First piece of brass.

[teratos]

Not a huge deal, but made my first piece of .300 BLK brass tonight from once fired Lake City. Case length checks out and Wilson gauge says I'm GTG. Haven't created a complete round yet, that will come after I size and trim these 2,500 cases....

 

[BUFF7MM]

Not a huge deal, but made my first piece of .300 BLK brass tonight from once fired Lake City. Case length checks out and Wilson gauge says I'm GTG. Haven't created a complete round yet, that will come after I size and trim these 2,500 cases....

2,500 CASES!!!!! Your gonna be busy Doc.

 

[outrider58]

Not a huge deal, but made my first piece of .300 BLK brass tonight from once fired Lake City. Case length checks out and Wilson gauge says I'm GTG. Haven't created a complete round yet, that will come after I size and trim these 2,500 cases....

Shot off a few 300blk rounds today. I guess I should start making some too.

 

[teratos]

2,500 CASES!!!!! Your gonna be busy Doc.

I hand-deprimed them and beveled the primer pockets by hand. Have blisters. I enjoy it. Have about 500 left to tumble. I know what I'm doing tomorrow!

 

[BUFF7MM]

I hand-deprimed them and beveled the primer pockets by hand. Have blisters. I enjoy it. Have about 500 left to tumble. I know what I'm doing tomorrow!

Sounds like you've got your day planned.

 

[inkd]

I hand-deprimed them and beveled the primer pockets by hand. Have blisters. I enjoy it. Have about 500 left to tumble. I know what I'm doing tomorrow!

Do you still have cases to prep? I have an RCBS trim mate case prep set I'm not using at the moment.

I'll pay to ship it to you if you pay to ship it back.

 

[teratos]

Do you still have cases to prep? I have an RCBS trim mate case prep set I'm not using at the moment. I'll pay to ship it to you if you pay to ship it back.

Damn. No I don't. I did them all. Really appreciate the offer. Do you like the trim mate? That's on my short list. I've spent so much money in the past month my wife will kill me if I get one now. I told her the press was only $400. Haha.

 

[Bolts Rock]

Damn. No I don't. I did them all. Really appreciate the offer. Do you like the trim mate? That's on my short list. I've spent so much money in the past month my wife will kill me if I get one now. I told her the press was only $400. Haha.

For large batch trimming, nothing beats Giraud.

As for the thread....

 

[frogman68]

Without his hair he has plenty of time to do the brass

 

[Weber]

Congrats, brass prep for rifle is time consuming.

 

[teratos]

For large batch trimming, nothing beats Giraud.

That may be a drunk purchase in the future.

Without his hair he has plenty of time to do the brass

It freed up 2-3 hours a day.

Congrats, brass prep for rifle is time consuming.

I did a lot while just sitting and watching TV. I couldn't convince the kids it was fun, though.

 

[Weber]

I did a lot while just sitting and watching TV. I couldn't convince the kids it was fun, though.

My kids love helping with brass prep, inspecting, sorting, moving to and from the tumblers, loading the wet tumbler, separating, loading the dehydrator and packing them up.

I really enjoy having them help.

 

[teratos]

My kids love helping with brass prep, inspecting, sorting, moving to and from the tumblers, loading the wet tumbler, separating, loading the dehydrator and packing them up. I really enjoy having them help.

They are interested in the process. Not interested in the work. Hopefully they'll take an interest once I get bench set up right. My daughter loves shooting. I may tell her she can only shoot what she reloads.

 

[Weber]

They are interested in the process. Not interested in the work. Hopefully they'll take an interest once I get bench set up right. My daughter loves shooting. I may tell her she can only shoot what she reloads.

That was the best part of getting them involved, prior to that it was go blast through ammo, now the appreciate shooting a few rounds as they know how much work goes into it. I have 4 kids ranging in age, my oldest is 13 and youngest is 4. My daughter is 10 and wants to help the most.

 

[Speed3]

For large batch trimming, nothing beats Giraud.

I have a giruard trimmer with the 300blk cutters....next time your welcome to use mine, I'm near Frederick, but you can do them pretty quick.

 

[teratos]

That was the best part of getting them involved, prior to that it was go blast through ammo, now the appreciate shooting a few rounds as they know how much work goes into it. I have 4 kids ranging in age, my oldest is 13 and youngest is 4. My daughter is 10 and wants to help the most. http://s296.photobucket.com/user/We...8-429E-87EE-B5E53E54FB7D_zpsoiwabm5l.jpg.html

Very cute. My son is 14, more interested in video games than the range. My 12 year old daughter will go to the range any time. Her current favorite is the M1A. She shoots very well with irons. Here is a video of her shooting it for the first time. Note the giggle with the recoil.

I have a giruard trimmer with the 300blk cutters....next time your welcome to use mine, I'm near Frederick, but you can do them pretty quick.

Thank you! I may take you up on that.

 

[Weber]

Good stuff, great to see them involved and having fun!

 

[inkd]

Damn. No I don't. I did them all. Really appreciate the offer. Do you like the trim mate? That's on my short list. I've spent so much money in the past month my wife will kill me if I get one now. I told her the press was only $400. Haha.

I like it but I am doing more pistol now than rifle so it has been gathering some dust.

I've been accumulating processed rifle brass for a while now so when I switch over to that, I'll have a bunch of stuff ready to go.

As was already mentioned though, the Giraud is really a sweet piece of gear.

 

[tomgreco]

Not a huge deal, but made my first piece of .300 BLK brass tonight from once fired Lake City. Case length checks out and Wilson gauge says I'm GTG. Haven't created a complete round yet, that will come after I size and trim these 2,500 cases....

When I got into 300BLK, I hand trimmed about 500 brass over the course of a week. Talk about sore hands!

 

[shovel1966]

Good luck with your brass conversion.

I have a 16" AR and a 10.5" AR pistol and neither have seen a single round of factory ammo. I initially purchased 1,000 cases from Carolina Brass Company. It was all converted from Lake City, fully processed and re-annealed. I've had no complaints whatsoever. I'm actually still on my first 1,000 and the cases have been lasting through several reloads.