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    I just posted on this thread about the world's cheapest trimmer a month or so ago as well. It's ok but now I still have to go back and chamfer/deburr all the cases.i chucked the bit for my Lyman hand tool I to my drill though so it's not too bad. I just can't do more than about 100-150 before my hand starts cramping up.

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    I just posted on this thread about the world's cheapest trimmer a month or so ago as well. It's ok but now I still have to go back and chamfer/deburr all the cases.i chucked the bit for my Lyman hand tool I to my drill though so it's not too bad. I just can't do more than about 100-150 before my hand starts cramping up.

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    It's hell getting old.

    Loaded 200 rounds of match ammo, hopefully we'll have the defensive pistol match this weekend, cast ~250 bullets and started to break in my new 9mm slick sided hollow point mold.
     

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    I cast a couple hundred 9mm last night and cast maybe 150-175 for the 380. Going to work on powder coating the 380 this weekend and loading some up. My cast 380s are dropping really heavy though. Do I need to be concerned with that? The mold says 102gr but I'm dropping between 105.5 to 110.0. seems reeeeeally heavy for a 380 in my opinion.

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    Morning at the range and an afternoon at the reloading bench.
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    I'd have to guess you're using a lot of pure lead?
    I'm actually using mixed wheel weights I cast in a muffin tin. If anything I'd figure they should be closer to 100gr. I thought I read that Lee mold weights are based on pure lead and that wheel weights we're only ~92% lead.

    Then again, I've been wrong before... Hence I'm on my SECOND wife!

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    Just got done powder coating some 380 bullets. Going to try to setup my 380 dies tonight so I can work up some loads. I have some 90gr hornady XTPs, some 90gr plated from extreme, and of course the cast boolits.

    I found a guy who has offered to run 9mm and 380 rounds accross a chrony for me so I'm trying to get something figured out so I can. Send him some to try out for me. The new powder has limited data for 380 and it is all for 90gr JHP, nothing for 105gr cast... So now I get to learn how to work up a load from scratch! Yay :-/

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    Lee mold weights are based on wheel weight alloy as I recall. The more lead the heavier the bullet will weigh. The more antimony and/or tin the less. If the bullet comes out heavy you have an excess of lead.

    If there were a lot of stick on wheel weights in the mix those are pretty much pure lead.
     

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    Lee mold weights are based on wheel weight alloy as I recall. The more lead the heavier the bullet will weigh. The more antimony and/or tin the less. If the bullet comes out heavy you have an excess of lead.

    If there were a lot of stick on wheel weights in the mix those are pretty much pure lead.
    No I trash those. I don't mind using them but they make a lot of smoke and crap when I'm melting them so I just pitch them.

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    I'm pretty sure that's loaded ammo. Bullets are the pointy things on the end.
    Technically you are correct. Go to the store and ask for bullets and they will usually show you boxes of loaded ammo. Can't count how many times I've gone to buy bullets and they show me loaded ammo. I've finally started asking for projectiles when wanting bullets for reloading. Just another example of "dumbing down" to the masses to get what I need.

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    I've never had to ask for bullets. I just go to the reloading aisle and get them.
    In the past, I never had to either. Nowadays a couple places I get reloading supplies from keep bullets and ammo behind the counter. Seems the "gimme dats" from the city were ripping them off too much.

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