What did you do today in the world of reloading?

[rp-]

Now the words....

Starting with pic 2. I thread my die in backwards into my press (from underneath)

Get a proper size drill bit and tap. Home depot sells sets with a tap and proper drill bit together. (I recommend a #12 or a 1/4 tap)

Drill out primer pocket. You can also do this with the SPENT primer still in. If i really have to say not to do it with a live primer you probably shouldnt be shooting guns....

Thread tap in about half way. Once its threaded enough the tap will move super easy, like with just your fingers. Remove tap.

In the last 2 pictures you can see where i put a socket over the stuck case. The socket needs to be wide enough that the casing can go inside it but narrow enough that it pushes on the die. I have only ever stuck 9mm and 223. My 7/16 socket works perfect.

Thread your screw in through the socket and into the casing. As you tighten it down the head of the screw will push on the socket. The socket will push on the die. The threads will pull on the casing.

Personally i had everything i needed laying around so i didnt spend any money at all. I also leave these parts in my reloading box for next time... There WILL be a next time! And im already ready :-)

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[TejasRider]

Thank you everyone. A quick stop at Home Depot and I'm back in business. Great info!

 

[dee]

Be sure and let us know what you find out. You testing a new load with the new primers or just seeing how they compare with your standard load?

I'm really curious to know the difference also! I've always wondered if primers really made that much of a difference in POI.

I can tell you that 9 fps wouldn't make a hill of beans the way I shoot! heck, I probably couldn't tell a difference if they varied 30-50 fps!

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Ran the loads yesterday. They print identical velocity average but the sd and es on the cci are not as good. That being said they still hammered at distance so they will be a good option.

Load was still good enough I did some positional practice and couldn't tell the difference.

 

[grasshopperglock]

Measuring .004 of case shrinkage. Second firing, they went from 1.750. To 1.745ish.

Ain't that some $hit? Shoulda left .004+ to the case length to compensate.

 

[grasshopperglock]

Resized they measure 1.053-4ish. That's .003 brass I lose after trim. If I had trimmed the cases to 1.753. There'd be less to trim off. More brass left in the neck.

 

[rp-]

Well i got my 38s started. The guy who sold me the bullets assured they were all going to be 158gr. Turns out i got 50x 125s and 30x 110s.

So what is a guy to do with that many different bulllets? Well, the sane thing you would do. I loaded the 125s and the 110s, then ordered some 357 mag brass to load the 158s in.... Because i can :-)

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[grasshopperglock]

Loaded 14, 223. .355 weight sorted bullets. 1.43 gram powder. One step up from starting load.

 

[robertc1024]

New caliber day. Bought a set of .44 spl/.44 mag dies, jacketed boolits, shellholder, large pistol magnum primers and a pound of H110 (Y'all see where I'm going with this?)

Loaded up 100 rounds of .44 spl with CFE Pistol.
Loaded up 500 rounds of .44 mag with the H110 - darn near a compressed load. Should be getting ~1400 fps out of them.

Should have enough rounds for the family reunion.

 

[rp-]

Damn. A while back i had some 44 mag dies and brass. Sold to a guy on gunbroker though for practically nothing. Sorry man.


Yesterday i got in my last package. Should have been 300x 40, 300x 357, and 200x 22e bullets. Plus a quart size bag of nickel 9mm, and a handful each of 38 and 357...

38 was subbed for 9mm and i didnt get the 38 or 40 bullets. The guy must have had little hands because out of the brass i got about 300x 38 and 9x 357....

Notified and he's supposed to be sending out mire 357 and the 357 and 40 bullets he forgot.

I did get one 10mm case and three 38s&w cases too though. Ill out them in my oddballs.


Sized all the 38s, bout to prime them. Once i get the bullets ill be back in business

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[orbitup]

I've been saving my 38 S&W brass for the off chance that I start reloading it.

 

[rp-]

I save lots of oddball stuff just incase. Then if i get enough ill load it up or use in a trade somewhere. Started that with the common calibers actually. Any common calibers i keep seperate but any uncommon stuff goes in an uncommon box for later trade or use.


Sort of started as a "well if i load some now and i get that caliber gun later i can shoot it" scenario. Hell i dont have a 40, 45, 38, 357, or 223 but im loading all of them because its just a matter of time before i do. And if nothing else i know people who do and if we want to go shooting we will have ammo.

I may have also told my wife that if i load the common calibers i could always use them as currency if shtf....

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[orbitup]

Do you just load them in the middle of the powder charge range? I haven't loaded anything I can't test out.

 

[rp-]

I test my loads with my friends gun. I try to stay in the middle range though. My friend is also loading 40 and 45 now so i followed his load data because i know it worked in his gun.

As for 38, i have loaded 2 different weights and im going to be loading a third. My scheduler at work had a house out in bandera and ive asked him to test them for me. Im going to give him 6 of each and told him he needs to bring the casings back for me to look at. Hes ok with this. Im also doing them on a single stage so i know i. Not getting squibs or anythi gng

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[robertc1024]

I'm bringing my brass I'll never use to the family reunion to give away. Got a decent amount of .270 & .308 and a few .38 S&W, .45 Colt, .50 AE etc. I've got all my "misc" brass in a tub I need to empty.

 

[rp-]

If you run across any 7.62x39 keep me in mind ;-)

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[slowpoke]

I reloaded 300 rnds of 45 acp yesterday,200 rnds of 44 mag friday and 100 rnds of 500 mag on thursday. All on rcbs rock chucker.

 

[rp-]

Tonight i setup my lee pro 1000 with 40 dies. Also ordered a new turret and a 40 powder through die. Was going to run my 40s but found that my brass hasnt been primed... Thought i had done that already.

So, sitting down with my lee hand primer. Bought to ru. Through 500x 40s. Just finished 300 mire 38s with it too... My hands hurt

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[rp-]

I think I also learned why these s&b primers are so cheap...

Does this piss off anyone else or just me?

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[Dawico]

I think I also learned why these s&b primers are so cheap...

Does this piss off anyone else or just me?

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Primer flip tray solves that pretty easily.

Federal packages them on edge so you end up with the same thing.

 

[fishingsetx]

I think I also learned why these s&b primers are so cheap...

Does this piss off anyone else or just me?

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I've only ever opened one or two packages of primers that didn't look like that! CCI, Federal, Tula, winchester, etc are all mixed up. Like said before, a flip tray solves your problem in about 2 seconds

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