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What did you do in the reloading room recently?
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peterk123
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6.5cm today
peterk123
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That's a hell of a deal on the primers. Keep us posted.
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paulleve
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It was a nice day to spend some time at the long range, and I just got the day's brass deprimed. I recently picked up a second FA hand deprimer so I so I was able to work on .223, 6.5, and .30-06 without having to swap out any parts. (It's very easy to swap collets on these, but it was worth $35 to abe to deprime different sizes without changeover!)
Nice. Never heard of that brand before
pastera
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Neither had I - did some searching and figured they were at least worth looking at for the price.
Exakt primers?
Has anybody here used these primers? Exakt EXT-9 small pistol primers.
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Don't know whether to smile or cry. Moving some things around in the garage and found another bucket of clean, bagged .223/5.56 brass along with several baggies of "sorted by weight" .308 projectiles, a plastic instant coffee jar full of 9mm lead reloads.
I'm trying to finish up loading .223/5.56 and keep finding more brass.![[laugh]](/xen/styles/default/xenforo/smilies.vb/012.gif "Laugh [laugh]")
I'm trying to finish up loading .223/5.56 and keep finding more brass.
gerrycaruso
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Loaded a few rounds of 308 with Varget and a 150 grain fmjbt. I have some TAC and some A2520 loaded as well. I'll try them all tomorrow and see if the M1A likes any of them.
Varget runs well in my M1a . I will be loading up 308 for the last cmp match of the year , CMP finally made 308 M1 garands legal for as issued matxhes.
gerrycaruso
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The Varget and TAC did well at 100 yards, which is what I was hoping. I'll try them at 200 tomorrow
I had aggravating results with TAC?
Me too. I have a 2520 load that's excellent in the M14 but otherwise like Varget for 308.
Well I found some Tokarev food the hard way-
Was riding along inside a 45 acp and jammed the works in my new to me Dillon 650. Found 3 more in the brass bin. Otherwise enjoying the Dillon and quickly loaded up a couple hundred rounds of 45.
Was riding along inside a 45 acp and jammed the works in my new to me Dillon 650. Found 3 more in the brass bin. Otherwise enjoying the Dillon and quickly loaded up a couple hundred rounds of 45.
gerrycaruso
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Loaded a few rounds with both standard and magnum primers to see if there's a difference in accuracy and found something odd. Some of the cases are crimped and some are not. All have the same headstamp. FC 308 Win. I thought maybe some was military but I don't think military would say 308 Win. Anyone know why?
gerrycaruso
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Varget was the best. I'll try it again with a bit more and a bit less. TAC with a magnum was a close second and TAC with a standard primer was not great.
TAC is a .223 training powder for me. All my 77gr load out ammo is Varget. I also have Reloader 15 which is good but not as temp stable as Varget.
My guess is standard head stamped brass ran on the same machine that crimps the primers.
Brah , you cant use lee powder measure on 6.5 …..
I have not been loading much of anything for some time.
I have been burning up the 50 plus year old surplus 30-06 and almost as old M193 at local cmp matches.
Loaded up enough for next match
For 308 M1 garand and the M1a
Lapua brass
FGMM peimer
42.5 gn Varget
Nosler CC 158 gn bullet
Hopefully my eyes and booker hook are in sync come next sunday
I have been burning up the 50 plus year old surplus 30-06 and almost as old M193 at local cmp matches.
Loaded up enough for next match
For 308 M1 garand and the M1a
Lapua brass
FGMM peimer
42.5 gn Varget
Nosler CC 158 gn bullet
Hopefully my eyes and booker hook are in sync come next sunday
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Cleaned some .50 BMG brass in the Dillon tumbler for 6 hours with some Nu Finish, getting ready to load about 150 pieces in the coming week.
Will (NOT)be weighing out some 215gr powder charges and placing them in .35mm film cannisters today.....see below post.
Will (NOT)be weighing out some 215gr powder charges and placing them in .35mm film cannisters today.....see below post.
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The hidden finds just keep getting better and better. ![[party]](/xen/styles/default/xenforo/smilies.vb/021.gif "Party [party]")
I had some boxes stacked up in my garage with a wooden crate that I made about 6 years ago on the bottom of the pile. I got curious and moved those boxes, wondering what I had put in that crate......sorry...I forgot!!
Well, to my surprise I discovered a full, unopened jug of Bullseye powder, a full unopened jug of WC-844 powder, a full jug of HPC-18 and a pound each of Power Pistol, HS-7 and Accurate No. 7. Also in that crate was a Winchester 5000 count primer box with 45 already weighed out 35mm film cannisters of IMR-5010 powder.
My powder needs for winter reloading have now been fulfilled,![[bow]](/xen/styles/default/xenforo/smilies.vb/027.gif "Bow [bow]")
for ten minutes work moving a few boxes.
I had some boxes stacked up in my garage with a wooden crate that I made about 6 years ago on the bottom of the pile. I got curious and moved those boxes, wondering what I had put in that crate......sorry...I forgot!!
Well, to my surprise I discovered a full, unopened jug of Bullseye powder, a full unopened jug of WC-844 powder, a full jug of HPC-18 and a pound each of Power Pistol, HS-7 and Accurate No. 7. Also in that crate was a Winchester 5000 count primer box with 45 already weighed out 35mm film cannisters of IMR-5010 powder.
My powder needs for winter reloading have now been fulfilled,
for ten minutes work moving a few boxes.
Similar for me. TAC meters amazingly well but is very temperature sensitive IME.
my brother drove three hours for a visit, brought me one thousand large rifle primers... no charge...cool guy
gerrycaruso
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Loaded a few 240 and 300 grain coated bullets with BE-86. The 240s shot well in the Superblackhawk and the empties fell out of the chambers. I'll try the 300s tomorrow.
Bathroom remodel is DONE !! Building inspector signed off an hour ago !! No more people trapsing through the house all day !!! Proceeding to the task of uncovering all the equipment and supplies !! Maybe I'll even make it to the range next week !!!!
I'm on a 357M reloading binge. 1900 rounds in (working on the N110 jug I bought in 2020). Planning to stop at 2900. There will be a couple pounds of powder left at that point, but I'll need to shoot some to free up brass for the last 1000 or so.
I finished that up a few days ago. But then I remembered that I'm down to 100 rounds of 45 Colt. I don't need that much 45 Colt, but obviously I need to load some. So I did 250 over the last couple of days. I only have strong guns in 45 Colt, so I load a 300 grain Hi Tek TCFP over Shooter's World Auto Pistol to about 22K psi, basically a light 45-70. I have to say that it was an absolute joy NOT to be working with N110 at the powder drop. N110 performs well, but I hate working with it. At one point I thought I might let the RCBS Chargemaster drop the charges so I wouldn't have to deal with the hitches when cutting sticks and whatnot in my powder drop, but that would have taken forever. If I just power through any hitches, I tend to get up to +0.3 grains or more in that drop. Worse if I don't actually finish that drop and try again. So to adapt to the powder in my powder drop, if I feel the resistance like that, whether I power through the drop or not, the next charge just gets dumped back in the hopper. The process repeats until I get a smooth drop. Even then it's like + or - 0.1 grain when I check the weight. I have tried the plastic Lee powder drop, but while it assured me of smooth drops every time, it also was + or - 0.1 grain when checked, maybe worse. I don't actually think that 0.1 grain matters, TBH. The crimp is more consequential, since it can affect how much of the powder is actually burnt and how quickly.
