What did you do in the reloading room recently?

[daggrant99]

The .223 Remington die that I use to size the .380 Auto brass sizes to about .371" mid length. With a .355" bullet seated the mouth mic's at .372". You do see a slight ring where the base of the bullet is, but it in no way adversely affects the functioning of the round.
I don't have a complete .380 Auto die set and no other sizer die that I possess allows for proper grip of the bullet.
To be honest, I'd rather have the .001" diameter variation instead of risking movement of the bullet seating deeper during chambering due to light case grip.

Speaking of which (and I'll throw this in for free), if you ever have any sized .45 Auto cases that allow the bullet to slip right into the case (I've found many R-P nickel-plated cases with this issue), run them into your .308 Winchester sizing die as appropriate, to get them to grip the bullet properly. They will still head space properly when finished. Many will just cull them from the mix, but they can be salvaged, if you want to bother.

Great info, thanks.

 

[Artie]

Loaded up some 45lc and 308 brass that was already prepped and primed.
8.5gr of Unique under 255gr SWC for the Ruger Blackhawk
12.5gr of Unique under 170gr flat nose for the Savage 99
For the 308, used up all my hitek coated and had to go with some pan lubed.

 

[steve8140]

You guys will never believe this, but I went into the reloading room recently and made some ammo.
600 rounds of 9mm to be exact.

then I did some maintenance my XL650, I greased the fittings and the main shaft, vacuumed up all the crud on the shell plate area. Then disassembled the powder drop and polished the inside of the cone.
Supisidly it helps with more consistent powder drops. I haven’t had any real problems but figured it couldn’t hurt.

 

[EMTDAD]

added the MEC 650 jr to the mini bench. Picked up some Alliant Red Dot at Bullseye but no shotgun primers to be found..

 

[greencobra]

Loaded up some 45lc

is that the new mtm see thru ammo jar you keepin' those 45 c's in? heard about them, a very contemporary utilitarian design. i like 'em!

 

[DW357]

I loaded the last 500 Acme 145 gr bullets over Sport Pistol.

 

[mac1911]

added the MEC 650 jr to the mini bench. Picked up some Alliant Red Dot at Bullseye but no shotgun primers to be found..

Dont know where you are but Out back in plympton had shotgun primers

 

[NavelOfficer]

... but no shotgun primers to be found..

Give Heritage (West Warwick) a call. They had a variety of 209 primers when I was there a few weeks back.

 

[EddieZoom]

added the MEC 650 jr to the mini bench. Picked up some Alliant Red Dot at Bullseye but no shotgun primers to be found..

Keep looking. I've seen them on the shelves at several stores over the last few weeks. Outback in Plympton and a few stores in RI.

 

[Kamadojefe]

Uniflow trophy, you’ll get that on these big jobs

 

[38ExtraSpecial]

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Too much green there. You need more blue.

 

[Kamadojefe]

Too much green there. You need more blue.
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Too much green there. You need more blue.

Blue press. More like status press !?!?!!

 

[38ExtraSpecial]

It’s the only reason my wife married me. Chicks dig blue presses

 

[roccoracer]

Giving these Berry's 230 gr hybrid hollowpoints a try. 5.3 gr of bullseye should put me at 900 fps.

 

[NavelOfficer]

Giving these Berry's 230 gr hybrid hollowpoints a try. 5.3 gr of bullseye should put me at 900fps.

You'll find the HHP work quite well. Here's a 185gr through a gallon milk jug filled with water...

 

[roccoracer]

You'll find the HHP work quite well. Here's a 185gr through a gallon milk jug filled with water...

That looks like excellent results. Do you know the approximate fps you had for that expansion?

 

[NavelOfficer]

No, sorry. I would guess that I used Longshot or HS-6, so probably in the 950 fps area. I'd have to dig through my stash and see what data I listed, if any of these reloads remain.

I did shoot a few in 10mm Auto, but only recovered a few bullets. They expanded similarly, but some had petals broken off. I presume this is due to the higher velocity.

If you're ever down my way, come shoot some. You'll need to bring your own milk jugs or other target medium.
You are fortunate to purchase these HHPs. They are about as scarce as primers these days.

 

[Broc Tuah]

You guys will never believe this, but I went into the reloading room recently and made some ammo.
600 rounds of 9mm to be exact.

then I did some maintenance my XL650, I greased the fittings and the main shaft, vacuumed up all the crud on the shell plate area. Then disassembled the powder drop and polished the inside of the cone.
Supisidly it helps with more consistent powder drops. I haven’t had any real problems but figured it couldn’t hurt.

Nice. I need to clean my 750. Reloaded around d 4K rounds without cleaning. I am thinking it will be one of my winter projects.

While all powders are not the same, I reloaded all 4K rounds with N320, and the Dillon powder drop is amazingly accurate with that powder.

 

[Broc Tuah]

Too much green there. You need more blue.

And a red one. Gives the reloading room some Christmas spirit; red, green and blue.

 

[38ExtraSpecial]

Nice. I need to clean my 750. Reloaded around d 4K rounds without cleaning. I am thinking it will be one of my winter projects.

While all powders are not the same, I reloaded all 4K rounds with N320, and the Dillon powder drop is amazingly accurate with that powder.

you clean your presses? Geez I don’t think I’ve ever legit cleaned one of my presses. I just sweep off the rogue spent primers and keep the ram lubed.

And a red one. Gives the reloading room some Christmas spirit; red, green and blue.

he has some red too. He’s just too ashamed to post it.

 

[Broc Tuah]

you clean your presses? Geez I don’t think I’ve ever legit cleaned one of my presses. I just sweep off the rogue spent primers and keep the ram lubed.

@1919FAN told me stories about you lubing that ram.

 

[38ExtraSpecial]

@1919FAN told me stories about you lubing that ram.

Is nothing sacred anymore?!?

 

[38ExtraSpecial]

Set up a nice Midway beaded lube sizer heater that @1919FAN scored for me months ago.
Now it’s finally mated up to my star and the first run was with some Lyman 358627 bullets. 215 grain 38 goodness.

 

[EddieZoom]

The first 10 shotshells loaded by me. Crimp ranges from "pretty good" to pinhole in the center (shot is visible). I tweaked a little but still getting a feel for the adjustments of the MEC 600jr. What do you guys think ? Any suggestions ? Remington gun club hulls with claybuster (waa12 equiv) wads. 1 1/8 of number 9 shot over RedDot.

 

[38ExtraSpecial]

The first 10 shotshells loaded my me. Crimp ranges from "pretty good" to pinhole in the center (shot is visible). I tweaked a little but still getting a feel for the adjustments of the MEC 600jr. What do you guys think ? Any suggestions ? Remington gun club hulls with claybuster (waa12 equiv) wads. 1 1/8 of number 9 shot over RedDot.

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Look good to me. I’ve seen much worse from the factory.

 

[Uzi2]

The first 10 shotshells loaded my me. Crimp ranges from "pretty good" to pinhole in the center (shot is visible). I tweaked a little but still getting a feel for the adjustments of the MEC 600jr. What do you guys think ? Any suggestions ? Remington gun club hulls with claybuster (waa12 equiv) wads. 1 1/8 of number 9 shot over RedDot.

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They look great!
If you want to seal up the center, drip a small drop of wax from a birthday candle in the center.......if you can still buy birthday candles in MA.

 

[Uzi2]

Went through a bucket of my own generated live pick ups from years of shooting and sorted out a bunch of good live ammo.

NOTE: I never, EVER fire anything that was found on a range......those go in another bucket to be pulled for components.

Ended up with about 200 9mm, a gallon ziplock full of .308 and a few large handfuls of 8mm( from the beltfeds) a baggie full of .45acp, and a baggie full of various headstamp 5.56 and a handful of 22LR.

 

[xtry51]

I do the same. I have a bucket of live pickups. The powder gets tossed, Ill recycle the primed cases and bullets into training batches.

 

[mac1911]

Set up a nice Midway beaded lube sizer heater that @1919FAN scored for me months ago.
Now it’s finally mated up to my star and the first run was with some Lyman 358627 bullets. 215 grain 38 goodness.

if your looking a quick hack heater

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8Iy26hnuuE

 

[38ExtraSpecial]

if your looking a quick hack heater

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8Iy26hnuuE

That’s a good idea. I used to use the old clip lamp to get it done.
I’ve heard of guys mounting their sizer on a plate of aluminum and then resting a clothes iron on the side of the plate too. That would piss the wife off when she ironed some carnauba red into her favorite dress