I find my scale can do weird things. I had to replace a LED work light that really interfered with my lyman scale.
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What did you do in the reloading room recently?
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I am also pretty sure I will never need anything else than the 750 Dillon I have as it does everything in any caliber. Batch or precision loading - any workflow is possible. It is simply awesome.
Get the scale I got - it is somewhere up this thread. Dirt cheap and somehow works wonderfully.
BigGreen2000
NES Member
Yeah, I drop 0.5 grain under my target load and trickle up to the final charge . . .
Same here but I want to say I paid slightly less than that even.
Of course now I'm wanting a 750 but the APP would still be useful.
I'm getting the feeling that somewhere between 4 and 6 different presses would be the sweet spot. Amiright ?
The biggest problem with 750 is the lack of a possibility to have a swagger installed for station 1 with priming system in station 2.Same here but I want to say I paid slightly less than that even.
Of course now I'm wanting a 750 but the APP would still be useful.
I'm getting the feeling that somewhere between 4 and 6 different presses would be the sweet spot. Amiright ?
Also, I posted about the mod I did - my powder measure is moved to station 3 , I removed idiotic rod that was pushing measure up, so it works like the old Dillon design and it is way better.
Biggest plus having measure in station 3 that it is way more convenient for a precision loads flow as it way simpler to put brass in there by hand.
I am not sure if there is any press model out there that would allow to have swagger installed before priming station anyway.
I tumbled a ton of 357 mag brass that’s been adding up over several months. Probably won’t reload it for a while
Ok. I don't get it.
I now have 3 different scales.
They all read different.
A Lyman pocket scale
(That I've been using since day one)
A Frankford armory pocket scale (that I just took out of the package last week)
A Lee balance beam
( That I just bought today)
The electronics read within a few 10ths of a grain of each other but drift a few 10ths as well
The balance scale zeros with an empty pan but reads almost a full grain low.
I now have 3 different scales.
They all read different.
A Lyman pocket scale
(That I've been using since day one)
A Frankford armory pocket scale (that I just took out of the package last week)
A Lee balance beam
( That I just bought today)
The electronics read within a few 10ths of a grain of each other but drift a few 10ths as well
The balance scale zeros with an empty pan but reads almost a full grain low.
pastera
NES Member
I find my auto drums leak H335 and similar.
The auto disk is much better but the disks limit charge weights unless I make custom disks for a specific charge (I made a single opening disk in aluminum before i had a 3d printer and made bushings for specific weights as needed)
pastera
NES Member
The Lee needs to be pretty much exactly at eye level to avoid parallax error since the "needle" is far in front of the body.
It's also easy to get the beam on crooked so it rubs a little.
I also made a 3d printed scale that I superglue that has 0.2g tick marks.
Nice welcome to the world of scales.
38ExtraSpecial
NES Member
Get a proper scale. Lee scales suck. The digitals are good for quick checking bullet weights and stuff but not always very accurate.
Redding. Dillon. RCBS. Beam scales and a check weight set
also get a check weight weighed at a pharmacy. they used to do this with out question. Im not sure if they still do these things today. I got a old Ohaus scale from a pharmacy when they remodeled it was super touchy and sensitive. The LED display finally crapped out. It was a bit expensive to replaced. I ended up selling it to a club member for a decent amount of money he needed the load cell cover
Put together 150 rnds of 357— 158gr JHP over 11.5 gr of 2400. Shoot out of a Marlin 1894.
Added a couple more pounds of powder to the shelf, 1 Titegroup and 1 H335.
pastera
NES Member
Write out your process - we'll get you squared away quick.
319 grains of powder to 75 ml of acetone.
Agitate and let stand 20 minutes.
About 75 9mm 124 grn bullets in a Tupperware container.
Agitate solution in squirter bottle for 2 minutes.
Apply 10ish CCs to bullets
Shake container for 2 minutes.
Pour out bullets onto either a parchment coated tray or wire basket.
Let stand to flash off 10 minutes on top of warm oven.
Place tray or basket in 365 degree oven for 12 minutes.
Rinse repeat as needed .
Agitate and let stand 20 minutes.
About 75 9mm 124 grn bullets in a Tupperware container.
Agitate solution in squirter bottle for 2 minutes.
Apply 10ish CCs to bullets
Shake container for 2 minutes.
Pour out bullets onto either a parchment coated tray or wire basket.
Let stand to flash off 10 minutes on top of warm oven.
Place tray or basket in 365 degree oven for 12 minutes.
Rinse repeat as needed .
pastera
NES Member
Coating Instructions - Hi-Performance Bullet Coatings
hi-performancebulletcoatings.com
319 grains ~= 20 grams too much coating for 75ml of acetone
75 124g bullets is only about 1.3lbs so you should use no more than 2.5ml first coat
Shake only until the the coating flashes (I shake in a closed container for 30 seconds and then open for another 30) - if you shake too long you risk the coatings sticking together and pulling off while still sticky.
365° is just barely hot enough to cure - this might work in a convection oven with good air flow but you'll likely find you need to be closer to 200° C to get reliable cure (but dark colors)
If you are close to Taunton, stop by and we can cook a batch or two and get you going.
pastera
NES Member
That also looks like one of the gold colors - unless you want perfect pretty color matching - cook them on the hotter side after a good preheat and you'll get 100% yield as long as you use thin coats to start.
Those ought to be relatively mild. I run 14.5 gr of 2400 under a 158 gr JHP/JSP
38ExtraSpecial
NES Member
To add to this I also find doing small batches gives spotty results. Literally.Coating Instructions - Hi-Performance Bullet Coatings
319 grains ~= 20 grams too much coating for 75ml of acetone
75 124g bullets is only about 1.3lbs so you should use no more than 2.5ml first coat
Shake only until the the coating flashes (I shake in a closed container for 30 seconds and then open for another 30) - if you shake too long you risk the coatings sticking together and pulling off while still sticky.
365° is just barely hot enough to cure - this might work in a convection oven with good air flow but you'll likely find you need to be closer to 200° C to get reliable cure (but dark colors)
If you are close to Taunton, stop by and we can cook a batch or two and get you going.
It’s hard to use the right amount of costing and not have it flash of.
Try 5# of bullets and 5ML of coating.
I use 20 grams to 4oz of acetone. It’s a little thin but better that way than thick.
pastera
NES Member
True - I usually try to do 3 lbs at a time
Thanks gents.
Getting better at it but my oven and containers are on the small side. Today I rotated the smaller batches and the ones that came out best were on fresh batch of coating and not crowded in the basket or tray.
Getting better at it but my oven and containers are on the small side. Today I rotated the smaller batches and the ones that came out best were on fresh batch of coating and not crowded in the basket or tray.
38ExtraSpecial
NES Member
You can coat in larger batches and just cook in the small 1.5# batches if need be.
pastera
NES Member
You can coat a larger amount then break it into smaller batches to bake - once the acetone is flashed off you can bake at any time
Very tame. Pleasure to shoot. Book says 1400 ft/sec.
38ExtraSpecial
NES Member
Do you have any unique? Works great for that middle magnum feel.
No Unique. Good to know. Will grab some the next time come across it. Thanks.
