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Posted: 2/8/2020 4:58:33 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Hoser:
Rollsized two 5-gallon buckets of 308 brass today. Such a cool machine. https://www.rollsizer.com https://i.imgur.com/outaQ4n.jpg |
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Posted: 2/8/2020 6:35:27 PM EDT
[#2]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By chevrofreak:
I love mine. I rollsized about 20k of 9mm brass over the course of a couple of days, which amounted to only about 4 hours total work. How do you get the neck internal size right on a roll sizing machine? |
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MT, USA
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Posted: 2/8/2020 7:09:48 PM EDT
[Last Edit: chevrofreak]
[#3]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ErikS:
That is a whole new level of reloading. How do you get the neck internal size right on a roll sizing machine? I am a competitive shooter, and doing this reduces or nearly eliminates the rejection rate of my finished ammo. It also makes automated reloading smoother with less stoppages. Forgive my disaster of a reloading room, it has long been a storage room above my garage and is quite cluttered, but here is a video of my Rollsizer running at 6,100 cases per hour.  Hasgrok Feedinator on Rollsizer commercial machine rollsizing 9mm |
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Posted: 2/8/2020 8:01:21 PM EDT
[#4]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ErikS:
That is a whole new level of reloading. How do you get the neck internal size right on a roll sizing machine? This thread is for what you did in reloading today. Please stay on topic @ErikS |
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Posted: 2/9/2020 8:55:07 AM EDT
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Bought a couple hundred each of 90gr and 230gr bullets. Both FMJ
Cleaned up my reloading room yesterday Was moving my big ammo can that had different .30 cal. loaded ammo in it. Didn’t latch one end. Open boxes of different sizes spilled to floor. Just scooped the hodgepodge back into the can. Guess I’ve got that to straighten up today |
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Posted: 2/9/2020 2:18:40 PM EDT
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Washed last week and week before 9mm range finds after sorting them from 223 mix.. sorted 9mm from there by 4 primary stamp,, 223 was mix of new and handload,, Errrrrr
5 gallon pails of 9mm cases is heavy.. |
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Posted: 2/9/2020 4:41:23 PM EDT
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Posted: 2/9/2020 4:47:18 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Firefoxammo:
Finishing up the last of roughly 2k .45 acp brass prep. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/64504/20200209_134135_jpg-1270148.JPG Finished sorting the bucket I started earlier in the week. |
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Posted: 2/9/2020 6:55:55 PM EDT
[#9]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Doorman63:
I see I’m not alone!! I get an occasional tiny sliver/ring on some brass even after primer pocket work. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Doorman63:
Originally Posted By ErikS:
Originally Posted By wildearp:
I forgot to swage some .223. I was having primer seating issues. I forgot to put a note/checklist in my brass. I corrected it after crushing a couple primers. Loading 55gr Remington FMJ plinking rounds with TAC. I get an occasional tiny sliver/ring on some brass even after primer pocket work. Today I was in clean/neaten mode. I went through some stuff on a top shelf, looking for a tool...and found I had several empty boxes from stuff I'd got a long time ago. Now I have a LOT more shelf space, but I have to organize it so I can actually use the shelves. Oh, and I finally got a MTM ACR8 "Ammo Crate" for my bench rest, which also helped clear up some space in the loading room. |
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Posted: 2/9/2020 9:10:18 PM EDT
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Cleaned and organized my detached shop where my casting stuff is and moved the casting table under the light where a fan can be placed at the end to minimize lead exposure.
Moved 600+ lbs of lead and stacked it nicely so it can get put in the pot when needed. Considered moving my powder coating stuff out there as well... I may just in the future and make the house garage only for the "loading of ammo" instead of the processing and loading of everything.... You get what I mean? |
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Posted: 2/9/2020 10:38:50 PM EDT
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Started loading some 357.
Started with 100 cases I got at the last funshow. Sized them, and measured case length. The 50 RP cases were slightly long 1.283. Trim to length is 1.280. so they got trimmed and deburred. Got to the Frontier cases and noticed they had been trimmed. 90% measured 1.273 to 1.275. So I got out my ammo can of 357 cases and came up with 50 Frontier cases that I could trim to 1.280. then deburred them. Ran all the cases through a M die, and on the down stroke (Rockchucker) primed them with Wolf SP. Next session they will get 10.0 grs True Blue and my home case PC 158 gr FPRN. |
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Posted: 2/10/2020 9:03:20 PM EDT
[#12]
Finished loading all 250 of my cast lead bullets after they shot well sat.
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Posted: 2/10/2020 9:31:53 PM EDT
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Loaded 350 223, started prep on 450 to 500 45 colt cowboy loads .
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Posted: 2/10/2020 10:33:26 PM EDT
[#14]
Ordered a Redding 6.5 neck sizing die and a .288 and .287 bushings.
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CO, USA
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Posted: 2/10/2020 10:45:01 PM EDT
[Last Edit: COSteve]
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Done
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Posted: 2/10/2020 10:57:37 PM EDT
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Ordered several Forster dies and 100 pc box of Lapua .308 brass.
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IL, USA
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Posted: 2/10/2020 11:05:00 PM EDT
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set up new lee app press, deprimed some grendel and 556
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Posted: 2/10/2020 11:59:28 PM EDT
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I loaded up a hundred .223s; still have to crimp them.
In the process of taking the brass out of the FA dry tumbler, I noticed the bowl was cracked. Sent an email off to them, hopefully I don't have to buy a whole new tumbler for just a bowl... |
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Posted: 2/11/2020 12:19:16 AM EDT
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Good to hear from you COSteve.
Sounds like a plan.
Finished my 100 357 load with 158 gr PC bullets and True Blue. Then got out 100 more prepped 357 cases and loded them with DEWC (double end wad cutter). 50 with 3.5 grs Bullseye, been using this load with HBWC's (hollow base wad cutter) for many years and it's very accurate. Then finished with 50 with 8.0 grs Power Pistol. All the above bullets were powder coated. |
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Posted: 2/11/2020 12:36:59 AM EDT
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Walnut-cleaned, deprimed, and now corncob-polishing a quart of .40 S&W brass given to me by a fellow ARFCOM.
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Posted: 2/11/2020 8:36:51 AM EDT
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Still working on load development for the FNS pistols.
180 grain HPs (best groups have been with 180 grain Winchester HP factory ammo). Went through AA#7 and BE86. Nothing to brag about. Yesterday I loaded up the same bullets with Unique and Blue Dot (50 each, in 0.2 grain increments with the top load/charge weight 0.3 grains under max loads listed on Alliant's web site). No luck on this batch means I drop the FNS pistols for awhile and go to work on 9MM loads for the M&P 2.0 5" FDE, or the M&P 2.0 4" .45 acp (which is shooting better groups out of the box than the 5" 9MM even with an Apex trigger kit and Apex barrel). Group size. No use shooting a gun that won't shoot nice groups. |
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Posted: 2/11/2020 2:09:51 PM EDT
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I'm out of crushed walnut media so I am on my way out the door to get some.
Either Harbor Freight Tools for a 25 lb. box of fine grade walnut blasting media OR... Petco for a 10 qt. bag of Zilla Lizard Litter "Desert Blend" (11 lbs.) works out to $1.18/lb. + tax Harbor Freight is the better deal even if you don't have a 20% off coupon $1.00/lb. without coupon + tax $0.80/lb. with 20% coupon + tax |
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Posted: 2/11/2020 2:44:32 PM EDT
[Last Edit: wildearp]
[#23]
Trim and swage, trim and swage. Still on M855 clone plinking loads.
I am scared of pitbulls at Petco, so I get my lizard mix with a couple Amazon clicks. 
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Posted: 2/11/2020 3:44:43 PM EDT
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Just finished another 5 rds of .223 Rem. This time using the max. online load data
Been incrementally working my way up to it. Probably won’t keep loading that high even if there are no pressure signs Mainly curious about the velocities from the M855/CFE223 combo. Not concerned about accuracy testing the M855 as it’s not really supposed to be, anyway lol. But really, my range is only set up for max. 35yd shots I’ll have to wait another couple of days to get the chronograph out Ordered bullets this past weekend from south Florida. USPS has them in Salt Lake City, Utah now 
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CO, USA
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Posted: 2/11/2020 3:51:33 PM EDT
[Last Edit: COSteve]
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Done
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AZ, USA
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Posted: 2/11/2020 3:56:32 PM EDT
[#26]
Separated the 9/45/223 from my last group outing (thankfully I'm the only 1 of these group of friends that reloads, so I got a TON of brass).
Just finished my 3rd load of 9mm through the FART. Last load filled it up about 1/2 way. 45 will prob b 2 containers. 556... It will take a week. Lol. Also finished 1k 147gr 9mm. How just trying to find some cheap 147gr 308 bullets. |
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Posted: 2/11/2020 5:23:36 PM EDT
[#27]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ThePontificator:
I'm out of crushed walnut media so I am on my way out the door to get some. Either Harbor Freight Tools for a 25 lb. box of fine grade walnut blasting media OR... Petco for a 10 qt. bag of Zilla Lizard Litter "Desert Blend" (11 lbs.) works out to $1.18/lb. + tax Harbor Freight is the better deal even if you don't have a 20% off coupon $1.00/lb. without coupon + tax $0.80/lb. with 20% coupon + tax |
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Posted: 2/11/2020 6:56:22 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ErikS:
Don’t get the lizard stuff. It is too large and gets stuck in cases. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ErikS:
Originally Posted By ThePontificator:
I'm out of crushed walnut media so I am on my way out the door to get some. Either Harbor Freight Tools for a 25 lb. box of fine grade walnut blasting media OR... Petco for a 10 qt. bag of Zilla Lizard Litter "Desert Blend" (11 lbs.) works out to $1.18/lb. + tax Harbor Freight is the better deal even if you don't have a 20% off coupon $1.00/lb. without coupon + tax $0.80/lb. with 20% coupon + tax I have a bag of Desert Blend and it seemed small compared to my 14/20 grit corn cob media. I contacted their customer support and they said it was “18/40 mesh” size. That’s not too bad, and it’s never gotten caught in my flash holes. Since I don’t use walnut media very often, I am still doing fine with my 11# bag from a couple of years ago. My loading task today was to follow up on an order I placed yesterday through Arm Or Ally for a metric butt load of Hornady .308 FMJBTs. As I was logging in to my account there I got an email that said the bullets had shipped. That was an easy follow up. 
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Posted: 2/11/2020 7:37:23 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ErikS: Don’t get the lizard stuff. It is too large and gets stuck in cases. Did you get the "Desert Blend"? That's what I got. |
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Posted: 2/11/2020 9:31:50 PM EDT
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I finally got a dry tumbler. I have .45ACP cases in there right now.
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Posted: 2/11/2020 10:50:18 PM EDT
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Wet tumbled a load of LP Starline 45acp in one Thumbler and a mix of 9mm and 357Mag in another.
Converted another 150 pieces of FC 223 Tactical brass into 221 FireBall for the Contender. |
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Posted: 2/12/2020 12:37:11 PM EDT
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Slow day. Cranked out about hundred M193 clone loads, filled a couple primer tubes, swaged and trimmed around 100 pieces of brass.
I am clearing out a box of 2000 Remington 55gr fmj for plinking loads, and I am down to the last 500. |
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AZ, USA
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Posted: 2/12/2020 12:42:15 PM EDT
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A couple of large Amazon boxes arrived today....RCBS Summit Press and all the needed accoutrements for a full reloading setup. Dies arrive from RCBS later this week (hopefully!).
Best part it is, it didn't cost me a cent! A full year of 50% work travel has racked up enough Hilton Honors points for me to convert into a $700 Amazon Gift Card! This is my first time stepping into the reloading game, after nearly 20 years working in the gun biz....starting with 6.5 Creedmoor. |
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Posted: 2/12/2020 2:53:19 PM EDT
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As soon as I post this I'm headed out to the garage to toss today's meager range pickings into the dry tumbler for a ride in the walnut.
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Posted: 2/12/2020 3:41:29 PM EDT
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Emptied brass at the range and picked it up along with a few extra. It am the reason Ponti had a meager haul today.
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Posted: 2/12/2020 5:42:03 PM EDT
[#36]
Decapped and sized the remaining .45ACP cases that I got with my press. Still have to wet tumble before they go on EE.
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Posted: 2/12/2020 7:05:14 PM EDT
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I checked the tracking on my Brownells $.01 hazmat and shipping order. It went from Iowa, to west palm beach to fort pierce, to west palm beach and was delivered back to Iowa.
Maybe I’ll get it next week? I’m not a math rocket dentist, but I’m guessing someone is losing money on this one? |
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Posted: 2/12/2020 9:10:09 PM EDT
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I followed my bullet order from earlier with a powder order. Powder Valley shipped very promptly; I ordered yesterday evening, and they shipped it today. It should arrive Friday - along with the bullets.
I'll have a LOT of IMR 4895 for my Garand, plus a couple other powders to mess with for .308. |
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Posted: 2/13/2020 12:36:24 AM EDT
[Last Edit: dryflash3]
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Mounted a Hornady Concentricy tool to my bench, yes a funshow $35 find couple of months ago.
Thought I was missing bullet spindles and the nylon tipped thumb screw was smashed flat. So I called Hornady and they said there was only one bullet spindle (part that bullet is inserted in), so not missing anything. The nylon tipped thumb screw is being sent on warranty free of charge. Just like RCBS and Dillon. 
eta, ya Lee sends free stuff but you have to send broken part in. Almost as good. |
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Posted: 2/13/2020 10:31:58 AM EDT
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Since the RCBS single stage is still set up on my bench, I decided to load up some virgin Lapua brass in .223.
I used my Lee hand priming tool to prime them...which I hadn't used in like 15 years. Then I replicated my mystery loads that had grouped so well at 100 yards. 22.5 grains of H335 under a 77gr SMK with an OAL of 2.25 " I was using the Redding micrometer adjustable seating die. I checked the first 5 or 10 for concentricity. They looked good....so...fingers crossed...these will grouo really well too.
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Posted: 2/13/2020 4:39:24 PM EDT
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Apparently no one at my range polices their brass. They also leave their garbage on the berms, and shotgun hulls everywhere. Picked up far more than I shot in 9, .223 and .45 brass. So guess I'll take that as payment.
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Posted: 2/13/2020 7:32:49 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By jeepinbanditrider:
Apparently no one at my range polices their brass. They also leave their garbage on the berms, and shotgun hulls everywhere. Picked up far more than I shot in 9, .223 and .45 brass. So guess I'll take that as payment. 
My powder and bullets are on time, due to be delivered tomorrow. So I’ve spent time getting my loading manuals out to research loads for .308. I have lots of brass (some of which is prepped), and plenty of primers, so it looks like I’ll just need to figure out the loads to test, put them together, then shoot them. And there are SO MANY powders appropriate for .308, and SO MANY variations in the different manuals that what should be a simple research process will still take a lot longer than I like... But it’ll be fun and I’ll learn a lot. |
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Posted: 2/14/2020 8:41:19 PM EDT
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Pulled a bunch of precision rounds I had managed to load with a transposed powder charge (86.3 grains instead of 83.6)
Thank God I caught that. 85 is max. |
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Posted: 2/14/2020 10:24:40 PM EDT
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Powder and bullets arrived today. 12# of powder is easy to manage, and my wife brought it in after signing for it with the Man in the Brown Truck.
A box of 2100 150 grain bullets, is not so easy to manage. It weighs about 47 pounds... And my wife “politely asked me” to collect that box from the mail kiosk. Then she took me out to dinner for Valentine’s Day. I sure got myself a winner.
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Posted: 2/14/2020 10:54:50 PM EDT
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Currently wet-tumbling some .40 brass using a tiny amount of Dawn but also using a capful of el cheapo car wash soap (Auto Drive). No Lemishine this time.
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Posted: 2/14/2020 11:15:41 PM EDT
[#46]
Got out my 45 ACP SDB and loaded a couple hundred. |
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Posted: 2/15/2020 3:03:26 AM EDT
[Last Edit: muta4warrior]
[#47]
Converted 200 pieces of 2016 LC 5.56 brass to 7.62x40, wet tumbled yesterday and ffinal trim today.
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TX, USA
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Posted: 2/15/2020 12:23:59 PM EDT
[#48]
wet tumbling 1,000 pieces of 223, 300 pieces of 308, 200 pieces of 6.5 grendel,250 pieces of 6.8 spc.
Reloading 100 rounds of Speer 124 gr 9mm. |
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Posted: 2/15/2020 12:56:04 PM EDT
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Just processed last of my .45acp.
Think i have about 3k fully processed now. |
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Posted: 2/15/2020 3:10:16 PM EDT
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A dozen airmen showed up this morning loaded down with value packs. None of them is a reloader. Do the math.
I'll be processing this stuff for the rest of the month. I need a bigger wet tumbler. |
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