- Jul 29, 2014
- 50,026
I've never done that(more than three times
). 
Meanwhile, I've recently been on a loading tear. 700+ rounds of .223, 500 rounds of 300 AAC, and next up, 500 rounds of 9mm. My Dillon makes this easy.
What did you do at your reloading bench today?
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I've never done that(more than three times
). Meanwhile, I've recently been on a loading tear. 700+ rounds of .223, 500 rounds of 300 AAC, and next up, 500 rounds of 9mm. My Dillon makes this easy.
TrappedinMD
Active Member
174 rounds of .38 special off the rock chucker this afternoon!
Brass prep throughout the day, multiple batches of .45 acp earlier, 100 rounds once-fired .338 LM complete and another tumbling now.
Plan to take my time reloading the Lapua brass. After weighing/sorting, thinking about outside neck turning half (100) of it. Need to do some freebore measurements on one particular chamber with several bullet profiles/weights and experiment with optimal seating depth. Hope to come up with an optimal COAL quick-reference chart for this rifle using several match & ELD profiles, including weights from 250 - 300 grains. Finally, will work on concentricity of the loaded rounds (if needed). Goal is to make perfect ammo for this rifle and see how accurate it can be.
Plan to take my time reloading the Lapua brass. After weighing/sorting, thinking about outside neck turning half (100) of it. Need to do some freebore measurements on one particular chamber with several bullet profiles/weights and experiment with optimal seating depth. Hope to come up with an optimal COAL quick-reference chart for this rifle using several match & ELD profiles, including weights from 250 - 300 grains. Finally, will work on concentricity of the loaded rounds (if needed). Goal is to make perfect ammo for this rifle and see how accurate it can be.
TrappedinMD
Active Member
76 rounds of HOT .357 off the rock chucker this evening!
Loaded up ladders in 300 Savage with 150 NP over IMR 4064, H4895, and experimentally, IMR 4166 (no published data, Hodgdon says they won't do any more testing in 300 S).
I then proceeded to load 200 rounds of 223 with 69 grain Sierra Matchkings. If and when I ever run out of H335, I'll try CFE 223 or TAC.
I then proceeded to load 200 rounds of 223 with 69 grain Sierra Matchkings. If and when I ever run out of H335, I'll try CFE 223 or TAC.
- Feb 4, 2013
- 28,175
Is one set up for 9mm?
I have a ton of once fired mil 9mm I would like to process.
We can work out some deal.
That's pretty blanking cool!
Guessing that's a bonus room over the garage?
Dueling 1050s, beverage cooler, storage out the ying yang, counter tops sparkling like black gold ...
Mrs. GnR is really cool, but expect I'd have to redo the kitchen before she'd let me finish a room that nice dedicated to reloading. Oh, she'd let me refinish the room. Then she'd acquire and re-purpose it. "It stays in the basement or else it gets the hose again."
Guessing that's a bonus room over the garage?
Dueling 1050s, beverage cooler, storage out the ying yang, counter tops sparkling like black gold ...
Mrs. GnR is really cool, but expect I'd have to redo the kitchen before she'd let me finish a room that nice dedicated to reloading. Oh, she'd let me refinish the room. Then she'd acquire and re-purpose it. "It stays in the basement or else it gets the hose again."
Rockzilla
Ultimate Member
Is one set up for 9mm?
I have a ton of once fired mil 9mm I would like to process.
You too.... got a bunch here mostly mil headstamp
just prepped and sized maybe 5k plus, just don't
count anymore.. 1050's or Mark V is looking good
about now, but still unable to justify it. Don't shoot
comp. yet. the "brass bank" keeps growing
-Rock
buellsfurn
Ultimate Member
PowPow
Where's the beef?
Looks like a great place to "disappear" to for hours. I'm absolutely positive that you know where everything is, too.
That's pretty blanking cool!
Guessing that's a bonus room over the garage?
Dueling 1050s, beverage cooler, storage out the ying yang, counter tops sparkling like black gold ...
Mrs. GnR is really cool, but expect I'd have to redo the kitchen before she'd let me finish a room that nice dedicated to reloading. Oh, she'd let me refinish the room. Then she'd acquire and re-purpose it. "It stays in the basement or else it gets the hose again."
Yep that's the bonus room over the garage. After spending years reloading in the garage, it's the best thing I ever did.
DaemonAssassin
Why should we Free BSD?
I sorted brass while listening to the TV. So far I have 2x 204 Ruger, 9mm, 223, 556, 357 SIG, and some other misc calibers from this sorting session.
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- Aug 17, 2011
- 26,177
Made a small batch for velocity verification with the .260, as I've finally gotten around to replacing my chronograph.
The load has also slightly evolved, so I have a feeling my dope cards/charts are going to have to be revised. Originally had called it good at 43.1/43.3gr, found I could go up to 43.6/43.7gr before the accuracy/consistency tapered off. I'm calling it at 43.6gr, shouldn't be a drastic departure from my 43.3gr data, but we'll see.
The load has also slightly evolved, so I have a feeling my dope cards/charts are going to have to be revised. Originally had called it good at 43.1/43.3gr, found I could go up to 43.6/43.7gr before the accuracy/consistency tapered off. I'm calling it at 43.6gr, shouldn't be a drastic departure from my 43.3gr data, but we'll see.
Looking pretty dreary out there today. Might have to dust off the press.
- Aug 17, 2011
- 26,177
No time at the bench, but I did spend some time setting up the new (to me) laptop for work and play.
Got tired of trying to find paper logs of previous data for loads/dope, so now it's also on thumb-drives and in notepad. And I have to admit it's really interesting (and reassuring) to see how little my dope changes for varying weather conditions at the distances I have shot at so far. At some point there needs to be a trip to really start stretching the rifle's legs, 500 and 600 yards are almost 'point and click' - need a new challenge.
May crank out some more rounds after dinner, figure if the weather isn't too bad next weekend I'll do the verifications and work out new charts/dope.
Got tired of trying to find paper logs of previous data for loads/dope, so now it's also on thumb-drives and in notepad. And I have to admit it's really interesting (and reassuring) to see how little my dope changes for varying weather conditions at the distances I have shot at so far. At some point there needs to be a trip to really start stretching the rifle's legs, 500 and 600 yards are almost 'point and click' - need a new challenge.
May crank out some more rounds after dinner, figure if the weather isn't too bad next weekend I'll do the verifications and work out new charts/dope.
