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Posted: 1/16/2021 5:06:45 PM EDT

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Posted: 1/16/2021 5:10:27 PM EDT

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Nice.

I have not made bullets ~~today~~ ~~this week~~ ~~this year~~ in a long while.

Posted: 1/16/2021 5:12:47 PM EDT

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Expected pics of casting, instead discovered OP uses incorrect terminology.

Posted: 1/16/2021 5:14:48 PM EDT

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Don't be "That guy".

Posted: 1/16/2021 5:15:42 PM EDT

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550?

We really need a poors forum.

Posted: 1/16/2021 5:16:23 PM EDT

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Posted: 1/16/2021 5:17:05 PM EDT

[#6]

No
But I am cleaning brass right now

Posted: 1/16/2021 5:17:32 PM EDT

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*Cries in RCBS Partner press*

Posted: 1/16/2021 5:17:47 PM EDT

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The $70 light rig?

clean

Posted: 1/16/2021 5:18:53 PM EDT

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She's dormant for now but will wake up in about a month. Fucking fucked up Arf pic host.

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Posted: 1/16/2021 5:19:44 PM EDT

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No, but I did inventory my ammo. That's gotta count for something.

Posted: 1/16/2021 5:20:36 PM EDT

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Same

Posted: 1/16/2021 5:22:21 PM EDT

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Posted: 1/16/2021 5:22:36 PM EDT

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Yes

I make bullets and feed said bullets into my press to produce completed cartridges.

I completed 150 this morning while I had a cup of coffee.

The blue bullets are not homemade. Only the grey and garnet are cast.

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Posted: 1/16/2021 5:26:57 PM EDT

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Yes but I use my 10 year old RCBS press.

Posted: 1/16/2021 5:31:42 PM EDT

[#15]

Out of SPP so back to good ole .45acp !

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Posted: 1/16/2021 5:31:55 PM EDT

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Not today. But the 2,000 .223 bullets that I ordered showed up today to go with the 2,000 9mm bullets that came in two days ago. Now I just need to get to work at the press.

Posted: 1/16/2021 5:34:12 PM EDT

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Do you have a 40 year old RCBS primer?

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Posted: 1/16/2021 5:36:15 PM EDT

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I've made thousands of rounds.
Never once made a bullet.
So far.

Posted: 1/16/2021 5:38:30 PM EDT

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Dillon on

Girls need bullets, too

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I won't make any bullets until spring. It's not healthy to breathe in the lead fumes.

My RL550B is inside my home ready to rock, and the MEC jrs are set in the heated pole barn.

Posted: 1/16/2021 5:39:50 PM EDT

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Got plenty of bullets.

I made sinkers.
Had a pile of zinc'd lead so I made use of it.

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Maybe jigs tommorrow. Just got 3 new molds. 3/8oz to 4oz.

Posted: 1/16/2021 5:40:23 PM EDT

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Sure do, my kids love running it, from my oldest to my 5 year old:

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My Rock Chucker has been busy lately, and I don't mind living the single stage life:

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Just finished prepping and priming 220 pieces of .223 last night, I'll get those loaded up over the next day or two and switch to .45, 9MM and .380 for the next little bit. Then start prepping the next round of .223, by that time the 1K in SR primers I managed to snag should be here.

Posted: 1/16/2021 5:42:27 PM EDT

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Why yes. Just finished with some 45 acp and about To change out head to .40 s&w

Posted: 1/16/2021 5:52:20 PM EDT

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Same, and to think a crap load of lead got loaded in the dumpster when cleaning out the old In Law's house after FIL passed of cancer from Agent Orange.

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Posted: 1/16/2021 5:54:00 PM EDT

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Yep, expected to see OPs casting setup. Do you load your bullets you make in your Glock clips?

Posted: 1/16/2021 6:28:20 PM EDT

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this and found 500rds of pmc xtac

Posted: 1/16/2021 6:37:41 PM EDT

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Too cold today, maybe tomorrow. Casting and powder coating should throw some heat into the barn.

Posted: 1/16/2021 6:55:41 PM EDT

[#27]

No, but I ordered a few.

Does that count?

Posted: 1/16/2021 7:16:18 PM EDT

[#28]

made a bucket of 45ACP last month. This month I'm decapping and wet tumbling

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Posted: 1/16/2021 7:21:06 PM EDT

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50 primed .308 cases in the tray at the ready. Soon

Posted: 1/16/2021 7:44:19 PM EDT

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Sure do, my kids love running it, from my oldest to my 5 year old:

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Looks like the modern version with the smooth grip.

Posted: 1/16/2021 7:45:08 PM EDT

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Trust doc on this one - you do not want to see my thread title edit

Posted: 1/16/2021 7:52:26 PM EDT

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550?

We really need a poors forum.

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Posted: 1/16/2021 7:52:31 PM EDT

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Not today. I did load a few hundred 9mm on the SDB Tuesday and just switched the 550 over to 5.56 so a few k of 55 grain are up next.

Posted: 1/16/2021 8:11:06 PM EDT

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Don't be "That guy".

Yeah but the OP is the reason people need to call "bullet heads" his is making ammunition, or cartridges.

Posted: 1/16/2021 8:16:04 PM EDT

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I loaded 50 before work.

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Posted: 1/16/2021 8:19:35 PM EDT

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Want

Posted: 1/16/2021 8:20:12 PM EDT

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Did some 30-30 165gr cast bullets loads on the rock chucker.

Load slow, shoot slow.

Posted: 1/16/2021 8:22:12 PM EDT

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I made 500 .308 today. Made 2k .223 the two days before. Ive made around 15k since the steal. That includes excavating them from my range and tumbling and processing them. All done on a cheap lee single stage. In started reloading the day after the election.

Posted: 1/16/2021 8:25:03 PM EDT

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Ive got buckets of brass bullets and plenty of powder but down to my last 4k spp and 5k lpp

I might switch it up and start loading some rifle ammo.

Posted: 1/16/2021 8:25:41 PM EDT

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I bought bullets. Now I need to decide which press I will use to load .40 S&W then get dies.

Posted: 1/16/2021 8:30:56 PM EDT

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Trying to deplete my factory loads before I dust off my 2 Dillons.

Been so long I probably forgot how they work.

And I quit casting about 30 years ago and am stuck with lead ingots.

I do remember I loved the Square Deal I used for .45 ACP only.

Posted: 1/16/2021 8:31:50 PM EDT

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I won't make any bullets until spring. It's not healthy to breathe in the lead fumes.

My RL550B is inside my home ready to rock, and the MEC jrs are set in the heated pole barn.

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news off

Dillon on

Girls need bullets, too

https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/183309/dillon_380a_jpg-1782196.JPG

I won't make any bullets until spring. It's not healthy to breathe in the lead fumes.

My RL550B is inside my home ready to rock, and the MEC jrs are set in the heated pole barn.

Meh, I’m pretty sure Elmer Keith cast bullets in his kitchen and he lived to be 84.

Posted: 1/16/2021 8:34:02 PM EDT

[#43]

Why yes, yes I have made my bullets.

Posted: 1/16/2021 8:39:17 PM EDT

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46 year old RCBS. In Red.

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Posted: 1/16/2021 8:42:21 PM EDT

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Precision 308 rounds. Made 175 a couple nights ago and will make another 125 tonight.

Posted: 1/16/2021 8:50:44 PM EDT

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I realized recently that I had been hoarding components and not bothering to load them up.

So I got my Super 1050 cranked back up and have been pumping out the rounds.

I have a long ways to go yet to work through all my components but I am getting there.

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Posted: 1/16/2021 8:53:20 PM EDT

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Can’t seem to find any .223 bullets or brass right now.

Posted: 1/16/2021 8:55:23 PM EDT

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I really need small rifle primers,

Posted: 1/16/2021 9:01:23 PM EDT

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Presses are both loaded and ready to crank out 5.56 and .45ACP. I only do it when I need to kill time.

Right now it is drinking time and I have a double dirty martini.