Thanks - I'll give the Inline Fab a try first to see how it goes.
What did you do at your reloading bench today?
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Thanks - I'll give the Inline Fab a try first to see how it goes.
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I just have my Dillon swager on Inline's standard plate for it. I thought that was great. Vertical - wow! Who knew? Great thinking!!!!!!!!
Futzed with loading 7.62x25 and just couldn't work out the issues. So ordered an RCBS used 30 mauser die set and if Lee can't help me figure out their set, I'll toss it in the trash (okay, I'll keep the powder through expander).
After spending probably 5 hours of intense frustration with it getting 3 dummies and 5 loaded rounds that appear solid out of scores of attempts (probably over 100) I loaded 12 rounds of 38spc real quick after the kids went to bed. Yeah, barely anything, but I wanted something I new would work and set it up on my new Lee classic turret. Zipped through the rounds. All plunked in my Colt perfectly and then in to the ammo box with the 24 I'd loaded a week or so ago to try out a lee FCD for 38/357. That FCD is revolutionary. Gets the rounds sized perfectly which I just couldn't do with my Hornady die set (my Colt chambers are tight and loading lead they'd need to be pushed in to the chamber to be seated, would not plunk). After getting all of the dies set, a couple minutes later I had them loaded up and in the box.
Really loving the Lee classic turret. A lot a lot. I just wish I could get more die plates so I could leave dies ready to go and just need to swap die plates. Eventually someone will have spares.
I need to try the new .312 bullets I got for 32acp loading. See if they work better in both my 32 handguns. My Yugo 70 needs Berry's loaded short to chamber properly. My Cz50 needs them loaded long for the first few out of the magazine hang on the feed ramp. I traded for some TMJ 71gr and the ogive is definitely different, so hopefully that'll help me load them to the proper COAL so both guns are happy. I should have a lee FCD for 32acp here in the next day or two also. So I can try that to see if it helps either of the with the Berry's bullets since they are .001" oversized for the caliber. I've got Friday off so I'll probably tinker with it then.
After spending probably 5 hours of intense frustration with it getting 3 dummies and 5 loaded rounds that appear solid out of scores of attempts (probably over 100) I loaded 12 rounds of 38spc real quick after the kids went to bed. Yeah, barely anything, but I wanted something I new would work and set it up on my new Lee classic turret. Zipped through the rounds. All plunked in my Colt perfectly and then in to the ammo box with the 24 I'd loaded a week or so ago to try out a lee FCD for 38/357. That FCD is revolutionary. Gets the rounds sized perfectly which I just couldn't do with my Hornady die set (my Colt chambers are tight and loading lead they'd need to be pushed in to the chamber to be seated, would not plunk). After getting all of the dies set, a couple minutes later I had them loaded up and in the box.
Really loving the Lee classic turret. A lot a lot. I just wish I could get more die plates so I could leave dies ready to go and just need to swap die plates. Eventually someone will have spares.
I need to try the new .312 bullets I got for 32acp loading. See if they work better in both my 32 handguns. My Yugo 70 needs Berry's loaded short to chamber properly. My Cz50 needs them loaded long for the first few out of the magazine hang on the feed ramp. I traded for some TMJ 71gr and the ogive is definitely different, so hopefully that'll help me load them to the proper COAL so both guns are happy. I should have a lee FCD for 32acp here in the next day or two also. So I can try that to see if it helps either of the with the Berry's bullets since they are .001" oversized for the caliber. I've got Friday off so I'll probably tinker with it then.
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All my die sets are left in their own turret.
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A lot of envy over here...
That is kind of my hopeful goal. I'll probably end up just getting a dedicated auto-drum for each one as well. $$ in the end, but so long as I don't mind waiting a year or two for prices to fall and availability go up, not THAT much $$.
Downside, I am in to 11 or 12 calibers at this point. My more immediate goal is just get 9, 45, 223 and 38spc their own plus a bonus plate where I swap stuff out of it.
Making my life easy is expensive. Just spent $50 shipped on a Lee powder through expander, because of course 9mm anything is rare as hens' teeth and way over priced and I had to get Hornady dies last year because I never considered an automatic powder dispenser.
Because honestly the extra 10-15 seconds a cartridge to take the cartridge off the press, dispense a powder charge and put back on the press is just time I'd rather not spend.
That and I tried that with 38spc last night and managed not to charge two cases in 12 as the rhythm is different from loading on my Lyman T-mag. Noticed right away and pulled them apart and recharged them. I mean, it didn't help I was exhausted after a long day of work and hours trying to get 7.62x25 reloading to work (and failing).
I do not need that in my life (more forgetting to charge a case, but yeah the extra time also).
But most of the other convenience things will just have to wait for another year. Not like I am shooting a lot. So all I need to do is finishing working up loads for some other calibers and then crank out 100-200 rounds for a given caliber and I probably won't have to worry about it for 6-12 months (other than maybe 9mm or 223).
GuitarmanNick
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Not sure what kind of problems you were having, but I have had success doing 7.52x25mm using Lee dies with 110 grain .30 caliber FMJ-RN bullets.
I can imagine that seating could be adventurous if using 86 grain pills.
When seating short bullets, I keep an impact puller handy in case one goes lower than desired.
I also picked up a Lee factory crimp die to finish the rounds, especially since I have not found an available case gauge. No problems with them feeding in my M-57.
Hope you get a setup you can work with.
Lee die isn’t properly sizing the neck. .329” at the mouth, but .334” at the shoulder. So there isn’t enough neck tension. Used a shorter shell holder and it helped a little, but still isn’t resizing all of the neck, only about half of it now. PPU unfired cases are .327” the entire neck. S&B commercially loaded round is .331” for the entire case neck. So that tells me I only have .002” of neck tension for half of an already short neck...
Tracked down some used RCBS 30 mauser dies. Haven’t heard much about them but the little I have are 1) expensive 2) work great!
Hopefully they do work well. I heard back from Lee with no real solutions that I didn’t try. So I am sending the sizing die with a few fired cases to them to check. I hope they can figure it out, but I am 99% sure it is an issue with the sizing die.
I do also have a lee FCD on the way for tokarev on the way. Not sure that would fully solve things, but I’d still plan to use it with the RCBS dies.
Both Hornady 85gr and .309” 110gr coated lead just fall in to the case set to reasonable COALs with finger pressure usually. Sometimes a hard push with my fingers. I got 3 dummies and 5 loaded rounds out of probably 100 attempts successfully loaded where it is holding with sufficient tension. Doesn’t help the seating die is also kind of seating bullets slightly crooked for some. So I think that is messing up the bit of neck tension I am getting for those that don’t insert perfectly straight.
So tonight I'm messing with some military 9mm brass and figuring out how I'm going to deal with the crimped primer pockets. Some guys say to just load them - that the primers will go in hard, but they will go in.
I initially tried a swage tool from CHD4 - some guys swear by it. I didn't feel it was doing a great job. Others have suggested ways to cut the crimp out using various things - I'm looking at a countersink bit at the moment, but I'm using the standard 82 degree, and I think that the 60 degree might be a bit better.
That was my night. Once I get it figured out, I'll process that whole batch of brass and get it ready to go.
I initially tried a swage tool from CHD4 - some guys swear by it. I didn't feel it was doing a great job. Others have suggested ways to cut the crimp out using various things - I'm looking at a countersink bit at the moment, but I'm using the standard 82 degree, and I think that the 60 degree might be a bit better.
That was my night. Once I get it figured out, I'll process that whole batch of brass and get it ready to go.
Just make a pass or two with your case mouth chamfering tool and you will be good to go. I don't swage my crimped cases, I just put a chamfer tool in the lathe head and touch the cases to it. Works like a charm.
I used to use the chamfering tool and it works. If you've got a bunch, I'd go ahead and get the actual reaming tool. It works a little better. Chuck it up in a drill and rock and roll.
https://palmettostatearmory.com/hornady-primer-pocket-reamer-cutter-head-large.html
https://palmettostatearmory.com/hornady-primer-pocket-reamer-cutter-head-large.html
I'll have to get a different/better chamfering tool - the only one I have at the moment is the Lee, which is ok when I've needed it, but it's pretty cheap.
guzma393
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Caught this landmine while reloading 9mm. I heard the internal sleeve on those maxxtech cases drastically reduces case volume, making it a recipe for disaster for reloading applications.
Turned it into a dummy round/snapcap. The internal sleeve serves its function by preventing the pill from setting back, making it an ideal dummy round.
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Turned it into a dummy round/snapcap. The internal sleeve serves its function by preventing the pill from setting back, making it an ideal dummy round.
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Get an RCBS model, it is much better.
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I just mounted mine to a random piece of 3/4" ply.
Then I use it in the living room watching TV. I just hold it down on the coffee table with one hand, with a towel under it.
- if the Inline Fabrication mount (already ordered) doesn't work out, I'll keep this in mind.gwfrench
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Finally got 100 rounds 38spcl loaded up for my niece (only costs me $7.50 a box with 158gr JSP bullets). Then I decided to test out 10 rounds in my Dan Wesson 357 and S&W 36.
Now I have to load another 10 rounds to replace them. At least I have the routine set now.
Now I have to load another 10 rounds to replace them. At least I have the routine set now.
Made, sized and lubed 200 255gn .45 cal bullets.
Red Eye
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Loaded up 100 rounds of 44 mag. for my Marlin rifle, hunting loads. 240gr. Speer Deep Curl JHP over a stiff load of 2400 powder.
Wet-tumbled and dried ~600 pieces of 9mm brass. Getting out to the range is really becoming my biggest problem these days... wife is working shifts, so my ability to just peel out to AGC after work is really compromised. Hopefully that'll end as it gets warmer.
Went to assemble a new stool for my work bench so I don't have to be bending over to work my press arm.
Missing base plate for the stool. So back she goes and we'll try another one and hope it has all the damn parts this time. I am hoping to test out my Lee FCD for 32acp as well as some .311 TMJ bullets I have. See if that combo works better in my 32acps than the .312 Berry's (or if the Berry's work okay with the Lee FCD doing some slight final bullet sizing).
Missing base plate for the stool. So back she goes and we'll try another one and hope it has all the damn parts this time. I am hoping to test out my Lee FCD for 32acp as well as some .311 TMJ bullets I have. See if that combo works better in my 32acps than the .312 Berry's (or if the Berry's work okay with the Lee FCD doing some slight final bullet sizing).
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