Years ago, before they made bushing dies, or at least before I ever heard of them, I was trying to improve runout on my handloads and determined that most of my issues were caused when pulling the expander plug out of the case neck in sizer die. I had an old worn out RCBS die that I'd loaded thousands of 30-06 rounds through and it scratched the necks badly. I called RCBS and told them the die was old and didn't owe me a thing, then asked if they could grind the neck area of the die to produce proper neck tension and they said they could when they found out I was neck turning my cases. I was told to send them three fired cases from my rifle and the die. I did and in short order received the die and cases back with an invoice of "no charge". I've always been an RCBS fan and that cinched it.Speaking of hand squeezers.. I have the rcbs universal squeezer. I bought it used on an auction site. It was 1/2 price of retail. It works very well and I like it. Needed to switch to large primers and in the box were no large primer parts! No chute, no plunger, etc. I call rcbs to purchase the missing parts. The nice gentleman on phone says the goodies are in the mail. I say do you take Mastercard? “It’s no charge sir”. “But it’s a pre owned deal and in need to buy the missing parts”. No sir. The parts weren’t in the box. He wouldn’t let me pay for them! I told him I’m a customer for life and thank you very much. All my dies are Rcbs minus the new lee FCD that just came in
What have you done in the reloading room today
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.45Coltguy
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"...I may get a 45C lever at some point" Ha!! With all the enablers here, that will NOT take long.
"...I may get a 45C lever at some point" Ha!! With all the enablers here, that will NOT take long.
Full disclosure, if I didn't have a 357 Lever, I'd already have a 45 Colt Lever in the gun cabinet.
But with the 357 sitting there, I'm just a BIT tempered on the procurement of the 45. But I can see it in my future. I'm totally hooked on the cartridge. I just need a bottle of UNIQUE!
.45Coltguy
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My first lever rifle for hangun cartridge was a Henry .357, the brass model. About 3-4 months later, I couldn't take it and boughr a Henry steel in .45 Colt. It is without doubt, my most shot lever rifle. Waaay too much fun. You NEED one.Full disclosure, if I didn't have a 357 Lever, I'd already have a 45 Colt Lever in the gun cabinet.
AJC1
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Well I'm not full of load development yet, but give me a few months to burry you in data saying you need one. Unique is a good pistol powder, but if you have the tube length there has to be better. Herco at a minimum.Full disclosure, if I didn't have a 357 Lever, I'd already have a 45 Colt Lever in the gun cabinet.
My first lever rifle for hangun cartridge was a Henry .357, the brass model. About 3-4 months later, I couldn't take it and boughr a Henry steel in .45 Colt. It is without doubt, my most shot lever rifle. Waaay too much fun. You NEED one.
I do need one. I am now glad I sold my Marlin 44 Magnum Lever 10 years ago. That clears the way for a (near caliber) 45 Colt Lever.
I mourned that 44 Mag Lever sale for years. But now that I have the 45 Colt in my sights, I no longer miss the 44 Mag.
I did shoot Hodgdon TiteGroup in 45 Colt. It was all I had on hand that was suited for 45c. I thought it was good, but I am not an expert..... yet.
AJC1
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When one has no cylinder gap and a long pipe the best options change a bit.... interestingly Sierra has long gun load data that's diffrent. I normally say a cartridge is a cartridge 354,44 and more. This data says for modern actions not safe in single action pistols or clones. Marlin is lumped in that group, I just don't have any Sierra 240 or 300 bullets.......... yet.
I started it, and now I have 3 more of my friends doing it. Buddy gave me space on his reloading bench to put a set of Hornady Brackets,
(10 feet from his shooting bench and 897 yard range) and now several of us “truck” a similar set up to this out there.
Not regretted it at all. Except my “truck” being a Honda accord does complicate it a bit. HahaI also haven’t duplicated my Mititoyo mics and calipers… those get switched back and forth…
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JohnMc
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I discovered a tire valve stem cap, which somehow found its way into a tub of .45 ACP cases, will fit nicely into such a case. Upon first first seeing it, a "*** is that?" went through my mind.
Sadly, the cheap plastic looked no cleaner.
Edit: I forgot to state this was after running through my Frankford Arsenal Rotary Tumbler.
Sadly, the cheap plastic looked no cleaner.
Edit: I forgot to state this was after running through my Frankford Arsenal Rotary Tumbler.
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Ironicaintit
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I was sitting there looking at a freshly tumbled pile of 38spcl and 357 and decided to give this "one shot" stuff a day in court....
And I gotta say, This stuff is pretty kickass.
I don't think sizing pistol brass is hard... but now its really really not hard!
And I gotta say, This stuff is pretty kickass.
I don't think sizing pistol brass is hard... but now its really really not hard!
I had just bought a Lee loader for .308 for something new to do. Had a sack of components to give my brother in law with the loader.
Well the lights at work went out and I sat and made 25 .308 with 3031 and Speer boat tail 165's.
A reloading room is where you are at the time with the famous fabulous Lee loader.
Now hoping to be sent home.
Well the lights at work went out and I sat and made 25 .308 with 3031 and Speer boat tail 165's.
A reloading room is where you are at the time with the famous fabulous Lee loader.
Now hoping to be sent home.
lightman
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I've been "Team Green" for a number of years. Although a few of my die sets are lite green! As in Redding! I even have a few blue sets!
We started out with Herters equipment and I moved away from it after they closed up and shell holders got to be hard to find. We never looked back!
When I got my Dillon press a few of my older RCBS dies had less radius around the mouth of the die and this caused a little problem with line-up on a progressive press. I called RCBS and ask about them machining more radius into a few sets of my pistol dies and they said sure, mail them to us. Within a week I had several brand new sets of dies free of charge. (I offered to pay multiple times)
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Well Gents, I am calling my Reloading Bench RELOCATION project finished. I moved it from my basement to my garage. I can still do some minor tweaking, but for now, it's done. I do have to install the new LED LIght kit on my Rock Chucker that I got from KMS. It's sitting on the top shelf in the Priority Mail Box, but not today. This kind of finessing and straightening work takes too much time. I've been at the final stages now since 8 AM and it's pushing noon.
I put up all my tin signs, and my father's WWII Cartridges (fired with bullets re-mounted with no powder). Plenty more storage now than I had when the bench was in the basement.
I ran out of bench top space on the side of the bench for a few of my reloading and instruction manuals, so I cast a LEVITATION spell on the end books. It seems to be working so far.
OK, that ends the relocation project. It has been over a year since I removed the bench from the basement. It was an absolute MESS when it was in the basement after over a decade of neglect;
And I finally plugged in my new-old-stock Midway vibrator/tumbler that you see in the above picture for the first time since I purchased it 15 or so years ago. It still works great. Unlike my old Lyman vibrating tumber that had rubber grommets attaching the tub to the vibrating base - and failed after a year or so, the Midway has a solid heavy duty spring suspension, so I am sure it will work for a long time. I hope so anyway.
I put up all my tin signs, and my father's WWII Cartridges (fired with bullets re-mounted with no powder). Plenty more storage now than I had when the bench was in the basement.
I ran out of bench top space on the side of the bench for a few of my reloading and instruction manuals, so I cast a LEVITATION spell on the end books. It seems to be working so far.
OK, that ends the relocation project. It has been over a year since I removed the bench from the basement. It was an absolute MESS when it was in the basement after over a decade of neglect;
And I finally plugged in my new-old-stock Midway vibrator/tumbler that you see in the above picture for the first time since I purchased it 15 or so years ago. It still works great. Unlike my old Lyman vibrating tumber that had rubber grommets attaching the tub to the vibrating base - and failed after a year or so, the Midway has a solid heavy duty spring suspension, so I am sure it will work for a long time. I hope so anyway.
That'll never do! Never. I like the "lived in" character of your old room better. It'll be months before you'll get it re-arranged in order to be able to find anything now. 
This is what a "lived in" reloading room is supposed to look like (and I straightened it up for the pictures, well, sorta).
Never. I like the "lived in" character of your old room better. It'll be months before you'll get it re-arranged in order to be able to find anything now. This is what a "lived in" reloading room is supposed to look like (and I straightened it up for the pictures, well, sorta).
Keep an eye on the tumbler. Midway did have a recall on them, possible fire hazard. I have two and never had a problem. Just a heads up.
Thanks. I have the model number so I should call them and see if it's on the list.
After some researching and reading, it looks like the tumblers in question were sold through January 1997 and then pulled from the market, unless the recall notice I read was wrong. I believe mine was purchased in the early 2ks. But I'll still call them and see. It's probably too late now to get a new one in exchange after all these years, but it's worth a phone call to see if mine is on the list.
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That'll never do!
This is what a "lived in" reloading room is supposed to look like (and I straightened it up for the pictures, well, sorta).
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What a beautiful mess you have there. Nicely done. That kind of useage character does not come easily, nor quickly.
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GeoDudeFlorida
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Now you need to post them here.Well Gents, I am calling my Reloading Bench RELOCATION project finished. I moved it from my basement to my garage. I can still do some minor tweaking, but for now, it's done. I do have to install the new LED LIght kit on my Rock Chucker that I got from KMS. It's sitting on the top shelf in the Priority Mail Box, but not today. This kind of finessing and straightening work takes too much time. I've been at the final stages now since 8 AM and it's pushing noon.
I put up all my tin signs, and my father's WWII Cartridges (fired with bullets re-mounted with no powder). Plenty more storage now than I had when the bench was in the basement.
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I ran out of bench top space on the side of the bench for a few of my reloading and instruction manuals, so I cast a LEVITATION spell on the end books. It seems to be working so far.
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OK, that ends the relocation project. It has been over a year since I removed the bench from the basement. It was an absolute MESS when it was in the basement after over a decade of neglect;
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And I finally plugged in my new-old-stock Midway vibrator/tumbler that you see in the above picture for the first time since I purchased it 15 or so years ago. It still works great. Unlike my old Lyman vibrating tumber that had rubber grommets attaching the tub to the vibrating base - and failed after a year or so, the Midway has a solid heavy duty spring suspension, so I am sure it will work for a long time. I hope so anyway.
Show us a picture of your reloading bench
WK I can’t wait to see it! Now that you mention it, I have been working some today. Not a lot of time, got a kid with a birthday so family is coming and this daddy has to go grill. Everything is laid out more or less how I want it. Nothing is bolted in hard yet, but I have it screwed down with...
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Thank you for appreciating my efforts. You are correct, it has taken years to reach this level of perfection. Now, if I could just remember where I put my......................
But don't worry, I have faith that you, too will get there sooner or later. just be patient.
GeoDudeFlorida
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I solved the lost tools problem a long time ago. As soon as I realize a tool is lost, I buy another. As soon as I do, it shows up.Thank you for appreciating my efforts. You are correct, it has taken years to reach this level of perfection. Now, if I could just remember where I put my......................
But don't worry, I have faith that you, too will get there sooner or later. just be patient.
Captain*kirk
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Love your new digs! It would be ideal to reload in the garage, but alas...winter comes too soon and is a long time going here in the Midwest. Plus, spring thaw has condensation dripping all over everything and I'm sure my gear would be destroyed after just one season. So I'll remain a basement dweller like our imperious leader and load year-round.
and load year-round.Man, if THAT isn't the truth.
Thanks. Done.
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