What do you have waiting for you in the reloading room?

I didn't do my usual three or four day bullet casting sessions. I usually fire up the wood stove. Put the window fan exhausting out the window, and flip on the attic exhaust fan and cast an estimated years worth of bullets, round balls, and slugs.
I haven't been shooting as much in the last few years and have been marchthrough my surplus.
I definitely want and need to get caught up.
 
Anyone have suggestions for how to pull bullets easier than with a hammer type puller - i smack away with that thing in general and make no progress. Hard surfaces, wood, a hockey puck. Bullets take forever to remove - good workout though :)[/QUOTE]
I smack it on a hardwood chopping block I keep by the woodstove. No give to it and works much better than hitting it on my wood work bench. My reloading bench will be waiting until fall for me as it doubles as a fishing rig tying bench this time of year. Tied Black Sea Bass rigs today, going to the Flemish Cap tomorrow(not quite that far):D
 
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stonebuster said:
Anyone have suggestions for how to pull bullets easier than with a hammer type puller - i smack away with that thing in general and make no progress. Hard surfaces, wood, a hockey puck. Bullets take forever to remove - good workout though :)
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I smack it on a hardwood chopping block I keep by the woodstove. No give to it and works much better than hitting it on my wood work bench. My reloading bench will be waiting until fall for me as it doubles as a fishing rig tying bench this time of year. Tied Black Sea Bass rigs today, going to the Flemish Cap tomorrow(not quite that far):D[/QUOTE]

Some people just shoot them.
 
I've got a pretty long list of projects I thought I would have completed by now. In mid-May I was sent to Germany on short notice (3 days, pack your chit and go) for 30 days due to current events. That was 49 days ago, here I remain...

I was working on reforming a bunch of 7mm RM brass into .350RM. I just finished annealing it and was about to start cutting to length. Had a bunch of 9mm and .223 to load for matches, but now that's not so urgent since my last match was early May and my next will be.... I also started load development for my Rem M7 in .260 that I had re-barreled. I also wanted to work up a load for my .270 as I've drawn for a guided mulie hunt in MT for Nov. I was hoping to get to it before the hot summer came, but now it can wait till early fall.

I suppose the good news is I'm not suffering from the component shortage..
 
Hi...
Lots of tasks awaiting me in the reloading room. Sort brass from the last range trip, tumble said brass and then process that brass.
Always lots of revolver and semi auto pistol brass to load, seems no matter how much my son and I load we always need to load more.
I haven't loaded any .45AutoRim or .38Spl in a few months, so I know there is a need to load those two calibers. Might as well add .375SuperMag and .357Maximum to that list now that I think about it.

Always need to load some rifle ammunition in various calibers. We have a decent amount loaded up but there is no such thing as too much ammunition.

In short, there is always something to do in the reloading room. I could spend eight hours a day, five days a week and never be finished(as long as I had components).
I retired so I could do what I want when I want, so I have no interest in turning reloading into a "job". When supplies of loaded ammunition get to a certain point, I spend a few days replenishing my loaded ammunition supplies. When I'm am satisfied that I have adequate supplies on hand again, then I turn my focus to other hobbies and interests.
 
Chuck R. said:
I've got a pretty long list of projects I thought I would have completed by now. In mid-May I was sent to Germany on short notice (3 days, pack your chit and go) for 30 days due to current events. That was 49 days ago, here I remain...

I was working on reforming a bunch of 7mm RM brass into .350RM. I just finished annealing it and was about to start cutting to length. Had a bunch of 9mm and .223 to load for matches, but now that's not so urgent since my last match was early May and my next will be.... I also started load development for my Rem M7 in .260 that I had re-barreled. I also wanted to work up a load for my .270 as I've drawn for a guided mulie hunt in MT for Nov. I was hoping to get to it before the hot summer came, but now it can wait till early fall.

I suppose the good news is I'm not suffering from the component shortage..
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I hear you there- just home from a 70 day trip that was a last minute- grab your bags, you're leaving tomorrow am
 
About 18 32S&W long, 150 9mm, and 50 .357mag. As soon as my new die gets here (Wed) then a whole bag full of 308s.
Today, furniture shopping with my wife, she never asks for anything so when she does I make sure her request is first priority over everything else that is going on.
Tomorrow I need to cook a London Broil in the smoker and slice it up into lunch meat, then I can play in the reloading room.
 
tightgroup tiger said:
Tomorrow I need to cook a London Broil in the smoker and slice it up into lunch meat, then I can play in the reloading room.
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What time’s lunch? I’ll bring a couple of side dishes and adult beverages…
RE: Cats VS Dogs. I’m a die hard Larson fan.

I’m thinking of embarking on a precision test for both coated and jacketed 9mm out of a P320 for competition loads (125PF). FP vs RN in 147, 135 and 124, at different COLs.
 
stonebuster said:
Anyone have suggestions for how to pull bullets easier than with a hammer type puller - i smack away with that thing in general and make no progress. Hard surfaces, wood, a hockey puck. Bullets take forever to remove - good workout though :D
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You can always try a collet-type puller. Otherwise, try using a bullet seating die to push the stubborn bullet a little farther into the case, then use your inertia puller again. I've done that a few times with military surplus rounds and it worked pretty well.
 
stonebuster said:
Anyone have suggestions for how to pull bullets easier than with a hammer type puller. :)
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Wood isn't the way to go with the hammer type bullet puller.
I was at Everett Steel a couple of years ago picking up some material and they had one foot sections of Railroad Track for $20. That's what I use with my hammer type bullet puller.
A nice solid piece of steel is the answer.
 
@ tightgroup tiger .32 S&W long. Another caliber I had no idea existed, lol. I saw a few of those at the range the other day among the piles of 9mm brass. Had to pick one up and examine it to see what it was. So many cartridges, so little time :cool:
 
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