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    I just cranked out 100 test rounds for the 9mm. Got a great deal on some 115gr Xtreme plateds from another TGT member. Between the older stock primers I have, the bullet price(5 cents each) and the powder a nice lady sold me for $10/lb(AA#5) these are about a dime a shot, maybe less. 6.1gr AA5 should make for good range practice.
    I'm casting my own bullets and bought bulk powder a while back for cheap. My 380, 9, 40, and 45 are all still under 9 cents but primer prices are killing me! If I could use the powder for 10mm those would be cheap, too. But I'm using blue dot and aa9 for those.

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    So tonight I was running some more 9mms on the new lee six pack pro. The primer slider for the press is actuated by a rigid spring which I somehow bent tonight. The press is still usable if I want to slide primers myself but that's not gonna happen.

    The good news, I'm almost 2500 rounds into the 9mm batch now. Only 2k plinking loads and 1k HPs left before im done with 9s!

    I'm gonna dust off the pro4000 and get it ready for 223s. I've got about 1500 primed brass ready to go and almost that much unprimed still.

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    TexMex247

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    I know the feeling. So many things I've restocked the last few years have killed the savings but it's still half price or less to reload. Whenever a great deal comes along I jump on it. My past hoarding has paid off in spades. Recently got several pounds of powder(11), 2k large rifle primers, 500+ various rifle bullets and new Norma brass(100pcs) all for 9 boxes of 7mm WSM ammo. I bought cases of ammo years ago and the price of it had tripled.
     

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    So tonight I was running some more 9mms on the new lee six pack pro. The primer slider for the press is actuated by a rigid spring which I somehow bent tonight. The press is still usable if I want to slide primers myself but that's not gonna happen.
    There is a prevention for this if you have a 3d printer...
    I am going to make one for myself and I will make you one if you don't have the capability. No charge just pm if interested.
     

    Eastexasrick

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    My Midway 1292 tumbler just gave up the ghost. Bought in 1979. It was the pre-recall unit. I wonder how many thousands of hours are on it. The armature is rattling around in the housing, so the bushings are gone. I bet its replacement will not last half as long.
     

    MTA

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    One step closer to getting this 650 up and running
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    rp-

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    Thanks to alternate, my lee pro6000 is up and running again. I was able to crank out a few hundred more last night while I wait for the replacement springs to come in today. I also have the case collator coming in as well so hopefully it'll work well.

    Also ordered up some 147gr bullets to run. Trying to wrap up my loading season before the garage gets too hot.

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    deemus

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    I loaded 35 .300 blk rounds with 150 grain bullets over 14gr of H110. The number of rounds I loaded is all of the bullets I had left. That being said, I'm expecting a delivery of 110 grain hornady soft points today.

    The 125g bullets are great on critters. I like the Nosier 125BTs (impossible to find for a while) but have some Speer TNTs to load.
     
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