What did you do in the reloading room today?

[rondog]

Got 6 boxes of 10mm stuffed up, just need some range time.

[beast556]

Doing a few ladder test for .380 with 95 gr (everglades ammo) plated bullets. Running unique (3 gr- 2,8 and 2.6 gr) OAL of .965. Load data shows a flat poing bullet @ .900.

The OAL passed a plunk test with a friends ruger. Going to road test tomorrow, with another friends .380 Sig.

Why? because the daughter needs some 380 and i have ZERO .380's or even a case gauge.

Any input is, as always, appreciated. For those loading .380.


UPDATE. 2.8 gs causes FTE's. 3 gr unique, works fine.

Unique is super dirty so I only loaded one batch with it. Bullseye and titegroop are my go to for 380, bullseye for blasting stuff and titegroop for my ccw loads. If your still messing around with 380 and want my load data shoot me a text or call.

[whitewalrus]

Unique is super dirty so I only loaded one batch with it. Bullseye and titegroop are my go to for 380, bullseye for blasting stuff and titegroop for my ccw loads. If your still messing around with 380 and want my load data shoot me a text or call.

You could also post it in the reloading recipe forum if you want to.


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[JohnnyEgo]

When they announced they were going to shut down the office and we were all going to work from home, my employer advised we could grab whatever we needed from the building for our home office. I decided my home office needed a sit-stand reloading bench, so I came with tools and a handtruck. (Most folks took monitors and chairs. I disassembled my desk, the light fixtures, and all the wall cabinets.)



I have three presses, and I haven't finalized where they are going to go yet, but I knew I didn't want them permanently mounted to the bench. The basement is shared family space, and I (my wife) wanted to be able to put them away when we have guests or small children roaming free. Decided I'd give the Inline Fabrication quick mount system a try. Bought two bench plates, a riser mount, and three of the quick mount base plates.


Routed out the pocket fairly straight and flush.


This worked really well for the Co-Ax, but I found I had to relieve parts of the rubber moulding on the bench to clear the Square Deal B. Mildly miffed about that.


I reinforced the underside of the bench with a 3/4" piece of baltic birch cut a little wider than the baseplate itself. Swapped out the wingnuts for the Quick Mount with a pair of extended camera stud bolts that work well with the recessed quick mount screws.


Anyways, the presses mount quick and are very firm on the bench. I will be curious to see how well the system works with my big Dillon with the case feeder, but I still need to finalize where I will mount the other baseplate.
Overall, a big improvement to the bench.

[VolksDragon]

Doing a few ladder test for .380 with 95 gr (everglades ammo) plated bullets. Running unique (3 gr- 2,8 and 2.6 gr) OAL of .965. Load data shows a flat poing bullet @ .900.

The OAL passed a plunk test with a friends ruger. Going to road test tomorrow, with another friends .380 Sig.

Why? because the daughter needs some 380 and i have ZERO .380's or even a case gauge.

Any input is, as always, appreciated. For those loading .380.


UPDATE. 2.8 gs causes FTE's. 3 gr unique, works fine.

I'm loading 100gr RNFP projectiles from Xtreme over 3.7gr of CFE Pistol with pretty good results, .950-.960 COAL.

1 FTE out the 100 I tested, but that was with a brand new LCP II. No issues since.

I have a BUNCH of CFE-P, I like that stuff.

[Great-Kazoo]

I'm loading 100gr RNFP projectiles from Xtreme over 3.7gr of CFE Pistol with pretty good results, .950-.960 COAL.

1 FTE out the 100 I tested, but that was with a brand new LCP II. No issues since.

I have a BUNCH of CFE-P, I like that stuff.

Thanks. The 3.0 grs of unique cycled both the sig and ruger.

[Little Dutch]

I filled in the holes in my .45-70 MTM box. (Holes in the MTM box is meant as a colloquial expression for places where loaded ammunition should be, not where I used the box for target practice)
I'm finally confident in the load for my Rem 700 in 300 Win Mag, so I spent some time and filled up that MTM box too.
I broke down a dozen or so reloaded .450 Bushmaster cartridges that didn't work out and prepped enough brass to make up some more cartridges so I can keep zeroing in on a new accuracy load.

[AWH]

I finally got a big single stage press. This will sure help with resizing the larger rifle cases, which was pushing the limits of the turret press.

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[whitewalrus]

I finally got a big single stage press. This will sure help with resizing the larger rifle cases, which was pushing the limits of the turret press.

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Single stage is the way to go for harder to size cases. Always good to keep one around.


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[brutal]

Finally finished ultrasonic cleaning my 22 can.

First time took a little experimenting. Ended up adding Dawn to the Slip2000 (not impressed) and had to run probably 3 hours total (30 minute max cycles) with some scraping and scrubbing in between. Goal was to get it to near factory and it's probably 95%.

Can was not lead fouled much at all, mostly just carbon. It's only seen Gemtech subs.

Going to try Purple Power next time.