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Posted: 9/18/2019 8:24:15 PM EDT
[#1]
Made 10 different test loads for the 30.06. Used Norma 203b, Alliant 4000mr, and TAC for powder and Nosler 155gr CC and Hornady 208 AMAX for bullets.
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Posted: 9/18/2019 8:24:59 PM EDT
[#2]
Got some Brazo's 458 bullets loaded up with CFE BLK for 458 socom. Hope to get out to the range this weekend for testing and also fire off the rest of my 3x fired brass so I can get all of it in the tumbler at once.
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PA, USA
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Posted: 9/18/2019 9:18:44 PM EDT
[#3]
After months if gathering components and research I finally reloaded my first bullet! 300 blackout with 110 grain vmax. I wish I started this years ago, now to cut and trim the rest of my 5.55 brass.
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Posted: 9/18/2019 9:25:40 PM EDT
[#4]
Loaded up my test rounds of 9mm for Sunday and sorted the little bit of brass I picked up on Sunday.
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Posted: 9/18/2019 9:57:17 PM EDT
[#5]
Converted some 5.56 cases to 300BLK during lunch.
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NY, USA
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Posted: 9/19/2019 10:12:03 AM EDT
[#6]
Loaded more 225 gr. loads for the 450B and some FTX loads for my son's lever action Marlin 44 mag. = more range time!
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OK, USA
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Posted: 9/19/2019 1:03:22 PM EDT
[#7]
Finished up the 38 decapping, on to the 380s now.
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Posted: 9/19/2019 8:53:56 PM EDT
[#8]
I got my powder coat paint from Smoke in today's mail. I'm looking forward to using it - though I don't know when the weather will cooperate with my plans. It got to 100F today, in the freakin' middle of September.
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Posted: 9/19/2019 8:59:08 PM EDT
[#9]
Deprimed the last of the 9mm I have on hand for future wet tumbling.
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Posted: 9/19/2019 9:58:39 PM EDT
[#10]
Got a package from NOE.
Sized some 30 cal bullets to .312 and shot a small group with them. My eyes were tired and there was some fading light. It will need retested. |
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Posted: 9/19/2019 10:50:54 PM EDT
[#11]
Ordered the Lee 7.62x39mm 3 die set
Along with a couple hundred Remington 230 gr. .451 FMJ In hindsight,I should have just set aside a morning to make the 40 min. drive to my LGS Would’ve been cheaper buying my dies from there because of the online shipping/taxes I ended up paying And now I realize I don’t have any Lg rifle primers so I’ll end up making the trip anyway for those |
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Posted: 9/20/2019 11:10:24 AM EDT
[#12]
Ordered 2k 95gr .380 projo’s from RMR
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Posted: 9/20/2019 7:13:42 PM EDT
[#13]
I finally got my toaster oven, so now I have all the equipment I’ll need to powder coat my cast bullets.
I’m looking forward to weather that allows me to work outdoors, so I can actually cast... I’ve also been looking around for a mold for 95 grain .356” truncated cone bullets. Feeding my .380 shooting habit will be easier if I can make my own bullets - that will feed in all of my .380s. |
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Posted: 9/20/2019 7:16:34 PM EDT
[#14]
Just cranked out 300 230gr plated .45ACP rounds. Slow day.
It is now beer o'clock. 
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Posted: 9/20/2019 9:28:33 PM EDT
[#15]
Working on deer ammunition. Sierra 130 game changer over H4350 in Hornady 6.5 Creedmoor brass.
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Posted: 9/20/2019 10:08:38 PM EDT
[#16]
Worked on some subsonic 75 gr PCC 308 rounds with bullseye. 3.3gr is 1100 fps.
Accuracy was not spectacular. About an inch at 20 yards... Maybe a softer alloy would help. |
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Posted: 9/21/2019 9:42:16 AM EDT
[#17]
Yesterday I primed about 150 or so 300 AAC brass.
Got in some Starline 300 AAC brass. |
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Posted: 9/22/2019 12:04:10 AM EDT
[#18]
Loaded 150 223 with my cast powder coated 55 gr bullets.
Yes they have a gas check and function an AR. No they don't lead the barrel. Velocity is around 2500 fps. Loaded 50 with 2400, and the rest with IMR-4895. Testing loads that previously were the best from work ups. |
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Posted: 9/22/2019 1:58:34 AM EDT
[#19]
Picked up a few things at the local fun show today..
3) 50 Cal cans full of 300 Win Mag, 30-30 Win and 30 Carbine fired brass ~1100 pieces of brass all total $60 1) 30 Cal can full of reloaded 6mm Rem ammo (this will get pulled down for components, keep the bullets/sell the brass)$20 Brand new 223 Rem RCBS bushing die with 3 bushings $20 5 sleeves of Winchester small rifle primers $100 a sleeve |
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Posted: 9/22/2019 9:03:21 AM EDT
[#20]
I started sorting out the Winchester AA hulls from my collection:
 Attached FileI reckon I'll be sorting for a while:  Attached File Attached File |
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Posted: 9/22/2019 9:06:26 AM EDT
[#21]
NAHHHHhhh....
Not really.... I have been working 6, 12's for a few weeks now. I think the last time I went to the range was like 4 or 5 weeks ago. The shooting and reloading withdrawals/D.T.'s are starting to kick in. 
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Posted: 9/22/2019 1:34:24 PM EDT
[#22]
Finally emptied the powder dispenser and can of 2230 so I can load pistol but waiting on responses to my thread on LNL parts kit.
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Posted: 9/22/2019 10:17:17 PM EDT
[#23]
Was able to test out my new RMR 147gr MW loads off a bench today and found 3.6gr of Sport Pistol gave a really nice group and chronoed at 132PF which is perfect.
Also chronoed the other power grain loads and a few others. Picked up some brass...what a long hot day after a 9 stage USPSA match. |
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Posted: 9/22/2019 11:05:25 PM EDT
[#24]
Cast up some 37 gr .225 cal bullets and some 117 gr .359 cal hollow points out of linotype to try out. The tiny bullets and the 2 and 3 cavity moulds I have barely got the pot down to halfway before I switched alloys.
Threw in some wheel weight alloy, around 12 or 13 bhn, and cast up some more of the 117 gr .359 bullets. Then, I heated up and started casting with the 75 gr 30 cal single cavity mould i got recently. At a good pace, and with no set backs, I can make approximately 330 bullets an hour with the single cavity mould... I timed myself. I sorted and powder coated the lino bullets and sized some of them. |
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USA
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Posted: 9/23/2019 11:36:52 PM EDT
[#25]
Panic bought a dillon 650 with casefeeder and 12k primers.
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Posted: 9/24/2019 5:27:34 AM EDT
[#26]
Last few days I replenished the Walnut media with more
mineral spirits. Have since been decrusting this summers range pickups. The "exsortment" begins in a couple days before heading to the 650 for decapping. |
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Posted: 9/24/2019 8:02:12 AM EDT
[#27]
Forgot to post last night, sorted the brass I picked up on Sunday and then deprimed all of the 9mm that I picked up.
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Posted: 9/24/2019 9:42:24 AM EDT
[#28]
Set up ladder tests for 69 and 55 grain 223 over Benchmark.
Going to make some more 300 BLK cases to fire form tomorrow when the range opens. |
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Posted: 9/24/2019 10:04:54 AM EDT
[#29]
Woke up early this morning and sized some 9mm bullets down to .356.
Was gonna try to do it last night, but I didn't get home till 730 and then dinner happened.... oh well. |
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Posted: 9/24/2019 9:00:42 PM EDT
[#30]
Reloaded up 250 rounds of 9 for match on Sunday on the 650.
Want to run a few hundred more of these before I go and load up the 3k I have of this particular bullet. |
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Posted: 9/24/2019 9:44:31 PM EDT
[Last Edit: FB41]
[#31]
Taught a woman friend of mine how to reload rifle calibers.
She bought a .308 Savage 110 for hunting and it hits her pretty hard with 165's and 150's (she's about 5'3 and weighs maybe 115). She tried a couple of my 125's and liked them and surprisingly, her gun shot them OK at 100 yds. I told her that the only way to get that load is to reload and she said "Fine... teach me." So I did. I went through the whole thing, cleaning brass to resizing to trimming to measuring powder to seating bullets. I demonstrated, then she did the rest while I watched. She loaded 50 and was proud as a peacock (well, a peahen, I suppose...) |
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Posted: 9/25/2019 10:27:55 PM EDT
[#32]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Vegitan:
Set up ladder tests for 69 and 55 grain 223 over Benchmark. Going to make some more 300 BLK cases to fire form tomorrow when the range opens. |
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Posted: 9/25/2019 11:13:49 PM EDT
[#33]
Started a load work up with my cast powder coated 9mm bullets.
Did the first charge of 4 gr of unique and the weapon cycled and chambered another round. So, I dropped it down to 3 gr and go no ejection. So, I went up to 3.5 and then 3.7 and got stove pipes. Then, I moved to 3.9 and got function and slide lock back. Loaded 11 of them and tested them in both pistols at 3.86 to 3.96 gr and both functioned properly. Found out that our SD9VE has a more narrow throat and doesn't like anything over .356 diameter, but my RIA 1911 has a shorter length to the rifling so I have to shorten the OAL to get them to not engage too soon. |
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Posted: 9/27/2019 12:21:38 AM EDT
[#34]
Received a couple of bags of new (to me) brass from Rockey Brass, 5.56 and 300 BO.
I did not like how my existing 5.56 brass was accepting primers. This was my second or third time through and was still getting a few honked up primer insertions. So, just shot'em without the catcher. The 300 BO replenishment was necessitated by not having a lot to start with and me over reaming inside the mouth because I was getting a lot of bullet peel when seating. I fixed the peeling by getting a bell'er for the powder drop on the Dillon, but ended up having shortish brass after fixing the mouth edge. Shot them without retaining as well. I hope to start development of my sub rounds for the BO this weekend, if shipping all goes right. I am a little embarrassed by buying BO instead of making, but I just don't need anymore hobbies or hobby ancillaries. 
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Posted: 9/27/2019 6:58:07 AM EDT
[#35]
Got an old PW 800B attached to my bench. I need to get a couple replacement parts and adjust the indexing.
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Posted: 9/27/2019 7:08:04 PM EDT
[#36]
I received my .45 Colt dies and shell holder today. This weekend is time for cleaning dies and messing around with the brass I’ve collected.
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Posted: 9/29/2019 4:07:03 PM EDT
[#37]
I cleaned my dies yesterday. Today I wet tumbled my meager collection of range pick up .45 Colt, along with the .44 Mag brass that masqueraded as .45 Colt in my range policing. And 3 lonely .45-70 cases as well; it would have been shameful to leave them there on the ground.
The cases are drying now, and I'm about to clean my new revolver. I have some good recommended loads - Lyman 49 has a very good selection - and I hope to have more than a few choices to break in my SAA with. 
I also picked up a quarter-sheet silicone baking sheet this morning. I'm going to calibrate my toaster oven's temperature control later today. (For those not in the know, you use a toaster oven to bake/cure powder coat painted bullets, eliminating that pesky, nasty and messy "lubricating" step with cast bullets.) If I can ever actually survive outdoors for more than a few minutes at a time, I hope to start casting some bullets, then powder coating them. |
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Posted: 9/29/2019 8:07:00 PM EDT
[#38]
Shot a match today so I picked up some brass... definitely didn't pick up enough 9 to cover what I shot but got a decent amount of 223, 40 and 45 which I shot none of.
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IA, USA
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Posted: 9/29/2019 9:58:54 PM EDT
[#39]
I loaded 250 rounds of .223.
kwg |
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Posted: 9/29/2019 10:22:20 PM EDT
[#40]
Decamped ~700 .357 mags and put them in the pin tumbler but I don't think I'll be messing with it at midnight so I may short wash it and try and not fuck it up leaving it in the solution!
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Posted: 9/30/2019 8:47:15 AM EDT
[#41]
Processing 10MM and .45 auto brass today.
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Posted: 10/1/2019 6:04:00 PM EDT
[Last Edit: ZacSquatch]
[#42]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By WeimaranerDad:
I started sorting out the Winchester AA hulls from my collection: https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/369122/20190828_181949_jpg-1098977.JPG I reckon I'll be sorting for a while: https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/369122/20190828_181910_jpg-1098978.JPG https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/369122/20190828_181926_jpg-1098979.JPG
Got a dozen free .444 Marlin cases today and bought some in the EE as well as some .410 wads at the LGS to start experimenting with some loads.  Attached File |
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Posted: 10/1/2019 7:12:37 PM EDT
[Last Edit: lilMAC25]
[#43]
Loaded (50) 300 AAC rounds. TAC-X 110 over H110 in Starline brass.
Ordered 500 Speer 125 TNT and 200 Speer Blackout Specific 150 gr Gold ACOGs from Midway (it’s all on sale and if you combine it with the Speer 20% off rebate the prices become QUITE reasonable). |
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Posted: 10/1/2019 7:29:25 PM EDT
[#44]
Received 2000 RMR FMJ projectiles.
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Posted: 10/1/2019 7:46:25 PM EDT
[#45]
I spent a LOT of time researching silicone oven mats for my toaster oven. Mine has a standard-ish rack for a toaster oven, but it's still a challenge to find a mat that is actually sort of close to the right size. Cast Boolits hasn't been much help on this front; "make your own pan out of wire mesh like I did" or some such guidance hasn't been useful for me, especially without, ya know, pictures of "what I did".
Anyway, I did manage to arrange some time this weekend to get outdoors (early in the AM) and get some casting done. It's more than "penciled in," but not quite 100% committed, since the weather has to cooperate too. But I'm hopeful. |
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Posted: 10/1/2019 8:33:59 PM EDT
[#46]
I carefully weighed out a ladder test for my 44 special to run over my new to me chrono. As I took the box of shells out of the car, I dropped them - all of the carefully sorted powder weights went into a pile of sh*t.....Now I get to pull them down and start over......joy......
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Posted: 10/1/2019 8:51:24 PM EDT
[#47]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By mustb123:
I carefully weighed out a ladder test for my 44 special to run over my new to me chrono. As I took the box of shells out of the car, I dropped them - all of the carefully sorted powder weights went into a pile of sh*t.....Now I get to pull them down and start over......joy...... |
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Posted: 10/1/2019 9:01:30 PM EDT
[#48]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Doorman63:
I now label the cases with magic marker........had the same thing happen to me! Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Doorman63:
Originally Posted By mustb123:
I carefully weighed out a ladder test for my 44 special to run over my new to me chrono. As I took the box of shells out of the car, I dropped them - all of the carefully sorted powder weights went into a pile of sh*t.....Now I get to pull them down and start over......joy...... |
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Posted: 10/3/2019 9:02:50 PM EDT
[#49]
Threw a load of 9 in my HF wet tumbler. While that was running loaded up another 100 rds of 9 so that I had plenty of extra of ammo for Saturday's Steel Challenge match.
Unloaded tumbler now chill time. |
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CA, USA
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Posted: 10/4/2019 12:03:45 AM EDT
[#50]
Received a box from Starline today. .45-70 brass for a 1895SBL I'll be picking up next week.
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