What did you do in the reloading room today?

[whitewalrus]

Loaded 200 rounds of .357 Subsonic to coach someone tomorrow.

Thank gawd for suppressors becoming popular. 20 years ago I would have labelled it "Pansy loads". But in today's lingo "Subsonic" sounds so much more tacticool.

O2

"Reduced Recoil" is the lingo for the rifle and shotgun loads that aren't subsonic, but dialed down for those who don't need to kill their shoulder completely.

Why not use 38 special loads? Or do you need to keep "magnum" in the name?

[O2HeN2]

Why not use 38 special loads? Or do you need to keep "magnum" in the name?

Using .357 brass avoids the bathtub ring left by the shorter .38 Special cases.

O2

[Great-Kazoo]

Using .357 brass avoids the bathtub ring left by the shorter .38 Special cases.

O2

did you load to 38 spl powder weight? or go with one of the 357 loads that keep it around 1000-1100 fps?

[O2HeN2]

did you load to 38 spl powder weight? or go with one of the 357 loads that keep it around 1000-1100 fps?

I really need to chrono it, but I'm loading 5.0 gr of 231 behind a 158gr LSWC. So it's in between .38 special and .357 loadings.

With revolvers I'm kinda an "eh, that'll work" type.

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[Great-Kazoo]

needed a 1 1/8" wrench for the case trimmer , regular ones are too thick to fit between trimmer & tool head. So i made one.

[whitewalrus]

needed a 1 1/8" wrench for the case trimmer , regular ones are too thick to fit between trimmer & tool head. So i made one.

looks better than me taking an angle grinder to a harbor freight wrench to get the jaws thinner. That looks really good.

[Great-Kazoo]

looks better than me taking an angle grinder to a harbor freight wrench to get the jaws thinner. That looks really good.

thanks. I was considering that route then said, why not. This scrap is here for projects like this.

I was going to use a piece of flat steel for the handle, then saw a long piece of 1/2" tubing on the rack. Actually turned out, cosmetic wise, better that i thought it would.

Tomorrow i'm making some axles for a generac generator. Those solid wheels are nice, but a bitch to move through 2" of driveway rock.

Hoping to adapt some tube style tractor tires to it. Unless i get SQUIRRELED and go shooting.