What did do today on your loading bench !

EngrBob · June 13, 2017

8 hours ago, Sisco said:

Bob, let me know what you come up with on the 175's. I have a pound of Varget I have to use up. I am set on my 168's with RL15, but have a bunch of 175 gr SMK BTHP's to load.

My old data for my 18" Faxon mid-weight barrel, 10:1, was 44.0 g of Varget under 175 Nosler BTHP with Winchester Large Rifle Primers. This gave slightly better results than 0.2 g in either direction. I got a 0.78" 5-shot group with this setup. Note that this was in Lake City brass, trimmed to 2.003 with an OAL of 2.80.

mineralman55 · July 4, 2017

Loaded 500 45acp 200 grain Xtreme plated hollow points with 7.7 grains Silhouette. Just opened the Xtreme box and stopped when empty. They sure are pretty!

sketch · July 5, 2017

what no pic sheesh... how pretty and when do you test? if i recal they have nice projos.. no dings or scuffs? i need to relode again!

mineralman55 · July 5, 2017

You know what, when the new batch of projectiles arrive, I'll take a pic of the open box. There are very few metals as pretty as polished copper.

unforgiven · July 5, 2017

I like that bro. :thumbup:

Boot_Scraper · July 9, 2017

Hung up some lockable cabinets to keep my daughter from weighing her Shopkins (<--dad's will know) on my beam scale. Also fabbed up a powder stand with some scraps.

Edited July 9, 2017 by shepp

mineralman55 · July 22, 2017

Just got in 1000 new Xtreme 200 grain 45acp HP. They sure are pretty!

Sisco · July 22, 2017

Started cutting 5.56 brass with a chop saw to make 300 Blackout cases. Picked up 1 lb. Accurate 1680 and 100 Hornady 208 gr match bullets.

sketch · July 22, 2017

3 hours ago, mineralman55 said:

Just got in 1000 new Xtreme 200 grain 45acp HP. They sure are pretty!

thats what im talking about ! so shiney!!

Boot_Scraper · July 23, 2017

Cooked up some 35 Rem. 180gn Speer over Varget.

Sisco · September 3, 2017

Just finished cutting forming and sizing 175 300 Blackout brass out of Lake City 5.56 brass. Answered the question: "Why are 300 Blackout rounds so expensive?" Answer: "Because they are worth it" A lot of work.

mineralman55 · September 5, 2017

Finally got around to case prepping 500 1x LC cases from MidwayUSA. Sized, deprimed and cleaned them. Next, swage, then trim. 500 cases for $40 was too good a deal to turn down.

Sisco · September 13, 2017

Loaded up 25 test subsonic rounds in 300 Blk with Hornady 208 grain AMax and 10.7 grains of Accurate 1680. Also 75 Supersonic 175nSMK BTHPs with 16 gr of accurate 1680.

Edited September 13, 2017 by Sisco

Boot_Scraper · September 18, 2017

Cooked up some Varget stuffed 308 cases, topped with a 165 Sierra Gameking HPBT. C'est bon!

Edited September 18, 2017 by Boot_Scraper

Sisco · September 22, 2017

LOADED UP 150- 5.56- 23.7 GR OF RL15 BEHIND A 75 GR SPEER BTHP. WINCHESTER CASES AND PRIMERS.

Edited September 22, 2017 by Sisco

Boot_Scraper · October 5, 2017

Mounted up the new Rock Chucker. Very nice! :cool:

Sisco · October 5, 2017

I don't know how many of you have one of these digital powder measures, but I am impressed.It is fast and accurate to a tenth of a grain. Nice when you want to work up a ladder of rounds.to fine tune your Powder/bullet/individual firearm accuracy.

survivalshop · October 5, 2017

18 hours ago, Boot_Scraper said:

Mounted up the new Rock Chucker. Very nice!

34 minutes ago, Sisco said:

I don't know how many of you have one of these digital powder measures, but I am impressed.It is fast and accurate to a tenth of a grain. Nice when you want to work up a ladder of rounds.to fine tune your Powder/bullet/individual firearm accuracy.

Both Nice . Of course the one with the photo , wins!

Boot_Scraper · October 6, 2017

Ladder'd up a batch with my new Rock Chucker (photo for you @survivalshop). Worked up from 42.0 to 43.0 in .2 increments for my Faxon 16" pencil. Varget of course, under some 165 gn Sierra hpbt Gamekings. I have some SST's I might try.

I really like the new press. I find it's way more consistent than my dad's old JR press.

Boot_Scraper · October 6, 2017

7 hours ago, Sisco said:

I don't know how many of you have one of these digital powder measures, but I am impressed.It is fast and accurate to a tenth of a grain. Nice when you want to work up a ladder of rounds.to fine tune your Powder/bullet/individual firearm accuracy.

That's pretty freakin sweet, boss!

survivalshop · October 6, 2017

9 hours ago, Boot_Scraper said:

Ladder'd up a batch with my new Rock Chucker (photo for you @survivalshop). Worked up from 42.0 to 43.0 in .2 increments for my Faxon 16" pencil. Varget of course, under some 165 gn Sierra hpbt Gamekings. I have some SST's I might try.

I really like the new press. I find it's way more consistent than my dad's old JR press.

I have the same Crescent wrench for use on my reloading bench :thumbup:

I loaded with a RCBS beam scale for many , many years , but a good digital scale is far more consistent , I'm not a high roller as Sisco :laffs: , but I'm using a Pact scale now a days .

Sisco · October 8, 2017

On 10/6/2017 at 6:51 AM, survivalshop said:

I have the same Crescent wrench for use on my reloading bench

I loaded with a RCBS beam scale for many , many years , but a good digital scale is far more consistent , I'm not a high roller as Sisco , but I'm using a Pact scale now a days .

Looked at them for years before I did it. Had an Amazon credit that helped. I feel it also makes my chance of human error much less, so I rationalized the safety factor. Wish I had done it long ago.

98Z5V · November 9, 2017

I didn't do shiit on the reloading bench today, but I'm preparing myself to. I hardly had any time to get my reloading done before last week, before the shoot, and I barely made it through on some calibers. On the .308 Win 178gr HPBTs, I actually ran out, on the range. Fuckin' sucked, too. At that point, both Matt and I realized that the HSM Match ammo in 168gr Sierra HPBT actually SUCKED. It really does. Blew all kinds of primers in Matt's gun, jammed it all up and made it non-functional, and it didn't do for shiit from my 700 bolt. That ammo sucks, and I'm sitting on alot of it, in the ammo box. It's only backup ammo, in case I run out of my own loads - and we did... No more HSM Match-anything for me, ever. I'll blast this remaining shiit out of the 16" .308AR and get did of it - if it doesn't jam up my rifle, too. If I get one popped primer, the rest of it goes in a campfire - and RUN!

So, what I did do today was FINALLY order up my .338 Fed dies from RCBS. Along with some 8x57mm Mauser dies, for the old warhorse. Tossed some .260 Rem dies into the basket before I checked out, just to force myself to push that .260 Rem AR project along... I figure if I've got the dies, and a metric shiitt-ton of Hornady Match .308 once-fired brass, then I'll make .260 Rem ammo - and it'll force me to build that bastard quicker... My logic...

...is usually flawed... :thumbup: :laffs: