Loaded up 200 rounds of 9mm major for my USPSA match this weekend.
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Got my shelves cut and polyurethane done. Gonna paint the framing this weekend and screw work surfaces down and hopefully start screwing presses down.
You found a real beer after those two ...right? I jest...asked a gal tonight in a bar that was drinking bud light if she knew the difference between the beer and her clit. The clit only tastes like piss for a second...cheers
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My son in law A. C. has a M1 that he loves to shoot. He ran out of Garand factory spec ammo awhile ago, time to reload.
375 rounds. 150 gr Hornady FMJBT and IMR 4064, functions great, shoots good enough for a 70 plus year old battle rifle. Next time we load will be a 168 SMK match load with better brass. Goal is 2 MOA @ 100. Whether we get that or not who knows, it will be an adventure trying.
375 rounds. 150 gr Hornady FMJBT and IMR 4064, functions great, shoots good enough for a 70 plus year old battle rifle. Next time we load will be a 168 SMK match load with better brass. Goal is 2 MOA @ 100. Whether we get that or not who knows, it will be an adventure trying.
Still making progress slowly. Last weekend I got the old press mounted. Also got the new tumbler and the 750 unboxed and set up.
I intended to use the old press for decapping, etc. but wanted to play with the Dillon so I decapped some 9mm. After a couple hundred rounds (maybe) it was clear a case-feeder was going to be required! There was no way I was going to reach up and drop in each and every case into the feed tube. I wanted to order a cover and a couple of other things from Dillon so called and the case feeder was backordered. I wasn't in a big hurry so didn't worry much. The cover and other items arrive Friday (4 days) and I was pleasantly surprised to find the back-ordered case-feeder on my door step the next day. A whole 1 day delay!
I intended to use the old press for decapping, etc. but wanted to play with the Dillon so I decapped some 9mm. After a couple hundred rounds (maybe) it was clear a case-feeder was going to be required! There was no way I was going to reach up and drop in each and every case into the feed tube. I wanted to order a cover and a couple of other things from Dillon so called and the case feeder was backordered. I wasn't in a big hurry so didn't worry much. The cover and other items arrive Friday (4 days) and I was pleasantly surprised to find the back-ordered case-feeder on my door step the next day. A whole 1 day delay!
Primers are in the other cabinet but you are still correct
2200 LRM, 4054 LR, 1100 SRM, 1720 SR. Not much into handgun (yet) and have 912 LPP. I am not a high volume shooter whatsoever, but I would still love to have 5K+ of everything.
Finally finished my run of 223 in GFL . I think gfl brass is underrated. I get a lot of it as clean swept up range brass.
There are some, about 5% that the flash holes are so off center they won't deprime well and I just toss those. Since I have a manual press no harm no fowl.
The brass is on the softer side (by feel) and have gotten good accuracy from it.
Stop tossing it and iether use it or barter it. Another item I found was worth saving was peanut butter plastic jars.
They hold 120ea 223 rounds with room for a desiccant pack. You don't have to be ninja to fit them in.
They fit nicely in a side pocket of a ruck.
The 27.5g of cfe223 and 52g speer bullets are in a good slow node with sub 1 1/4 accuracy in an ar for me.
There are some, about 5% that the flash holes are so off center they won't deprime well and I just toss those. Since I have a manual press no harm no fowl.
The brass is on the softer side (by feel) and have gotten good accuracy from it.
Stop tossing it and iether use it or barter it. Another item I found was worth saving was peanut butter plastic jars.
They hold 120ea 223 rounds with room for a desiccant pack. You don't have to be ninja to fit them in.
They fit nicely in a side pocket of a ruck.
The 27.5g of cfe223 and 52g speer bullets are in a good slow node with sub 1 1/4 accuracy in an ar for me.
My bench is small, so my presses mount in T track so it’s quick to change out from one press to another. Added a Redding T-7 to the fleet, so I spent Sunday afternoon building a base plate for it. 3/8” 6061 plate as I’ve used on the Dillon’s.
washed all my brass a week ago 5 5gallon buckets all in one load man it was noisy in an old metal cement mixer , sun dried and hand checked to make sure they were all dried inside and out , checked all the necks so that they all were ready to go , hand primed and loaded up my first 100 rounds today of h 4350 in my preferred load , also loaded up 50 to play with of rl 17 , another 25 of n555 and Winchester 6.5 stabal to see if It will work better with the 130gr bullets than it did with the 140's , but overall its been a blast so far one of those things I could kick my own ass for not doing 30 years ago I am shocked just how fun it can be creating your own ammo , shooting it getting all the information and seeing just how good or bad that load was comming home and making tweeks to the round to see if you can get it better next time .
My goodies from Inline showed up so was able to get my presses bolted down to new bench. Back in business and I can finally throw that old desk in the fire pit!
This came into stock yesterday ... so I bought it at Midway. Need to get better consistency in die seating and measurements and have been suspecting that constant removal and replacement of dies in my single stage press might be part of that. We shall see.
I loaded up some of my used-to-be-cheap .223 rem ammo for the local steel matches, chasing down any errant powder kernals and/or dropped primers along the way.
Holding a cardboard sign that says ... "Will work for dropped kernels and primers."
Loaded up some 338 edge with N565 and N570 and tried out the 300 weatherby Lee collet I modified for 338 edge.
The brass for my next build came in. That Rich Sherman is a good dude to talk with.
I was also at the Hodgdon site and picked 2lbs of 4166 and later I noticed Ramshot LRT was in stock so run don't walk
I was also at the Hodgdon site and picked 2lbs of 4166 and later I noticed Ramshot LRT was in stock so run don't walk
Resized some 6x fired Lapua in 260, and uniformed primer pockets on some new 260 brass.
Loaded 800 rounds of 9mm competition loads for USPSA.
Loaded some 175gr Berger OTMs in the lords caliber
Got my new to me Giraud trimmer all setup
Got my new to me Giraud trimmer all setup
After work this evening I was able to relax and get an AMP unpackaged, setup along with a Grey OPS pilot tray (#1, #17 & #73) along with an extra holder. Tomorrow I’ll sit down a read the instructions manual from cover-to-cover and anneal some Horandy 6.5. I’m pretty pumped 
right now to have this setup on the bench.
Going to continue my search for SRP’s, again. It’s been +5-6 months and have struck out each & every time. Maybe 2nd half of 21’ will go better than the 1st
right now to have this setup on the bench.Going to continue my search for SRP’s, again. It’s been +5-6 months and have struck out each & every time. Maybe 2nd half of 21’ will go better than the 1st
I’ll trade you some srp for that ZeroAfter work this evening I was able to relax and get an AMP unpackaged, setup along with a Grey OPS pilot tray (#1, #17 & #73) along with an extra holder. Tomorrow I’ll sit down a read the instructions manual from cover-to-cover and anneal some Horandy 6.5. I’m pretty pumped
Going to continue my search for SRP’s, again. It’s been +5-6 months and have struck out each & every time. Maybe 2nd half of 21’ will go better than the 1st
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I assembled my new Redding T-7 Turret Press, mounted it to my new Inline Fabrication base, attached it to my reloading bench ... and thought about all the cartridges I could make without having to recalculate and retest die adjustments. Still have my trusty Redding single-stage press on another Inline Fabrication base on the other side of the room. New toys - great fun ...
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No shit!!! I’ve only been reloading for a few years, I had no idea that tool existed. Now I gotta get one!!!Comparator
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How do you like that 419 press? Worth the price tag I bet?After work this evening I was able to relax and get an AMP unpackaged, setup along with a Grey OPS pilot tray (#1, #17 & #73) along with an extra holder. Tomorrow I’ll sit down a read the instructions manual from cover-to-cover and anneal some Horandy 6.5. I’m pretty pumped
Going to continue my search for SRP’s, again. It’s been +5-6 months and have struck out each & every time. Maybe 2nd half of 21’ will go better than the 1st
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My T7 was setting on the porch when I came home from the range. Sunday delivery!
I ordered the Inline Quick Change plate this past Thursday, should be here this coming week
I had a day stressing on exactly which powder, checking a new shoulder bump (ar) mesuring ogives and cannelure shutting off cealing fan ect.
I forgot one thing.
Can you guess?
I forgot one thing.
Can you guess?
That's right Alice I'll put the damn primers in when I want too.
Ok now sounds good.
Ok now sounds good.
I bought some wire shelves to replace a 25 year old press board book case that was beginning to sag under the weight of all my bullets. Hopefully I won’t ever have to move these again.
Finished priming 200 rounds ready for powder then a bullet . which also marked the end of my first box of 1000 primers used yea me . Found out I need to learn to keep my notes a lot better between the different powders I have been trying and what results I have been getting at the range my notes have become almost illegible spent hours trying to recopy it into a clean notebook but still lost a few pages to bad ink bleeding over and between the two pages .
Do you have a pc (windows) ?
So site will not allow me to paste a word document file. Maybe due to android phone? Whatever.
Anyone that wants it can pm me an email address that wants it I guess.
It could be refined but works.
@acudaowner
So site will not allow me to paste a word document file. Maybe due to android phone? Whatever.
Anyone that wants it can pm me an email address that wants it I guess.
It could be refined but works.
@acudaowner
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Normally this would be a small score but finding this one box of 230 grain ELD-X it feels like a major score.
Scored 8lbs of SW Match yesterday. Just ran 50x random .223 cases through my MightyArmory Gold Match Sizing Die w/ Mandrel. Plan on hitting the range in a week or two for load development testing with RMRs 69gr 3GHs out of my new Criterion Core 16" 1:8tw .223 Wydle.
powdered up another 90 rounds to be pressed tomorrow after what I am hopping is another great day at the range .
@acudaowner - haha....you think I jest! LOL
I'm brand new to metallic reloading....at age 68 I'd better learn this stuff fast. No telling how much runway I have left! haha
Did decades of shotshell for skeet but you can be asleep and not mess that up. Metallic...wow, I need to make my buddy, who talked me into diving into this rabbit hole, really pay for it someday! LOL
I actually haven't reloaded a finished cartridge. I did prepare brass....decapped, tumbled, lubed, FL sized, neck trimmed with my friend's Giraud (and yes, it is hard on the fingers....looking at Henderson now), tumbled again, and primers seated. And yes, there was a lot of headbanging along the way.
Now I'm trying to understand RCBS manual on their Match Master which seems to have been written in China...sigh. RCBS gives big discounts to vets so I went for this unit although its pricey at full list (and ain't cheap with discount either). I do wonder wtf the engineer or product manager was thinking who picked a display that can't show full characters and necessitate a table in the back to tell you what letter corresponds to their hieroglyphics.
I started reading about Newberry's OWC, ladder tests, Satterlee method...and maybe some of these are the same.....and got a headache. Save it for another day....I see some mindless TV watching in my near future.
Haven't even gotten into the joys of bullet seating.
In between head bangs, been watching vids also....I really like this guy Erik Cortina. He seems to know his stuff and he's funny as hell. Seems like a guy you would really like to go have a beer or ten with.
I'll get it eventually....but I'm sure I'll drive some people crazy with pestering dumb questions before I do. Well, that and a LOT of aspirin.
What I need to do is focus in on the next step...powder drop and figuring out this RCBS scale...and not go all over the place reading a bit about this and then that. I'm a mess. haha
But yes....that gif was indeed my reality this last week! LOL
Cheers
I'm brand new to metallic reloading....at age 68 I'd better learn this stuff fast. No telling how much runway I have left! haha
Did decades of shotshell for skeet but you can be asleep and not mess that up. Metallic...wow, I need to make my buddy, who talked me into diving into this rabbit hole, really pay for it someday! LOL
I actually haven't reloaded a finished cartridge. I did prepare brass....decapped, tumbled, lubed, FL sized, neck trimmed with my friend's Giraud (and yes, it is hard on the fingers....looking at Henderson now), tumbled again, and primers seated. And yes, there was a lot of headbanging along the way.
Now I'm trying to understand RCBS manual on their Match Master which seems to have been written in China...sigh. RCBS gives big discounts to vets so I went for this unit although its pricey at full list (and ain't cheap with discount either). I do wonder wtf the engineer or product manager was thinking who picked a display that can't show full characters and necessitate a table in the back to tell you what letter corresponds to their hieroglyphics.
I started reading about Newberry's OWC, ladder tests, Satterlee method...and maybe some of these are the same.....and got a headache. Save it for another day....I see some mindless TV watching in my near future.
Haven't even gotten into the joys of bullet seating.
In between head bangs, been watching vids also....I really like this guy Erik Cortina. He seems to know his stuff and he's funny as hell. Seems like a guy you would really like to go have a beer or ten with.
I'll get it eventually....but I'm sure I'll drive some people crazy with pestering dumb questions before I do. Well, that and a LOT of aspirin.
What I need to do is focus in on the next step...powder drop and figuring out this RCBS scale...and not go all over the place reading a bit about this and then that. I'm a mess. haha
But yes....that gif was indeed my reality this last week! LOL
Cheers
Just an fyi.
My son just bought cci 450 primers for 6-7 cents a piece at lgs in North Texas. Limmit was 1000 count box.
They are tricking out if you're at the right place right time.
Were out before he was out the door but it's a start.
No powder available by 4PM.
My son just bought cci 450 primers for 6-7 cents a piece at lgs in North Texas. Limmit was 1000 count box.
They are tricking out if you're at the right place right time.
Were out before he was out the door but it's a start.
No powder available by 4PM.
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Replaced this POS.......
With a marvel of vehicular engineering.
Since I park trucks in my reloading room, it qualifies for this thread.
With a marvel of vehicular engineering.
Since I park trucks in my reloading room, it qualifies for this thread.
Loaded test rounds for my RPR. LRI spun me up a Krieger barrel for it. 
Watched a few episodes of The Pacific while I did it.
The episode where John Basilone was killed was tough for me. My father in law fought in the Pacific and Korea.
Working on M1A loads with D46 Lapua today.
Watched a few episodes of The Pacific while I did it.
The episode where John Basilone was killed was tough for me. My father in law fought in the Pacific and Korea.
Working on M1A loads with D46 Lapua today.
