What did you do in the reloading room recently?

[DW357]

it worked exactly as predicted, i had no time to go to 300, but should be fine there. best group looked like this, 5 shots. me likey. 43.8 also was ok, but less good ES/SD - still gives me a very nice .2gr load window that i will use for it from now on.
if you will see them again on same sale - pls let me know, the 175gr ones.

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That's pretty damn good for a ~30 cent bullet!

 

[paul73]

That's pretty damn good for a ~30 cent bullet!

correction!!!
a 26c bullet. a 26.95c before shipping, shipped - well, ok, a 30c bullet.

here is a 77gr nosler. also nice, but was not on sale, i wish it was. same group of 5.

 

[DW357]

correction!!!
a 26c bullet. a 26.95c before shipping, shipped - well, ok, a 30c bullet.

here is a 77gr nosler. also nice, but was not on sale, i wish it was. same group of 5.
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They extended the 10% off 30 cal components. Unfortunately the 175s are OOS lol

 

[DW357]

If anyone is looking for powder the vendor in the “valley” has a bunch. Quite a few IMR and Hodgdon offerings. Some Alliant powders too

 

[Mudflap621]

Annealed my BRA brass the other day and had a little free time to size them tonight.

 

[northny]

Having already used my Dillion 550 for my PRS rounds of 6.5 CM and 308 Win, then adding the .223 Rem earlier this year, this past week I added 270 Win to the mix. Not a high volume cartridge for me, but I tend to do it in 200 round batches, so why not.

This week I loaded some 270 win, some 308 hunting loads, and some 6.5CM hunting loads. 100 of each.

yesterday I made the trek to central PA to a 1000 yard range (best part of 3 hours) and emptied most the cases. Plus a bunch of 6.5 target loads I had on hand. But with less than a month to deer season in the north of NY, I’m ready

Only one more rifle cartridge to add to my Dillon set up, the 243 Win but as I have a bunch of that on hand I converted the Dillon back to 45 acp.

 

[daekken]

Prepped a bunch of 7.62x54R for a new acquisition that should be arriving Wednesday or Thursday.

Also made up a bunch of .223 to test out with the new upper that I picked up last week.

 

[Mudflap621]

Was able to sneak away for a bit today and load my match ammo for next weekend.

 

[BarnBuilder]

My boss came up from Mass. and we zeroed in his 308 BAR and Savage 30 06 for an elk hunt in Idaho with his buddies. I also installed a
Hi-Lux Optics 3-9 x 40mm M-600 Camputer Auto Ranging Taktikal Rifle Scope on his SA M1A a very interesting scope. We shot quite a bit of PPU 150 gr 308.
I then let him shoot my SA M1A National Match with a PA 4-14 x 44 308 HUD with some Federal GMM 186 SMK just for shits and giggles. Huge difference out to 200yds. He had a blast .

Today I deprimed, resized 300 308 brass both PPU and Fiocchi

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[Klal]

Loaded up some new .45 Colt loads for deer season. In NH we can use lever rifles in certain pistol calibers state wide as of last year.

Got a 250gr XTP screaming downrange at 1,700 fps. Pretty much stuff an uncomfortable amount of H110 into it.

Should be about 1,600 fpe and doesn't feel good on the shoulder.

 

[gerrycaruso]

Today was a good day. Lots of bullets and primers showed up. I loaded some 255 grain semi wadcutters for the .45 Colt

 

[DW357]

Today was a good day. Lots of bullets and primers showed up. I loaded some 255 grain semi wadcutters for the .45 Colt

Nice. The Aguila SPP? Or did you end up buying some other primers from the other “M” vendor?

 

[paul73]

Nice. The Aguila SPP? Or did you end up buying some other primers from the other “M” vendor?

It is peculiar how cci #200 had disappeared completely from everywhere. #450 srp are showing up from time to time regularly enough, but lrp are just gone.

 

[gerrycaruso]

Aguila.

 

[bigblue]

Let us know

 

[gerrycaruso]

Ran off 1000 rounds of .45 acp then switched the press to .38 spl. What a pain in the ass. I think I'll do about 1000 38s then switch to another small primer caliber.

 

[mac1911]

I was doing more loads yesterday, and so far it seems I found a solution for Dillon measures.
The micrometer is optional, I have other one with a stock bolt - accuracy of a drop does not change when it is locked. Obviously, if you load a test ladder- micrometer helps a lot.
The 2 things that worked were - bar is painted, as can be seen, and it reduced play to the minimum. Less play it has in the housing- more accurate the drop.
Rubber bands to return it back.
And that tin insert sitting as shown - works for varget the best this exact way.
Was loading dasher yesterday, dialed for 30.8gr, 50 drops, almost every one was dead on, had 2-3 of 30.7 which is not critical there.

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You would think after all these years this would be perfected by now.
This is a prime example of ehgoodenoughis out of the factory.

 

[gerrycaruso]

Done with the 38s. I just realized that of the dozens of calibers I reload, very few use a small primer. The 450 finally wore out and Dillon doesn't have parts anymore. Anyone know who has Dillon presses besides ordering from Dillon? Blue Northern is long gone, Shooter's Outpost doesn't have any 550s and I don't think Brian Enos deals in Dillon any longer.

 

[allen-1]

Was able to sneak away for a bit today and load my match ammo for next weekend.View attachment 666346

That's Dillon Blue - what model?

 

[allen-1]

Done with the 38s. I just realized that of the dozens of calibers I reload, very few use a small primer. The 450 finally wore out and Dillon doesn't have parts anymore. Anyone know who has Dillon presses besides ordering from Dillon? Blue Northern is long gone, Shooter's Outpost doesn't have any 550s and I don't think Brian Enos deals in Dillon any longer.

There are some up on EBay right now.

Titan Reloading
Graf & Sons

 

[NH Phantom]

Complete tear down, clean and lube my Dillon 650

 

[38ExtraSpecial]

Complete tear down, clean and lube my Dillon 650

Looking good!

 

[Mike 53]

Complete tear down, clean and lube my Dillon 650

I need to do the same. Ungodly number of rounds loaded on my 550 and 650, but no issues currently. Guess I will finish loading the brass I have prepped and when the weather goes to shit- then I will tear down and lube them up...

 

[whacko]

Nothing better than nickel coated brass for 357 mag.

 

[Mudflap621]

That's Dillon Blue - what model?

Just a lil 550 with few upgrades.

 

[whacko]

Made 50 44 mag with the new shipment of zero 240 grain jsp. They look like quality projos and the weights are dead on at 240 on my scale.

 

[38ExtraSpecial]

Banged out a couple hundred 357 cup points so I could swap over to 9mm
Cast, coated and sized 650 or so 130 grain bullets. Dropped them down to .356” to try in the CZ P-01 with the tight throat.
I’ll load them sometime this week.

Old recycled pic but this is the 357

 

[DW357]

UPS came just before I was heading out the door.

 

[gerrycaruso]

I think I'll load a bunch of .223 while the small priming system is installed. I forgot how much fun that caliber is and I have bolt, semi and full auto guns in that caliber.

 

[hijinx]

Finished rearranging my set up. Think i have it in a good, long term spot. Now to find a more comfortable stool. The Kobalt one from Lowes isn't gonna cut it.

Also getting a start on the winter reloading with a batch of 124gr 9mm rounds.