What have you done in the reloading room today
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AJC1
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Looking like that dreaded oatmeal contamination.... zincdartor said:Gotcha....I was uncomfortable looking at that photo.
Charlie98
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AJC1 said:
I don't see a lot of those.... Ramshot or ShootersWorld... powders where I'm at, and certainly not 8#ers. The H4350 is a special case... I use it to load just the 6.5's, for 3 different rifles that I don't normally have access to, and probably a 4th, soon. I've already worked the loads up with H4350, so that's why I have to stick with that. It's also one of the reasons why I'm just going to stick with the 142grn SMK... ALL of the rifles like it. It's pretty hard to say no to that.
Nasty Canasta
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I cleaned my progressive press & 9mm dies & got everything set up to start cranking 'em out again this weekend. I've been been reloading small specialty batches of 32acp, 223, 380 etc using my old Lee hand press that's perfect for that role.
irishlad
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Put my 10/22 together that I got from LiveLife and mounted the scope .
lightman
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Took a break from tumbling (and gave y'all a break too) and deprimed some 257 Roberts brass that I got from FROG0207. Also stored away an order of powder and bullets that arrived today from Powder Valley.
Probably back to tumbling tomorrow. Bad weather is back in the forecast for the next several days!
Probably back to tumbling tomorrow. Bad weather is back in the forecast for the next several days!
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I've come to think of H4350 as the Swiss army knife of rifle powder. I use it for all my hunting loads in .257 Roberts, .30-06, .338 win mag, and .375 H&H.Charlie98 said:
It will definitely be sad times for me if I can't find any more when I finally use up my 8 lbs.
AJC1
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Didn't do much, powdercoated the 170 swcs and sized them to 358. I also got in my die for the new project.....
Soonerpesek
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Did you move away from your Smurf Blue color....?
I like that green....
Big-bore-bob
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7 hours would make a long run loading. Never cared much for plastic ammo cans. Good for brass, but I've had the handles pull off when full of ammo or bullets. I usually fill up a metal 50 cal can of handgun ammo when I need it. I work in stages and it may take me a week or two to get it done.Worked my butt off for 7 hours today loading 1000 9mm rounds with 5.1gr BE86 and RMR 124gr matchwinners. It's so satisfying seeing the end result of your hard work
Big-bore-bob
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I also work in stages, brass prep first, then priming, today was just loading the prepped cases. I took some breaks during the session so I didn't get too fatigued and make a mistake. I like the plastic ammo cans they're cheap (like 8 bucks). I always scoop rounds out of the bigger cans into smaller ones for range trips.
. It was used and a reasonably good deal 
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Did some cleanup. I’m hoping to work a load up for some 38/357 mag “tweenners” tomorrow… I thought about 10-11 gr of true blue. I also thought about 10ish gr of Longshot. Hmmm…. (but I have the deer hunters expo and I’m hoping to finish up my taxes tomorrow… ya anyway)
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The Happy Kaboomer
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Sorting 9mm/223/38 spl brass.............Have so much I need to sell it or take it to the scrap yard and sell.
CQB45ACP
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Wow. Seven hours in a week for me.Worked my butt off for 7 hours today loading 1000 9mm rounds with 5.1gr BE86 and RMR 124gr matchwinners. It's so satisfying seeing the end result of your hard work
AJC1
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Working hard loading some 38s with Silhouette
Soonerpesek
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Trying Hornady 174 gr for the Arisaka 99 to test with the 150 gr I loaded 3 yrs ago….!!!??
Someday will chrono them…
Also put these back with the new info from a different thread…
Someday will chrono them…
Also put these back with the new info from a different thread…
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GeoDudeFlorida
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. Seems to me somebody is working hard and somebody else is hardly working. 
Charlie98
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I never was a big plastic ammo can guy, but I've come around on that, and not only because they are asking stupid money for beat up USGI ammo cans. My idea was those small Harbor Freight ones would be easier to manage, and would hold a fair amount of bulk ammos... without being too heavy.
Loaded up 25 rounds of .308... adjusting my load down from my initial ladders with the new 169grn SMK, which gave me insane pressure signs. Just 3 different charges of IMR4064, a grain and a half less than my original ladders. My goal is to duplicate the 168grn FGMM factory round with a muzzle velocity of 2650fps. I'm down to just 2# of IMR4064... barely 325 rounds of .308 left.
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Time to refill the on-hand primer supply from the boxes in the back closet.
LR, LP, SP, and SR. And magnum of each. About 4 sleeves plus odds and ends of each in a few different brands. There’s some CCI LP and LPM in the Federal box.
That will last a couple of months.
LR, LP, SP, and SR. And magnum of each. About 4 sleeves plus odds and ends of each in a few different brands. There’s some CCI LP and LPM in the Federal box.
That will last a couple of months.
Soonerpesek
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This COLD weather is getting to be ridiculous……!!!
Spending WAY too much time in the reloading room, and not enough time in the UN-loading room….!!!!
Spending WAY too much time in the reloading room, and not enough time in the UN-loading room….!!!!
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