What did you do at your reloading bench today?

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  • Harrys

    Short Round
    Jul 12, 2014
    3,362
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    Sometimes seeing others at work motivates us to do the same.



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    Reloaded 50 350 grain Berry's with Tight Group

    Just finished stretching my 50 Cal S&W new rig.
     

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    erwos

    The Hebrew Hammer
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    Mar 25, 2009
    13,866
    Rockville, MD
    Rolled 450 rounds of 9mm on my Dillon 650... god I love that press,
    It's a complete game changer if you shoot large amounts of 9mm and need a consistent specific load, especially with the case feeder and some sort of way to feed primer tubes more quickly. I recently upgraded mine with the Inline Fab bullet tray, and it does give a slight speed boost to grabbing bullets vs trying to pull them out of the box they came in. (I will eventually be buying a Mr Bullet Feeder, of course.)
     

    Pensfaninmd

    Ultimate Member
    MDS Supporter
    Mar 28, 2010
    1,026
    Harford County
    Erwos, I agree.. I went from a Lee Loadmaster and never looked back. I added the double alpha case feeder, a primer shut off switch and a few other upgrades including the Inline Bullet tray, and their stand. Great stuff!
     

    ToolAA

    Ultimate Member
    MDS Supporter
    Jun 17, 2016
    10,499
    God's Country
    I’ve got Dillon Envy. 3hrs to produce 500 rounds of 9mm using the Hornady progressive press. I was hoping for 1000 but my right arm is done for the day.

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    linkstate

    Ultimate Member
    Jan 26, 2013
    1,407
    Howard County
    I keep my RCBS 505 scale on top of the safe. Always zero it when done using it. It is always stable.

    Went to do some case prep last night and noticed it was off. The pan was showing light. I’m like wtf? Made sure the balance point was ok and everything was centered. Zeroed it with the wheel and went about my business but it was nagging at me.

    So I took it off the safe and moved it to the bench to take a look. Nothing looked wrong so I took out the arm while holding the base and a long black bug with pinchers on his backend fell out. Problem solved. Always a good idea to pay attention to anomalies. Needless to say he got squished for his insolence.
     

    Shamr0ck

    Ultimate Member
    Aug 6, 2011
    2,505
    Frederick
    reloaded 50 rounds of 30/30


    I have a marlin 336 in 30/30 which sees some, but not much use as it’s been years since I hunted. I’ve been saving my brass though.

    If you don’t mind, which powder and bullet do you use. I’ll work up my own load, but haven’t started researching components...


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    Uncle Duke

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    Feb 2, 2013
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    Not Far Enough from the City
    I have a marlin 336 in 30/30 which sees some, but not much use as it’s been years since I hunted. I’ve been saving my brass though.

    If you don’t mind, which powder and bullet do you use. I’ll work up my own load, but haven’t started researching components...


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    A long time favorite powder in .30-30 Winchester is IMR 3031. If you prefer not to use an extruded powder, I've had very good performance with W748 as well. Both powders are suitable for your standard 150 and 170 grain flat points that are the traditional bullets for tubular magazine safety, such as you have with the Marlin 336.
     

    Shamr0ck

    Ultimate Member
    Aug 6, 2011
    2,505
    Frederick
    A long time favorite powder in .30-30 Winchester is IMR 3031. If you prefer not to use an extruded powder, I've had very good performance with W748 as well. Both powders are suitable for your standard 150 and 170 grain flat points that are the traditional bullets for tubular magazine safety, such as you have with the Marlin 336.


    Thank you very much. I appreciate the starting point! Have a great day
     

    ToolAA

    Ultimate Member
    MDS Supporter
    Jun 17, 2016
    10,499
    God's Country
    After recovering from my marathon reloading session last week my right arm was ready to hit the press again. I’ve decided to try and do shorter reloading sessions throughout the week. Got 200 more 115gr Berry 9mm done in less than an hr.

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    And I can just barely fit 200 rounds back into a box of 250 projectiles.
     

    spoon059

    Ultimate Member
    Jun 1, 2018
    5,337
    98 rounds of 30-06. First time reloading. I lost 2 primers somewhere along the way. Can't wait to get out and shoot them and see how terrible I did!
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    PowPow

    Where's the beef?
    Nov 22, 2012
    4,712
    Howard County
    I keep my RCBS 505 scale on top of the safe. Always zero it when done using it. It is always stable.

    Went to do some case prep last night and noticed it was off. The pan was showing light. I’m like wtf? Made sure the balance point was ok and everything was centered. Zeroed it with the wheel and went about my business but it was nagging at me.

    So I took it off the safe and moved it to the bench to take a look. Nothing looked wrong so I took out the arm while holding the base and a long black bug with pinchers on his backend fell out. Problem solved. Always a good idea to pay attention to anomalies. Needless to say he got squished for his insolence.

    Sounds like you got the bugs out of it! :lol2:
     

    Harrys

    Short Round
    Jul 12, 2014
    3,362
    SOMD
    Hodgepoge

    Loaded 325 gr, FPX, Winchester 375 gr core bond and Berry's 350 gr FMJFN All loaded with Longshot
     

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