What did you do today in the world of reloading?

[avvidclif]

Added 400 rounds of 45ACP to the stash.

 

[DoubleDuty]

Loaded the 223 I primed yesterday

 

[Chips n Salsa]

Loaded six rounds of .40 lead; two didn’t chamber, one was a dud and three were on top of each other at ten yds.

I’ll clean the chamber and revisit after I put the generator away.

What brand, weight, bullet profile, etc.?

 

[Deavis]

Loaded six rounds of .40 lead; two didn’t chamber, one was a dud and three were on top of each other at ten yds.

I’ll clean the chamber and revisit after I put the generator away.

You check with a gage to see where the issue is? 3/6 is bad, even for a caliber that shouldn't exist!

 

[xdmikey]

You check with a gage to see where the issue is? 3/6 is bad, even for a caliber that shouldn't exist!

Hey hey hey now. I love my fotay!

 

[xdmikey]

Winchester primers for starters, Accurate #2 5.0gr, 180gr truncated lead from Acme.

I’m going to lessen the charge and seat a little deeper.

I guess my diatribe was on BF last night.

Standard round for my px4 is 1.123. This will not seat in my apx Centurion barrel. My dummy round that fits is 1.107.

I will go back to 4.8 for a start load and move slowly.
It’s kind of dicey since Western only lists 175 and 185 bullet loads.

 

[xdmikey]

Got it. Too much bell, fixed.

 

[avvidclif]

Taper crimp die.

 

[SQLGeek]

Did a bunch of research on 158 gr 357 magnum and 38 special loads. Time to get components and get to work.

 

[xdmikey]

What did your research tell you?

 

[SQLGeek]

That I could drive myself crazy just picking a bullet hehe. No real decisions yet. I may actually start with some factory ammo and see what I like and go from there.

 

[xdmikey]

Have you decided between lead and fmj yet? Not bringing up cast or powder coated.

 

[SQLGeek]

Right now, looking mainly at coated lead.

These:

https://missouribullet.com/details.php?prodId=213&category=20&secondary=10

Or these:

https://missouribullet.com/details.php?prodId=416&category=20&secondary=10

Since they are a Brinell hardness of 18, I figure those would be for magnum velocities.

I'm also looking at the softer Brinell 12 bullets for .38 Special plinking loads.

That's where I am so far.

Since I'm mainly going to be doing target shooting with these, I'm trying to figure out if there's any point in going with any kind of jacketed bullet.

 

[TxStetson]

Right now, looking mainly at coated lead.

These:

https://missouribullet.com/details.php?prodId=213&category=20&secondary=10

Or these:

https://missouribullet.com/details.php?prodId=416&category=20&secondary=10

Since they are a Brinell hardness of 18, I figure those would be for magnum velocities.

I'm also looking at the softer Brinell 12 bullets for .38 Special plinking loads.

That's where I am so far.

Since I'm mainly going to be doing target shooting with these, I'm trying to figure out if there's any point in going with any kind of jacketed bullet.

I know this won't be popular with the 357 Magnum Purists, but I only use 2 projectiles for 357 Magnum. Hornady 158 grn XTP's on the hot loads, and Berry's 158grn plated round nosed bullets on the not quite so hot loads. I only use 357 Magnum brass now because I got tired of adjusting my dies. I do still have a shitload of 38 special brass saved in case I need it someday.

 

[SQLGeek]

I was also considering that, standardizing on 357 magnum brass.

What kind of load are you doing with the Berry's plated bullets? Are they low end 357 magnum or do they fall down to 38 special pressures?

 

[rp-]

I like Lee seating dies. I make a mark with a sharpie for 357 and a mark for 38. This way I can adjust on the fly of need be and still be within a negligible range. The Lee dies dont need tools to adjust the seating depth so it's easy to set. I haven't loaded 38 or 357 for a few years though.

More recently I setup my 223 dies and made marks on the die to each different bullet I was loading. Made it real easy when I ran out of one bullet and loaded the next batch.

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[TxStetson]

I was also considering that, standardizing on 357 magnum brass.

What kind of load are you doing with the Berry's plated bullets? Are they low end 357 magnum or do they fall down to 38 special pressures?

I don't push them quite as fast as the XTP's, but you can push them faster than plain lead since they're plated. I don't have a chronograph, but according to my manuals, I'm pushing the XTP's around 1,450 fps. I have some really light plated loads for the kids that are running around 800 fps, and then some that get up there around 1200 fps.

But again, I don't have a chronograph, that's what the manuals say.

 

[xdmikey]

The Acmes I bought were on a closeout and are 16 BHN and are bare lead.

For 38/357 I have Acme PC and have smashed them flat with no loss of coating.

 

[SQLGeek]

I'm pushing the XTP's around 1,450 fps. I have some really light plated loads for the kids that are running around 800 fps, and then some that get up there around 1200 fps.

That's pretty much what I'm looking to do. Run some hot loads just because recoil is fun and then run a variety of milder loads for extended target shooting.

For 38/357 I have Acme PC and have smashed them flat with no loss of coating.

That is impressive. PC bullets seem to be the way to go for target work.

 

[xdmikey]

For the nvestmnt in tools + lead after my 180#s are gone = I can buy a lot of HC or PC.

I’d rather up my skills w/o spreading myself out to much!