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I chronographed some of my 223 loads today with my PACT chronograph. Things went good for a while then they went south. Erroneous readings (shy of max loads of CFE 223 w/ 55 JHPs at 1400 fps with a 16" suppressed barrel....I doubt it) , no stop signals. I did all the voodoo that PACT explained to me during previous calls to them. IE shield the chronograph, have the signal lines separated, plug the lines in, start first, stop second while chronograph is off, new battery, the only thing I didn't do is break some chicken bones and do a witch doctor dance. I can say I never had a really good day with that chronograph. It seems to be a very temperamental piece of equipment. The timer works great! I'll give it one more shot then I think I'll start looking into a CED M2. I don't hear too many complaints about them.  |
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Originally Posted By InfiniteGrim: An older Redding 3 measure I picked up at the last funshow.Originally Posted By dryflash3: http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg272/dryflash3/300%20Blk/PC200345.jpg Tried out my "new" powder measure while loading some 300 blk. After cleaning and coating with paste wax it worked very well indeed. What powder measure is that?  I like Redding powder measures if the price is right. Today I made 2 more powder baffles and started working on a new handle for the brown PM. |
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(Yesterday...ongoing) I started some informal Blog posts on reloading for 223 for some local friends who ask questions.
ETA: Processed through the "sample" brass further documenting the process for the blog. 
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Originally Posted By dryflash3:
Originally Posted By InfiniteGrim:
An older Redding 3 measure I picked up at the last funshow.Originally Posted By dryflash3:
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg272/dryflash3/300%20Blk/PC200345.jpg Tried out my "new" powder measure while loading some 300 blk. After cleaning and coating with paste wax it worked very well indeed. What powder measure is that? I like Redding powder measures if the price is right. Today I made 2 more powder baffles and started working on a new handle for the brown PM. Can you tell me about how you made it better? I recently bought a Redding measure and I'm curious! |
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Went by my LGS and picked up a lbs of 2400 and a lbs of Clays.
Grabbed the last 2 boxes of 53 gr V-Maxs they had. Also picked up a like new 50 cal ammo can for $8 there. They had primers which surprised me but were out of a lot of popular powders (H335, BC-2, HP-38, Universal and others) I learned after the 2008 election to stock up on all primers and rifle powder and have stayed stocked since then. There was 3 different guys while I was there buying presses, dies and components to start reloading |
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Originally Posted By InfiniteGrim: http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_6_42/309666_Redding_PM_baffle_and_mods__Lots_of_pics_.htmlOriginally Posted By dryflash3: Originally Posted By InfiniteGrim: An older Redding 3 measure I picked up at the last funshow.Originally Posted By dryflash3: http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg272/dryflash3/300%20Blk/PC200345.jpg Tried out my "new" powder measure while loading some 300 blk. After cleaning and coating with paste wax it worked very well indeed. What powder measure is that? I like Redding powder measures if the price is right. Today I made 2 more powder baffles and started working on a new handle for the brown PM. Can you tell me about how you made it better? I recently bought a Redding measure and I'm curious! Sorry, thought you had seen this thread before. Hint. the paste wax is the secret.
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Prepped.some 30-30 brass then started to deprime and remove the crimp from some .223 brass 
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| ordered 9# Varget powder and 800 bullets for my competition rifle. Also set up and calibrated my new GP 250 scale. Also building a small powder charging/weighing bench to go inside so the temp is more stable and can load more comfortably. My regular bench is in the garage |
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Originally Posted By jlficken:
I am anxiously awaiting my 9mm 124gr bullet order from Precision Delta. According to USPS the expected delivery date was the 21st but I am still waiting  I ordered 9mm and 45 auto from them at the same time. The 9mm has come in, but not the 45. I called them, and the nice lady said "Oh honey, those packages get scattered all over the place, just give it a few more days."  I had to laugh.
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Prepped about 100 .223 cases, went go to reload some and my Pro Auto Disk was throwing .4-.5 variances after it was throwing consistently over about 8 drops. Luckily I checked after the 3rd round I loaded.
Said screw it till another day plus I was freezing out in my garage 
Going with possible static issues. |
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Getting close to finishing up 2,000 Shot 1x and 1,000 shot 2x brass in 30-06. Decaped, sized, trimmed and inspected (2 more hours needed for remainder for inspection). If nobody from the family shows up tomorrow, I will be doing the same thing to about the same count of .308's. Merry Christmas |
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Trying out new powder/bullet combos..
100 rounds 223 (hornady 55gr and H335) 100 rounds 40sw (180gr FMJ and Unique) 50 rounds 38spl (125gr plated and Unique) 
Also my wife got the "Silhoutte Cameo" electronic cutting tool and she made me some labels for my Lee dies 
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Originally Posted By jlficken:
I am anxiously awaiting my 9mm 124gr bullet order from Precision Delta. According to USPS the expected delivery date was the 21st but I am still waiting I had two heavy boxes from them sitting on the porch today! A little Christmas Eve joy that came early! I got some 9mm 147g and some 45 230g for suppressed goodness! (In a few months when it gets out of jail!) |
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Originally Posted By JerzeyTransplant:
Loaded up some 9mm to feed my hungry G17C and my wife's LC9 MG 124gr over 4.2gr of Bullseye http://i1280.photobucket.com/albums/a488/JerZSquid/9F554CFE-2750-4507-819F-EA243178BF4B-7740-0000112072A15ABB.jpg http://i1280.photobucket.com/albums/a488/JerZSquid/98DE4367-7838-408F-B20F-8DC3B3A2DBF4-7740-000011208D82911E.jpg about 750-800 rounds done so far, had to break for dinner, will continue until the brass is gone. Looks like Godzilla approves! 
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Originally Posted By Rugby3: Originally Posted By JerzeyTransplant: Loaded up some 9mm to feed my hungry G17C and my wife's LC9 MG 124gr over 4.2gr of Bullseye http://i1280.photobucket.com/albums/a488/JerZSquid/9F554CFE-2750-4507-819F-EA243178BF4B-7740-0000112072A15ABB.jpg http://i1280.photobucket.com/albums/a488/JerZSquid/98DE4367-7838-408F-B20F-8DC3B3A2DBF4-7740-000011208D82911E.jpg about 750-800 rounds done so far, had to break for dinner, will continue until the brass is gone. Looks like Godzilla approves! He does all my QC |
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Originally Posted By JerzeyTransplant: Originally Posted By Rugby3: Originally Posted By JerzeyTransplant: Loaded up some 9mm to feed my hungry G17C and my wife's LC9 MG 124gr over 4.2gr of Bullseye http://i1280.photobucket.com/albums/a488/JerZSquid/9F554CFE-2750-4507-819F-EA243178BF4B-7740-0000112072A15ABB.jpg http://i1280.photobucket.com/albums/a488/JerZSquid/98DE4367-7838-408F-B20F-8DC3B3A2DBF4-7740-000011208D82911E.jpg about 750-800 rounds done so far, had to break for dinner, will continue until the brass is gone. Looks like Godzilla approves! He does all my QC  You have Godzilla watching you, I've got a crew of silhouettes looking out for me. Today I got to fix my water supply pipe coming into the house, so no reloading today. But the water is back on.  |
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I had to work today but my girlfriend had the day off. Came home to this.
250 prepped 223 cases. She cleaned the primer pocket, deburred the flash hole, swaged and trimmed! This is coming from a 28 year woman that took her first shot a little less than a year ago! So proud 
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Originally Posted By GunsCatsNTats: I had to work today but my girlfriend had the day off. Came home to this. 250 prepped 223 cases. She cleaned the primer pocket, deburred the flash hole, swaged and trimmed! This is coming from a 28 year woman that took her first shot a little less than a year ago! So proud http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb435/KevsZoo/IMG_4146_zps569fbd80.jpg Looks like your girlfriend is a "keeper". |
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Originally Posted By dryflash3: Darn right she sounds like a keeper! Originally Posted By GunsCatsNTats: I had to work today but my girlfriend had the day off. Came home to this. 250 prepped 223 cases. She cleaned the primer pocket, deburred the flash hole, swaged and trimmed! This is coming from a 28 year woman that took her first shot a little less than a year ago! So proud http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb435/KevsZoo/IMG_4146_zps569fbd80.jpg Looks like your girlfriend is a "keeper". I'm guessing most of the members of this sub-forum would be really happy to have a girl that would not only do that, but do it correctly! |
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