What did you do in the reloading room today?

[Nine Banger]

Yep sounds about right from my recollection. Anywhere from .5-1.5 over seemed to be the norm. I honestly didn’t even bother selling mine due to the fighting I did with it. Until I got the AutoTrickler I would throw 1g light of my target weight and then hand trickle with an RCBS manual trickler to my target weight.

Yeah, same...I was thinking to trash is or put it up for free in the pay it forward thread if someone wants to screw around with it.

Another thought I had was using it just for trickling after a powder drop but that might get tedious too and the abortion is just the way to go.

 

[BossGobbler2024]

I did a variety today. Prepped some 300 WSM brass, loaded some 22-250 rounds, and setup a ladder for 7mm PRC using H 1000 and 175 ELDx bullets.

 

[Tx270WT]

Built a ladder for 200 gr accubond over 7828 for the 300 wby

 

[Harvey_NW]

Prepped new brass and loaded up pressure ladders last night, got out to test N565 and H1000 in my KPR-ized (Kinport Peak Rifles - chamber cleaned up with AW2 reamer, throated for 143's, chopped to the flutes) Tikka 6.5 PRC. Results did not disappoint, initially thought H1000 was going to be better but in the 10 shot test it blew up on the last 2 shots. First time shooting off Spartan bipod and those 2 felt tight on close, who knows. Either way, N565 is the clear winner!

 

[sierracharlie338]

Prepped new brass and loaded up pressure ladders last night, got out to test N565 and H1000 in my KPR-ized (Kinport Peak Rifles - chamber cleaned up with AW2 reamer, throated for 143's, chopped to the flutes) Tikka 6.5 PRC. Results did not disappoint, initially thought H1000 was going to be better but in the 10 shot test it blew up on the last 2 shots. First time shooting off Spartan bipod and those 2 felt tight on close, who knows. Either way, N565 is the clear winner!

Nice shootin

 

[Nine Banger]

Last night I pulled out the Hornady Lock N Load Powder Dispenser:

Hornady Lock-N-Load Auto Charge Digital Powder Scale Dispenser 1000

The Hornady Lock-N-Load Auto Charge Powder Scale and Dispenser will save you time and money with its superior speed and efficiency. Designed to be one...

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I was trying to pound out the rest of a box of 130gr TMK's for whitetail doe culling.

Load was 43.5gr H4350...

This was my experience:
- slow as shite
- every throw was OVER, which leads to beeping and alarm clearing and dumping back
- switched to manual mode, slow rate, it still threw over. I switched it to 42.2 which threw around 43.2 and I could trickle up to 43.5

I'm back in the saddle with this machine using Unique. It's working fine. Apparently it doesn't like H4350.

When I lose interest in a bullet I load all my extras in w/ 12-14gr Unique and use them to practice positional shooting on a piece of steel at 100 yards. These are subsonic or transonic loads.

Tonight its 14gr Unique w/ Hornady 160gr round nose bullets.



Caveat tho, the Lock N Load Powder Dispenser is still really slow compared to a powder drop. With the Unique its rolling out 90% of the load and trickling the rest automatically but it takes 20-30 seconds per drop.

 

[eaglemountainman]

Rolled up some 7-08

40 rounds 120 TTSX over CFE 223 for an Oct. moose hunt in Alberta.

20 rounds 140 Accubonds and Big Game

20 rounds 139 LRX and Big Game

 

[Bluumoon]

Load was 43.5gr H4350...



I'm back in the saddle with this machine using Unique. It's working fine. Apparently it doesn't like H4350.

When I lose interest in a bullet I load all my extras in w/ 12-14gr Unique and use them to practice positional shooting on a piece of steel at 100 yards. These are subsonic or transonic loads.

Tonight its 14gr Unique w/ Hornady 160gr round nose bullets.



Caveat tho, the Lock N Load Powder Dispenser is still really slow compared to a powder drop. With the Unique its rolling out 90% of the load and trickling the rest automatically but it takes 20-30 seconds per drop.

Grab the basic Harrels powder dispenser if you want to speed things up, it’s been within in 0.1 gr even w stick powder for me. I loaded 50 cases w powder, set bullets, and checked a 10 round zero in under 25 minutes while a friend waited last week.

A complaint, if it is one, is that adjustments were in the 0.2gr range per click with stick powder so you may have to settle for 43.4 or 43.6gr instead of 43.5gr.

 

[BossGobbler2024]

Cleaning brass today to prep for 7 PRC. Then off to shoot my 7 PRC ladder I loaded the other day.

 

[jjohnsonElknewbie]

Load was 43.5gr H4350...



I'm back in the saddle with this machine using Unique. It's working fine. Apparently it doesn't like H4350.

When I lose interest in a bullet I load all my extras in w/ 12-14gr Unique and use them to practice positional shooting on a piece of steel at 100 yards. These are subsonic or transonic loads.

Tonight its 14gr Unique w/ Hornady 160gr round nose bullets.



Caveat tho, the Lock N Load Powder Dispenser is still really slow compared to a powder drop. With the Unique its rolling out 90% of the load and trickling the rest automatically but it takes 20-30 seconds per drop.

I loaded 80 rounds of 25-284 using 54.5 grains of H1000 over the weekend. Since the grains are so large, I switched it to slow. I had 2 overfills out of 80. However, I agree that its slow (as selected) once it gets within a grain. However, that gives me time to load, seat, and check OAL, on the previous round.

 

[Lentuk]

I made a stand and a roller handle for my Dads old Rockchucker.

 

[sierracharlie338]

I made a stand and a roller handle for my Dads old Rockchucker.
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That’s awesome! I have an old RCBS that looks identical to that one that I got from my grandpa and consequently is how I got into reloading. Love the roller handle.

 

[jjohnsonElknewbie]

Yesterday I took the time to tumble around 125 pieces of sized 7-08 brass. I don't believe that tumbling and clean brass are necessities. However, when using SB 6.5, I've found the tiny grains will stick to any remaining One Shot inside the case necks which can add time and annoyance to the process. As a result, I had the time and figured I'd experiment with tumbling to see if it helps. I'll update the thread with my results. I will say the brass and nickel cases came out bright and shiny like new if nothing else.

 

[Shortschaf]

Prepped new brass and loaded up pressure ladders last night, got out to test N565 and H1000 in my KPR-ized (Kinport Peak Rifles - chamber cleaned up with AW2 reamer, throated for 143's, chopped to the flutes) Tikka 6.5 PRC. Results did not disappoint, initially thought H1000 was going to be better but in the 10 shot test it blew up on the last 2 shots. First time shooting off Spartan bipod and those 2 felt tight on close, who knows. Either way, N565 is the clear winner!

How long's that barrel

 

[Sinistram]

Processed about a bazillion 357 mag cases that have accumulated over the last few months!

 

[Harvey_NW]

How long's that barrel

I think it's about 21 1/2" to the crown, I'll get an actual measurement this evening. I had him put the shoulder 1/4" in front of the end of flutes because I still wanted it somewhat aesthetically pleasing and I didn't think it would make a functional difference for an extra inch. It balances well all set up.

 

[SmokeMedic]

Yesterday I finished digging out my dad's old reloading gear and we are figuring out a workbench layout to get set up for the winter. I brought over my rock chucker to add to his old rock chucker and dillon 450. We're slowly but surely working towards reloading a handful of different calibers like he used to when he was younger!

 

[cmahoney]

Loaded up some very light 28 gauge shells for my son’s move up from a .410.


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[wapitibob]

Tried some different neck tension today and failed miserably.

 

[Torque]

Another update:

Update: We finished sheathing the walls in the shop proper and the flooring in the reloading portion. We ran out of pine and gum so we have two big stacks of oak and ash to put up. I am going to make sure the boards are cut square and straight. Then, run a 3/4" long rabbit down each edge to over lap the boards as they go up. It's been a lot of work, but well worth it. Please excuse the crowded mess in the shop. We had to move everything out of the reloading room to put the flooring down on top of stacking the oak and ash to finish dimensioning.

I cannot believe how pretty that sweet gum wood turned out to be as lumber.