So.. what are you reloading at the moment??

[straight-shooter]

I am wet tumbling 2 buckets of 9mm cases that were given to me.

Using my new "brass dryer", a food dehydrator.

Mine makes the brass a little chewy but it's still delicious!

 

[cmann250]

300 45ACP today along with 308 brass prep. Dare I say it, I’m done reloading for the winter because the weather is consistently good enough to shoot.


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[mac45]

Did some 9mm last night.....prolly finish off the box of bullets then switch to .357

 

[Goodcat]

Processing 3k 223 brass. Wet tumble, dry, lube, deprime/resize, trim, chamfer, debur, brush, primer pocket uniform/ream, retumble, cull by headstamp. Similar weight headstamps mixed. I’m so friggin sick of this.

 

[1775usmarine]

Just won 250 unfired PPU 38 S&W brass off GB. Just need to get some .361 bullets and go to my local ffl shop either Monday or Tuesday to pick up a new to me S&W 33-1. Figure replace a H&R victor in order to reload without worry's of blowing up my gun. May also see if Kempfs has 38 S&W dies.

 

[kings650]

Just got into reloading 30-06 for the first time.

 

[BehindBlueI's]

Loaded up some .45 Auto. I'm filling a plastic container that originally held 2 lb of peanuts. I'm guessing maybe 500 rounds of .45 Auto will fit.

 

[Leadeye]

Peanut jars make excellent ammo cans.

 

[BehindBlueI's]

Peanut jars make excellent ammo cans.

I use them to take ammo to the range. Sometimes I load directly into them, other times scoop out of existing stock in ammo cans.

I also use coffee and oatmeal canisters for brass. I use electrical tape to make big numbers/letters on the front so I can see which is which on the shelves at a glance. A bit of masking tape marks canisters for "dirty" brass, no masking tape = clean brass. It makes it easy to dump brass in the right bin when I return and know what needs to be tumbled.

 

[Leadeye]

Sounds like my organization as well.

 

[Buzz Saw]

Loading .44-40, 200 grain RNFP over 7.5 grains Unique. Those paper thin necks caused a little heartburn at first but it looks like I have that sorted out. Using .429 diameter bullet to give .001 over barrel groove diameter, and ended up using a .44 magnum expander to avoid bulging cases. Discovered also it is critical to crimp separately and am using a Redding Profile Crimp die for that process. Pretty impressed with the Redding crimp die.

 

[t-squared]

Loading .44-40, 200 grain RNFP over 7.5 grains Unique. Those paper thin necks caused a little heartburn at first but it looks like I have that sorted out. Using .429 diameter bullet to give .001 over barrel groove diameter, and ended up using a .44 magnum expander to avoid bulging cases. Discovered also it is critical to crimp separately and am using a Redding Profile Crimp die for that process. Pretty impressed with the Redding crimp die.

I too like their Profile Crimp dies. Got 2 of them to replace the FCDs that came with my Lee 4 die sets. I also found if you're using light loads where bullet pull isn't an issue their taper crimp dies work great. In my GP100, using a taper instead of a light profile crimp improved my favorite load's groups a bit. They might also help the brass last longer due to working it less in the case mouth area.

 

[Buzz Saw]

I too like their Profile Crimp dies. Got 2 of them to replace the FCDs that came with my Lee 4 die sets. I also found if you're using light loads where bullet pull isn't an issue their taper crimp dies work great. In my GP100, using a taper instead of a light profile crimp improved my favorite load's groups a bit. They might also help the brass last longer due to working it less in the case mouth area.

This is my first experience with the Redding Profile Crimp die. The Lee FCD crimp portion seems to work fine for me in some calibers but I don't care for the post sizing part of it. I went to great lengths slugging the barrel of the .44 40 due to so much possible variation in .44 40 groove diameters and I did't want to swage the bullets down with the post sizing part of the FCD.
That being said I found out the Lee .44 40 FCD is considered a rifle cartridge and does't have the post sizing feature, so it would have probably worked fine for me as well.

I usually seat and crimp in separate stations but a fellow reloader gave me the RCBS .44 40 die set and empty brass years ago and it was seat/crimp in one die. That just didn't work on this round.
I had to get a gun chambered in .44 40 since I already had the dies and empty brass. I figured it was costing me money otherwise.

 

[t-squared]

I had to get a gun chambered in .44 40 since I already had the dies and empty brass. I figured it was costing me money otherwise.

Makes perfect sense !!!

 

[straight-shooter]

I got outside yesterday to cast some 160gr pills for the 300 Blackout. Followed up by some powder coat and gas checks.

 

[Wolfhound]

I got outside yesterday to cast some 160gr pills for the 300 Blackout. Followed up by some powder coat and gas checks.

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Nice cast boolits!

I am loading 303 British with 150 grain Hornady SP.

 

[Dargasonus]

Cleaned and sorted brass all day, was way behind lol. Prepped some 45LC I'll load sometime this week. Good way to spend a rainy day.

 

[Leadeye]

44-40 is an excellent cartridge and you guys are spot on with the Redding profile crimp die. Those things work well with all the old Winchester cartridges like 38-40 and 32-20. For the old Colt SAAs and New Service I size at .427.

 

[Buzz Saw]

44-40 is an excellent cartridge and you guys are spot on with the Redding profile crimp die. Those things work well with all the old Winchester cartridges like 38-40 and 32-20. For the old Colt SAAs and New Service I size at .427.

I slugged my third gen. Colt SAA at .428 groove diameter, thus using .429 lead. The chambers all slugged at .432 and was a little concerned as I would have liked the chambers more on the order of .430 or so. The gun shoots very accurate with .429 so I'll stay where I'm at, shot 50 or 60 rounds today with no leading. Fun round to shoot and load.

 

[Leadeye]

My Colts, SAA, 1878, and New Service are all from 1890 to 1920. They have problems chambering anything bigger than .427. The Winchesters eat anything.