What did you do in the reloading room recently?

[whacko]

For the folks who told me crimp pay be the issue. Take a look.....was that crimp light enough to cause low pressure issues with 2400 powder?

Also I know they are not seated as low as most folks do it. Those are 1.585 oal because the Henry likes longer oal for feeding.

Before I re crimped them.

After I ran them through

 

[mac1911]

For the folks who told me crimp pay be the issue. Take a look.....was that crimp light enough to cause low pressure issues with 2400 powder?


Also I know they are not seated as low as most folks do it. Those are 1.585 oal because the Henry likes longer oal for feeding.

Before I re crimped them.
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After I ran them through

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It looks like you hardly crimped them at all by the comparison. Happens alot if your brass is not the same length

 

[whacko]

It looks like you hardly crimped them at all by the comparison. Happens alot if your brass is not the same length

Well they are all crimped hard now. I had to actually back off a bit....the first few buckled the brass .......backed off a bit till it didn't buckle and I tested them in the case gauge after crimping to make sure I didn't bulge them. Then tested on the desk to make sure the neck tension was retained
Willl test tonight.

 

[Leezway]

Punched out a few while watching the game. Getting ready for a match in a couple weeks.

 

[DW357]

My 9mm Acme Bullets arrived yesterday. Pretty cool packaging.


Shot the Area 7 USPSA championship match yesterday. It was a good time but I didn’t shoot as well as I hoped Long ass day too. Left my house at 530am and got home at 7...
Anyway, in the goodie bags they gave us was a Dillon foam grip for the roller handle? I don’t have a Dillon press. Anyone need/want it? I’ll ship it on my dime.

 

[38ExtraSpecial]

Punched out a few while watching the game. Getting ready for a match in a couple weeks.

Did you bump the powder charge a bit? Or do you think the issue was the gun?

 

[DW357]

For the folks who told me crimp pay be the issue. Take a look.....was that crimp light enough to cause low pressure issues with 2400 powder?

Also I know they are not seated as low as most folks do it. Those are 1.585 oal because the Henry likes longer oal for feeding.

Before I re crimped them.
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After I ran them through

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Yeah it looks like you didn’t have much of a crimp before. Ideally you’d want those bullets seated deeper to allow the casemouth to be crimped onto the cannelure. But I realize you have feeding issues so.

 

[whacko]

Yeah it looks like you didn’t have much of a crimp before. Ideally you’d want those bullets seated deeper to allow the casemouth to be crimped onto the cannelure. But I realize you have feeding issues so.

The crimp is just on the bottom of the cannelure. It's in there but just at the base of it.

 

[DW357]

The crimp is just on the bottom of the cannelure. It's in there but just at the base of it.

Yup. I meant on the first photo.
Interested to see how they shoot!

 

[whacko]

Yup. I meant on the first photo.
Interested to see how they shoot!

I hope it solves the problem. I don't want to pull down 250 rounds of 357.

 

[Leezway]

Did you bump the powder charge a bit? Or do you think the issue was the gun?

This load is not the one I was having trouble with this weekend, I believe that issue was the gun and not the load. That load works extremely well and I get great chrono numbers through all my other guns. So I’m thinking my x5 legion Just doesn’t like that load and the shape of the bullet to me doesn’t seem sit well so I have to shorten the OAL to 1.095 for it to plunk in that x5 barrel. But these blue “ibejiheads” seem to work very well and I’ve had great results so I figured to go back to them versus those plated Flat Nose Berry’s. I need something reliable for wallum lake walls of steel in a couple weeks.

 

[TrashcanDan]

For the folks who told me crimp pay be the issue. Take a look.....was that crimp light enough to cause low pressure issues with 2400 powder?

Also I know they are not seated as low as most folks do it. Those are 1.585 oal because the Henry likes longer oal for feeding.

Before I re crimped them.
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After I ran them through

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The before looks more like a taper than a roll crimp

 

[slap shot]

what powder are you using and what kind of numbers are you getting with the Noslers ? I've got a box of Hornady 140 eld m that I'll use when I start reloading. I've read that the Bergers are pretty darn good, but its hard to stomach the $.51 per bullet price tag.

update: dragged the chrono to the range yesterday and confirmed I’m getting average 2754f FPS and std dev of 10.8 FPS Over 5 shots. Also, the RDFs were .34 per bullet at shooters.

 

[38ExtraSpecial]

This load is not the one I was having trouble with this weekend, I believe that issue was the gun and not the load. That load works extremely well and I get great chrono numbers through all my other guns. So I’m thinking my x5 legion Just doesn’t like that load and the shape of the bullet to me doesn’t seem sit well so I have to shorten the OAL to 1.095 for it to plunk in that x5 barrel. But these blue “ibejiheads” seem to work very well and I’ve had great results so I figured to go back to them versus those plated Flat Nose Berry’s. I need something reliable for wallum lake walls of steel in a couple weeks.

Got it.
Had a similar issue with 40 at one point. I sold the gun instead

 

[whacko]

The before looks more like a taper than a roll crimp

Both were done on the same die. I just raised the seating adjustment all the way up and then lowered the die to get more crimp when I re ran them through the press. It's a Lee 3 die set I've been using for awhile.

 

[whacko]

Yup. I meant on the first photo.
Interested to see how they shoot!

Totally did not fix the problem.

First shot.....pfffft......round stuck and powder everywhere. That was with the Remington brass.

Cleared the squib......

Try the federal brass.......got off 3 shots......all different reports one was light as a 22 but I saw the hole in the target......fourth shot.....pfffft same thing bullet in bore and powder everywhere.

Cleared the squib.......cleaned the spilled powder off the bench and I'm going home.

Its gotta be the powder.

 

[TrashcanDan]

I feel your pain

 

[whacko]

I feel your pain

Sucks cuz I have some friends coming to the club open house tomorrow and wanted to bring the Henry carbine and all I have stocked up for reloads is these $@#** loads. I have some factory 357 but with the ammo supply these days I'm not too keen on using it. I have some h110 left over and could make some up tonight but Im out of magnum primers. f*** my life.

I'll make up 100 or so with some unique maybe tonight.....but those don't have the same horsepower on the plates. Is what it is.

 

[NavelOfficer]

I haven't had issues with 296/H110 using standard primers, but it's your call, of course.

 

[EddieZoom]

My 9mm Acme Bullets arrived yesterday. Pretty cool packaging.
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Shot the Area 7 USPSA championship match yesterday. It was a good time but I didn’t shoot as well as I hoped Long ass day too. Left my house at 530am and got home at 7...
Anyway, in the goodie bags they gave us was a Dillon foam grip for the roller handle? I don’t have a Dillon press. Anyone need/want it? I’ll ship it on my dime.
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I'll take the roller handle if no one else has raised their hand.

 

[whacko]

I haven't had issues with 296/H110 using standard primers, but it's your call, of course.

Maybe I'll try that

 

[EddieZoom]

Shot the Area 7 USPSA championship match yesterday. It was a good time but I didn’t shoot as well as I hoped

Running with the big dogs....good for you.

 

[NavelOfficer]

Maybe I'll try that

Load a few samples to test-fire, before going hog wild. If they run well, go for it!

 

[DW357]

I'll take the roller handle if no one else has raised their hand.

All yours

 

[whacko]

Load a few samples to test-fire, before going hog wild. If they run well, go for it!

Yeah was looking to get 100 rounds made up for tomorrow. .....no time to work any up and test.

I'll just leave the Henry at home.

The unique loads worked well just more of a medium magnum though. I know those work ok I'll make up 100 of those tonight.

 

[gerrycaruso]

Anyone buy bullets from Gardners Cache? They have some good looking cast gas checked rifle bullets but every time I try to place an order it says to include a valid zip code. I always include the zip code but it doesn't matter. I sent them 2 emails but haven't heard back.

 

[xtry51]

My wife wants to start reloading shotgun (12ga) so she can practice more with reduced loads. I've never reloaded shotgun, only pistol/rifle. What do I need for equipment (not supplies, I got that knowledge)

 

[PL-52]

I use a Lee 12 guage Loadall shotgun press , it comes all set up to load for really nicely crimped shells. Easy peasy to use too.

 

[greencobra]

ahhh, lee, yeah, well.....

 

[Len-2A Training]

I ran a MEC 650 progressive loader and it was a very easy process. They have a newer model, I don't know the equivalent numbers but they still make a top-notch product.