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Posted: 3/13/2016 10:20:36 PM EDT
[#1]
Pre filled 600 small pistol primers into Dillon tubes. Need to buy more tubes from Dillon.
Cleaned 2,000 9 mm cases. loaded 500 223 into magazines. Side note, 50 cal ammo cans full of 45 and 9mm are freaking heavy. 
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Posted: 3/13/2016 10:24:48 PM EDT
[#2]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By cat-mechanic:
Pre filled 600 small pistol primers into Dillon tubes. Need to buy more tubes from Dillon. Cleaned 2,000 9 mm cases. loaded 500 223 into magazines. Side note, 50 cal ammo cans full of 45 and 9mm are freaking heavy. |
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Posted: 3/14/2016 1:15:14 AM EDT
[#3]
Picked up 900 Hornaday 6mm Amax bullets at the local fun show yesterday for a little over $10 per 100.
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AZ, USA
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Posted: 3/14/2016 1:52:19 AM EDT
[#4]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By GSL:
I learned my lesson from that and bought some .30 cal cans. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By GSL:
Originally Posted By cat-mechanic:
Pre filled 600 small pistol primers into Dillon tubes. Need to buy more tubes from Dillon. Cleaned 2,000 9 mm cases. loaded 500 223 into magazines. Side note, 50 cal ammo cans full of 45 and 9mm are freaking heavy. +1. i filled a 50 with around 3k 9mm and was excited. then i went to pick it up to go to the range and said  so now they are in 30s.
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Posted: 3/14/2016 4:35:19 AM EDT
[#5]
Loaded up My ladder test for the AR-10, I think it may be worth braving the weather to go test it out Tomorrow. I'd like to find some thing that works, so I can run 50 of them off, before I switch back to .223.
I'm slowly getting there, I have a lot of load development built, and ready to when the weather turns. Build some .223 77gr loads for the new 20" barreled AR, and a load for the 300 BO with the 110gr black tips, I'll be good to go |
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AL, USA
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Posted: 3/14/2016 12:17:18 PM EDT
[#6]
Loaded the last box of Zero JHP's I had under the bench.
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Posted: 3/14/2016 12:36:17 PM EDT
[#7]
Took my son to the range on Saturday to unload some cases for reloading.
Experienced my first ever squib load. The ejected case was very sooty, and the 230 gr cast bullet was lodged only about 1/2" into my 1911's rifling. I'm assuming there was no powder in the case at all - got only a tiny "poof" when I pulled the trigger. I've been reloading for 8 years and have loaded tens of thousands of rounds of ammo with no previous issues. I pride myself on safety and responsibility in my reloading so this was sort of humbling. My son was right there and it actually made for a great show and tell to impress on him how important safety is, and how critical it is to recognize a squib for what it is before blowing up a gun (and possibly losing body parts). I think he understood it better than he ever would have if I'd just explained it to him out of the blue, so I guess that's the silver lining. |
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Posted: 3/14/2016 5:38:43 PM EDT
[#8]
Scored several pounds of rifle brass, mostly 7mm-08 and .308, for free from my old boss.
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Posted: 3/14/2016 11:29:55 PM EDT
[#9]
Scored a free tank of Propane today.
You may ask, what the heck does that have to do with reloading? I've got a 100 pounds of lead to smelt. |
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Posted: 3/15/2016 1:58:06 PM EDT
[#10]
nothing as there's nothing I can do at this point
how long does grafs usually take to ship? I ordered from them on Thursday and haven't heard shit since |
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TX, USA
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Posted: 3/15/2016 5:05:12 PM EDT
[Last Edit: turboBOOSTIN]
[#11]
Today I fired up the lead pot and cast myself around 600 95 grain 380 bullets. Debating if I want to powder coat these like all my other bullets I cast or just tumble lube them.
I then proceeded to load up 300 380 acp. 95 grain tumble lubed cast bullets over 2.9 grains of Bullseye with a COAL of .935". My 380s seem to love this load. Also started on hand sorting about 10 gallons worth of mixed range brass. 20 minutes in and I stopped. I can't stand hand sorting, but I LOVE free brass. |
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Posted: 3/15/2016 5:41:59 PM EDT
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I tested some .380 loads today. It wasn't as much fun as I'd like, because the range was pretty much littered with various kinds of brass (a lot of it 9mm, dang it!), and it was a royal pain just trying to find my brass. I posted in the "How Do YOU Mark Your Brass" thread in Precision Rifles on my frustration with this. The loads ran well, and I'm fairly happy with one of them, enough so that I'm going to load up more of that load for further testing. Or maybe not, since now I have something other than W231 to play with...
I also ran some fairly mild .45 ACP lead bullet loads through my son's pistol, and again, finding my brass was a pain. My son's pistol still needs some breaking in, and the best way to do that is to shoot it, right?  . I may have to tinker with his hammer spring, but otherwise it was fun shooting.
I don't get many days off during the week, which is about the only time I can get access to a "private" pistol range for load testing, so this was frustrating, to say the least. |
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Posted: 3/15/2016 6:44:28 PM EDT
[#13]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By GHPorter:
I tested some .380 loads today. It wasn't as much fun as I'd like, because the range was pretty much littered with various kinds of brass (a lot of it 9mm, dang it!), and it was a royal pain just trying to find my brass. I posted in the "How Do YOU Mark Your Brass" thread in Precision Rifles on my frustration with this. The loads ran well, and I'm fairly happy with one of them, enough so that I'm going to load up more of that load for further testing. Or maybe not, since now I have something other than W231 to play with... I also ran some fairly mild .45 ACP lead bullet loads through my son's pistol, and again, finding my brass was a pain. My son's pistol still needs some breaking in, and the best way to do that is to shoot it, right? . I may have to tinker with his hammer spring, but otherwise it was fun shooting.
I don't get many days off during the week, which is about the only time I can get access to a "private" pistol range for load testing, so this was frustrating, to say the least. In situations like you describe I lay out a tarp to catch mine. Indoor range I sweep up other brass first. Need to build a net to catch brass. |
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Posted: 3/15/2016 7:58:09 PM EDT
[#14]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Unkydon:
In situations like you describe I lay out a tarp to catch mine. Indoor range I sweep up other brass first. Need to build a net to catch brass. Yeah, hindsight and all that. No tarp with me (and I'm not sure where I'd have put it - my .380 tosses brass WAY UP and a little to the right, and the range has these timbers overhead for shade, so of course all my brass hit those too). But the catcher/tarp thing is a great idea if I can figure out where to put one or both. It's way easier figuring out where a semi-auto rifle will throw brass than trying to figure out a pocket pistol's ejection. I know, "first world problems" and all that. Hey, I got to the range today! Yay me!
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Posted: 3/15/2016 10:16:43 PM EDT
[#15]
Getting ready to start reloading and put in my order for some powder, primers, and gear:
Hodgdon Powder - CFE 223 - 2 lb Alliant Powder - AR-Comp - 2 lb RamShot Powder - TAC - 2 lb Norma Powder - 203B - 1 lb Alliant Powder - Power Pro 4000-MR - 1 lb S&B Large Rifle Primers - 1k CCI 450 Small Mag Rifle Primers - 2k Lyman Products E-ZEE Trim Hand Case Trimmer Rifle Set Lyman "E-ZEE" Trim Pilot for 7.62 x 39 (Hoping this works for 6.5 Grendel) Hornady Universal Decapping Die
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Posted: 3/15/2016 10:44:42 PM EDT
[Last Edit: GSL]
[#16]
Trimmed 400 LC 5.56 and 100 FC .223 this afternoon. Oh how I loathe trimming. I wanted to tumble and process some .45 ACP too but the trim work had me completely spent and pretty much burnt out.
Earleir this morning I went out shooting and found an odd one to find in the wild; one IMI .41 AE. Somewhere some guy is going  for missing it. I left it there, hopefully he'll come back to shoot again and find it
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Posted: 3/16/2016 2:06:33 PM EDT
[#17]
After having life get in the way, I finally got the 650 converted over to .38 Special. Everything is set and I have a load of brass in the tumbler, tomorrow I'll start knocking out some match wadcutter.
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VA, USA
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Posted: 3/16/2016 10:19:35 PM EDT
[#18]
Today I finished depriming 14k of 9mm brass. Need to finish wet tumbling about 2/3 of it and then I will start learning how to reload.
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Posted: 3/16/2016 10:47:48 PM EDT
[Last Edit: gODZOOKIE]
[#19]
Waged war this past week on mice getting in my shop/reload room
6 first night, 3 the next, then one. None trapped the last couple nights (worthless old cat!) Shop-vac out (spent primers and walnut media mess too) then wiped it all down till finally, a clean room to work and play. So I gathered up the fired 9mm and .380 brass I had laying here and there and put them in their proper containers Eureka! Found that .45acp case I dropped the other day Oh, and got my 300 124gr fmj's in the mail I love replenishing the stash as much as I like taking from it
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Posted: 3/17/2016 12:32:21 PM EDT
[#20]
Today, thanks to this forum,
, I bought most of the equipment needed to get into reloading. Dillon 550 is what i went with.Down the rabbit hole I go! |
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Posted: 3/17/2016 1:02:12 PM EDT
[#21]
^^^^^^^^
Welcome to the madness. |
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Posted: 3/17/2016 2:42:00 PM EDT
[#22]
Loaded up a bunch of primer tubes with Federal Match primers and started cranking out the first of the 2016 match wadcutter. Got another load of .38 brass in the tumbler to get clean while I'm at work. It'll be a long day at the press tomorrow.
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Posted: 3/17/2016 3:46:17 PM EDT
[#23]
Opened my powder valley order.
Put it down as a pre election panic buy |
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AZ, USA
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Posted: 3/17/2016 7:23:51 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Tuco22]
[#24]
Swaged my first batch of brass.
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Posted: 3/17/2016 7:31:26 PM EDT
[#25]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AJE:
Opened my powder valley order. http://i1153.photobucket.com/albums/p505/arfcomaje/reloading/IMG_20160317_153900631_zpsdhd1iuk2.jpg Put it down as a pre election panic buy Holy cow, much many lbs? |
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Posted: 3/17/2016 7:43:13 PM EDT
[#26]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AJE:
Opened my powder valley order. http://i1153.photobucket.com/albums/p505/arfcomaje/reloading/IMG_20160317_153900631_zpsdhd1iuk2.jpg Put it down as a pre election panic buy Small pistol primers? How many and how much? |
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Posted: 3/17/2016 9:23:21 PM EDT
[#27]
50,000 primers, $1404 and change. Tax return
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Posted: 3/17/2016 9:27:34 PM EDT
[#28]
Loaded 501 55gr Berry's bullets with 25gr of H335.
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Posted: 3/17/2016 9:41:41 PM EDT
[#29]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AJE:
50,000 primers, $1404 and change. Tax return
Almost finished pulling over 200 rounds .44 Magnum reloads. I refuse to shoot unknown reloads that's been passed around a few times. |
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Posted: 3/17/2016 10:03:24 PM EDT
[#30]
bought 10,000 small pistol and 10,000 large pistol today
it was all midsouth would let me order. same reason, pretty much |
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AL, USA
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Posted: 3/17/2016 10:52:10 PM EDT
[#31]
Did my tax my return to fund my next primer purchase! you guys have the right idea....
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Posted: 3/17/2016 11:10:02 PM EDT
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Posted: 3/18/2016 2:18:26 PM EDT
[#33]
Just finished up a run of ~300 wadcutter, think I'll take a little lunch break. Later this afternoon I'll run another 300 or so and possibly one more batch later this evening...we'll see.
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Posted: 3/18/2016 2:36:32 PM EDT
[Last Edit: tweeter]
[#34]
Kinda playing hooky at work today. Just got done trimming and priming about 100 rounds for load work-ups tomorrow.
Originally Posted By SuperDutyMikeMc:
Tore down my old reloading bench, and built a new one. <a href="http://s209.photobucket.com/user/MikeMcCa/media/New%20Bench_zpsf4j5rcbf.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb35/MikeMcCa/New%20Bench_zpsf4j5rcbf.jpg</a> That's clean, I dig it. |
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Posted: 3/18/2016 3:06:51 PM EDT
[#35]
Tumbled a 5 gallon bucket of 9mm brass.
I like the Nu Finish car polish. Really shines up the brass. |
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Posted: 3/18/2016 8:08:43 PM EDT
[#36]
Placed a large order of powder from Widener's.
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OH, USA
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Posted: 3/18/2016 11:42:09 PM EDT
[#37]
Rolled some powder coated goodness...
150 - 203gr. Palmetto Projectiles .300BLK 100 - 147gr. Bayou Bullets 9mm 25 - 230gr. Bayou Bullets 45ACP Got some suppressed accuracy and feed testing to do tomorrow. |
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Posted: 3/18/2016 11:44:31 PM EDT
[#38]
Traded some brass for nickel cases and a few hand presses for some 185 XTP projectiles.
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Posted: 3/19/2016 12:41:45 AM EDT
[#39]
Just finished loading 100 rounds of .300WM for a range trip tomorrow. 175 grain TMK's over IMR4831. Twenty rounds each of 73.0, 72.5, 72.0, 71.5 and 71.0 grains.
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Posted: 3/19/2016 3:17:18 AM EDT
[#40]
Installed a JP EZ Trigger in My .2223 AR, so I can make more empty brass.
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Posted: 3/19/2016 3:27:03 PM EDT
[#41]
Ran the square deal b for an hour.
400 rnds of 38 spcl. |
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Posted: 3/19/2016 3:39:28 PM EDT
[#42]
Ran 250 rounds of .40. Got done with the last run of 100 and realized the primers weren't being seated all the way. Started checking and found that my seating stem had backed out. Fixed that, then ran all the rounds I had just loaded through the primer seating stem again (slowly and carefully
 ) All good now 
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Posted: 3/19/2016 3:45:27 PM EDT
[#43]
Ordered 1k 77gr Nosler CC and 100 Barnes 55gr MPG's. Also Deprimed a few hundred brass.
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Posted: 3/19/2016 6:47:25 PM EDT
[#44]
I did about 700 match wadcutter yesterday, fixing to put a few more together in a bit. Even on the 650 it is slow making match wadcutter as I don't bell the brass much and its a close fit with the soft swaged WC bullet. I spend the few extra seconds to make sure the bullet is started in the case before pulling the handle. I could try going a little faster but then the bullets start off cocked and seating will shave lead, not optimal for match ammo.
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Posted: 3/19/2016 9:57:12 PM EDT
[#45]
Heard back from Southern Shine Tumblers; my "chip" media will be shipped by Monday, and I should have it by Wednesday or Thursday. I'm looking forward to seeing how the chips work as compared to pins, and I have a couple of small tumbler loads to test it with.
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Posted: 3/20/2016 6:16:53 PM EDT
[#46]
Loaded up 500 38 special for my lever gun
Converted to 40 cal and loaded up 500 180gr I love my XL650 
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Posted: 3/20/2016 7:30:22 PM EDT
[#47]
I think I learned something today. I detailed my two 300 Blackout uppers today (versus the "wipe it down, run a patch through the barrel, and remove any crud" after-range cleanings I've done before), and there was a LOT of copper on the tails of both bolts. The bolt in the 16" upper has what looks like a 1/32" thick (or more) "pad" of copper right under where the carrier shoots gas at it, while the 8" upper's bolt is just fairly uniformly "coppered". It's very tightly bonded to the metal, and scraping with a dental pic was only modestly effective. I used a "Scotch Bright" pad to get some of it off, but wound up leaving quite a bit on both bolts.
Is this a "pistol gas" thing, a 300 Blackout thing, or a hot load thing? And if/when I start shooting heavy, cast lead bullets in these guns, will the bolt tails get "leaded"? I assume any good de-coppering cleaner will get the stuff off, but I don't want to buy any new cleaners until I know more about this phenomenon. |
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Posted: 3/20/2016 7:58:48 PM EDT
[#48]
All of my 45 brass is clean and shiny.
Best guess is about 4,000 pieces. Filled about 2/3 of a 5 gallon bucket. |
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PA, USA
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Posted: 3/20/2016 8:12:18 PM EDT
[#49]
I sorted all of my brass that I've been collecting for the past month or so and measured to put a reloading bench in my basement. Going to order the press soon to start this new hobby.
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Posted: 3/20/2016 8:23:16 PM EDT
[#50]
Loaded 400 rds of 223 Rem today. Slowly working through my flat of 6,000 Hornady SP's
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