What did you do at your reloading bench today?

[Rob00taws6]

I caught Blue disease years ago and never looked back. Dillon makes TANKS and they offer rehab/cleaning service if you really work em hard. Do yourself a favor and order a spare parts kit. It will keep your party from coming to an unexpected halt.

And NEVER force the handle up when it doesn't want to go. It will break the indexing ring. That's the weakest link in the press. I keep at least one or two spares on hand.

That’s good to know, thanks! I have a few more things to pick up before I can safely start, but we’re getting there.


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[Ponder_MD]

Small rifle primer, installed in a bored out and swaged sleeve made from the spent berdan primer.

Would you like a small quantity of Berdan primed .30-06 cases? Gratis, of course.

 

[Ponder_MD]

I decapped and resized my first 70 cases of .30-06. Thanks to everyone for the excellent advice to help me get started.

 

[guzma393]

Would you like a small quantity of Berdan primed .30-06 cases? Gratis, of course.

The berdan to boxer conversion was really just a curiosity project if it can be done. I got plenty of boxer brass in all the calibers I shoot, but thanks for the offer.

 

[yellowfin]

Started getting my 6yr old son involved with me sorting 5.56 brass by headstamp for different loads, explaining to him the different types for different purposes

 

[4g64loser]

Started getting my 6yr old son involved with me sorting 5.56 brass by headstamp for different loads, explaining to him the different types for different purposes

That's great. Hope he has fun loading and shooting.

 

[Russ D]

Started getting my 6yr old son involved with me sorting 5.56 brass by headstamp for different loads, explaining to him the different types for different purposes

I hope he can stay focused better than my now 12 year old. The kid loves to shoot and it pretty good at it, but I can only keep him at the bench for 10-15 minutes at a time.

 

[erwos]

And NEVER force the handle up when it doesn't want to go. It will break the indexing ring. That's the weakest link in the press. I keep at least one or two spares on hand.

Armanov is apparently making aluminum indexing rings now. I am both intrigued and terrified, because if the indexing ring doesn't break, I don't know what's going to instead. But spares are certainly a requirement.

Anyways, on topic, I loaded up about 500 rounds of 9mm between last night and today. 400 rounds were my usual 124gr FMJ loads, the other 100 were a test run of the 115gr plated Streak projos I bought from CDVS. I pretty much just leave the press alone when switching bullets... 4.0gr TG and loading ~1.10 OAL is fine for 115s and 124s in general, I just chrono it later to see exactly what I wound up with. Not shooting bullseye matches here.

 

[4g64loser]

Armanov is apparently making aluminum indexing rings now. I am both intrigued and terrified, because if the indexing ring doesn't break, I don't know what's going to instead. But spares are certainly a requirement.

Anyways, on topic, I loaded up about 500 rounds of 9mm between last night and today. 400 rounds were my usual 124gr FMJ loads, the other 100 were a test run of the 115gr plated Streak projos I bought from CDVS. I pretty much just leave the press alone when switching bullets... 4.0gr TG and loading ~1.10 OAL is fine for 115s and 124s in general, I just chrono it later to see exactly what I wound up with. Not shooting bullseye matches here.

Suspect that the rings from armanov are cast or injection molded. They will probably still break. If they don't, the index stop will likely be the weak point. The spring loaded steel piece that rides inside the index ring.

I'd be interested in someone like armanov making a shellplate and ejector arm that are more finely machined/polished. The hangups I seem to get with 9mm are mostly failures to eject. They bind in the shellplate as the ejector pushing them out of it, usually at a slight angle. I don't have a way to machine a finer finish version of the shellplate.

 

[erwos]

I'd be interested in someone like armanov making a shellplate and ejector arm that are more finely machined/polished. The hangups I seem to get with 9mm are mostly failures to eject. They bind in the shellplate as the ejector pushing them out of it, usually at a slight angle. I don't have a way to machine a finer finish version of the shellplate.

Yeah, that would be good. The other thing I'd very much like to see is an improved priming depth system for the 650. It's just too hard to really consistently smoosh primers deep in a 650, which is one of the major reasons I'm considering an a Dillon 1100 or Apex 10 (the other is on-press swage, of course).

 

[blazing lead]

Just got done loading 4k 9mm for this year. I been working on it over the past couple days. Only got about 6k more to go. I ran out of clean brass so I just washed some more. Now I'm gonna rest my arm for a bit

 

[4g64loser]

Yeah, that would be good. The other thing I'd very much like to see is an improved priming depth system for the 650. It's just too hard to really consistently smoosh primers deep in a 650, which is one of the major reasons I'm considering an a Dillon 1100 or Apex 10 (the other is on-press swage, of course).

I don't prime on press (yeah I know, slow) after my buddy blew his 650 up. I sure don't blame you for wanting to upgrade, either. I just can't justify more than a 650/750 class at this point.

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Just got done loading 4k 9mm for this year. I been working on it over the past couple days. Only got about 6k more to go. I ran out of clean brass so I just washed some more. Now I'm gonna rest my arm for a bit

I feel inferior.

 

[Harrys]

As an opportunist I utilized my high dollar dryer after ultrasonic cleaning. Then loaded some 45/70 350gr HCGC with 38 gr of LT-32.

 

[trickg]

I picked up a shotshell loading package used here on the classifieds, and I've been doing some basic fiddling with the press, checking it out, seeing what it does, and in general trying to learn what I need to do to load up some of the shotshell hulls that also came with the package.

 

[SigMatt]

Prepping some 6.5 Creedmoor brass for some test loads for an upcoming long-range explosives shoot. Decapped, tumbled and now trimming on my new Redding case trimmer.

 

[Rockzilla]

I picked up a shotshell loading package used here on the classifieds, and I've been doing some basic fiddling with the press, checking it out, seeing what it does, and in general trying to learn what I need to do to load up some of the shotshell hulls that also came with the package.

Shotgun reloading is straight forward, depending on model of press. What ya pickup?
One tip though, place a cookie sheet under the press, not a flat one but one that has a lip all the way around, just in case you forget something, it keeps the shot in a nice "contained" place, no.7.5 & 8 is a pain to clean when it goes everywhere.

-Rock

 

[trickg]

Shotgun reloading is straight forward, depending on model of press. What ya pickup?
One tip though, place a cookie sheet under the press, not a flat one but one that has a lip all the way around, just in case you forget something, it keeps the shot in a nice "contained" place, no.7.5 & 8 is a pain to clean when it goes everywhere.

-Rock

I picked up a MEC 9000G and all kinds of other goodies.

 

[jmiller320]

I expanded 343, .38 special brass and installed small pistol primers in each one. My hand is a little sore.

 

[Rockzilla]

I picked up a MEC 9000G and all kinds of other goodies.

Nice press, a good one, easy to set up, and start turning out loaded shells, primers are still on tne expensive side, Cheddite's aren't bad price wise.

-Rock

 

[deerassassin22]

Trimmed, Chamfer, Deburred, Swagger 5K pieces of 5.56mm. I love my Giraud Case Trimmer lol.