What did you do in the reloading room today?

[Nodakplowboy]

Put these with the rest of the primer clan..

LGS had these in stock, traded 400's for 450's, 10 for 10. My 6BR varmint load was first developed using the 450, and I was down to less than 100. Good to go now.

 

[CK1.0]

Rounds 2001-2100 for Proof prefit #1.

 

[Mudflap621]

Quick hit today. Loaded another 50 fire-form loads for the BRA.

 

[XikoPlavi]

Cleaned up and organizing before next loading session this weekend...

Cool, gives me an idea of how big the amp is especially with the amp mate

What’s in front of the McDonald 3-way trimmer? Swage?

 

[NiteQwill]

Cool, gives me an idea of how big the amp is especially with the amp mate

What’s in front of the McDonald 3-way trimmer? Swage?

CPS (Primalrights)

 

[XikoPlavi]

Finally getting time to rearrange my presses to add the zero and the v3 (v4 will be a 2nd option soon). Gonna make another counter top on the green wall for 3-way trimmer, tumbler, barrel vice, and other prep work area.

 

[BLKWLFK9]

Built a bench/shelf for ammo storage, re-organized the whole room, cleaned, decluttered, and some miscellaneous odds and ends. Been meaning to do this forever. If you look at this and think this is bad, you've should have seen it before this weekend.

 

[COOP2564]

Loaded up some 130gr TTSX for my 300wsm trying varget to reach 3500 fps or close. I have a big game load using 178 eldx. Looking for a Deer/Pronghorn load that is flat...this should do it. Headed to range tomorrow.

 

[Carlos Danger]

Testing long jumps on 147 ELDM's. Curious on Varget vs. H4350

 

[Herb Stoner]

Got some annealing done…

Recruited my grandkid to help…

 

[Snuby642]

Sorted and did first cull on a 1000 pieces of range brass.

900, 223 and a mix for the rest that made the cut.

Next cut is depriming, if the flash holes are bad offcenter out they go.

That will give me plenty of dirty brass to test rice versus wallnut.

 

[XikoPlavi]

Testing long jumps on 147 ELDM's. Curious on Varget vs. H4350

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What caliber..308? Assuming it’s not a Creedmoor

 

[Halfnutz]

Nah. That's a heav(ier) CM

 

[XikoPlavi]

Nah. That's a heav(ier) CM

OK, good to know b/c I was wondering if varget would work for 6.5 creed. I’ve not tried it for CM

 

[VSP968]

Ran 257 pieces of new Winchester ‘06 brass through the mandrel die and then barely touched each one in the Giraud to deburr/ chamfer the necks.
Tomorrow the fun will really begin when I uniform the flash holes one at a time as I prime the cases on my T-7.

 

[Snuby642]

You should get a strait screwdriver and a 8 / 32 adapter.

 

[NiteQwill]

Received my cover for the ATV4.

 

[CanisLupus]

Received my cover for the ATV4.

Looking sharp! Did you order that direct from Stan?

 

[NiteQwill]

Looking sharp! Did you order that direct from Stan?

Yup, direct! Shoot him an email. Got it in 1 week.

 

[acudaowner]

I made a mess first I tipped over 8 trays of prepped brass then upon jumping up I knocked over 4 not well stacked boxes of needing to be sized brass ( about 4000 pieces in all ) thank god for those cheap plastic brooms w dust pan . I have to get more shelving stainless maybe wood with wheels .

 

[greentick]

@acudaowner: I hate when an oops becomes an awww shit!

 

[John Glidewell]

Got this set up. Very easy to tune.

 

[NiteQwill]

Got this set up. Very easy to tune.

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You put the platen guard that far back? I honestly like the V3 more... Lol. It's way faster.

I'll have to ask Adam about it. The ATV4 I have realized after a couple hundred throws is very finicky and not as consistent.

 

[Snuby642]

I have come to a revalation !

Liquid car wax and rice make better concrete than a tumbling media.

The car wax and mineral spirits released the starches in the rice and turned to concrete before flashing off. I know, dry works.

I wanted a slicker wax buildup.
Back to pet bedding wallnut for me.

 

[John Glidewell]

You put the platen guard that far back? I honestly like the V3 more... Lol. It's way faster.

Yes. And the hole is set back a bit so it is dropping off center. I had to dial mine in. Check under settings and see what the flow rate is after calibrating. Mine was .08. I shimmed the back rubber under the hopper with another thinner piece of rubber. Recalibrated and it was at .17 for flow rate. Set large wheel to 5 and small wheel to 7. Runs a load every 6 to 10 seconds. Which is a little faster than my V3.

 

[NiteQwill]

I'll continue to play. I just find it more sensitive than the V3 unfortunately. even after playing with the settings, too. I added and subtracted shims at the back, too. It seems to overthrow OR take 15+ seconds for a single throw.

 

[Middle Man]

I have come to a revalation !

Liquid car wax and rice make better concrete than a tumbling media.

Did you have to chip it out with a hammer?

 

[Snuby642]

Tried a few, gave up.
It was range pickup brass.

Only investment was pickup and deprime so not a big loss.

Disappointed in my judgment.
So many people using it thought I would try.

I'll stick to my standard, I like the outcome. Bullets seat butter smooth.

I figured I owed the guys a good laugh.

 

[Mudflap621]

Loaded these up and gonna hopefully rip em this afternoon!

 

[MJF]

Tumbled some brass from yesterdays range session.

 

[RG0099]

Finally decided to clean off the dry erase board in my reloading room. Five years of data. I don't even own some of those guns or barrels anymore...

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WOW!

 

[texas_vet00]

Not really a reloading thing per se but I bought a new kestrel to replace my 4500NV that was discontinued back in 2015. Laggard like a mofo I am apparently but now that I’m all caught up…

That counts for my reloading effort yes?

 

[VSP968]

Blocked out some time today so here I go…

 

[CanisLupus]

added more Inline Fab goodness to the bench!

 

[greentick]

Finally decided to clean off the dry erase board in my reloading room. Five years of data. I don't even own some of those guns or barrels anymore...

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At least you took a pic so you could reminisce.

I think I need a white board now. I've been putting these tiny stickers from the suture kits at work on everything but I'm seeing a better way of tracking some things.

 

[Herb Stoner]

Got some annealing done…
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Recruited my grandkid to help…
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Grandkid really like helping so had him load the hopper for me while he was visiting today. Had to get a booster seat so he could reach.
He counted to thirty all by himself so it has turned into a very educational endeavor.

Got some annealing done…
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Recruited my grandkid to help…
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[BLKWLFK9]

Loaded 250 rounds of 25cm today.

 

[Snuby642]

Deprimed tumbled and cut gfl out of range brass.

Gives me about 350-450 to run my 52g plinker load when I work them through.

 

[Halfnutz]

Added "Snowshoes" Grand slam kit for the 650.
I like the case and primer feed shut offs. The roller bearings also do smooth it out. Very pleased with the product and installation/ease of adjustment.
Quick release for the powder measure makes for toolless emptying of powder.

Ebay link

 

[VSP968]

Finished loading the last 250 pieces of my new Winchester 06 brass with 208 ELDMs and 208 Berger Hybrid target bullets over RL17….I somehow managed to find 700 pieces of Lapua 06 brass this past year and will be going back to it when this stuff wears out.

 

[ShaKr524]

Restocked the tumbler media and added an APP for 9mm processing. What a marvelous little gizmo.

 

[ShaKr524]

I need to buy one of those

I really like it. Its not perfect but for the money its a steal. I bought the swage kit also. Processed 2000 9mm military brass (deprimed, sized, swaged) in about 5 hours. No complaints here.

 

[mrtoyz]

Restocked the tumbler media and added an APP for 9mm processing. What a marvelous little gizmo.
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I used to tumble with corn cob and walnut. Switched to Stainless steel tumbler with Dawn and Lemishine. Will never go back.

 

[Choid]

It's worth the $150 +/- just for the swaging alone

It's a cool little press. I've hooked it up to a spare Mr. Bulletfeeder to size cast bullets, hooked it to a Dillon casefeeder for a bunch of stuff. If you put it on a Inline Fab mount it runs much sturdier than it looks in videos. I haven't tried the swage setup, because the presses I use where I would be using brass that need to be swaged already have a swage station, but I did buy it for shits and giggles because I want to see how it works.

It's the kind of tool you want to use a lot, so you look for a bunch of things you can do with it, even if you can do those things elsewhere.

 

[Snuby642]

Restocked the tumbler media and added an APP for 9mm processing. What a marvelous little gizmo.

Is that wallnut small enough to pass through flash holes?

I use lizzard pet bedding and the same nufinish with some mineral spirits to cut it.

After it flashes off dry it will poor through flash holes.

 

[vhntr1]

Some nice looking reloading rooms ,mounting my new area419 Zero press my wife bought me for xmass!

 

[ShaKr524]

Is that wallnut small enough to pass through flash holes?

I use lizzard pet bedding and 5he same nufinish with some mineral spirits to cut it.

After it flashes off dry it will poor through flash holes.

I have not had any problems with this media getting stuck in primer holes. I make sure to get the 24 grit (fine). The medium grit will pack the pockets full (don't ask me how i know lol). I thought about going to pins and wet tumbling and then abandoned the idea...... dry has always served me well enough.

 

[ShaKr524]

It's a cool little press. I've hooked it up to a spare Mr. Bulletfeeder to size cast bullets, hooked it to a Dillon casefeeder for a bunch of stuff. If you put it on a Inline Fab mount it runs much sturdier than it looks in videos. I haven't tried the swage setup, because the presses I use where I would be using brass that need to be swaged already have a swage station, but I did buy it for shits and giggles because I want to see how it works.

It's the kind of tool you want to use a lot, so you look for a bunch of things you can do with it, even if you can do those things elsewhere.

It really is. I had been given the 9mm military brass form a friend and didn't relish the thought of depriming and then swaging on the old RCII. When is saw the APP press and the swage kit on sale at Midsouth I said what the hell. Glad i did. Now I can also deprime/resize then tumble before loading on the PRO1000 which I prefer. That's another machine people dog on a lot but dammit if it doesn't make accurate ammo fast. I bought when it was all I could swing when raising a family and never felt the need to upgrade. The only problem with either machine is i run out of things to process or load pretty fast..... .

 

[Choid]

It really is. I had been given the 9mm military brass form a friend and didn't relish the thought of depriming and then swaging on the old RCII. When is saw the APP press and the swage kit on sale at Midsouth I said what the hell. Glad i did. Now I can also deprime/resize then tumble before loading on the PRO1000 which I prefer. That's another machine people dog on a lot but dammit if it doesn't make accurate ammo fast. I bought when it was all I could swing when raising a family and never felt the need to upgrade. The only problem with either machine is i run out of things to process or load pretty fast..... .

So I dorked around a bit with the swage system today. It's pretty neat. I kept thinking it was about to fail since it basically sits on a flat plate, but it works. I actually bought mine for a similar reason. A friend had Covid, and decided to do something nice for me, so he cast me a bunch of 10mm bullets, but he forgot to size them because he had a fever for a week and his brain was off a bit. I didn't want to ask him to do it, so I bought this. Glad I did.

 

[Mudflap621]

Loaded up another 101 6BRA rounds with the help of my 3 year old daughter. She loved loading the reloading block and counting how many pieces we had.