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Posted: 4/17/2021 9:01:36 PM EDT
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The parts are showing up. Waiting on the case feeder, should arrive tomorrow.
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Posted: 4/17/2021 9:14:51 PM EDT
[#2]
Turned some 9mm, .380 and .308 reloads into holes in targets. Recovered my brass.
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Posted: 4/17/2021 9:42:03 PM EDT
[#3]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Wags: Bought another lb of 296 and a lb of BE-86 from a lgs. They had a good supply of powders, but not much else. Installed UFO led lights on my Dillon 550 and my Lee turret. Ran a couple of rounds of 45 ACP in the Dillon and some 357 mag in the Lee to check how much better i could see with the new lights - they are awesome. I just ordered a set of the UFO lights for my Lee Turret. Somehow I was not aware that product existed until I read your post. That looks like exactly what I need! |
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Posted: 4/17/2021 10:13:53 PM EDT
[#4]
Annealed another 200 WCC12 cases. After 10 weeks if waiting my CE Products V3 combo kit will be here this Tuesday. Went through customs Thursday and UPS is set to deliver, yay
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NC, USA
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Posted: 4/18/2021 3:18:56 AM EDT
[#5]
Reloaded 234 rounds of 9mm in the LnL.
I’m getting my rhythm going and getting more efficient again. I plan on doing about the same number a day for another 2 or 3 days to make up for the reloads I used over the last 2 weeks. |
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FL, USA
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Posted: 4/18/2021 11:58:13 AM EDT
[#6]
Just finished reloading rounds #21 thru 40. Took about an hour, using single stage press.
Unfortunately, my lock ring on my sizing die isn't locking properly no matter how much I tighten the little screw, so I lost my resize die setting when I swapped to the seating/crimping die. 
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Posted: 4/18/2021 6:39:05 PM EDT
[#7]
Resized 9mm, 40SW, 45ACP, and 223/556 brass from last week's ARF HTF range meet-up.
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Posted: 4/18/2021 7:07:37 PM EDT
[#8]
Don't be like me.
So today I replaced the broken extractor to my Glock 35. What does that have to do with reloading? Well let me tell you. It all starts with buying some primed brass. Then loading said brass. Then out shooting with both a Glock 40 and Glock 35. 40 is 10mm and 35 is 40 S&W. The brass I bought was all 10 MM. Except there was 3 pieces of 40, that I sorted out before loading. Evidently there was more, and a few pieces of the 40 got loaded with my 10 MM load. While out shooting with a few people. The 40 marked Brass loaded to 10 MM length was put in the Glock 35 and fired by me. Well it didn't fully chamber and when fired it was the last round in the mag. When fired it blew out the base of the case into the magazine and broke the extractor. No other damage at all. I am extremely lucky here. I still have the ammo can that I loaded all the 10 MM into to sort through. to verify there are no others. I'm also thankful it was just a mild 10 MM load, so more damage did not occur. I was shaken up some, so we picked up and came home. Once I settled down today. I sorted a bunch of brass, decapped about 2500 pieces of 45, and have a load of 45 in the wet tumbler. |
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Posted: 4/18/2021 10:18:28 PM EDT
[#9]
Loaded 2500 230gr FMJ’s.
Set up to load a few 10mm tomorrow after work. |
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Posted: 4/19/2021 1:05:10 PM EDT
[#10]
I’m moving a powder magazine to make room for the new xl750 with case feeder.
Unfortunately, my wife came home in time to see this.   She said “Wow, that’s a lot of powder.”, if she only knew how much I have....lol. |
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Posted: 4/19/2021 2:40:56 PM EDT
[#11]
Received 300 pieces of new Remington .35 Whelen brass. A friend found a little store selling them for $0.50 a piece. I stocked up in case this low demand brass gets placed on the backburner by Hornady.
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Posted: 4/19/2021 10:02:46 PM EDT
[#12]
Finished up my 10mm.
Set up everything for .357 tomorrow |
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USA
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Posted: 4/19/2021 10:45:51 PM EDT
[#13]
Ordered some dies this morning from Brownells, a little later I got a notification from my CC company there was suspected fraud, and my payment was declined. At least they declined the $400 for Straight Talk Wireless. Now I have to wait until my new card arrives :( But then I loaded up 50 115gr 9mms over some Bullseye. Guess I'll keep loading 45LC with a hammer.
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Posted: 4/19/2021 11:34:18 PM EDT
[#14]
Got in 2k of 380 brass, got them deprimmed and the first 2 batches wet tumbling.
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Posted: 4/20/2021 4:19:47 PM EDT
[#15]
Wet tumbling last batch of 223/556 and then have one batch of 9mm to do.
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Posted: 4/20/2021 11:15:57 PM EDT
[#16]
 2 tumblers full of 380, 2 more going right now that will be done in the morning. Timer.  Closeup. |
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TX, USA
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Posted: 4/21/2021 1:43:40 AM EDT
[#17]
Recently finally got a hold of some more small pistol primers. Asked for advice on what projectiles to get earlier today. You guys answered the call and gave me some good leads on instock items. I got 500 FMJ 147 9mm projectiles on the way. I'm dusting off the press and dies and want to work up a nice quiet subsonic load for suppressor use.
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Posted: 4/21/2021 8:57:27 AM EDT
[#18]
Insomnia is at least good for giving me time at the reloading bench.
Started well before sunrise this morning. Finished sorting through a few Homer buckets of brass. I discovered I have a LOT of .40 S&W brass. Also found 60 pieces of .30-30 I must have picked up as an add on to an EE brass order. Also found another freezer bag of .223. Resized about 200 pieces of .380, which means all of my clean .380 brass is now sorted and resized. Next is a lot of priming. I sprayed down some .223 with CLFCB to do some resizing. Apparently some of the cases had walnut media sill in them, and when I did the shake I ended up with well lubed cases covered with bits of walnut. Gave up in disgust trying to salvage the lubed brass and just dumped all of it back in the tumbler with walnut and mineral spirits to get it clean again. Cleaned up the bench and now it's time for work. |
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Posted: 4/21/2021 12:01:21 PM EDT
[#19]
Scored at the local Scheel's yesterday:
 Attached FileI feel reasonably good about my SRP stash now. I'll start working on the next batch of .223/5.56 tonight. Still would like another 2K or so of SPP. |
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TN, USA
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Posted: 4/21/2021 2:11:21 PM EDT
[#20]
I'm in the process of working up some .38 special loads using 125 gr. XTPs and Power Pistol powder. I'm at 6.3 gr. of PP. I'm looking for something around 950-1000 fps. out of my S&W model 10. The data says I can go as high as 7 gr. of powder but I want to chronograph it first.
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Posted: 4/21/2021 4:48:49 PM EDT
[#21]
Because of the Bullet Storage thread, I had reviewed my stash of store-bought bullets. I realized that I had some bulk quantity boxes that were stored just under the front of my bench, and almost in my way. Yesterday I moved the bulk boxes out from under the bench and out to the garage with the brass I'd moved earlier.
It's pretty interesting how a little loss of toe room under the front of a bench can change your ergonomics... And I'm feeling sheepish for not having gotten those bullets out of my way sooner. |
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Posted: 4/22/2021 7:03:54 AM EDT
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My goodness there is a lot of stuff that comes with this, holy smokes. Got home earlier than normal so went ahead and unboxed it and went to town putting it together. That scale is heavier than I thought I was going to be.
Everything was packed with care and nice and tight. Nothing flying around.  Attached File |
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Posted: 4/23/2021 4:29:47 PM EDT
[#23]
I bought some new bullets to try in the Creedmore.
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TN, USA
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Posted: 4/23/2021 8:49:24 PM EDT
[#24]
I shot some test loads over the chronograph today. 6.5 gr. of Power Pistol pushes a 125gr XTP to a little over 1000fps in my .38 spec model 10. Accuracy is fair. I’ll try 6.6 & 6.7 next time.
8.5 gr pushing a 200gr XTP is gonna do it for my .44 special GP100. 950fps and very accurate. |
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Posted: 4/23/2021 10:11:27 PM EDT
[#25]
Resized about 200 pieces of .223 brass, and separated by headstamp.
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Posted: 4/24/2021 1:50:33 AM EDT
[#26]
LGS called me and asked if I still needed the coveted H1000. I bought all they had left from this shipment. They called their best customers for dibs and H1000 never hit their floor. Love small towns. This filled the gap in my reloading circle for years to come.
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Posted: 4/24/2021 4:23:48 PM EDT
[Last Edit: lilMAC25]
[#27]
Sorted through 40 lb or so of wheel weights. 2/3 were lead!
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Posted: 4/24/2021 9:46:26 PM EDT
[#28]
Started an inventory of all my dies and conversions so I can swap over the last of the Dillon 650 toolheads to all 550 toolheads and then to eventually get the 650 ready to sell. In the process, I found a 50 cal ammo can full of brand new primed 300 BO brass that was converted from demilled 223 brass and half a 30cal can full of Remington 115Grn 300 Black Out OTM bullets. Deprimed a lot of misc brass and put in the proper bin for later wet tumbling.
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Posted: 4/24/2021 9:54:53 PM EDT
[#29]
Sold my Dillon SDB at the gun show today. I already have the new xl750 set up and bolted to the bench, minus the dies. I have them, but have been too busy to set it up. I did sort out some 9mm brass to prepare for a 1k break in run!
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Posted: 4/24/2021 10:51:28 PM EDT
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TX, USA
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Posted: 4/24/2021 11:13:55 PM EDT
[#31]
I have been reloading since 1984 and just now started wet tumbling. I have a RCBS Sidewinder tumbler that I bought back then.
I bought some s/s media from tbbullets.com (15 lbs.). I didn't want to go the pin route. Been tumbling some PMC .223 brass (800 cases) that I already had sized, trimmed and primer pockets swagged. Man I should have been doing this years ago. Ordered both the small and large RCBS decapping dies, going to change up my process so the brass is cleaner when I start sizing and trimming. Also got a Giraud Tri-way trimmer for .223 a month or so ago. I like it too. |
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Posted: 4/24/2021 11:19:18 PM EDT
[Last Edit: dryflash3]
[#32]
Got in 500 38 Special brass.
Mounted the APP, set it up for 38 and an hour later all were decapped. They are wet tumbling right now on a timer. Got in a warranty part from Dillon today. They really took care of me. Took pics will start a thread on that. The original Email was on 4-3-2021. |
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Posted: 4/25/2021 3:41:04 PM EDT
[#33]
Cleaning, tumbling and sorting.
Wet tumbled a load of 223, then 10mm and now some 9mm. Sorted out all my 10mm loads to verify no odd 40 is in there. Cleaned the benches some. Rounded up some extra tooling that I don't need. Sorted through some extra miscellaneous brass that I don't even shoot or load for. I'll throw that stuff on the EE later. Now for the bad part. I feel dirty for ordering a LEE APP. The rest of my room is blue. Even my old single stage presses are blue. An old Pacific C press and a Lachmiller 707. Both are blue. How do I live with myself for ordering a red piece of equipment. 
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NE, USA
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Posted: 4/25/2021 3:48:41 PM EDT
[Last Edit: LavaDomane]
[#34]
Bought 5000 SMK 77's w/cannalure. I've been sick and tired of them being out of stock.
Finished depriming, swaging, sizing, and trimming, and sorting 2500 pcs of brass I've been dreading. Never again. I'm sending that shit out for processing. |
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Posted: 4/25/2021 5:26:12 PM EDT
[#35]
Researched 20 gauge shotshell reloading because we just bought a 20 gauge shotgun for the kid today.
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Posted: 4/25/2021 7:50:16 PM EDT
[#36]
Picked up an SL900 on Facebook Marketplace and got it mounted to my bench. Also cleaned off both work benches. Now if only my RL 1100 would show up...
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Posted: 4/25/2021 9:22:54 PM EDT
[#37]
Shot a USPSA match today, confirmed I like the slightly hotter load for my PCC so I will be working on cranking out 6k rounds in the next month or two.
Picked up a lil brass after the match as well as some lead (Blue Bullets really stick out on the surface of the berm) and sorted those when I got home. Cleaned the bench slightly when I was done, going to straighten it up more tomorrow and hopefully start cranking out that ammo for my PCC. |
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Posted: 4/25/2021 9:46:41 PM EDT
[#38]
Found out today not all bullets are created equal. Bought some Blue Bullets 125gr LRN bullets to switch over from Berry's 124gr HBRN bullets. Left the seating die the same as I loaded the Berry's at 1.126".
Recently bought a CZ TSO in 9mm and upon the slide stripping the next round to chamber it wouldn't go into full battery without bumping the back side of the slide with my palm. Ended up doing the drop test in the CZ barrel and it failed miserably. These copper plated Berry's passed with flying colors. Had to end up seating it all the way down to 1.0895" to pass the drop test and feed reliably when fired. Now I have 2400 rounds to run through the seating die again  Attached File |
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Posted: 4/25/2021 10:06:50 PM EDT
[#39]
Anyone load the Maker TREX 125s with H110 in 300 BLK?
Today, I made a small ladder (3 rounds each) to test for pressure signs. 17.5, 18.0, 18.2 gr of H110. |
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TX, USA
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Posted: 4/25/2021 10:43:51 PM EDT
[#40]
Scooped up a couple hundred federal premium 223 cases from range. Loaded a 100 165 308.
Cut and resized a batch of 300 |
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Posted: 4/25/2021 11:00:15 PM EDT
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Posted: 4/26/2021 9:44:18 AM EDT
[#42]
Primed 100 .380 brass.
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Posted: 4/26/2021 9:24:07 PM EDT
[#43]
Ran a batch of 9mm in my HF wet tumbler.
Deprimed some more 9mm with my LEE APP press...still can't get it to run through an entire tube without a hiccup. Emptied tumbler, threw in dehydrator and called it a night. |
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Posted: 4/26/2021 9:30:32 PM EDT
[Last Edit: CRAZYDENNY]
[#44]
Not today but Sundays project was melting around 600lbs of wheel weights into around 450lbs of clean one pound ingots. Only 5000lbs to go! Made myself some bigger ingot molds tonight that should throw about three pounders , should save a little time next weekend.
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FL, USA
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Posted: 4/26/2021 9:57:33 PM EDT
[#45]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By CRAZYDENNY: Not today but Sundays project was melting around 600lbs of wheel weights into around 450lbs of clean one pound ingots. Only 5000lbs to go! Made myself some bigger ingot molds tonight that should throw about three pounders , should save a little time next weekend. Well, I can't hold a candle to this guy, but I did processes a half bucket of stick-on wheel weights into 71, 1lb ingots. Got over 100lbs of clip-on WW to melt down next. |
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Posted: 4/26/2021 10:11:51 PM EDT
[#46]
Primed 200 more .380 brass, then adjusted the press to start loading.
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Posted: 4/26/2021 10:40:19 PM EDT
[#47]
Finally got the new xl750 set up and running. I still need to do a bit of studying on the shell feeder at the press end, but I made about 70 rounds of 9mm today.
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Posted: 4/27/2021 2:59:55 AM EDT
[#48]
decapped some 10mm cases, will be going in the FART later today
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NC, USA
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Posted: 4/27/2021 3:11:27 AM EDT
[#49]
Decapped 300 cases of 9mm, then wet tumbled.
Found about 300 clean, primed 9mm Winchester cases I must have done about 5 years ago. It was like Christmas! |
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Posted: 4/27/2021 10:57:16 AM EDT
[Last Edit: xdmikey]
[#50]
I have the first of three servings of decapped & sized 45 wet tumbling and three or four of those big cans you get popcorn in at Crimbustime to go through.
The plan is to list this in case things don't break well for me. AND it makes me feel like I'm accomplishing something besides my virtual(great description of what I do; thanks to whoever I stole this from!)job. |
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