What did you do today in the world of reloading?

deemus · May 18, 2018

We've had some discussion about gloves used during case trimming. I used the cheapy orange coated Home Depot gloves. I tore my last one this week. So I tried the Gorilla Grip gloves with the black rubber coating.

Two thumbs up. They work better than the orange ones.

mcunningham615 · May 20, 2018

These are a couple Hornady 55 gr. GMX bullets recovered from a 175lb boar. Bullets were loaded to 3000fps using Ram-Tac powder and WSR primers. Dropped the hog in its tracks. A friend of mine shot the hog with my loads. As soon as he gets the bullets back I will get measurements and weigh for weight retention. Looking st the pics, the Hornady GMX bullets he'll up performed well.

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mcunningham615 · May 20, 2018

Should say, "held up and performed well"

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deemus · May 21, 2018

mcunningham615 said:
Should say, "held up and performed well"

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223?

mcunningham615 · May 21, 2018

Yes, shot from a 16" barrel on an AR.

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mcunningham615 · May 21, 2018

Just got the bullets back and expansion measured 0.440" on one and 0.435" on the other. Going to weigh for weight retention tonight but they look complete, no pedals or fragments appear to be missing. Hog had a devestating wound channel. Pic is a little graphic, but here is the entrance wound. Bullet was found on the exit side just under the hide.

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mcunningham615 · May 21, 2018

Ok, got the 2 recovered 55 gr. .223 GMX bullets weighed. They appear to have 100% weight retention. One of them weighs 55.1 gr., the other is 55.3. Seems they gained weight probably from the traces of meat in the cavity and/or under the petals.

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Vaquero · May 21, 2018

mcunningham615 said:
Ok, got the 2 recovered 55 gr. .223 GMX bullets weighed. They appear to have 100% weight retention. One of them weighs 55.1 gr., the other is 55.3. Seems they gained weight probably from the traces of meat in the cavity and/or under the petals. View attachment 138899 View attachment 138900

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How's the accuracy with those?

mcunningham615 · May 21, 2018

Very accurate! I have shot them out of 1-7, 1-8 and 1-9 twist AR's with excellent results. Less than 1MOA. I loaded them with 23.5 gr. of Ramshot Tac, WSR primers, cases trimmed to 1.750, primer pockets cleaned and deburred, flash holes were all uniformed. C.O.L. of 2.200. They can be loaded hotter, but have found that these lighter bullets can get a little iratic if I load them faster than 3000 FPS, especially in the 1-7 twist barrels.

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mcunningham615 · May 21, 2018

The load came straight from the Hornady 10th edition reloading manual listing for 5.56 NATO

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mcunningham615 · May 21, 2018

Here's the data.

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AKM · May 22, 2018

Work in progress, 2x5

AKM · May 22, 2018

Ignore the mess I made I'll take care of that tonight.

TheMailMan · May 22, 2018

Went to Cabela's and Gunmaster and picked up some powder and a replacement parts kit for my Dillon 650.

AKM · May 22, 2018

Oh also I have another couple thousand pieces of brass to clean and decap....it never ends. I forgot I had them, it's two big sams club pretzel containers packed full.

TheMailMan · May 22, 2018

AKMike said:
Oh also I have another couple thousand pieces of brass to clean and decap....it never ends. I forgot I had them, it's two big sams club pretzel containers packed full.

I've got half a five gallon bucket of range pickup stuff to sort and clean.

I also picked up two five gallon buckets of wheel weights to sort today!

deemus · May 23, 2018

Finally got my 300 Blk cases trimmed. Tumbling tonight and working up a load for my pistol this weekend.

Vaquero · May 25, 2018

100 varmint rounds.

mcunningham615 · May 25, 2018

Caliber .223? What bullet?

Vaquero said:
View attachment 139167 100 varmint rounds.

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Vaquero · May 25, 2018

mcunningham615 said:
Caliber .223? What bullet?

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Yes, 223.
Midway dog town 55gr.

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