What did you do today in the world of reloading?

[fishingsetx]

Fired up the lead pot and cast up 150 round balls for my new muzzleloader. Only had one mishap but it was a doozie! While the pot was heating up, I went inside to help my wife get my 8 month old to bed (he is bad about fighting sleep). Came back out to this mess!!! Took about an hour and a propane torch to get the hunk of lead out from under the spout and get it ready to cast again!

Guns have only two enemies: rust and politicians!

 

[orbitup]

Holy shit!

 

[rp-]

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Those are some big grains of powder!

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[Younggun]

I need to get in to casting at some point. Just haven't talked myself in to the investment.

Making BP would be awesome, but not something I think I want to take on solo.

 

[rp-]

I got lucky and got a couple lead pots in a trade for an old beat up m44 from a guy on here. I have t regretted it one bit. I got pretty good with the 2 cavity mold I have but once I got a 6 cavity I was really cranking them out. I get free lead from the tire guy at my work. I've got about 60 pounds laying around still waiting to get processed into ingots.

I also got a toaster oven and a bottle of powder coat. Using cast powder coat 9mm with $20 s&b primers, plus just a little bit of titegroup... I'm loading 9mm for about 5 cents a pop! I really need to get a 45 mold and a 223 mold. 9 cents for 223 would be awesome!

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[orbitup]

Loaded 500 9mm yesterday and the day before. Ran my first 300BO on the Dillon today. I really need a powder cop and a case feeder.

 

[Younggun]

What bullets are you loading for the BO?

 

[orbitup]

What bullets are you loading for the BO?

190gn Nosler CC

They are the cheapest heavy bullets I've found that I'm comfortable shooting through my can. They aren't bad when you catch them in bulk on an overrun.

 

[schmellba99]

We used Brasso for the brass stuff on our uniforms. I guess it could be diluted and added to walnut hulls....

Don't use Brasso. It is ammonia based, which weakens brass over time. Nobody wants catastrophic failure of brass, at least I don't anyway.

 

[rp-]

Well I loaded my first 40 12ga shells last night. Only 360 more to go before I run out of primers!

I also won an RCBS single stage press but I think k I'm gonna trade it for store credit for some HP 9mm bullets.

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[Charlie]

Primed 40+ 300BLK cases and going to drop some powder in them and stuff a bullet in them later on this afternoon. Good day for being in the Man Cave, wet outside but not really raining.

 

[dee]

Loaded up some critter killers for my dad last night.

 

[dee]

Loaded up some 22 Creed tonight. Hoping to see some critters this weekend to test them out on.

 

[rp-]

100 more 12ga tonight. Wife is going out of town for a week with the kids so maybe I'll go out and unload them this weekend.

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[orbitup]

Loaded up some 22 Creed tonight. Hoping to see some critters this weekend to test them out on. View attachment 125421

22 Creed? That sounds fast!

 

[dee]

These loads are pretty tame with an 80gr vld only going 3125fps. After a powder change it should be good for 3400 with the same bullet.

 

[schmellba99]

Finally broke down and bought a couple of 3 way cutters for my Forster case trimming tool. Ended up needing to get the longer base as well - the way the head attaches to the existing tool it eats up a whole lot of the space between the ends and changing brass was a bigger PITA than normal. I think it will work pretty well now, and eliminate some of the things I hate most about reloading - chamfering and deburring brass. Still not perfect, but way, way, way better than doing it by hand.

 

[orbitup]

Finally broke down and bought a couple of 3 way cutters for my Forster case trimming tool. Ended up needing to get the longer base as well - the way the head attaches to the existing tool it eats up a whole lot of the space between the ends and changing brass was a bigger PITA than normal. I think it will work pretty well now, and eliminate some of the things I hate most about reloading - chamfering and deburring brass. Still not perfect, but way, way, way better than doing it by hand.

I use that too, the 3 way heads are great. Are you doing a magnum case because I was able to do standard rifle cases by just making adjustments to the regular base.?

 

[schmellba99]

I use that too, the 3 way heads are great. Are you doing a magnum case because I was able to do standard rifle cases by just making adjustments to the regular base.?

Nope, just standard .223 and .243. I wasn't aware of the additional tapped holes on the collars until after I'd got my new base in and removed them, so there is some wiggle room that I simply didn't know about. I do like the longer base though, much more room and just a lot easier to get brass in and out versus the standard length base.

I'll pick up a .30 cal whenever the opportunity hits, the extra room will be nice on .30-06 and even my .300 WSM.

 

[fishingsetx]

Melted down about 50 lbs of scrap lead and cast it into ingots. There is another 500 or so lbs of scrap where this came from! Enough to last me quite a few years!

Guns have only two enemies: rust and politicians!