What did you do today in the world of reloading?

[Charlie]

Several things:

1.) the 20ga roll crimper tool finally arrived. Now can make blackpowder shotshells from plastic hulls.
2.) fixed the cap&ball loading press so I can load the .31 caliber cylinders.
3.) attempted to fit some mold handles to a mold block I found cheap on flea-bay. Failed. Now I know why it was cheap.
4.) put a brass valve on the cap of the new plastic BP bottles. Old gear no workie.
5.) completely stripped down a new c&b revolver. Cleaned. Relubed. Reassembled.

You have too much damn time on your hands!

 

[robertc1024]

Says the retiree


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[Charlie]

Says the retiree


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[Countryfried Frank]

I emptied a crap-ton of brass with the help of my lovely wife and my darling daughter.

 

[robocop10mm]

Cast 400 bullets for the .40/10mm (175 gr TC). Cast about 150 bullets for 9mm/.380 (92 gr RN). I found that the Tulammo brass is extra thick and tapers pretty quickly. 125's tend to bulge the case about halfway down. Cast up the 92's extra hard (normally use it for .380 and tone the hardness down) so I can push them at about 1250 in the 9mm.

Got all my .308 and .30-06 sized, trimmed and prepped. Gotta find some bullets now. 165 Hornadays for the -06 and probably just 147 FMJ's for the .308. I load them back a bit for the HK/CETME/FR-8

Ended up with some oddballs from a friend. 7.65 Tok and 9 X 18 Mak that needed to find their friends in my "assorted" bin. Of course the "assorted" bin (milk crate) is on the bottom of a stack of stuff. Gave me a chance to rearrange and tidy up a bit.

Next is to size and lube the cast bullets then load.

 

[rp-]

I got the first batch of my vmax's done. Doing them 50 at a time so I can't eff them up too bad. 50 went a lot faster than I expected. Going to work on the other 350 rounds tonight and tomorrow morning.

 

[rp-]

Well I got 300 done but seemed to have misplaced the 4th box of bullets :-/

I have 1000 9mm HAP and 500 XTPs. Might set the press up for those next. All my brass is sized, primed, and polished. Just need to charge and seat. Seems a little daunting though

 

[LFHenderson]

Loaded 100 rounds of 45 colt with 22.2 grains of Blackhorn 209, 250 grn bullets.

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[LFHenderson]

Cleaned, FL sized, trimmed and primed some .270 Winchester.

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[rp-]

I finished another 150 7.62x39 cases. Tumbled, sized, trimmed, tumbled again....

Might start the 9s tonight

 

[Moonpie]

Sat at my desk and looked at a pile of brass.
Said Aw hell.
Went and got a sammich.

 

[LFHenderson]

I read about Blackhorn 209 and thought about loading some 45 Colt and also some 44WCF for my Vaquero 44-40 and 110 year old Winchester 1892.

Let me know how it works and 'Cleans-up'. Revolvers and lever guns have all sorts of places that don't clean easily.

bob

I loaded 100 rounds with 250 grain rnfp lead bullets, haven't had time to test them yet. It metered pretty well.

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[LFHenderson]

Worked up 9 different .270win loads to see which one the gun likes. Also preparing 300wm cases.

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[robertc1024]

Carried 1000 9mm bullets into the reloading cave. I'm liking that black friday thing.

 

[stemoo01]

If you got the xtreme bullets deal you'll find that two of the #500 boxes can be combined into one #1000 box with the 9mm (helps save space if you've got a few)

 

[rp-]

Last night I got a great start on my 9mm. I seated 380 115gr HAP on top of 4.5gr of titegroup. I decided to go light on the powder as it will be my new plinking loads. Plus, I still have my 125gr HAP loads over 6.2 of power pistol. Those guys sure pack a punch.

Eta: I have 600 more of these to work on this weekend plus 500 XTPs. I know I won't be bored!



Anybody interested in a 7.62x39 length gauge and holder for the Lee trimmer?? I have an extra somehow

 

[robertc1024]

205 9mms 115g on top of 4.4 g of Titegroup. It's my go-to plinking load.


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[rp-]

Finished my 1000 9mm. Sized, expanded, and primed another 200 9mm. Decided up my primed 9mm into bags so I can keep track of how many I have left.

Cleaned the bench off a little. Then got side tracked cleaning the AK.

 

[rp-]

205 9mms 115g on top of 4.4 g of Titegroup. It's my go-to plinking load.


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Why 4.4? Save powder and recoil? My HAP plinkers got 4.55-4.58.

 

[stemoo01]

Finished splitting the reloads into easy access & bulk storage (so I can fit more calibers in the easy access area). Then loaded 800 115gr 9mm HP over 5.6gr of TrueBlue on the 550.