Your work area is much to clean.
When you look up OCD in the dictionary my face is there.
What did you do at your reloading bench today?
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When you look up OCD in the dictionary my face is there.
I was thinking that exact same thing!
The next thing I do at my reloading bench will probably be to clean and organize it - I think that would be a prudent next step before I embark upon rolling some more rounds.
And this is the reloading area OCD LLC
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BigRick
Hooligan #15
I can't even find my reloading bench! It's covered with too much s***!
I managed to find/uncover mine long enough to load up another 50rds of 300wsm target ammo, but it sure as heck don't look like that!
Got the autodrum powder measure set up for 29gr CFE BLK last night, and cranked out 20 or so rounds of 7.62x39 SSTs as a test. Looks good! Originally wanted to use an auto disk, but found out that the cavities didn't go high enough (and I didn't have a double disk kit lying around).
Speaking of which, I also only recently discovered that you don't need to guess to figure out which cavity size you need to use on an Auto Disk:
https://support.leeprecision.net/en/knowledgebase/article/vmd-explanation
30 seconds with the chart and a calculator will get you great results with anything that meters consistently. Yes, it is definitely shameful I did not realize this much earlier, but it makes me love the Auto Disk even more.
Speaking of which, I also only recently discovered that you don't need to guess to figure out which cavity size you need to use on an Auto Disk:
https://support.leeprecision.net/en/knowledgebase/article/vmd-explanation
30 seconds with the chart and a calculator will get you great results with anything that meters consistently. Yes, it is definitely shameful I did not realize this much earlier, but it makes me love the Auto Disk even more.
LGood48
Ultimate Member
Find for pistol/revolver plinking ammo the attached table works just great with the auto disc. Not as precise as the auto drum but works fine for punching holes in paper.
bigmancrisler
2A Preacher
Between this morning and yesterday, I loaded up about 400 rounds of 9mm.
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My 350 gr accurate cast mold for the 45/70 came in earlier last week. Yesterday I casted 20 rounds and loaded the shells with 38gr of H4198 and went to a buds for some range time. The 45/70 was setup at 100 yards for Hornady 325 gr FTX factory rounds. The first group of 5 was low so I moved the fine adjustment on the buckhorn site up about 1/64 of an inch and 1 click up on the site slide. The next group hit the red in the target. I moved out the target to approximately 100 yards and cranked off 5 rounds which were low as expected. I raised the buckhorn site up one click and the next 5 rounds in the red. I did not use any gas checks and will make a few with gas checks to see if there is any difference.
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Yeah, where I was running into trouble was that the chart didn't have some of the rifle powders I was using. I just like the certainty that the auto drum provides... once you calibrate it, you're set, it's not coming out of adjustment because there's literally no adjustment to make.
LGood48
Ultimate Member
Agree. Have been looking for an Auto Drum but either out of stock or priced at 100 - 150% over MSRP. Grafs has in stock now so will most likely order from them.
Started my mass production of the 7.62x39 SSTs, and loaded ~100 more of them. Burning my two boxes of SST bullets, and then I'll determine how much more I want to buy. There is a certain part of me that wants to use cheaper bullets, but that 7.62x39 brass is so expensive that it's kind of a "in for a penny, in for a pound" deal... recovering them in any kind of real action shooting environment is a lost cause, my AK blows them to G-d only knows where due to the crazy strong ejection. I may as well have an option for those distance stages that can really outperform my usual trashy combloc steel case.
You need one of these. https://www.elmfg.com/store/brasscatcher.html 
JBoshoven
Member
100 more rounds of 45 ACP with the 230 grain Barry's Bullets that are now available.
Jack
Jack
My AK has an optic on it, which makes a lot of these solutions a lot less than optimal. Still trying to figure out what my best solution is.You need one of these. https://www.elmfg.com/store/brasscatcher.html
PowPow
Where's the beef?
Spam cans, stacked deep.
guzma393
Active Member
My mini 30 spits brass 25-30 ft up and right from the ejection. I remedied this by using a strap on mesh brass catcher as a brass deflector that directs the shells downwards, making them alot easier to track and pickup. Perhaps you can fashion a brass deflector for your AK?
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Follow up!
I loaded 8 rounds a day after this post... Shot those rounds yesterday. They fired perfectly, great action on my Garand, no miss fires, 8 rounds and the PING.. first time I have heard that from my gun!
Set up to begin loading more, didnt actually load any but I'm ready to roll.
Good thought, I just finished doing that!
I discovered, I don't have a large primer press for my single Lee press. Darn the luck! And... AND the powder I purchased isn't included in the
Hornady chart for Garand 150 gr bullet,
Lyman book lists it for 150gr but not specific to Garand, says drop one to two gr's 46 on chart so 44 or 45.
Hodgdon chart lists
150 "NOS BT" start charge 49.0
150 "NOS E-TIP" start charge at 47.0
Put it in, shake it all about and I'm going with
45 gr
Damn this is fun!
I loaded 8 rounds a day after this post... Shot those rounds yesterday. They fired perfectly, great action on my Garand, no miss fires, 8 rounds and the PING.. first time I have heard that from my gun!
Set up to begin loading more, didnt actually load any but I'm ready to roll.
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