What did you do in the reloading room recently?

84ta406 said:
What issues did you have? Wasn't going into battery? I had a issue with bayou bullets that if I didn't seat them all the way down to the top of the shoulder they would chamber in my 45c.
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Little to long if I had to guess, the other ones ran fine in it @ 1.230
Its a beast of a .45, I'll say that.
 
greencobra said:
lol, yeah....not concerned with my arsenal ak, it's the ar type rifles. i have in my mind tolerances would be tighter on the american manufactured product. maybe not, might be "ak sloppy."
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First off, I don't have an AR in x39mm and I no longer have an SKS, so I can't chamber check anything anymore.
In the past, my F-L resized cases would often not fully enter the L.E. Wilson head space case gauge. This wasn't due to improper shoulder dimensions, but rather due to too large of a diameter at the base and rim of the case; in the area where the die doesn't make contact. Insert the base of the case first and you'll see it bind.
I suspect they would chamber okay in an SKS; don't know about an AR. It's not uncommon to have a burr on the rim that can cause the misfit, but that wasn't the case in this instance. Simply used a little touch of a file or other medium to bring down the diameter slightly to enter the gauge fully. Again, this may not really be necessary, but I did it on many over-sized cases. A small base die would not contact this area of the brass either.
Remember, the Wilson HS Case Gauge is not designed to measure case diameters, but rather shoulder placement.
As mentioned, run a few through your press and chamber check the sized cases. If they fully chamber, you are sizing adequately already.
Cheers.
BTW, that company named after the great WWll naval battle has the Inceptor Sport Utility Bullets 7.62x39mm (311 Diameter) 90 Grain SRR Spire Point Frangible Lead-Free Box of 250 for around 10 cents a pop; on back order, of course.
 
Pistol wise, I actually prefer Lee over others. Not sure why but when I was still learning I had way less problems loading with Lee dies than others so I stuck to them. Have to admit for rifle I'm still a bit of a snob and use Redding mostly. Cant really articulate why though
 
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headednorth said:
Pistol wise, I actually prefer Lee over others. Not sure why but when I was still learning I had way less problems loading with Lee dies than others so I stuck to them. Have to admit for rifle I'm still a bit of a snob and use Redding mostly. Cant really articulate why though
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we tend to stick with what works
 
I've used Lee since the mid 1960's. About 8 yrs ago the boy bought me a RockChucker. What a piece of crap. Maybe if you are loading monster rifle cartrs. it is ok. But for pistol,308,30-30, 243 ,7-08 it is very tiresome for my old body. It is now an expensive door stop in the reloading room. When something works YOU DON"T CHANGE IT. Stash
 
magpug said:
I've used Lee since the mid 1960's. About 8 yrs ago the boy bought me a RockChucker. What a piece of crap. Maybe if you are loading monster rifle cartrs. it is ok. But for pistol,308,30-30, 243 ,7-08 it is very tiresome for my old body. It is now an expensive door stop in the reloading room. When something works YOU DON"T CHANGE IT. Stash
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Nah, its a good press . I will take a Rock vs any lee single stage.
Unless where talking on a cost basis only. The cheap in me will take a lee.

Stash , I will trade you a large hunk of lead for your door stop.
 
mac1911 said:
I dont think I could sit at a 650 and only do 100 rounds? But I dont have a 650 so what do I know
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What I shoot I then usually reload x2, but I was pressed for time so only 100 rds reloaded. My 100 yd range is only 30' from my walkout basement door. So picking up brass is no big deal to keep the range clean. My reloading room/gun room is half the size of my basement.
 

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Bunch of deliveries last day or so including these lil guys. Anyone else use the ballistic tool primer gauges? Also got in some bump gauge inserts and and some scope rings for a rifle sitting at ffl till Friday [banghead] D5324860-7AB1-4FDF-A8EB-983B8D31B78F.jpeg A0C202C3-63C4-4ADE-ADE2-559CDE7E542D.jpeg

I made a test 308 to test chambering in my fathers rifle and all went well. Now to making the real deal.
 

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