What did you do today in the world of reloading?

[rp-]

If I can wrangle some help this fall I'm going to frame in a 8x20 area in the shop where I can have a climate controlled area for reloading, casting and lure making.

If you're close enough to San Antonio I can wire and plumb it for you.

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[dee]

Sometimes it's all about the little things.

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[rp-]

I got my 450bm thumper in the mail today! Gonna order some dies tonight or tomorrow for it. Still waiting for brass

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[SQLGeek]

I got my 450bm thumper in the mail today! Gonna order some dies tonight or tomorrow for it. Still waiting for brass

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What'dja get?

 

[rp-]

It's from midstate firearms. Built on an aero precision upper. Nothing too fancy. It was a raffle win a couple weeks ago now. I was just glad to see it came with a brake on it. Looking at recoil on this and it promises to kick like a mule. I'm guessing the wife won't want to shoot it.

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[SQLGeek]

Very good. I've been wanting a Thumper for a while myself. Can't decide on 45-70 vs 458 SOCOM vs 450 BM and in what platform.

 

[rp-]

I was torn between the 458 and the 450. Ultimately, the 450 and 45-70 ballistics are so similar that I ruled out 45-70.

The 458 obviously uses a 458 bullet so there's LOTS of options for heavy weight from 200-500gr this helps when making subsonic loads. The 450 uses a 452 bullet so you're somewhat limited on availability.

Thinking about it realistically, I don't plan on suppressing it. This is more of a gap filler for my needs as I wanted something capable of taking very large animals. Granted, it sacrifices range with a max realistic range of about 200-250 yards. I'm ok with that though seeing as how 5 rounds of heavy 45s @ 2500fps in 1-2 seconds should be more than capable of stopping anything I let get within 100 yards of me

I was also looking at a 375 Ruger as well. I still plan to get one sometimes for when I need to thump something further out. The energy on that round is amazing! But, that will likely be a safe queen until dinosaurs or elephants invade Texas.

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[SQLGeek]

Mine would be a range toy to ping steel and maybe a hog or two if I ever went hog hunting. Mostly steel though. I'm leaning toward a 45-70 but I also find myself losing interest in the AR platform.

 

[rp-]

I'm not a huge fan of the AR. I was actually leaning towards the Ruger in 450 bushmaster. The go-wild version has a 22" barrel and a nice brake on it. Plus it would match my 7-08 go-wild to boot!

I won this upper in a raffle though so I'm not really complaining.

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[SQLGeek]

It is hard to beat free!

 

[rp-]

Well $30 all said and done. The raffle was actually for a 650xl or choice of upper plus a credit. They offerent the 234valk, 6.5grendal, 450bm, 458socom, 50beo, and a couple others.

I chose the 450 upper plus credit which I used for an rcbs case prep station. I just bought 15± pounds of 223 brass that I need to prep so that's gonna be real nice.

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[EZ-E]

I got about 500 out of 3500 LC trimmed, swedged, cleaned, deprimmed & resized.
Now to do the rest. At least the weather will be cool.

 

[SQLGeek]

You probably would have gotten more done had I not blown your phone up last night. Sorry.

 

[rp-]

At least you didn't blow up his toilet

https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/...hroom-claims-he-only-meant-he-had-to-defecate

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[EZ-E]

You probably would have gotten more done had I not blown your phone up last night. Sorry.

It's all good, we had a good chat.
I got what I planned on doing, done, so I'm happy.

 

[SQLGeek]

At least you didn't blow up his toilet

https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/...hroom-claims-he-only-meant-he-had-to-defecate

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Well I mean there's a reason he doesn't invite me over after drinking and Taco Bell.

 

[EZ-E]

At least you didn't blow up his toilet

https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/...hroom-claims-he-only-meant-he-had-to-defecate

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Same thing happened in a Home Depot in Kansas too.
Swatted for dumping...lol.

https://dfw.cbslocal.com/2019/02/14...rning-mistaken-for-bomb-threat-at-home-depot/

 

[deemus]

At least you didn't blow up his toilet

https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/...hroom-claims-he-only-meant-he-had-to-defecate

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lololololololol

 

[TheMailMan]

I went out and finished coating a couple batches of bullets then loaded up 300 rounds of .45 ACP with 225 LRN bullets.

 

[orbitup]

Loaded up some 6.5X47L rounds in the new shop. It was kind of like reloading in the trunk of a Caddy because it's so full and cluttered but I got it done.