What have you done in the reloading room today

[lightman]

All my logs are old school. Pen and paper.

Old school here too! I use a large 3 ring binder and the pages are pretty much a copy of what the old MTM ammo log looked like. A lot of my targets are printed on 8-1/2 X 11 copy paper and I have a desk top hole puncher set up to punch holes in any targets that I want to keep. Sometimes with a chronograph tape stapled to them.

I have given thought to a dedicated I-Pad but "Pete's Notebook" still works fine.

 

[Show Me]

I ended up doing 8 of each. Because that finished the bullet box. 42.5 gr of N150: and a coal of 2.875.

What weight bullet. Neck is short. My .308 pro hunter barrel loves longer length. Thrives on it. Good testing

 

[Show Me]

Old school here too! I use a large 3 ring binder and the pages are pretty much a copy of what the old MTM ammo log looked like. A lot of my targets are printed on 8-1/2 X 11 copy paper and I have a desk top hole puncher set up to punch holes in any targets that I want to keep. Sometimes with a chronograph tape stapled to them.

I have given thought to a dedicated I-Pad but "Pete's Notebook" still works fine.

Your on it. I prefer books to computer. Easier to flip back and forth for me. Home and work.

 

[JmacD]

What weight bullet. Neck is short. My .308 pro hunter barrel loves longer length. Thrives on it. Good testing

178gr Hornady ELD-X. My chamber will go longer… magazine is the Hangup.

 

[Blue68f100]

After doing R&D work for 20+ yrs having to log everything into a notebooks till computer became popular. Then still had to log the results into the notebook but not all the collection data. The collection data was saved/backed up at multiple locations. Like said, you need at least 3 copies and not on the same site/location. I use multiple HD backup drives and update them all on a regular basis. Hard copies too, just encase.

It finally dried out enough for me to clear my 200-300 yrd rifle range. Just in time for some more rain later today and this week, ~4" expected. It's in a flood zone, so it's expected to be out of service from time to time.

Right now been watching the solar eclipse which started 1/2hr ago. The clouds keep moving through so you only get a peak every so often. I'm in the totality zone with 3:20 min of totality.

 

[3sport]

As I posted earlier, I moved my reloading bench from the basement to the garage. One of the obvious things I was missing in the move was empty ammo boxes for my reloads. I found ONE box, and I knew I had three dozen or more. Gone, so I thought.

Well, I went out in the garage this morning and poked around. Under some Christmas decoration boxes, was a large unmarked box. It was light, so I had hope. I opened it, and Voila! Ammo Boxes Galore;



I almost orderd some from Midway yesterday to replace these that I had thought were tossed out by accident, or at best hopelessly misplaced. That order would have been a waste. I have plenty, as you can see. Luckily, I have five 44 Magnum boxes, so I have storage for my (new to me) 45 Long Colt reloads.

As a bonus, in the box was my grandfather's 12 ga reloading kit and Tomlinson Gun Cleaning Kit with the old large wooden cleaning rods. I think my late father told me these were from the late 1920s. The reloading press is a now antiquated Sears and Roebuck. I had forgotten about these. A nice surprise, and another "Sporting" connection to my grandfather. I have his bamboo fly fishing rod and reel hanging in my cabin. I was planning on putting these items out near my reloading bench as decorative memorabilia;

 

[GeoDudeFlorida]

As I posted earlier, I moved my reloading bench from the basement to the garage. One of the obvious things I was missing in the move was empty ammo boxes for my reloads. I found ONE box, and I knew I had three dozen or more. Gone, so I thought.

Well, I went out in the garage this morning and poked around. Under some Christmas decoration boxes, was a large unmarked box. It was light, so I had hope. I opened it, and Voila! Ammo Boxes Galore;

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I almost orderd some from Midway yesterday to replace these that I had thought were tossed out by accident, or at best hopelessly misplaced. That order would have been a waste. I have plenty, as you can see. Luckily, I have five 44 Magnum boxes, so I have storage for my (new to me) 45 Long Colt reloads.

As a bonus, in the box was my grandfather's 12 ga reloading kit and Tomlinson Gun Cleaning Kit with the old large wooden cleaning rods. I think my late father told me these were from the late 1920s. The reloading press is a now antiquated Sears and Roebuck. I had forgotten about these. A nice surprise, and another "Sporting" connection to my grandfather. I have his bamboo fly fishing rod and reel hanging in my cabin. I was planning on putting these items out near my reloading bench as decorative memorabilia;

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That mallet is screaming for use. That’s not a display piece, it’s a darn fine tool.

 

[Hooda Thunkit]

That mallet is screaming for use. That’s not a display piece, it’s a darn fine tool.

I don't think that's a mallet. I think it is a powder scoop/measure for shotgun.

 

[3sport]

I don't think that's a mallet. I think it is a powder scoop/measure for shotgun.

Nice catch. It is indeed a powder scoop/measure for the powder/shot.

But in defense of @GeoDudeFlorida , it sure looks like a mallet in the photo. And it really is a darn fine tool. That measure/scoop is in amazing condition given its age.

 

[Hooda Thunkit]

My buddy picked up a lab radar cheap(wonder why,right?)

For several years an LR could not be had for under $600. Since Garmin, LR can be had for $450 new, but I can't think of any reason to buy it.

 

[3sport]

All the posts about logs got my curiosity up. So I dug out my first homebrew log book. I made the templates on an Apple McIntosh in 1992. I think with "Harvard Graphics", but it could have been a very early copy of Microsoft Office. Too long ago to remember.

I stopped logging via paper in 1993. I set up an early copy of Excel to log. And when the Mac went south, so did all my data.
I made one sheet, with a blank for caliber. By today's standards, crude, I know. But I was young, new into reloading, and I had no mentors. And of course, the internet was not a "Thing" yet. So it was just the "How-To" books and the reloading manuals.

I started with 9mm, then 380 (James Bond's Walther PPK got me back then), then 45 auto, 357/38 and 44sp/mag.



This was a surprise. I forgot I did this. Calibration updates to the (then) new Uniflow Micrometer.



I have many other sheets in the other calibers, many with much more data because I quickly moved out of 9mm and more toward 45 ACP and 38/44.

Of course now, CLOUD storage is the thing. I was poking around with "Reloader's Cloud" yesterday. Looks good, but a tad complex if all you want to do is just log your data. I may just go back to paper from now on, with some updated MS WORD templates and my copy machine.

 

[Hooda Thunkit]

But in defense of @GeoDudeFlorida , it sure looks like a mallet in the photo.

I'm not going to defend @GeoDudeFlorida . That picture didn't fool me!

 

[GeoDudeFlorida]

I'm not going to defend @GeoDudeFlorida . That picture didn't fool me!

I glanced at it on my phone and saw what looked like a mallet. Oh, well.

 

[3sport]

I glanced at it on my phone and saw what looked like a mallet. Oh, well.

I can just imagine the instruction manual for that reload kit back then. "Place about 1 to 1 and 1/4 scoop of powder in the shell after priming. Place wad in the shell, then place 1 and 1/2 to 1 and 3/4 scoops of shot in the shell. Crimp. Results may vary."

 

[AJC1]

Old school here too! I use a large 3 ring binder and the pages are pretty much a copy of what the old MTM ammo log looked like. A lot of my targets are printed on 8-1/2 X 11 copy paper and I have a desk top hole puncher set up to punch holes in any targets that I want to keep. Sometimes with a chronograph tape stapled to them.

I have given thought to a dedicated I-Pad but "Pete's Notebook" still works fine.

Garages are always booring, so I staple gun targets and tests to the walls to spice things up and have conversation pieces with memories everwhere... my old garage was covered and I trashed them when I moved.... got a good start on a new wallpaper job....

 

[Show Me]

178gr Hornady ELD-X. My chamber will go longer… magazine is the Hangup.

What's the use of a lead too deep for the magazine anyway

 

[JmacD]

What's the use of a lead too deep for the magazine anyway

True… but I’m not complaining. This was the original 4 shot test from a bit back. I’m happy with it as a hunting load. Interesting, and I may have posted it before, but the one on the left was one with a messed up tip

 

[1976B.L.Johns.]

Finished tidying up the spare bedroom where I reload.
Then back to the garage, continuing to pop spent primers.

Found a new one in WIN 9mm.



Damn crimps..........

At least one knows these are once fired!

 

[bigpower491]

So I finished off last evening loading 120 357s with my "all around" load, the 9 gr #5 and 125 Xtreme combo. Somehow found another revolver on my list last week and hopefully this one likes the load same as my other 4. Then I put together 30 jacketed 250gr loads for the 454 Casual project that I'm finally getting some time to resume. Probably get out and try those this evening

 

[nastynatesfish]

Primed brass to start loading up another 500 each 45acp and 9mm. Went and shot some 10mm loads yesterday with longshot. So here shortly I’m gonna run out and chrony some more. That way I’ll know where I’m at with speed and accuracy and get to loading that 500 rounds(480 left) of 165gr gold dots.

 

[3sport]

22 rounds of 45 LC this early afternoon, gents. My only 45 LC today is the Bond Arms (pictured). I am acquiring a Western style revolver in 45 LC later this week or early next. I have one picked out, I just have to get to the shop and purchase it. Then the fun REALLY begins.

Just did 22 rounds to see how I like the load in the Bond. 250gr JHP with 6.5 grs of W231 in once fired brass. Shooting 14 rounds at the range later and if I like the result, then I have 8 rounds left for carry. For a 2 shot Derringer, that's a lot. I'll step up production when I get my revolver.



3.5" 45LC/410 barrel on the Bond, with an upgraded "Goliath" extended grip. Much more comfortable to shoot now. I should have bought the 4.25" barrel for it in 45/410 for better balance now that I have the Goliath grip, but too late now. For the old grip, that 3.5 barrel works, but its a bit out of balance with the Goliath.

 

[GeoDudeFlorida]

22 rounds of 45 LC this early afternoon, gents. My only 45 LC today is the Bond Arms (pictured). I am acquiring a Western style revolver in 45 LC later this week or early next. I have one picked out, I just have to get to the shop and purchase it. Then the fun REALLY begins.

Just did 22 rounds to see how I like the load in the Bond. 250gr JHP with 6.5 grs of W231 in once fired brass. Shooting 14 rounds at the range later and if I like the result, then I have 8 rounds left for carry. For a 2 shot Derringer, that's a lot. I'll step up production when I get my revolver.

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3.5" 45LC/410 barrel on the Bond, with an upgraded "Goliath" extended grip. Much more comfortable to shoot now. I should have bought the 4.25" barrel for it in 45/410 for better balance now that I have the Goliath grip, but too late now. For the old grip, that 3.5 barrel works, but its a bit out of balance with the Goliath.

Interesting! Have a chronograph handy?

 

[3sport]

Interesting! Have a chronograph handy?

Now you are reading my mind. I was browsing chronographs at Midway just before I returned to this forum. I will most likely order one in the next few days. So no, I do not have a chronograph handy. In a week or two? Yes, one will be handy.

I recently realized that being an avid reloader and gun enthusiast without a chronograph, is like being a car enthusiast that has a collection of cars with no speedometers.

 

[drband]

Loaded 200 9mm with S/A SPPs. No problems.

That’s a S&B case in the middle that I could not deprime on my Lee Auto Breech Lock Pro. Locked it up! That’s one heck of a primer crimp!

 

[Soonerpesek]

I do not have a chronograph handy. In a week or two? Yes, one will be handy.

Check out the pinned thread about the Garmin Xero in the Shooting Gear and Storage forum…..
……just FYI…….