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Posted: 11/16/2020 11:15:55 PM EDT
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Picked up 2lbs of CFE223 and 2lbs of 700x from Cabelas. Ordered 500 .380 95gr , and 500 .44 280 gr poly bullets from Bayou.
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Posted: 11/16/2020 11:33:09 PM EDT
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Finished the attempt at mimicking the SIG 115gr practice load. 5.1 - 5.3 - 5.5gr of True Blue. I'll chrono them in the am and see if any of them are close. 15 each.
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IA, USA
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Posted: 11/17/2020 12:10:11 AM EDT
[#3]
I loaded some 30-06 ammo for my Garands.
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Posted: 11/17/2020 12:12:51 AM EDT
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Took last load of 10 mm brass from wet tumbler, dried and sorted it out. Then put away.
Made 4 loading blocks in 32 ACP, and got the first coat of finish on. |
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Posted: 11/17/2020 12:19:31 AM EDT
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Received 500 .224 Valkyrie cases, 500 .38/357 bullets and 500 9mm Berry's in the mail. Currently tumbling .357 once fired by me and cranking out some more .45's for a few more days.
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Posted: 11/17/2020 12:34:39 AM EDT
[#6]
Wet tumbled 500 10mm cases. Decapped ~1k 5.56 cases.
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Posted: 11/17/2020 9:40:57 AM EDT
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Last night I worked on organization and cleaning. Started working on putting acro bin holders on the side of my shelf.
Tumbled some 8mm for a friend and the .45 brass he gave me. |
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Posted: 11/17/2020 1:17:04 PM EDT
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Got a new melting pot so I started casting some .38/.357 bullets, Lyman #358311 160 grn. RN:
 I've really taken a liking to this powder coating thing, fresh bullets recently cast appear to coat a lot better than the first ones I did last week that had been sitting around for years:   |
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Posted: 11/17/2020 3:27:50 PM EDT
[#9]
Bought 8 more pounds of W748 and 4 pounds of True Blue.
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Posted: 11/17/2020 8:36:16 PM EDT
[#10]
Bought 200 Hornady 6.5mm 140gr HLD bullets at CAL Ranch. Ordered a Redding 6.5 CM die set.
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Posted: 11/17/2020 9:32:20 PM EDT
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Got an order from Grafs today so I loaded a few 308 to test and since the powder was good for it I loaded 50 rounds of 223 I had prepped a while back.
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Posted: 11/17/2020 9:45:06 PM EDT
[#12]
Made 40 or so more rounds of 45ACP with powder coated bullets, but biggest accomplishment was burning thru a box of Winchester LP primers by filling 10 primer tubes
More 45acp production and brass sorting/tumbling is in my future |
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Posted: 11/17/2020 10:07:48 PM EDT
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Wet tumbled a bunch of mixed brass without pins before going to bed. Put them on a towel outside on table to dry in the sun and breeze while I slept for night shift. Woke up and discovered I have brass all over the yard to pick again. So now I have a brass dryer on the way.
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USA
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Posted: 11/17/2020 11:30:41 PM EDT
[#14]
Finished up a 100 9mm, and loaded 10 158gr in 38 spl with 700x.
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Posted: 11/17/2020 11:51:12 PM EDT
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 Stain was dry, so put first coat of finish on these loading blocks I made yesterday.  Got half of my 10 mm 200 gr work up loads dropped and bullets seated. |
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CO, USA
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Posted: 11/18/2020 12:00:16 AM EDT
[Last Edit: AZ-AR15]
[#16]
Loaded up some new coated lead 500g bullets for 458 socom. Curious to see if they'll perform next week. .460 instead of the usual .459.
Also prepped 100 pieces of virgin 458 socom brass. |
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Posted: 11/18/2020 7:16:30 PM EDT
[#17]
Broke the pin in my Lee universal decapper and didn’t have a spare.
 Ordered two for the next time.
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Posted: 11/18/2020 7:29:50 PM EDT
[#18]
Picked up a pound of H335 and a 100 round pack of Hornady 52gr VLD OTM’s from the LGS. Powder supply there could be worse but he’s totally out of Tac, 4895, and 4064. Only a small amount of large pistol and large rifle primers left. Couple K of each.
I also got 1k of 200gr coated RN 45 and 500 of 145gr coated RN 9mm bullets from ACME. Loaded 20 rounds of Speer 168gr OTM Match 308 rounds tonight. 41.5gr of IMR 4064. |
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Posted: 11/18/2020 7:33:58 PM EDT
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Went to Academy and picked up a pound of titegroup it was all they had and it was a good price.
I have enough powder to last about 4 years worth of shooting 9mm 
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Posted: 11/18/2020 7:48:50 PM EDT
[#20]
Received a couple hundred 6.5C projectiles. While I was putting them away, I saw an unfamiliar box - 500 140gr ELD-M’s I forgot about. lol
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Posted: 11/18/2020 8:34:31 PM EDT
[#21]
I was at the gun club this afternoon and it was deserted and I had time so I picked up 2 coffee cans full of 9mm,.40 and .45 acp brass along with 50 or so .223 brass.
I load all these calibers so they're into the tumbler after I get them sorted and deprimed. |
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Posted: 11/18/2020 8:38:40 PM EDT
[#22]
The XL750 and RL550C showed up today so I set up the XL750 for 9mm.
I was trying to use the Lee case feeder but I gave up and ordered the Dillon from Scheel's w/ small rifle and small pistol plates. I'm hoping the case feeder clears the ceiling as I only have 41" from the base of the press. |
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ON, CAN
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Posted: 11/18/2020 10:19:14 PM EDT
[Last Edit: GunsNotPuns]
[#23]
After many years of only being a rifle ammunition reloader, today I stocked up on supplies to load .45 APC. Winters are long up here in northern Canada, may as well have something to do.
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Posted: 11/18/2020 10:24:22 PM EDT
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Posted: 11/18/2020 10:37:23 PM EDT
[#25]
sorted some 45ACP brass to feed my empty case feeder. Weeded over a dozen AMERC cases and one with a small primer pocket and tossed them to the scrap bucket
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Posted: 11/18/2020 11:29:23 PM EDT
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USA
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Posted: 11/18/2020 11:38:59 PM EDT
[#27]
While priming/sizing some .44 spl cases, I noticed I was having a hard time getting the case to line up perfectly with the sizing die. My Hornady bushing was missing some chunks of teeth, so I submitted a warranty claim for the bushing. Someone needs to make those out of something tough.
I also had 1000 small pistol primers in my cart, and was checking out at Cabelas, when it said out of stock and removed them 
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Posted: 11/18/2020 11:59:09 PM EDT
[#28]
Tumbled, deprimed, neck sized and primed 250 30-06 cases. Tomorrow will be tinkering with loads for my Garands.
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Posted: 11/19/2020 1:14:11 AM EDT
[#29]
Got my order for 124 gr .355 JFP's from RMR. Ordered Aug 14th.
Finish the last 2 powders I'm working up in 10mm with 200 gr GD's. |
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Posted: 11/19/2020 1:16:52 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Shootindave]
[#30]
 Attached FileMade this thing. Has more character than the rcbs one. Kinda looks like that bloody stick the kid gave as a gift in the movie Bad Santa. Also, i have no idea why my photos are spinning sideways. |
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Posted: 11/20/2020 12:38:10 AM EDT
[#31]
Loaded a batch of 77 and 80 grain SMK’s tonight for an upcoming match.
24 gr of Reloder15 for both |
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Posted: 11/20/2020 10:46:38 AM EDT
[#32]
Got a bunch of 9MM brass ready to prime so I can load it up.
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Posted: 11/20/2020 3:58:04 PM EDT
[#33]
Loaded 150 rounds of 9mm plinking ammo.
147gr Blue Bullet RN 3.5gr CFE Pistol Federal SP Match Primers |
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FL, USA
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Posted: 11/20/2020 5:02:01 PM EDT
[#34]
I started reloading again after roughly 8 years of not shooting much.
I got an LCP2 in August and found 500 100gr Berry’s bullets and a Lee .380acp die set from Bass Rape Shop for decent prices a month back. I set the dies up in a 550b tool head, but the decapping rod kept slipping despite being cinched down as far as possible—redundancy to the rescue, as I had a spare Lee 45acp set and just used that one in the .380 sizer. I have Bullseye and Unique, so those will work with the Berry’s. Not going over to my gal’s tonight, so I may load up a box of 50 later. I have range brass that I located in my closet, some 6 weeks back, but I can find where I put it, lol. Chris |
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Posted: 11/20/2020 6:02:15 PM EDT
[#35]
Ran a batch of range pick up 9mm brass through the tumbler and getting ready to deprime and size it.
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Posted: 11/20/2020 6:02:58 PM EDT
[#36]
Shot my first ladder test for my 223 bolt gun.
40 gr Vmax with H335. 52 gr ELD-M with Benchmark. These are the two best of the day. Both ELD with benchmark. Disnt get any of the Vmax groups under an inch.  Attached File Attached File |
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Posted: 11/20/2020 6:18:08 PM EDT
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Got my order of 1,000 62gr pulled bullets in. 2 of the 4 bags busted open ans were all loose in the box.
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Posted: 11/20/2020 8:22:33 PM EDT
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Posted: 11/20/2020 11:57:20 PM EDT
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Got my XL750 set up.
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Posted: 11/21/2020 2:39:15 PM EDT
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I just ordered the 7mm-08 hunter's die set from Redding.
Looking forward to it. |
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Posted: 11/21/2020 5:24:01 PM EDT
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Going to try the Hornady version of my favorite Subsonic projo. Had to start over with length since the hornady is longer in front of the cannelure.
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UT, USA
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Posted: 11/21/2020 7:33:46 PM EDT
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Having not cast, loaded or shot a round in close to 5 years I inventoried my stash and cleaned up the loading room.
Man I was a busy hoarder, at today's prices I feel like Scrooge McDuck..  Having been through two major primer shortages I'm glad I put extra back. Hope to start pulling the handle on my presses over the long weekend. Might need some coaching to remember how this is all done...
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Posted: 11/21/2020 10:05:23 PM EDT
[#43]
So far,
100 rds .45 ACP finished 200 rds 9mm primed starting to size/de-prime a few hundred rounds of .223 Single stage only. |
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Posted: 11/21/2020 10:16:49 PM EDT
[#44]
Helped some friends of mine get some ammo.
357 magnum loaded up hot for a friend who need some for putting bad things on bad people. 45-70 loads for a friends new rifle. He couldn't find ammo. 285gr PCC bullet over 68 gr of H335 is a stout load... The fireball was intense as well. |
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Posted: 11/21/2020 11:23:54 PM EDT
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Switching over the S1050 from 9mm to .45acp by using the new Lee splined locking rings. I like them. Still have to set the Dillon crimp die and adjust the powder drop.
Had to adjust the primer lift to seat the primers deeper. The Blazer cases had the primers a lil high. 200gr Blue Bullets charged with 6.5gr BE-86 and Win SPP.  Attached File |
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Posted: 11/21/2020 11:44:03 PM EDT
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Was going to set the press back up for 9mm and do my last run with the primers I found hidden. Ended up setting it up for 223 and starting to do my case prep on a couple thousand. Plan on doing a good size run with some nosler bullets i bought close to 10 years ago next time I'm off.
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Posted: 11/22/2020 12:02:49 AM EDT
[#47]
Loaded the first 200tds on the XL750.
I like it so far. There were a couple of issues but nothing major. |
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Posted: 11/22/2020 9:19:23 AM EDT
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Loaded 200 rounds of 10mm last night.
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Posted: 11/22/2020 10:40:54 AM EDT
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Worked up a new 9mm load since I traded into some Fiocchi S.P.P.
Range scrounged Winchester brass HP38 4.8 grains Berrys 115 gr. Plated bullet Going to chronograph this load and check for function today, then start cranking them out on the 550b. |
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Posted: 11/22/2020 1:33:51 PM EDT
[#50]
Re-expanded a bunch of 9mm cases that were not flared quite enough for cast powder coated bullets. Deprimed a bunch of mixed brass and ran them through the ultrasonic.
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