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Posted: 1/16/2021 5:06:45 PM EDT
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[#1]
Nice.
I have not made bullets |
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[#2]
Expected pics of casting, instead discovered OP uses incorrect terminology.
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[#9]
She's dormant for now but will wake up in about a month. Fucking fucked up Arf pic host.
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[#10]
No, but I did inventory my ammo. That's gotta count for something.
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[#13]
Yes
I make bullets and feed said bullets into my press to produce completed cartridges. I completed 150 this morning while I had a cup of coffee. The blue bullets are not homemade. Only the grey and garnet are cast. Attached File Attached File Attached File |
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[#15]
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[#16]
Not today. But the 2,000 .223 bullets that I ordered showed up today to go with the 2,000 9mm bullets that came in two days ago. Now I just need to get to work at the press.
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[#17]
Quoted: Yes but I use my 10 year old RCBS press. View Quote Do you have a 40 year old RCBS primer? Attached File |
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[#18]
I've made thousands of rounds.
Never once made a bullet. So far. |
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[#19]
Quoted: news off Dillon on Girls need bullets, too https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/183309/dillon_380a_jpg-1782196.JPG View Quote I won't make any bullets until spring. It's not healthy to breathe in the lead fumes. My RL550B is inside my home ready to rock, and the MEC jrs are set in the heated pole barn. |
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[#20]
Got plenty of bullets.
I made sinkers. Had a pile of zinc'd lead so I made use of it. Attached File Maybe jigs tommorrow. Just got 3 new molds. 3/8oz to 4oz. |
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[#21]
Quoted: Do you have a 40 year old RCBS primer? https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/183309/rcbs_primer2_jpg-1782235.JPG View Quote Sure do, my kids love running it, from my oldest to my 5 year old: Attached File My Rock Chucker has been busy lately, and I don't mind living the single stage life: Attached File Attached File ETA: Just finished prepping and priming 220 pieces of .223 last night, I'll get those loaded up over the next day or two and switch to .45, 9MM and .380 for the next little bit. Then start prepping the next round of .223, by that time the 1K in SR primers I managed to snag should be here. |
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[#22]
Why yes. Just finished with some 45 acp and about To change out head to .40 s&w
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[#26]
Too cold today, maybe tomorrow. Casting and powder coating should throw some heat into the barn.
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Quoted: Sure do, my kids love running it, from my oldest to my 5 year old: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/419227/20210103_151630_jpg-1782241.JPG View Quote Looks like the modern version with the smooth grip. |
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[#33]
Not today. I did load a few hundred 9mm on the SDB Tuesday and just switched the 550 over to 5.56 so a few k of 55 grain are up next.
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[#34]
Quoted: Quoted: Expected pics of casting, instead discovered OP uses incorrect terminology. Don't be "That guy". Yeah but the OP is the reason people need to call "bullet heads" his is making ammunition, or cartridges. |
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Quoted: She's dormant for now but will wake up in about a month. Fucking fucked up Arf pic host. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/106895/20210116_161602_jpg-1782208.JPG View Quote Want |
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[#37]
Did some 30-30 165gr cast bullets loads on the rock chucker.
Load slow, shoot slow. |
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[#38]
I made 500 .308 today. Made 2k .223 the two days before. Ive made around 15k since the steal. That includes excavating them from my range and tumbling and processing them. All done on a cheap lee single stage. In started reloading the day after the election.
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[#39]
Ive got buckets of brass bullets and plenty of powder but down to my last 4k spp and 5k lpp
I might switch it up and start loading some rifle ammo. |
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[#40]
I bought bullets. Now I need to decide which press I will use to load .40 S&W then get dies.
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[#41]
Trying to deplete my factory loads before I dust off my 2 Dillons.
Been so long I probably forgot how they work. And I quit casting about 30 years ago and am stuck with lead ingots. I do remember I loved the Square Deal I used for .45 ACP only. |
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[#42]
Quoted: I won't make any bullets until spring. It's not healthy to breathe in the lead fumes. My RL550B is inside my home ready to rock, and the MEC jrs are set in the heated pole barn. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: news off Dillon on Girls need bullets, too https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/183309/dillon_380a_jpg-1782196.JPG I won't make any bullets until spring. It's not healthy to breathe in the lead fumes. My RL550B is inside my home ready to rock, and the MEC jrs are set in the heated pole barn. Meh, I’m pretty sure Elmer Keith cast bullets in his kitchen and he lived to be 84. |
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[#46]
I realized recently that I had been hoarding components and not bothering to load them up.
So I got my Super 1050 cranked back up and have been pumping out the rounds. I have a long ways to go yet to work through all my components but I am getting there. Attached File |
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[#49]
Presses are both loaded and ready to crank out 5.56 and .45ACP. I only do it when I need to kill time.
Right now it is drinking time and I have a double dirty martini. Presses are about 3 feet away from me. |
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[#50]
Quoted: made a bucket of 45ACP last month. This month I'm decapping and wet tumbling https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/59119/bucket045_jpg-1782394.JPG View Quote Am I damaged that I keep buying another crate of ammo cans just to keep the presses rolling? |
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