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Posted: 11/29/2012 4:00:33 PM EDT
[Last Edit: dryflash3]
Rarely does a day go by that I don't pop in my reloading room and do something. A lot of the time is due to some inspiration that I picked up on here, whether it was a subject topic or something that someone may have mentioned in their reply.
Today's reloading interest involved something Angus6 mentioned in a thread a few days ago, and that's using Hornady locking rings to switch dies back and forth on his 1050. I never used Hornady's locking rings, and in fact pretty much stayed away from locking die rings due to most of them boogering up the die threads somewhere along the line. An exception might be Dryflash's die ring mod with the lead shot. I picked up some Hornady lock rings. In short, I wish I would have done it a long time ago! Those things are great! So I spent my morning getting my .223 case prep dies out of my 650's tool head and setting up the case preparation and reloading die set up with the lock rings for the 1050. The lock rings are a lot cheaper than an additional tool head and pretty quick to change out. Maybe not quite as fast as a $200 tool head, but fast enough for the savings!  Too bad I didn't have the rings last week when I prepped close to 5 gallons of 223 for a good friend! It would have been more efficient on the 1050, instead of once through the 650 for sizing / decapping and trimming and once through the 1050 for swaging. By the way, I think Angus6 is a bad influence. He has been responsible for me spending a good chunk of change with his common sense ideas!  So, what did you do today in the world of reloading? |
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Posted: 7/18/2020 3:52:57 PM EDT
[#1]
Props for snagging 10k of #500
 Ordered this workbench from Lowes today. And I ordered the flush mount setup from Inline Fab. I also got the quick change plates for the XL750 and a Rockchucker. Unfortunately, the workbench won't be delivered until 88/2020. But that gives me time to clear out this mess. I have a bookcase that's twice as wide as the one pictured that I'll put there that will store components. 
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Posted: 7/18/2020 4:07:06 PM EDT
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Shit some reloads today:
6.5x55 with 120 gr Hornady Interlocks and IMR 4350 6.8 SPC with 115 gr GD and A2200 The 6.5x55 shot very good pretty much across the charge ladder. 6.8 shot pretty mediocre across the charge ladder. Going to run the targets through BallisticX and cogitate on the results. Since I had several stretches as the volunteer RSO with no one on the range, I safed the range and spent a little time picking up leftover brass while cleaning up old targets and trash. I filled a quart ziploc with random pistol brass. |
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Posted: 7/18/2020 6:50:06 PM EDT
[Last Edit: steve8140]
[#3]
Picked up a few pounds of powder at a local shop.
Then one of the guys I shoot with decided to switch powders a few months ago and offered me a 4 pound unopened container of Titegroup for $65. Took a while to meet up with him but I finally got it. Placed a group order with two friends for bullets. We ordered 14,000 9mm bullets from RMR. My mail lady will hate me. |
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Posted: 7/18/2020 7:15:21 PM EDT
[#4]
1000 .40 189 gr TMJ bullets from American Reloading showed up at my doorstep. Apparently it spent a few days on a neighbor’s porch
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Posted: 7/18/2020 7:25:39 PM EDT
[Last Edit: nhsport]
[#5]
Had a oddball lot of used brass (35 pieces or so) so I loaded up some 245 gr cast for my 375 winchester Marlin.
For those who don't know 375Winchester ammo is not really available. Next up some 220 Sierra jacketed with RE-7. Thank god Starline started making 375Win cases |
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Posted: 7/18/2020 8:05:06 PM EDT
[#6]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AZ-AR15: Made a mount for my American 8 which has been sitting around unused for the last year. Hope this press works well. https://i.imgur.com/kEtqbRg.jpg?2 It looks like you could use that mount to prop up a tank while you messed with the road wheels...  I am trying to avoid spending a bunch of money on Dillon toolhead storage bases, so I spent time working on some DIY ideas in that direction. I'm progressing, but I don't have anything actually done yet. Funny thing; I still only have one caliber setup for the Dillon... But I don't think I'm getting ahead of myself. 
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AZ, USA
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Posted: 7/18/2020 9:02:37 PM EDT
[#7]
Small number of rounds with 5.9 grains of Universal and 200 grain SWC
Half plain lead, other half Hi-tek coated. Will chrony using a government size 1911. These should make major plus a bit of margin. Curious to see if the velocity differs between coated and non-coated. |
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Posted: 7/18/2020 9:40:25 PM EDT
[#8]
Tossed my brass from this morning ing I to the tumbler before a movie with the family, then pulled it.
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Posted: 7/18/2020 9:43:24 PM EDT
[#9]
Cleaned, deprimed, sized, trimmed, cleaned again about 2000 5.56.
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Posted: 7/18/2020 10:30:21 PM EDT
[#10]
Got my order from Powder Valley in yesterday, ordered 5k of SP primers on the evening of the 9th. Pretty thrilled with the quick order processing and shipping.
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Posted: 7/18/2020 11:02:52 PM EDT
[Last Edit: dryflash3]
[#11]
 Finished up my 10 mm loading block project.  Loaded 100 workups with 180 gr plated with 2400 and Power Pistol. Placed a powder order with Graf's, then posted heads up in the where to find thread. |
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USA
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Posted: 7/19/2020 2:13:09 AM EDT
[#12]
Neck turned about 100 cases, removing about 0.002" of thickness. Having to neck turn really sucks.
Now the bushing in my die works reasonably well with the brass and I can seat bullets without crushing the cases or denting the bullet tips. Neck turning was really key to being able to use this batch of brass. It seemed like a trade off of neck turning, buy a new/custom bushing or buy a finishing reamer. Also, I now have about 0.004" neck clearance on the diameter, maybe even 0.005",... maybe. |
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AL, USA
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Posted: 7/19/2020 12:23:52 PM EDT
[#13]
Cleaned up the bench, organized the reloading room and set up to load a quick 1k of 9mm.
Having another new reloader over to learn how to reload. |
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Posted: 7/19/2020 12:45:51 PM EDT
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Posted: 7/19/2020 5:58:31 PM EDT
[#15]
Organized my bench and stash of brass, and while doing so I found a bag of once fired 6.8 brass. Tossed it in the tumbler.
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Posted: 7/19/2020 6:01:04 PM EDT
[#16]
Shot a bunch of my reloads.
 Panteao Pistol Practice |
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Posted: 7/20/2020 11:36:02 AM EDT
[#17]
Pulling 90 gr Gold Dots from 6.8 loads.
From now on, I will always mark every cartridge in a load work up. |
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Posted: 7/20/2020 12:59:09 PM EDT
[#18]
Yesterday I vacuumed a mess of shavings off a prep bench then trimmed another 250 pieces of brass. Loaded around 300 .223 with .24gr of Benchmark.
I ordered a couple ammo cans and 1k small pistol primers from Midway then another 1k from my wife's account to another address. Bought 2 boxes of Nosler 180gr JHP and 1000 Ranier RNFP on the EE for a bit of 10mm loading |
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Posted: 7/20/2020 5:05:08 PM EDT
[#19]
Prepped a couple hundred .223 cases.
Currently trying to figure out how to make a round counter out of a bale counter. |
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Posted: 7/20/2020 6:33:51 PM EDT
[#20]
Sized 1,000 5.56 cases. Dillon carbide sizing die and Hornady one shot makes for very easy sizing. Can do around 1,000/hr in my Hornady LnL
 Now to dry tumble and run through the Giraud, just a wee bit slower |
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AL, USA
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Posted: 7/20/2020 10:24:02 PM EDT
[#21]
Loaded some test loads...
5.56= 75gr hpbt with AR-Comp 7mmRM= 175gr Nosler Partition with H4831... This shows promise... Trimmed and swagged 500pcs 5.56 brass |
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Posted: 7/20/2020 10:47:25 PM EDT
[#22]
Fully prepped 1100 pcs of .40 brass.
Bought some more 7.62 LC. |
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Posted: 7/21/2020 12:53:06 AM EDT
[Last Edit: dryflash3]
[#23]
 Got in another 1k of 10 mm brass in today. Sorted out small primer cases, only 6. Got about 300 deprimed. |
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Posted: 7/21/2020 5:42:23 AM EDT
[#24]
I just finished 2000 of my 3500 piece run to use up the last of the supersonic 300Blackout components.
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Posted: 7/21/2020 7:57:48 AM EDT
[Last Edit: PointBlank82]
[#25]
Got in a large flat rate box of mixed once fired 10mm brass (two more ordered!) Looks like 25% SPP! Gonna sort today and get the 650 purring. I've got a Banshee 10mm to feed now...
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Posted: 7/21/2020 11:10:03 AM EDT
[#26]
I rejoined the world of reloading after a 10 year break with the purchase of 8 lbs of powder and 1000 primers
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Posted: 7/21/2020 11:41:15 AM EDT
[#27]
Spent yesterday afternoon cleaning up and oiling an old star lubesizer.
I've had it for a few years, never used it. Probably gonna sell it and invest in more reloading supplies. |
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Posted: 7/21/2020 11:43:12 AM EDT
[#28]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Mr_Psmith: I rejoined the world of reloading after a 10 year break with the purchase of 8 lbs of powder and 1000 primers Welcome back! Today I’m finishing off the last of my 123 gr Gold Dots and CFE BLK in some 7.62x39. |
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WA, USA
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Posted: 7/21/2020 11:59:40 AM EDT
[#29]
Back ordered a few thou of RMRs 9mm 124 gr MPRs and sorted a 5 gallon bucket of 9mm brass looking for crimped primers.
Today’s agenda: swaging a 5 gallon bucket of 223, can’t wait to pull the trigger on a CP2000 and RL1100.... |
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Posted: 7/21/2020 3:46:19 PM EDT
[Last Edit: AeroEngineer]
[#30]
Ran 100 new Remington 6.5x55 cases through the sizing die. Cartridge mouths were all diets of dented and out of round. 99 are in the tumbler for a final polish.
One case beck was pre-split by Remington at the factory and missing a chunk of brass, so into the scrap bin. |
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Posted: 7/21/2020 8:00:00 PM EDT
[#31]
Picked up 2k small rifle primers locally. Still no SPP in stock anywhere around here.
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AL, USA
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Posted: 7/21/2020 8:47:44 PM EDT
[#32]
Cleaned about 500pcs of 45acp, and 350pcs of 5.56
Removed lube and trimmed 50pcs of new 300WM. This is my first time working with new brass. I may go this route with all of my bolt guns. |
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Posted: 7/21/2020 9:03:16 PM EDT
[#33]
Loaded 200 rounds of .223.
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Posted: 7/21/2020 9:29:38 PM EDT
[#34]
de-capped a decent amount of 7.62 brass. going to try to finish it up after work.
bought some 230gr XTP's locally. (only 2 boxes) received a Brownell's order in containing various sundries and treats. squared all of that away. de-capped some more MS 9mm brass |
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AL, USA
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Posted: 7/21/2020 9:42:56 PM EDT
[#35]
Running two tumblers to start processing .223.
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Posted: 7/21/2020 10:26:26 PM EDT
[#36]
Got the rest of the 1k of 10 mm brass decapped.
Ended up with 1020, 14 of which were small primer pocket. Got 2 batches wet tumbling now. |
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Posted: 7/21/2020 10:39:21 PM EDT
[#37]
Ran about a hundred more 6.5x55 cases through the resizing die.
Extremely frustrated to discover RCBS does not include a 6.5mm pilot in the Trim Pro 2 kit. I had simply assumed with the popularity of 6.5mm cartridges it would be included. So I ordered a Trim Pro 3-way cutter with 6.5mm pilot from Midway. It should be here at some point either later this week or later this summer. Who knows. |
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Posted: 7/21/2020 11:23:48 PM EDT
[Last Edit: WeimaranerDad]
[#38]
The 60 to 75 rounds of 9mm I cranked out the other night I had the EGW/Lee Under Size die in Station #1 of the 650 toolhead. Like usual, the Dillon Powder Measure was in station #2 . It was taking a lot of “ uummphh! “ to resize the cases.
So I moved the Dillon PM to station # 3 , the U die to station #2, and a Dillon resizing die to station #1 .  EDIT: still had the Redding Micrometer seating die at Station #4 and the Lee FCD at #5. With the Dillon resizing die at Station #1 as like a pre-re-sizer, it took less uumph (aka elbow grease) to resize the cases. The EGW/Lee U die still did a final squish on the cases. The added bonus was the Dillon sizing die has more of a radius at the bottom of the die, so case placement was less critical. All this brass was left UNlubed. Both resizing dies have carbide inserts. And yes, I checked the Dillon PM multiple times to make sure it was throwing consistent charges. EDIT AGAIN: I made 100 rounds like that and measured each for OAL and case gauged every single one of them before boxing them and giving them green stripe across the headstamp treatment. Did not have a single one fail the case gauge. |
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Posted: 7/22/2020 7:44:35 AM EDT
[#39]
Sunday I cruised over to Runnings and grabbed a Hornady LNL Powder measure, so I could have one dedicated to pistol and one for rifle, and the last box of Berry's 230gr Plated 45.
Got home saw dryflash's post about some powder at Graf's and ordered up 16# Unique, 8# IMR4198, and 8# IMR4064. These are my go to powders for simplicity over the calibers I shoot. Probably should have grabbed 8# IMR4350 as well. Went online and ordered some LNL die bushings, sure lock rings, and case activated powder die to complete the little things I needed to expand the calibers I am running. Yesterday I started looking through my library of manuals to look at some loads I want to work on. Still in the debating phase of getting into casting as I work at a car dealership and have access to a lot of wheel weights...... |
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Posted: 7/22/2020 8:01:40 AM EDT
[#40]
Tossed the 6.5x55 cases I resized last night into the tumbler with some corn cob.
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Posted: 7/22/2020 10:38:50 AM EDT
[#41]
Surprisingly, academy sports had a bunch of Hornady .45 XTP and come XTP 124g 9mm Bullets in stock at the store. So I bought a few boxes of each. They are out of loaded ammunition. It's nice when you reload, because a lot of the stuff is still in stock. And it was at the old prices.
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Posted: 7/22/2020 10:46:50 AM EDT
[#42]
Resized the last 40 or so 6.5x55 cases in my stash. Going to toss them in the tumbler while I sort the already resized cases by headstamp.
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Posted: 7/22/2020 11:40:22 AM EDT
[#43]
Sent off for 300 free bullets -- 22 Cal .224 55 gr SP with cannelure Item #2266
Hornady Get Loaded 2020 Promotion. |
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Posted: 7/22/2020 12:22:52 PM EDT
[#44]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Horskinator: ...Still in the debating phase of getting into casting as I work at a car dealership and have access to a lot of wheel weights...... @Horskinator Keep thinking aobut it, but start collecting now. If you get into it later, great! If not, lead is always easy to sell off to others who reload. Staying on topic: I finished assembling my new reloading table and installing my new Inline Fabrication hardware (Micro Ultramount and a Flush mounted plate). I'm working on press storage now and should have that sorted by the end of the week. I'm also hoping to have an under-table cabinet built by the end of the weekend so I can increase the stability of the table. |
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AL, USA
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Posted: 7/22/2020 6:02:29 PM EDT
[#45]
Cleaned about 300pcs of 45acp
Loaded some test loads for my 300wm bolt gun using H4831 and 180 and 200gr bullets |
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Posted: 7/22/2020 6:21:44 PM EDT
[#46]
I placed two orders on Monday. Dillon didn’t have the caliber conversion I wanted in stock, so I got that from Amazon (about the same price as Dillon with Dillon’s shipping). But nobody else had the extra case feed adapter I needed, so I got that and a powder funnel from Dillon. When it’s all in, I will be able to set up for .223, 300 Blackout and .380 Auto.
I got shipping notice from Dillon today, and that should be her Saturday (at least according to FedEx right now). The Amazon shipment should be here Sunday. |
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Posted: 7/22/2020 6:45:46 PM EDT
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Posted: 7/22/2020 7:15:13 PM EDT
[#48]
Tumbled clean 200 pieces of .38 brass. Started decapping and trimming.
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Posted: 7/22/2020 7:50:42 PM EDT
[#49]
Went to a small LGS about 10 miles away and happened to find an old and a newer 1# IMR4320. Paid $28.50 a pound, not a bad little find.
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Posted: 7/22/2020 8:04:43 PM EDT
[#50]
Emptied 2 loads of 10 mm brass from the wet tumblers, got them drying under the ceiling fan, will be dry in the AM.
Got 2 more loads of 10 mm cases going. Sized, belled, and primed 75 357 cases, and then ran out of shop time. |
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