What did you do today in the world of reloading?

[deemus]

Academy and Walmart has been having 410 shells recently. Around $17 for Win #8.

I always check when I go in there.

 

[single stack]

Cost to reload .410 with reclaimed shot.
This calculation is not using free hulls.

 

[DustyDuds]

Getting started on 600 rounds of 44 special, double ended wadcutter.

 

[SQLGeek]

I'm looking at getting back into it. Priced out powder and components today. Holy crap.

At least it's available I guess.

 

[rp-]

I'm looking at getting back into it. Priced out powder and components today. Holy crap.

At least it's available I guess.

Buy in bulk! Look at American reloading. They usually have primers now and their powder selection changes daily. They have a lot of pull down bullets as well for cheap. If you sign up for their emails you'll get a daily email after they add all their stuff for the day. Usually it's updated around 3 or 4 I believe.

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[rp-]

Started a batch of 6.5grendals the past couple nights. Waiting on about 4 more boxes of bullets.

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[benenglish]

Rooted around in a closet and decided to look through an old ammo can where I found the ammo I expected and a box of 1000 LR primers I didn't know I had.

 

[SQLGeek]

Buy in bulk! Look at American reloading. They usually have primers now and their powder selection changes daily. They have a lot of pull down bullets as well for cheap. If you sign up for their emails you'll get a daily email after they add all their stuff for the day. Usually it's updated around 3 or 4 I believe.

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Thanks, I will give them a look. Thankfully I am quite stocked up on primers. Not so much on powder or bullets. Wish I could find Speer .357 jacketed bullets anywhere. Bought a box of them in 2020, really liked them, got a good load dialed in and now they are like hen's teeth.

 

[Lonesome Dove]

Reloading? I'm not sure what that is. I have a press mounted to my bench I see every day.

Yep I sit at mine thinking about ordering more ammo it's much faster than loading and about the same cost if you buy in bulk. Never thought I'd be buying factory ammo after hand loading for 40 years.

 

[SQLGeek]

It's still cost effective for the cartridges I was loading because factory ammo is hard to find and ridiculously expensive. I just haven't had the time. But yes, with the price of components plus the time spent working up a load, it's hard to justify for some rounds.

 

[popper]

Just processing a bunch of brass.

 

[rp-]

plus the time spent working up a load, it's hard to justify for some rounds.

You're thinking about it all wrong. I don't see it as costing me time to reload. I see it as giving me something to do to keep my hands busy and my mind occupied. I could be mindlessly scrolling youtube or Facebook so this is a better hobby for me for sure. Plus I need to stay busy.

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[Polkwright]

You're thinking about it all wrong. I don't see it as costing me time to reload. I see it as giving me something to do to keep my hands busy and my mind occupied. I could be mindlessly scrolling youtube or Facebook so this is a better hobby for me for sure. Plus I need to stay busy.

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A valid point. I'd say, if it's not costing you more than factory and you want to do it, knock yourself out. You can still save around a buck on 9mm with current component costs.

I'm loading some 9mm right now. Mostly because I have a bunch of components for it and I've only messed with it off and on over the years. It's a change of pace for me and I could stand to get out of the rut I've been stuck in.

So I've cleaned the .38's and put them away and I'm going to shoot my 9mm 1911 in 9mm for a while and see if I can get it to work for me. Then I'll switch to the other 1911 in .45 ACP. I've never really settled on a standard load for either and I need to do that. Then I'll load up 1,000 rounds of each and come back to the revolvers. I do this every once in a while.

I'm also hoping to start bullet casting again this winter, after a 40 year hiatus. I'm tired of sitting around. I could get a job but I don't want to work evenings or weekends (when the rest of the family is off) and all the gun stores / ranges seem to require that.

 

[CodyK]

Went and shot some of the .308 factory second 175 grain SMK’s. Second time out with these, and was testing some different seating depths. At 43.3 grains, I had good velocity for a 16” barrel, and ES and SD numbers were amazing! But at 2.80 OAL, groups weren’t what I wanted. I had heard the Hornady podcast that said seating depth had no effect on group size, but my past experiences showed me different. Found a couple sweet spots, one was right at .015 jump, and another at about .035. Loaded up 10 each at those lengths and hoping to verify tomorrow.


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[hornetguy]

I sized, expanded, and primed 100 pieces of brass for the .45 Colt. I think I've got my load decided on... 50 of these will tell the tale. Then I can load a bunch of them.

 

[rp-]

This weekend I had time so I finished up another batch of about 450x 223. I started to clean my bench and remembered I got an 8 pounder of powder to use for my AK rounds. I had brass prepped for the last couple years sitting around so I dusted it off and hand primed a little over 1k of it. I'll work on some test loads soon but want to finish 223 first so started sizing about 300+ pieces of brass. I'll finish those tonight and start trimming them. I'd like to finish all the 223 before starting the run of 7.62x39.

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[rp-]

So I was running that 223 brass on my case prep station. Trim, chamfer, deburr, ream primer pockets. The reaming is the worst part. Having to hold the brass by hand and all.

Then I remembered I had an APP press with a swage die. I fired that guy up and was able to swage all the brass easily. Well, maybe not easily but much easier than reaming. I got it all swaged and got about half of the brass prepped. I'll do some more before bed and finish it tomorrow.

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[CodyK]

So I was running that 223 brass on my case prep station. Trim, chamfer, deburr, ream primer pockets. The reaming is the worst part. Having to hold the brass by hand and all.

Then I remembered I had an APP press with a swage die. I fired that guy up and was able to swage all the brass easily. Well, maybe not easily but much easier than reaming. I got it all swaged and got about half of the brass prepped. I'll do some more before bed and finish it tomorrow.

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I got a swage die from Mighty Armory, and it has definitely saved my hands!!


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[DustyDuds]

100 rounds, 32 ACP

 

[Polkwright]

100 rounds, 32 ACP

Not a caliber many of us load. Good for you. I'd load it if I had a .32. Sadly, I do not. I do have some .380's and I load for them.