What did you do in the reloading room today?

Opened the shop so folks can precess brass. Going to be a busy week.

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Originally Posted by brutal

Last night - loaded 50 .308 M80 pulls over 43 grains of IMR4895 just to try my first .308 plinking loads.

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I gotta ask... if these are your first loads, how did you decide to just jump in at 43 grains and why would you load 50 of them?

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Originally Posted by Zombie Steve

I gotta ask... if these are your first loads, how did you decide to just jump in at 43 grains and why would you load 50 of them?

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first .308 loads.

43gr? Why not? :D

Research, and because that's what I could efficiently throw with the gear I have.

Why 50? I'm confident in my process and I want to get rid of the pulls as they're an inconsistent lot and I've got to fiddle around to get consistent COAL. Fills up a box nicely too. :D

The loads I work up a ladder for are 15 per. Three five shot groups

Redding T-7 arrives today. I may have a lot of work ahead of me this weekend.

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Originally Posted by TheBelly

Redding T-7 arrives today. I may have a lot of work ahead of me this weekend.

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Once assembled, you will really enjoy those single stage task, that much more.

Cleaned a bunch of 45 brass. Time for a reloading session. Glad I have plenty of components for now.

This weekend I sized/deprimed, cleaned primer pockets and trimmed 1k 40 brass and to top off the fun I sized /deprimed 500 9mm brass on steel dies! Kicker is I don't shoot either of these calibers haha. While I was on a roll I sized 44mag/special brass that again I don't shoot. Next weekend it's 380, 38, 357 and more 9mm I don't shoot any of that either, but I'm stocked up on 45 gap and I haven't got more 45 auto brass yet. Guess I have to shoot so I can reload!

First time reloading.... I measured by hand the powder prob 5 times.... Measured the case after trimming prob 5 times.... Wrote down and reviewed the load data prob 10 times.... Measured OAL 10 times.

Loaded 7 rounds of 308. :)

Hey gotta start somewhere!!!

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Originally Posted by kwando

First time reloading.... I measured by hand the powder prob 5 times.... Measured the case after trimming prob 5 times.... Wrote down and reviewed the load data prob 10 times.... Measured OAL 10 times.

Loaded 7 rounds of 308. :)

Hey gotta start somewhere!!!

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If you don't pay attention early in the game, you get lazy later on. I know my powder throws using the Unique tek are on the money ~ .1 maybe .2 However i still weigh every 10rds plus an OAL check .

Yea I figure I have enough bad habits, might as well start some good ones.

Still need to come up and see your massive setup I've always heard about