What did you do today in the world of reloading?

[Jakashh]

And only what is measured is ever improved.

Applies to everything in life.

You telling me I can still grow inches on my dick?

 

[Lonesome Dove]

Bought 1k primers at Academy.

Are you going to be OK on groceries this week? Those primers took a toll

 

[Coon]

You telling me I can still grow inches on my dick?

Not if you don't measure it!

 

[Jakashh]

Not if you don't measure it!

 

[hornetguy]

Here ya go.... don't ask me why I have one of these.....

 

[Jakashh]

Here ya go.... don't ask me why I have one of these.....

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Very generous! I’ve been using a micrometer

 

[deemus]

Found a peanut jar full of primed 308 last night! Must be a couple hundred in there.

 

[Coon]

Found a peanut jar full of primed 308 last night! Must be a couple hundred in there.

Score!

 

[TexMex247]

Reminds me, I need to process some 308 brass. Working up some 168gr loads with FSP-749. It's an odd surplus powder cut into square flakes. I'm being stingy with my imr4064 and RE15 since I only have a few pounds of each. I need to revisit TAC loads too, they were showing promise before I over charged a few by 5gr. Lol. I have a mountain of it and need to put it to use. Of course it's been great with my 223 recipes so eventually I'll mow through it.

 

[hornetguy]

Nothing "physical"..... I'm at work.
Got my brass in for the .30 carbine yesterday...
Ordered 500 .357 XTP bullets that were on sale....
Dreamed about retirement.....

 

[usmcpmi]

Loaded 50 rounds of 300 bk subsonic to try out...

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[rp-]

It's been cool the last few evenings so I started loading some 223. I have a few hundred done but then noticed a few crushed cases. Not sure what's going on so I ordered a case gauge to check all that I loaded already. I'm gonna tear down the press for a cleaning and reset all my dies tonight and start again.

Also found 10mm HST bullets on American reloading so ordered some of those and some fmjs for the 10mm loads up next.

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[TXTad]

For the past several days, I've been slowly working through a box of 3 or 4 thousand once-fired .223 cases that my friend's widow gave me. He picked them up from whatever range the US Marshals practiced at in Dallas. Unfortunately, he only enjoyed 6 months of his retirement before he was killed in a motorcycle accident. He wasn't a reloader, so I'm not sure what his plans were for these cases. Maybe he was going to get me to load them for him at some point.

 

[deemus]

For the past several days, I've been slowly working through a box of 3 or 4 thousand once-fired .223 cases that my friend's widow gave me. He picked them up from whatever range the US Marshals practiced at in Dallas. Unfortunately, he only enjoyed 6 months of his retirement before he was killed in a motorcycle accident. He wasn't a reloader, so I'm not sure what his plans were for these cases. Maybe he was going to get me to load them for him at some point.

Sorry for your loss.

 

[TXTad]

Sorry for your loss.

Thank you. It's been two years now and it still stings. We messaged daily about politics and shooting. It's no fun to lose friends young (54 at the time), but even worse when it's your closest friends.

 

[Polkwright]

During one of the many prior shortages I picked up some 700-X powder. I had used it for a while back in the 80's and it gives great results, but it doesn't play well with many volume powder measures. You can get some serious variation in charge weights due to the large flakes. It does seem to work OK with the RCBS Lil' Dandy if you tap it a little between throws and make sure the first actuation dumps, not the second. The only thing worse is it's brother 800-X (which I also have some of) that seems to be discontinued.

Enter the Lee Auto-Disk Electro-2000! O.K. I made up that name. I thought maybe some agitation would help the powder settle in the charge cavity. I haven't used it in a couple of years but I dug it out today, I want to use up my last pound of 700-X. I strapped an aquarium pump to one of the old rectangle Auto Disk measures and if I don't go too fast on the Dillion it throws plus or minus a tenth of a grain. I loaded 100 cast wadcutters in .38 Special.

 

[Polkwright]

Ordered a case of them-there Servicios Aventuras small pistol primers from NormaUSA. Free shipping over $150 and no additional hazmat. With Texas sales tax, $270 delivered. I had some problems with these initially but that turned out to be more about the tuned revolver than the primers. I did have 2 misfires after my initial failure but that was still the revolver I think. I've shot up the rest of the 2,000 I originally bought in other guns no problem. That revolver is going to the shop. I think I've worn it out.

 

[Coon]

Ordered a case of them-there Servicios Aventuras small pistol primers from NormaUSA. Free shipping over $150 and no additional hazmat. With Texas sales tax, $270 delivered. I had some problems with these initially but that turned out to be more about the tuned revolver than the primers. I did have 2 misfires after my initial failure but that was still the revolver I think. I've shot up the rest of the 2,000 I originally bought in other guns no problem. That revolver is going to the shop. I think I've worn it out.

Is a case 5000?

 

[Polkwright]

Is a case 5000?

Yes. $50 per thousand.

 

[Coon]

Yes. $50 per thousand.

It's crazy that $50 a thousand is a great price nowadays.