What do you reload?

[Radioactive]

I got too much poop in my little reloading room.

Started looking through my stuff and this is what I have guns, dies, powder and bullets for

338 win mag

260 rem

243 ai

243

223/5.56

45

10mm

9mm

I need dies for 30-30

just sent my kid dies for 7mm mag, 270, 22-250

[98Z5V]

The small flat red Lee box is another set of .30 Carbine Dies.  The cylindrical red Lee can is 30-06 Match dies.  Those are the only two that aren't labeled.  Lots of calibers amongst us. 

[MikedaddyH]

9, 10, 40, 357s, 357m, 38s, 45acp

223rem, 224v, 6.5g, 6.8spc, 270w, 270wsm, 300wsm, 300b, 308w

And a couple more but I don't shoot those.

Edited January 26, 2020 by MikedaddyH

[Sharpshooter]

So far, I'm just in pistol calibers. .357m, .44m, .45ACP. And 12 ga. Waiting for other projects to get finished, then it'll be .308w & .223rem.

[sagebrush]

.38 spec, .357, 9mm, .45, .44mag, 32-20, .22hornet-imp, .223, .204ruger,  22-250, 6br, .243win, .243imp, .270, .280imp, .270sm, 7mmsm, 300sm, .300blkout, .308w, 45/70, 50/70, 20ga 16ga 12ga, just now working with 260rem

[98Z5V]

Sweet dear little cute Baby Jesus...  You're loading 50-70?  That has to be a crazy round.

17 minutes ago, sagebrush said:

50/70,

Damn, man. 

[bubbas4570]

I have really narrowed my field as of late, but here goes.....

9mm, 357 Mag, 358 Win, .223, 45/70 🤪.....and the ones I no longer own 308, 762x39

ones I have loaded in the past...22-250, 300 H&H, 243, 38 spec, 45 acp

[bubbas4570]

The friend that got me into the 358 Win stuff, well he likes shooting the big calibers....for him 45/70 is a good starting point.....50/70, 50/90, and some more that I cannot recall...African calibers are what he likes to plink with.

 

 

But that is a whole other thread topic......

[sagebrush]

37 minutes ago, 98Z5V said:

Sweet dear little cute Baby Jesus...  You're loading 50-70?  That has to be a crazy round.

Damn, man. 

with out going and looking at the gun I believe it is an 1871 rem rolling block carbine. I cast bullets for it and went elk hunting, didn't get a shot with it but the following year I killed a spike with the trapdoor 45/70

[mrmackc]

50/70, 50/90 , Is that what Quigley down under shot in the Winchester 1886?  I saw the rifle Billy Dixon shot the Indian Chief with at Adobe Walls. I think it was a Sharps. Been many years ago, maybe about 1965 that I saw it in a gun shop in Pampa.

[bubbas4570]

If I am not mistaken, Quigley was shooting a 45/120 in the movie.

[DNP]

I believe 45/120 is correct. 
 

just checked. 45-110. We were wrong

Edited January 31, 2020 by DNP

[sagebrush]

besides the rem rolling block I also have a sharps carbine. during the war (civil) it fired a .52 caliber 450 gr. bullet and used a linen cartridge and percussion cap. after the war the sharps company converted 31,098 of these carbines to 50/70 centerfire cartridge. most of these guns were sent west to be used by cavalry in the indian wars in the 1870's. mine is one of these.  some found their way to the franco-prussion war.

[392heminut]

380 ACP

9mm *

10mm

40 S&W *

45 ACP *

38 Spec.

357 Mag.

44 Spec.

44 Mag.

45 ACP *

.223 *

300 Blk. *

.270

.308 *

The ones with the stars next to them I have quick changes setups for the Dillon 550B and the others are loaded on a Lee turret press with interchangeable heads. I can set up and load for any one of these in about 15 minutes or less.

[Belt Fed]

Magazines and belts

[Albroswift]

Well now, just finished up a couple hundred 308 gravel pit specials... Mixed headstamp multi times fired brass ran through a small base die that I shortened up a few extra thousands, 150 gr fmj over 42.4 gr AR Comp loaded on the Dillon 650 progressive. Definitely not loaded to be tack drivers but fast and  cheap  and don't care if I recover the cases.

 

What I load,  using a Dillon 650 progressive with a power trimmer set up, case feeder with pistol, small and large rifle plates, plus 2 Rockchuckers.

22 hornet

223/ 556

25-45 Sharps

25-06

308

30-06

300 WBY

338 Win Mag

340 WBY

405 WCF

458 SOCOM

45-70

9mm

38/357

40 S&W

44 SP/ 44 MAG

45 ACP

45 Colt/ Colt Mag

454 Casull

Favorite powders

H110

AR Comp

Tightgroup

VV 3N37

H4350

H4831

Varget

Reloader 15,17

Data 2200

AA #7

 

 

 

 

[98Z5V]

You won, brother...  

[sagebrush]

2 hours ago, Albroswift said:

Well now, just finished up a couple hundred 308 gravel pit specials... Mixed headstamp multi times fired brass ran through a small base die that I shortened up a few extra thousands, 150 gr fmj over 42.4 gr AR Comp loaded on the Dillon 650 progressive. Definitely not loaded to be tack drivers but fast and  cheap  and don't care if I recover the cases.

 

What I load,  using a Dillon 650 progressive with a power trimmer set up, case feeder with pistol, small and large rifle plates, plus 2 Rockchuckers.

22 hornet

223/ 556

25-45 Sharps

25-06

308

30-06

300 WBY

338 Win Mag

340 WBY

405 WCF

458 SOCOM

45-70

9mm

38/357

40 S&W

44 SP/ 44 MAG

45 ACP

45 Colt/ Colt Mag

454 Casull

Favorite powders

H110

AR Comp

Tightgroup

VV 3N37

H4350

H4831

Varget

Reloader 15,17

Data 2200

AA #7

 

 

 

 

heck of a list. is the 405 in an old 95 lever action?

[Boot_Scraper]

Hell, I’ll go:

3 hundrid 8 Winny

35 Remmy

358 Yeti

6.8 SPCII

223 Remmy

HP Officejet 5252

[98Z5V]

5 minutes ago, Boot_Scraper said:

HP Officejet 5252

I heard that one's a real bitch to reload for, and you have to pay SERIOUS ATTENTION - fuk it up and you're done...  

[Boot_Scraper]

2 minutes ago, 98Z5V said:

I heard that one's a real bitch to reload for, and you have to pay SERIOUS ATTENTION - fuk it up and you're done...  

Sh!t, I meant 5640! 💣💥

 

💀

[Sharpshooter]

poop, and I was just about to order reloading dies for that! 😂

[Albroswift]

12 hours ago, sagebrush said:

heck of a list. is the 405 in an old 95 lever action?

 

Circa 1929 '95 Winchester. Still a regular shooter. Sends 300 gr Hornady's uprange at over 2000 fps with SD's in the single digits. Punishes on both ends. 

I've posted these before but you got me stirred up, pretty proud of this shooter.

 

 

Edited February 16, 2020 by Albroswift

[sagebrush]

8 hours ago, Albroswift said:

 

Circa 1929 '95 Winchester. Still a regular shooter. Sends 300 gr Hornady's uprange at over 2000 fps with SD's in the single digits. Punishes on both ends. 

I've posted these before but you got me stirred up, pretty proud of this shooter.

 

 

very nice, thanks

[Albroswift]

On 2/15/2020 at 8:15 PM, sagebrush said:

308 gravel pit specials

All the old mixed brass ran awesome except some S&B, primers seemed to seat a little bit high, not so high I would notice but the bolt noticed when it almost rotated all the way into battery but instead jammed tight on a couple. Only way to tell the difference was to put them in a case gauge and use a straight edge. Culled out about 10-15, all S&B. 

Anyway, some data comparing progressive weighed loads in mixed 3 times + fired brass vs single headstamp low use hand trickled loads. 

Progressive press weighed loads, worn mixed brass, 42.4 AR-Comp Fed primers 150 gr  FMJ BT 12.5" barrel

 

 

Single headstamp (Starline) 1 or 2 times fired max,  trickled loads 42.4 AR-Comp Fed primers 150 gr Hornady SST, 12.5" barrel

 

Red dot optics, couldn't tell the difference at 100 yard accuracy wise, budget loads perfect for the gravel pit.

Barrel length data: 12.5" Sig  barrel 150 SSTs 230 FPS +/- slower then the 150 SSTs out of the Anderson 18" barrel