What did you do in the reloading room today?

[Nykki]

Loaded up some 444 Marlin, plinking rounds. 33gr IMR 4198 behind Acme 240gr cast.swc, trying to keep them below 1600fps. I'll take it to the range tomorrow.
Cleaned and sorted 300 pieces of 243 brass.

 

[paul1k2k]

Cut out foam for a small pelican case to hold my universal inline seating die parts!

 

[Ophidian]

Decapped 100 6mm arc cases and wet tumbled them.
Very close to getting that project up and running once I get the rifle and can determine proper seating depth for TTSX

 

[bpitcher]

Settled on a 108 load for the 6CM. Rehabbed the 40 cases from yesterday.

Reloaded 13. Need to run out and grab some more bullets and powder.

 

[Torque]

Annealed 50 Peterson 270 brass, body sized down with a 25-06 body die, uniformed primer pockets, uniformed/deburred flash holes, cleaned, trimmed to 2.529 (my 25-06 chamber length), Lee collet to .002 neck tension

Next is wasting some extremely long 129g Hammer bullets that were chaff in a trade deal for fireforming. They are so long, there should be no problem jamming them into the lands.

 

[Torque]

Cut out foam for a small pelican case to hold my universal inline seating die parts!
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You did a really good job on that. I am terrible at cutting the foam out the way I want it to be.

 

[paul1k2k]

You did a really good job on that. I am terrible at cutting the foam out the way I want it to be.

I have to come clean... it was pick and pluck foam.

 

[Ophidian]

Decapped ~200 pieces of once fired 6.5creed brass and tumbled. There is still a little gunk in the primer pockets so im going to run them through again for 3 hours so i can get them ready to trade/sell.

 

[bpitcher]

I told myself I was done messing around with load development, but then I found a box of 112 Match Burners on the shelf at the local store...

 

[JasonWi]

I told myself I was done messing around with load development, but then I found a box of 112 Match Burners on the shelf at the local store...

The store basically forced you into buying them! It’s not your fault they had them in stock, honestly you probably saved another person from tinkering too…you sir are a giver

 

[bpitcher]

The store basically forced you into buying them! It’s not your fault they had them in stock, honestly you probably saved another person from tinkering too…you sir are a giver

That's right. Got to support your local businesses!

 

[BigDog00]

Fireformed some .223 AI brass. Have some more to shoot this weekend, then will start working up loads. I did have a strange ring around the middle of about 20 pieces. Some of them had a bit of carbon right above so I'm thinking the brass sealed better below the ring when the case blew out to fit the AI chamber. It my first AI/wildcat so I'm learning as I go.

 

[JasonWi]

Setup my 21st century innovation neck sizing mandrel for my 264WM and 7RM. Then I sized a couple hundred brass

 

[waspocrew]

Loaded 400 rounds of 220 gr subs for my 300 BLK today. Had quite a few made from a couple of years back and they were just a tad too fast (1080-1100 fps) when shooting my 10.5" AR yesterday. Tried out 0.3 - 0.6 gr less and found ~ 1000 FPS pretty easily with 8.0 gr of N110.

 

[Justin Crossley]

Tried out another priming tool. The PCPS



Still like the CPS better but it seems to be a good option.

 

[Lawnboi]

Tried out another priming tool. The PCPS

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Still like the CPS better but it seems to be a good option.

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Where did you get it from? I need to get away from this damn hand primer, middle finger went numb already this year.

 

[Justin Crossley]

Where did you get it from? I need to get away from this damn hand primer, middle finger went numb already this year.

Thread 'Priming Tool Comparison'

Mar 1, 2025

Some of you know I have been using the Primal Rights CPS for the last few years and really like it. But at $675, it's not something I recommend to people who are getting into reloading and asking for advice. It's just too expensive unless you load a lot of ammo and want to use the best tool available.



The other day, @realunlucky told me about the PCPS from Derraco Engineering.



I was intrigued, so I ordered one from Amazon. I got it set up today and tested it out. It seems like a great tool for anyone who wants to get a really nice...

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[49ereric]

Twenty five 410 00 buck 4 pellet loads today. X-Ring survival loader but can’t get enough precrimp with the MEC tool so still closing crimps with narrow screw driver and then a 5/16 Allen wrench to indent the crimp. Small hole often center of crimp so glue was added. The X-Ring still has its good points and glad I bought instead of continuing to use homemade tools.

 

[mj23polaris]

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[Pharmseller]

I prepped and primed 300 .223 Rem cases to go with the 350 I already had. Getting ready to load a bunch of Carlos to use on sage rats and marmots.




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