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Originally posted by exx1976:
I decapped 1k once-fired Lake City 5.56 that just got here and threw a few handfuls in the stainless Tumbler.

Tomorrow 1250 large primer 45 ACP are due to arrive, followed by 2k once fired M200 and 2k SAW brass.

Standard trigger and SRT kit for the 227 showed up today. Tomorrow the Wheeler brass punches arrive, and so do 2# of 1680 and 500 69 gr SMKs.

Also ordered 1k 125 gr SMK seconds from PVI today.

Needed something to keep me busy until this frozen tundra thaws back out.

So what did YOU do today in reloading-land?

Went to a gun show in PA and bought 2 lbs. Titegroup, 2000 CCI primers and 1000 9mm bullets

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Originally posted by billnchristy:


You load for the whole year in one big batch? That must be very time consuming.

When I was living with my parents in Alaska, I reloaded in the winter because we didn't want to waste any of the short summer reloading or doing anything besides shooting and fishing.

I had to cast around 6,000 bullets, size and lube them, clean 6,000 cases with 0000 steel wool, and load each and every one of them on a single stage press.

When I went out on my own I swore I'd never do that again and I now load weekly for what I shoot that week, rifle, 3 or more handgun calibers and two shotgun gauges. I do keep a few thousand loaded rounds in reserve, though.

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Originally posted by exx1976:

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Originally posted by billnchristy:
Damn, 45 Cal isn't going to let the police out-militarize him, he bought 45 freakin' APCs!

You load for the whole year in one big batch? That must be very time consuming.

Filling 45 apcs would take a lot more than could be loaded in one sitting, methinks.

Finished up this a m ,like I said run the press till my ass and arm get tired and break of for a couple hours,I sure beat the hell out of a four pound jug of Red Dot.

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Originally posted by billnchristy:
Damn, 45 Cal isn't going to let the police out-militarize him, he bought 45 freakin' APCs!

You load for the whole year in one big batch? That must be very time consuming.

Bill I string it out over a few days,don't like to run short.
There was a time I only shoot once a week,but my shooters work schedules have gotten strung out and its usually three days,Had to shoot this am as Dr.Thomas came for breakfast and some of his casting and we shot a gun he's been thinking of getting.
He liked the 5906.
I will start on the forty this coming week and 38 specials after that,The casting is already done on those two.

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Originally posted by billnchristy:
Damn, 45 Cal isn't going to let the police out-militarize him, he bought 45 freakin' APCs!

You load for the whole year in one big batch? That must be very time consuming.

You got two Pic's heading your way

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Originally posted by Flash-LB:

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Originally posted by billnchristy:


You load for the whole year in one big batch? That must be very time consuming.

When I was living with my parents in Alaska, I reloaded in the winter because we didn't want to waste any of the short summer reloading or doing anything besides shooting and fishing.

I had to cast around 6,000 bullets, size and lube them, clean 6,000 cases with 0000 steel wool, and load each and every one of them on a single stage press.

When I went out on my own I swore I'd never do that again and I now load weekly for what I shoot that week, rifle, 3 or more handgun calibers and two shotgun gauges. I do keep a few thousand loaded rounds in reserve, though.

I used to load on my old rock chucker supreme,was time consuming.
You use steel wool,bet you have found citrus acid cleans better these days
Dirty trashy brass cleans extremely well with just a little and hot water for a ten minute soak.

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Originally posted by 45 Cal:
I used to load on my old rock chucker supreme,was time consuming.
You use steel wool,bet you have found citrus acid cleans better these days
Dirty trashy brass cleans extremely well with just a little and hot water for a ten minute soak.

No, I don't use citric acid, I use a Dillon CV-500, walnut 18/40 media, NuFinish car polish and powdered red jewelers rouge.

I don't even want to get involved with wet cleaning. My brass is clean and shiny and that's all I need or want.

500 rn 9mm .... my s&w m&p doesn't like fp

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Long story, but I was the original owner of that powder purchased in 1972 and it's seen -40 Degrees Fahrenheit in Alaska and +140 Degrees Fahrenheit stored in a storage shed here. I'm going to go shoot some of it up in a .410 bore next week next to some .410 bore loaded with 2400 powder purchased 3 months ago.

So I loaded up some .410 bore 2-½" shells with this old powder and shot several stations of Sporting Clays today. Each station had 2 different presentations of clay pigeons at ranges from 40~50 yards and speeds of around 40 mph. I shot each pair with shells loaded with the old powder, then with shells loaded with the same 2400 powder that's around 3 months old.

There was no discernable difference in sound, smell or the amount of lead required to break the clays. That's pretty amazing for powder that's seen 180 degrees of temperature shift and around 5% to 85% relative humidity swings and was never stored in a temperature or humidity controlled place for the entire time. It is also in a round treated cardboard container as that was the way they did it in those days.

Pretty remarkable for 42 year old powder that's been abused, isn't it?

It doesn't surprise me in the least, though.

I primed AT LEAST 750 .40 S&W cases in preparation for completing their reloading process tomorrow.

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Originally posted by erj_pilot:
I primed AT LEAST 750 .40 S&W cases in preparation for completing their reloading process tomorrow.

If you upgraded to a Dillon you could do that all in one shot, you know..


Today I tried in vain to organize my bench a bit. Oh, and I loaded 20 308 target rounds. Really hoping my stamps show up this week so I can go try out my thunderbeast this weekend. Ugh.

Still need to clean guns. I keep putting that off...

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Originally posted by exx1976:
If you upgraded to a Dillon you could do that all in one shot, you know..

I have an RCBS Pro2000 Auto-Indexing Progressive Press, so I can do it all in one shot on that, IF I CHOSE. Have my reasons for priming separately for now...

Loaded another 30 rounds of 308 to finish off that box of 100, decapped some 308 and blackout from last range trip.

Still no word on my damn stamps.

Set up the 38Spl. tool head on my 650 and found and bought 5lbs of Varget - $25.00 a lb. but it's the first Varget I have seen around here in over 6 months.....

Next - Set up 45ACP on the 650.....Mark

Loaded 100 9mm today.

Was setting up my press again to load some massive quantity of .40 S&W and started getting crinkled cases when seating and crimping. WTH, over?

Gotta work that out somehow.....

Retrofitted an Inline Fab skylight kit to my RCBS Pro 2000

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Originally posted by erj_pilot:
Was setting up my press again to load some massive quantity of .40 S&W and started getting crinkled cases when seating and crimping. WTH, over?

Gotta work that out somehow.....

Too much crimp?

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Originally posted by Flash-LB:

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Originally posted by erj_pilot:
Was setting up my press again to load some massive quantity of .40 S&W and started getting crinkled cases when seating and crimping. WTH, over?

Gotta work that out somehow.....

Too much crimp?

One of the numerous reasons I prefer to seat and crimp in separate stations.

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Originally posted by exx1976:
One of the numerous reasons I prefer to seat and crimp in separate stations.

As do I. I've done it separate for a long, long time.