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The reloading load evaluation has been slow lately so I decided to share some beautiful new 357sig rounds I loaded, obviously with the help of THR members.
Around January 2015 I started reloading 357sig after I received some PIF brass and bullets from BracketRacer_57. This PIF actually lead me to finally purchasing my P229 in 357sig.
Since I started reloading 357sig I have tried different bullet and powder combinations, and started refining my 357sig reloading skills. Along this path AOG sent me some 125gr V-Crown #9925 PIF bullets to try out. I was very impressed with the accuracy and expansion of the bullets. These bullets were not available locally, so I just made a mental note to one day try and get some of them and load some quality zombie loads.
A few months ago member Jell-dog decided to send me some nickel 357sig brass. I decided to just keep these to the side until I was able to get some quality defensive bullets. Last week I picked up extra BE-86 powder and found some V-Crown 125gr #9925 bullets locally. This is when I decided to finally create the zombie loads that have been in the planning stage for a while now.
Here is an image of the V-Crown 125gr #9925 bullets:
To create these zombie loads I decided to give these rounds the full treatment. Following are some pictures showing some of the steps these bullets went through:
1) Decap brass with universal decapper
2) Wash/dry the brass
Following picture shows the brass ready to be debulged and sized
3) Resize body
4) Debulge
5) Resize neck
6) Wash again to remove lube and dry
7) Tumble
The following image shows the brass coming out of tumbler. The 357sig was mixed with some 357mag brass.
8) Sort nickel brass by headstamp (FC and Speer)
9) Brushed inside of neck
10) Cleaned primer pocket
11) Sorted the FC headstamp brass (from Jell-dog) by length
12) Inspected brass and selected 25 of the same length for this load
Following picture shows the selected brass, ready for next steps.
To be continued in next post.......
Around January 2015 I started reloading 357sig after I received some PIF brass and bullets from BracketRacer_57. This PIF actually lead me to finally purchasing my P229 in 357sig.
Since I started reloading 357sig I have tried different bullet and powder combinations, and started refining my 357sig reloading skills. Along this path AOG sent me some 125gr V-Crown #9925 PIF bullets to try out. I was very impressed with the accuracy and expansion of the bullets. These bullets were not available locally, so I just made a mental note to one day try and get some of them and load some quality zombie loads.
A few months ago member Jell-dog decided to send me some nickel 357sig brass. I decided to just keep these to the side until I was able to get some quality defensive bullets. Last week I picked up extra BE-86 powder and found some V-Crown 125gr #9925 bullets locally. This is when I decided to finally create the zombie loads that have been in the planning stage for a while now.
Here is an image of the V-Crown 125gr #9925 bullets:
To create these zombie loads I decided to give these rounds the full treatment. Following are some pictures showing some of the steps these bullets went through:
1) Decap brass with universal decapper
2) Wash/dry the brass
Following picture shows the brass ready to be debulged and sized
3) Resize body
4) Debulge
5) Resize neck
6) Wash again to remove lube and dry
7) Tumble
The following image shows the brass coming out of tumbler. The 357sig was mixed with some 357mag brass.
8) Sort nickel brass by headstamp (FC and Speer)
9) Brushed inside of neck
10) Cleaned primer pocket
11) Sorted the FC headstamp brass (from Jell-dog) by length
12) Inspected brass and selected 25 of the same length for this load
Following picture shows the selected brass, ready for next steps.
To be continued in next post.......
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