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Posted: 7/23/2018 7:47:44 PM EDT
[#1]
Today I sorted my spent brass.
Scrapped all the 9 mm and sorted .223/5.56, .308 and I have a whole lot of 45 ACP. I need to learn to how load pistol. |
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Posted: 7/24/2018 5:06:30 PM EDT
[#2]
Well my 500 7.62 brass showed up yesterday. So ended up depriming and full leangth size 250 of them. Next cut the primer crimp and trim to leangth next.
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Posted: 7/24/2018 7:02:16 PM EDT
[Last Edit: wile_coyote]
[#3]
Cleaned all my Creedmoor and Grendel brass. First ultrasonic then tumbler. Setup my new InlineFab QC mount for both presses, wish I had bought one of these a while back. Measured and determined the amount to bump the shoulder back on the Grendel brass. Dialed in my Grendel dies in the single stage and sized, no need for trimming. Primed and powdered cartridges using CFE-223 to ladder test.
Produced these.  Attached File |
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Posted: 7/24/2018 9:42:27 PM EDT
[#4]
I started sorting and depriming the brass I brought home from the range yesterday. It was “way more” than the amount of brass my son and I emptied.
One case that wound up coming home with me was a 50 AE case. It astounded my son. He has big fingers - really long and large diameter fingers. He put that case on his thumb and it fit!  Good times.
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Posted: 7/24/2018 11:47:38 PM EDT
[#5]
Spent some time diddling with the priming system on my Auto Breech Lock Pro with moderate success. Then busted out 50 rounds of 9mm. Good times.
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Posted: 7/25/2018 7:35:10 AM EDT
[#6]
Resized some .223. Sorted/cleaned some 9MM and .40 S&W brass.
Used up the .223 ammo I loaded late last week. Filled up ten 30 round AR15 magazines in preparation for a range trip to sight in function test a couple newly built AR15's. |
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Posted: 7/26/2018 12:25:18 AM EDT
[#7]
Deprimed, Tumbled, Resized, Tumbled, Trimmed, Chamfured, and flash hole deburred ~500 pieces of .223 today....on a single stage.
Only 700 more pieces to go. 
I will say the Giraud makes this SIGNIFICANTLY easier. |
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Posted: 7/26/2018 12:37:16 AM EDT
[#8]
Spent a hour cursing my bullet feeder trying to get it tuned 100%. Managed to get 500rds of 9mm Major loading up after answer still had a couple upsidedown bullets.
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Posted: 7/26/2018 12:38:27 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Brotherbadger]
[#9]
Decapped about 150 303 brit cases, then looked at the box of about 1000 9mm cases and decided those can wait for a rainy day.
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TX, USA
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Posted: 7/27/2018 6:51:26 PM EDT
[#10]
Changed all the florescent lights in the reloading cave over to led Tubes.
Just organizing and getting rid of a little clutter labeling ammo cans. |
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Posted: 7/27/2018 7:04:33 PM EDT
[#11]
Tested out various .45 acp loads in my 1911. As usual, this pistol was very accurate with factory ammo. My reloads, not so much.
Looks like a new development cycle is in my future. |
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Posted: 7/27/2018 9:24:46 PM EDT
[#12]
Same process as my last post above, but this time for 6.5 Creedmoor instead of 6.5 Grendel. Produced these.
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Posted: 7/27/2018 9:30:54 PM EDT
[#13]
I shot my first ever .450 Bushmaster loads.
I setup at 40 yards to test my inital loads since that's how I shot my .44 mag the last few years. I underestimated the accuracy pretty badly. 
Looks like I won't waste time with testing closer than 100 yards for the future
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Posted: 7/27/2018 9:58:36 PM EDT
[#14]
Assembled 200 223 precision hunting rounds for my son. Gave my other son about 400 pieces to generic 223 for practice.
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Posted: 7/27/2018 10:02:23 PM EDT
[#15]
Picked up over 1400 rnds of once fired .41 Mag brass for $40 today.
Tumbler is is getting a workout as i type these words. 
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Posted: 7/28/2018 12:05:55 AM EDT
[#16]
Last night- sized, trimmed and prepped 30-06 brass, 200 rounds. Primed it all before bed.
Today- loaded it all on Dillon 550. 46.5gn of H4895, 168 gn ELD-M. I'm going to Anniston with my son this week. He's there for an air rifle camp. We're going to shoot the M1 at the Talladega Marksmanship Park while we are there. |
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WA, USA
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Posted: 7/28/2018 1:18:26 AM EDT
[#17]
Ordered some chamber length gauges from Sinclair. I want to know how long I can leave my brass for .243 55gr bullets and all others. 30 cal was backordered.
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Posted: 7/28/2018 8:38:54 PM EDT
[#18]
Shot some loads over the chronograph.... competition loads out of my pistol and PCC.
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Posted: 7/28/2018 9:53:44 PM EDT
[#19]
Emptied about 100 shells from my Tikka 6.5C out to 1k today. Show off next to me was ringing the 5" square all day.....at 1k.........yes, I'm jealous. I did hit the 10" gong at 1k, but didn't bother trying for the 5"
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Posted: 7/29/2018 1:14:07 AM EDT
[#20]
today was brass sorting day, used those brass sorting trays with a bucket. Had mainly 223, 45ACP, 38 spcl, and 9mm
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Posted: 7/29/2018 5:09:25 PM EDT
[#21]
My time spent tuning my bullet feeder on my last session paid off. Loaded 1500 9Major yesterday without stopping the press once (1050 w/Mark 7)
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Posted: 7/29/2018 6:29:34 PM EDT
[#22]
I sorted a couple freezer bags full of range pickup brass today.
I ended up with approximately 125 .223 250 .45 300 .40 400 9mm 125 .380 to toss in my sorted-but-not-cleaned bins. I also bagged some small quantity finds: 27 .308 8 7.62x39 5 .44 Magnum And I found these guys to toss in my “miscellaneous” bin: 3 10mm 2 7mm Magnum 1 6.5 Grendel Best of all, all the brass above cost me $0.00
.40 brass has been walnut tumbled to start working up reloads |
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TX, USA
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Posted: 7/29/2018 7:17:10 PM EDT
[#23]
I came to the full realization that i'm a reloading / gun junk hoarder.
Continued cleaning and organizing the reloading room today threw away stuff that was either pure garbage or would never get used for a solid 2hrs this morning. Nobody would believe i did anything. 
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Posted: 7/29/2018 7:34:45 PM EDT
[#24]
Emptied 150 9mm's, picked up a couple hundred more empties at the range. Came home and sized/deprimed them.
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Posted: 7/29/2018 7:39:58 PM EDT
[#25]
I finished depriming my range brass the other day, and today I started tumbling it. I also experimented a little with time and reusing the solution.
I got good results with the .38/.357 brass I ran for 2 hours, but only OK results for the tarnished 9mm that was in with it. The revolver stuff was sort of a "control" to see if it got clean while the 9mm cases were the real object of the experiment. They were horrible going in (I'll post some before/after pictures later), but only "clean" coming out. Usable, but nowhere near the bling level of the rimmed cases that tumbled with them. I may run them again with a bunch of other 9mm to see if they get shiny with a second run. I ran a batch of about 175 .45 cases for 1 hour, and they were all nice and shiny, but some primer pockets weren't fully cleaned. Only some - Winchester cases had that old characteristic three-way soot deposit at the bottom of the pocket, while others like PPU and Federal were really clean. Included in this batch were some Browning black-nickel cases; they came out good and clean but still black - I didn't hurt the nickel, but I didn't expect to. There were also 10 small primer cases in the batch. All the small primer pockets were good and clean, so I'm not sure what's up with Winchester's primers... Two or three of the small primer cases were Blazer brass, while the rest were Federal. The Fed cases were a mix of "Federal" and "FC" stamps. I'm finishing up the evening with a small load of .40 S&W along with some .308 and some 7.5x54 cases that snuck into my brass bucket disguised as .308 cases. There shouldn't be any problems with those, but I tossed in a 50AE case because it needed cleaning too. I'm interested in whether a rifle or pistol case sticks in that one.
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TX, USA
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Posted: 7/29/2018 10:46:26 PM EDT
[#26]
Picked up 50lbs of WC844 from a local seller and started working up some 55gr loads. In between loading took a break and coated some Lee 310gr 44 cal bullets.
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Posted: 7/29/2018 11:26:55 PM EDT
[#27]
Sorted some brass, straightened the loading bench a little.
Then loaded one of my favorite 357 loads. 158 gr SWC home case and powder coated, with 10 grs True Blue, standard primer. Using the Fiocchi primers I got recently. This is about a 3/4 power load and fun to shoot. |
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Posted: 7/29/2018 11:41:12 PM EDT
[#28]
Discovered that if you backorder something from Brownells because it is a good deal, but don't expect to have to pay for it for a while - it ships the next day!
I guess I can say I am one step closer to loading 338 Win Mag. |
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NC, USA
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Posted: 7/30/2018 12:10:59 AM EDT
[#29]
Loaded up a couple dozen 308 for my SCAR17.
Trying out various new bullets. |
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AZ, USA
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Posted: 7/30/2018 5:10:50 AM EDT
[#30]
In anticipation of getting my bullet feeder for my 650 tomorrow I cleaned up the reloading room, which REALLY needed it.
Also ordered 1k more 147gr 9mm amd 2k more 55gr 225. Ordered my 224 valkrie forster bullet seating die. Prob gonna pre-order a few boxes of hornady 88 eld 224 ammo tomorrow. |
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LA, USA
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Posted: 7/30/2018 7:54:46 AM EDT
[#31]
Resized 1500 .223 cases and tumbled to clean the lube off.
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Posted: 7/30/2018 11:46:55 AM EDT
[Last Edit: AJE]
[#32]
I am officially impressed with my Palmetto AR9. Prior to trying it out, I read a bunch of trouble from people trying to get their PCC's to run reliably. I started off trying my 9mm USPSA 147gr loads, then some 115gr loads to try out the recoil impulse and see what they felt like.
I went as low as my 147gr powder charge (3.0gr Bullseye) and it still ran the 115gr bullet 100%. My Glock 26 choked at 3.3gr. Came back up to 3.7gr and I will shoot them over the chrono sometime this week to see what I'm getting with that charge. Then for fun I had some 147gr bullets loaded with Power Pistol. I have a 1/2 sized silhouette steel target hanging at 140yds and was dinging it on every shot. I'll also load up some 125gr to see what gives me the best accuracy. |
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TX, USA
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Posted: 7/30/2018 1:24:45 PM EDT
[Last Edit: acman145acp]
[#33]
Started loading 45acp about 5am since i have insomnia.
Went to get doughnuts at 8 see people setting up gargae sale up the road. I quit going to garage sales years ago because people want new prices for old crap. On the way back with doughnuts i see motorcycle parts at garage sale ..... i'll stop for gun stuff and motorcycle stuff you never know. Motorcycle parts were a bust but i found this scale guy sold it to me for $10 ...... you have to do the math it doesn't weigh in grains but it certainly seems accurate and consistent against my dillon beam scale.  Loaded another 100 after this blurry pic
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AZ, USA
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Posted: 7/31/2018 12:47:40 AM EDT
[Last Edit: azmp5]
[#34]
My SoCal S&W bully bullet feeder came in (for pistol and rifle). After losing my shit trying to set the hornady bullet feeder die I got it to work. Ran through 500 rounds of 147gr 9mm like butter. WAY quicker than my 550. I didnt see the need for the roller handle when I had the 550 but I think I'll need to change out for 1 on the 650. I'll prob try 223 tomorrow.
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Posted: 8/2/2018 9:51:23 AM EDT
[#35]
Last night - finished a multi-powder charge ladder for 230 gr .45 ACP. Charge ladders loaded using WW231, Bullseye and Titegroup.
This morning - completed deals on the EE for a few thousand pieces of brass. As much as I love to build my brass stockpile with free range pickups, there are a bunch of calibers I want to reload but find very little, if any, brass. So now I'm set on .40, .380, & .357 plus a little .30-30, 7.62x39 and 6.8 to add to the brass fort. |
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Posted: 8/2/2018 1:06:05 PM EDT
[#36]
Had a box of bullets show up in the mail
115gr 9mm coated from Bayou. |
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Posted: 8/2/2018 5:32:15 PM EDT
[Last Edit: AK_Zeke]
[#37]
Don't know if this is the right spot for this, but I scored on a BRAND NEW RCBS Rock Chucker reloading kit this weekend for $75.00.
It's old but never used, still new in the box. I had the powder measure, scale, press, trickler, 30-06 dies and deburring tool. It also came with the 4th Edition of the Hornady Manuela and the 1st edition of the Nosler manual. For $75, I couldn't have gone wrong.... |
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Posted: 8/3/2018 4:01:34 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Bcamp15]
[#38]
I put up my 550c for sale locally with the hopes to upgrade to a 650
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Posted: 8/3/2018 8:12:39 PM EDT
[Last Edit: ZacSquatch]
[#39]
500 9mm 147gr Bluebullets over 3.5gr Win 231.
50 10mm 200gr Hornady HAP ladder. 8-8.9gr of Power Pistol.  Attached File |
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Posted: 8/3/2018 9:09:45 PM EDT
[#40]
Special ordered a new mould for my 458 socom. And... 2 gas check makers for 22 cal and 458 cal.
Gotta have something monotonous and attention consuming for after my daughters go home to their mom after the summer... |
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Posted: 8/3/2018 9:30:13 PM EDT
[#41]
Unpacked my order from Midway, which was mostly assorted reloading gear - 30 cal RCBS tri cutter head, 6.5x55 dies, shellholder to march up with used die sets picked up from EE, some storage boxes and .30 cal 165 gr Nodler BT bullets.
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Posted: 8/3/2018 10:48:37 PM EDT
[#42]
I walked around Cabelas with a box of 75g 22 caliber bullets trying to find how much they cost. Seems as though they got rid of those price scanners. Put box back and went to the liquor store. I'll see what deals my LGS has tomorrow.....
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TX, USA
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Posted: 8/4/2018 11:34:11 AM EDT
[#43]
Loaded 202 - 45acp 230 lrn ... last of the rmr lead bullets.
Loaded 98 -45acp 230lrn blue bullets to test in the troublesome glock 21 / lone wolf barrel combo. I scrubbed all the lead out of the chamber so these would have a fresh start. |
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Posted: 8/4/2018 1:03:08 PM EDT
[#44]
Shot charge ladders with W231, Bullseye and Titegroup with 230 gr .45 ACP loads.
Looks like Bullseye is going to work well for what I want. Particularly nice since I bought 1 lb of Bullseye during the panic when I knew nothing about powder and supplies were scarce. Also tried out some plated SWC in .38 Special. Just as accurate as plated. Left the range with a mixed bag of brass, all that I shot plus extra. |
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Posted: 8/4/2018 4:24:01 PM EDT
[#45]
Just finished up tumbling over 1500 rnds of once fired .41 Mag brass that I picked up last week for $40.
Now I have a lot of sorting to do.....
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Posted: 8/4/2018 8:05:14 PM EDT
[#46]
Set the 1050 up to run 3k of .45.
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Posted: 8/4/2018 9:00:28 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/5/2018 12:51:57 AM EDT
[#48]
Decapped the 9mm, 45 ACP, 300 blk and 223 that I fired last Monday.
First batch is in the wet tumbler. |
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Posted: 8/5/2018 9:00:40 AM EDT
[#49]
Set up my .40 cal Lee dies to load pulled HST bullets.
Put a load of .357 brass in the tumbler. |
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PA, USA
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Posted: 8/5/2018 5:43:12 PM EDT
[#50]
Reloaded some .50 Beowulf so I can test out my new barrels.
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