Outstanding. When I shot trap (twice a week in the mid to late 90s), everyone picked up their shells and reloaded. I miss reloading shot shells. I miss shooting trap. Believe it or not, I used to reload mine single stage. Crazy but it worked, and I enjoyed it. I have an RCBS die kit for 12 ga, and just undid the top reduction collar of the Rock Chucker, installed the larger 12 ga dies and went to work. I mentioned here before that I developed a hematoma on my right shoulder that is now permanent from the recoil of extensive Trap shooting and Pheasant hunting in the late 90s, so I no longer shoot Trap nor hunt Pheasant, but I really miss trap shooting.
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Outstanding. When I shot trap (twice a week in the mid to late 90s), everyone picked up their shells and reloaded. I miss reloading shot shells. I miss shooting trap. Believe it or not, I used to reload mine single stage. Crazy but it worked, and I enjoyed it. I have an RCBS die kit for 12 ga, and just undid the top reduction collar of the Rock Chucker, installed the larger 12 ga dies and went to work. I mentioned here before that I developed a hematoma on my right shoulder that is now permanent from the recoil of extensive Trap shooting and Pheasant hunting in the late 90s, so I no longer shoot Trap nor hunt Pheasant, but I really miss trap shooting.
45/30-06OKIE
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ahhhh 270W, my old flame.... 150gr Sierra SPs were pretty good shooting... now I'm down to a 25-06 fast twist Rem 700 and my 30-06 M1 for 06 class cartridges.
45/30-06OKIE
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Their 90gr CX is the cats meow in my fast twist 25-06!!!!! Apparently Maker Bullets makes a 115gr
Copper Monolithic bullet that I need to try out. I bet it would Haul Butt out of my 26in 1-7.5tw barrel.
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Finally made it to the reloading bench this afternoon.
Decided to do 357 Mag instead of 38 Spl. It's been a very long time since I reloaded 357.
I finally put an old 11" Chromebook at my bench. What was I waiting for? Very convenient.
13 grs of Hodgdon H110, 125 Gr JHP, Remington/Peters once fired brass, CCI Magnum primers. Only doing 30 of them initially (Single Stage) to test the load at the range tomorrow.
Decided to do 357 Mag instead of 38 Spl. It's been a very long time since I reloaded 357.
I finally put an old 11" Chromebook at my bench. What was I waiting for? Very convenient.
13 grs of Hodgdon H110, 125 Gr JHP, Remington/Peters once fired brass, CCI Magnum primers. Only doing 30 of them initially (Single Stage) to test the load at the range tomorrow.
Captain*kirk
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Your reloading bench is far too clean. Shame on you!
Your reloading bench is far too clean. Shame on you!
When it was in the basement - before I moved it to the garage - it looked like a Frat House kitchen after a Kegger Party.
I put so much time and effort into moving it from the basement to the garage that I am trying to keep it clean and organized now. We'll see how long that lasts.
Never loaded shot shells. Hunting bud has presses so can go over and do.mine when my bucket of AA hulls gets full.
irishlad
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Loaded up some 204 Ruger with Benchmark 32 gr and 40 gr VMAX. First time trying 40s. Hopefully the weather clears. Raining and a little snow.
irishlad
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A messy bench would drive me crazyYour reloading bench is far too clean. Shame on you!
Nice. I got my KMS lights for my Rock Chucker today. Ordered the power extension kit, the dimmer and the wire management kit too. May not get it installed until Monday, but looks great. Thanks for leading me to their product.
Captain*kirk
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I'm liking that idea...
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armoredman
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Made my first black powder cartridges last night. They did not work so well on the range.
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A lot of the mulch down here is made from shredded tires. Not much else survives the direct sunlight and constant high humidity.
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What went wrong?Made my first black powder cartridges last night. They did not work so well on the range.
Made my first black powder cartridges last night. They did not work so well on the range.
Because I am a new fan of 45 Colt with a new 45 Colt revolver that I am loading for, what was the issue/issues with them? I may want to try black powder sometime during the summer. Thanks.
armoredman
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Wrong bullet, really.
Lube grooves are too small for the amount of lube I needed - that is a black powder wax lube. Accuracy was not good. I willl try this bullet soon, as the mold was also loaned to me. This has a NICE big black powder lube groove.
Lube grooves are too small for the amount of lube I needed - that is a black powder wax lube. Accuracy was not good. I willl try this bullet soon, as the mold was also loaned to me. This has a NICE big black powder lube groove.
Funny you should mention storms and Tornadoes. I have to go to Arizona (from the east coast) in early June. I was going to fly, but I am very tempted to drive, before driving distances like that becomes extremely expensive or not possible. Kind of like a last-blast road trip of that magnitude while I still can. Both financially and health-wise. My largest concern is running into really bad weather driving through Oklahoma and Texas. But I'm still considering making it a multiple overnight mega road trip anyway.
AJC1
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Loaded 6x45 twice today 100 per. I did a box waiting for my son to get off the bus, and then did another when he said he was going to hang out with his friends.... I made myself available to go fishing and I was given the sign to just keep loading. More 68 grain Barnes match Burners over 24.3 grains of aa2015.
Wrong bullet, really.
Lube grooves are too small for the amount of lube I needed - that is a black powder wax lube. Accuracy was not good. I willl try this bullet soon, as the mold was also loaned to me. This has a NICE big black powder lube groove.
Thank you. Let us know how the new Lee bullet works out for you.
Two boxes of 1 oz #8 trap loads, located all the stuff for my 30-30 cast bullet project, bought under size brush and mop for bore cleaning. Slow but steady.
BTW, cannot tell the difference in the breaks from 1 oz 8 and 1 1\8 7 1/2 at 16 yards from my 1975 full choke 870 TB. (with nearly 250K rounds since new)
BTW, cannot tell the difference in the breaks from 1 oz 8 and 1 1\8 7 1/2 at 16 yards from my 1975 full choke 870 TB. (with nearly 250K rounds since new)
Captain*kirk
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Brass prep 101 tonight. 44 magnum. 100 pieces.
*Size
*Length check
*Primer pocket uniform
*Flash hole deburr
*Chamfer & deburr
*Bellmouth
*Inspect cases
Into the vibratory tumbler for final polish before reloading
The circle of life goes 'round and 'round...
*Size
*Length check
*Primer pocket uniform
*Flash hole deburr
*Chamfer & deburr
*Bellmouth
*Inspect cases
Into the vibratory tumbler for final polish before reloading
The circle of life goes 'round and 'round...
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Yes, and in my experience they are el stinko. Expensive, finicky and poor terminal performance. I know they have their fans, but I'm not one of them. Won't use them unless forced to.... and in most cases I'll just go hunt someplace else that doesn't require them.
After California mandated non-lead projectiles in the area I hunted wild boar, I had to develop a .270 copper bullet load. It was a lot of expense, trouble and time to find a load that shot acceptably to my standards. Settled on a Barnes 130 grain TSSX.
First morning of the hunt, I shot a boar through the withers on a ridgeline @ 140 yards. Boar took off running down a draw and popped out of the brush 60 yards away, and headed straight for me. 2nd shot caught him high right shoulder, and turned him to run in a big circle, coming to stop 25 yards away facing me. Snorting and angry and getting himself all worked up over the annoyance of the copper bullets, I fired another one that went low chest and out his left hip. He charged and I fired my 4th and final copper bullet into his head at about 15 yards. Exciting, but not not my idea of a good bullet.
Every other pig I've killed with the aforementioned plain ole 150 interlock has been DRT, from 40 to 230 yards. All shoulder/lung shots.
You can keep that low lethality, no fragmentation, coppercrap. Here's a traditional American lead-core 150 grain spirepoint pig. Good eatin!:
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