What have you done in the reloading room today

stonebuster said:
Nice Pre Model 10! Looks just like the one I bought last year days before my 73rd birthday and turned out it was "born" in the late August - early Sept of 1950 as was I. My serial#12411X. A guy contacted me on another forum stating he got his Pre-Model 10 snub lettered from S&W with the ship date and his was 3 units later than mine. Yours has the "speed hammer" as mine does and probably has the same smooth trigger. Mine carries well in a Bucheimer "Concealer" (C-15). Load data for your reloads?View attachment 1231027
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awesome! The load is 4 grains of accurate 2 under an extreme 158 plated SWC crimped in the cannalure at 1.440. Works great and clean in all my revolvers. One jagged hole if I do my part in the 15-4 snub
 
I separated out known problem 9mm cases (nickel plated Hornady and WIN cases), and cleaned/dried approximately 1400 cases of mixed 9mm brass (mostly Federal).

Wet tumbled without pins, with the primers still in the cases. I figures out, early on, using pins is a waste of time.

I may get a Lee APP at some point to deprime, and swage my growing collection of cases with crimped, or unusually tight primer pockets. I hate the idea of trashing all those cases, but I sure do like only pulling the handle once for every round, vs 3 times to decap, swage, then load.
 
I spent the better part of the mid morning to early afternoon loading 120 38 Special 125 GR HDY XTP with 4.3 Grs Hodgdon HP-38.

Had to tumble brass first as I neglected to do that yesterday. Then single stage reloading as this is my new passion. I have become a fan of slowly "Crafting" cartridges these days rather than fast loading progressive. I suppose if I spent more time at the range, this may change those preferences.

Then finally, I tumbled my 357 brass for tomorrow so I got a jump on that relording stint.

Tomorrow, 357 Magnum will take center seat on the reloading bench.
 
Back to decapping/resizing. My farmer buddy has a buddy whose wife shoots .38Spl w/ her girlfriends and she saves her brass. Neither one of them reloads, she just saves it up for recycling. She gave me a small baggie (74) via my buddy. And a bunch of Bok Choi. 🤤

They were pretty clean so they got a quick tumble first.
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A pic for those curious about how the barstool reloading bench works.
 
Put 300 38spl cases in the tumbler before sitting down at the bench. Reloaded 250 rnds 158gr RNFP over 4.3 grains HP-38 using CCI SPP. Then I emptied the tumbler. Two of my DW 15-2 revolvers have had several FTF per range trip (@150rnds)with Argentine SPP(Servicios). My Smiths and Rugers seem to do much better with Servicios than the DWs. I'll use CCI for the DWs for a few hundred rounds & use Servicios for the Smiths and see what results.
 
Got what I think the last 40 30-06 cases from my mentee for forming into 7.7. I provided every piece of brass he has but there was a lot loaded or primed by my dad I provided to shoot. Set up the lathe and cut off the necks for forming.

Loaded 100 357 with 154 noe cast boolits and 13.7 grains #9 in Winchester brass.

Loaded 50 federal nickle cases with 14.3 grains #9 and the 158 Sierra jsp. Thanks shoebox1.1. These are my critter getters.
I wore out the last of my accurate #9 and sadly our time together was great...
 
I sorted about 20lbs of range brass. There was a lot of 9mm & .223/5.56 but someone dumped a lot of 6.5 CM, .308 & 30.06 I wish I had that kind of money, I was more than happy to pick up their droppings. LOL
I had a quite a few duds to tear down but that's just part of picking up range brass.
I still don't understand why some think that a round that was chambered & has a dot on the primer is a dud. Floating firings pin will cause a dot on the primer it's not a dud. About half of what I'm pulling is a dotted primer rounds.
 
Last couple of days trying to get busy at the reloading bench. Realize I am getting short on range ammo.

Loaded 50 .308Win in once fired nickle plated Federal brand cases I recently sourced, using Federal LRP, IMR 4064, and 150 grain Hornady FMJ-BT.
Need to load at least another 50.

Loaded 150 .45ACP using mixed brass, Winchester LPP, AutoComp, and 230 grain LRN bullets from Missouri bullet Co.
Need to load at least another 150 of these.

Also on the list is .44MAG for use in a revolver.
 
About to start a 100 round reloading stint with 357 Magnum at the bench.

But first, GOOD NEWS TODAY! My Gunsmith texted me about 1 hour ago to let me know that my vintage British 303 Enfield is ready to be picked up! Yahoo indeed. I dropped that classic firearm off to him many months ago to check headspace, barrel, and to clean it up and make sure it was ready to be put back into service at the range. He said it's ready to go. So now I get to enjoy ordering some ammo, reloading components, and dies for 303 British from Midway.

I also had him repair my vintage Remington 22LR Rangemaster. The action was frozen from using it without a clip. That can happen with those models, but I never had a clip for that rifle. I bought it used from a friend in my teens and he didn't have a clip so I used it single shot. Now that it's repaired, I know Midway has aftermarket clips, so I'll add a few of those to the 303 British order.

When I finish my reloading, I am off to pick up my two vintage firearms from the Gunsmith. He's only 15 minutes away, but of course we'll chat for a bit, so it will be a few hours before I get back home. I have a thread about that 303 British if interested HERE.

It will be a busy but fun shooting sports day.

Enjoy the day, gents.
 
3sport said:
About to start a 100 round reloading stint with 357 Magnum at the bench.

But first, GOOD NEWS TODAY! My Gunsmith texted me about 1 hour ago to let me know that my vintage British 303 Enfield is ready to be picked up! Yahoo indeed. I dropped that classic firearm off to him many months ago to check headspace, barrel, and to clean it up and make sure it was ready to be put back into service at the range. He said it's ready to go. So now I get to enjoy ordering some ammo, reloading components, and dies for 303 British from Midway.

I also had him repair my vintage Remington 22LR Rangemaster. The action was frozen from using it without a clip. That can happen with those models, but I never had a clip for that rifle. I bought it used from a friend in my teens and he didn't have a clip so I used it single shot. Now that it's repaired, I know Midway has aftermarket clips, so I'll add a few of those to the 303 British order.

When I finish my reloading, I am off to pick up my two vintage firearms from the Gunsmith. He's only 15 minutes away, but of course we'll chat for a bit, so it will be a few hours before I get back home. I have a thread about that 303 British if interested HERE.

It will be a busy but fun shooting sports day.

Enjoy the day, gents.
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W00t!

Nice! If you need some brass to get you started with either one, hit me up.
 
GeoDudeFlorida said:
W00t!

Nice! If you need some brass to get you started with either one, hit me up.
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Thanks! I may do that, IF you have plenty of extra. I have none, so I'd have to buy some anyway, and use the once-fired brass from Midway after firing the factory rounds. I was going to pay a bit extra and go with Remington factory rounds for a bit better brass than PPU. PPU is the least expensive on Midway, by a fair margin over the rest of the 303 British cartridges at Midway. But some sportsmen say that PPU is very good quality and one of the most accurate bench rounds available. I also see that Hornady and Federal 303 British cartridges are offered at Midway.
 
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3sport said:
Thanks! I may do that, IF you have plenty of extra. I have none, so I'd have to buy some anyway, and use the once-fired brass from Midway after firing the factory rounds. I was going to pay a bit extra and go with Remington factory rounds for a bit better brass than PPU. PPU is the least expensive on Midway, by a fair margin over the rest of the 303 British cartridges at Midway. But some sportsmen say that PPU is very good quality and one of the most accurate bench rounds available. I also see that Hornady and Federal 303 British cartridges are offered at Midway.
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Is Winchester okay?
 
Waiting for the Chargemaster Link to warm up I reloaded 100- 9mm:

mixed brass
RMR 115 grain MMW
True Blue powder
Fiocchi SP primers

Then I loaded 100- 6.8spc:

Federal brass
Speer 115 grain gold dot
AA2200 powder
CCI 450 primers

This was the last of my .277 dia. 115 grain gold dots. I haven't seen any rifle gold dots in stock since before Covid.
 
A followup to my recent Igman (IK 03) 5.56 split brass post…

Didn’t mention this earlier, but in addition to the mildly acrid scent, the powder inside of approximately 10 of the Igman cases was clumped together.

I located an additional 6 boxes (180 rounds) of the IK 03 buried beneath some PPU 5.56 battle packs, an arrangement, politically speaking, that was tantamount to cooling molten lead with water! 🤯

I pulled the additional 180 bullets, then tossed all of the IK M855s, along with a few fingers of acetone, into a mason jar. After a few minutes of agitation, projectiles were dried & then tumbled (walnut) for about 10 minutes.

I entertained second thoughts about decapping & reusing the primers, but after talking with a pal who’s been reloading longer than I’ve been walking, the primed cases ended up in a jug of (used) motor oil.

Before & after of the M855s…


 
riverats said:
A followup to my recent Igman (IK 03) 5.56 split brass post…

Didn’t mention this earlier, but in addition to the mildly acrid scent, the powder inside of approximately 10 of the Igman cases was clumped together.

I located an additional 6 boxes (180 rounds) of the IK 03 buried beneath some PPU 5.56 battle packs, an arrangement, politically speaking, that was tantamount to cooling molten lead with water! 🤯

I pulled the additional 180 bullets, then tossed all of the IK M855s, along with a few fingers of acetone, into a mason jar. After a few minutes of agitation, projectiles were dried & then tumbled (walnut) for about 10 minutes.

I entertained second thoughts about decapping & reusing the primers, but after talking with a pal who’s been reloading longer than I’ve been walking, the primed cases ended up in a jug of (used) motor oil.

Before & after of the M855s…


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Beautiful
 
Tumbling brass and cleaning guns this evening, great little outing today. Reckon i over did it a bit as I somehow have 12 to clean, but the smiles were totally worth it. You know what I'll be doing the next 2 evenings. I'll say that 45 Colt True Blue load I've been using totally made me look like I knew what I was doing. Shot very well today.
 
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