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What have you done in the reloading room today

irishlad said:
Made some labels for ammo cabinet and put up a Talon Grips sticker. View attachment 1207587View attachment 1207588
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I really enjoy looking at your stickers. Your bench is very nice as well, and great job on the labels. I have a label maker and need to put that in service at my bench sometime next week. But as a Tin Sign and Sticker Aficionado, I like seeing what you have and what you have added with regard to your stickers. IMO, that gives the bench a nice flavor to enhance your time seated there while relaoding. It's why I like my tin signs. I may add a few stickers in the near future to kick things up another notch.

Nicely done, sir. 🙂 👍
 
This afternoon, I ended up playing around with the new Lee Hand Press and the Lee Precision Breech Lock Die set I got. 45 Colt to start. For the price (around $50), the 3 die set is very nice, IMO, especially since Lee includes a shell holder in the set. The carbide dies perform as expected. I'd still personally prefer RCBS, but since the Lee Hand Press has the Breech Lock system for quick change, I am going with Lee Breech Lock Dies for the Hand Press, since I'll be using the press mostly at the range.

I only loaded a dozen 45 Colt cartridges, just to test the dies and the hand press. An amazingly decent and useful device. I would not want to set up a high production bench using that hand press, but for a field range press? I think it's fantastic.
 
GeoDudeFlorida said:
Ready for priming and loading.
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These are the ones I processed entirely on the Lee Hand Press.
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That's some fine hand pressing. Just curious. Do you typically use 3 or 4 die sets with your hand press? I'm going with 3 die sets for the range, all Lee Breech Lock carbide for quick change at the range. I just realized that these are the first dies I have purchased since.... 1998 ish? I feel like a noob!
 
3sport said:
That's some fine hand pressing. Just curious. Do you typically use 3 or 4 die sets with your hand press? I'm going with 3 die sets for the range, all Lee Breech Lock carbide for quick change at the range. I just realized that these are the first dies I have purchased since.... 1998 ish? I feel like a noob!
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Oooohhh. I’m the wrong person to ask. I have all of the above and a couple of mix matched sets I put together from odds and ends bought over the years one die at a time.
And that’s not just for .38/.357. Most of my die sets are mixed manufacturers. I don’t reload for a whole lot though. Not anymore.
Handgun
.32 S&W
.32 H&R (black powder)
.32 S&W Long
.32 H&R Magnum
.32-20 WCF (revolver only)
9mm Luger
.38 Long Colt
.38Spl
.357 Magnum (revolver and rifle)
9mm Makarov
.38 S&W
.40 S&W (pistol and carbine)
.44-40 WCF (revolver and rifle)
.44Spl
.44 Magnum (revolver and rifle)
.45 Auto Rim
.45ACP
.45 Colt
.455 Webley

Rifle
.223Rem
.300 Savage
.30-30 WCF
.30-40 US
.30-06 Spg
.303 British
7.62mmR Russian (M91)
7.65mm Argentine
8mm Mauser
.357 Maximum (rifle only)
.35 Remington
.35 Whelen
.444 Marlin
.45-70 Govt

I have a MEC 600Jr but I have only used it once to see if I fixed it right. I made four rounds and they all went bang.
 
JmacD said:
And then lists 19 handgun cartridges and 13 rifle… lol

I just did some checking on my logs stored on my bench. My built 308 has had 21 factory rounds down the pipe. The rest of the 230sometying are all crafted by me…
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Fifteen years ago the list was double that. 🤣

Just in case anybody is wondering, no that doesn’t endow me with anything special. There’s fellas here who only load two or three calibers and only just started who know how to do things I have only read about. And some things I haven’t even read about yet. 😁
 
GeoDudeFlorida said:
Oooohhh. I’m the wrong person to ask. I have all of the above and a couple of mix matched sets I put together from odds and ends bought over the years one die at a time.
And that’s not just for .38/.357. Most of my die sets are mixed manufacturers. I don’t reload for a whole lot though. Not anymore.
Handgun
.32 S&W
.32 H&R (black powder)
.32 S&W Long
.32 H&R Magnum
.32-20 WCF (revolver only)
9mm Luger
.38 Long Colt
.38Spl
.357 Magnum (revolver and rifle)
9mm Makarov
.38 S&W
.40 S&W (pistol and carbine)
.44-40 WCF (revolver and rifle)
.44Spl
.44 Magnum (revolver and rifle)
.45 Auto Rim
.45ACP
.45 Colt
.455 Webley

Rifle
.223Rem
.300 Savage
.30-30 WCF
.30-40 US
.30-06 Spg
.303 British
7.62mmR Russian (M91)
7.65mm Argentine
8mm Mauser
.357 Maximum (rifle only)
.35 Remington
.35 Whelen
.444 Marlin
.45-70 Govt

I have a MEC 600Jr but I have only used it once to see if I fixed it right. I made four rounds and they all went bang.
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Yikes! Well that answers that. I am going a bit different in that I am keeping the Hand Press kit totally separate from anything else, including the dies. Bench dies stay on the bench, hand press dies go in the range kit. I want to fit everything in one range bag and be certain that when I get to the range, I know what I have in the kit. Currently, I only load for 9mm, 45c, 45 auto and 38/357. I have dies for more, but purged most of my firearms in the early 2ks, so I'm rebuilding.

I figure with the hand press, I'll just start off with 45c this weekend, then add 38/357 in a month. Then keep adding a set once a month for 9mm, 40 S&W and who knows what else. It depends on what caliber strikes my fancy as time goes on. I can not seem to stick to one caliber. Although at present, 45 Colt has my attention big time.
 
3sport said:
Yikes! Well that answers that. I am going a bit different in that I am keeping the Hand Press kit totally separate from anything else, including the dies. Bench dies stay on the bench, hand press dies go in the range kit. I want to fit everything in one range bag and be certain that when I get to the range, I know what I have in the kit. Currently, I only load for 9mm, 45c, 45 auto and 38/357. I have dies for more, but purged most of my firearms in the early 2ks, so I'm rebuilding.

I figure with the hand press, I'll just start off with 45c this weekend, then add 38/357 in a month. Then keep adding a set once a month for 9mm, 40 S&W and who knows what else. It depends on what caliber strikes my fancy as time goes on. I can not seem to stick to one caliber. Although at present, 45 Colt has my attention big time.
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Yeah. I’m kind of an eccentric in that regard. 😁
 
Captain*kirk said:
If you were gonna pick one, 45 Colt would get my vote!
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Agreed. I'm still amazed at how I did not "Discover" this great cartridge until VERY recently. Of course I have known about 45 Colt since I was a teen and a friend's grandfather let me shoot his 45 Colt revolver. That was literally a kick for a 16 year old. But I never persued the cartridge for myself until this year. Better late than never. At this point, if I absolutely had to pick ONE cartridge, it would be 45 Colt.
 
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dartor said:
The primers are probably bouncing of the base of the bowl. Cut a piece of light cardboard (cereal box) into a half pie shape and staple/tape to the bowls rear rim. Should solve the problem.
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I do the same thing. One of the complaints about a RCBS presses is about the primer catcher. I've haven't had this happen enough times to bother me, but it does occasionally happen. A makeshift "sideboard" cut from heavy paper helps a lot!
 
Took the day off work to take my sons (15 & 13) to the range, since it opened for the year on Wednesday. 13 took his Henry and S&W M&P15 .22LRs. 15 took his JM Marlin 336 .30-30. I took my M700 .30/06, Beretta M9, and Shadow 2. So, when we got home, I sorted brass (there was a lot), while 15 learned how to reload for his .30-30. He put his brass in the tumbler, then went in for breakfast. Came back out, I pointed out what to get out and set up. I demonstrated lubing the first case, then everything was verbal. 20 rounds later, his brass was reloaded. Asked him what he thought about reloading, he said it wasn't too bad. For a teenager with the typical teenager attention span, I'll take it. Tried to get 13 to come out, he said that is why he sticks to .22LR. Guess I get to do the rest...
 
.45Coltguy said:
Yep. That idea certainly helps.:thumbup:View attachment 1207737
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There is a replacement aftermarket catcher I saw on YT for Rock Chuckers that plugs right in with a drop tube like the Lee presses have. Guy is making them with a 3D printer. Don't recall who did it but it looked pretty nifty. If I run across that video I'll post it
 
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