What have you done in the reloading room today

[eddiememphis]

I made bullets!

102 rounds. 9mm RMR 135gr FMJ-TC. W231, 4.2gr @ 1.10".

I bought a birthday gun. I want to see how they work in it.

 

[AJC1]

I made bullets!

102 rounds. 9mm RMR 135gr FMJ-TC. W231, 4.2gr @ 1.010".

I bought a birthday gun. I want to see how they work in it.

Happy birthday!!!

 

[OFFGRID]

loaded some 243 win today. vintage 70 grain nosler hp with 49 grains of staball 6.5. they shoot well. makes me wish i had a chrono. the data says they are MOVIN! lol

 

[Ray P]

I managed to find time today to pull down 100 rds of hot loaded 9mm I picked up a while back. Glad I bought them just to get them out of circulation. These were badly corroded on the inside, some badly caked powder, and weird mix of flake, short cylinder, and something that looks like 4F pyrodex.

Edited to add: it was all labeled as N340 (50 ea) and N350 (50), these are both short cut extruded powders. But the powders that came out of the cases were a mix of 2 or 3 different types of flake and extruded.

Also the pulldowns included 50 pieces of 9mm headstamped "MM" "6" "43". That is one I can't find in the intl cartridge collectors assoc lists. These were likely factory rounds, not the n350 they were labeled.

 

[GeoDudeFlorida]

I managed to find time today to pull down 100 rds of hot loaded 9mm I picked up a while back. Glad I bought them just to get them out of circulation. These were badly corroded on the inside, some badly caked powder, and weird mix of flake, short cylinder, and something that looks like 4F pyrodex.

Edited to add: it was all labeled as N340 (50 ea) and N350 (50), these are both short cut extruded powders. But the powders that came out of the cases were a mix of 2 or 3 different types of flake and extruded.

Also the pulldowns included 50 pieces of 9mm headstamped "MM" "6" "43". That is one I can't find in the intl cartridge collectors assoc lists. These were likely factory rounds, not the n350 they were labeled.

Unknown 9mm headstamps

I was digging through some spent 9 mm casings and ran across a couple of strange headstamps. Maybe you guys can help me out. They both look vintage. The first has 9 at 10 o’clock and MM at 2 o’clock with 43 at the bottom and an annular primer crimp ring. The second has DI at the 10 position...

forum.cartridgecollectors.org

Somewhat controversial cartridges you have there.

 

[Ray P]

Unknown 9mm headstamps

I was digging through some spent 9 mm casings and ran across a couple of strange headstamps. Maybe you guys can help me out. They both look vintage. The first has 9 at 10 o’clock and MM at 2 o’clock with 43 at the bottom and an annular primer crimp ring. The second has DI at the 10 position...

forum.cartridgecollectors.org

Somewhat controversial cartridges you have there.

I checked the list, but didn't have access to the forum. Thank you for sharing that!

A friend has a bandoleer of the Bay of Pigs false flag .30-06, so I guess I shouldn't be surprised this kind of stuff is out there.

 

[geo57]

Assembled .357 Mag. 158 gr. poly coat SWC on top of 12.5 grs. of 2400.

 

[barnfrog]

Sized, flared and primed 18 pieces of .357 Magnum brass. Will charge, seat and crimp with Hornady 158-grain XTP HPs and 12.8 to 13.2 grains of AA#9. I worked up a hunting load with 13.4 grains for my Blackhawk, but I need to work up from starting charge again for my Model 19.

 

[IALoder]

Ran a load of 9mm in the wet tumbler, drying now. As that was running I ran another 150 9mm on the Six Pack Pro, and sadly..... ran out of Sport Pistol. I've been very happy with the 124gr Plated RN and Sport Pistol loads, DEFINITELY going to buy some more when I find it locally! I have some N320 I need to set the powder measure and powder check up for, and then I'll run that until I'm out!

 

[JmacD]

I swept and mopped the floor. And swapped the rifle sized rotor in my thrower for the pistol sized one. Added another box of 30 cal 178gr eld-x bullets on the shelf. And 2 boxes of 340 gr 50 cal eldx muzzleloader bullets on the shelf as well. Sized 50 new Hornady 308 brass for my bro… after a couple measurements, I think the same n140 “recipe” will work with the new brass…

 

[bigpower491]

Well it's been awhile since I'd been out there. Got a text and into a conversation with @Yamifrk last week and it really picked me up and got me motivated to get back out and on it again. The Pro 2k was still set up for 38s from months ago, so I ran 100 after work today. Spent yesterday cleaning up my horribly overgrown range, then unpacked some stuff and put it back on the shelves, as it looks like I'm gonna stay for a few more yrs.
I go on afternoons tomorrow until they figure out this strike, so I reckon I'll go out back and make some brass to tumble in the morning.
It's good to back in the saddle, and thanks Kenny

 

[igotta40]

Back at it again after a phone call to Lyman, my trimmer part is on the way. Today it was 6.5 Grendel day, 80 cartridges, 4 different bullets, all loaded with CFE223.

 

[barnfrog]

Couldn't sleep so I finished up the ladder for my Model 19.

 

[Atavar]

Finally found a place with .25acp brass in stock so I got a hundred fired brass.
Of course out of the hundred four were berdan primed so I loaded up 96.
The little rounds were tricky but doable.
Of course my “universal” hand prime wouldn’t hold the little shells so I had to prime them on the press. It surprised me how well that worked. I kinda like it.
Thank goodness there was a powder through expander die in the set I got. No way would my powder drop reliably meter 1.4 grains of powder. I trickled every round and did a visual verify to make sure they were all at the same level of fill.
The spec said .91” for COAL but the bullets had a cannelure so I crimped to the cannelure at .895”. Is that the right thing to do? They all plunked perfectly in the barrel.
I used CFE-P just because I found load data for it and I had some.

 

[Yamifrk]

Well it's been awhile since I'd been out there. Got a text and into a conversation with @Yamifrk last week and it really picked me up and got me motivated to get back out and on it again. The Pro 2k was still set up for 38s from months ago, so I ran 100 after work today. Spent yesterday cleaning up my horribly overgrown range, then unpacked some stuff and put it back on the shelves, as it looks like I'm gonna stay for a few more yrs.
I go on afternoons tomorrow until they figure out this strike, so I reckon I'll go out back and make some brass to tumble in the morning.
It's good to back in the saddle, and thanks Kenny

Good to hear that you’re getting back at it. Hopefully being in the reloading room will take your mind off of everything that you have been dealing with lately. Stay strong AJ

 

[dobedo]

Range time this morning for the .500S&W magnum carbine. Shot 80 rounds loaded with H110 at 42 grains and 350 grain bullets at 100 yards and 150 yards. Finished decapping and now running through the ultrasound cleaner.

 

[NW Gunman]

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Finally found a place with .25acp brass in stock so I got a hundred fired brass.
Of course out of the hundred four were berdan primed so I loaded up 96.
The little rounds were tricky but doable.
Of course my “universal” hand prime wouldn’t hold the little shells so I had to prime them on the press. It surprised me how well that worked. I kinda like it.
Thank goodness there was a powder through expander die in the set I got. No way would my powder drop reliably meter 1.4 grains of powder. I trickled every round and did a visual verify to make sure they were all at the same level of fill.
The spec said .91” for COAL but the bullets had a cannelure so I crimped to the cannelure at .895”. Is that the right thing to do? They all plunked perfectly in the barrel.
I used CFE-P just because I found load data for it and I had some.

Congrats The 25 acp is the smallest bullet ive ever built. What gr bullet did you use? I loaded some 25 acp PPU 50 gr rn bullets with 1.4 gr of Win 572 in new PPU brass@ .9040. The data that Lee sent with their dies is what I used.

 

[NW Gunman]

I made another 100rds of 9mm Remington 115 fmj with 4.4gr of Win 231.

 

[eddiememphis]

Found an error...

RMR 135gr FMJ-TC. Most of them.

Found one that weighs 123.5gr.

That seems like a big difference. I have loaded RMR's 124s with the same powder charge so I don't think it would have been dangerous but I wonder if I would have noticed it.

 

[Atavar]

Congrats The 25 acp is the smallest bullet ive ever built. What gr bullet did you use? I loaded some 25 acp PPU 50 gr rn bullets with 1.4 gr of Win 572 in new PPU brass@ .9040. The data that Lee sent with their dies is what I used.View attachment 1172347View attachment 1172348

I used the PPU 50’s also, but loading to the cannelure gave me a slightly shorter COAL.

 

[AJC1]

Found an error...

RMR 135gr FMJ-TC. Most of them.

Found one that weighs 123.5gr.

That seems like a big difference. I have loaded RMR's 124s with the same powder charge so I don't think it would have been dangerous but I wonder if I would have noticed it.

They make a 115, 124, and 147 match winner. I only used the 115 but others can get mixed in. Might want to line them up as your seating just to visually compare as you seat.

 

[IALoder]

Ran another load of 9mm brass through the wet tumbler, trying to get all the brass I have cleaned! While that was going I reset the powder measure and powder check on the SPP for 4.1gr of N320 (4.0-4.2 is the sweet spot), and loaded up 50 rounds to finish the primer sleeve.

 

[JmacD]

Swabbed a couple of barrels. Ran a batch of new brass through the wet tumbler with no pins to just wax em. They’re spread out to dry. My kiddo is home after 2 weeks, so she was excited to help! (Technically I was in the reloading room repairing the water softener(that’s my day job) but it’s way to much like work. Haha)

 

[GeoDudeFlorida]

I got home and decided to see if the RCBS large seating micrometer stem I was given last year by a member here would thread onto my Lee universal expansion die. Don’t ask why. Maybe it’s like ergot or something.

 

[Watergate4040]

Spent the last few evenings pulling apart 500 inherited and overloaded 40 S&W. Used the whack-a-mole puller to save the bullets and powder.

Just out of curiosity I used the collet puller on 10 of them. They had 8.9 grains of Unique written in the box. They ranged from 9.1 to 9.7 grains. With magnum primers. By the way, the only 40 S&W this man owned was a Hi-Point that looks to have never been fired.

Reloaded 490 of them at 7.1 grains reusing the Unique. Loaded 10 more with fresh bullets at 7.1. I hate what the collet puller does to bullets so I don't like to reuse them.

Had enough powder left over that I also loaded 115 rounds of 45 ACP.

500 rounds, 6 with no powder in them.