What did you do in the reloading room today?

[Geno C.]

just asking bc your pic shows spent cases. Do you find sorting your 22 gives you better results down range?

Those aren’t spent cases in the picture. Yes, sorting has shown smaller groups for me, and more importantly, fewer flyers

 

[Geno C.]

So you going with bergers or smk?

I have something even better in store

 

[roostercogburn98]

I found some shitty weak brass, so in the process of culling it all. Aguila 30 carbine brass all bulged but the PPU didn’t. Have some Starline to play with and see what happens

 

[Ruskin]

Those aren’t spent cases in the picture. Yes, sorting has shown smaller groups for me, and more importantly, fewer flyers

Sorry man, those look like spent cases to me.

 

[Geno C.]

Sorry man, those look like spent cases to me.
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They’re not. No dented rims is a dead giveaway

 

[Powder_Burns]

@Ruskin nice reloading setup. Just gotta get rid of that bend pak in the corner there and you’re good to go.

 

[Ruskin]

@Ruskin nice reloading setup. Just gotta get rid of that bend pak in the corner there and you’re good to go.

Yeah, that stupid piece of junk. All it's good for is lifting my tuck up and down.

 

[Ruskin]

Yeah, that stupid piece of junk. All it's good for is lifting my tuck up and down.

@Ruskin nice reloading setup. Just gotta get rid of that bend pak in the corner there and you’re good to go.

 

[Ruskin]

They’re not. No dented rims is a dead giveaway

My bad, are you saying your are loading rimfire?

 

[Geno C.]

My bad, are you saying your are loading rimfire?

Yes

 

[Powder_Burns]

Yeah, that stupid piece of junk. All it's good for is lifting my tuck up and down.

Your words, not mine!

 

[Ruskin]

Yes

Well, this conversation just got a whole lot more interesting.
Tell us more about this process.
Why you choose to load rimfire vs purchasing, how does the cost compare vs performance?
Where do you buy virgin rimfire brass?
How do you deal with the primer challenge?
What projectile and powder are you running?

 

[Powder_Burns]

Well, this conversation just got a whole lot more interesting.
Tell us more about this process.
Why you choose to load rimfire vs purchasing, how does the cost compare vs performance?
Where do you buy virgin rimfire brass?
How do you deal with the primer challenge?
What projectile and powder are you running?

Cutting Edge is putting out primed .22lr cases and dies for seating bullets now, or should be soon.

 

[Geno C.]

Cutting Edge is putting out primed .22lr cases and dies for seating bullets now, or should be soon.

Last I heard they hadn’t secured a source for primed cases.

 

[Geno C.]

Well, this conversation just got a whole lot more interesting.
Tell us more about this process.
Why you choose to load rimfire vs purchasing, how does the cost compare vs performance?
Where do you buy virgin rimfire brass?
How do you deal with the primer challenge?
What projectile and powder are you running?

I chose to load my own in an effort to squeeze the most capability out of the tiny little rimfire case. Cost of primed cases was under .06 each delivered. I’m not sure what primer challenge you are referring to?? Projectile is still a prototype so I’m not at liberty to discuss it just yet. Powder is yet to be determined but I’ll start with clays or universal.

 

[Ruskin]

I chose to load my own in an effort to squeeze the most capability out of the tiny little rimfire case. Cost of primed cases was under .06 each delivered. I’m not sure what primer challenge you are referring to?? Projectile is still a prototype so I’m not at liberty to discuss it just yet. Powder is yet to be determined but I’ll start with clays or universal.

Good luck with the effort. The primer question was assuming that you were priming cases but I guess the cases are primed when you buy them.

 

[Geno C.]

Yes these are primed already

 

[Powder_Burns]

Corbin has a press setup for turning spent .22 brass into jacketed .224 bullets. You gotta supply the lead cores, but thats a thing too. If you’re into high volume .223 plinking or p-dogging.

 

[ken4570tc in WY]

My reloading adventure was no more exciting than a trip to Sportsman's to view the nearly empty shelves in the reloading and ammunition sections. I did pick up a box of Barnes 6mm 95grn LRX bullets and a tee-shirt that says 'These Colors Don't Run....They Reload.'

 

[Snuby642]

So a cheep manuver today.
Wallmart dog food containers.

Will hold 60 rounds 223 (2 mags) plus room for a small desiccant pk.
Short term storage.

Long term, vacuum seal.

Use better tape for travel.

 

[fyaman43]

Finished my *first* complete cartridges today - 100 9mm rounds with 115gr Xtremes and CFE pistol (50 at 5.0gr and 50 at 5.2gr with two different case lengths).

Went to the range and shot 'em all. All of them fed just fine in a CZ 75 and G34. Think I like the larger charge a bit better, waiting on the pistol rail adapter for my Magnetospeed to come in to get real data.

Prepped 100 cases of .45 tonight for the finishing touches tomorrow.

Hooked.

 

[blbennett1288]

 

[Geno C.]

Always brass prep to do

 

[Shoots 700's]

Finished 100 dasher for the match this weekend at Pigg River.

 

[CShooter92]

CE Products was good to a few of us this past week. Got my V3 set up and actually loaded up 100 dasher rounds I had primed just to play with it.

 

[Alabusa]

I loaded 150 rounds of 10mm with 180gr RNFP hardcast over 9.8gr of Blue Dot for a Speed Steel match in 2 weeks.

 

[Anb618]

Installed UniqueTec primer feed stop switch and case feed stop switch on my 650. Now the press will do exactly what I tell it to and I won’t have to spend 20 minutes on the floor looking for that single goddamn small pistol primer that got away from me.

Added some powder bar adjustment knobs to all four of my powder drops. Nice finger adjustability means no more trying to find the wrench to adjust my powder drops.

Still waiting on my index bearing block and spent primer drop chute conversion from EntirelyCrimson.

 

[NiteQwill]

60 rounds of 6GT for load development

 

[memilanuk]

Been looking for some brass (neck-turned specific to one particular barrel) that I haven't been able to find for a while - like since I moved 18 months ago. Finally decided to clear out a few boxes of stuff that I had shoved out of the way under a bench and in a cabinet when I moved into this 24'x32` detached shop. Figured they were mostly 'junk' as I had everything I'd "needed" already organized in other base cabinets.

The first box was indeed, mostly odds-n-ends, much of which was over-due for recycle. The rest, though...

Is it bad when you 'find' over 10,000 bullets you forgot you had?

 

[mscott]

I just added a Mr Bullet Feeder to the 650 for loading .223 ammo. A little pricy but speeds up production tremendously.

 

[Kevins750]

Haven't shot 223 in a while. All 77gr SMK's
20rds 24gr varget, 20rds 24gr RL15, 20rds AA2520 mag length
10rds 24.5 varget, 24.5 RL15, AA2520 single feed length

 

[isofahunter]

Working on preping 850 6.5 CM cases. So far deprimed and 1/2 way through cleaning them up.

 

[MTRecon]

Roll sized 223/556 brass...

 

[hollywood1981]

finished up my new reloading area/bench.

 

[Fixr]

Just finished throwing 5 pounds of powder to fill 175 cases for these 820 grain Spotter/Tracers

 

[Bradv86]

Sacrificed a case to dial in my annealer for 300PRC Hornady brass.

 

[hollywood1981]

Sacrificed a case to dial in my annealer for 300PRC Hornady brass.

Did you build that yourself?

 

[Bradv86]

Did you build that yourself?

Yes. There's a lot of info on the homemade induction annealer thread.

 

[hollywood1981]

Yes. There's a lot of info on the homemade induction annealer thread.

Nice, and thanks

 

[thefuzz250]

Sized and primed about 100 6.5 cases. Waiting on my .223 dies to get here.

 

[mcfred]

Cleaned, annealed, sized and primed 100 .223Rem for a match this weekend, and loaded another 100 pistol rounds for a rainy day.

 

[roostercogburn98]

Primed and flared case mouth in some 30 carbine.

 

[Punkur67]

I loaded up my 6.5 CM ammo for my first PRS club match on Sunday.
Lapua SRP brass
Berger 140 hybrids
H4350 powder
FGM SR primers
Velocities right at 2800

 

[joemusso]

I loaded up my 6.5 CM ammo for my first PRS club match on Sunday.
Lapua SRP brass
Berger 140 hybrids
H4350 powder
FGM SR primers
Velocities right at 2800
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@Punkur67 Are you tipping the 140'S or are you using them straight out of the box?

 

[Srikaleak]

Using a single-stage press, sized and decapped 712 pieces of Lake City .223 then de-crimped them on a Dillon Super Swage.

On ebay, I see a "Swage It" tool that would let me swage primer pockets on my Dillon 550b. Does anyone here use it? I'm thinking for the price of the tool and a die plate, I could do this in half the time.

Have you tried out the Swage It yet? I just heard of it today and after prepping 223 brass between press and Dillon Super Swager I was thinking of incorporating the Swage It tool on my 750XL.

 

[mr45acp2u]

Sized and cleaned all the 45LC, 38spl and 357Mag I had waiting to be processed. Over 9 pounds of 38 brass. Broke a Lee decamping pin when an errant primer made its way is a case.

 

[Powder_Burns]

Put some brass in zip lock bags.

 

[Punkur67]

@Punkur67 Are you tipping the 140'S or are you using them straight out of the box?

Straight out of the box

 

[7mMike]

Cut a draft shield in half and notched it out.

 

[XLR308]

Half way through deprime, tumble and resize 400 6.5 Creedmoor cases.
With any luck I will get them trimmed and chamfered by the end of the day.