What did you do today in the world of reloading?

[TxStetson]

My wife surprised me with the order confirmation for this today as an early birthday present.

https://www.midwayusa.com/product/5...american-8-station-turret-press-reloading-kit

She’s a keeper.

 

[TheMailMan]

Sized a shitload of 9mm bullets, coated some more 9mm bullets, loaded 200 9mm.

 

[robertc1024]

You casting/coating guys are more ambitious than I am. If I had more weird rounds, then maybe.

 

[rp-]

Hell I'm only coating 380, 9, and 45

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[SQLGeek]

She’s a keeper.

Yes, yes she is. She enables this obsession.

 

[TheMailMan]

You casting/coating guys are more ambitious than I am. If I had more weird rounds, then maybe.

My 9mm reloads cost me less than a nickel each. .45 ACP is just over a nickel. Almost every handgun load is running me under $0.15 at the most.

A new NOE mold is paid for in the first 1000 or so bullets. That's a couple of hours.

 

[rp-]

I was just looking up loads for 45s with that mass abundance of powder I have. It's calling for between 6.5-9gr. I'm going to start at about 7 and see how it shoots until I find something that will cycle the gun and provide minimal recoil. Either way I should be at about 3-3.5 cents a pop with those guys.

That's why I cast. I powder coat because I don't want the mess of lubing and all the extra cleaning.

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[xdmikey]

SQLGeek, I'll be watching/waiting for a review of that press.

 

[TheMailMan]

I was just looking up loads for 45s with that mass abundance of powder I have. It's calling for between 6.5-9gr. I'm going to start at about 7 and see how it shoots until I find something that will cycle the gun and provide minimal recoil. Either way I should be at about 3-3.5 cents a pop with those guys.

That's why I cast. I powder coat because I don't want the mess of lubing and all the extra cleaning.

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What powder is that?

 

[rp-]

The lovex. It's a copy of AA5

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[SQLGeek]

SQLGeek, I'll be watching/waiting for a review of that press.

You got it. Will be a bit as I need to get a few more things and setup my lighting but will do so soon as I can.

 

[Dawico]

Use more lube. I like the Hornady One Shot lube. It dries quickly (I hate waiting) and I've never stuck a case since I've been using it the last 8 years.

Spray from every direction so it all gets covered, then wait 2 minutes before starting. I usually do 50 at a time.

A Ziploc bag works great and keeps you from getting spray everywhere.

Spray, shake, spray again, let dry and size away.

 

[Vaquero]

A Ziploc bag works great and keeps you from getting spray everywhere.

Spray, shake, spray again, let dry and size away.

Best method for sure.

 

[lightflyer1]

Started loading the 2000 rounds of cleaned/sized/trimmed/primed brass I bought from an estate sale. Going to take quite some time to finish these up a little at a time.

 

[orbitup]

Annealed my 6BR cases and found a split neck. Guess it was due. They are tumbling now.

 

[Dawico]

Annealed my 6BR cases and found a split neck. Guess it was due. They are tumbling now.

How many times have you fired them?

Do you anneal them every loading?

 

[orbitup]

How many times have you fired them?

Do you anneal them every loading?

I'm not sure how many times I've fired them. Probably 6 or so. Fist time annealing them and the fist time they have been in the tumbler. I've just been wiping them down with Ballistol and reloading.

Oh and that crack was just on the shoulder. Weird.

 

[orbitup]

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[rp-]

I finished sizing a bucket of 9mm brass today and then primed it all. Wouldn't you know, it came out to 1200 pieces exactly. That never happens. Setup the press to deprime and size 45s but then decided it's late enough already.

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[Dawico]

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Just a bad piece probably.

What headstamp?