What have you done in the reloading room today

[mxjunky78]

'A' .308? You need more than one.

I have 3... a Savage 99F lever-action... it gets low- to mid-velocity cast. I have an M1a... so upper-range FMJ and BTHP's. And I have a 24" Savage 10TAC... the only rifle in the safe with decent glass, and that... for the moment... shoots better than me.

Variety is the spice of life...


But... if reading Horsky's enabled purchase of a .300WM has you thinking.... I have one more set of NIB .300WM dies available....

Don’t tempt me good sir! I’ve got a brand new set of somehow acquired .300WM dies on the shelf and you know how the saying goes…….well I’ve got dies for it so I guess I need a rifle for it.

 

[Charlie98]

Fiddling with the Hornady automatic Charge Pro (or whatever it's called.) Hornady CS was not a cornucopia of help, with only brief, one-line replies to my emails, so I just decided to figure it out on my own.... and tore the frikkin' thing completely apart. There was some powder build up in the drop tube, and in the mechanism... so I cleaned that all out, and made sure everything was assembled correctly. Believe it or not, the drop tube rides on enclosed roller bearings not unlike a wheel bearing, which surprised me... I expected solid bearings, or plastic.

I ran a test with extruded IMR4895... 75grn drops... and it blew through those lickety split. Not one bog or issue.

I then ran a test with W748 ball powder... again, 75grn drops... and it started to gag on it. Not nearly as bad as the other night, where the whole thing just locked up, but it was definitely struggling with it here and there. I can see the performance of it deteriorating if I continue to try and meter very fine ball powder through it. The issue there is the very shoddy solder job on the motor power leads.... I can see where, if I take this thing apart too many times to clean it out, one of those leads is going to break. So. For the moment, I'll reserve the Auto Charge Pro for extruded powders... IMR and similar. I will probably email Hornady back with my thoughts... and see what kind of response I get... but I admit, I'm not expecting much. Very disappointed.

 

[Charlie98]

Don’t tempt me good sir! I’ve got a brand new set of somehow acquired .300WM dies on the shelf and you know how the saying goes…….well I’ve got dies for it so I guess I need a rifle for it.

Well, and now you understand why I want those dies out of the house! I don't need a .300WM...

 

[GeoDudeFlorida]

Back to the hammer
.45Auto. The collet won’t grab the 185’s.
The hammer is slower but it never fails.

ETA: weighed ten charges. Low of 2.8gr and high of 8.8gr. W231. I told my wife to have her sister take her dad’s guns to a gunsmith to get checked out. Glad she got them. I can’t even imagine an 8.8gr W231 load in a 70yr old 1911!

 

[CQB45ACP]

Had so much fun the other day, I decided to load 50 9mm using my Lee turret including the AutoDrum dispenser thingy.

Sport Pistol meters very well with the AD and I was comfortable weighing only a few throws here and there. 4.5gr was my goal and made it each time. No leaking.

Seating was much more consistent & accurate than I recall. Interestingly (to me anyway), it was inconsistency that prompted me to buy Redding dies and a T-7 five years ago and just do it all manually including dipping. Could've saved $500

Cases were already sized and primed so it wasn't 50 rounds soup to nuts thus the open station. I actually don't know how I'd fit my current process into this setup. I now decap & size then wet tumble then expand & prime later. Seems like this was designed to decap & then prime dirty cases. No way!

Overall maybe half hour from setup to finish for 50 rounds. Light speed for me and might get me back to weekly shooting.

 

[Horskinator]

Well, and now you understand why I want those dies out of the house! I don't need a .300WM...

Yeah............... It worked well when I took a set off your hands.......... Now I have another rifle on its way to the new safe...... another caliber to load for........ Thanks for increasing my reloading and shooting work load @Charlie98

 

[3sport]

'Mornin' gents. At the bench early. 40 S&W this morning. Just 50 single stage to get the day started. Streaming CKUA out of Edmonton, Alberta and the show "The Old Disc Jockey" spinning his personal 78 collection of early 1920 - 1950 Jazz, mostly Big Band.

CCI Primers, Starline Brass, 4.8 grs HP-38, 125 gr JHP

 

[Charlie98]

Seems like this was designed to decap & then prime dirty cases. No way!

Back Home, Years Ago I thought nothing of reloading my dirty brass... it was what it was. These days, I almost maniacally get my fired brass sorted and into the tumbler. I even go so far as to re-tumble already tumbled brass before I load it... just to make sure it's shiny!

 

[jmorris]

These days, I almost maniacally get my fired brass sorted and into the tumbler. I even go so far as to re-tumble already tumbled brass before I load it... just to make sure it's shiny!

I go as far as tumbling it again after I load it to knock off the lube.

 

[Charlie98]

I go as far as tumbling it again after I load it to knock off the lube.

I do that as well... even though I know OneShot doesn't affect the powder. I just don't like greasy brass.

 

[zeke]

bout 850 rds of 44 special with lrfp, which bring on hand total to bout 1000 rds. 200 gn lrnfp, 6.4 gns hp-38, fed 150 primer for 800 fps from 696.

 

[CQB45ACP]

Back Home, Years Ago I thought nothing of reloading my dirty brass... it was what it was. These days, I almost maniacally get my fired brass sorted and into the tumbler. I even go so far as to re-tumble already tumbled brass before I load it... just to make sure it's shiny!

Yes sir!! Me too.

And didn’t you forgetfully leave your tumbler going while on the road?

 

[GeoDudeFlorida]

Yes sir!! Me too.

And didn’t you forgetfully leave your tumbler going while on the road?

SOME people take the almost out of maniacally.
Not pointing fingers but y’all know who you are.

If I don’t have to drive down to Leesburg I will get back to the hammer and pull more .45. If I do have to drive down there then I will just read on the road.

 

[CQB45ACP]

SOME people take the almost out of maniacally.
Not pointing fingers but y’all know who you are.

If I don’t have to drive down to Leesburg I will get back to the hammer and pull more .45. If I do have to drive down there then I will just read on the road.

I never forget to turn the tumbler off. I remember to leave it on.

 

[shoebox1.1]

Back Home, Years Ago I thought nothing of reloading my dirty brass... it was what it was. These days, I almost maniacally get my fired brass sorted and into the tumbler. I even go so far as to re-tumble already tumbled brass before I load it... just to make sure it's shiny!

It’s so easy to do. Walk by tumbler.. “how long did I run those?? Hummm…can’t remember . I’ll go another couple hours”

 

[Charlie98]

It’s so easy to do. Walk by tumbler.. “how long did I run those?? Hummm…can’t remember . I’ll go another couple hours”

...just to be safe!

 

[lightman]

Ah, you guys bring back memories, talking about Katrina and Charlie! I spent a month with Katrina and a couple of weeks with Charlie!

But to keep the thread on track, I deprimed a cup of range brass that a buddy gave me yesterday! Mostly 9's and 223.

 

[stonebuster]

Between my daughter's texts while she's attempting to get home after evacuating from Tampa & hanging home with wife post surgery, I put 300 38spl cases in the tumbler. Then cleaned the chimney for the woodstove in my reloading room(basement). I'll decap some brass now while she's reading JD Vance's book.

 

[Hooda Thunkit]

Back Home, Years Ago I thought nothing of reloading my dirty brass... it was what it was. These days, I almost maniacally get my fired brass sorted and into the tumbler. I even go so far as to re-tumble already tumbled brass before I load it... just to make sure it's shiny!

I go as far as tumbling it again after I load it to knock off the lube.

I do that as well... even though I know OneShot doesn't affect the powder. I just don't like greasy brass.

You people are nuts. Or maybe I'm just too lazy to bother.

Rifle brass gets the neck wiped off and put back in the plastic range box. Maybe washed with hot water and detergent after 8 or 10 firings. Dry tumbled rarely.

Auto handgun brass gets dry tumbled for maybe an hour to make sure the grit is gone. Reload.
Revolver brass, if it's dirty from soot (looking at you, Bullseye) gets washed in hot water and soap, sun dry, reload.

Brown brass doesn't bother me. I didn't even own a tumbler the first ~20 years I reloaded.

 

[Hooda Thunkit]

Decapped the 60 rounds of 7.62x54r I fired this past weekend, then cleaned the primer pockets. Ready to neck size and reload.


Moved on to some 30-06. I'm fixing to start with a 1903a3, with an eye towards perhaps using it in the monthly match.
To that end I found a small batch of PPU brass to start some testing. I resized, length trimmed, deburred the flash holes on my 26 piece test batch.


Yes, I even tumbled them clean. Even a baby gets a bath at birth, just to start things off.

I'm thinking a 311041 cast 175gr with 12-14 grains of Universal to start with, just to see were they hit.

 

[Charlie98]

You people are nuts. Or maybe I'm just too lazy to bother.

Rifle brass gets the neck wiped off

Maybe washed with hot water and detergent after 8 or 10 firings. Dry tumbled rarely.

Auto handgun brass gets dry tumbled for maybe an hour to make sure the grit is gone.

Revolver brass, if it's dirty from soot (looking at you, Bullseye) gets washed in hot water and soap, sun dry, reload.

Yes, I even tumbled them clean.

On one hand, you think we are nuts, and then you proceed in the next paragraphs to outline exactly.... how you clean your brass. I throw my brass in the dry tumbler and forget about it for 6-12 hours, you wash it in hot water and detergent... which sounds a bit more involved than dumping brass into some walnut and letting it go. Who's nuts?


Went ahead and loaded 100 9mm over WSF real quick... easy work with the LNL AP.

 

[Hooda Thunkit]

On one hand, you think we are nuts, and then you proceed in the next paragraphs to outline exactly.... how you clean your brass. I throw my brass in the dry tumbler and forget about it for 6-12 hours, you wash it in hot water and detergent... which sounds a bit more involved than dumping brass into some walnut and letting it go. Who's nuts?


Went ahead and loaded 100 9mm over WSF real quick... easy work with the LNL AP.

Yeah. The best thing about this hobby is that we all get to do our stupid crap our own stupid way, and tell the others how stupid their way is.


Gotta love it!

 

[red rick]

I loaded 40 rounds of Xtreme wad cutters today with W231 from 3.7 to 4.0 gr . I want to compare it with the Bullseye loads that I loaded a couple of days ago .

 

[Soonerpesek]

Yeah. The best thing about this hobby is that we all get to do our stupid crap our own stupid way, and tell the others how stupid their way is.


Gotta love it!

That’s so…………………

……………………….stupid………

 

[AJC1]

You people are nuts. Or maybe I'm just too lazy to bother.

Rifle brass gets the neck wiped off and put back in the plastic range box. Maybe washed with hot water and detergent after 8 or 10 firings. Dry tumbled rarely.

Auto handgun brass gets dry tumbled for maybe an hour to make sure the grit is gone. Reload.
Revolver brass, if it's dirty from soot (looking at you, Bullseye) gets washed in hot water and soap, sun dry, reload.

Brown brass doesn't bother me. I didn't even own a tumbler the first ~20 years I reloaded.

I'm positive it's a foolish pride thing more than anything else. I have yet to tumble loaded. But I wear gloves for final assembly....