What have you done in the reloading room today

[badkarmamib]

What brand bullet are you using...?
SNS has a coated 115gr that has a "stretched" profile that may plunk at a longer COAL.........
Just throwin' that out there...
Good luck...

Summers Enterprises. Used Donny's bullets for years. The Shadow 2 is known for a short leade. But thanks for the option, will take a look!

 

[Hooda Thunkit]

Today, I found that my Shadow 2 needs 115 lead seated to 1.065" to plunk So, loaded 5 rounds with start load of HP-38, and 5 of a middle load. If all goes well, will report back. If not, I might not be able to type...View attachment 1195673

When I started shooting the Lee 358-125-RF in my various 9s, I was somewhat taken aback by the short OAL needed - 1.060 - to get them to chamber in everything. It's the fat body of the projectile that was getting in the way.

It all came out fine. I reduced the charge(s) of powder to start and shot over a chrono until I got the velocity in the middle of predictions.

Everything worked out just fine.

 

[JmacD]

I sized, trimmed, deburred and chamfered some 357 mag brass. Got the 45 auto stuff ready for the tumbler. And ordered a hardcover Lyman #51.

 

[King Medallion]

Cast 243 .45 Colt bullets today. Love this 60 degree February weather, got all of march to lube and size and load. Gonna make some more tomorrow!

 

[GeoDudeFlorida]

I decided to use up some odds and ends components.

Remington 230gr FMJ, CCI 300, 5.0gr IMR 700X, R-P cases.

 

[CQB45ACP]

Over past couple days:

Expanded & primed 100 Winchester 9mm cases. These are part of my 9mm case longevity test which is even less rigorous than my similar 45acp effort.

Loaded 40 9mm w/4.5gr Sport Pistol, Berry's 115gr plated RN @ 1.135". Will have to load another 60 before next range visit.

Finished off one box and opened another of above Berry's and annoyingly these new one's do not seat consistently the same length as did the previous box. I'll get over it.

 

[Hooda Thunkit]

Still lubing that pile of bullets for the M39's. I'm using a Lyman 450, which is faster than the 45 I was using, but ~550 bullets is taking a long time. I sit down for an hour or so and lube, then move on to other things. I am about 2/3 the way through that pile.

I have a Star lubesizer that I'm working on putting into service. I need to move it higher up the priority list.

 

[stonebuster]

More of the same range ammo because spring's coming soon and it'll be "get the boat ready" time soon. Loaded 300 158gr Xtreme RNFP over 4.3 grains HP-38 using Servicios and Aventuras SPP. Not too exciting but I enjoyed it.

 

[badkarmamib]

*** DO NOT USE ANY OF THIS LOAD DATA!!! ***

After thinking about how short I had to seat for my Shadow 2, and perusing the internet during breaks at work for all load data I could find, I feared that my test loads might be too hot. So, I started at 3.2 grains of HP-38 from Lyman 48 data for 120 grain lead, and worked up to 4.0. I already had 4.3 and 4.6 based on Hodgdon data.

I also arranged to borrow my boss's chronograph for the weekend, planning to stop when I get close to expected 1,135 FPS, evaluate the data to that point for accuracy, and pull anything hotter. It is an hour drive to my buddy's farm, since the local range closes 1/1 to 5/1, so I would rather have to pull loads down than make multiple trips.

On a lighter note, my mechanic background made me only borrow tools twice. Once is a fluke. When I borrow it a second time, I buy my own. So, about the time I return my boss's chrony for this second time, the deal I got from @bummer7 should be here.

 

[Riomouse911]

I took apart my .38/.357 decapping die just to clean it out…and found this!



The .22 LR cartridge case must have nested in a .38 or .357 case and got centerpunched by the decapping pin. I have no idea how it stayed in place, between tumbling, separating the cases from the media, case sorting, tossing into the case hopper, etc. Since I last cleaned the die out about two years ago, I don’t know how long it has been there or how many cases I have resized with it stuck on there.

It fit so snugly on the stem that I had to use pliers to twist it off.

Stay safe.

 

[1976B.L.Johns.]

I took apart my .38/.357 decapping die just to clean it out…and found this!

Yup!
Done that too...................

 

[allisd17]

Trying to catch up with cleaning dirty brass. At the moment I have a tumbler full of .30-06, 8mm Mauser and 7.7 Japanese. Only about a dozen more coffee cans to go

 

[NR53]

Loaded up 50 rounds of 6.8 spc:

Federal brass
Sierra 115 grain HPBT
AA2200 powder
CCI 450 primers

Loaded up another 50 rounds of 6.8spc:

Federal brass
Speer Hot-Cor 130 grain SPFB
AA2200 powder
CCI 450 primers

 

[King Medallion]

Cast just over 300 45 Colt bullets today.

 

[allisd17]

I am still using WW2 era brass for some of my .30-06 handloads. This example was made at the Eau Claire Ordnance Plant in 1943. This stuff shines up beautifully and shows no signs of becoming brittle. It adds a bit of realism to shoot it out of a Garand.

 

[Bravoman]

Anyhoo, while I was at it, discovered I had a bottle full of Trail Boss I'll probably never use, and 300+ Berry's non-cannelure 125 gr plated boolits...ditto. I'm going to see if I can trade straight across for an unopened can of Unique, or another equivalent powder.

Unfortunately I only have unopened 8lbs bottle

 

[Jeremy2171]

I am still using WW2 era brass for some of my .30-06 handloads. This example was made at the Eau Claire Ordnance Plant in 1943. This stuff shines up beautifully and shows no signs of becoming brittle. It adds a bit of realism to shoot it out of a Garand.
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Nice!

I'm primarily using UT 42 from the Utah plant. I have several thousand cases from ammo I've shot.


Once it's gone I'll move into my 50s brass.
My grandkids will probably use my 60s stuff.... No clue about the 70-80s brass lol.



Here is my rare one.

LC 41 30-06.

Lake City started production in Sept '41. Kinda hard to find one .

 

[lightman]

I took apart my .38/.357 decapping die just to clean it out…and found this!

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The .22 LR cartridge case must have nested in a .38 or .357 case and got centerpunched by the decapping pin. I have no idea how it stayed in place, between tumbling, separating the cases from the media, case sorting, tossing into the case hopper, etc. Since I last cleaned the die out about two years ago, I don’t know how long it has been there or how many cases I have resized with it stuck on there.

It fit so snugly on the stem that I had to use pliers to twist it off.

Stay safe.

I've had that happen a few times myself!

Trying to catch up with cleaning dirty brass. At the moment I have a tumbler full of .30-06, 8mm Mauser and 7.7 Japanese. Only about a dozen more coffee cans to go

Sounds like me! I've been tumbling pretty steady since Christmas with the occasional day off for good behavior!

But to keep the thread on track, I just deprimed a couple of quart cups of brass that me and a buddy picked up yesterday.

 

[JmacD]

Put my “EZ” tabs for my go to cartridge on the new manual and put it on the shelf(after drying it in front of the fan. My daughter had a spill literally 30 seconds after I pulled it out of the plastic. Water wrinkles are in the 357 mag pages if you’re wondering) also tumbled what should be tonight’s project. I’ve personal never had trouble with 45 auto and 357 mag in the same batch in the wet tumbler with pins; Dry/walnut? Oh ya! These will be true blue and 230 gr Berrys. And 158 gr xtp second and… probably cfe pistol. Maybe H110… depending on how exuberant I’m wanting Dads model 13 (I think I’m remembering right) to be. I personally don’t like pushing the old girl to hard.

 

[irishlad]

Put my “EZ” tabs for my go to cartridge on the new manual

I like that, I'm gonna copy you!

 

[allisd17]

Nice!

I'm primarily using UT 42 from the Utah plant. I have several thousand cases from ammo I've shot.


Once it's gone I'll move into my 50s brass.
My grandkids will probably use my 60s stuff.... No clue about the 70-80s brass lol.



Here is my rare one.

LC 41 30-06.

Lake City started production in Sept '41. Kinda hard to find one .View attachment 1195914

That's really cool, rare indeed!! I have a single box of LC 43, not rare. My shootable ammo is mostly EW. Thinking about shooting some of it in my Dec 1941 Garand.

 

[GeoDudeFlorida]

Decided to try something new so I ordered a pound of BE86 and a brick of Servicio SP primers from PV. I think I will use them for standard pressure .38Spl with 160gr RN Linotype cast and 142gr TC-FMJ.

 

[Soonerpesek]

Decided to try something new so I ordered a pound of BE86 and a brick of Servicio SP primers from PV. I think I will use them for standard pressure .38Spl with 160gr RN Linotype cast and 142gr TC-FMJ.

You know how to correctly seat primers, don’t you….????


………

 

[GeoDudeFlorida]

You know how to correctly seat primers, don’t you….????


………

We shall see.
Maybe I only think I know.

 

[allisd17]

Hot off the press!!!

I think these safe queens may enjoy a trip to the range soon!!!