What did you do at your reloading bench today?

[ToolAA]

Not really at the bench but got a chance to do my first field test on my competition hand loads.

Fruits of my labor. 1 MOA at 100yds

Considering I'm using a stock barrel and a 4x scope and it was windy today I'm pleased.

Here is the exact same setup but using American Eagle 55g Factory loads

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[iH8DemLibz]

^^^I'll allow it.^^^

A bench is a bench is a bench. Especially when guns are involved.

And damn cool technology.

 

[Cochise]

i threw a bunch of camo clothing and steel and bismuth shotgun ammo on it now that duck season is over. The question is when will I clear it off again and use it for its intended purpose

 

[ToolAA]

You guys might like this one. About 6 yrs ago I built this spots equipment sanitizing cabinet. My son plays Ice Hockey and any parent who has a kid that plays knows what I'm talking about. It works great.

Today I decided to use it to dry my brass after wet tumbling. I don't know why I didn't think if it before.

He only has a few more games and this is his final year in schools. So this is now officially reloading apparatus. I'm going to add a few shelves and a switch to turn off the Ozone generator and I'm good to go.

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[tdt91]

Yes but got in a good groove and was all happy till the end



I used to check every 25 but the last 3k rounds of 9mm was never off so I decided to check every 25 rounds. Bullet pulling only took 30 minutes and was able to save the powder



That is ??

http://www.hornady.com/store/Powder-Cop-1-Each They work great and you will know if a drop is off significantly.

 

[Melnic]

Nice use of the equipment.
My son may be playing your son this week
He's a sophomore though

I hand dipped 150 rounds of 9mm cast in alox.

 

[frogman68]

http://www.hornady.com/store/Powder-Cop-1-Each They work great and you will know if a drop is off significantly.

Can't see how I could use it on a Lee Loadmaster . Station 3 is powder then 4 is bullet seating , can't do bullet seating in 5 as can't get my fingers in there.

 

[StickShaker]

Can't see how I could use it on a Lee Loadmaster . Station 3 is powder then 4 is bullet seating , can't do bullet seating in 5 as can't get my fingers in there.

I run my cases through twice which may or may not work for you. The first trip is deprime/size, expand/flare, then they get tumbled. Second is powder, powder cop, seat bullet, remove any excess flare with a separate die.

 

[Seagrave1963]

You guys might like this one. About 6 yrs ago I built this spots equipment sanitizing cabinet. My son plays Ice Hockey and any parent who has a kid that plays knows what I'm talking about. It works great.

Today I decided to use it to dry my brass after wet tumbling. I don't know why I didn't think if it before.

He only has a few more games and this is his final year in schools. So this is now officially reloading apparatus. I'm going to add a few shelves and a switch to turn off the Ozone generator and I'm good to go.

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I wonder if a food dehydrator would also work. Any thoughts?

 

[Melnic]

I wonder if a food dehydrator would also work. Any thoughts?

Of course it would. Heat and moving air = dry.

I have a little Nesco that I use for my Deer Jerkey. It would work great I think if I really wanted to dry it out quicker than normal. Its sloped though so It may not hold the brass so well unless it was rifle and I placed carefully. Right now, being winter, my brass is drying out pretty well indoors.

 

[frogman68]

I run my cases through twice which may or may not work for you. The first trip is deprime/size, expand/flare, then they get tumbled. Second is powder, powder cop, seat bullet, remove any excess flare with a separate die.

So powder in 2 ? Won't be able to use the powder system built in to the Loadmaster. I do the deprime on a turret press and use a hand primer so if I can figure out how to powder in 2 it will work. Thanks

 

[StickShaker]

So powder in 2 ? Won't be able to use the powder system built in to the Loadmaster. I do the deprime on a turret press and use a hand primer so if I can figure out how to powder in 2 it will work. Thanks

Oh, I'm not familiar with Lee other than their single stage presses. I also hand prime and can move the powder dispenser to any station on the Hornady.

 

[Seagrave1963]

Of course it would. Heat and moving air = dry.

I have a little Nesco that I use for my Deer Jerkey. It would work great I think if I really wanted to dry it out quicker than normal. Its sloped though so It may not hold the brass so well unless it was rifle and I placed carefully. Right now, being winter, my brass is drying out pretty well indoors.

Is there any benefit to wet tumble versus vibratory with dry media?

 

[Melnic]

Is there any benefit to wet tumble versus vibratory with dry media?

My experience along with others is it mostly affect how it looks. You can get 90% there w/ just wet tumbling w/ dish soap and maybe some lemon shine. It will LOOK nicer than dry tumbling. I tried pins for a while but it was just too much hastle. For really nasty range brass (which I rarely pick up anymore), I can just dry vibe, then wet tumble and looks pretty good. Toss anything extreme out.

I dry vibe clean most of my stuff. Lately, I have just been wanting it to look pretty so went back to wet tumbling some stuff. I've been having less and less time to shoot and my time in the mornings waiting for kids to get on the bus is pretty fixed. That is when I do most of my prep cause I can get interrupted easily.

 

[Seagrave1963]

My experience along with others is it mostly affect how it looks. You can get 90% there w/ just wet tumbling w/ dish soap and maybe some lemon shine. It will LOOK nicer than dry tumbling. I tried pins for a while but it was just too much hastle. For really nasty range brass (which I rarely pick up anymore), I can just dry vibe, then wet tumble and looks pretty good. Toss anything extreme out.

I dry vibe clean most of my stuff. Lately, I have just been wanting it to look pretty so went back to wet tumbling some stuff. I've been having less and less time to shoot and my time in the mornings waiting for kids to get on the bus is pretty fixed. That is when I do most of my prep cause I can get interrupted easily.

Thanks for the info

 

[tdt91]

Can't see how I could use it on a Lee Loadmaster . Station 3 is powder then 4 is bullet seating , can't do bullet seating in 5 as can't get my fingers in there.

Yeah, not sure about your Lee but on a Hornady it's no problem. 1. decap/size. 2. flare/powder drop. 3. Powder cop. 4. bullet seat. 5. crimp
Hornady has a neat powder dropper that will flare the case at the same time. I wonder if it would work on your Lee? Best to get one for each caliber you load the most though because changing them once set up is a real pain and time consuming. I have one for .223 and 9mm.
Other calibers I'll use a hand operated powder drop and often a single stage for the rest of the steps.

 

[JoeRinMD]

I haven't done any reloading over the last couple of years for a number of reasons, the major one was a house renovation which required packing up presses and dismantling the bench. With that behind us, I've enjoyed getting everything set up and renewing my interest in reloading. And, after a stressful day at work, it was highly therapeutic to head down into the workshop and actually accomplish something! I also haven't shot my 45-70 rifles in a while and was running low on ammunition to feed them. So, I spent some quality time with my single-stage RCBS tonight and reloaded 100 rounds, 50 with 15 grains of Trail Boss, and 50 with 44 grains of Varget. Both were topped by cast 300 grain Truncated Cone bullets from Meister Cast.

Hopefully, I'll get to the range this weekend and have a chance to see how they shoot.

JoeR

 

[ToolAA]

I haven't done any reloading over the last couple of years for a number of reasons, the major one was a house renovation which required packing up presses and dismantling the bench. With that behind us, I've enjoyed getting everything set up and renewing my interest in reloading. And, after a stressful day at work, it was highly therapeutic to head down into the workshop and actually accomplish something! I also haven't shot my 45-70 rifles in a while and was running low on ammunition to feed them. So, I spent some quality time with my single-stage RCBS tonight and reloaded 100 rounds, 50 with 15 grains of Trail Boss, and 50 with 44 grains of Varget. Both were topped by cast 300 grain Truncated Cone bullets from Meister Cast.



Hopefully, I'll get to the range this weekend and have a chance to see how they shoot.



JoeR

Sounds like a nice way to end the day.


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[iH8DemLibz]

I haven't done any reloading over the last couple of years for a number of reasons, the major one was a house renovation which required packing up presses and dismantling the bench. With that behind us, I've enjoyed getting everything set up and renewing my interest in reloading. And, after a stressful day at work, it was highly therapeutic to head down into the workshop and actually accomplish something! I also haven't shot my 45-70 rifles in a while and was running low on ammunition to feed them. So, I spent some quality time with my single-stage RCBS tonight and reloaded 100 rounds, 50 with 15 grains of Trail Boss, and 50 with 44 grains of Varget. Both were topped by cast 300 grain Truncated Cone bullets from Meister Cast.

Hopefully, I'll get to the range this weekend and have a chance to see how they shoot.

JoeR

I'll just assume you don't own a camera or have feet...

 

[JoeRinMD]

No feet, but here's the bench...

https://www.mdshooters.com/showthread.php?p=4655126#post4655126

JoeR