Awesome. Is the tally count for number of reloads?
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What did you do in the reloading room recently?
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Nope, I tick off 100s as I load because I won't do a whole can at once.
cjrubes
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This week I worked up some test loads for a couple of milsurp calibers I haven't loaded before...
10 rounds of 8x60r for the Portuguese Kropatschek I picked up a few months ago. I only loaded 10 rounds this time just to test function. 210gr cast bullet over some H4198.
20x 8x56r for the Steyr M95 carbine I picked up a while back. PPU 8x56r can be hard to find so I decided to start rolling my own. I went with some 208gr .330 FMJs over IMR4064. I loaded a few different charge weights to see if I can find some sort of node.
10 rounds of 8x60r for the Portuguese Kropatschek I picked up a few months ago. I only loaded 10 rounds this time just to test function. 210gr cast bullet over some H4198.
20x 8x56r for the Steyr M95 carbine I picked up a while back. PPU 8x56r can be hard to find so I decided to start rolling my own. I went with some 208gr .330 FMJs over IMR4064. I loaded a few different charge weights to see if I can find some sort of node.
i have some surplus 8x56?_
Tossed around the idea of buying a rifle just to shoot the ammo.
Mudflap621
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Sick off moving these pallet boards around and plan on building another bench here Cuz you can never have to many places to clutter...
Started some plinking 7,62 x 39 rounds. Discovered small primer cases are almost as bad as small primers on 45acp!
cjrubes
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I have a few boxes of surplus as well...pretty sure they're 1938 dated as well. Haven't shot much of it......I have plenty of .330 bullets to keep me busy with handloads for while!
Purchased a roll away tool box today for bullet storage. Bagged, tagged, and sorted half of my mess.
Primed 100 of my sawn off .223 to 300BLK.
Just ordered my upper today and already got a shipping notification. Website said, "14-21 business days" for shipping and it turned out to be about 15 minutes and USPS already has a scheduled date for Friday ha.
Thought I had plenty of time to track down some projectiles. Guess I should have bought those .308 at BPS the other day. I'll swing up there tomorrow to see if they're still there.
Just ordered my upper today and already got a shipping notification. Website said, "14-21 business days" for shipping and it turned out to be about 15 minutes and USPS already has a scheduled date for Friday ha.
Thought I had plenty of time to track down some projectiles. Guess I should have bought those .308 at BPS the other day. I'll swing up there tomorrow to see if they're still there.
kerryman71
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Decapped, sized, trimmed and cleaned some .223.
Leezway
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Loaded up my first 300BLK. The 155gr bullets seem comically large compared to the case. 220gr subsonics must look ridiculous.
Did up a handful at 12.3gr of H110 and another handful at 13.5gr. Got to do a some more at 14.7 and 15.9 for good measure. Used CCI 450s for primers.
Did up a handful at 12.3gr of H110 and another handful at 13.5gr. Got to do a some more at 14.7 and 15.9 for good measure. Used CCI 450s for primers.
That's a lot of lipstick!
Leezway
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I got real big Lips
A while back I purchased an estate of a man that I assumed owned Adelie Custom Bullets based on the amount of swaging/reloading stuff. I got around to making some of his 175 gr .45 ACP loads today.
quinnjalan
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Not reloading but that’s where my 3D printer is. I bloke my “Empty Chamber” flag the other day so I printed a new one. Really only wanted it for my Tavor but is also fits in AR’s. I was a tad long for AR’s so I made a few changes and hit the print button again. Pull the bolt back, insert the flag and ride the bolt till it makes contact. Simple and it works. If anyone wants the STL just PM me.
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I was wondering why I couldn't get a crimp on my 300BLK cartridges. Turns out I just seated 150 rounds using my .223 seating die. It actually worked great to seat the bullets.
The alleged suspect offered to trade 2 boxes of 9mm ammo for gasoline, both of which carry the same street value as 1 kilo of Cocaine.
No details have been released as of yet.
400 rounds of 223 today. I found this good training case for my kids. This round is close to a case separation. Given the location I suspect it was from a belt fed at an NES shoot.
Caught it after loading. I load all my ammo on strippers and inspect before storing. You'll sometimes crack a neck or shoulder on high round count brass when seating bullets, so checking high use brass only before loading I've found is not a good practice.
I don't get too concerned about tiny neck defects that are borderline for training ammo as a neck crack will have minimal effect in close ranges. But if you're loading long range ammo a neck crack on a .223 round can be a 1-2ft flyer at 600. So limit your brass if you're shooting competition.
Caught it after loading. I load all my ammo on strippers and inspect before storing. You'll sometimes crack a neck or shoulder on high round count brass when seating bullets, so checking high use brass only before loading I've found is not a good practice.
I don't get too concerned about tiny neck defects that are borderline for training ammo as a neck crack will have minimal effect in close ranges. But if you're loading long range ammo a neck crack on a .223 round can be a 1-2ft flyer at 600. So limit your brass if you're shooting competition.
Here is an example of a defect I will let go, but will likely result in a neck crack in the next 1-2 firings. While not perfectly clear, this mark is not a crack. It is a deep scratch.
The above case will likely fail like this case below, which I separated out after Initial cleaning.
The above case will likely fail like this case below, which I separated out after Initial cleaning.
Glenn's in North Reading has Varget! 2 pounds still on the shelf when they closed today. Also H4350 and R17. The R17 was also available in one 8# jug. Various other rifle powders in 1# too. No primers but lots of bullets.
There was some Nxxx but I don't know if that was pistol or rifle. And I wasn't really paying attention to the pistol powders, I was trying to keep track of rifle. He might have had some 44 bullets on the used shelf I think.
Varget was $38.95
Dies are starting to show up at MidwayUSA.......my 40 and 9mm dies arrived.....Still searching for small base 308
iLikeTinyGuns
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I finally finished loading up the rest of an open box of 230gr FMJ bullets that I started some 5+ years ago. Just got too busy with life 
Spent some time at the range testing some 300blk ammo. 12.3gr H110 under a 155gr BTHP cycled well, surprisingly little muzzle flash and boom, but didn't lock back.
13.4gr was the same thing. 14.7 was the one. Couple hundred fps faster and everything functioned well and locked back after the last round.
Looking forward to trying the 220gr I have on order.
Not bad for a thrown together budget blaster. I'm under $350 for everything on this thing.
13.4gr was the same thing. 14.7 was the one. Couple hundred fps faster and everything functioned well and locked back after the last round.
Looking forward to trying the 220gr I have on order.
Not bad for a thrown together budget blaster. I'm under $350 for everything on this thing.
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My first reloaded 5 live rounds ever (9mm) ! The amount of LNL set-up and trial & error was a little more than I expected. But, given all that - the process is very repeatable now.
The seating/taper crimp die was the absolute worst - but I think I've got it now.
I don't know whether to frame them or shoot them. Maybe a little anal - but all weigh within 0.1 gr, and lengths are 1.115 +/-.001.
OK......where's my participation trophy.......
The seating/taper crimp die was the absolute worst - but I think I've got it now.
I don't know whether to frame them or shoot them. Maybe a little anal - but all weigh within 0.1 gr, and lengths are 1.115 +/-.001.
OK......where's my participation trophy.......
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