What did you do in the reloading room today?

[stevie]

Sized and trimmed few hundred 223

 

[jjohnsonElknewbie]

Sometimes you should quit while you’re ahead. I’ve been dreading pulling 40 rounds due to incorrect head space on the brass. I had a little extra time and decided to pull them today. Afterwards, I still had a little time, so I decided to start re-sizing them….

To make a long story short(er), since I never tumbled or wiped them off after sizing/loading them a few months ago, I figured they’d have enough one-shot left on them to size. They even felt a little “slimy”.

The first ten went through the press no problem, and then, you guessed it, one stuck real good. I pulled up on the handle hard, and the rim ripped off the case.

I was supremely lucky, because I had pulled the de-priming stem out before I started sizing, since I just needed to push the shoulders back not de-prime. This enabled me to stick a “punch” through the die body to hammer the case out. After a few failed attempts, and one smashed thumb nail, I grabbed a couple old drill bits and was able to knock out the case. I’m sure this wasn’t the best idea, but it got the job done without nicking or damaging the inside of the die.

Afterwards I cleaned and lubed the inside of the die and re-lubed the remaining cases. The rest of the sizing was uneventful, and I learned another valuable lesson for the reloading bench. Good grief…

 

[Harvey_NW]

Sometimes you should quit while you’re ahead.

Been there buddy! I forgot what my exact predicament was but I was testing something and tried to cheat the system leaving live primers in while I ran them through the die, and stuck one. I wasn't smart enough to pull the stem like you either, so it got western lol. LR magnum primers are violent!

 

[Ryh314]

Picked up a Redding T7 off market place today? Been loading on the Rcbs for a few years now time to try a turret press.

 

[jjohnsonElknewbie]

Been there buddy! I forgot what my exact predicament was but I was testing something and tried to cheat the system leaving live primers in while I ran them through the die, and stuck one. I wasn't smart enough to pull the stem like you either, so it got western lol. LR magnum primers are violent!
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Thank you sir, and it was one of those moments when i knew it was the wrong thing to do, but after a few went through without issues, I thought I was good to go. Wrong! LOL! Glad I'm not the only one.

 

[jjohnsonElknewbie]

Loaded up 50 rounds for range session with my daughter tomorrow. This is the most precise ammo I’ve loaded yet, and I’m hoping the extra diligence shows up on the paper tomorrow.

7-08
Alpha OCD
CCI LRP
46.5 SB 6.5
162 ELDX
2.925” COL
2.25” CBTO

 

[northernalpine]

Prepped a few rounds this morning. Least favorite but necessary part of the process.

 

[thinhorn_AK]

130g ttsx in my 308, I’m getting about 3080fps out of my 18” barrel.

I used a brand new Redding master hunter die set, it was a great upgrade over my old rcbs dies.

 

[thinhorn_AK]

Prepped a few rounds this morning. Least favorite but necessary part of the process.

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It’s my least favorite part as well but it’s awesome when I sit down to reload and all my prep and priming is done. I hate when I have to prep prime AND load.

 

[TSnave]

Noticed that my expander button was tweaked in my 223 sizer so had to fiddle around and find a replacement. Fortunately had some Redding 22 BR dies that aren't being used and whaddya know, the whole assembly screwed into the RCBS die body. So I'm counting that as a win. Then I got back to sizing brass...

 

[marc357]

Friend gave me a bag with probably 300 1x fired 10mm brass. It was pretty dirty. I deprimed it and have it in the cleaner now. I'll use it to load practice ammo for the wife and I.

 

[49ereric]

Picked a bunch of brass from a gravel pit Wednesday mostly 9mm some 10mm fair amount of
45 acp and the surprise was 44 mag brass along with the usually 223-556.
I load none of these though

 

[Nykki]

Finished up case prep on a hundred or so 338wm. Need to replace what I shot up this year.

 

[WestTN2288]

Picked a bunch of brass from a gravel pit Wednesday mostly 9mm some 10mm fair amount of
45 acp and the surprise was 44 mag brass along with the usually 223-556.
I load none of these though

Well now I can’t help but wonder if you need help getting rid of it… I load nearly all of those

 

[Backcast88]

Did some prep work to fine tune the 6.5prc data.
- Fine tuned the sizer die to get the right shoulder bump.
- Tried a 288 bushing from SAC with a 262 mandrel.
- Tried a 289 bushing from SAC with a 263 mandrel.
- Tried a 288 bushing from Wilson and a 262 mandrel.

Worked on some 30-06 loads.
- Resized a bunch of brass for fouling the barrel and just general range ammo.
- Loaded some 165BT and played with seating depth.

 

[hunting1]

260 Rem, 42.6 grs H4350, Lapua brass, F210M, and 139gr Scenars will be this years deer medicine.

 

[jcaud]

Prepped up some 223 cases I’d had piling up and primed up some 243 brass I’d had laying around!

 

[sierracharlie338]

260 Rem, 42.6 grs H4350, Lapua brass, F210M, and 139gr Scenars will be this years deer medicine.

what speed you running them at?

 

[49ereric]

Well now I can’t help but wonder if you need help getting rid of it… I load nearly all of those

I hang onto brass just in case. Pun intended.

 

[hunting1]

what speed you running them at?

20” barrel I’m at 2698 but accurate!