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What did you do today in reloading-land?
June 18, 2016, 12:28 PM
indy sigWhat did you do today in reloading-land?
My wife got it at Amazon. Great for small parts and such....
June 18, 2016, 03:38 PM
JWFPicked up 500 pcs ea .380 brass, 90 gr Xtreme bullets, 100 90 gr Hornady XTP bullets and 1# Bullseye to teach my daughter how to reload for her G42. I already have primers and some 700X.
If time permits this weekend, she will deprime brass and into the vib cleaner. Later we will load up a dozen to see how they shoot.
Just another day in paradise.
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June 18, 2016, 07:00 PM
vulrathLast night I picked up some Sierra Matchking .308Win BTHP and powder and started assembling some test rounds, and this morning I finished them up. I'd call it a productive couple of days.
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June 18, 2016, 08:39 PM
MikeinNCshot 200 rounds of 9mm today thru my G19..
various brass,
various primers,
8grain AA#7,
115grain Precisions bullets
then I came home and loaded 200 more...
good times!
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ortman71Primed 1300 federal cases (have a blister on my trigger finger now)
loaded 300 9mm
shot 50, was able to hit 7/7 at 50 yard 6 inch plate out of my P320F
resized and expanded 250 for loading in the morning.
June 27, 2016, 08:55 PM
WildSigHad an hour to blow so I loaded up a quick 300 rounds of 9mm.
June 29, 2016, 12:36 PM
BisleyblackhawkLoaded a small batch of .308 with 150 grain cast GC bullets using my basic .30 loading of 12 grains of Unique...after I made another $.35 cent powder trickler out of a PVC end cap and a BIC pen body (my good old Lyman is on loan)...but this one works just as well
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It's a super pleasant load to shoot and accurate enough in the RFI Enfield at 50 yards (only drawback is it will not feed from the magazine and must be loaded one at a time...but it's fun and cheap.
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June 29, 2016, 02:23 PM
thezoltarOK Bisley, I've got to have one of those! What a great idea. Did you just drill a hole in the middle of the pen body?
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June 29, 2016, 04:25 PM
Bisleyblackhawkquote:
Originally posted by thezoltar:
OK Bisley, I've got to have one of those! What a great idea. Did you just drill a hole in the middle of the pen body?
You could do that...I just cut a hole in half of the pen body with a pocket knife...the O-ring just keeps the tube from sliding out of the PVC end cap...
Then just drill a hole through the cap at a slight downward angle slightly larger than the tube...I mounted the whole shebang on a piece of composite decking with a scrap piece of aluminum strip I had laying around...
I drilled a hole through the PVC cap and used a bolt to attach the cap to the bent aluminum strip...
Hey...it works as well as any I have used and it literally cost almost nothing.
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"we've gotta roll with the punches, learn to play all of our hunches
Making the best of what ever comes our way
Forget that blind ambition and learn to trust your intuition
Plowing straight ahead come what may
And theres a cowboy in the jungle"
Jimmy Buffet
June 30, 2016, 08:23 PM
WildSigLoaded up another 700 rounds of 9mm and sorted some brass.
July 02, 2016, 10:56 AM
WildSigI stroked that handle on the 550 so many times this morning I think I owe it dinner.
1200 newly minted 124g 9mm rounds. That makes 2200 rounds in the last 5 days.
I think I'll be OK for a few more weeks now.
July 04, 2016, 01:29 PM
BisleyblackhawkBroke out the MEC and loaded a couple hundred rounds of 12 gauge 7/8 oz cowboy loads with the new/old skivved ACTIV hulls a friend gave me awhile back...these are some of my favorite hulls and I will miss them when my current supply is gone
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"we've gotta roll with the punches, learn to play all of our hunches
Making the best of what ever comes our way
Forget that blind ambition and learn to trust your intuition
Plowing straight ahead come what may
And theres a cowboy in the jungle"
Jimmy Buffet
July 04, 2016, 11:17 PM
entropyBoy, that brings back memories!
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July 07, 2016, 11:44 AM
.45 ACP NutWell, this week I loaded up 1000 .45 acp loads for next years points season (Sept.-Aug). Using Summers Enterprises' 233gr RN lead bullet, 4.2gr of WST, CCI primers, at an OAL of 1.200. Now, I only need to load about another 2-3000 for matches and practice and then I should be set for the year.
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July 12, 2016, 10:46 PM
entropyRan some mk118lr clones over the chrono. All came up between 2599 and 2607. Im very pleased. Back to where it all started for me...175smk and RE15. Im content though.
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July 13, 2016, 01:35 PM
jlemmyLoaded some test rounds for the new stick (.300 Norma Mag ). Going to try out the Flatline solids. These are the 198's, sure are pretty, will see if they shoot.
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July 13, 2016, 06:54 PM
rduckworquote:
Originally posted by jlemmy:
Loaded some test rounds for the new stick (.300 Norma Mag ). Going to try out the Flatline solids. These are the 198's, sure are pretty, will see if they shoot.
Those look nice! Awaiting range report.
RMD
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July 17, 2016, 07:39 PM
ed308Setup a Horandy Iron Press then sized and primed 270AR brass.
July 17, 2016, 09:18 PM
PPGMDI sorted two and a half 5 gallon buckets of mixed range brass.
So I have two and a third buckets full of 9mm.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BH-gBYyjdtG/
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July 19, 2016, 04:50 PM
jlemmyquote:
Originally posted by rduckwor:
Those look nice! Awaiting range report.
RMD
Let me preface by saying the rifle has been throated for the 215/230 Berger. There was no way I was going to set the rifle up for an unknown bullet. That means I'm loading these solids to mag length and jumping them to the rifling.
I have not been able to get these to group well with two different powders. For what they cost I'm not sure I'm going to pursue using them any longer. I may try loading long and single loading just to see the results.
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