What did you reload today?

[misterarman]

I'll be making 10mm today after I get back from visiting the vampires.

I will be shooting 10mm today.
I have 2 doctor appointments tomorrow and I will be in shock if they don't try to drain some blood out of me.

 

[oremike]

I will be shooting 10mm today.
I have 2 doctor appointments tomorrow and I will be in shock if they don't try to drain some blood out of me.

Ain't live grand. My Heart Dr. changed a prescription and wants to be sure it didn't affect my Kidneys. I guess that's why they call it practicing medicine. I shot my 10mm yesterday but this ammo is for an order.

 

[Newberg]

Got the LEE APP spring stiffness tighter using heat shrink tube and a coat hanger wire. This resolved having to manually pull back the shuttle. But I still have to give it a push forward to ensure the case is centered.

I can get pretty fast now.

I finished decapping my annealed brass. Onto decapping the cleaned 223/556 brass.

Here is how I process my 556 brass::

Anneal first if my machine is setup, otherwise wet clean first. Annealing works regardless of how clean the case is.

So in the many 5 gallon buckets in my garage, I process from one bucket to another.

Bucket 1: cleaned brass that needs annealing, decapping and swaging prior to size and trim. This is what I am working on decapping with the LEE APP. A 5 gallon bucket still takes considerable time.

Bucket 2: cleaned and decapped.
Bucket 3: cleaned/decapped/swaged.
Bucket 4: cleaned/decapped/swaged/annealed.

I currently have a bucket of just cleaned/annealed/decapped brass that is in need of swaging. I do mass swaging on the LEE APP, but I also have the SWAGE-IT for the 650xl if I desire.

Once I get that far I setup my Dillon 650xl with Dillon Trimmer to mass size/trim. Making quick work.

Then a final clean before tossing into bucket 5.

Bucket 5: cleaned/decapped/swaged/annealed/sized/trimmed.

 

[DLS]

A beginning and an end:

The very last of my linotype stash is now a pile of .44 pills that weigh in at 236gr. I will miss that alloy; it makes such great bullets.

That bullet mold in the corner just arrived last night, it's for .311 100gr. RN to feed my new .327 Federal Magnum SP-101.

 

[misterarman]

Ain't live grand. My Heart Dr. changed a prescription and wants to be sure it didn't affect my Kidneys. I guess that's why they call it practicing medicine. I shot my 10mm yesterday but this ammo is for an order.

Yes, a medical practice. It sure makes me feel like a guinea pig.

 

[Mikej]

A beginning and an end:

The very last of my linotype stash is now a pile of .44 pills that weigh in at 236gr. I will miss that alloy; it makes such great bullets.

That bullet mold in the corner just arrived last night, it's for .311 100gr. RN to feed my new .327 Federal Magnum SP-101.

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To a bullet caster, I can imagine the sense of accomplishment and pride when you look at a box or tray full of those beauties! AND, as you put each shiny newly completed round in the ammo box! Mmm hmm......

Not a cast bullet user, but I get a good feeling with every shiny, fresh loaded round, myself.

 

[misterarman]

Got the LEE APP spring stiffness tighter using heat shrink tube and a coat hanger wire. This resolved having to manually pull back the shuttle. But I still have to give it a push forward to ensure the case is centered.

I can get pretty fast now.

I finished decapping my annealed brass. Onto decapping the cleaned 223/556 brass.

Here is how I process my 556 brass::

Anneal first if my machine is setup, otherwise wet clean first. Annealing works regardless of how clean the case is.

So in the many 5 gallon buckets in my garage, I process from one bucket to another.

Bucket 1: cleaned brass that needs annealing, decapping and swaging prior to size and trim. This is what I am working on decapping with the LEE APP. A 5 gallon bucket still takes considerable time.

Bucket 2: cleaned and decapped.
Bucket 3: cleaned/decapped/swaged.
Bucket 4: cleaned/decapped/swaged/annealed.

I currently have a bucket of just cleaned/annealed/decapped brass that is in need of swaging. I do mass swaging on the LEE APP, but I also have the SWAGE-IT for the 650xl if I desire.

Once I get that far I setup my Dillon 650xl with Dillon Trimmer to mass size/trim. Making quick work.

Then a final clean before tossing into bucket 5.

Bucket 5: cleaned/decapped/swaged/annealed/sized/trimmed.

How do you like the Swage-it?

 

[misterarman]

Got the LEE APP spring stiffness tighter using heat shrink tube and a coat hanger wire. This resolved having to manually pull back the shuttle. But I still have to give it a push forward to ensure the case is centered.

I can get pretty fast now.

I finished decapping my annealed brass. Onto decapping the cleaned 223/556 brass.

Here is how I process my 556 brass::

Anneal first if my machine is setup, otherwise wet clean first. Annealing works regardless of how clean the case is.

So in the many 5 gallon buckets in my garage, I process from one bucket to another.

Bucket 1: cleaned brass that needs annealing, decapping and swaging prior to size and trim. This is what I am working on decapping with the LEE APP. A 5 gallon bucket still takes considerable time.

Bucket 2: cleaned and decapped.
Bucket 3: cleaned/decapped/swaged.
Bucket 4: cleaned/decapped/swaged/annealed.

I currently have a bucket of just cleaned/annealed/decapped brass that is in need of swaging. I do mass swaging on the LEE APP, but I also have the SWAGE-IT for the 650xl if I desire.

Once I get that far I setup my Dillon 650xl with Dillon Trimmer to mass size/trim. Making quick work.

Then a final clean before tossing into bucket 5.

Bucket 5: cleaned/decapped/swaged/annealed/sized/trimmed.

1 of the plusses of the x10.
Size decap swage and trim with one pull of the handle and never touch the brass.
Thinking very seriously of getting a Super 1050 as the Frankford Arsenal seems to be more like the Lee version of the Super 1050.

 

[misterarman]

To a bullet caster, I can imagine the sense of accomplishment and pride when you look at a box or try full of those beauties! AND, as you put each shiny newly completed round in the ammo box! Mmm hmm......

Not a cast bullet user, but I get a good feeling with every shiny, fresh loaded round, myself.

Absolutely. I hope I never tire of that satisfaction or I will probably stop.

 

[misterarman]

A beginning and an end:

The very last of my linotype stash is now a pile of .44 pills that weigh in at 236gr. I will miss that alloy; it makes such great bullets.

That bullet mold in the corner just arrived last night, it's for .311 100gr. RN to feed my new .327 Federal Magnum SP-101.

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I'm not a caster but I sure can appreciate a job well done. Nice job.

 

[arakboss]

I didn't reload anything but I spent 40min reorganizing powder supplies so I could squeeze in some of the new additions.

 

[Newberg]

How do you like the Swage-it?

It has some downsides, because the case isn't supported internally, you'll occasionally rip the rim off one and push it out of the shell plate. This can be mitigated with a little case lube on the swage tip and ensuring the case is properly centered over the swage/prime station following Dillons instructions online.

 

[misterarman]

It has some downsides, because the case isn't supported internally, you'll occasionally rip the rim off one and push it out of the shell plate. This can be mitigated with a little case lube on the swage tip and ensuring the case is properly centered over the swage/prime station following Dillons instructions online.

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I did not like mine so I let it go to cut my losses.

 

[2ndtimer]

Loaded up some 10mm's for my son for his birthday today:
50 with 180 gr Hornady HAP 10.5 gr Blue Dot, Fed GM150M, new GFL brass
50 with 200 gr Hornady HAP, 9.4 gr Blue Dot, FED GM150M, new GFL brass.

 

[CLT65]

That's some old surplus powder. It's probably still fine, but surplus powder can be a little quirky. Be careful working up loads with it. There's plenty of info online.

Funny story about reloading; an acquaintance asked me if I have any small-primer .45 acp brass. He said he scrapped a lot of it over the years, absolutely hated it for it's sheer audacity of existing, because everyone knows that the old forty-five should always be large-primer. Anytime he ran across small-primer brass, he threw it away. Now that small primers are everywhere and large primers are a bit harder to come across, he's singing a very different tune.

 

[oremike]

I think it's from 1993 that's when Dumplordz had a FFL.

 

[misterarman]

That's some old surplus powder. It's probably still fine, but surplus powder can be a little quirky. Be careful working up loads with it. There's plenty of info online.

Funny story about reloading; an acquaintance asked me if I have any small-primer .45 acp brass. He said he scrapped a lot of it over the years, absolutely hated it for it's sheer audacity of existing, because everyone knows that the old forty-five should always be large-primer. Anytime he ran across small-primer brass, he threw it away. Now that small primers are everywhere and large primers are a bit harder to come across, he's singing a very different tune.

I share his opinions and still hold fast drawing the line.
NO SMALL POCKET .45ACP!

 

[Catfishmoon]

Funny story about reloading; an acquaintance asked me if I have any small-primer .45 acp brass. He said he scrapped a lot of it over the years, absolutely hated it for it's sheer audacity of existing, because everyone knows that the old forty-five should always be large-primer. Anytime he ran across small-primer brass, he threw it away. Now that small primers are everywhere and large primers are a bit harder to come across, he's singing a very different tune.

That is the very reason I hang onto small primer .45acp brass when I run across it. I have never bought that caliber of ammo with small primers, but over the years I have swept up enough of that brass and set it aside that I can keep shooting even without large primers.

 

[misterarman]

I processed some brass today.
10mm and .38Special.
Did some unloading with a quick trip to the range.

 

[misterarman]

That is the very reason I hang onto small primer .45acp brass when I run across it. I have never bought that caliber of ammo with small primers, but over the years I have swept up enough of that brass and set it aside that I can keep shooting even without large primers.

Just don't run out of large pistol primers.