What did you do today in the world of reloading?

[EZ-E]

Finally pressed my first 100 rounds of 9mm tonight. Ended up using 115 gn Berry's with CFE pistol & a OAL of 1.1. Loaded 50 with 5.0gns & 50 with 5.2gns. I hope to notice a difference in the groups.

I've never loaded before, so pretty new at it. But I must say I can crank out some ammo with this progressive press, I'm really impressed. Talking to a buddy he said it would take him 8hrs to do 50rnds with a single stage. Took all of about 45 minutes with the Dillon, With a smoke break in between the first 50 & setting up the 2nd weight charge for the 2nd 50.

 

[SQLGeek]

8 hours? What the hey is he doing?

 

[EZ-E]

He was talking rifle cases ...I guess with all the trimming.

 

[orbitup]

Still...

 

[Maverick44]

He was talking rifle cases ...I guess with all the trimming.

You don't have to trim every time you load, lol. Even when I'm being super anal about precision, I don't think it takes me more than an hour and a half to do 50 rounds of rifle on a single stage.

Congrats on popping your reloading cherry. Have fun. Just keep in mind that a progressive is less forgiving than a single stage, and it's easy to overlook mistakes that can multiply very quickly. Create a routine that makes it a point to check for mistakes, and stick to it. It'll save you a lot of grief, a ton of bad rounds that you'll have to break back down, and possible even save you.

 

[Toolfreak]

I shot about 200 of my reloads out of my 45 shield today and had a lot of fun, winchester brass, 230gr speer plated behind 6.2 gr of Unique. When I got home, I cleaned them up and sized them them up so I can finish them up this week. Then modified my handle on my RCBS pro chucker, I have the press raised so I shortened the handle so it has a short throw on it and makes it a little quicker to pull.
Toolfreak

 

[AKM]

Bought 200 175gr SMKs

Thinkings about switching powders for 308, getting hard to get Varget local.

 

[HKShooter65]

This morning?

Liberated a bunch of .338 Lapua brass.
Got rid of all that nitrocellulose filler and lead encumbrances.

Vaporized some iron atoms in my targets.

Created a reloading opportunity!!!

 

[deemus]

I got my repack boxes in so I've been filling them up. I was able to talk the guy into smaller quantities for several calibers as well so I can box up all the old stuff I loaded in 38 and 40 as well as a bunch of older stuff I have still laying around. I love these boxes but they do take some time to load them.

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I still have some. But at some point I got my kids to save those metal tea boxes from Starbucks. They make great ammo boxes. Lid seals nice and tight, and it's small enough to hold a couple hundred but not be too heavy.

 

[deemus]

Sorted my clean 45 brass by headstamp and then sized a good pile of it. My 5 year old even helped me.

She's informed me that when she's not working as a zookeeper, she wants to make bullets in her free time like her daddy. She's already asked me to give her my press when she's old enough. This kid is too much.

You my friend are doing it right.

Spoiler alert, you will become a moron when she turns 15.

 

[deemus]

Have my 6.5mm case screwups soaking in water. Planning to get them resized/deprimed this weekend.

All are resized now. Not sure if was the brass or the primers, but there was a goldish colored slurry covering all of it before I dumped the water. Had to rinse them then wipe them all down prior to lubing the cases.

And none went bang. Thanks to whoever gave me the tip to soak in water.

 

[Dawico]

Bought 200 175gr SMKs

Thinkings about switching powders for 308, getting hard to get Varget local.

Have you loaded any rounds yet?

 

[deemus]

Bought 200 175gr SMKs

Thinkings about switching powders for 308, getting hard to get Varget local.

W748 is never in short supply, and was created for the 308.

 

[dee]

Bought 200 175gr SMKs

Thinkings about switching powders for 308, getting hard to get Varget local.

Imr 4166 is a solid option as is reloader 16. Both are similar in burn rate to varget and temp stable as well.

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[Moonpie]

Tried to cast some 405grn round nose hollow base bullets with a new Lee mould.
Attempting to make up some BP .45-70 Gov't loads for the Trapdoor.
Don't like the mould. Very high cull rate.
Out of 200 cast bullets, maybe 50 good enough to use.
Seems like Lee moulds either work fantastically well or not at all. I don't seem to have very good results with aluminum moulds.
Very probably going to order a steel Lyman mould. Should of done that first anyway.

 

[AKM]

Have you loaded any rounds yet?

I have on someone else's equipment.

 

[TheMailMan]

Cast some more bullets.

 

[TheMailMan]

Tried to cast some 405grn round nose hollow base bullets with a new Lee mould.
Attempting to make up some BP .45-70 Gov't loads for the Trapdoor.
Don't like the mould. Very high cull rate.
Out of 200 cast bullets, maybe 50 good enough to use.
Seems like Lee moulds either work fantastically well or not at all. I don't seem to have very good results with aluminum moulds.
Very probably going to order a steel Lyman mould. Should of done that first anyway.

You need to run that sucker HOT.

 

[TxStetson]

You need to run that sucker HOT.

Duh!!! Cold lead doesn’t flow very well.

 

[TheMailMan]

Duh!!! Cold lead doesn’t flow very well.

No shit. When I say you need to run it hot I mean it. If those bullets aren't frosted it's not hot enough. I've got a dozen hollow point molds and they all need to be run hot.