I think it's all loaded!!

[jeeptim]

Hey fellas the binge is over.
In the past few weeks I have been on an all out assalt on the reloading bench either the ammo can for a particular caliber is full or out of brass.
.223/5.56. 2600
300 B/O. 1850
.458 Socom. 540
Colt 45. 600
7.62x54r. 500
303 Brit. 500
7.62x39. 1000
8mm mauser 500
7mm rem mag 80.
Now for guys like us thats what we keep on hand. And it makes sense Buy In in bulk.
This is where it gets WEIRED all on a single stage press yep a trusty rock chucker. I have a lee move by hand turret press and from time to time do use it mainly seat then crimp.
I tried the turret with the powder measure but I just don't trust it. I need to see the powder in every case. I use the lil plastic 45 trays that come with store bought ammo once primed sized trimmed stand um up fill with powder check powder level with a flash lite I do 5 to 10 at a time and try to use boat tails as the bt will kinda stay in the case till I press it in. I have been doing this method for years and only 1 squib powder did not ignite.
I get really busy in the summer shooting fishing wheeling and trying not to get fired for taking so much time off work. That' the reason for the binging I'm a bit ahead of schedule so I have about 50lb of lead I can cast and a few k of 223 brass I can remove crimp prime size and trim.
Now I know this post is long and pointless but I have noticed posts seem to have slowed down.
Over the years the high road has been been so co dependent on my reloading addiction want to help by partisapating.

 

[brewer12345]

Heh, I am in the midst of death by shotshell reloading. I think that by the time I finish loading all my primed hulls I will end up with about 4 flats of 20 gauge trap shells. That might not sound like much, but on a lee load all, it is a lot of loading...

 

[Hondo 60]

I had to buy a new caliber, 327 fed mag, just to have something to do in reloading.
I bought brass, bullets & dies.
The gun (SP101) will come in the spring.

It's cold so I haven't been to the range.
All my empty brass from last fall is all reloaded.
The shelves are full.

 

[D Rock]

Finished cleaning all my 9mm brass (60 lb +) and got 1K loaded so far.

Still pretty cold so I have more time. I don't count on having to load this summer.

Dave

 

[brewer12345]

Yeah, reloading right now is banking free time for me. I start a new job in a month, so the more I get cast and loaded now, the better the chances I will have time to shoot over the next 6 months.

 

[FROGO207]

I am a bit different in that I keep a few hindered loaded rounds for what I shoot. The major time in reloading is spent on brass prep. I will prep all my brass to the stage of add primer, propellant, and bullet, then crimp. Then I put it away. I more often than not am able to find the time to reload a batch for the next weekly range session before it comes around. If not I will use what I have put away as needed. I find this works best for me and keeps my supplies fluid as I need them. YMMV

 

[NWPilgrim]

I spent a lot of time testing and playing with rimfire guns last year. Just getting back to reloading for centerfire this month. went to the range last week to shoot test loads I had made up a couple of years ago, finally! This weekend I went through and inventoried all my .223 brass, bullets, powder, primers and ammo. Based on latest test data I planned out a simpler ammo/reload scheme and reorganized my ammo boxes accordingly. Then planned my next batch of test loads (final one for this caliber) which I am loading today and tomorrow. Currently have about 4,500 rds of .223 loaded but in too many different bullets weights and powder combinations. Going to use the now oddball ammo for plinking and start focusing handloads on the simpler plan going forward.

Once I get .223 straightened out, then I will do the same for .30-06 and .40S&W. Everything beyond those will be much simpler and smaller volumes to deal with. Spring is in the air here and I'm working to get everything ready for more outdoor shooting!

 

[brewer12345]

Done with 20 gauge. I ran out of hulls at 38 boxes. Testing some 38, 357, 35 Rem and 30-06 loads tomorrow afternoon and if I nail down something good for each I will have a bunch to load.

 

[jeeptim]

So with my large Qty of batch loading I have found loads that work very well and stick to that. When I go to the range or plinking every round on the money.
My son was shooting some 7mm rem mag I loaded 220yds he tells me..
Dad these are like lasers every round in a 3" group. Granted he has a really nice 700 with a scope that cost more then the gun.

 

[WestKentucky]

I wish i could hit the bench, but I don't know when it will happen. Right now I have to live vicariously through other folks here who are able to do the things I want to do, but I'm honestly happier now than ever before. I have two little girls keeping me away from the loading bench other than the occasional 15 minutes here and there. I still haven't loaded live ammo on my new LCT, and it's been mounted for at least a week now. I had planned to load some today, but instead I got to adjust training wheels, adjust a bike seat, clean out the garage for said bikes to live in, put up a Christmas tree, have Christmas, put away the Christmas tree, deal with a couple temper tantrums, play barbies, and get those little balls of energy to bed. Now I don't even want to let the recliner cool off. Oh, I also changed oil in the truck and dug the riding mower out of it's hibernation hole under the house. Was gonna try to service it and chop the knee high onions but it started raining as I finished up with the truck. All in all I think it was a pretty good day.

So jeeptim...and anybody else, post away...and I will enjoy glancing around THR in my few minutes from the playroom, from the recliner, and most likely from the porcelain...

 

[jeeptim]

West Guntucky
Att a boy! You play Barbie have tea party' fix bikes and kiss boo boos.
When a guy asks me about getting into reloading first question to them are you married? Kids? Yes to either I tell them wait it' so time consuming.
Buy ammo save the brass and pick up a quality reloading tool every now and again, once the kids are older and the wife is sick of you you'l have plenty of time. That' why most of us are old guys. I would trade all the days in the garage reloading all the ammo and guns for just one more day with my son when he was little.
Keep up the good work.

 

[someguy2800]

Nice work!