What have you done in the reloading room today

[AJC1]

Word on the street is... I might be back in the .38/.357 business, too... so if the kids trip over any boxes of .38 bullets, you can send them my way...

Pm me what you want and it will arrive in 3-11 days depending on trips to Jacksonville...

 

[GeoDudeFlorida]

What? No flames? Have you met our good friend Blue Dot?

Blue Dot says, “You want boom and flash? How’s this for bloom-flash!?”
Power Pistol says, “Hold m’beer.”

 

[AJC1]

Blue Dot says, “You want boom and flash? How’s this for bloom-flash!?”
Power Pistol says, “Hold m’beer.”

Seriously. I hate the bark of PP..

 

[3sport]

That was my first manual, from back when my brother got his Reloader Special Kit back in 1986... still sets up on the shelf, even though I updated to #14 last year. If you know where to look, there's some pretty cozy data in that #11!

Myself included. I got that Speer manual with a Reloading Kit circa 1992 or 1993 ish.

 

[lightman]

So far today I resized and trimmed those 100 Starline 243 cases that I started working on the other day and prepped 20 45-70 cases. I think I can hear a tumbler running after lunch!

 

[Charlie98]

I think I can hear a tumbler running after lunch!

I walk out into the garage... and if I don't hear the tumbler humming away, I try to think of something to put in it. Idle hands are the Devil's Workshop...

 

[AJC1]

Sizing and gas checking before pc. Fresh out of 35 cal checks...

 

[PistoleroWadcutterGANG]

Today de-primed, inspected, sized 250 .357 Magnum cases. Loading up later today.

 

[Bearded Phil]

Sizing cast bullets on my Rock Chucker is not very efficient, especially with my Inline Fab ergo roller handle, so I got the old RS5 out of it's box and mounted it to the left of my primary station.

I like it in this spot, it's sturdier being in the central part of the bench for the force that's needed for sizing sometimes.

Remounted RS5

• Bearded Phil
• Sep 22, 2024

This week I loaded 100ea 357 mag for the silhouette match at Ben Avery in Phoenix tomorrow. I'm going to shoot the SW Regional match there this year and since I've never been for their regular match I decided I'm going to go and check out the scene before the big one in October.

Prepped up 40ea 38-55 cases last night. Expanded and primed waiting for powder and bullets sometime this weekend. I've been working on breaking in this new barrel on my Henry, it was fairly rough from the factory.

I've been in a cycle of taking it out to the range, shooting 10 shots, taking it home and cleaning it, polish with JB pastes, rinse and repeat. I hope I'm close to being done with these procedures and can just shoot it. Last weekend I took it out to the range for the weekly 10 shots and when I got home to look inside there were just a few spots that caught leading, the rest of the bore was clear. That kind of mirror shine that you get with a bore that just has powder fouling in it when you shine a light with a bore sighter in it.

 

[NR53]

Reloaded100-5.56/.223:

Lake city brass
RMR 69 grain HPBT
SW Tactical rifle powder
CCI 450 primers

 

[Walkalong]

I forgot I had to order more LNL inserts for the new press..

Always keep a few extra around, enough for a new set of dies minimum.........nothing worse than needing them and everyone is out. Lock rings too.

 

[3sport]

I'm about to start my first reloading session of 380 ACP in.....
Well, Let's just say, the last time I reloaded 380, I didn't need to take Advil after a workout.

 

[Charlie98]

so I got the old RS5 out of it's box

The RS presses are still great presses... I use mine as an all around everything press, and to assemble small lots of handloads. The RockChucker is a great garage press... for sizing big brass, something the RS isn't good for... but it's too much for many lesser things.

Always keep a few extra around,

I bought a bunch of them when I had my single-stage LNL press years ago, but I just didn't like the press, so I sold it... and those inserts. It is what it is....

I have 10 on the way... that should be enough to saddle up both my set of 9mm dies, and my 5.56mm dies. We will see how it does with rifle rounds... if it works well enough, I'll have to get 3 more inserts... for the .308 dies.

 

[Blue68f100]

Always keep a few extra around, enough for a new set of dies minimum.........nothing worse than needing them and everyone is out. Lock rings too.
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Or your forced to salvage some off another die set.

You always want spares around. I don't think you can have too many, though I'm setting on nearly 20 spares. I'm short on split lock rings though.

 

[Horskinator]

Last night I received my care package from @Charlie98 and his PIF items along with some I purchased and put them away. Now I am shopping for a 300 win mag since I have dies and components. Nothing else planned until Sunday when I should start 357 Sig again now that I have the expander die from Redding. The RCBS size die just does not get it.

 

[Bill M]

I have an old friend that gets his exercise walking in the forest, and picking up brass, he always asks me what I need, and a while back I told him I was starting to load for 300 BLK. Yesterday he brought me some, so today I cleaned them up and sorted through them, only a half dozen of so were derived from 223 cases!

 

[Blue68f100]

Last night I received my care package from @Charlie98 and his PIF items along with some I purchased and put them away. Now I am shopping for a 300 win mag since I have dies and components. Nothing else planned until Sunday when I should start 357 Sig again now that I have the expander die from Redding. The RCBS size die just does not get it.

I found I better not to use the expander on 357 sig. With the very short necks you need all the neck tension you can get. I also found out that the crimp hurt the accuracy.

 

[Horskinator]

I found I better not to use the expander on 357 sig. With the very short necks you need all the neck tension you can get. I also found out that the crimp hurt the accuracy.

Sadly I could not get the bullets to enter the case mouth. The neck was getting caught and destroying the case. Now they seat well and have plenty of tension. It took me several cases to get to where I needed it to be. Little bottleneck cases are no fun at first, but now it should be smooth sailing.

 

[LV Gun]

Blue Dot says, “You want boom and flash? How’s this for bloom-flash!?”
Power Pistol says, “Hold m’beer.”

Long Shot walks in and says to Blue Dot and Power Pistol plug your ears ladies throws back 3 shots of Wild Turkey 101 and breathes fire with a Sonic Boom

 

[Walkalong]

Or your forced to salvage some off another die set.

Yep

 

[AJC1]

Made my last pot today of the rcbs-358-180-sil. Ended up with more than half of a 30 cal can and I don't really shoot this bullet much. Still trying to judge an appropriate amount of each bullet for a working container and deep reserve... I also sized checked and coated the bullets I had checks for.... don't mind the few random Lyman 250s that were still in the pc container. I do full sheets or wait till the next session to finish off the batch.

 

[1976B.L.Johns.]

Made my last pot today of the rcbs-358-180-sil.

In flip-flops?

 

[Boom Vang]

What? No flames? Have you met our good friend Blue Dot?

Blue Dot says, “You want boom and flash? How’s this for bloom-flash!?”
Power Pistol says, “Hold m’beer.”

Long Shot walks in and says to Blue Dot and Power Pistol plug your ears ladies throws back 3 shots of Wild Turkey 101 and breathes fire with a Sonic Boom

I've tried all three. Long Shot wins on noise, Power Pistol wins on flash, and Blue Dot does a damn good job with both. I wouldn't use Power Pistol in any revolver for any purpose.

Back in the day before the Blue Dot Scare, I loaded a couple thousand .357 Mag 125 JHP grain with 14.5 grains of BD for use in my 4" Ruger Security-Six. Right out of Sierra Number one and it wasn't even the top load. 4000 rounds later, the gun was back at Ruger for re-timing.

 

[barnfrog]

Decapped, tumbled, sized and flared 150+ pieces of .41 magnum brass. While they were shakin' and bakin' in the Lyman Turbo 600, I took advantage of birthday pricing and free shipping at Midway and ordered 2k each of Remington 2½ and CCI 500 primers, The Complete Reloading Manual for .41 Magnum, an RCBS lead ladle, and 1000 12 gauge shotshell wads. Then I realized I was down to only a couple dozen Missouri Bullet Company .411" Trooper LSWCs, so I went to the MBC website and ordered some more.

 

[Bill M]

Horskinator, I've been loading 357sig for quite a while, when I started Dillon was the only carbide set I could buy, and not inexpensive! When Lee came out with a crimp die, I bought one, as the seated bullet could be pushed into the case with little pressure. The Lee collet still didn't crimp tight enough, so my friend Pete machined a little more off it, and I have had no problems since! As for accuracy, I shot it for years with a USPSA club, and it is acceptable, I quit using jacketed bullets when I got a GC mold from Accurate Molds.