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CT, USA
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Posted: 4/13/2020 2:47:25 PM EDT
[#1]
Loaded up another 500rds of 9mm 125g this AM.
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AZ, USA
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Posted: 4/13/2020 2:53:56 PM EDT
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My backorder of 2 lbs of Varget came in.
Realized I had only 100 SPP's. Went to cabelas to get some and they only had 1 box available and it was federal....and it was $40  My normal place was out with no eta and the only other place that had them for u der $30 was across town. Needless to say, that $40 hurt. Now just waiting for my my 8lbs of titegroup to come in. |
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USA
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Posted: 4/13/2020 3:01:05 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Bearcat24]
[#3]
More for the stash. 300BO goodness!
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Posted: 4/13/2020 3:55:16 PM EDT
[Last Edit: romad99]
[#4]
Just bought some A2520 and other stuff from Brownells. They have a $20 code for purchases over $200. That offset the Hazmat for me.
ETA: Code is XAC |
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CO, USA
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Posted: 4/13/2020 4:21:27 PM EDT
[Last Edit: COSteve]
[#5]
Done
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Posted: 4/13/2020 6:31:43 PM EDT
[Last Edit: gODZOOKIE]
[#6]
Belled 100 cases and loaded 5 - 200gr .45ACP RN/7.8gr AA#5 /1.250” for a quick chrono @ 785 fps
Waiting on a shipped order of 230gr. RN |
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Posted: 4/13/2020 6:46:28 PM EDT
[#7]
Finished decapping my .45 ACP brass. Got in 1k BR2’s and 12 lbs T. Blue. Started decapping more .40 brass.
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Posted: 4/13/2020 7:29:38 PM EDT
[#8]
$180 order from MidSouth
Still debating on getting into 6.5g |
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Posted: 4/13/2020 7:43:18 PM EDT
[#9]
USPS left a note to go pick up a package they refused to deliver. 64lb box o bullets from Everglades that included mostly .45 some 9mm and 2k of their version 2 .223.
Bought 380 brass, sold some boxes of XTP, and sent a mo for the case of 6000 55gr bullets on EE today. Going to spend the night separating head stamps and decapping a metric shit ton of .223 |
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Posted: 4/13/2020 8:30:36 PM EDT
[#10]
My 3500 Zero 9mm and 38 bullets came in Thursday. In the last week I have prepped over 1K 9mm brass in anticipation. I have a pretty good load already for the 115 gr HAP impersonators. I will go ahead and load up 500 to 1000 of those and work up some spreads for the 125s and 147. I already know the 38 special HBWC load from memory, don't even have to look.
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Posted: 4/13/2020 9:57:35 PM EDT
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I set out to put my remaining 150 148 grain wadcutters to use today. I found I already had about 250 rounds or 38 loaded with that bullet, and I’d even clearly labeled them with the load I used - 4.5 grains of Uniue. So I figured, why not try out the very light under-3 grain Bullseye load folks were raving about.
Problem: all the manuals list those tiny loads for HOLLOW BASE wadcutters, and I only have bevel base wadcutters. I went through a lot of manuals, too. I found my original bevel base load in Speer #10 (copyright 1979), but every other listing for 38 caliber wadcutters is for hollow base bullets - or is confusingly exactly the same for both hollow and bevel base bullets. I haven’t loaded a single round with all this “research.” I have concluded that my old load is still safe, but I’m going to have to verify that “new” Unique gives me the same performance. And I’ve also determined that it won’t make a big difference if I use bevel base bullets with Bullseye loads that are listed for hollow base bullets, given how light these loads are. |
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NH, USA
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Posted: 4/13/2020 10:56:03 PM EDT
[#12]
It has been awhile since I have posted.... Being a non-essential worker I have had a lot of free time..... Organized my reloading bench, spent some money on some components, and built a new bench for working on/cleaning the guns. I also started building my 12 yo son his first AR15 16" 5.56.
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Posted: 4/13/2020 11:00:24 PM EDT
[#13]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Horskinator: It has been awhile since I have posted.... Being a non-essential worker I have had a lot of free time..... Organized my reloading bench, spent some money on some components, and built a new bench for working on/cleaning the guns. I also started building my 12 yo son his first AR15 16" 5.56. Slow down with all of this posting, you may over do it! I sorted some brass and have been researching a new load for the 6.5C. |
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NH, USA
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Posted: 4/13/2020 11:05:58 PM EDT
[#14]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By mustb123: Slow down with all of this posting, you may over do it! I sorted some brass and have been researching a new load for the 6.5C. Lol. I know I posted more than 1 time.... It has been a long time though. |
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Posted: 4/13/2020 11:25:05 PM EDT
[#15]
Finished my charge ladder of .35 Whelen using Re-15.
I need to decide which reloading project to start next: .380, .40, 9mm or .357? |
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TN, USA
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Posted: 4/14/2020 1:18:31 AM EDT
[#16]
Spun up another 250 rounds of an M855 clone (24.8gr CFE223 COAL 2.24) and continued a ladder of MK262 clone (24.7gr CFE223 COAL 2.25). Brass looked great with the 77gr at 24.3gr.
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Posted: 4/14/2020 1:53:14 AM EDT
[#17]
Loaded up another 200 or so rounds of 45ACP. Once finished with that started on removing primer pocket crimps on a bunch of LC brass that I’ve had sitting around for a couple of months.
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TX, USA
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Posted: 4/14/2020 8:32:21 AM EDT
[#18]
My wife, myself, and teenage son finished screening and sorting 45 gallons of range brass.
My Dillon casefeeder is due today which is good as I now have 10 gallons of 38 Special and 15 gallons of 9mm to start sizing and depriming. Semper Fi |
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Posted: 4/14/2020 12:11:28 PM EDT
[#19]
Just sent Inline fabrication a order. I can't wait to have my loading room finally set up. I need to get loading
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Posted: 4/14/2020 12:12:56 PM EDT
[#20]
Ordered an Inline Fab light for my 550. The kind that drops in the center hole in the tool head.
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Posted: 4/14/2020 2:54:06 PM EDT
[Last Edit: lilMAC25]
[#21]
Missed out on a good deal on VMAX projectiles locally.
Managed to score 2700 CCI 400 small rifle primers and six hundred 300 AAC cases. Guy was also selling a Lee 4-20 lead melter, ingot molds, a 247 gr .311 mold, Lee .308 bullet lube and sizing die, a bunch of lead ingots, all the stuff to powder coat at home, and a toaster oven. I’ve never messed around with casting before, I might now!  |
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AL, USA
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Posted: 4/14/2020 3:13:20 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Hiker1911]
[#22]
223 dies are inbound from TX (RCBS 11101)
223 pilot for Forster trimmer is inbound Separated 1,000 clean brass in 223- Win, FC, LC, and 'other.' |
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Posted: 4/14/2020 3:46:02 PM EDT
[Last Edit: wildearp]
[#23]
Re-arranged ammo stacks, cleaned off one of the work benches, lubed some nickel .308 cases.
A few days ago I sorted out a 5 gallon bucket of mixed brass. I still have 2/3 of a bucket left to do. I thought I had run out of 9mm brass...........I was wrong. I thought I had loaded all of my .45-70 brass, also wrong.
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IA, USA
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Posted: 4/14/2020 4:50:59 PM EDT
[Last Edit: kwg020]
[#24]
I have been sorting .223 and running it through the tumbler all week. Today I took some finished and primed brass and loaded some more up. I won't have to load a single thing for months, maybe years. If this social distancing continues, my grand kids will be shooting this stuff in the next century.
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Posted: 4/14/2020 5:33:36 PM EDT
[#25]
Ordered 300 bullets.
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PA, USA
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Posted: 4/14/2020 8:31:54 PM EDT
[#26]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By azmp5: My backorder of 2 lbs of Varget came in. Realized I had only 100 SPP's. Went to cabelas to get some and they only had 1 box available and it was federal....and it was $40 My normal place was out with no eta and the only other place that had them for u der $30 was across town. Needless to say, that $40 hurt. Now just waiting for my my 8lbs of titegroup to come in. Cabelas generally price matches, for future reference. On topic- Got 2300 5.56 cases cleaned and started processing more from my own stash. Need a swager, sick of the primer pocket hand reamer |
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AZ, USA
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Posted: 4/14/2020 8:40:50 PM EDT
[#27]
Got a bug up my butt to do some precision shooting. Ended up prepping 100x 223, 224V, 308 and 7mm.
Also my order of 1k DG bullets in, now I gotta figure out a new load for these. |
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FL, USA
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Posted: 4/14/2020 8:46:12 PM EDT
[#28]
Been sizing all my freshly powdercoated 9mm bullets. I've done 2,800 so far with at least another 1,200 to go.
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Posted: 4/14/2020 10:09:09 PM EDT
[#29]
Messed with some MK262 clone loads in preparation for CWFO3.
Should have just watched the Mark’s Reloading Bench videos before instead of after I did a bunch of development. His data is spot on although the videos are a bit drawn out. One interesting note I found was that CCI BR4 primers gave terrible velocity swings and Remington 7.5BR are still the best 223 primer around. Probably going to stick with 8208 since it’s going to be HOT in July and TAC gets wild in the heat. CFE223 is accurate, but even well above published loads the velocity is a bit lacking. |
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Posted: 4/14/2020 11:17:30 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Cardplayer]
[#30]
After 3 years of a 40x24 utility sink sitting in place not hooked up because of all copper plumbing and having to hook it up to a pump, with a plumber buddy's help I finally installed it in my reloading room. It took about 3 hours and I really didn't do anything. I asked to pay him for parts or labor and he said no. All he asked for is to is teach him to reload.
Edit - And my 8lbs of Benchmark came in. |
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Posted: 4/15/2020 12:02:51 AM EDT
[#31]
Made some test loads for a new .40 bullet - RMR 180 Plated, using BE-86.
Then reset my press for 9mm, adjusted first so I can make up rest loads for 115gr 9mm. |
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Posted: 4/15/2020 12:48:01 AM EDT
[#32]
Received the parts to convert the new 9mm xl750 to 223.
I hand loaded 50 rounds of my go to 223 load and will load 50 more on the Dillon tomorrow. Since I have the time, I figured I’d shoot them for groups later in the week to see if there is any significant difference between the two sets. LC brass, CCI 450’s, Hornady 55g FMJ, 24.5g H335, 2.20” COAL. |
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Posted: 4/15/2020 1:46:05 AM EDT
[#33]
Loaded 15 .358 Socom today to test finally.
5 each of 41, 42 and 43 grains of AR-Comp with speer hot-cor 180gr. I’ll try 2520 as well. Also ordered 200gr flat base TSX’s for this, which can hopefully become my bear round.  Attached File |
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Posted: 4/15/2020 11:24:30 AM EDT
[#34]
Yesterday afternoon I picked out 50 sized cases, made sure they were all the same length, and hand primed them for my 38 Special ultra-light wadcutter loads. I plan to actually load them this afternoon.
And while I was messing around, I came across salvaged small primers and salvaged 9mm bullets... So I rounded up cases and de-tarnished those pulled bullets. Lemishine is my friend! It turns out that Winchester's hollow base 115 grain 9mm FMJs are not that much different in length from typical 115 grain FMJs, even though they are supposedly designed to be seated at the same length as 124 grain FMJs. My load plan has to take into account the different lengths of these salvaged bullets so I don't change the chamber pressure by seating bullets too deeply - or not deeply enough. Fortunately I can do simple arithmetic, so loading manuals' COALs are easy to adjust for different bullets. |
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Posted: 4/15/2020 11:36:18 AM EDT
[#35]
Resizing 9mm cases. I’m down to a few hundred cleaned 9mm brass, so I’ll start a another batch of dirty 9mm I sorted last week to tumble.
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Posted: 4/15/2020 2:38:33 PM EDT
[#36]
Setup some LEE 9mm dies I picked up from the EE and resized some cases. I'm planning on working up a target load using Power Pistol, WSPs, and 115gr Hornady HAP.
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Posted: 4/15/2020 3:11:14 PM EDT
[#37]
4 years after moving I finally got my shop built and reloading bench set back up. The bench was in the back of my storage container waiting on the shop.
To celebrate I loaded my first batch of .330 blk subs for testing. 10.5 in Ballistic Advantage barrel New RP brass 220 gr Sierra MK 10.7 gr AA1680 Lee factory crimp die 897.9 fps average Bumped it up to 11.8 gr of 1680 for the new batch but haven't tested those yet. |
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Posted: 4/15/2020 3:22:36 PM EDT
[#38]
Got my Dillon Carbide 10mm dies in today now Waiting on the powder measure. I should buy a 10mm.
Traded a buddy some 9mm bullets for primers. |
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Posted: 4/15/2020 7:02:56 PM EDT
[#39]
I ordered a Dillon XL750 and some Blue Bullets, and picked up 2000 Winchester small pistol primers and a pound of Bullseye.
I haven't reloaded in 15 years. |
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Posted: 4/15/2020 7:06:15 PM EDT
[#40]
Cranked out 35 .308 175SMK with 44gr Varget.
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Posted: 4/15/2020 7:28:30 PM EDT
[Last Edit: RattleCanAR]
[#41]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By wildearp: Cranked out 35 .308 175SMK with 44gr Varget. That’s hawt. Went the range and shot some zippy 125 308Win loads and about 100 9mm. Tumbling brass. I picked up way more than I shot. |
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Posted: 4/15/2020 7:37:41 PM EDT
[Last Edit: ole_slewfoot]
[#42]
Big Brown Truck brought some goodies today from MidSouth. I got 250 6.5mm Hornady 123 BTHPs, 100 123 grain 6.5mm Hornady SSTs, 2 lbs Shooters World Match Rifle and 2 lbs Shooters World Tactical Rifle.
I may make a thread to review the Shooters World powder in 6.5 Grendel and .223 when I do load workups. I plan on using Match Rifle in the Grendel with the 123s and the Tactical Rifle in .223 with 77 grain Nosler CCs. I also loaded up 100 55 grain Varmit Nightmares over CFE223 for my brother after work. |
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Posted: 4/15/2020 7:59:18 PM EDT
[#43]
Another 100 .45acp/ 200gr loaded todayb
3 big handfuls of .45 acp brass soaking now in dawn and lemishine |
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Posted: 4/15/2020 9:34:32 PM EDT
[#44]
"Washed" stainless steel tumbling media, poured it out into a metal pan and set it in the sun to dry them packed it away as I have no more brass to tumble. That's a good thing.
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NH, USA
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Posted: 4/16/2020 9:30:00 AM EDT
[#45]
Purchased some 7mm projectiles this morning off the EE. Going to start running a few hundred 9mm 124 grn FMJs for a range trip since I installed some night sights on my G19.
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Posted: 4/16/2020 3:55:24 PM EDT
[#46]
Loaded 150 9mm Blue Bullets.
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Posted: 4/16/2020 5:25:05 PM EDT
[#47]
Loaded some .38 Special with Bullseye and 158 gr coated LSWC.
My Uniflow wasn’t throwing charges quite as easily, so I pulled it apart, cleaned the surfaces then re-applied some Paste wax. Once again it rolls like it’s on bearings. |
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Posted: 4/16/2020 8:39:32 PM EDT
[#48]
I finished my .38 wadcutter loading today. Despite a side track or two, I got the powder measure dialed in nicely, and dropping extremely consistent amounts of Bullseye was pretty easy.
The manuals give a range from (about) 2.7gr to 3.0gr of Bullseye for these light wadcutter loads, so I chose those two loads. But I also wanted to see if there was a real difference between loading bevel-base wadcutters seated to the crimp groove (about 1/10" of the bullet exposed past the case mouth) and seated flush with the case mouth. So that's four options: two powder weights, two seating options. How do you divide 50 rounds by 4? I chose to load 10 rounds of each weight with the bullet seated at the groove, and 15 each seated flush. Once I got that settled, it was a nice, calm process. I hope to get to the range early next week to test these out. The weather isn't going to cooperate over the weekend. 
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TX, USA
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Posted: 4/16/2020 9:19:51 PM EDT
[#49]
I made empty brass with my new s&w core 9mm blue bullets shot really good in it.....
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Posted: 4/16/2020 9:35:00 PM EDT
[Last Edit: romad99]
[#50]
I got this bucket of mostly LC brass, plus a gallon bag of 300BLK from my local range. I’m dry tumbling right now.
 Attached FileETA: system glitch on picture |
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