AJC1
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I finished up half a loaf of 30-30 ready to prime and load. Try and do another batch tomorrow. I think I have in the neighborhood of 500 fed cases, so this will likely take a few days.
What have you done in the reloading room today
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COLTSFANATIC1
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Loaded up some 300 Black Out, 190 & 175 Gn. Sierra Match Kings over IMR 4198. Mostly sub sonic, loaded 20 190 Gn cartridges of supers that went straight into the magazine
CQB45ACP
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A Lee FCD?
That was my first guess too. No such luck. It just can't be simple.
I wiped down the bench with Hoppes to get some crud off. I'm guessing that was a bad idea. That's all I have right now.
I do have a mouse in the garage or at least had one. He might be eating the spilled powder kernels, and the smell is the mouse flatulence. I have 30 357 Mag cases to prep tonight and after that I'm cleaning that section down to bare wood.
lightman
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I just started loading that 223 brass that I've been prepping all week. I'm using an odd assortment of 50 grain plastic tip bullets over 26.5 grains of BL-C2 and a Remington Small Rifle BR primer.
.45Coltguy
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Sometimes I do set-up my Uniflow, this last time, I went with the scale/funnel. Nice lazy, slow afternoon loading time.
@.45Coltguy and other Long Colt fans will like this I think. I finally got my Starline Brass and Bullets in today for some serious cowboy plinking loads on my new Colt 45 revolver. I have plenty of large pistol primers and powder already in my component drawers and on the shelf, so the stage is set for a Colt 45 Fiesta tomorrow. 
All single stage, slow and steady, just enjoying my time at the bench.
I'm still puzzled about where my brass cleaning media and polish went. I had two large bags of media and two large bottles of polish. But it's gone. A very remote memory is telling me I threw them out in a cleaning frenzy. Well, I have enough now for a few months.
All single stage, slow and steady, just enjoying my time at the bench.
I'm still puzzled about where my brass cleaning media and polish went. I had two large bags of media and two large bottles of polish. But it's gone. A very remote memory is telling me I threw them out in a cleaning frenzy. Well, I have enough now for a few months.
AJC1
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I primed yesterday's efforts and prepped another portion of a loaf to prime tomorrow. Should put me in the 200-250 area to get started loading.
I have some brass tumbling.
the .300 WinMags will get a 160 gr Hammer Hunter over 78.1 gr of RL23.
The 7mm can go 2 ways. Either 140gr Nosler BTs over IMR4350 or 139 gr Hdy Gmax seconds over 61.5 gr H4831.
The .06s will get 180gr Barnes TTSX over 47.6 gr I4064.
The Tikka T3x .300 did really well today . I only shot 4 rounds. 2 each at 300 and 400 but with a nudge, they should be ready. Now, I'll have to see if the knees might allow hunt
the .300 WinMags will get a 160 gr Hammer Hunter over 78.1 gr of RL23.
The 7mm can go 2 ways. Either 140gr Nosler BTs over IMR4350 or 139 gr Hdy Gmax seconds over 61.5 gr H4831.
The .06s will get 180gr Barnes TTSX over 47.6 gr I4064.
The Tikka T3x .300 did really well today . I only shot 4 rounds. 2 each at 300 and 400 but with a nudge, they should be ready. Now, I'll have to see if the knees might allow hunt
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Trimmed 51 pieces of Lupua brass on my new LE Wilson Case Trimmer
CQB45ACP
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Look how that mat is puckering up on the front edge...@.45Coltguy and other Long Colt fans will like this I think. I finally got my Starline Brass and Bullets in today for some serious cowboy plinking loads on my new Colt 45 revolver. I have plenty of large pistol primers and powder already in my component drawers and on the shelf, so the stage is set for a Colt 45 Fiesta tomorrow.
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I'm still puzzled about where my brass cleaning media and polish went. I had two large bags of media and two large bottles of polish. But it's gone. A very remote memory is telling me I threw them out in a cleaning frenzy. Well, I have enough now for a few months.
Meh, no biggie. Just a little stretch and it's fine again. Online comments for that mat say it takes up to two weeks for it to be totally relaxed on the bench. Those ripples are tiny compared to what I was dealing with for the first three days with the end curls.
I finally ordered a "One Book / One Caliber" for 38 Special to complete my collection. I don't really refer to these, but I have always had one for each caliber I reloaded just to have one, and I never bothered to complete the collection with the 38 Special book.
The guy I ordered it from on eBay included a bunch of old K-Mart B-1, 25 Foot Pistol Targets with my order unexpectedly and free of charge. A nice surprise. Mostly because it brought back memories of my youth. My first new 22 Rifle came from K-Mart, as did my first ammo and targets. Good memories. A bygone era.
Spending the morning and/or early afternoon reloading 45 LC.
The guy I ordered it from on eBay included a bunch of old K-Mart B-1, 25 Foot Pistol Targets with my order unexpectedly and free of charge. A nice surprise. Mostly because it brought back memories of my youth. My first new 22 Rifle came from K-Mart, as did my first ammo and targets. Good memories. A bygone era.
Spending the morning and/or early afternoon reloading 45 LC.
CQB45ACP
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I know. Was just playing with you.
Captain*kirk
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I have those loadbooks for each caliber I load for. Yes, the print quality is lousy and in many cases old, but still relevant and useful.
Bearded Phil
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Last night charged and seated some 38-55 with N120 and Accurate's 38-250F, around 254gr, coated and sized .381".
About 3/4 of the way through I got a idea to do something a bit odd: I have been having trouble with lead shaving on my seating step. I put a .38cal SWC stem in my 38-55 RCBS seater, but because the SWC stems have a lip that hits the ogive and cuts a ring in cast bullets. I tried a while back to take it down with some sandpaper. It helped but wasn't perfect, so I asked a local range acquaintance who does a little machining if he could face it flat for me. He did, but turns out it's not completely square (and he did it for me as a favor so I ain't complaining), but because 38-55 is a pretty narrow case, I kept scraping here and there. Not every time, but often enough to be annoying.
So I took my spare 45-70 RCBS seater that I bought to set up with jacketed bullets only (and haven't used in a while since it's all cast for me now), with a spare .44/45 cal SWC steating stem, which is wide enough to not cut the nose of these .375" cal bullets, set the seating depth and presto, smooth perfect seating on every case I had left.
Clearly the stem not being square is the culprit. I called RCBS this morning to order a batch of 1/2 x 20 seating stems for various calibers that are machined flat on the faces, and the guys said he could do it in a day or two. But I hope he doesn't rush it, because if they end up cock-eyed I'm going to have to call them back and get it sorted.
About 3/4 of the way through I got a idea to do something a bit odd: I have been having trouble with lead shaving on my seating step. I put a .38cal SWC stem in my 38-55 RCBS seater, but because the SWC stems have a lip that hits the ogive and cuts a ring in cast bullets. I tried a while back to take it down with some sandpaper. It helped but wasn't perfect, so I asked a local range acquaintance who does a little machining if he could face it flat for me. He did, but turns out it's not completely square (and he did it for me as a favor so I ain't complaining), but because 38-55 is a pretty narrow case, I kept scraping here and there. Not every time, but often enough to be annoying.
So I took my spare 45-70 RCBS seater that I bought to set up with jacketed bullets only (and haven't used in a while since it's all cast for me now), with a spare .44/45 cal SWC steating stem, which is wide enough to not cut the nose of these .375" cal bullets, set the seating depth and presto, smooth perfect seating on every case I had left.
Clearly the stem not being square is the culprit. I called RCBS this morning to order a batch of 1/2 x 20 seating stems for various calibers that are machined flat on the faces, and the guys said he could do it in a day or two. But I hope he doesn't rush it, because if they end up cock-eyed I'm going to have to call them back and get it sorted.
Yes indeed. They are handy, but lately I mostly refer to Hornady and Lyman manuals. I started collecting those one book one caliber manuals for each caliber many moons ago and decided to finish. Now I have a complete set. One book for every caliber that I "Currently" reload. And a few others in a drawer for calibers I have retired from my bench. Like 44 Spl/mag and 380 auto that I have retired. At least for now.
I dabbled in "Necked" cartridges in the late 90s, but retired them as well. My only interest now for long guns is 38/357 and 45 Colt LEVER rifles, so I'm happy with those. At least for the time being.
I knew you were. Was playing back. The edges are finally laying flat. Miracle of miracles. Makes you wonder what the Chinese put in that mat compound to make it so memory resilient.
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