What did you do in the reloading room today?

[MacJenkins]

Loaded up some more rounds for practice for my 450 3-1/4” NE. Getting ready for some Buffalo in roughly 2 months.

 

[NRA4LIFE]

Nothing. Been out of power most of the last 5 days. Out again now. Getting a bit tiring.

 

[waspocrew]

Trimmed, chamfered and deburred 700 pieces of 223/556 for the AR. The Hornady 3-1 trimmer is a game changer for this. No more achy fingers. I’ll see if I have the motivation to get them all primed today or not haha.

 

[waspocrew]

You might like that combo. . H110 is the easy button for me…

This pretty little thing followed me home today. Loaded up 30 rounds with the 158 XTP and N110. Excited to test it out soon!

 

[sierracharlie338]

This pretty little thing followed me home today. Loaded up 30 rounds with the 158 XTP and N110. Excited to test it out soon!

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One of these is next on my list just need the walnut and blue version. Good looking rig!

 

[waspocrew]

One of these is next on my list just need the walnut and blue version. Good looking rig!

Thanks!

I’ve always liked the look of the laminate and stainless steel. Walnut and blued is classic though!

 

[Austin Kaufman]

Did some load development for my 6mm arc with Varget, lever, some 108 ELDMs, 105 hybrids, alpha brass, and CCI 450s. 10 different loads ranging from 2587 fps through 2815 fps. Found some winners for sure.

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[tstowater]

Got the Henderson trimmer set up and ran some 20VT through it. That is going to be a lifesaver. Going to keep the Lyman Xpress for some projects. Expecting a blizzard tomorrow so good day to work in the loading room.

 

[sierracharlie338]

Got the Henderson trimmer set up and ran some 20VT through it. That is going to be a lifesaver. Going to keep the Lyman Xpress for some projects. Expecting a blizzard tomorrow so good day to work in the loading room.

I’m jealous of the trimmer and the blizzard

 

[tstowater]

I’m jealous of the trimmer and the blizzard

Could do without the blizzard, but will like the Henderson. Picked up a Burstfire induction annealer earlier. Slick setup. Between those pieces and a few others, reloading is going to be more enjoyable in volume for practice and prairie dog shooting. I had plenty of existing equipment for normal hunting loading and a couple Dillons but needed to up my game on case prep.

 

[49ereric]

All thumbs tonight so only a 100 223 rem mixed cases loaded.
W748, mag primer, hornady #2270 tonight instead of 2270C

 

[waspocrew]

Primed a bunch of 223/556 cases - love when a sleeve actually has these all in the same orientation.

 

[sierracharlie338]

Got the Henderson trimmer set up and ran some 20VT through it. That is going to be a lifesaver. Going to keep the Lyman Xpress for some projects. Expecting a blizzard tomorrow so good day to work in the loading room.

I’m in the same boat

 

[49ereric]

Loaded 200 223 mixed cases with W748, Mag primer, hornady #2270

 

[JF_Idaho]

Loaded 200 223 mixed cases with W748, Mag primer, hornady #2270

What kind powder charge you doing? I've got some 62g spbt and wouldn't mind burning up some older jugs of 748 and blc2. I think last time I loaded 748 I was about 24.5g

 

[Nushagak]

Working on a 25 round load development for my 6.5 with the 100gr Barnes TTSX. I decided tonight to pull my firing pin and make a dummy case for that bullet to figure out my jam length. I have been loading to magazine length since it's a short action but I thought why not, what the hell? Turns out, because of the bullet shape, my COAL of 2.825" is only .001 off the lands.

The 129gr SST COAL to jam is about 2.900" in the same gun. Does .074" difference in COAL seem right? I can see where the lands contacted both bullets, and when placed side by side they're in the identical spot despite case length differences. I know it's just the shape of the ogive but I'm fairly new to reloading and don't want to do anything stupid.

I will be getting a CBTO comparator. Going to go back through and seat all of those TTSX loads to .050 off the lands like Barnes recommends as a starting point just to be safe.

 

[49ereric]

What kind powder charge you doing? I've got some 62g spbt and wouldn't mind burning up some older jugs of 748 and blc2. I think last time I loaded 748 I was about 24.5g

Mixed cases so just using 25 grains of 748 with 60 grain bullets.
Your old load sounds appropriate with 748. BLC2 probably near max load.

 

[Flben]

started loading some 155gr lswc my great uncle cast over 40 years ago behind some bullseye