What did you do in the reloading room today?

[Limited GM]

Begun the task of determining what to sell and what to keep.

Next on episode 1 of Shooting hoarders…

[Great-Kazoo]

Begun the task of determining what to sell and what to keep.

Next on episode 1 of Shooting hoarders…

LMK, i'm in town mid sept.

[Hoser]

I finally got a nice soft recoiling load in 41 Special. 4.0 gns of TrailBoss under a 215 gn coated Gallant bullet. I wanted to use Universal Clays, but it didnt work out as well as I would have liked.

Finding something comfortable to shoot that also shoots point of aim/point of impact for a mellow load was a bit of a challenge as the S&W model 58 is a fixed sight revolver. Both front and rear are fixed.

Starline shipped my brass right after I ordered even though it wasnt listed as in stock.

I spent a few minutes chamfering and deburring 500 virgin cases. It isnt a "have to" deal, more of a cant hurt might help thing. I have been doing it for 41 Mag and 454 since forever. And it is a one time bad deal so why not.

[O2HeN2]

I finally got a nice soft recoiling load in 41 Special.

Shooting it in your 58? If so, why are you using special brass instead of magnum brass and avoiding a bathtub ring?

O2

[Hoser]

Shooting it in your 58? If so, why are you using special brass instead of magnum brass and avoiding a bathtub ring?

Using 41 Special brass helps me keep mild ammo separate and is easy to identify compared to 41 mag ammo. I most likely will never shoot 41 Magnum level ammo in this thing anyway.

The last thing I want to do is touch off some spicy ammo loaded for my Freedom Arms model 83 in a Smith revo that is older than Tim K.

Depending on how much I end up liking this thing, I might even have it cut for moon clips like one of my 657s.

[Sawin]

Loaded up some 7mm-08, Highpower Silhouette Ram Loads to test out since my usual powder hasn’t been available for a while. Tomorrow morning I’ll do a ladder test of 168gr SMK’s with a handful of IMR 4831 charges. Super slow powder for the caliber, but these are heavy bullets for the same… should wind up working well based on what I’ve read and calculated, but never know til you give it a whirl.

[Sawin]

Loaded up some 7mm-08, Highpower Silhouette Ram Loads to test out since my usual powder hasn’t been available for a while. Tomorrow morning I’ll do a ladder test of 168gr SMK’s with a handful of IMR 4831 charges. Super slow powder for the caliber, but these are heavy bullets for the same… should wind up working well based on what I’ve read and calculated, but never know til you give it a whirl.

I am pleasantly surprised at the higher charged ones in my test today… 44gr of imr 4831 behind a 168gr SMK is a heavy charge but slow burner, so still quite soft shooting for an advantage in silhouette….it did hit 2.5 moa right and 3 moa low versus my ordinary zero, but groups well enough for offhand shooting! I’ll see how it does for me on Rams through 2022 and keep building my reloading toolbox.

[Great-Kazoo]

Boxing up 500 rds of 38 spl. When i heard, what sounded like water running. OOPS leaking water line. 1/4 water across the floor, Under 4 - 3/4" stall mats. The up side is, i was in the reloading room. Who knows how much long range damage it might have done, moisture wise, to everything in there, overnight.

[Hoser]

Boxing up 500 rds of 38 spl. When i heard, what sounded like water running. OOPS leaking water line. 1/4 water across the floor, Under 4 - 3/4" stall mats. The up side is, i was in the reloading room. Who knows how much long range damage it might have done, moisture wise, to everything in there, overnight.

That would have been really bad.

I guess we all need to spend more time in the reloading room to prevent things like that.

[JohnnyEgo]

The primer seater punch on my SDB snapped after 15 years of service, so I ended up priming 300 rounds with my Coax. Which wasn't optimal, but wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, once I got into a good pattern.


With the primer assembly removed, loading the primed cases went very smoothly and quicker than anticipated on the SDB. Made enough ammo on demand to take to the range with me on Friday. 150 rounds of 10mm, 150 rounds of .45.


I set up a little reloading station adjacent to my work desk at home a little while back. It's worked out well in terms of being a lot warmer than the garage and giving me something to do when off camera during conference calls. I took inspiration from Mercula and built a tiny storage bench a month or two back to minimize clutter in this area. A work in progress; I plan to hang a cork board and figure out some tool storage after the Christmas break. But it is nice to have it all cleaned and contained.