What did you do in the reloading room today?

8308 master race!


I also cut a Lee collet for 338 edge today
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And a bit of bullet measuring for a new reamer

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I use 8208 for my 75's. But I also drink tea with an extended pinkie....

I pulled close to 4000 8208 77s in December....good times....

Edit......."Pulled" in this case means made.

"Dick pulled the handle on the S1050 and .223 mankillers dropped into the bucket. Jane got so horny watching she put peanut butter somewhere special and called eagerly to Spot."

Bad choice of words on my part.
 
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Looks like I did fire my string of 223 using my LMT unsure what I used for an optic at the time. Likely a USO 1-8.

Not impressed.

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I was using 77s maybe 55s would fair better.
 
Ya, it's been impossible to find for the last 18 months. I bought 24lbs a couple of years ago and I'm running low.
Keep an eye on the retailers. Powder Valley dropped 1lb’s sometime in the last two weeks. I bought 5lbs to try in place of my dwindling 8208 supply.
Probably hit some other retailers here soon.
 
Love me some Tac for my 223 loads. Bolt gun loads, never used it for anything lighter than a 69gr bullet. The 75gr eld for my 223 is an excellent shooting load in all Temps I've shot it in. Every now and again I'd feel my bolt get a little sticky when it was 100 degrees but no other signs even at that temp and I honestly don't really want to be out shooting when it's that hot because it's just miserable in 90% humidity.
 
Apex 10/auto drive is assembled. And we cleared off all the other equipment to make room for all my “fancy” stuff.

Will update pics once all the toys are on the bench.
 

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With all the talk about people using/loving TAC, figured I’d add it here as well.
8lb jugs in stock at PV as of 10 seconds ago.
 
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Well that's just dandy.

Missed two powder availabilities today because of not sitting on the net all day I decided to work another batch of brass, and get some winter storm friendly food.

Just in case electric goes down in an ice storm (my gas oven wont work) and if gas goes out I can grill or smoke but wont matter since I will die in my frozen house probably working on more brass.
 
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Pulled out the AMP and annealed a few hundred cases of 338-LM, 300-PRC, 300-WM, and 6.5-CM. Got caught up on my bins of brass that had been stalled since I deprimed and cleaned it. Took over the kitchen counter for this work, so not technically in the "Reloading Room" ... but I could see it from there. I do LOVE my AMP ... can't imagine life without it. Every time I use it, I feel sorry for my friends using propane torches and spreading temp-sensing "goop" on their cases.

BTW ... to my Amp-buddies ... do get and install the new firmware update. The new feature that "auto-starts" an anneal simply by dropping in the case (without pushing the "Start" button), is an awesome process improvement and shaves both time and effort.

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Well that's just dandy.

Missed two powder availabilities today because of not sitting on the net all day I decided to work another batch of brass, and get some winter storm friendly food.

Just in case electric goes down in an ice storm (my gas oven wont work) and if gas goes out I can grill or smoke but wont matter since I will die in my frozen house probably working on more brass.
You must live in Texas ...
 
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Oh, that's good to hear. I wondered how many times that button would be good for.

AutoStart fixes it for me :)

BTW ... to my Amp-buddies ... do get and install the new firmware update. The new feature that "auto-starts" an anneal simply by dropping in the case (without pushing the "Start" button), is an awesome process improvement and shaves both time and effort.

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Some 308 takedown action.

I had a 308AR that has a tale of woe attached to it. Got it all worked out, learned a pile about reloading during the troubleshooting. Ended up selling it to a friend to finance the precision boomstick.

One of the issues was some bad once -fired brass. I sold all the good 308 brass but still have about 400-500rds loaded in this questionable brass that I've been shoving around.

Started the pull down process to recover projos (will make some blasting ammo for the M1, M1917, and M1903)
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, primers (for range ammo),
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and some of the powder (most was varget, will be saved. Rest is a mix of 2000mr, imr4895, and wc844). Brass will be crushed.
Some of that medium burn rate powder will be fertilizer... some will be....
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Hey, the kids gotta learn stupid shit and safety somewhere.
 
Ranges can be gold mines. Here I am just finishing up some non-match rounds of 6.5CM. These cases are all range pick-ups (94 total). I strongly believe they are once fired. Tight primer pockets. And measuring the fire firmed cases indicate that they were not stout loads at all. They are various head-stamps…and only one is a small primer case.

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