What did you do in the reloading room today?

[8mille]

I feel like most of us understand your pain sir.

I admire the guntubers on the Internet who have just the few reloading tools they are using. Mine always looks like yours. lol. Inescapable; even when I do reloading on my large dining room table.Actually, the third photo is a pretty orderly session for me. Yup, I sure know what clutter is. LMAO

 

[8mille]

I feel like most of us understand your pain sir.

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First use of my SAC barrel vice. Worked like a charm to pull a Aero barrel of an Aero Solus. Now, I just need that HCA 25 CM to show up.

It always feels good when you buy the expensive tool that’s supposed to make your life easy…and it does!

After I got sticker shock placing an order for mandrels, pin gauges and turning tool from
K&M precision, I had my doubts after seeing Redding had sets for less. But yes, they worked out good enough and share your sentiment. Good to see your satisfied with your purchase. I’m still a bit in the rationalization phase. But our toys that we love are worth it. Especially for our firearms. Enjoy.

 

[tstowater]

Started cleaning up the reloading benches, yes that is more than one, so I can start a marathon of reloading. Brass and bullets have arrived for 223 and 243. Dies for the 243 come tomorrow and more bullets and a Henderson trimmer next week. Have a $500 voucher at RCBS and a $300 one at Hodgdon that I am trying to figure out what to spend on. Got a lot of new toys to feed.

 

[CorbLand]

Not necessarily today but loaded up 20 rounds of 7mm with 4831SC and 162 ELDMs. Started at 57 grains up to 58.5 in .5 grain increments.

 

[Pharmseller]

Doing load workup for a friend. .243 Win, 95 grain TMK. Using Hunter powder. Seating depth test. Gonna see which load she likes on Saturday.

 

[MacJenkins]

Moved and organized about 30,000 rounds of ammo. Unboxed, dejunked and filled up one of our outside garbage cans. Sadly not even close to organized.

 

[crowlja]

How do you like the RCBS Summit press? I really don't need a new press but I have a small bench and store stuff under the bench so having everything on top would be nice.

I really like my summit. The died body comes down to the brass so when seating bullets I feel like I can hold the bullets more steady than if I were feeding the case to the die. And I do like the small footprint of the press.
But it is the only press I've owned. I have used others and learned on a traditional O style, but got the Summit when I started building my own reloading space.
Only complaint I have is when I got the Hornady micrometer seater, I had to make a few adjustments. See the thread below...

Thread 'Micrometer seating stem For Hornady dies' https://rokslide.com/forums/threads/micrometer-seating-stem-for-hornady-dies.440222/

 

[8mille]

I really like my summit. The died body comes down to the brass so when seating bullets I feel like I can hold the bullets more steady than if I were feeding the case to the die. And I do like the small footprint of the press.
But it is the only press I've owned. I have used others and learned on a traditional O style, but got the Summit when I started building my own reloading space.
Only complaint I have is when I got the Hornady micrometer seater, I had to make a few adjustments. See the thread below...

Thread 'Micrometer seating stem For Hornady dies' https://rokslide.com/forums/threads/micrometer-seating-stem-for-hornady-dies.440222/

I’ve always liked the idea of having an RCBS
Summit press to bring to the range since they brought it to market. I will inevitably try a set up to bring to the range. The only thing holding me back is when I see two others. Hard to decide between the three. Sinclair,Harrels or Summit. I figure the one that gives the least runout will win. One thing against the Summit is the handle not centered; which likely doesn’t affect the press too negatively considering they have developed a reputation for low runout. Still , I like symmetry when you are measuring thousandths (even tenths) of an inch. And I like those nifty and compact C types. They seem so practical. I love that about reloading in general. All the nifty compact tools ( miniature sized) we get to work with. Very cool indeed.

 

[jjohnsonElknewbie]

Necked down 30 rounds of ADG 270 WSM brass for my 6.5 WSM. Initial observation is that the brass is much harder than either Hornady or Norma that I've already worked. I'm going to run a pressure test to see if the ADG brass has the same limits (66 grains) as the Hornady I've already fired. Also going to measure fired case capacity to see if there's a difference between ADG and Hornady.

 

[Austin Kaufman]

Snowy/wet day at the farm so we didn’t have much going on. Loaded up 300 223s for the trainer. 100 77 TMKs over Varget, 100 73eldms over Varget, and 100 69 HPBT over Varget. Then loaded up 200 6 creeds for my PRS gun. 105 hybrids over H4350. Busy afternoon at the bench!


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[Matt5266]

Snowy/wet day at the farm so we didn’t have much going on. Loaded up 300 223s for the trainer. 100 77 TMKs over Varget, 100 73eldms over Varget, and 100 69 HPBT over Varget. Then loaded up 200 6 creeds for my PRS gun. 105 hybrids over H4350. Busy afternoon at the bench!


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Do you use the same load for the 77s as the 73s ? I've heard some guys do it exactly the same coal and powder charge for both and it works great for them. I think most were using XBR though.

 

[Austin Kaufman]

@Matt5266 Yeah I do. Same powder charge and length. Have had great results.


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[waspocrew]

Going to be picking up a Marlin 1894 SBL in 357 mag in a couple weeks, so snagged some brass and projectiles from Scheels earlier today. Sized and primed 300 cases, and will be working up a load with 158 gr XTPs.

 

[Pharmseller]

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Doing load workup for a friend. .243 Win, 95 grain TMK. Using Hunter powder. Seating depth test. Gonna see which load she likes on Saturday.

Hit the range this afternoon. Found precision at the longest OAL. Five shots into .674”. Good enough.

 

[WMDM]

Loaded some 6.5 PRC 100 gr ELD VT rounds for testing. They are just to cut down a few coyotes but I want to cut them down with extreme precision!

 

[hoooogan]

Got some 140 Hybrids. Loaded up 15 to contribute to a temp stability test. Picked a nice round 42.0gr of H4350. We'll see how they shoot in the morning.

 

[HuntHarder]

Loaded some 6.5 PRC 100 gr ELD VT rounds for testing. They are just to cut down a few coyotes but I want to cut them down with extreme precision!

Holy ballz, what is your velocity going to be? Gotta be lazers.

 

[Torque]

Finished prepping some 8.5x63 Reb and loaded up some 210g for load validatrion and 185g TSX to work up a new load.

test results aren't too bad. 200 yds. The two shots to the left of the group of 210s both shot below 2700. I have no idea why they shot that low or why it affected the POI like it did, but it did.

 

[Mtaylor]

Necked down 30 rounds of ADG 270 WSM brass for my 6.5 WSM. Initial observation is that the brass is much harder than either Hornady or Norma that I've already worked. I'm going to run a pressure test to see if the ADG brass has the same limits (66 grains) as the Hornady I've already fired. Also going to measure fired case capacity to see if there's a difference between ADG and Hornady.

I would be interested in the difference!!

 

[hoooogan]

Put this in the StaBall thread, but figured I'd share here as well.

Did my own temp stability test. 5 shots each set. Charges were double checked to +/- 0.01gr on a TRX-925 scale.

StaBall 6.5 - 147gr ELD-M - 43.0gr
Zero Degrees - 2681.7 AV, 36.6 ES, 12.4 SD
50 Degrees - 2687.4 AV, 33.4 ES, 13.2 SD
100 Degrees - 2695.7 AV, 26.9 ES, 8.8 SD

H4350 - 140gr Hybrid - 42.0gr
Zero Degrees - 2686.8 AV, 29.1 ES, 9.5 SD
50 Degrees - 2686.0 AV, 23.6 ES, 8.4 SD
100 Degrees - 2707.0 AV, 15.8 ED, 5.4 SD

Results:
StaBall 6.5 = 0.14 fps per degree.
H4350 = 0.20 fps per degree.