I’m so jealous. I passed in a Savage 99 in 308 to pair with my AR 10. 200 grain cast bullets would have been the order of the day.
What have you done in the reloading room today
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Charlie98
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Yea... I lucked into this one. A friend sold it to me... saying when it gets hot, it starts to string bullets vertically. Shooting mid-range loads, it does nothing of the sort... it's just a fantastic shooter. I love it.
I normally shoot Montana Bullet's RCBS 173grn GC bullet, but Montana has a nice looking RCBS 190grn GC bullet that I might try... just because I love heavy bullets.
thump_rrr
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It seems to have worked.Oh.... I have NO doubt 81grn of H1000 will 'bounce' that shoulder back!
The chronograph showed it at 2619fps.
Only 5fps faster than last time I shot that same load.
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I woke up and loaded more 44 mag
240 swc Hi tec coated KC Chiefs Red On SuperBowl Sunday no less (Go Chiefs btw)
10 grains of Unique
Starline brass
CCI LPP
240 swc Hi tec coated KC Chiefs Red On SuperBowl Sunday no less (Go Chiefs btw)
10 grains of Unique
Starline brass
CCI LPP
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Can’t escape football anywhere.
I got in my second order of 110gr Winchester Kinetic from RMR yesterday. Put them in with what’s left of the first order this morning. My wife approved the use of my replication load for her various stashed .38’s so now I need to make a few boxes for the shelves and load up her speed loaders with the new load. I’m hoping to go burn up our old house ammo next week when I get a day off. It will take a couple of visits to the range to dispose of all of it. Then I’ll process the brass for storage.
thump_rrr
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Of course it had to be Lapua brass and not Hornady
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So far all I’ve done is make a mess. Too many…
SQUIRREL
!!
… distractions.
I think I’ll just put it all away and NOT reload today.
SQUIRREL
!!… distractions.
I think I’ll just put it all away and NOT reload today.
This morning I set my Six Pack Pro up for 9mm, loaded up everything for zeroing rifles, and headed out.
After zeroing (all went well, I even hit the 6" plate 2 times in a row at 50 yds with my super Redhawk!) I deprimed all the brass from the trip and pulled out the components to make replacement loads for what I shot. I also started a load of .223 & .300 blackout brass in the wet tumbler.
Brass is drying now!
After zeroing (all went well, I even hit the 6" plate 2 times in a row at 50 yds with my super Redhawk!) I deprimed all the brass from the trip and pulled out the components to make replacement loads for what I shot. I also started a load of .223 & .300 blackout brass in the wet tumbler.
Brass is drying now!
1976B.L.Johns.
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A classic load...........
SQUIRREL
Too funny!
Put these away, labeled and logged into my book.
Was going to do 100 rounds of 9mm but apparently I have to many already, plus no bullets.
stonebuster
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Primed 260 38spl brass with Argentine SPP to load during the week.
35 Whelen
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I've been fire-lapping as well as working on loads for a couple of Flat Top Blackhawks (.44 Special and .45 Colt), so have been busy casting, sizing/lubing and loading.
35W
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Got my .308 load figured out. Can’t complain when the 6 shots testing for pressure all land in a group just over an inch. Also trying to simplify life and find one load for each cartridge I own and thin the heard of components I’ll never use.
It’s a battle most of us fight sooner or later. I’m phasing out Rifle powders now.
Hooda Thunkit
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And I just found an NOS 8lb jug of IMR SR4756. It's been out of production for some years now.
Is it a rifle powder, or a handgun powder? Nobody seems to know.
Charlie98
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I'm doing the same thing with pistol powders. Unfortunately, I haven't been loading a lot of pistol, lately, because I've been concentrating on case prep and ladders in .308, 6.5CM, and 5.56mm.
To that end, I started sorting and counting what I have on hand as far as 5.56mm ammo and components. I decided some years ago to slim down my 5.56mm brass to only LC, which I have a bunch of, and the very little PMC, that I would use for accuracy loads. I went ahead and counted all of it (by weight... I'm not counting each of those little buggers...) and sorted the 1000+ cases I had in the 'fired, mixed' bin. I tumbled down all of the .223 stamped brass (FC and LC... yes, LC kicked out .223 stamped ammos...) and set that aside for the FS/FT thread. I have the remainder stacked on the bench for sizing, and then processing... they will require the primer pockets to be cut.
Staged the .308 brass on the loading bench, and set up the trimmer... I figure if I can trim 100 cases each evening, I... a) won't get rigor mortis hands, and b) will actually get the brass done in a reasonable amount of time... 500-600 cases each week, 2000 cases in a month, to include primer pocket cuts, and chamfering the case mouths after trimming.
I did set and probe all of my M1a segregated 7.62mm cases... LC and nny Prvi cases... looking for case head separation indicators... about 500 cases. Didn't find one which is interesting considering the nearly 20% failure rate I found with my last batch of LC. These cases are in that same lot (LC18,) so thinking back, I would guess that those cases only have 1 firing on them... the bad cases I found had 2. Still a pretty poor turnover rate, but I FL size my brass so everything fits everything.... I guess I'm paying the price for that, now.
What are you fire-lapping?
Go ahead and add why and how if so inclined. Not familiar with it at all.
Charlie98
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Well, if it's in the context of what I think it is.... fire lapping is used to... I'm not sure if the right word is 'season' a bore... but, basically, using bullets impregnated with an abrasive, and then fired through a bore. The abrasive takes off the high points in the barrel... the imperfections left when making the barrel and cutting the rifling.
35 Whelen mentioned Flattop Blackhawks... my .44SPC Flattop had the dreaded Ruger Torque Bulge... and one of the ways to get rid of that is by fire-lapping. Mine was so significant I didn't think I could lap it down without damaging the barrel, it really needed to be removed and turned down.
45/30-06OKIE
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An old review on Midway USA for that powder says something about HS6 being a good substitute for that powder? I'm not sure if they mean they use the same data, or just that it's just a similar burn rate in general? I found a couple shotgun forum posts talking about it back in 2013??
Sounds like something that is sometimes necessary, but not something I'm brave enough to try any time soon.
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Loaded another 50 KC SuperBowl Champs Red 240 SWC’s in the 44 mag
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Yeah, looks like cast rifle, most suitable with light(er) for cartridge bullets. I tend to go heavy for cartridge.
Also found some data for 357 Mag, 44 Spl, 9mm. I may try to sell this or trade it off.
Lord knows I don't need yet another midrange burn-speed handgun powder.
Today was a good day in the reloading room. I just had to tell someone . (Wife doesn’t get it)
Loaded 9mm Luger with Speer brass, Rem 5-1/2, 4.6 grains W231 and a 115 Silvertip @1.100”.
Had to go to my least favorite bay and shoot at 64 yards. Sun was in my eyes, target in the shade (hate shooting south with a low sun) shooting at someone else’s target I let 5 fly from the bench. (Ruger PCC)
This is the result, one of my best ever groups from a pistol caliber carbine. I wish my 357s would shoot like this.
Loaded 9mm Luger with Speer brass, Rem 5-1/2, 4.6 grains W231 and a 115 Silvertip @1.100”.
Had to go to my least favorite bay and shoot at 64 yards. Sun was in my eyes, target in the shade (hate shooting south with a low sun) shooting at someone else’s target I let 5 fly from the bench. (Ruger PCC)
This is the result, one of my best ever groups from a pistol caliber carbine. I wish my 357s would shoot like this.
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