What have you done in the reloading room today

[CQB45ACP]

I'm weighing pistol brass and segregating them into lots. The reason is for a future test: does case weight and volume make a difference?

Oooh love me some tests. What caliber? Difference in what?

 

[CQB45ACP]

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I thought that was funny btw.

 

[JmacD]

What powder measure & trickler is that? Does it work well? I have been trickling charges since 1972 but I am getting tired of it, especially when loading match ammo that takes a lot more rounds.

That looks like the Redding br in a Lyman stand. And the trickler looks like an auto trickler: maybe version 2? Linked to the A&D’s fx120 scale… I know you didn’t ask me. Lol

 

[BJung]

Oooh love me some tests. What caliber? Difference in what?

.357 Sig.

 

[CQB45ACP]

.357 Sig.

Rats...I don't shoot it but look forward to test anyway.

 

[GeoDudeFlorida]

I'm weighing pistol brass and segregating them into lots. The reason is for a future test: does case weight and volume make a difference?

I think you just blew @CQB45ACP mind. He’ll never be able to “retire” from testing!

 

[GeoDudeFlorida]

Rats...I don't shoot it but look forward to test anyway.

9mm is very sensitive to volume differences. Or so I’ve heard.

 

[.45Coltguy]

Loaded up yesterday's range 45c. 100 pieces of rp with 9.8 herco under my cast Lyman 250.... View attachment 1228734View attachment 1228735

9.8gr Herco? Stout load.

 

[AJC1]

9.8gr Herco? Stout load.

I really like it in my model 25. I don't have any single actions or historical pieces. I'm just keeping it all under 20k and calling it a day...

 

[Captain*kirk]

I'm weighing pistol brass and segregating them into lots. The reason is for a future test: does case weight and volume make a difference?

In a nutshell, yes.

 

[irishlad]

Installed a target hammer and a cheek riser on a 10/22.

 

[Soonerpesek]

9mm is very sensitive to volume differences. Or so I’ve heard.

I think I can hear the gears from here…!!

 

[dartor]

Made some room in the reloading shop this morning. Took fifteen 5 gallon buckets of brass to the recycler. I always look through their lead selection. Scored some wheel weights, monotype and some mystery lead. Tested the mystery lead with muratic acid when I got home, it passed.

 

[horsemen61]

I loaded 50 rounds of 6.5 Creedmoor

I loaded 50 rounds of 6.5x284 Norma

I loaded 50 rounds of 6 ARC

Big range day next Saturday can’t wait!

 

[AJC1]

Cleaned the 308 and the model 25. Decaped today's brass and it's taking a ride in the wet tumbler... I hope to stay motivated and load the ww 45c brass I shot today as the last of that kind of brass dad had loaded. 150 rounds more to complete a total 45c safe turnover....

 

[Pottimus]

Loaded some 7.62x39, I swear Trail Boss is made from $20 dollar bills, you can make out Jackson's ear in the top right of the pan.

 

[GeoDudeFlorida]

View attachment 1228911 Loaded some 7.62x39, I swear Trail Boss is made from $20 dollar bills, you can make out Jackson's ear in the top right of the pan.

Looks more like Ben Franklin to me.

 

[AJC1]

Loaded the last of my imr-4227 in 45c. I tossed the remainder on the lawn, despite having 60 cases ready I only made it to 41. The last 16 I had to do with a Lee scoop. The temaining 9 slots in the box I loaded with herco and the 250 lyman. All that went in the grass.

 

[NR53]

Loaded up 20- 9mm with Servicios y Aventuras Small Pistol Primers, True Blue powder and mixed brass. This is the first time I've tried these primers ( I've got 2K). Shot them through a striker fired Springfield XDS. All went BOOM on the first try. Not scientific but they seemed to be a little hotter than Fiocchi, Genix, Murom and CCI. Brass came out very clean. YMMV. This was the green and yellow boxed primers, not the white box.

 

[Captain*kirk]

Tossed the 2 dozen .45-70 cases I cut down last week into the wet tumbler with a bit of Lemi-Shine, a drop of Ultra Dawn and 1 oz. of FA brass cleaner with the SS pins and turned it on for a nice long tumble while I find other things to do. Hopefully it will clean the primer pockets for me as in the past. I hate cleaning primer pockets, even with my RCBS case prep center.

 

[Captain*kirk]

Gotta tell ya, fellers...this Lyman brass/media separator is the cat's pajamas! Stack the baskets inside each other, dump the cases and media in and shake, and all those little pins go to the screened basket leaving the cases in the inner basket. Load the cases into one tray in your dryer, the pins in another (lined with nylon window screen) and switch on the dryer. Cases are done in about 15 minutes, pins take a little longer. No muss, no fuss, no lost pins down the laundry sink.

 

[BJung]

I resized .357 sig brass by first using a 40S&W carbide die and then following up with a .357 sig steel die to size the neck and bump the shoulder. No lube needed.

 

[Horskinator]

Got up really early this morning and finished the case prep of the military 223 FC cases and they are now cleaned and in the dryer. I will hand prime them all to verify the primer pockets are good to go. I believe it is somewhere a little over 5-600 cases. I will say I am happy with the LNL AP swage setup so far. I will be going to HD or Runnings to get some clear tubing and a hose clamp for the stripper die so it is one less action I need to be involved in.

 

[Charlie98]

for the stripper die

What is a 'stripper die?'

 

[Charlie98]

I think I can hear the gears from here…!!

Oh, there is probably a few of us that learned about the 9mm sensitivity to OAL and other variations the hard way...

Loaded the last of my imr-4227 in 45c

Well, this is a sad day, indeed...

I'll let you know how my AA4100 does... I picked up my last 8# of IMR4227 for just under $300, out the door, but those days are likely long gone... so this jug will prolly be my last.