What did you do in the reloading room today?

[BuffCyclist]

Congratulations!

Brass prep...always brass prep. I almost don't even hear the tumbler anymore. It seems like the thing is always running in the background. Sized more .223 after all of it got swaged. I really like the Dillon Super Swager. It is the next best thing to a 1050, IMO. Sized more .40 S&W and there is plenty more to be sized. I need powder and primers. I always need more powder and primers.

Sized .40 s&w? Are you doing it for fun or do you actually have cases that need to be resized? Or do you just do it to all of them to keep them a uniform length?

eta: Because I thought pistol brass rarely, if ever, needs to be trimmed.
2nd eta: I've measured the 1.5k pistol brass that I have and none of it was closer than 0.010" to the max length. They've all been fired 3 times now and that was after resizing. Hmm, might have to check again though

[cstone]

Sized .40 s&w? Are you doing it for fun or do you actually have cases that need to be resized? Or do you just do it to all of them to keep them a uniform length?

eta: Because I thought pistol brass rarely, if ever, needs to be trimmed.
2nd eta: I've measured the 1.5k pistol brass that I have and none of it was closer than 0.010" to the max length. They've all been fired 3 times now and that was after resizing. Hmm, might have to check again though

I size everything. I don't check case length or trim pistol brass. Where I am sort of anal is decapping and priming off the press.

[encorehunter]

Congratulations!

Brass prep...always brass prep. I almost don't even hear the tumbler anymore. It seems like the thing is always running in the background. Sized more .223 after all of it got swaged. I really like the Dillon Super Swager. It is the next best thing to a 1050, IMO. Sized more .40 S&W and there is plenty more to be sized. I need powder and primers. I always need more powder and primers.

Thank you.
I have never used a 1050, but have been thinking about asking Dillon if there is a way to set up a swager on a 550 or 650. I use the Super Swage now, but it is still time consuming. I currently have the 550 set up with two tool heads for the 223. The first is small base size and decap with the power trimmer. If they made a swager that replaced the primer bar and stayed stationary, it would save a lot of time. Then just switch back to the primer bar for loading. Once my carbide dies come in, I will be switching the 223 to the 650.

[Hoser]

Thank you.
I have never used a 1050, but have been thinking about asking Dillon if there is a way to set up a swager on a 550 or 650.

Nope. You need to support the inside of the case when swaging. Cant get there from here on a 550/650.

[Great-Kazoo]

Bagged n tagged a shit load of brass for a garage sale i'm doing in the am.

[cstone]

I try to find ways to be productive away from a press. I have a single stage and a Lee Pro 1000. I use a Harvey Deprimer and an RCBS universal hand primer. When I actually sit down at the press, I just want to churn out finished rounds, which is pretty easy when you are feeding clean, sized, primed, cases.

[sabot_round]

Drank some Bourbon and packed my bags getting ready for my vacation in Afghanistan. I hope that I didn't forget the suntan lotion!!

[stevew]

Be safe out there. Don't party too much while you are on vacation either

Drank some Bourbon and packed my bags getting ready for my vacation in Afghanistan. I hope that I didn't forget the suntan lotion!!

[Zombie Steve]

Drank some Bourbon and packed my bags getting ready for my vacation in Afghanistan. I hope that I didn't forget the suntan lotion!!

Godspeed, and keep your powder dry, Amigo.



I rolled some .44 mag and some .223 today, but the important thing was I cleaned the reloading room. Got all the lead and scrap sorted, rearranged some crap, swept up... Oh yeah. I changed my motor oil (my reloading room is the garage).

Been a few weeks since I've even had time to touch anything in the reloading room. Nice to get away and drop into OCD mode on some rifle rounds.

[Gcompact30]

Dam, wish I had a reloading room :-(