressure on the bullet. This led his groups to drop from 5" down to 2".

I set my seating die down from 2.222 to 2.217. Ran half my rounds through.

Got to the range and fired the untouched rounds. All were in about a 4" group and the edge of the group was about 3" high and left.

Ran the mag with the extra push down and they were in about a 2.5x2.75" group. The group was centered on bullseye too.

Interesting how the 2 mags of unmodified rounds with the over crimp shot high left but the ones I seated deeper stayed zeroed...

Gonna load up another box of v-max tonight. I'm going to try two different batches. First will be seated to the 2.222 and the second will be seated to 2.217. I'm curious to see if the deeper seated rounds will stay zeroed and if the longer OAL will wander again or stay zeroed as well????

 

[Dawico]

Crimping rounds (at all) usually isn't good for accuracy. The change in POI is surprising though.

 

[rp-]

I don't have your skill yet. I'm learning though as I go

 

[Dawico]

I don't have your skill yet. I'm learning though as I go

Skill comes from experience. Experience comes from doing things right and wrong. I get joy from helping people keep from making the same mistakes that I have, or have learned from others that made them.

Anyways, consistent bullet release is part of accuracy. Crimps are usually inconsistent. And unnecessary.

Generally if it doesn't have Magnum in the name I don't crimp them. Even then I still may not.

 

[rp-]

I have a couple of cases with a small primer pocket which I have used to test seating depths to set my die.

My dies came with expanders for .3065 and .3095. I used the .3095 expander when I made the first batch. The test round I made tonight I used the .3065 expander and the case held the bullet pretty tight. Maybe I'll have to try some without a crimp and see how they do.

Also, my overall length numbers were wrong. I was at 2.220 overall and the over crimped rounds I nudged back down went to 2.217.

 

[orbitup]

Loaded 200 rounds of 190gn 300 Blackout.

Getting ready for Hicksville.

 

[Vaquero]

Trimmed and chamfered some brass. Then sorted by weight.


Loaded some this morning early, then went and tested.

 

[Younggun]

Nothing.

 

[wbstx11]

Installed the Hornady die bushing on my RCBS Rock Chucker and primer pocket swaged some LC 308 brass.

 

[stemoo01]

Found a way to store my reloads without them spilling out all over the place: