What did you do today in the world of reloading?

[CodyK]

Probably wasted bullets and powder, but I did a seating depth test on some 6.5 creedmoor Hornady 140 BTHP with some IMR4350. At .020 off the lands, it was already sub-MOA, but with the inconsistency of bullets sometimes, I wanted to see how they would shoot seated a little deeper. Plus it was a good excuse to go to the range. At .035 from the lands it shot a 5 shot group at .29! Not gonna mess with it anymore!

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[deemus]

That’s a great group. And my favorite part of reloading. Tinkering with it till you are pretty sure you can’t get a tighter group. It’s amazing how tight the 6.5CM can group.

I thought my .446” group was tight. You bested that.

 

[retrieverman]

I‘ve loaded for 12 ga and 20 ga for about 30 years, and I started loading for 410 last night. I bought the loader and some components from the estate of a friend’s Dad a couple years ago, and I finally decided to give it a try.

It wasn’t as easy as 12 or 20 I guess due to the small case size. I ended up trashing a couple hulls before finally getting it right. My biggest problem was getting the shot to fall through the small tube without hanging up.

If anyone has some tips, I would appreciate it.

 

[rp-]

I loaded up some test loads with some new alpha brass for my 7-08 last night. I'm starting from scratch with this brass so I can see if I find a new node.

I also looked up some date for the 450bm for a staring point to load some nice 200gr HPs. I found an OAL to start with. Today I'll figure out a charge weight range and load up a few batches.

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[MTA]

I loaded up some test loads with some new alpha brass for my 7-08 last night. I'm starting from scratch with this brass so I can see if I find a new node.

I also looked up some date for the 450bm for a staring point to load some nice 200gr HPs. I found an OAL to start with. Today I'll figure out a charge weight range and load up a few batches.

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Are you shooting the 450 bm out if a bolt gun or ar? Always looked like a fun round to shoot

 

[rp-]

Are you shooting the 450 bm out if a bolt gun or ar? Always looked like a fun round to shoot

AR. I've rarely shot a gun that wasn't fun. The bushy is exceptionally fun.

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[deemus]

Resized, trimmed and primed some 224 Valkyrie brass.

tumbled and primed 100 6.5CM brass. Twice.


I use Flitz metal polish in my tumbler. Last time it took a long time to get shiny, so when I threw my 6.5 brass in I put more Flitz in the tumbler. I normally put it there without brass in there and let it run to mix it in with my walnut media.

big mistake. That stuff stuck to my brass and stained it. Some cases also had big blobs inside the case. It was almost like tar. I had to take a wet towel and wipe down every case. What a giant pain in the hiney.

I ran them again after wipe down and they look great.

 

[Ozzman]

Probably wasted bullets and powder, but I did a seating depth test on some 6.5 creedmoor Hornady 140 BTHP with some IMR4350. At .020 off the lands, it was already sub-MOA, but with the inconsistency of bullets sometimes, I wanted to see how they would shoot seated a little deeper. Plus it was a good excuse to go to the range. At .035 from the lands it shot a 5 shot group at .29! Not gonna mess with it anymore!

Great shooting Cody.
You seem to have that rifle load dialed in.
What was the range distance on this test?

I stopped chasing the lands years ago and focused on shoulder bumps and load consistency.
My groups are good, but not this good.

Good job. I agree, don't mess with it anymore.

 

[CodyK]

Great shooting Cody.
You seem to have that rifle load dialed in.
What was the range distance on this test?

I stopped chasing the lands years ago and focused on shoulder bumps and load consistency.
My groups are good, but not this good.

Good job. I agree, don't mess with it anymore.

It was at 100 yards. I loaded up 60 rounds of that load the other day, then decided I would shoot another group before I loaded anymore. I had some small primer brass also, so I wanted to make sure I would get the same results with that. So I took the rifle out again today. Shot 3 five shot groups, one with the small primer brass, and the other 2 with large primer. The best group was .29” again and the worst was .39”. The small primer brass seemed to group just as well as the large. Picked up another lb of IMR4350 and a pack of large rifle primers while I was there too! Felt like I won the lottery!!! Couldn’t believe they had a lb of powder on the shelf and it just happened to be the exact powder I’m loading with right now!


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[single stack]

I made an overshot card cutter for .410 shot shells out of a 9mm shell casing.
On the left is a 20 gauge overshot card cutter I made from he brass from a 28 gauge shell I made a while ago for 2 1/2” reloads.
Both are sharpened on the inside edge with a conical grinding stone. I usually cut the cards from primer tray sleeves.

 

[xdmikey]

Thursday I decapped the 38/357 brass score I received from the ads here then ran them in the pin tumbler last night.

 

[rp-]

Through the week I loaded up a few test loads for the 450 with the 200gr HPs. Research says h110 isn't the best powder for light bullets but I have an 8 pound jug of it so I'm using it anyway. Hope to get to the range soon to test those and the 7-08s with alpha brass.

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[single stack]

I‘ve loaded for 12 ga and 20 ga for about 30 years, and I started loading for 410 last night. I bought the loader and some components from the estate of a friend’s Dad a couple years ago, and I finally decided to give it a try.

It wasn’t as easy as 12 or 20 I guess due to the small case size. I ended up trashing a couple hulls before finally getting it right. My biggest problem was getting the shot to fall through the small tube without hanging up.

If anyone has some tips, I would appreciate it.

Shot sizes larger than #8 will bridge and clog in the drop tube when loading .410’s.

 

[retrieverman]

Shot sizes larger than #8 will bridge and clog in the drop tube when loading .410’s.

Yep, I figured it out the hard way like I have to do most things in life.

 

[V-Tach]

Organized and separated brass......a crap of load of brass......I kept a 500 lb barrel of mixed pistol brass when we sold the shop/range........and found a forgotten box of 5000 Remington 55gr. FMJ's.....

Woo Hoo!

 

[Estrella762]

From G’s to Geniuses . #Gangsta

 

[Axxe55]

From G’s to Geniuses . #Gangsta

Welcome to TGT.

Stop over in the Intro Section when you get a chance and say hello.

 

[Estrella762]

Wheres that mane

 

[BBL]

From G’s to Geniuses . #Gangsta

Nice. I see that you too made a properly spaced board for holding cartridges in place. Gotta be creative!

 

[Mike_from_Texas]

Loaded up some of these for fireforming in my rifle that will be ready next week.

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Fireforming results.

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