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Posted: 9/8/2022 2:27:56 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/8/2022 4:03:09 PM EDT
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After several month hiatus due to moving finally back up and running with my 650
got 190 9mm rounds loaded other 10 were test rounds to ensure nothing got out of spec during move (and didn't) Feels good, was getting to my emergency (never use) stockpile number |
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USA
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Posted: 9/8/2022 10:35:35 PM EDT
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Grabbed 1k Remington 7.5s at Cabela's :( , but hey they had them.
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WA, USA
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Posted: 9/9/2022 1:09:47 AM EDT
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Not today, but over the last couple weeks.
Picked up a gallon bucket of brass and shotgun hulls at a few local shooting spots. Found a pound of 296 at Cabelas. Picked up 400 cheddite shotgun primers and a bag of 3/4oz 20ga wads at sportsmans. And today, I started cleaning and moving things from the shop to the storage shed so I can get my reloading bench set up. |
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Posted: 9/9/2022 6:56:13 AM EDT
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Went to the range yesterday and the RSO was kind enough to have saved for me:
Approx 150 pcs 45 Auto 199 pcs 38 special 58 pcs 380 Auto I dry tumbled them earlier this morning and I'm sitting down to deprime/resize them prior to wet tumbling. Nice score. |
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Posted: 9/9/2022 3:45:19 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/9/2022 10:14:23 PM EDT
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adding more 357 to my staging bucket, staging is rounds are done but not case gauge checked.
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Posted: 9/10/2022 6:42:39 AM EDT
[#8]
"Tuned" two resizing dies (38/357 and 380) which are set in bushings.
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Posted: 9/10/2022 10:28:10 PM EDT
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Made up some ladder test loads with 77 TMK’s using Winchester brass, REM 7.5 and TAC & XBR.
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Posted: 9/10/2022 10:45:00 PM EDT
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Reloaded another 400 or so 357 until I ran out of full primer tubes.
Seemed like a good stopping point. So went to my primer stash and cracked open a fresh sleeve of Wolf SP primers  Attached File |
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Posted: 9/11/2022 5:56:32 PM EDT
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Took delivery of my hornady 350 legend dies.
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Posted: 9/11/2022 9:28:09 PM EDT
[#12]
Loaded 22 rounds of 6.5CM for an OCW test using Staball and 140gr Accubonds. Hoping to get a good load for deer season, but never tried the OCW method before.
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USA
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Posted: 9/11/2022 10:02:33 PM EDT
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Shortened a Hornady classic press handle to six inches. Primed/sized a dozen nickel 300 BO cases. Going to load them up with 110gr TAC-TX, over some Lil Gun.
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NY, USA
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Posted: 9/11/2022 10:21:28 PM EDT
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Picked up some 444 and 356 winchester die sets at a gunshow on Saturday. Traded some magnum small rifle primers to a friend for some large rifle primers that I was out of.
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Posted: 9/12/2022 12:15:39 AM EDT
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Got out the APP and deprimed 300 30-30 and got about 125 of 750 357 deprimmed.
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PA, USA
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Posted: 9/12/2022 7:33:29 AM EDT
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Loaded up a couple hundred rounds of 9mm.
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Posted: 9/12/2022 2:49:31 PM EDT
[Last Edit: ThePontificator]
[#17]
Wet tumbled 380/38spl. overnight and this morning tumbled 45 Auto brass.
I came out to the garage to find the drive belt on my HFT rock tumbler had broke. That one lasted all of maybe 3 weeks.   I replace it and noticed that the pulleys were not in alignment. They weren't badly off but they were definitely not aligned. Adjusted and ran a batch of brass. Will do another in a moment. Earlier in the day I gifted a fellow ARFCOM member a bag of about 150 pieces of wet tumbled once-fired 10mm brass I'd picked up at the range. |
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USA
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Posted: 9/12/2022 10:40:25 PM EDT
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Got a 38spl Lee Loader in the mail today, ran some steel wool through the sizing die. Brass came out way better than before.
I was going to load some rounds, but work got stupid. |
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USA
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Posted: 9/13/2022 2:08:24 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Trollslayer]
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I loaded up some 6XC cartridges for long range shooting.
Complete, careful case prep Hand-weighed charges to the nearest 0.02gr Federal Match primers 0.02 gr is only 3-4 granules of ball powder. All cases were weighed and fell within +/- 0.5 gr of the average value. Cases were resized to push shoulder back 0.003" with head space verified on my Redding Instant Indicator for every case. Instant Indicator was mounted in my Redding T-7. This is a cool tool. I wish they made them for more cartridges. |
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Posted: 9/15/2022 11:31:27 AM EDT
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After making horrendous intermittent chattering/grinding noises I fished a single chewed-up 9mm case from the garbage disposal. How in the hell that got in there is anyone's guess.
On occasion I do use the faucet on the kitchen sink to fill the drum on my HFT tumbler but I make it a point to use the left side sink (the garbage disposal is on the right). It's a mystery.  Resized some 380 auto brass. Looking at data for 38 Special. Haven't reloaded that caliber in almost a decade but need to start. |
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Posted: 9/15/2022 12:50:35 PM EDT
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Got all my 357's tumbled, dried in the sun, and sorted.
Got the last of the 30-30 in the wet tumbler. Went over to Shooter709's house and we tuned the powder measures on his secondhand 550 and his new 750. Also installed Easy Dials on both powder measures. 750 was set up in 223 and he quickly found the Easy dial made finding his 24.0 gr charge of Tac, well easy. His dial reads 3.50, so we recorded it for future reference. |
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Posted: 9/15/2022 5:46:20 PM EDT
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Sorting a bit of brass, since it’s raining, again.
This guy looks a bit under the weather. 
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Posted: 9/16/2022 1:26:20 AM EDT
[#23]
 Happiness is taking the hand truck to the mailbox when you get an order in from RMR. I have a large mailbox.  2k more 147 gr .357 FMJFP with happy smile. Rear of pic shows the last 1k i bought. Sizing and trimming all of those 357 cases can begin.  1.5k in the box, now all wet tumbled and sorted to headstamp.  650 from last funshow, also all wet tumbled and sorted to headstamp. |
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ON, CAN
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Posted: 9/17/2022 12:01:13 PM EDT
[#24]
Rather a busy day. Deprimed and tumbled some 6.5 Jap brass that came out of my Type 38 Arisaka yesterday. I doubt I'll be reloading for that rifle again. It's age and use has made it as accurate as a blind man chucking rocks.
Also trimmed a good amount of 6.5 Swede and .223 Remington. Only thing that remains to be trimmed is a pile of .30 Carbine, but that can wait for another day. |
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Posted: 9/17/2022 1:41:56 PM EDT
[#25]
Started trimming 357 brass yesterday.
Sorted last batch of 30-30 that came out of the wet tumbler and was air dried. |
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Posted: 9/17/2022 8:41:01 PM EDT
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Went to the LGS and asked if they had primers. Surprise, they had a few SPP, bought 2 boxes for $60 each.
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Posted: 9/17/2022 9:09:56 PM EDT
[#27]
Finished the 357 125 gr JHP with 9.6 gr AA#5 project, the loading part anyway. I still need to case gauge check each round which I'll do while watching tv or something. Was hoping to run out of bullets before I ran out of brass but alas, I ran out of brass
 Attached File Attached FileNext I'll set up the 650 for another round of 9mm, then in parallel do some .308 on the 550B |
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Posted: 9/17/2022 9:11:27 PM EDT
[#28]
Currently dry tumbling approx 200 pcs 45 Auto. When they're done in go about 80 pcs of 38 spl. along with 20 pcs of 380 Auto. All range pick-ups from yesterday.
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Posted: 9/17/2022 10:49:07 PM EDT
[#29]
Melted the last of my wheel weights and cast into ingots. Approximately 83lbs. Wish I had more lead.
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Posted: 9/18/2022 12:13:05 AM EDT
[#30]
Did some more 357 trimming.
Got my order in from Midway, 1k of Hornady 158 gr XTP's. For when I get my 357 cases processes. Have about 1.5k to do. |
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Posted: 9/18/2022 12:21:38 AM EDT
[#31]
Cleaned up my reloading room finally. It has been accumulating clutter to the point that it was barely useable.
Received shipment of an M-die for .300blk, a die box for a die set from the EE, a lee .309bullet sizing die, and a lee 312-185 mold. |
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Posted: 9/18/2022 8:53:44 PM EDT
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This week received order fromSPS of 130gr .264 bullets, ordered 750 350L bullets from AR, and swapped my press to 9mm to start a run of plinking ammo.
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USA
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Posted: 9/18/2022 9:52:21 PM EDT
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took apart my 'replaced' FA intellidropper. When you unplug the motor it would stay turned on, as soon as it is plugged in it shuts off. The motor has a short, oh well they replaced it earlier this year. I guess it's a scale now.
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Posted: 9/18/2022 10:46:48 PM EDT
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Made some purple 38 target loads for my wife's new j frame
The weather finally broke so I'll be able to spend mor time in my shed reloading. 
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Posted: 9/18/2022 11:22:29 PM EDT
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 Have about 500 357 trimmed.  I'm trying out the Lee 3 jaw trimmer. So far I like it. https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1023264368?pid=655394 |
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Posted: 9/19/2022 9:11:35 PM EDT
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started plunk testing the 3 gallons of 357 I made with a Dillon case gauge, not much checked yet but goes pretty fast. Pictures next time maybe. Found one case that flunked the plunk so it'll be set aside and dismantled for components later.
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Posted: 9/19/2022 11:13:13 PM EDT
[#37]
Got all the Speer 357 cases I trimmed the last 2 days deburred, about 500.
Next up the FC, RP, and Zero. |
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Posted: 9/21/2022 12:32:45 AM EDT
[Last Edit: dryflash3]
[#38]
 Got a Hornady sizing die put on the APP.  This what I'm sizing. Once their sized I can trim them. Got about half of them sized.  The Speer cases I got sized, trimmed, and deburred yesterday. |
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Posted: 9/21/2022 5:58:04 AM EDT
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Finished wet tumbling the 300 or so pieces of 380/38/45 brass I saved from last week's range score. The rest of it's going to the scrap yard.
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Posted: 9/21/2022 10:57:57 PM EDT
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Got 196 of 200 ordered 1x fired 44 mag cases in (annoying that each bag was supposed to be 100+ and ended up getting 98ea), resized and decapped, farted them, and will let dry overnight.
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Posted: 9/22/2022 12:52:00 AM EDT
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Went over to Shooter 709's at our weekly get together.
We finished setting up a used 550 he scored for $200. We had previously disassembled it, cleaned and lubed it. It was set up in 223, we changed it out to 45 ACP. We went through each station and he got the dies and press adjusted. It was an old one and he added a failsafe kit to the powder measure. We started loading using True Blue, Extreme LP primers and FMJ 230 gr bullets he got for cheap at the funshows. Powder measure adjusting went smoothly with the Easy Dial mod on the powder measure.  That's an Easy Dial on the end of the powder measure on my SDB. Available from Titan. I have 16 of them on my Dillon PM's. After about 10 rounds loaded the powder measure quit returning, so wasn't dropping powder. The failsafe linkage was working, but something wasn't right. Then I remembered this was on old powder measure. I asked Shooter if he had the springs that came on the PM. He did and we put one on and the PM was back to normal operation. He continued loading until it was time for me to leave. |
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Posted: 9/23/2022 3:32:44 PM EDT
[#42]
These came in the mail today. I need a new neck turner device and I'll get started on some 358 Winchester.
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Posted: 9/23/2022 4:20:54 PM EDT
[#43]
Loaded up some 300gr HP 45-70
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Posted: 9/23/2022 10:22:56 PM EDT
[Last Edit: MSC182]
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I loaded up 100 rounds of 6 Creedmoor for a PRS match tomorrow.
Lapua brass CCI 450 primers 40.7 grains of Vihtavuori N555 Berger 109 gr Long Range Hybrid Target bullets |
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Posted: 9/24/2022 5:55:03 AM EDT
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Sorted through a large bucket of range pick-ups. Kept and decapped:
45 Auto: 215 38 Special: 82 380 Auto: 15 556 Lake City: 52 |
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Posted: 9/24/2022 4:29:53 PM EDT
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Sized and primed 100 starline 350 legend
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AZ, USA
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Posted: 9/25/2022 1:42:55 AM EDT
[#47]
Knocked out 1k rounds of 223 on the 750. Also got the metal pegboard hung over my bench.
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Posted: 9/25/2022 11:51:27 AM EDT
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I bought a Hornady Lock and Load kit, a tumbler and husks media, and dies for 38/357.
Now time to figure out what else I need and how to get started. Ordering primers, small pistol, large pistol, and SP magnum. Eventually I plan on loading rifles but for now going to stick to pistols, 38 special to begin but also 45 ACP and 10mm as these are hard to find at reasonable prices around here. I plan on eventually getting the dies for every caliber I own, 9x19, 32 ACP, 5.56, 303 British, and 30-06.  Attached File |
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Posted: 9/25/2022 4:38:00 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ThePontificator: Sorted through a large bucket of range pick-ups. Kept and decapped: 45 Auto: 215 38 Special: 82 380 Auto: 15 556 Lake City: 52 Been wet tumbling this stuff and almost finished. That little HFT rock tumbler keeps on tumbling.... |
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USA
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Posted: 9/25/2022 9:55:50 PM EDT
[#50]
Broke out the 750 swapped it over to 380, and then ran two hundred through it before the garage got too hot.
Shot up all my 380 reloads last week, so I'll probably pump out a few more hundred this week. |
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