What did you do in the reloading room today?

[streamerfish]

I loaded 600 rounds of 9mm today ( in about 2hrs, god bless progressives.).

I have enough data now that I will be putting together an initial review of my new Lee pro 6000 progressive tomorrow.

 

[BWSmith]

#14 Smith. Just put a red dot on this for shnitz & giggles...

So, casting and loading .38 wadcutters is what's on the menu. Started a pistol range down in the woods as an adjunct to the 3D range.... then the snow/ice hit. Going down there to shoot the #14 today.

 

[Kimber7man]

Loaded up 50 rounds of 260 for fire forming in my “rebuilt” 260 ackley

 

[FLS]

Loaded up some 75 ELDMs over N140 for my .223 CTR. Gonna shoot TAC Bolt in a couple of local matches. Started at 24.0 and that may be where I stop. A little slower than I wanted but it stacked them in there. I don’t know if the first one was cold bore, new powder bullet combo or me but the next nine were as tight as a me and this rifle can shoot

 

[Harvey_NW]

Loaded a ladder for pressure testing for my 6.5 PRC. 143 eldx’s and H1000. Started seeing slight pressure at 59.0gr. I tried the H1000 because that’s what I already had. Going to try H4831 and N565 next. I think I can squeeze a little more velocity out of it.

N565 was only a little bit faster in mine, but clear precision winner. I pressured out around 58gr in fireformed brass. 56.5gr runs super smooth in all temps and about 2900fps in a 21" tube suppressed.

 

[MtnSquach]

N565 was only a little bit faster in mine, but clear precision winner. I pressured out around 58gr in fireformed brass. 56.5gr runs super smooth in all temps and about 2900fps in a 21" tube suppressed.

Thanks for the info. N656 was my next test as soon as I can find some. I think I have a lead on some about an hour away from me. And most of the treads I have read mention 56.5 of N565 lol. The H1000 is super promising but at 59.0 grains I was only at 2938fps. I think I can get a little more out of N565. I have a Tikka T3X with a factory barrel chopped at 21” running it suppressed.

 

[49ereric]

loaded 100 357 Mag Norma cases from start to finish this evening, just need to box them up.

 

[mighteywhitehunter]

Today I am trying to clear out old bullets that I wont use, so checkout the Guns Classified for bullets!

I am also getting ready to setup a Dillon 550 That I inherited so that I can shoot more, and spend less time reloading.

 

[338edge]

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Why don't you like it

 

[Choupique]

Technically yesterday- loaded up 20, .338 win mag with 230gr eldx and 70gr of h4350.

Got some interesting results. That is a book max load for 2800-ish fps. Mine were 2895-2920. I do have a 26" barrel vs the books 24" test barrel but thats the first time I ever had this rifle clock over the book numbers. Its always slower. There is a chance my chronograph is just a lying POS, i couldnt shoot far yesterday to find out. The group sucked and the recoil was very horrible so im going to back them down to 69 grains. 2800 fps is all I want.

 

[Steve300xcw]

Why don't you like it

For starters..

Mine sucked with large primers but bust out the small primers. And it was double feeds, flipped primers, jams, you name it. I hope whoever packaged that POS steps on a lego every night.

 

[Austin Kaufman]

Loaded up 100 223s and 100 6 creeds last night, have to load for an NRL match this weekend and a PRS match next weekend. Shooting matches and practicing a lot has kept me busy pretty much every night when the kids go down.


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[Harvey_NW]

I have a Tikka T3X with a factory barrel chopped at 21” running it suppressed.

That's exactly what I'm shooting, a D18 chopped to the end of the flutes. I don't think you'll gain much in speed, but if it's like mine it will shoot lights out. N560 might give you more velocity, but from what I've read it's a bit more temp sensitive. I've also heard a lot of good things about H4831.

 

[Kimber7man]

Thanks for the info. N656 was my next test as soon as I can find some. I think I have a lead on some about an hour away from me. And most of the treads I have read mention 56.5 of N565 lol. The H1000 is super promising but at 59.0 grains I was only at 2938fps. I think I can get a little more out of N565. I have a Tikka T3X with a factory barrel chopped at 21” running it suppressed.

N560 might be faster with the 143. It was with the 140’s in my 20” barrel.

 

[MtnSquach]

That's exactly what I'm shooting, a D18 chopped to the end of the flutes. I don't think you'll gain much in speed, but if it's like mine it will shoot lights out. N560 might give you more velocity, but from what I've read it's a bit more temp sensitive. I've also heard a lot of good things about H4831.

Ya I’m pretty impressed with the rifle so far. I put 50 rounds of Norma match through it, then started testing the eldx/H1000. It was shooting 2940 with 59.0gr and only a slight extractor mark. I’d probably be fine with that velocity but not the groups (just over 1”). I know the N565 will be much better.

 

[Woolley Bugger]

Finished setting up my Dillon 750. I had originally ordered a standard height stand, but with the case feeder, it's too high for my ceiling clearance. So I replaced it with the flush mount from Inline Fabrication, which is perfect.

Installed a few Armanov accessories. I really like the powder measure quick release and the primer and case feed blockers. The only miss was the precision powder measure dial. I couldn't get it to work properly, and I ended up breaking the tiny internal gears, so I just took it off and went back to the simple bolt system.

I learned that it's really important to install the dies into the toolhead under load. I was having centering problems in station 1 with .38 spl when I just screwed in the die. Re-installing it under load fixed it. I'm having some snags with the case feeder, which were ameliorated by removing the plastic case deflector.

Setting up dies with a rotating shellholder is definitely a different experience than on a single stage press. I think the advice to start with a single stage is sound, as I was used to making the adjustments and was able to focus on controlling case feed/primer seating (either with the Armanov blockers or manually) and inserting and retrieving the partially assembled cartridges from various stations while adjusting individual dies.

I've got good loads for standard 9mm/115gn and .38 spl/148gn WC, which are what I shoot most, and I'm cranking them out in volume. I'm still figuring out a new load for 9mm/147 that will cycle my action while staying subsonic for a suppressor.

Do people find that the Dillon dies are better suited to the tool head than others? I'm using a mix of RCBS and Redding dies with Lee FCD. I find that some dies bottom out when properly adjusted to the point where there aren't enough exposed threads to engage the locking ring. Also, it's sometimes hard to access the rings for tightening. Watching youtube makes me think the Dillon dies are more streamlined and better suited.

 

[ResearchinStuff]

My Dillon dies also have to be cranked way down on my 750. I think the tool head is just thick.

 

[Woolley Bugger]

No reloading taking place in my reloading room for the next bit. My reloading room is a multipurpose room. Getting ready to do bratwurst in various flavors, snack sticks in various flavors and other sausage.

Just be careful that there's no primer residue or bullet shavings lying around when processing food. I try to keep my bench as clean as possible, but I would imagine popping out 1000s of spent primers has to cause some lead styphenate contamination of my work area.

 

[CorbLand]

Today was cleaning up from depriming, resizing and trimming 7mag, 6.5prc and 06.

Gotta decide what powder to start with and get loading for my 7mag. That’s the plan for the next couple weekends.