98Z5V Posted July 31, 2019 Report Share Posted July 31, 2019 3 minutes ago, Cunuckgaucho said: Reading the instructions!!! Well that probably explain why girls live longer... Nah, they live longer so they can torture us until we die... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peachey Posted July 31, 2019 Report Share Posted July 31, 2019 @98Z5VWe're just pushing the whole "what doesn't kill you" thing to it's limits. That's all.... lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98Z5V Posted July 31, 2019 Report Share Posted July 31, 2019 1 hour ago, Peachey said: @98Z5VWe're just pushing the whole "what doesn't kill you" thing to it's limits. That's all.... lol No shiit... Until you find what kills us... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikedaddyH Posted July 31, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2019 9 hours ago, Peachey said: Die set arrived today!!! Mixed it up with presents for my daughter and didn't realize it was MY package until just now!! The decapping pin sure does stick out a lot further than a Lee style does. Really like the locking rings though. Go buy a 5 pack of pins for that die ! They will break and having I spare will save your day ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikedaddyH Posted July 31, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2019 On 7/29/2019 at 4:42 PM, Peachey said: Well just figured I'd update y'all. We went to what is supposed to be "the world's biggest gun store" and supposedly have "all your reloading needs". Well, not all my needs lol. Really small selection of powder and projectiles. But we were there so we got what we could at least. Wound up with IMR 4895 and some Hornady 165gr SPBT to try. Got on the web and found some published load data for that combo from Hogdens interactive manual site. We/he have never used IMR 4895, but it has quite the following and a bunch of published data for 54r and 30-30 which is a plus. So now I'm just still awaiting my die set to get here and hopefully I'll have some nice 308 handloads to show off lol. Hodgdon 4895 load data will get you close. Start at 10% below max and work up to a 95% load. Also 308AR's do not eat soft points without damaging them ! Feed ramps are NOT forgiving, they shoot fine but the accuracy will be less than a hard tipped round. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peachey Posted July 31, 2019 Report Share Posted July 31, 2019 8 hours ago, MikedaddyH said: Hodgdon 4895 load data will get you close. Start at 10% below max and work up to a 95% load. Also 308AR's do not eat soft points without damaging them ! Feed ramps are NOT forgiving, they shoot fine but the accuracy will be less than a hard tipped round. Wish I read that a couple of hours ago.... I'll post the details later, but I started with the minimum recommended of 42.7. And yeah, these projectiles were just what they had and we're not expecting much of them in this rifle. I figure I'll use 50 for hunting loads and 50 just to burn up and get my toes wet so to speak. Pics and details coming soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peachey Posted July 31, 2019 Report Share Posted July 31, 2019 Ok, got a few minutes so I figured I'd give a update. Got the dies out and reread the directions again. I'm still not set up for trimming 308 brass, so I picked through my stash and found 5 FC19 stamped pieces that measured within .01 of spec. Asked westgadad and he said that should be fine for what I'm doing. Setup the resizing/decapping die per the instructions and lubed the first case. Ran it through and learned a lesson immediately, lube the inside of the mouth!!! I seriously thought it was stuck on the expander. Thankfully westgadad was able to he-man it out and only gave me slight crap for not lubing it. After that lesson, no problems and the next 4 went smooth. Re cleaned the cases and cleaned the primer pocket. Priming was a snap with the exception for one primer that somehow got sideways and wouldn't seat. Again, hubby to the rescue, and I learned to leave my thump on the shell holder to keep it from wiggling ever so slightly, which is what we believe caused the problem. Re checked the data I saved and decided to stick with the minimum charge for these first 5. So I individually measured 42.7 grains of IMR4895 on the digital scale and filled the cases. Re read the directions on the dies (see a pattern? Lol) and set up the seating/crimping die. I adjusted the bullet depth very slowly and wound up nailing 2.75 as is prescribed for this attempt. May go longer in the future with different projectiles, but I was just holding tight to the data for this little experience. The crimp is kinda funky on 2 of the 5, but I wonder if that's me not stroking hard enough (forgive the pun lol) or minute difference in case length? Or maybe I'm just over concerned? Westgadad thinks it's more force than anything. So in a nutshell, I for the first time ever, did the whole process solo other than when I asked for some help. I probably took my constant checking a little overboard, but this is serious stuff so I justified it lol. Really really like the RCBS dies. They just seem more precise than our Lee's that I've used before. Really proud of getting the OAL dead on too. That's been a struggle to maintain with .45acp in my limited experience. As for why only 5? I didn't want to rush myself in my own head or get overwhelmed looking at a whole tray full of brass. This was really a learning time for me as far as setup is concerned. I don't expect much performance improvement over factory, if any from this loading. If it goes bang and heads downrange, I'm happy for now lol. The load is 42.7grains IMR4895, FC19 brass, Winchester Large Rifle primers, and Hornady 165gr SPBT in case anyone didn't want to read back in the thread. Sorry for the blurry pics, don't know why we couldn't get in focus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Peachey Posted August 1, 2019 Report Share Posted August 1, 2019 Aww shucks..... Thanks y'all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestGaDad Posted August 1, 2019 Report Share Posted August 1, 2019 I'm proud of you Hun. Now cut me loose some funds for my projects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shooterrex Posted August 2, 2019 Report Share Posted August 2, 2019 On 7/31/2019 at 5:33 PM, Peachey said: Wish I read that a couple of hours ago.... I'll post the details later, but I started with the minimum recommended of 42.7. And yeah, these projectiles were just what they had and we're not expecting much of them in this rifle. I figure I'll use 50 for hunting loads and 50 just to burn up and get my toes wet so to speak. Pics and details coming soon. https://www.surplusammo.com/products/30-caliber-bullets-500cnt-308-30-06-armscor-147-grain-fmj-bt-500-count-free-usps-shipping.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikedaddyH Posted November 13, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2019 Picked up 2200 Federal primers and 1000 CCI pistol primers for the 9mm. Stocked up for the reloading projects in the next few months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98Z5V Posted November 14, 2019 Report Share Posted November 14, 2019 On 7/31/2019 at 11:48 PM, WestGaDad said: I'm proud of you Hun. Now cut me loose some funds for my projects. I love this one, right here. Don't ever give her any slack, brother, for nuthin'... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikedaddyH Posted November 16, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2019 Picked up another 1000 CCI 41 primers for the LC 62gr loads of 223/556. Primed a little over 700 10mm cases with Fed GM150M and Fed 150 primers this week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikedaddyH Posted November 18, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2019 (edited) Deprimed 3 years worth of 223 cases and sorted the Lake City and the Federal brass. That was not fun ! Also sorted all of the 9mm brass from the last 4 shoots. 3 gallon tubs plus the tub from the last house that was deprimed.. There has to be more than 20 lbs of 9mm to work. I need more primers ! Edited November 26, 2019 by MikedaddyH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98Z5V Posted November 19, 2019 Report Share Posted November 19, 2019 DAMN, BROTHER!!! You been BUSY!!! I feel like such a slacker... I need to load up my .260 Rem and the 75gr 5.56 loads from the last 2 shoots, but I haven't done anything but sort the brass so far... Oh, the Grendel, too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagebrush Posted November 19, 2019 Report Share Posted November 19, 2019 loaded 1500 12ga. 1 1/4 anne rounds in a couple evenings last week. 50# of replacement shot came in the mail this morning. been sorting hulls other evenings. shot annes sunday and just got back from club shooting annes tonight, put about 500 rounds down range between the two shoots. have 15000 primers coming from recobs, supposed to be here friday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikedaddyH Posted November 19, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2019 56 minutes ago, sagebrush said: loaded 1500 12ga. 1 1/4 anne rounds in a couple evenings last week. 50# of replacement shot came in the mail this morning. been sorting hulls other evenings. shot annes sunday and just got back from club shooting annes tonight, put about 500 rounds down range between the two shoots. have 15000 primers coming from recobs, supposed to be here friday I definitely want to learn how to load shotgun shells ... So I can load some cool stuff like a. Bunch of Videos I posted ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagebrush Posted November 19, 2019 Report Share Posted November 19, 2019 i started loading shotshells in early 70's on a single stage mec. started loading metallic cartridges on some kind hand held press. my resizer was a piece of driveaxle my grandfather machined a hole in. these were .38 special. you drove the brass case in with a rawhide mallot and out with wood dowel. the first press i bought was a rock chucker in mid 70's, still using that one. bought a dillon 550 early 80's. i used the mec to load shells for my kids to shoot trap. on that press its easy to put spacer cards on top of the wad to reduce load weight thereby reducing recoil. youngest was eight oldest ten. shotshell reloading is very enjoyable, probably not quite as challenging as cartridge reloading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikedaddyH Posted November 25, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2019 Primed 112 -224V cases 83 -308W cases 42 - 40s&w cases I will load those puppies up this week ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98Z5V Posted November 26, 2019 Report Share Posted November 26, 2019 23 hours ago, MikedaddyH said: Primed 112 -224V cases 83 -308W cases 42 - 40s&w cases I will load those puppies up this week ! Wha'Chu loading in those .224 Valks, brother? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikedaddyH Posted November 26, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2019 Hornady 75gr ELD-M and Hornady 80gr ELD-M. Going to use CFE-223 and Varget on both. Federal 205 (Champion) primers in the cases already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikedaddyH Posted December 2, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2019 Sized , trimmed and primed 160+ 223Rem cases this weekend with CCI-400 and 80 / 5.56 cases with CCI 41. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikedaddyH Posted December 7, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2019 Varget 44.4gr - 44.5gr CCI 34 Speer Target Match 168gr bthp @ 2.7995" to 2.8005" Really good looking bullets !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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