What did you do in the reloading room recently?

[Mudflap621]

Just threw some stuff on it I’m sure I’ll move it around again. Trying to decide what to do with presses. I’ve been eyeballing the inline mount for dillon that’s gonna be a must as I don’t want it hanging off front of desk. But do I buy the quick change plates for the marksman too? Hmmm. Haven’t bolted it down but way thinking I could maybe squeeze it where it sits now but I hate clutter. I’ve got all parts coming to start loading my rifle stuff on the Dillon so the Mec is only really gonna see odd jobs. Decisions decisions. I do know that I’m ready for another beer tho...

 

[ProGun]

Decapped and sized 44 mag and 44 special. Also loaded more 44 magnum last night and primed 44 special this afternoon.

 

[Quite_Exasperated]

Looked for room for ammo...all bins full and I have 2k of brass tumbled, sorted and ready to load..first world problem thread worthy?

 

[Mudflap621]

Looked for room for ammo...all bins full and I have 2k of brass tumbled, sorted and ready to load..first world problem thread worthy?

U sound quite exasperated.

 

[xtry51]

Small tip to anyone relatively new. If you have a piece of brass that will not smoothly rotate a full turn in a shell holder, throw that piece of brass away. It will cause feeding or extraction problems later.

 

[DW357]

Well my 30-30 trimmer and FCD arrived today. I noticed even after trimming the long cases, they still made closing the lever "harder". I think it must be the rims though when I measured them they were no different in thickness than the cases that are easy to close the lever with...

I got a bunch of cases prepped (casemouths flared) to load them with the coated bullets over trail boss.

 

[Kamadojefe]

I read the ups and downs of wet tumbling and was all set with wet till I bought this old timer off a old timer and all I was missing from life was the pins. After one hour of quiet tumbling this is what I got with clean primer pockets !! It’s pretty friggin nice doooood !!!!

 

[DW357]

View attachment 431495I read the ups and downs of wet tumbling and was all set with wet till I bought this old timer off a old timer and all I was missing from life was the pins. After one hour of quite tumbling this is what I got with clean primer pockets !! It’s pretty friggin nice doooood !!!!

Nice! 308?

 

[Kamadojefe]

Nice! 308?

223

 

[DPR]

223

Everything looks bigger on camera

 

[headednorth]

Nice! 308?

223

Everything looks bigger on camera

Lol, weird. I was going to say 30.06

 

[meh]

Everything looks bigger on camera

Well depending on how far away the gallon jug is in the background, they might be 30mm.

 

[Kamadojefe]

Lol, weird. I was going to say 30.06

That Viking geode tumbler created an illusion like y’all have never seen. The previous owner used for Cobb in it and was in love with it. Only real
Downside is loading it up.

 

[gerrycaruso]

Loaded a dozen rounds of .357 with some old primers I found while I was looking for .300 Savage ammo for Andrew. If they still work, I have 2000 more small pistol primers. I'll find out tomorrow.

 

[DW357]

Loaded a dozen rounds of .357 with some old primers I found while I was looking for .300 Savage ammo for Andrew. If they still work, I have 2000 more small pistol primers. I'll find out tomorrow.

Nice! Thanks again for that by the way. My dad appreciated it also. Probably use that ammo for target practice with his savage 99

 

[jpm]

Nice! Thanks again for that by the way. My dad appreciated it also. Probably use that ammo for target practice with his savage 99

I may have a few rounds too, I'll check tonight.

 

[38ExtraSpecial]

Nice! Thanks again for that by the way. My dad appreciated it also. Probably use that ammo for target practice with his savage 99

Can’t you form 300 Savage from .308 brass?
Might be an easy way to stack up on brass.

 

[38ExtraSpecial]

View: https://youtu.be/QuXE2EF35HM

 

[kerryman71]

Well, I've officially joined the group of gun owners that baffled me; was going through my ammo can inventory to make room for some more reloads, and found a can with 1100 9 mm 124 grain FMJ reloads I forgot I had

 

[38ExtraSpecial]

Well, I've officially joined the group of gun owners that baffled me; was going through my ammo can inventory to make room for some more reloads, and found a can with 1100 9 mm 124 grain FMJ reloads I forgot I had

Welcome to the club. Your membership card is buried under the 2000 pieces of 40 brass that you don’t own a gun for but have anyway.

 

[PEW]

Welcome to the club. Your membership card is buried under the 2000 pieces of 40 brass that you don’t own a gun for but have anyway.

357 sig. Why do I have so much 357 sig brass?

 

[38ExtraSpecial]

357 sig. Why do I have so much 357 sig brass?

So you can convert it to the 40 cal you don’t reload for either.

 

[Quite_Exasperated]

Well, I've officially joined the group of gun owners that baffled me; was going through my ammo can inventory to make room for some more reloads, and found a can with 1100 9 mm 124 grain FMJ reloads I forgot I had

In this market a/k/a your retirement fund

 

[kerryman71]

In this market a/k/a your retirement fund

Believe me, I've looked at how much ammo I have, as well as small pistol and rifle primers, and think of their net worth in this market. However, as I've said before, I ain't selling shit!

 

[moojpg2]

Loaded a dozen rounds of .357 with some old primers I found while I was looking for .300 Savage ammo for Andrew. If they still work, I have 2000 more small pistol primers. I'll find out tomorrow.

long as they looked ok and havent gotten wet or contaminated they should be fine

edit: actually even if they did get wet or damp they should be fine if they dried back out and appear normal as most modern priming compounds are water soluble. I have a couple old sleeves still of remington 9 1/2's that were my dad's from the late 70's that came from the texas heat and humidity, back to new england in the 80's, and are now in their 3rd house here that are still perfectly fine.

 

[jpm]

Well, I've officially joined the group of gun owners that baffled me; was going through my ammo can inventory to make room for some more reloads, and found a can with 1100 9 mm 124 grain FMJ reloads I forgot I had

I did something similar recently, found a box of almost 800 plated 180gr 10mm bullets I bought ages ago to reload .40 which I can use to reload for my 10mms

 

[gerrycaruso]

All 12 went off on the 1st strike so I guess the primers are still good. Both boxes are Remington. One is red and the other is white. The white box looks older. I'll try a few of them next.

 

[NavelOfficer]

I could use some of those for a friend that shoots a .30-30. I did, however, load up most of the remaining Hornady 170gr FP in the last of the .30-30 brass I had on hand..
Also, used up all of the Arizona Bullet Co. 180 grain Soft Points in .30-06.

Oh, I grabbed a bag of .284 Winchester brass at M&B, which was marked 7.5 Swiss. Sized and trimmed some of them and topped them with a 175 gr. BTHP. These have a smaller rim (.308 Win. s/h) than the GP11, but they will suffice for range fodder.
FWIW, M&B has a box of .22 Spitfire brass, if anyone uses that.

 

[kerryman71]

Shot some 9mm reloads using VV 340, mixed brass, Fed 100 SPP and RMR 124 grain FMJRN, OAL 1.12

Ten using 5.2 grains: 1112 fps avg, PF 137 ES 48 fps, SD 14 fps

Ten using 5.4 grains: 1129 fps avg, PF 139, ES 45 fps, SD 13 fps.

I'll have to check to see what the max is, which I think I'm close to, and go from there. I'd like a little more out of it, similar to my load of 6.5 grains using HS 6, which averaged 1152 fps and a PF 142.

 

[xtry51]

I strongly suggest you buy anything you hope to have immediately due to DC and GA