Remember when............................................................
It's the circle of life!Sometimes production takes destruction.....................................
BTW, 50 of those empty cases were my 'experimental' .380 loads. Well-satisfied with the results so I'll be building a bunch more of those. Didn't want to load a couple hundred and find out they weren't gonna work out. Now I have a green light.
Haha! Well I’ll go “all in” UP to a progressive and casting bulletsRemember when............................................................
..............................................................................................you thought you'd be content with only A LEE hand press.......................................................................................................................................
Just buy the Dillon now and save yourself the upgrade fees.
Before my buddy past away he had 4 brand new 550’s to start an ammo buisness. There was 30K plus worth of goodies in his shop at least! Every die for every caliber you can think of…
Just a coincidence, I hope?!!
This string is beyond true. I have been using a Lee classic Turret for the last nine years. Recently I’ve been going back and forth on weather to get the Hornaday LNL AP or the Dillon 650 / 750. I’ve been really close to pulling the trigger on the Hornady but the Dillon is keeping at bay due to it being a better press. Both cost a pretty penny all in, especially for loading many different cartridges. I would have never thought that I would be contemplating spending +\~ $1-K on a press (all in)
When you are pushing up daisies.This string is beyond true. I have been using a Lee classic Turret for the last nine years. Recently I’ve been going back and forth on weather to get the Hornaday LNL AP or the Dillon 650 / 750. I’ve been really close to pulling the trigger on the Hornady but the Dillon is keeping at bay due to it being a better press. Both cost a pretty penny all in, especially for loading many different cartridges. I would have never thought that I would be contemplating spending +\~ $1-K on a press (all in)
With that said I have seriously been thinking about getting into casting as well
WHERE DOES THIS STOP!?!?!?!?!?!
When the “street/strip” car goes from “car shows only” to a full blown 7 second trailer car…This string is beyond true. I have been using a Lee classic Turret for the last nine years. Recently I’ve been going back and forth on weather to get the Hornaday LNL AP or the Dillon 650 / 750. I’ve been really close to pulling the trigger on the Hornady but the Dillon is keeping at bay due to it being a better press. Both cost a pretty penny all in, especially for loading many different cartridges. I would have never thought that I would be contemplating spending +\~ $1-K on a press (all in)
With that said I have seriously been thinking about getting into casting as well
WHERE DOES THIS STOP!?!?!?!?!?!
"All in"? There you go, kidding yourself again!
During my last batch yesterday I spotted this one during lube before going into the sizer. Dad must have been picking up behind a guy with a crazy bad chamber.... this one also bound for recycling
It almost looks like the shoulder was crushed, and then pushed back out… Or is it in?…
I don't think it ever stops! If you want a suggestion about casting, I highly suggest either finding a dependable source for scrap lead or decide where you are going to buy it at. RMR sells the scraps from their bullet cores and RotoMetals is a good source for new lead. I still have a source for used wheelweights but they are getting harder and harder to find.With that said I have seriously been thinking about getting into casting as well
WHERE DOES THIS STOP!?!?!?!?!?!
I use rmr lead because it's already good to go for low pressure loadings like 45c 45acp and 38 and I'm happy with 1/3 of a bar of roto superhard added to a 20lb pot to make bhn 12 my mag mix.
These all have a shoulder push back excessively "full length sized" if you will. I run a .003 bump on lever guns, which works just fine for me. My 94 has a loooong chamber so my shoulder is excessive to the Sammi drawing. I haven't measured, but I must be gaining the equivalent of a couple of grains more capasity. Like going from standard to Ackley.It almost looks like the shoulder was crushed, and then pushed back out… Or is it in?…
All the temperature testing I've seen is most extruded powder is more thermally stable than any ball powder including staball. I don't normally appreciate relativism but in this example it definitely applies. Nothing beats h4350 and honestly nothing is even close for temperature stability.... it just so happens its a favorite in that cartridge. I spend way more time in the varget burn rate so I'm not a fan Boi, it's just what test after test shows.
