What did you do in the reloading room today?

[pmclaine]

Polished up the funnel of my new to me Dillon powder drop for my new to me 9mm S1050 set up.

Settled on my .308/175SMK load this past weekend so after loading 500 or so of those Ill be breaking down to load a new caliber probably 30-06.

 

[quest450]

Loading up 6 Dasher

 

[RmeJu]

Loaded up 50 rounds of test ammo for a new rifle!

 

[jcam]

Annealed brass with the Benchsource.

 

[clcustom1911]

Cleaning and putting shit away because starting next Saturday I'll be gone for training for 6 weeks, back for a couple weeks, then gone for 105 days after that.

 

[Ryridesmotox]

Be safe with that.

Not sure why, but I'm seeing no pressure at 46gr. Not sure if my brass is a freak of nature or what the fuck. The top of the pick (left side of the box) is 44.8, 46gr on the bottom of the pic (right of the box). I fully expected to see some signs of pressure. But I honestly have no clue at this point. This is all been fired a handful of time with no annealing or anything yet. Any swipes that might be on the brass isn't from this firing.

And of course... as is tradition... I always forget one thing when I go to the range. This time... the chrono. My load looks to be 45.6 of 4064.

 

[clcustom1911]

Not sure why, but I'm seeing no pressure at 46gr. Not sure if my brass is a freak of nature or what the fuck. The top of the pick (left side of the box) is 44.8, 46gr on the bottom of the pic (right of the box). I fully expected to see some signs of pressure. But I honestly have no clue at this point. This is all been fired a handful of time with no annealing or anything yet. Any swipes that might be on the brass isn't from this firing.

Looks pretty good to me! Since it was fired a few times, maybe it just fits your chamber and bolt correctly, and the primer doesn't have space to back out and flatten.

 

[Ryridesmotox]

Looks pretty good to me! Since it was fired a few times, maybe it just fits your chamber and bolt correctly, and the primer doesn't have space to back out and flatten.

Yea I guess. I'm not experiencing any noticeably hard bolt lift either. I'm honestly kind of, not worried, but confused I guess. I went up to 46 so I would see pressure... and didn't. I'm going to shoot 45.6, should be plenty fast with 175s, I wish I brought by god damned chrono. I can only guess that this is in the 2750 neighborhood.

 

[clcustom1911]

Yea I guess. I'm not experiencing any noticeably hard bolt lift either. I'm honestly kind of, not worried, but confused I guess. I went up to 46 so I would see pressure... and didn't. I'm going to shoot 45.6, should be plenty fast with 175s, I wish I brought by god damned chrono. I can only guess that this is in the 2750 neighborhood.

I'm sure you know, but with ballistic software, you can figure out your velocity.

 

[Ryridesmotox]

I'm sure you know, but with ballistic software, you can figure out your velocity.

I only made enough to shoot my group shot strings, so I didnt have enough to true up velocity further on in distance, if that's what you mean

 

[clcustom1911]

I only made enough to shoot my group shot strings, so I didnt have enough to true up velocity further on in distance, if that's what you mean

Yes correct.

 

[jcam]

Sizing brass with the MEC

 

[Alabusa]

Banged out a couple hundred 9mm. They have become my stress reliever. I can just get in a reloading zone and forget the rest of life for a few moments.

 

[Dpp]

Loaded up a test batch of 212 eld x in 300 win mag. Also cleaned out the barrel

 

[AMG04]

Took a quick "line up" picture. One of these is stealing my money. I know one is guilty... can't prove it beyond a shadow of a doubt though so... I'll carry on.

 

[Snuby642]

I finally pollished my 6.5g expander to net 3.5-4 neck tension for my gasser.

Then proceeded to pull stem out on first and second try, pita.

Next had a long setup time for getting the shoulder the way I want.

I'm thinking the Hornady brass is part of the pain.

Got enough through qc to do initial load testing but did not process it all.

Left it to tumble, tomorrow may work better. ?

 

[EchoDeltaSierra]

I did absolutely nothing and shot a NRL22 match. After a 2400 round season with my centerfire, all but 40 rounds were hand-loads, it nice to NOT have to reload. (Full disclosure: I might have done a bit of organizing.)

 

[rybern]

Very little. We moved into our new home 3 months ago and still getting organized. I moved some brass from point A to point B. I haven't loaded the first round yet in new place but getting closer. Slowly getting life back from house building and move.

 

[mcfred]

Out of boredom, today I remanufactured the take-down screw on an old Remington out of titanium. I'll probably make some additional hardware for it while I'm at it. The one in the background is the original. Saved an entire 19g (1/2 oz) over the original.

 

[jcam]

Trimming brass with the Giraud.

 

[rybern]

Out of boredom, today I remanufactured the take-down screw on an old Remington out of titanium. I'll probably make some additional hardware for it while I'm at it. The one in the background is the original. Saved an entire 19g (1/2 oz) over the original.

Nice looking work.

 

[mcfred]

Thanks. IME it's easier to get good finishes on 6Al-4V than most carbon steels. Maybe I just haven't figure out the tooling/speeds yet.

 

[Snuby642]

Sweet baby reloading jesus, why was a # 12 shell holder not in my Lee hand primer set? Looked everywhere and then read none in kit.

Foiled again? Wait the Lee press has a primer seater for it, omg had to touch the primers. Got over that real quick.

Really just wanted to show my qc slab, if a round jiggles it gets redone.

 

[quest450]

Sorting 6mm 105 Hybrid Target, super consistent

 

[Anb618]

I’ve got 500 107gr Nosler CC’s, 300 Hornady 6mmCM cases, and Redding Premium 6CM dies waiting for me at work, delivered yesterday. Have 2lb of H4350 waiting at home. Gonna clean my bench this afternoon in anticipation of some load development likely one day next week.

 

[Ranger188]

Necked down 100 pieces of 6.5x47 brass to 6x47 for a upcoming barrel
Only lost 1 out of the 100, neck crushed slightly.

 

[Snuby642]

My 6.5g loads did not shoot well, think it over tomorrow.

I did scrounge a truck load of brass.

 

[Herstal 12]

Loaded 500 rds of 10mm after spending the morning with a couple buddies at the rifle range.

 

[clcustom1911]

Finished a lucky rabbit foot keychain from my last hunt. Farm fresh organic ???

 

[quest450]

Primed, ready to charge

 

[quest450]

Ready to go gents

 

[quest450]

I hate donuts.....time to clean up the necks

 

[Mike Casselton]

Loaded 300 380s with Rebecca, and will most likely finish the other 200 later, or I might powder up and seat bullets in 100 6br cases.

I have a couple of rifles that need cleaning, but that probably won't happen.

 

[pbatesaz]

Decided to look for a lower velocity node for my 6CM. I have a nice one at 40.8 gr of RL16 with 105 hybrids and F 205M primers, but its going 3150 fps and I’d like to keep shooting that barrel past 500 rounds. I tried dropping to 40.2 and 39.6 grains but switched primers to CCI 450 and found that the 40.2 load still shot 3044 fps, got 3114 from 39.6. So I am going to look at 38.7, 39 and 39.3.Loaded 10 rounds each. Looking for something around 3050 fps with decent SD and grouping.

 

[quest450]

Torture tested my AMP, 290 pieces of.308 Lapua cases with zero hiccups

 

[VSP968]

Haven’t shot for weeks because my back is fucked up.

Got bored and reorganized my cartridge dummies that I use for seating die set up. Each bullet has its own dummy.

 

[105gr]

Im going to sharpie a line around my cases for a match this weekend... thats pretty much it.

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I have seen this before. What is the purpose of this?

 

[spife7980]

I have seen this before. What is the purpose of this?

In a match where there are lots of shooters all ejecting brass indiscriminately it helps to more easily and quickly ID your own pieces in the pile so youre not holding up future shooters while you scrounge around on the ground.

 

[105gr]

ah...I thought it was some kind of data collection trick

 

[Donelan47]

Resized, tumbled and primed 50rnds of .223 for load development

 

[105gr]

More questions...you said "resized, tumbled and primed"....like in that order? I decap, tumble, resize, prime. To keep the dirt out of the dies. Am I doing that wrong?

 

[spife7980]

More questions...you said "resized, tumbled and primed"....like in that order? I decap, tumble, resize, prime. To keep the dirt out of the dies. Am I doing that wrong?

After resizing most people tumble again to get the lube off.

 

[105gr]

Oh. I just use a paper towel and wipe it off.

 

[Donelan47]

No your not doing it wrong I just dont have a universal decapper so I use my resizing die to do both I do tumble them before I run them through the die just to get it as clean as possible before running them through but the universal decapper is on my list!

 

[mcfred]

Finished re-manufacturing some antique rifle hardware in titanium. Saved almost .6 grams too over the steel hardware!

6-40 slot head screws:

 

[MACHTECH]

I filled my new ammo binders from softcock.

 

[Feif64]

Loaded 30 rds of 6.5 creedmoor to go and screw around

 

[Backcountryguy]

Prepped 400 pieces of 6.5 brass. Just needs to be primed/loaded

Pictured is what my OCD makes me do...

 

[Slo cat]

loaded 200 rounds of 45 ACP on my Dillon 1050 for a Bullseye 2700 match tomorrow.

 

[sandwarrior]

Loaded 14 Rds. of 25-20 for my friends (VN Vet) 1892 Win. I keep telling him he needs to shoot more...it's theraputic. After I got done with that, I finished loading 350 rds. of 5.56 62. gr. so's I could have that for home defense. ? ?