What did you reload today?

[TTSX]

Got off my butt and finally got the loading back under way. About 150 rounds of .45acp lswc target loads made, setting up to load some 185gn fmjfp and hollow point.

Also ran into a lot of frustration getting the seating depth right on 5.56 55gn fmj last night. I think the bullets in that box just don't have a consistent ogive, so I gave up and went to bed...

 

[conditor22]

Got off my butt and finally got the loading back under way. About 150 rounds of .45acp lswc target loads made, setting up to load some 185gn fmjfp and hollow point.

Also ran into a lot of frustration getting the seating depth right on 5.56 55gn fmj last night. I think the bullets in that box just don't have a consistent ogive, so I gave up and went to bed...

I feel your pain!!!! I reload a lot of pulled bullets I get at a good price. They all weigh within 1 grain and are the same length but-------

 

[TM-Salem]

loaded up blueberry rounds today..
300 Savage, 30-30 and 30.06

 

[TM-Salem]

Also loaded up some 6.5x57

 

[TTSX]

loaded up blueberry rounds today..
300 Savage, 30-30 and 30.06

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What is a blueberry round?

 

[TM-Salem]

i powder coated my 31 cal round ball and my granddaughter said they look like blueberries, so it stuck and they are blueberry rounds...

good for fire forming new to me brass and a hoot to shoot.

minimal charge of 700x and im shooting a 41gr ball at around 1400 or more fps with no recoil.

 

[Omni]

i powder coated my 31 cal round ball and my granddaughter said they look like blueberries, so it stuck and they are blueberry rounds...

good for fire forming new to me brass and a hoot to shoot.

minimal charge of 700x and im shooting a 41gr ball at around 1400 or more fps with no recoil.

What kind of accuracy and range do you get with those?

 

[TM-Salem]

ive only shot a at 50 yards but they are pretty accurate at that range. Never thought to shoot further, just a fun plinking round but maybe I will actually try out different charges and see how far they wil go.

 

[Omni]

@TM-Salem It would be cool to know how well they can group. Seems like a fun idea to play around with.

 

[CLT65]

I've shot the same .31 round ball in a Mosin Nagant rifle some years back. I ended up with a whole bunch of old Eastern European 54R blanks, and what good are they?

Yes I know it's a big no-no to ever put anything in front of a blank round, but I did it anyway and fortunately it was fine. I dropped a round ball into the chamber and put a blank in behind it. Very low pressure and they were reasonably accurate at 50 yards, though they shot to a different point of aim as I recall. This was a long time ago. Those blanks cost me less than a primer, even back then.

 

[drstrangelove]

6.5prc. Going for first mile this weekend.

 

[misterarman]

Got my workout in today.
Sized 1k Speer .357sig brass today.
The kind with the small flashhole.
.They are all bigger now.

 

[oremike]

I'll be finishing up the 45 Colt today, Filled a couple orders and then some for the next gun show. After the 45 Colt I'll be doing a run of 44 Mag sub-sonics. Bullets from Lehigh to arrive next week. Lakeview gun show next week-end.

 

[misterarman]

Change of pace for me.
.357sig
Montana Gold 125gr
Blue Dot 10.1

 

[Caveman Jim]

Nothing loaded but I did resize and swage 300+ 300BLK cases this afternoon.
No pics but it really did happen. Honest…

 

[oremike]

I decided to push the 44 Mag back to next week and make a run of 125gr 38 Specials for stock.

 

[conditor22]

I Cast 56 pounds of pure lead cores last week to make/swage 223 and 44 mag bullets

 

[conditor22]

Swwaged about 1,500 223 cores, the rest can wait for another time.


These will go into 10-grain 22 lr jackets to make 55-grain bullets.

 

[misterarman]

I Cast 56 pounds of pure lead cores last week to make/swage 223 and 44 mag bullets
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Wow! Lots of work.

 

[Caveman Jim]

Finished up loading the 71 remaining plated 240g 44mag bullets over 14g of HS-6.