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Posted: 1/14/2021 10:11:05 PM EDT
[#1]
I made Minié balls
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Posted: 1/14/2021 10:11:38 PM EDT
[#2]
Placed an order for bullets and primers. Paid current prices.
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AL, USA
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Posted: 1/14/2021 10:33:59 PM EDT
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Found some zero bullets in stock. Picked up 3k to be delivered. So I can load up this Sunday..Have the two person technique worked out, First person works the press. second person loads primer tubes, keeps powder topped off and brass tray lubed and full. Then all loaded rounds are guaged in the hundo and placed into labeled Dillon boxes
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USA
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Posted: 1/14/2021 11:24:00 PM EDT
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My Cabelas order of two lbs of Bullseye shipped to store, shipped. I hope it comes in on the same day that my primers do.
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Posted: 1/14/2021 11:45:40 PM EDT
[#5]
Had a nice package waiting on my doorstep today
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Posted: 1/14/2021 11:50:22 PM EDT
[#6]
Resized 380 Auto and .38 Special brass
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Posted: 1/15/2021 12:13:16 AM EDT
[#7]
Loaded up some 9mm. Really getting tired of the single stage press life - now doing some research on upgrading to an XL750.
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Posted: 1/15/2021 12:16:46 AM EDT
[#8]
Got an order in from Graf's, 35 Remington M die and a Hornady Primer pocket Uniformer.
Checked it, it's set correctly. 
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Posted: 1/15/2021 2:50:18 AM EDT
[#9]
Set up yesterday to start 10mm and tonight realized I have no Longshot. I have a metric shit ton of AA9, Bullseye and Unique and loaded/laddered 30 Hornady XTP and 30 Nosler JHP to chrono tomorrow and see how they shoot weather permitting.
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Posted: 1/15/2021 6:57:22 AM EDT
[Last Edit: SideSalad]
[#10]
Loaded 1000 9mm HST’s.
Edit: bought 500 ea SMK 77 & 175gr. |
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Posted: 1/15/2021 8:31:06 PM EDT
[#11]
Went by cabelas to get my 1k SPP from an online order.
Found 1k xtreme 100gr 380 projectiles and 4 lbs of cfe223 which was nice. |
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Posted: 1/15/2021 10:15:26 PM EDT
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Finished with tumbling, decapping, resizing, trimming and priming 50 300wm cases. Time for powder and projectiles tomorrow.
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Posted: 1/16/2021 1:41:58 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Shootindave]
[#13]
Finished prepping another 500 223 cases.
I have 500 bulk 55gr flat base hollow points from Midsouth Shooting Supply. Trying to decide on a load. Got an email from Bass Pro that my powder order is ready for pick up. 
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Posted: 1/16/2021 2:04:52 AM EDT
[#14]
Kids and I finished up swaging primer pockets, cleaning primer pockets and priming 220 cases of .223 tonight.
We'll start dropping powder and bullets tomorrow after a quick range trip with their .22's. I might dust off my .22 Hornet too. |
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Posted: 1/16/2021 4:19:32 AM EDT
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Cognitively decided not to throw my Magnetospeed in the burn barrel after I tried to fit on a Glock 40 10mm for tomorrow.
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Posted: 1/16/2021 8:16:43 AM EDT
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Picked up a gallon of 99% ISO to make my own case lube.
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Posted: 1/16/2021 10:22:16 AM EDT
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I processed 2,000 rounds of 5.56 brass on my Dillon 750 with a sizing die, the Swage It and the Dillon trimmer, then loaded them with 55 gn bullets. I wasn't paying attention to time but I have about two 1/2 days in the whole project.
Now I've converted the press to 308. I'm going to settle on a load with 168 Hornadys and CFE223. Today is the last day of my 10 day quarantine with COVID-19.
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Posted: 1/16/2021 2:37:00 PM EDT
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Posted: 1/16/2021 3:41:15 PM EDT
[#19]
Loaded up a few 300wm and went to the range and put holes in paper.
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Posted: 1/16/2021 4:38:03 PM EDT
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Finished flaring 3k pieces of 9mm brass, delivered 6, 5 gallon buckets of 12ga hulls to a buddy of mine who reloads shot shells.
And decided to part with my shot shell press and supplies. 
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Posted: 1/16/2021 4:55:17 PM EDT
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I had a impromptu reloading class teaching two young young man how to reload. They were wanting to reload 308 but they couldn't find any components so I gave them some excess powder, 100 147gr fmj and 100 large rifle primers
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Posted: 1/16/2021 5:30:16 PM EDT
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Found a couple pounds of Benchmark at my LGS. Also grabbed 200 LPM Fed primers (the max they are letting you buy now). Just got done loading a ladder of IMR 4064 with 175 SNK’s in 308. PPU cases, REM 9 1/2 LRM primers. 41.8, 42, 42.2, and 42.4 grains. If it’s not too crappy outside tomorrow I’ll see how they shoot in my AR10.
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Posted: 1/16/2021 6:36:28 PM EDT
[#23]
Neck sized 100 Starline pieces of Starline 6.8 brass then ran through the tumbler with corn cob to remove the case lube.
Had a chance to hit the range to test out 9mm loads with True Blue. Great results, so I’ll load a bunch more. |
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Posted: 1/16/2021 6:46:46 PM EDT
[#24]
Today I got my Lyman 1200 DPS back up and running. Previously I'd ripped out the driveshaft of the electric motor trying to remove the powder dispensing tube to clean it. Dumb me.
The nice folks at Lyman have long since discontinued the product, but they sent me a used replacement motor free of charge. I installed it and it's back to normal. |
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Posted: 1/16/2021 7:32:39 PM EDT
[#25]
Had my worst day of casting bullets I think I have ever had...
Started off with my 2 cavity .459 300gr NOE mould. I swapped out the hollow point pins for flat point to try it out. No issues, this mould just gets hot fast and it slows me down. So, I got my 4 cavity .453 200gr NOE hollow point mould going. This is where the problem started... bullets stuck to the pins so bad, I had to melt them off with a torch. So, I preheated the mould much further than I usually do, focused on the pins. Started casting, alternating between the 2 moulds. Things were ok for a few minutes. Things went south after I added some more ingots. Got the melt back to the 625 degrees or so I had been casting at and I couldn't break the sprue without hitting it super hard, bullets were welded to the pins... I broke my mallet and my spare mallet... I shut it down, pulled out my .359 HP NOE mould and had no issues casting bullets for another hour and a half with it. I do not think I will ever order another NOE mould... |
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Posted: 1/16/2021 7:37:52 PM EDT
[#26]
Decapped some 40SW
Think I'll take a break from the FART this coming week and focus on decapping. Got a lot of 40SW brass, will probably off the excess. Using my Rock Chucker to decap which means feeding the case into the shell holder with the left hand and operating the handle with the right. Got out of rhythm and ended up using a 40SW case as a cookie cutter on my left index finger. Drew blood. I bled on the Rock Chucker to get even with it.  Attached File |
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Posted: 1/16/2021 9:48:35 PM EDT
[#27]
Loaded some .270 Winchester ammo, 150 SST over IMR-4350.
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Posted: 1/16/2021 10:07:17 PM EDT
[#28]
Got the turret press all dialed in and loaded up 100rds of 556 level 55gr with tac. Loaded some last weekend in a small batch on the Rock chucker and all was good so played around and built the same load on the turret but way faster
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WI, USA
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Posted: 1/16/2021 10:11:47 PM EDT
[#29]
I spent some time searching for primers.
Still kicking myself when I went to the SGS spring of last year and I didn’t buy everything on the shelf.
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Posted: 1/16/2021 10:40:19 PM EDT
[#30]
Got wet tumbler going with 9mm, 357 and 35 Rem cases.
Started setting up my 35 Remington Hornady dies, got the sizing die set. Had to cam over to get enough sizing. Going to do some on line research for loads. |
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Posted: 1/16/2021 11:29:46 PM EDT
[#31]
Ordered an Annealeez annealing machine.
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Posted: 1/17/2021 1:02:27 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Shootindave]
[#32]
Going to try out my new ammo binders at the range tomorrow. Loaded my final two test loads for 140 eldm before i decide on one of them.
Going to try to get my dope on these Nosler 140s from 600-800 yards where i left off last time.  Attached File Attached File |
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Posted: 1/17/2021 9:34:25 AM EDT
[#33]
Yesterday I set up the Rock Chucker for 327 and loaded some load work-ups for Meister 94GR Lead RNFP for wife's Ruger SP101. Shot same at local range, settled on 4.5 grains of Titegroup with CCI SPP.
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Posted: 1/17/2021 4:56:28 PM EDT
[Last Edit: RattleCanAR]
[#34]
Finished up 500 9mm cast bullets.
Ordered 500 62gr bullets from mid south. In stock right now. Swapping over the press tonight. |
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AL, USA
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Posted: 1/17/2021 5:29:15 PM EDT
[Last Edit: nigla]
[#35]
Loaded a final 3k 9mm on the 1050. Then I did the unthinkable, I tore down a perfectly functioning 1050 to convert over to .40. IF its working perfect don't mess with it.............
OMG the old girl was in need of detail cleaning, lube and adjustment. I am a small time old guy, not a commercial reloader. Incredible how chips of brass and flakes of powder can plant themselves into the worse places. Teardown, cleaning and adjustment were worth the time. This was not a 30 minute deal for me. It took a couple hours to get it dialed in. New tool head, deciding which dies to use and getting it all dialed in. Ended up setting up Dillon dies with the exception of a Redding Competition seating die. Been processing brass for a while. After cleaning, I deprimed everything using lee dies and pushed it through a Redding GRX die. Sorted by brand and ready to dance. Everyone has experience to share. Mine is simple..preprocess the brass, use quality components, and let the machine do the work. I have 5K SNS 180 FP lined up to be loaded. 3.8 grains of WST is the load of the day. |
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Posted: 1/17/2021 6:12:58 PM EDT
[#36]
Mounted super swage 600 on my bench.
Converted 550 to large primer. Finished prep work on 400 pieces of 7.62N to make into 168gr bthp over 44grs 4064. Finished a ladder of 380 charges with universal to see what functions. Tumbled 3k 9mm in the FART. |
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CO, USA
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Posted: 1/17/2021 6:15:54 PM EDT
[#37]
Trying to find a good reloading chair/stool with back support. Definitely do not want a drummers throne or anything like that.
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Posted: 1/17/2021 7:07:26 PM EDT
[#38]
Fired up the forge and made a good couple hundred 9mm boolits. Weather got a bit cold so I shut it down.
Thinking of tinkering in the reloading bench, maybe powder coating some boolits and sizing them. We will see. |
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Posted: 1/17/2021 8:08:09 PM EDT
[#39]
Started the day by popping off some of my 45ACP powder coated boolits. Did 20 mags total (had to reload each mag once) in my Sig 220 and not a single failure to feed, fire, eject.
Popped off some mags in my Glock 21 and had a couple misfires, the rounds that misfired fired again when loaded again. The misfired ones had the firing pin indent way off center, so not sure this is due to the primers. Had one failure to feed, probably a light powder charge from the previous round. Last range session with the Glock 21 was getting a light primer strike about every 5 rounds, was hitting the primer dead center. Cleaned the bejesus out of it and had gunk in the firing pin channel. Getting solid strikes now except for the weird off centered ones. When I got back got 2 hours of press time in and decapped some 40SW The Sig 220 is awesome. Relatively light for a 45ACP and recoil is snappier. Still it's full sized gun.  Attached File Attached File |
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Posted: 1/17/2021 9:28:16 PM EDT
[#40]
Consolidated and inventoried projectiles and their storage. Found a 300-ct bag of 9mm bullets (124gr FMJ) I'd forgotten about.
Got to be at the hardware store at 8am sharp tomorrow morning to attempt to purchase the daily limit of primers (no more than 3 sleeves total). Good thing they're only a half-mile away. |
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Posted: 1/17/2021 10:36:18 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Cardplayer]
[#41]
 Today finally got to shoot the Hornady XTP 180 gr I loaded out of my Glock 40 10mm MOS. Reference book was 10th edition and used Accurate #9 as I am out of Longshot. I started mid load and laddered 12gr, 13.2gr and 13.8gr. Book states 12gr velocity should be 1000, 13.2gr 1100 and 13.8gr should run avg of 1150. I found my first string of 12gr to be extremely accurate and the avg velocity was 1154. The 13.2gr started to spread out a bit and the avg velocity was 1231. The 13.8 poi shifted hard left, the avg velocity was 1390 and although there were no over pressure I could tell the gun was running hot. I am sure the gun and XTP can handle 1400 plus but, I was not interested in shooting the rest of the 13.8 so will pull those bullets. I can't imagine running 14.9gr(Max) as my velocity numbers already are far higher than the published numbers. Can't impress to new loaders to invest in a chrono and not to trust everything you read. I am extremely impressed with the accuracy of 12gr and although I've read how clean the powder burns, it seemed to run a bit dirty, the brass was a mess(Magnetospeed usually isn't this dirty unless I'm running Unique). Until I find more Longshot, this will be my go to.  
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Posted: 1/17/2021 10:45:21 PM EDT
[#42]
Researched data for 35 Remington, got my 35 Remington M die modified, then adjusted.
I'll start a thread on what I had to do to make it work. |
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Posted: 1/18/2021 12:10:15 AM EDT
[#43]
Decapped 1500 .223 and 58 300BO and put them in the FA tumbler for cleaning.
Also loaded up 200 45ACP using SNS 230gr RN Hi-Tek coated bullets and Unique. First time I’ve used Unique. |
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Posted: 1/18/2021 12:14:37 AM EDT
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Posted: 1/18/2021 12:18:27 AM EDT
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Only had a little down time today, but I set aside 30 minutes or so to knock out 50 more rounds of .223.
Down to my last couple of pounds of my preferred powder, so I'm on the hunt for more now. |
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Posted: 1/18/2021 1:23:43 AM EDT
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Was a cleaning weekend.
Cleaned about 4000 223 in the wet tumbler. Decapped and cleaned a few hundred of 22-250, 35 Whelen and 44 Mag. Cleaned and organized some in the room. Got some orders in. Another 2 quick change kits for the 1100, case gauges for 30-06, 44 mag, 45 Colt. Now I have to buy a 45 Colt pistol.  Was able to pick up some heavy duty power strips from a Bed Bath and Beyond store that was going out of business. I figure 1 under each side of the bench to power up everything. Also, they had some display plate racks for standing dinner plates up, I grabbed a few of those too. Turns out they hold Dillon Case Feeder plates and Mr Bullet Feeder plates quite well. Popped into Dillon on Friday. Tried to get some stands for my 1100 quick changes, but they were out of stock. So found some online at Gunstop Reloading. |
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Posted: 1/18/2021 12:09:27 PM EDT
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Loaded up some 300 Whisper subs this weekend. As I am loading for a bolt action I didnt have to stick with slow powders to make the gas system work.
Settled on Bullseye for a powder and 215gn Bergers. There is about zero info out there for this combo, but I could find a little info on using the 220 Sierra Matchking. I tried 5.9-6.5 gns and my rifle did not blow up. No pressure signs such as ejector marks, flattened primer, difficult bolt lift, ect. As an added bonus, it was Hollywood quiet with my Thunderbeast Dominus. I have heard suppressed 22 rimfires that made more noise. Now to put some ammo over a chrono and check for accuracy. |
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Posted: 1/18/2021 7:36:10 PM EDT
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Posted: 1/18/2021 7:42:50 PM EDT
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Friend came up to the house with his new 1911. Can't find ammo... yup...
Asked if I could help him out. I told him he needs to come do it himself. He brings up the pistol, this thing has a chamber tighter than... well pick a metaphor. We work down till we get a COAL that functions, then do a load work up using bullseye and my PCC bullets. Settled on 6gr and he punched out over 100 of them on the 550 in short order. He's happy. Then, we threw together 4 rounds of 458 socom for him to try out. He likes that one. |
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Posted: 1/18/2021 10:02:22 PM EDT
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decapped all the 45ACP I shot yesterday
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