What did you do in the reloading room today?

[Great-Kazoo]

Speaking of pick up brass, what do you guys do with casings that have extractor claw marks in them?

What do you consider acceptable?

I've been setting aside those that are visibly deformed. Pretty sure they're not out of my guns (suppressed) but will start separating my brass from any pickups to be certain. Some folks would appear to be running excessive gas pressures in their guns.

For that reason and others I no longer pick up brass other than my own. If brass is on the ground it's due to the prior shooter not a reloader, a reloader who knows that brass is past use or someone too lazy to police the area.
I don't care to figure out which is which and leave it there. We shoot at private ranges where they do a brass sweep 1-3x a month for scrap, putting that $$ back in to the general range fund.

[Irving]

Read back through the past two years of this sub-forum to find info on one of my loads that I failed to write down.

[brutal]

For that reason and others I no longer pick up brass other than my own. If brass is on the ground it's due to the prior shooter not a reloader, a reloader who knows that brass is past use or someone too lazy to police the area.
I don't care to figure out which is which and leave it there. We shoot at private ranges where they do a brass sweep 1-3x a month for scrap, putting that $$ back in to the general range fund.

That's sage advice and probably my go forward strategy since I'm doing such low volumes anyway. I've seen some really abused casings, particularly as I handle them several times in my tedious processing. The split cases are the scariest ones. Those are like a huge WTF?.

[Great-Kazoo]

Working through the H-335 i have sitting here. 24.4 with a Hornady (2265) 55gr jsp out of the S-I-L's MVP has been an excellent combo.

I was going to load him up a few hundred rounds UNTIL............................................. ..............

I started pulling the handle. All the while knowing in 15 days CA enacts Ammo buying restrictions After the 2nd hundred i was Fuk CA .and another Feel Good BS restriction on 2nd amendment rights. So.....................I'm pulling the handle till i run out of powder which should give them 1K + for Christmas.

If i stay pissed i'll probably burn through the keg of 2230 i have in reserve, there's enough jsp to keep me going all weekend

[Hoser]

Loaded up just under 100 rounds of 243 ammo with H-1000 and 115gn DTACs.

Going to burn through most of it tomorrow.

[Irving]

Working through the H-335 i have sitting here. 24.4 with a Hornady (2265) 55gr jsp out of the S-I-L's MVP has been an excellent combo.

I was going to load him up a few hundred rounds UNTIL............................................. ..............

I started pulling the handle. All the while knowing in 15 days CA enacts Ammo buying restrictions After the 2nd hundred i was Fuk CA .and another Feel Good BS restriction on 2nd amendment rights. So.....................I'm pulling the handle till i run out of powder which should give them 1K +.

You're doing it wrong. You're supposed to have your kid reload for you.

[Tim K]

I set up my new Dillon 1050 (.223) and converted my 650 from .223 to .45ACP. Pretty good fun.

[mattiooo]

I loaded some test 380 auto. First time I've loaded that caliber. Then converted the 550 over to load a ladder test on subsonic 300 BLK. Hoping to start that tonight.


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[Irving]

Dealt with my first ever stuck case. My 550 doesn't mind my .40 Lee dies, but it sure hates the 9mms Lee dies.

[Great-Kazoo]

Dealt with my first ever stuck case. My 550 doesn't mind my .40 Lee dies, but it sure hates the 9mms Lee dies.

What lube you using ?