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gun-nut · 02-11-2012, 07:36 AM

Well as i am a 3rd shift guy, I set the press up last night for 200 380's and did them up. Now on to some rifle but not shure what cal i want to do up. got to many diffrent cals

American Leader · 02-20-2012, 04:19 PM

Loaded 350 rounds of 45LC last night, pretty HOT STUFF. I know a really nice fellow who just loves his new Ruger Redhawk Double Action!

carver · 02-20-2012, 04:30 PM

Spent the last couple of days loading up, 500 rds of .38 DEWC, 200 rds of .45ACP lead RN, 200 rds of .44 mag. I got the vibrator going with about 200 more .38's, and found a new unopened bag of .44spcl. I guess I'll spend a few hrs. in there again tomorrow.

Little Rooster · 02-20-2012, 04:39 PM

bought a bucket full of culls(cheap) , sort them off into calibers going to start tearing them down to recycle

this would technically be reloading the reloads

JLA · 02-20-2012, 04:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by carver

Spent the last couple of days loading up, 500 rds of .38 DEWC, 200 rds of .45ACP lead RN, 200 rds of .44 mag. I got the vibrator going with about 200 more .38's, and found a new unopened bag of .44spcl. I guess I'll spend a few hrs. in there again tomorrow.

Gettn geared for TFF TX eh Myles?

carver · 02-20-2012, 05:02 PM

Yeap! Now I gots to go buy some more bulets! Brass wouldn't hurt either, maybe some powder, and primers!!!!!! Can't wait for some more of that BBQ, and all the tall tales I know I'm hear, and tell!

gun-nut · 02-25-2012, 09:22 AM

did up 40 rds. of 300 savage for the first time. I thought that they were some nice rds. to make up. did not take long and the sizing went smooth.

Little Rooster · 03-01-2012, 08:01 PM

sorted up and did a final inspection on some .44-40 rounds before boxing. On new brass they're shiney pretty

JLA · 03-01-2012, 08:06 PM

I got buckets of 12 ga hulls to do.. prolly work on em after work tomorrow..

todd51 · 03-01-2012, 08:31 PM

I'm loaded up pretty good at the moment, what I need to do is shoot. Went to the local gun shop with a couple of the other Old Guys this afternoon as one of them wanted to purchase a new Ruger LCP or LC9, he chose the LCP. I picked up a pound of powder and a 1000 primers. The stock of ammo and components was the largest I have seen in a while. I mean pallet load stacks of ammo clogging the aisles. Powder and primers were in good supply also. Powder was priced around $19/lb., primers were $34-$36/1000 with three mfgs to choose from. Blazer 22lr. was $16/525, Blazer Brass 380acp. was $16/50, Blazer Brass .38spl. was $17/50, Federal 9mm was $12/50, .40S&W was $15/50 and .45acp was $17/50. They had Fed. green tip 5.56 for $170/420 in an ammo can just to give you an idea. The Ruger LCP with Lasermax was $330, $300 without the laser. This is a high volume gun shop, take a number, now serving no. 87, type of place but it is the major retailer of shooter's supply in this area.

Little Rooster · 03-01-2012, 08:43 PM

Damn sounds like good deals Todd

Little Rooster · 03-02-2012, 01:31 PM

Got 75 to 100, .38 supers I need to pull the bullets on was going to go outside and use the fence post. Looked out it is raining, think I'll go back to bed.

Zhurh · 03-02-2012, 01:55 PM

Tonight, I'm starting on a new 100 bag of Norma 30-378 brass. Size, measure, and think about neck turning. I usually find 15-20 pieces that could use it.

I've been using 99-100 grains of RL-22 with 180 TSX's. I have friends that use 109 grains RL-22 with 168 TSX's. The books all say use less, like 97 grains for 180's. I think after spending $304 for 100 pieces of brass; I'm going back down to 97 grains and see how she works. But ya know, I really like how those hot loads knock the caribou off their feet too. Glad it's friday just the same.

Kevin Rohrer · 03-02-2012, 02:35 PM

Last night, tonite, and tomorrow nite I am loading 800 rounds of 7.62x51 using my new Q-M powder measure mounted on the Dillon.

cycloneman · 03-14-2012, 02:50 PM

200 down and it looks like 2 or 3 hundred to go.

308/s

I ended up using ramshot tac. I called accurate and their xmr 4064 powder would have required a compressed load so i said no. Their xmr 4064 powder is 7% slower than imr 4064.

al45lc · 03-14-2012, 02:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cycloneman

200 down and it looks like 2 or 3 hundred to go.

308/s

I ended up using ramshot tac. I called accurate and their xmr 4064 powder would have required a compressed load so i said no. Their xmr 4064 powder is 7% slower than imr 4064.

Those are some good lookin' rounds!

Packrat76 · 03-14-2012, 03:33 PM

Just emptied my brass polisher of 100- .30-30's and 150- .41mags. I shot these up about a week ago when the weather was kind of spring like here in the Willamette valley of Oregon. Now its too cold to do any kind of outdoor shooting, back to reloading 9mm again.

todd51 · 03-14-2012, 08:01 PM

Good looking results Packrat. It was in the mid 70's here today so I went to the range for some "unloading".

flyingtiger85 · 03-15-2012, 12:00 AM

I am,I just got my dies in the mail yesterday.I don't yet have the press yet but I was told I could gently tap out the old primers by putting them in a socket with a small size metal punch.The punch fit loose in the primer hole and with not much effort they fell out the bottom.I did like 300 9mm shells this way tonight.I didn't want to wait.

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Little Rooster · 03-15-2012, 06:56 AM

Just got a set of 40 sw dies got powder primers and bullets, I may go had some later. I worked 12 hour shifts this week and got one more to do. I need a nap first.

TheGunClinger · 03-18-2012, 08:38 PM

Found a couple of pounds of lead so I lazed the afternoon away and made a few .45's. Got a nice sunburn and a few .45's!

todd51 · 03-18-2012, 10:58 PM

Good grief Clinger, that is the most lead I have ever seen in one place.

TheGunClinger · 03-19-2012, 04:41 PM

I probably have a couple hundred pounds or so. Whats funny is that I dont shoot lead. I am just stocking up on what I might need if it is needed in a case of need.

carver · 03-19-2012, 07:04 PM

There is a case of need here! I live just outside of the Shreveport/Bossier City area, and there is not a single dealer in the whole area that sells reloading supplies, other than Bass Pro Shop, and the stock very little.

garydude · 03-28-2012, 01:32 AM

I've been venturing north with my 44 mag and thought I might try 20 grains of 2400 and see what my model 29 is capable of. 19 grains was a hoot, so I'm thinking 20 should be "wow". Hope I don't turn myself into a flinch-monkey in the process.

240 grain MBC with with mostly winchester brass, on top of winchester primers. One gripe-of the times I have purchased new winchester primers they have all been mildly tarnished. Kind of annoying when you put them in freshly tumbled brass. Thankfully I just picked up a 1000 CCI primers, so glad to be done with these.

02-11-2012, 07:36 AM	#276
gun-nut Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: ohio Contributor Posts: 931	Re: who's reloading tonight? Well as i am a 3rd shift guy, I set the press up last night for 200 380's and did them up. Now on to some rifle but not shure what cal i want to do up. got to many diffrent cals __________________ Don't retreat just reload.

02-20-2012, 04:19 PM	#277
American Leader Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Iowa Contributor Posts: 1,630	Re: who's reloading tonight? Loaded 350 rounds of 45LC last night, pretty HOT STUFF. I know a really nice fellow who just loves his new Ruger Redhawk Double Action!

02-20-2012, 04:30 PM	#278
carver TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: DAV, Deep in the Pineywoods of East Texas, just west of Shreveport, LA Contributor Posts: 11,254	Re: who's reloading tonight? Spent the last couple of days loading up, 500 rds of .38 DEWC, 200 rds of .45ACP lead RN, 200 rds of .44 mag. I got the vibrator going with about 200 more .38's, and found a new unopened bag of .44spcl. I guess I'll spend a few hrs. in there again tomorrow. __________________ Y'all be safe now, ya hear! Lamentations Chapter 5: 1. Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach. 2. Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. 3. We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows. 5. Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest. 16. The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned! 21. Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.

02-20-2012, 04:39 PM	#279
Little Rooster Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Old Dominion Posts: 564	Re: who's reloading tonight? bought a bucket full of culls(cheap) , sort them off into calibers going to start tearing them down to recycle this would technically be reloading the reloads __________________ "Far better it is to dare mighty things, than to take rank with those poor, timid spirits who know Victory Nor Defeat" Teddy Roosevelt Last edited by Little Rooster; 02-20-2012 at 04:40 PM..

02-20-2012, 05:02 PM	#281
carver TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: DAV, Deep in the Pineywoods of East Texas, just west of Shreveport, LA Contributor Posts: 11,254	Re: who's reloading tonight? Yeap! Now I gots to go buy some more bulets! Brass wouldn't hurt either, maybe some powder, and primers!!!!!! Can't wait for some more of that BBQ, and all the tall tales I know I'm hear, and tell! __________________ Y'all be safe now, ya hear! Lamentations Chapter 5: 1. Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach. 2. Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. 3. We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows. 5. Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest. 16. The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned! 21. Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.

02-25-2012, 09:22 AM	#282
gun-nut Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: ohio Contributor Posts: 931	Re: who's reloading tonight? did up 40 rds. of 300 savage for the first time. I thought that they were some nice rds. to make up. did not take long and the sizing went smooth. __________________ Don't retreat just reload.

03-01-2012, 08:01 PM	#283
Little Rooster Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Old Dominion Posts: 564	Re: who's reloading tonight? sorted up and did a final inspection on some .44-40 rounds before boxing. On new brass they're shiney pretty __________________ "Far better it is to dare mighty things, than to take rank with those poor, timid spirits who know Victory Nor Defeat" Teddy Roosevelt

03-01-2012, 08:06 PM	#284
JLA TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Heart Of Texas Contributor Posts: 17,315	Re: who's reloading tonight? I got buckets of 12 ga hulls to do.. prolly work on em after work tomorrow.. __________________ It takes 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 3 for proper trigger squeeze. The latest caliber or gear is no substitute for experience and skill. Rifles and cartridges don't make hits -- shooters do. Fact of life: After Monday and Tuesday, even the calendar says WTF!

03-01-2012, 08:31 PM	#285
todd51 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Central, Ohio Contributor Posts: 2,572	Re: who's reloading tonight? I'm loaded up pretty good at the moment, what I need to do is shoot. Went to the local gun shop with a couple of the other Old Guys this afternoon as one of them wanted to purchase a new Ruger LCP or LC9, he chose the LCP. I picked up a pound of powder and a 1000 primers. The stock of ammo and components was the largest I have seen in a while. I mean pallet load stacks of ammo clogging the aisles. Powder and primers were in good supply also. Powder was priced around $19/lb., primers were $34-$36/1000 with three mfgs to choose from. Blazer 22lr. was $16/525, Blazer Brass 380acp. was $16/50, Blazer Brass .38spl. was $17/50, Federal 9mm was $12/50, .40S&W was $15/50 and .45acp was $17/50. They had Fed. green tip 5.56 for $170/420 in an ammo can just to give you an idea. The Ruger LCP with Lasermax was $330, $300 without the laser. This is a high volume gun shop, take a number, now serving no. 87, type of place but it is the major retailer of shooter's supply in this area. __________________ Retired Praefectus Vigilum NRA Endowment Member Last edited by todd51; 03-01-2012 at 09:02 PM..

03-01-2012, 08:43 PM	#286
Little Rooster Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Old Dominion Posts: 564	Re: who's reloading tonight? Damn sounds like good deals Todd __________________ "Far better it is to dare mighty things, than to take rank with those poor, timid spirits who know Victory Nor Defeat" Teddy Roosevelt

03-02-2012, 01:31 PM	#287
Little Rooster Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Old Dominion Posts: 564	Re: who's reloading tonight? Got 75 to 100, .38 supers I need to pull the bullets on was going to go outside and use the fence post. Looked out it is raining, think I'll go back to bed. __________________ "Far better it is to dare mighty things, than to take rank with those poor, timid spirits who know Victory Nor Defeat" Teddy Roosevelt

03-02-2012, 01:55 PM	#288
Zhurh Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Upper Yukon, Alaska Posts: 1,818	Re: who's reloading tonight? Tonight, I'm starting on a new 100 bag of Norma 30-378 brass. Size, measure, and think about neck turning. I usually find 15-20 pieces that could use it. I've been using 99-100 grains of RL-22 with 180 TSX's. I have friends that use 109 grains RL-22 with 168 TSX's. The books all say use less, like 97 grains for 180's. I think after spending $304 for 100 pieces of brass; I'm going back down to 97 grains and see how she works. But ya know, I really like how those hot loads knock the caribou off their feet too. Glad it's friday just the same.

03-02-2012, 02:35 PM	#289
Kevin Rohrer V.I.P. Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Medina, Ohio Posts: 281	Re: who's reloading tonight? Last night, tonite, and tomorrow nite I am loading 800 rounds of 7.62x51 using my new Q-M powder measure mounted on the Dillon. __________________ An armed society is a polite society--Robert Heinlein via Jeff Cooper Member: Orange Gunsite Family, NRA--Life, Varmint Hunters Assn, American Legion, ARCTA, & South Cuyahoga Sportsmen's Assn.

03-14-2012, 02:50 PM	#290
cycloneman Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Louisiana Posts: 7,401	Re: who's reloading tonight? 200 down and it looks like 2 or 3 hundred to go. 308/s I ended up using ramshot tac. I called accurate and their xmr 4064 powder would have required a compressed load so i said no. Their xmr 4064 powder is 7% slower than imr 4064. Attached Images __________________ Who are you going to serve today? Last edited by cycloneman; 03-14-2012 at 02:54 PM..

03-14-2012, 03:33 PM	#292
Packrat76 Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 49	Re: who's reloading tonight? Just emptied my brass polisher of 100- .30-30's and 150- .41mags. I shot these up about a week ago when the weather was kind of spring like here in the Willamette valley of Oregon. Now its too cold to do any kind of outdoor shooting, back to reloading 9mm again.

03-14-2012, 08:01 PM	#293
todd51 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Central, Ohio Contributor Posts: 2,572	Re: who's reloading tonight? Good looking results Packrat. It was in the mid 70's here today so I went to the range for some "unloading". __________________ Retired Praefectus Vigilum NRA Endowment Member

03-15-2012, 12:00 AM	#294
flyingtiger85 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Nevada Posts: 744	Re: who's reloading tonight? I am,I just got my dies in the mail yesterday.I don't yet have the press yet but I was told I could gently tap out the old primers by putting them in a socket with a small size metal punch.The punch fit loose in the primer hole and with not much effort they fell out the bottom.I did like 300 9mm shells this way tonight.I didn't want to wait. Uploaded with ImageShack.us

03-15-2012, 06:56 AM	#295
Little Rooster Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Old Dominion Posts: 564	Re: who's reloading tonight? Just got a set of 40 sw dies got powder primers and bullets, I may go had some later. I worked 12 hour shifts this week and got one more to do. I need a nap first. __________________ "Far better it is to dare mighty things, than to take rank with those poor, timid spirits who know Victory Nor Defeat" Teddy Roosevelt

03-18-2012, 08:38 PM	#296
TheGunClinger Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: SW Florida Contributor Posts: 2,382	Re: who's reloading tonight? Found a couple of pounds of lead so I lazed the afternoon away and made a few .45's. Got a nice sunburn and a few .45's! Attached Images __________________ New England Patriots Rule Next year.

03-18-2012, 10:58 PM	#297
todd51 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Central, Ohio Contributor Posts: 2,572	Re: who's reloading tonight? Good grief Clinger, that is the most lead I have ever seen in one place. __________________ Retired Praefectus Vigilum NRA Endowment Member

03-19-2012, 04:41 PM	#298
TheGunClinger Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: SW Florida Contributor Posts: 2,382	Re: who's reloading tonight? I probably have a couple hundred pounds or so. Whats funny is that I dont shoot lead. I am just stocking up on what I might need if it is needed in a case of need. __________________ New England Patriots Rule Next year.

03-19-2012, 07:04 PM	#299
carver TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: DAV, Deep in the Pineywoods of East Texas, just west of Shreveport, LA Contributor Posts: 11,254	Re: who's reloading tonight? There is a case of need here! I live just outside of the Shreveport/Bossier City area, and there is not a single dealer in the whole area that sells reloading supplies, other than Bass Pro Shop, and the stock very little. __________________ Y'all be safe now, ya hear! Lamentations Chapter 5: 1. Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach. 2. Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. 3. We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows. 5. Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest. 16. The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned! 21. Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.

03-28-2012, 01:32 AM	#300
garydude Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Desert Southwest Proper Contributor Posts: 742	Re: who's reloading tonight? I've been venturing north with my 44 mag and thought I might try 20 grains of 2400 and see what my model 29 is capable of. 19 grains was a hoot, so I'm thinking 20 should be "wow". Hope I don't turn myself into a flinch-monkey in the process. 240 grain MBC with with mostly winchester brass, on top of winchester primers. One gripe-of the times I have purchased new winchester primers they have all been mildly tarnished. Kind of annoying when you put them in freshly tumbled brass. Thankfully I just picked up a 1000 CCI primers, so glad to be done with these. Attached Images