What did you do in the reloading room today?

[Hoser]

Several years ago I shortened a few thousand Starline 38 Long Colt to 38 Super length for a true rimmed 38 Super.

At the time 8 shot 38 Super revolvers were stupid expensive and hard to find. And the bullet I was using didnt get along well with 38 Short Colt brass. So I ordered a 38 Special trim die from CH4D for the Dillon trimmer, shortened it by .310 and got to work. It worked well and it went fast. The trimmed brass was 100% functional, but it was not as good as I had wanted. Then in 2014-2015 Smith came out with the 929, an 8 shot 9mm revo. My 627s got pushed to the back of the safe.

Fast forward to now... I decided to load up some 38 Special +P+ ammo for my old 5 inch Smith 38/44 Heavy Duty which is basically 38 Special in a 44 mag frame. I decided to trim all my Starline +P brass to the same OAL because they were off by 4-5 thou. I broke out the Henderson trimmer and now they were all to within .001 of each other and have a nice chamfer and deburr. You cant do short calibers like this on a Giraud trimmer. Anything shorter than 223 sucks and anything shorter than 300 Whisper/Blackout wont work.

Then I remembered my 38 Shemedium brass. I got to work on it last night. Soon all of it will be better and the little OCD twinge wont flare up when I think about shooting my 627s.

The bad part is that because this Henderson idea is working so well, now I have to do 500 pcs of new 454 brass and 500 pcs of 41 Mag brass.

Below is an old picture of 38 Shemedium, 38 Short Colt, 38 Long Colt, 38 Special.

[Great-Kazoo]

Rearraigned things, to make it easier for others to use the reloading room. Doing so it turns out i found 1-#8 container of WC-844 and 1 of SWTactical Rifle. And a few #1 of TG , 4064 and trailboss. That SW TR works since part of a sellers reloading collection contained 850- Sierra 69 gr bthp .224 bullets. With the 844 (H-335 load data -10%) @ 22.8 grs will finish loading the 55 gr jsp's i have . Give those to the daughter and S-I-L to keep their coyote and other vermin, from the livestock they have.

[longrange2]

I’ve been think about trying the SW Tactical Rifle for 5.56 and .308, price is good and should meter well. I just loaded up some .308 with SW AR Plus and it was very good for velocity and extreme spread.

[Great-Kazoo]

I’ve been think about trying the SW Tactical Rifle for 5.56 and .308, price is good and should meter well. I just loaded up some .308 with SW AR Plus and it was very good for velocity and extreme spread.

You'll like it. I'm running it with sierra 69gr bthp's.

[eddiememphis]

[Hoser]

I am guessing that didnt pass your gauge?

[TheNash]

I figured it just might be your bud lite rounds and you forgot to use your

[eddiememphis]

I needed to shoot around corners.

[Hoser]

I started load development on my 223 Ackley gas gun. It is an 18 inch Kreiger or Bartlien (cant remember which) barrel with rifle length gas.

I have a ton of CFE223 and 55gn Hornady FMJs. I used to use Varget, but it has been hard to find and it is still pretty expensive. CFE is easy to find in 8 pound jugs and is cheap.

Book max for a regular 223 is 27.8 gns so that is where I started for the Ackley.

I got to 29.5 with no pressure signs and flawless function. I hadnt loaded any more because I assumed I would be seeing pressure.

Once I chrono some and check for accuracy I might consider playing with the gas a little bit.

I am hoping to have a solid load by mid week so I can load up a bunch. I already have a 5 gallon bucket full of fire formed brass.

[longrange2]

I need to round up some CFE223, it has been the best I have tried in the 6.5 Grendel so far.