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Posted: 4/16/2020 10:53:38 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By romad99: I got this bucket of mostly LC brass, plus a gallon bag of 300BLK from my local range. I’m dry tumbling right now. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/249363/B66DB1E3-9E95-4173-9400-30EA9661980D_jpe-1371093.JPG Jackpot I got in 1000 or so .380 cases today from the EE 2 powder measures from Dillon, decapped about 100 .257 and am still loading .45 (been on it a week now) |
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Posted: 4/16/2020 11:29:25 PM EDT
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I'm out of shot. Which means I did nothing today.
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Posted: 4/17/2020 2:36:30 AM EDT
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Loaded 1600 more .40 rnds. Still on it...
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Posted: 4/17/2020 2:47:59 AM EDT
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I am on a single stage. Finished up 600 9mm cases, they are ready for powder and bullets. Most will get a known recipe and 115 gr JHPs, the rest will be spreads with 125 and 147 JHP with Bullseye, 231, Power pistol and maybe tight group.
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Posted: 4/17/2020 8:42:21 AM EDT
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Finally made up the homemade alcohol/lanolin lube last night. Sized a hundred 223s. I like this stuff!
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Posted: 4/17/2020 8:44:44 AM EDT
[Last Edit: dryflash3]
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Quote HistoryOff topic comment removed, dryflash3
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Posted: 4/17/2020 9:04:42 AM EDT
[Last Edit: lilMAC25]
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Sorted 1000 or so 300 AAC converted cases by headstamp. Now I’ll need to measure 5-10 randoms from each group to see if I’ll need to further sort.
Also primed around 500 converted LC brass that were ready. Trying to decide if I want to try my hand at casting with the stuff I recently acquired. I don’t have a N100 mask, but I have a fairly open backyard and could rig a fan to blow toward the open pasture behind us. |
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Posted: 4/17/2020 9:17:02 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By dave5339: 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 @dave5339 Holy crap - - 45 gallons!? That's a lot of brass. More .300 blk subs for me. I've only got a few hundred .300 cases, but I've got thousands of .223. Thinking about setting up to form my own .300 for subs out of the head stamps I don't use.   |
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CO, USA
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Posted: 4/17/2020 9:36:56 AM EDT
[Last Edit: COSteve]
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Done
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FL, USA
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Posted: 4/17/2020 12:25:48 PM EDT
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Finished sizing the last of ~4,000 powder coated lead 9mm boolits a few days ago. Working on sorting through a 5 gallon bucket of WW for the next casting session.
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Posted: 4/17/2020 12:44:49 PM EDT
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Posted: 4/17/2020 12:46:12 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ErikS: https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/255381/282A6A3F-864A-4559-9371-36691B73707D_jpe-1371879.JPG Put an Inline Fab light on my 550. That’s nice! I resized .38 special brass this morning. |
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Posted: 4/17/2020 1:03:09 PM EDT
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Just set up the 650 for .300AAC and cranked out some 125gr loads. I cleaned brass yesterday and then sized and sorted.
I am finding about 15% that need to be trimmed, which means I probably made a mistake the first time around. These are hand made, once fired, mixed cases. After cranking out stacks of .308, these cases look so tiny.  I am going to set up the second 650 for .45ACP now. |
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Posted: 4/17/2020 2:13:57 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ErikS: https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/255381/282A6A3F-864A-4559-9371-36691B73707D_jpe-1371879.JPG Put an Inline Fab light on my 550. Nice! I ordered one of these the other day, haven't received it yet. |
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Posted: 4/17/2020 6:07:12 PM EDT
[Last Edit: gODZOOKIE]
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Finished cleaning then belled and loaded 100 .45acp
Got my 230gr FMJ order from Everglades today May research .357 mag data tonight *edited for clarity |
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TN, USA
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Posted: 4/17/2020 6:14:38 PM EDT
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Tested my Mk262 clone at 25.1gr of CFE223. Just over 1moa with my Recce 14.5" and roughly 2380-2400fps from the 10" SBR. Brass looked good, so im going to ladder up to 25.4 and see if I can consistently clear 2400fps to mimick the IMI loading without getting too crazy.
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AZ, USA
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Posted: 4/17/2020 6:36:10 PM EDT
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My 16 lbs of wc844 cane in.
I also made a few rounds of of 9mm and lead bullets. (3.5, 3.6 and 3.7gr titegroup) |
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Posted: 4/17/2020 7:25:07 PM EDT
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Cast a few hundred bullets. 37 gr, 75 gr, and 500 gr. Different calibers obviously.
Powder coated them a few different colors. Mixed some blue and green to try to get a teal color. Came out alright. Sized the 500 gr bullets to .4595. |
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TX, USA
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Posted: 4/17/2020 7:26:23 PM EDT
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Been staring at this CH Auto Champ MK III fer the past hour that was just given to me...
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Posted: 4/17/2020 8:02:41 PM EDT
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Ordered a roller handle and a boolit tray off the EE.
Sorted another 5 gallon bucket-O-brass, makes about 30 gallons for the week. |
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Posted: 4/17/2020 9:05:46 PM EDT
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Continued working on the bucket of brass I got yesterday. I’ve tumbled and sorted around 2k pieces today and it’s still half full. I already sized and decapped the LC that’s been tumbled. I also trimmed a few hundred. So far I’ve gotten about 1/3 mixed headstamp and 2/3 Lake City. I’m pretty happy with that.  Attached File |
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Posted: 4/17/2020 10:37:45 PM EDT
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After sizing some .458 485 gr boolets, I decided to load up some to see how hard I can push them in my 458 socom.
This weight of bullet is almost exclusively loaded to sub sonic velocities. So, I started at those velocities and worked up slowly using winchester 296. I got all the way to 24.5 gr before pressure signs developed. Velocity was 1460 fps! That is trapdoor 45-70 levels of power out of a barrel that is 8" shorter in a semi auto platform. I love the 458 socom. My shoulder is sore now. |
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Posted: 4/18/2020 3:34:22 AM EDT
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Woke up at 12:30 and stared at the ceiling for a while.
Decided to wake up and make a few dozen home made pancakes to freeze up.  Now prepping 223 brass and drinking copious quantities of coffee because I apparently hate sleep. |
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CA, USA
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Posted: 4/18/2020 12:06:44 PM EDT
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Ordered a LEE deluxe APP with the universal case feeder/collator. Added the bulge buster and bench mounting plate to the order yesterday. Everything is backordered until who knows when.
Midsouth Shooters has the Deluxe for only $75 so not a big investment to hopefully speed up decap before wet tumbling and bulge busting steps. |
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Posted: 4/18/2020 12:26:11 PM EDT
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This just arrived. I’m continuing brass prep and separation Ops.  Attached File Attached File Attached File |
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Posted: 4/18/2020 12:53:14 PM EDT
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I placed an order with Brownell’s. Initially I needed Alumahyde spray cans, but I added in a Lee Perfect Powder Measure for stick powder (Reloder 15 and IMR 4350) and done ammo boxes and reloading trays.
Also loading more 158 LSWC in .38 with W231. |
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Posted: 4/18/2020 1:07:43 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By romad99: This just arrived. I’m continuing brass prep and separation Ops. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/249363/249F7C2D-7BAC-4CC7-9C3F-73B335EA2221_jpe-1373458.JPG https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/249363/3F05708D-9E56-4B1E-8A51-344AF6601B15_jpe-1373460.JPG https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/249363/BB1334F8-E3F7-4AA5-BC30-E3C2935D85DF_jpe-1373461.JPG You’ll love the Super Swage. Mount it very securely, and it’ll help make your life a lot easier. It is best used with large batches of identical cases - all LC, for example, should swage fine without adjustments, but random brass may need frequent tweaks. Today, I reserved a “private bay” for Monday at my local range. I have a bunch of loads to test, and maybe I won’t get all of them done, but I will definitely benefit from “ballistic therapy”. |
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Posted: 4/18/2020 1:52:47 PM EDT
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Ordered a lee app press. Looking at NOE right now to get a few items for it.
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CT, USA
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Posted: 4/18/2020 2:25:11 PM EDT
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Ordered 10lbs of Tightgroup from PV.
I also hit my local and grabbed 7k primers (5k spp and 2k srp) |
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Posted: 4/18/2020 2:42:09 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By romad99: This just arrived. I’m continuing brass prep and separation Ops. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/249363/249F7C2D-7BAC-4CC7-9C3F-73B335EA2221_jpe-1373458.JPG https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/249363/3F05708D-9E56-4B1E-8A51-344AF6601B15_jpe-1373460.JPG https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/249363/BB1334F8-E3F7-4AA5-BC30-E3C2935D85DF_jpe-1373461.JPG Nice set up. I cleaned up the sorting area a little. |
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CO, USA
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Posted: 4/18/2020 2:50:58 PM EDT
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Finally got a decent load figured out for subsonic 450's our of my sbr 458. Accurate No.9 ftw.
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Posted: 4/18/2020 3:54:45 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AZ-AR15: Finally got a decent load figured out for subsonic 450's our of my sbr 458. Accurate No.9 ftw. https://i.imgur.com/Byepr4r.jpg?1 PM sent. |
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FL, USA
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Posted: 4/18/2020 5:08:06 PM EDT
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Finished sorting through a 5 gallon metal bucket of WW then went to work turning them into ingots.
I ended up with 61lbs of COWW ingots and 10lbs of SOWW ingots. Not a bad haul. I had sold all of my lead last year so I'm slowly rebuilding my stores. |
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Posted: 4/18/2020 5:24:36 PM EDT
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Wet tumbled some Grendel and 223 brass
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Posted: 4/18/2020 9:29:37 PM EDT
[#35]
Armanov .300 blk powder funnel and clickable knob showed up today. Both appear well made. I’d been measuring charges individually while waiting on the funnel.
Went to replace batteries in the primer and powder warning boxes. All of them had leaked acid after 4 years in a hot storage container. Cleaned the contacts but still not working. I’ll do without for a while as I have other things to buy. |
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Posted: 4/19/2020 1:16:58 AM EDT
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Rolled 50 rounds of 300 AAC Gold Dot and 50 more of 125 TNT.
Also used the M Expander on about 500 cases. Went back and double checked my previous handloads to make sure neck sizes are ok (destroyed or resized and rerolled less than 20 out of 500+). Also ordered some powders to try with Subs. |
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Posted: 4/19/2020 1:09:59 PM EDT
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Yesterday, I changed the 650 over to 9mm and loaded up 600 rounds. Today, I'll load up my remaining 9mm projectiles. After that, it's time to get busy casting and powder coating again.
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Posted: 4/19/2020 1:51:31 PM EDT
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Completed a primer inventory.
Over 25K primers total, almost all of which were purchased in the last couple of years on some combination of sale/free shipping/free hazmat. I’m giving myself a gold star for “buy it cheap, stack it deep”. |
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Posted: 4/19/2020 4:16:04 PM EDT
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I bought a $20 crack scale on Amazon after shopping for one on Midway. It had decent reviews from reloaders.
I can see the value of the electronic scale when hand weighing/trickling. I won't have to sneak up on the arm movement of the beam scale and then have over shoot. I was sitting here at work staring into space and thought this through. I recently found some 30.06 and 45-70 cases that need filling by hand. I thought this process would be more tedious, but find it quite relaxing. |
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Posted: 4/19/2020 4:40:00 PM EDT
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Posted: 4/19/2020 5:57:10 PM EDT
[Last Edit: dryflash3]
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 Attached FileSo my bush was mangy and needed a trim.. Controlled burn on the range, no tracers used! @Chukar What does this have to do with reloading? I'm inclined to remove this off topic post. dryflash3 |
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CO, USA
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Posted: 4/19/2020 8:21:23 PM EDT
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Got back out to the range again this morning to dial in the subsonic 450g load. Yahtzee! (50 yard groups)
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Posted: 4/19/2020 8:24:12 PM EDT
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Back ordered a Lee APP and swage die kit.
Really looking forward to seeing it in action. |
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FL, USA
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Posted: 4/19/2020 9:09:14 PM EDT
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Cast about 400 .358 158grn SWC and finished off a pot of alloy that had been lingering in my Lee 4-20 for over a year. Loaded the pot back up for another batch of .358 boolits. I'd like to cast 1k before moving on to powder coating.
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Posted: 4/19/2020 9:27:10 PM EDT
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Picked up the brass from yesterday.
Ordered a lee APP, then went to NOE and ordered a 45 cal mould, sizing stuff, and an adapter. I expect to get it in march of next year due to covid. |
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Posted: 4/19/2020 9:44:25 PM EDT
[Last Edit: styles]
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I’m loading 100 rounds of my STD 38 special on my single stage Lee press every nite before dinner. Load is 158 gr rimrock lswc and clean shot or aa#2 powder @ near +p weight of 4.2 grains. I shoot this in my 642 edc.
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Posted: 4/19/2020 10:32:25 PM EDT
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Getting ready to get a better long range (1,000+) 6.5C bullet. My short range (1,000 or less) is sub moa until 600 and holds moa to 1,000. 147gr ELD's, LRP Alpha brass and H4350.
New combo is 144gr Bergers, SRP Alpha brass and RL16. For fun, I weighed the 100 new Bergers. 143.8gr - 1 143.0gr - 64 144.0gr - 27 144.1gr - 7 144.2gr - 1 A lot of 147 ELD's (79 bullets) 146.7gr - 6 146.8gr - 6 146.9gr - 33 147.0gr - 25 147.1gr - 9 While I don't own a single piece of equipment that anyone would be jealous of, think expensive, I try to get the best results I can from the junk I have. Obviously, the Berger is a more consistent bullet, in regards to weight. But, they don't have the pretty red tip, so who knows how it will translate downrange. I hope to begin loading them soon. |
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Posted: 4/19/2020 10:53:03 PM EDT
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So far I sent payment for two Lee die sets on the EE.
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VA, USA
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Posted: 4/19/2020 11:08:39 PM EDT
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Took inventory of my powder, brass, projectiles, and primers. I was surprised to have as many primers as I did but looks like I ordered an extra 10K SPP when they were on sale last year.
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USA
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Posted: 4/19/2020 11:33:50 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By mayassa: Took inventory of my powder, brass, projectiles, and primers. Did the same. I'm figuring out what I need to start buying when it's in stock. I thought this would be over quick. Seems less likely. |
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