What did you do in the reloading room today?

[ts94603]

finished loading 50 rounds for my 22 hornet, 33gr hammer bullets.

 

[Slick8]

I reloaded 93.5 +/- .2 for validation.
338 Edge
ADG brass, H1k and F215Ms.
Average velocity is 2912 and 2915 with am ES of 11 and 13 with respectively.

Groups were 1.1 and 1.2 at 300.
I then took 3 the remaining sighters at 93.5 and fired at 600. I didnt compensate for the 10 mph wind from the right. I came up 10.75 with AB calling for 10.88. I'm less than .5 high on Average at 100 and about 1 inch low at 300 per AB.

I may do some fine tuning with neck tension or seating depth if time allows. Likely will spend more time validating at 600 as this is good enough to hunt.

 

[eaglemountainman]

Prepped and primed 30 pieces of 7-08 brass for my Alberta moose hunt. Tomorrow I'll charge and seat bullets.

 

[sierracharlie338]

Loaded 50 rounds of 69 smks for a 223 with a 9 twist.

 

[Barnell]

Today my wife piled Xmas presents in there making it hard to navigate the room

I’m glad to see mine isn’t the only one. It’s my reloading room unless Christmas/ birthday presents need a home then it gets repurposed to storage!

 

[Trr15]

Loaded 50 rounds, sized, trimmed and cleaned brass for 3 different calibers. Organized my bench (slightly).

 

[6MT]

Freshly annealed 6.5prc cases.

 

[Slick8]

Very nice, after season I'm going to start working on a bergara in 65 creed. I have all items on hand to start it up except spare time.

 

[sierracharlie338]

Very nice, after season I'm going to start working on a bergara in 65 creed. I have all items on hand to start it up except spare time.

I know that feeling. I have 5 rifles that I need to shoot and can’t seem to get away.

 

[jjohnsonElknewbie]

Loaded up some rounds for velocity testing in the 7-08. The recipe for my 18" Tikka was 46.7 gr (Hodgdon book max is 47.8) SB 6.5 and a 162 ELDX. Brass was Alpha with CCI LRP, and seating depth was 2.255 base to ogive with OAL of 2.925. This is slightly deeper than the BT case neck junction to avoid the lands. I measured 5 rounds, and the results are below.

1- 2698
2- 2727
3-2701
4- 2693
5- 2696

Avg- 2703
SD- 13
ES- 34

I had extractor swipes on all 5 cases, and the primer popped out on #2. I recall one of the primers kind of "crunching" in while I was priming, and I've since been more careful making sure the case is firmly seated/aligned in the shellholder when priming every round (reason 100 not to get in a hurry at the bench). Without #2 above, the numbers would've looked very good, and I'm going to double the sample size next time to improve statistical validity. The 5 shot group at 100 was right at an inch with a group of 3 touching, and a second pair touching as well, and mirage was messing with me. Due to pressure signs, the next round will be at 46.5 gr SB 6.5, and I'll post the results.

 

[sierracharlie338]

Pressure is pressure, I learned the hard way. I’d back down to 46.2 and see how that performs for you.

 

[Luked]

Got a lot of pistol rounds to load up.

Ordered another 1000 LRP and also managed to get ahold of some LRM primers as well.

Got in some 357 Mag brass
and some rotors for my pistol powder measurer.

 

[pbroski]

Loaded 40 rounds of .22arc with 88gr eld-m, Lapua once fired brass and CCI 450 primers.

10 are 30.1 grs. N550.
10 are 30.4 grs. N550.

10 are 29.5 grs. LeverEvolution.
10 are 29.8 grs. LeverEvolution.

Used a Lee Six Pack Pro and weighed the charges with an AutoTrikler V4.

 

[jjohnsonElknewbie]

Pressure is pressure, I learned the hard way. I’d back down to 46.2 and see how that performs for you.

Loaded up 20 at 46.5 and fired 15 this morning on the backyard range. The SD and ES weren't great, but the group was excellent. Thanks to all the folks on here that have helped me remedy process issues at the bench. I was only planning to shoot 12, but the Magneto Sport captured a 300 and a 3800 that I excluded from the sample. Can't wait to get a Garmin...

Range was 100 yards.

18" Tikka T3 lite in 7-08
KGM 30 suppressor
Alpha OCD brass

Staball 6.5 testing	Avg	2628
162 ELDX	SD	13
46.5 grains of powder	ES	44
CCI LRP
1	2613
2	2648
3	2608
4	2652
5	2628
6	2621
7	2632
8	2620
9	2621
10	2642
11	2635
12	2632
13	2616

 

[ljalberta]

Loaded up 20 at 46.5 and fired 15 this morning on the backyard range. The SD and ES weren't great, but the group was excellent. Thanks to all the folks on here that have helped me remedy process issues at the bench. I was only planning to shoot 12, but the Magneto Sport captured a 300 and a 3800 that I excluded from the sample. Can't wait to get a Garmin...

Range was 100 yards.

18" Tikka T3 lite in 7-08
KGM 30 suppressor
Alpha OCD brass

Staball 6.5 testing	Avg	2628
162 ELDX	SD	13
46.5 grains of powder	ES	44
CCI LRP
1	2613
2	2648
3	2608
4	2652
5	2628
6	2621
7	2632
8	2620
9	2621
10	2642
11	2635
12	2632
13	2616

Killer shooting. Just my humble opinion, but if you were getting swipes and popped a primer at .2 grains above where you’re at, you’re still in the pressure zone. With SB6.5, you might be playing with fire in terms of when that pressure might show itself again (hot day, over trickle, etc). Would hate to get a bigger issue on a day when you’re trying to shoot a critter.

But I’m no expert on the topic.

 

[jjohnsonElknewbie]

Killer shooting. Just my humble opinion, but if you were getting swipes and popped a primer at .2 grains above where you’re at, you’re still in the pressure zone. With SB6.5, you might be playing with fire in terms of when that pressure might show itself again (hot day, over trickle, etc). Would hate to get a bigger issue on a day when you’re trying to shoot a critter.

But I’m no expert on the topic.

Thank you and I appreciate the feedback. All of the load dev for this rifle has been on hot Iowa summer days with high humidity, so hopefully temp. influence has already showed itself. If its 80+ degrees with 60+% humidity in WY on 11/23, we've got bigger problems! J/K and thanks again.

 

[sierracharlie338]

Nice shootin @jjohnsonElknewbie

 

[jjohnsonElknewbie]

Nice shootin @jjohnsonElknewbie

Thank you sir!

 

[Trr15]

100 rounds of .308 win, 10 rounds .375 H&H (300gr Accubonds)

 

[wind gypsy]

Thank you and I appreciate the feedback. All of the load dev for this rifle has been on hot Iowa summer days with high humidity, so hopefully temp. influence has already showed itself. If its 80+ degrees with 60+% humidity in WY on 11/23, we've got bigger problems! J/K and thanks again.

Temperature aside, you could get water in your chamber and have issues in short order as well. If primers are falling out of pockets on Alpha OCD brass you're pretty dang hot and 0.2 isn't going to move the needle much.