What did you do in the reloading room recently?

bigblue said:
Agreed. That 1:7 barrel is not likely to love projectiles under 69 grains, FWIW.
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Highly dependent of velocity. Where used to pushing 223 2800+ fps
Some H4895 with Hodgdons reduced load formula and load up bump the charges till you get full cycle. I was pushing some 50g nolser tipped out of the 1/7 and surprisingly they did well at lower velocities
Vs some 52 berger varmint that just go poof around 15-20 yards
 
Yeah I've had several 55gr hot loads (3000+ fps) out of an 18" 1:7 I had previously that would just disappear before they made it down range. I've moved to 1:8s for any 16"+ guns, but 1:7 seems fine if it's 14.5" or shorter as there's not enough barrel to over spin them in my experience with about 10 diff guns.
 
Demoman said:
What are you guys using to anneal. Or you don't bother I never did the annealeez machine looks interesting
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i was doing it manually. Although I have enough brass to get me by for a good while. I am not looking forward to processing the brass i have waiting.
Around the 4th resizing it becomes "hard" to trim and you can clearly hear the cutter difference from 1st cut to 4th.
 
I loaded a few rounds of .45 Colt with black powder to try out of the 1872 open top. I know the old balloon head cases had greater capacity than the solid head cases of today but I could only fit 30 grains of fffg. The black powder load was 40 grains. I compressed the powder some but didn't want to go crazy. I already don't look that good and I didn't think wearing my press would improve my looks.
 
NavelOfficer said:
You can use the deburring tool or a blade (watch your fingers when it slips out of the primer pocket) to remove the crimp. It's a bit tedious, but it can be done with a minimum of gear.
The Dillon swager is a bit easier, but most consider it too pricey.
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Not only do I consider the swager pricey, but also time consuming. I never owned one, but I would think it would have to be adjusted for different flavors of brass, some may be thicker than others. The possibility of deforming the brass could be there.
 

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