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TX, USA
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Posted: 6/3/2018 12:56:55 PM EDT
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Loaded 100 rounds 45acp of coated bullets that i bought to test.
Reset dies loaded another 100 --45acp of regular old lead still have 1300 of these to use. So i'm set to run these. Determined the only way i'm going to get lead to work in my Lone wolf glock 21 barrel is to have it reamed  Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Doctor7474:
I agree but it works perfect for what I use it for. Couple pounds of harbor freight red powder coat powder + several hundred fresh cast bullets = worth the $36 bucks I paid for it. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Doctor7474:
Originally Posted By acman145acp:
So the new frankford arsenal dry tumbler arrived today......... JUST DONT DO IT 
It's not a dillon or comparable to any other good tumbler. I've been pleased with the few other things i've purchased they make but this is a looser i fear. Couple pounds of harbor freight red powder coat powder + several hundred fresh cast bullets = worth the $36 bucks I paid for it. Made it much better for cleaning cases. I still wouldn't recommend it for someone with one tumbler to clean cases. |
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Posted: 6/3/2018 6:27:51 PM EDT
[Last Edit: AeroEngineer]
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Sorted a foot locker sized Tupperware container partially full of range pickup brass.
This container is where I toss the free brass I pickup that other shooters don’t want. Ended up with 1.5 storage containers (slightly bigger than coffee can size) if 9mm, 1 of .45 acp, 3/4 of .40 S&W, 1/2 of .223, 1/3 of .380 and a single 10mm case. Not bad for free brass. Now if the rain will let up I’ll start tumbling it clean. |
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Posted: 6/3/2018 6:47:03 PM EDT
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My dad brought up a box of things from his father in law who passed away a few months ago. I got excited when I saw the primers and bullets and asked if there was any more reloading stuff. This was all of it, though. The .45 ammo was pretty cool.
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Posted: 6/3/2018 6:57:54 PM EDT
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Posted: 6/3/2018 7:15:44 PM EDT
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Went to the range. FINALLY had good luck with my 458 socom. Turns out tightening the barrel to the receiver is important for good accuracy.
Took 2 shooters with me. One of them shot a 308 load work up I helped him make. None of them would cycle the action of his piston upper but the accuracy was really good. The other is a newer shooter who loved the 357/38 spc rossi. It is a good feeling telling someone they can shoot as much as they want because it is almost as much fun for me to reload the cases as it is to shoot them myself. Cost is irrelevant. I also gave some of my super soft shooting 38 spc loads to a woman and her husband. He was trying to get her into shooting more and was giving her factory 38 spc. Mine are much more pleasant. She shot over 100 of them with a smile. I got all my brass and then some back! Got home, tumbled the brass, sorted, and resized the 6.5 CM, 458 socom, and the 22 TCM brass we made. They are tumbling now. |
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Posted: 6/3/2018 8:27:30 PM EDT
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Shot a bunch of 45 200gr swc
Shot some of my 223 loads that didn’t show the best accuracy in testing.....mans gotta shoot-em still! My kids (girl-6 boy-12) like to argue about who gets to pull the lever and decap brass...Dad has made time for both of them to “help”......?? |
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Posted: 6/4/2018 12:58:38 AM EDT
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been tumbling brass
knocked out about 300 rds of 9mm LRN sorted my looney bin of oddball cases, mucked up cases, loose projectiles from past bullet pulls, etc. culled out anything that could be loaded into a 9mm case |
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Posted: 6/4/2018 11:31:09 AM EDT
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I processed 1000 LC 5.56 brass last night on the XL650 / RT1200 / swage-it
de-capped, primer pocket swaged, rezised, trimmed. Life is good 
Like this...  DILLON XL650 RT1200 SWAGE IT |
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PA, USA
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Posted: 6/5/2018 4:04:12 PM EDT
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bought a powdermeasure for new toolhead
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Posted: 6/5/2018 5:12:20 PM EDT
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Ordered 5000 Win SP primers from Brownell's. That should keep me in .38 spl for a while.
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Posted: 6/5/2018 5:52:16 PM EDT
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Ordered 8lbs of Varget and 8 of H110. Brownells got me...
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Posted: 6/5/2018 7:01:05 PM EDT
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Order from Grafs arrived today. Got a 1.1 lbs bottle of Nobel Sport Vectan Prima-SV and BA 9 1/2 to try and a case of Fiocchi Small Pistol Primers.
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Posted: 6/5/2018 8:28:52 PM EDT
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My Lyman 2500 tumbler arrived today, but I don’t have anything sitting ready to tumble, so I’ll try it out soon. I’m looking forward to it.
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CO, USA
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Posted: 6/5/2018 8:35:06 PM EDT
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Further load development and refinement today for my 458 socom. Tried some Hornady 300 Hollow Points and 325 FTX's over Lil' Gun with promising results. Continued a ladder with the 300 HP's and IMR 4198 with OK results. Then I found what may be the magical load for my gun - 40.2 grains of RE7 and Hornady 350 Interlock FP. 5 rounds in 1 ragged hole at 100 yards.... with a 6th flyer at 1.3" of course
 . Also picked up some Barne's 300 TSX today.
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Posted: 6/5/2018 10:38:44 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AZ-AR15:
Further load development and refinement today for my 458 socom. Tried some Hornady 300 Hollow Points and 325 FTX's over Lil' Gun with promising results. Continued a ladder with the 300 HP's and IMR 4198 with OK results. Then I found what may be the magical load for my gun - 40.2 grains of RE7 and Hornady 350 Interlock FP. 5 rounds in 1 ragged hole at 100 yards.... with a 6th flyer at 1.3" of course . Also picked up some Barne's 300 TSX today.After getting decent results last weekend with 330g cast bullets with plain base gas checks, I decided to try my hand at swaging some 45 acp brass into 300g bullets. Just ran them through the 6.5 creedmoor die to form the "point". they are tumbling now. |
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CO, USA
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Posted: 6/5/2018 11:30:01 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By boman250: Nice to see another socom shooter. After getting decent results last weekend with 330g cast bullets with plain base gas checks, I decided to try my hand at swaging some 45 acp brass into 300g bullets. Just ran them through the 6.5 creedmoor die to form the "point". they are tumbling now. Swaging 45 brass... definitely post results when you're done with that! And naturally, post the process as well if it's successful. I've a couple thousand pieces of 45 brass lying around, so that definitely piques my interest. |
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Posted: 6/6/2018 1:59:00 PM EDT
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My SO is off visiting family in a rural part of Virginia.
Today she texted me saying the local hardware/feed/sporting goods store had a clearance on primers, so she bought me a bunch of Small Pistol and Large Pistol Primers. I have no idea what primers I’m getting, but I will of course be greatful. I took a half day off and hit the range to test my .308 168 gr Nosler Ballistic Tips over CFE 223 loads. 43.5 and 44.0 grains both look promising for a 3-shot-1-MOA hunting load. |
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Posted: 6/7/2018 12:07:02 PM EDT
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Thanks to insomnia, turned out 150 .38 spl 158 SWC this am. I'm about to run out of empty .38 spl brass.
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CO, USA
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Posted: 6/7/2018 5:55:26 PM EDT
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Made a stand for my Rock Chucker
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Posted: 6/8/2018 9:29:29 AM EDT
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Purchased some Redding dies on clearance at Bullets.com. Redding 6.8 SPC neck sizing die to resize all of the pulled/primed brass I have and a Redding .40 S&W die set. Normally I go with Lee pistol dies, but at 50% off I'm going to try some Redding pistol dies.
Also bought 500 pulled 180 gr .40 HST from American Reloading - at 25% off I can shoot reloaded HST bullets as cheap (or cheaper) than bulk plated/FMJ. |
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Posted: 6/8/2018 7:39:16 PM EDT
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@AZ-AR15
Finally loaded up some more socom. On the left, 330g lyman PCC bullets with a plain base has check. On the right, 45 acp case with 220g of lead melted into them and swaged using 6.5 creedmoor dies and 45 acp dies. They weigh in at a surprisingly consistent 303 to 305 grains.  Attached File Attached File |
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Posted: 6/8/2018 10:06:01 PM EDT
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Ordered a few hundred 140 ELD's to feed the Tikka.
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CO, USA
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Posted: 6/8/2018 10:25:54 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By boman250:
@AZ-AR15 Finally loaded up some more socom. On the left, 330g lyman PCC bullets with a plain base has check. On the right, 45 acp case with 220g of lead melted into them and swaged using 6.5 creedmoor dies and 45 acp dies. They weigh in at a surprisingly consistent 303 to 305 grains. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/129859/37610-569667.JPG https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/129859/37609-569668.JPG Got my Chucker mounted today. Had to slot out the holes a bit to get a full down stroke... gotta make sure to set back the main post a bit from the mounting surface next time. 
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NC, USA
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Posted: 6/8/2018 10:31:33 PM EDT
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Loaded a 5 gallon buckets of 38s. That will cover me for a while.
Changed the 1050 over to 9mm. |
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Posted: 6/9/2018 12:28:31 PM EDT
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Ran another 500 of 45. Finished out my supplies. Got the press all cleaned up on Thursday.
Ran the loaded ammo through case gauge last night. Packed it all into a 50 cal ammo can. That thing is heavy. Need to buy more 30's. Waiting now for my brother in law to show up. He wants to load some 45. Then will swap the 1050 over to the next caliber. Probably 9. Getting a little low on loaded ammo. for that. A while back, I had dropped a single small pistol primer into a 5 gallon bucket of cleaned 45 brass. Finally sat down this morning with a sorter and ran all the brass through it. Found the primer. Note to self, put the stupid lids on the bucket. The lid was sitting right next to the bucket. |
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Posted: 6/9/2018 1:42:56 PM EDT
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Loaded up enough .38 to top off my final plastic storage box. Currently have 500 rounds of loaded .38 spl.
Rounded up any previously fired .38 brass and started the tumbler this morning. I’ll keep reloading until I run out of billets or brass. |
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Posted: 6/9/2018 10:45:45 PM EDT
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Loaded up some test rounds of 22 tcm. The bullets were sent to me by a member of castboolets.
Here they are next to my own PCC bullets. Mine is the left at 37g and his is the TC 38 grain on the right  Attached FileThen I threw together a few more he sent that I dont think will work well, but who knows. 62g on the left, 48g on the right.  Attached File |
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Posted: 6/10/2018 11:56:23 AM EDT
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Loaded my first 45 acp and test fired.
Berry’s 200 swc with 4grains bullseye. 5-1.27 7-1.235 15yds Both shot well. The 1.27 (paper plate) shot a bit better  Attached File Attached File Attached File |
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Posted: 6/10/2018 1:19:19 PM EDT
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400 more rounds of the .45 ACP
Actually 399 as I found a primer on the ground during cleanup. 
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TX, USA
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Posted: 6/10/2018 2:34:44 PM EDT
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Loaded 700 rounds of 9mm last night.
Went out today and made empty brass. 300-9mm- 300-45acp. |
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Posted: 6/10/2018 4:39:38 PM EDT
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Unpacked and stowed my latest Brownells order. 5000 Win SP primers plus a few other items.
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Posted: 6/10/2018 6:32:44 PM EDT
[Last Edit: boman250]
[#32]
Tested some 458 socom and some 22 tcm ar the range today.
Some 38g cast bullets shot pretty well The 3 best groups  Attached FileOh, and my 458 cal bullets made from 45 acp cases shot ok. Nothing blew up. The loads were very reduced so accuracy wasn't great, but they worked! |
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Posted: 6/10/2018 6:43:43 PM EDT
[Last Edit: StromBusa]
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Annealed, neck sized, loaded some ELD-X for the 6.5 CM |
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Posted: 6/10/2018 7:13:39 PM EDT
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Loaded 50 9mm with 152 gr RN and NS Vectan BA 9-1/2.
Hope to get these over the chrono this week. |
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Posted: 6/10/2018 7:19:11 PM EDT
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I cleaned up my bench and my work table so I could strip and clean two new acquisitions. And I realized that I have way too many projects “in process” given the limited amount of time I have to either load or shoot.
The new acquisitions are a pair of Taurus PT111 Pro G2s that replace a Gen 1 PT111 Pro and a Gen 1 PT140 Pro. They seem to be nice guns, but now I have two more 9mm pistols to feed, so I think I’m going to spend a while focusing on 9mm. I have plenty of brass and bullets for it. Not sure what direction to take my loads right now, but I’m researching. |
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GA, USA
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Posted: 6/10/2018 9:33:23 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Doctor7474]
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Powder coated ~1000 .40 bullets
Deprimed ~1000 .40 brass Ultrasonic cleaned ~1000 .40 brass Tumbled ~1000 .40 brass |
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Posted: 6/11/2018 12:23:39 PM EDT
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Bought 300 180gr Scirocco 2 bullets, 500 .45 Ni Starline brass and some other odds and ends.
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Posted: 6/12/2018 2:06:33 AM EDT
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Lightly tumbled, deprimed and base sized 1000 pieces of R-P Nickel 10mm brass. Split them up into 2) 500 piece lots to wet tumble, dried, hand primed and put them in a container on the shelf for reloading later.
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CO, USA
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Posted: 6/12/2018 8:19:29 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By boman250:
Tested some 458 socom and some 22 tcm ar the range today. Some 38g cast bullets shot pretty well The 3 best groups https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/129859/37862-571682.JPG Oh, and my 458 cal bullets made from 45 acp cases shot ok. Nothing blew up. The loads were very reduced so accuracy wasn't great, but they worked! Loaded up a ladder with the Barne's TAC-TX today. Hope to get out to the range with em on Friday. 
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Posted: 6/12/2018 8:38:48 PM EDT
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Figured out appropriate case flare to allow seating if Falcoat bullets without damaging the coating. Bent my Frankfort Arsenal kinetic billet puller in the process.
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Posted: 6/12/2018 9:11:06 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AZ-AR15:
Nice, glad nothing blew up. Loaded up a ladder with the Barne's TAC-TX today. Hope to get out to the range with em on Friday. https://i.imgur.com/PJkgfRhl.jpg Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AZ-AR15:
Originally Posted By boman250:
Tested some 458 socom and some 22 tcm ar the range today. Some 38g cast bullets shot pretty well The 3 best groups https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/129859/37862-571682.JPG Oh, and my 458 cal bullets made from 45 acp cases shot ok. Nothing blew up. The loads were very reduced so accuracy wasn't great, but they worked! Loaded up a ladder with the Barne's TAC-TX today. Hope to get out to the range with em on Friday. https://i.imgur.com/PJkgfRhl.jpg Started another batch of 60 cases that I hope to get to around 350 to 400 grains to do the same test. Different shape though, using a 308 die instead of a 6.5 CM. I definitely want to try the barnes in the socom. Just hard to swallow that price per bullet. |
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Posted: 6/15/2018 11:07:59 PM EDT
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Bought 800 various Nosler Partition bullets (.338, 7mm & .270)
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Posted: 6/17/2018 2:33:30 PM EDT
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Bought 1k 147gr HST’s.
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TX, USA
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Posted: 6/17/2018 5:22:23 PM EDT
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Loaded 200 rounds of 9mm on the old 550b.
Had a couple cases of primer bar sticking to the rear pulled it all apart and scrubbed the devil out of the bottom. |
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Posted: 6/17/2018 8:43:00 PM EDT
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Resized, deprimed, clean primer pockets on about 200 9mm
Trimmed, removed crimp/clean primer pockets/resized 50 LC 223 and 50 FC 223. |
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Posted: 6/17/2018 9:00:13 PM EDT
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Nothing. I thought about reloading but didn't. Too hot.
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CO, USA
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Posted: 6/17/2018 10:01:02 PM EDT
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Did a quick clean of the reloading room today. It had been while since I emptied my spent primer bins on my 1050s.
Below is an almost full 5 gallon bucket of spent primers. One heavy bitch. 
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Posted: 6/19/2018 4:30:48 AM EDT
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Inspected, deprimed and swaged 300 pieces of once fired LC 5.56 brass then 3 hours in the wet tumbler..
Now I need to anneal the necks and run them through the 7mm TCU size die, first with.a 6mm expander then the 7mm expander to blow the neck out. |
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Posted: 6/20/2018 10:38:26 PM EDT
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Took 60 R-P 45 acp cases and filled them with melted lead
Sorted them by weight and adjusted them so they were all within 1 grain of each other Ran them up into a 308 neck sizing die and pounded them back out with a bolt Ran them into a 45 acp seating die to curve over the nose Ran them through a .4585 sizing die Wet tumbling them now. Swaged bullets! |
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Posted: 6/21/2018 6:09:55 PM EDT
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I got to the range to make empties!!!
I ran through some .38 and about two boxes of 9mm with four guns (my new S&W 649, two Taurus PT111G2s and my G22 with a 9mm conversion barrel. While I lost 10 9mm cases, I came home with a lot more brass than I took with me. Quite a number of Aguila .38 and .357 cases, a variety of different 9mm brass, a lot of .40 cases, about 75 5.56 cases, and even some .380s. And some generou soul left a bunch of S&B Tok cases around. I wound up with over 20 of them. Yeah, I was not terribly selective in what brass I collected today. 
Some of the 5.56 has the “A USA” headstamp, which I understand is Armscorp. Any experience with this stuff? The rest was either LC or FC made on SCAMP machinery, so it’s all good. |
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