Those guys are cute. What the heck are they?
Saturday and sunday I primed 1350 223 brass with the hand primer, sized and deprimed 500 or so more 380s, sorted 1500 or so large and small 45 brass, then sized about 1200 or so 9mm bullets.
I was doing good until I found another small baggie of 9mm bullets I had powder coated but for some reason set aside and never primed. Well it turned out they were way too big and took way too much force on the press arm. After doing 3 (and Midway through the 4th) I decided to scrap them. Mid stroke the damn arm broke off the press again. The lee challenger had 2 sides of the linkage and last time it broke I just switched it to the other side. Now that side is broke and I haven't even ordered the parts from the first time it broke! I honestly was more worried the aluminum frame would break first.
After that I just sorted some other brass and stuff. I also took the time to rebuild 2 carriers for the pro1000 and my auto disk since I didn't have anything else I could work on. I've got several things to send back to Lee now. I can order 1 of the linkage halves for free and pay for the second plus shipping but I think it'll be cheaper to just send them both back USPS flat rate and they should pay the return shipping. Plus I can send in these 2 carrier bodies and get them replaced as well.
I think I'm gonna setup the pro1000 for 223 and see how it does. Anyone ever done 223 on a pro1000?
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I also cast 150 Lyman .45 ACP Devastator bullets and powder coated them. Here's the previous batch.
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They are coming out at 187 gr. Even with that huge hollow point they feed without a problem.
Care to sell some of those?I've never tested them for expansion. I need to wet down some newspaper and give it a shot.
Not my favorite bullet to cast. Single cavity with a spud for the hollow point. Takes over an hour to do 200 bullets on a good day. I wish that someone made a multi-cavity mold in the same bullet.
I picked up a RCBS 5-10 scale for $30 shipped. Now the wait begins.
I got a lyman m5 scale free from m an old lady a few years ago. I bought a box of reloading brass and dies for $300. Then she gave me an old brown Baer press, the scale, and 2 really nice rifle stock blanks with it all just to get rid of it. A week later she called me back and gave me the second box she had for free because she couldn't sell it and she gave me an apple TV box that was still new. I was just In The right place at the right time I guess.Nice. And I thought I got a good deal on my 5-0-5. That should be arriving today.