What have you done in the reloading room today

[Captain*kirk]

Primed more Winchester .38Spl brass, this time with Remington No.1-1/2 primers. These will be 100 Hornady 158gr LRN and 100 Speer 158gr LRN. Both sets will be 4.2gr W231.

NOS primers or new? I see Remington components are beginning to trickle back in the marketplace. I still have some Reminton primers from the 1990s...

 

[GeoDudeFlorida]

NOS primers or new? I see Remington components are beginning to trickle back in the marketplace. I still have some Reminton primers from the 1990s...

Green &Yellow box. 2014 or 2015, I think?

 

[IALoder]

Sized and trimmed some .300 blackout and Norma .223 brass. I'm super impressed with the consistency of the Norma brass. It's from the Norma 55gr Tactical ammo I got a great deal on, but according to the interwebs it's not "real" Norma brass. I'm more than happy with it!

 

[shoebox1.1]

New toy! Setup my .430 sizing die with hopper. PC bullets got a spritz of lee lube alox and are drying.

 

[AJC1]

Sized and trimmed some .300 blackout and Norma .223 brass. I'm super impressed with the consistency of the Norma brass. It's from the Norma 55gr Tactical ammo I got a great deal on, but according to the interwebs it's not "real" Norma brass. I'm more than happy with it!

Pv is having a sale on primed 223 Norma still I think...

 

[drband]

Loaded 190 9mm.

 

[Soonerpesek]

New toy! Setup my .430 sizing die with hopper. PC bullets got a spritz of lee lube alox and are drying. View attachment 1206070

That’s 1 hell of a powder scoop sitting on the Mit box…….!!!……..

 

[James Petti]

That’s 1 hell of a powder scoop sitting on the Mit box…….!!!……..

It's an RCBS die/lockring wrench.

 

[nastynatesfish]

Started gathering stuff for my 6x45 build I’m doing. Got a bunch of bullets in a brass deal I did. Formed up some brass. Now looking for some faster powders.

 

[Captain*kirk]

De-capped (Lee universal) and wet tumbled 100 rounds of .44 magnum. I'm getting this wet thing down to where:
1) it works
2) it's becoming quick and efficient

 

[COLTSFANATIC1]

Built a table for the Lee Press. I cannot take credit for the design. The plans came with the stand.View attachment 1205809

Your going to like that little press, eventually you’ll want something bigger/ better (maybe).

That’s what I started out with and am finally moving on to a Hornady or Dillon progressive nine years later.
I’ve loaded thousands of of cartridges, mostly rifle, everything from 45 ACP to 300 Win Mag and about seven other cartridges in between. The press has given me no issues, I haven’t needed to replace anything.

Enjoy!!

 

[COLTSFANATIC1]

De-capped (Lee universal) and wet tumbled 100 rounds of .44 magnum. I'm getting this wet thing down to where:
1) it works
2) it's becoming quick and efficient

That’s some good looking brass Capt K

 

[Bearded Phil]

Charged and seated 40ct of these guys for another go at the previous ladder test.

38-55 Cartridge- 1

• Bearded Phil
• Apr 23, 2024

38-55 Cartridge- 2

• Bearded Phil
• Apr 23, 2024

 

[jimbo4]

That’s some good looking brass Capt K

 

[irishlad]

All the temperature testing I've seen is most extruded powder is more thermally stable than any ball powder including staball. I don't normally appreciate relativism but in this example it definitely applies. Nothing beats h4350 and honestly nothing is even close for temperature stability.... it just so happens its a favorite in that cartridge. I spend way more time in the varget burn rate so I'm not a fan Boi, it's just what test after test shows.

I'm gonna go back to H4350( Had been using it before). I pulled the bullets last night and poured out what little StaBall I Had left in the yard .

 

[Walkalong]

I was unimpressed with StaBall as well.

 

[CQB45ACP]

Yeah and the primer is unmarred. Whole thing looks AI created.

 

[Captain*kirk]

@COLTSFANATIC1 Thank you, sir! It looks a whole lot better in person than in crappy cell phone pix. The best thing(s) about wet tumbling are 1) inspection of the brass...all the way to the bottom of the case...is a breeze. Including looking for marks, wear, and other defects, and 2) no more cleaning primer pockets. They come out pristine. That in itself was enough to convince me to switch.

 

[JmacD]

Yeah and the primer is unmarred. Whole thing looks AI created.

Am I missing something? What is?

 

[CQB45ACP]

Am I missing something? What is?

Phil's ammo. I linked/replied to jimbo4's post or so I thought.

 

[CQB45ACP]

Finished breaking down 77 old 45acp Acme problems. It's taken a couple years. Only 100 to go. Edit: started with 1000...that's why it's taken so long.

Salvaged the Sport Pistol for use in 9mm.

Now to resize/expand the cases and resize Acmes from .452" to .451" and reload using Bullseye.

 

[Bearded Phil]

Phil's ammo. I linked/replied to jimbo4's post or so I thought.

I see what happened, everything got a little disconnected there.

Can't be AI generated though, I only have 5 digits in the picture! haha.

 

[Captain*kirk]

De-capped around 100 .380 brass

 

[JmacD]

I'm gonna go back to H4350( Had been using it before). I pulled the bullets last night and poured out what little StaBall I Had left in the yard .

I was unimpressed with StaBall as well.

One buddy of mine has had pretty good luck with the HD magnum variant in his 300PRC. He had tried Retumbo, H1000, and… an alliant powder I believe; RL 26 I think. It Wouldn’t shoot but about inch and a half or 2. One of his creedmoors likes the 6.5. Another absolutely does not. I have some… have a ladder of the match variant to try in 308.

 

[IALoder]

Primed and loaded ladders in .223 with AR Comp, Staball Match, and 77smks. I'm impressed with how good the case fill is with Staball, didn't expect a full case with a ball powder! Also loaded up a ladder of Lil Gun and 220 Berry's in .300 blackout.