MikedaddyH Posted December 26, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2019 Collected all of my 300wsm brass and put it in a single tub, wow that's a lot of brass to load. I need a bulk order of projectiles in 30 caliber soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boot_Scraper Posted December 29, 2019 Report Share Posted December 29, 2019 Just a little bit a Yeti making. Giving some LC brass a go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagebrush Posted December 30, 2019 Report Share Posted December 30, 2019 loaded 1000 12ga 1oz loads yesterday, today loaded 750 more. wife and i went to club this morning and unloaded 200. i shot 99 she shot 92, this is her 3rd year shooting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98Z5V Posted December 30, 2019 Report Share Posted December 30, 2019 38 minutes ago, sagebrush said: loaded 1000 12ga 1oz loads yesterday, today loaded 750 more. wife and i went to club this morning and unloaded 200. i shot 99 she shot 92, this is her 3rd year shooting. You beat the "reloading deficit" - you still have 1550 more than you reloaded, which is always a bonus... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cunuckgaucho Posted December 30, 2019 Report Share Posted December 30, 2019 Got caught up on Netflix yesterday aka deprimining and cleaning 9mm,5.56mm and 7.62mm brass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cunuckgaucho Posted December 31, 2019 Report Share Posted December 31, 2019 Still got aways to go to catch up to @MikedaddyHhave to build up stock for practice and spring shoot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikedaddyH Posted December 31, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2019 Sorted the rifle from pistol brass. I have to deprimed 6.8spc , 6.5G & 224V next. I am tempted to convert the Federal Fusion brass in 6.8 to 224V ... Just to see how good or bad it is. The process is just like the AK to Grendel conversion ! First fire form charge is light but after that normal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98Z5V Posted January 1, 2020 Report Share Posted January 1, 2020 18 hours ago, MikedaddyH said: Sorted the rifle from pistol brass. I have to deprimed 6.8spc , 6.5G & 224V next. I am tempted to convert the Federal Fusion brass in 6.8 to 224V ... Just to see how good or bad it is. The process is just like the AK to Grendel conversion ! First fire form charge is light but after that normal. That'll be identical to me making .260 brass from .308 brass - neck it down. Only thing you have to watch out for is shrinking the neck size down - then having the O.D. of the necks too big. You'll have to turn necks with a special cutter to bring that size back down. It's worth it for me, I started out with zero .260 brass, and piles of Hornady 308 Match brass. All necks had to be turned on it, all of them. Might or might not be the case with 6.8-to-Valk, though. Not as big of a size jump. Run one 6.8 case through the .224 Valk resizer die, then measure the outer neck diameter, compared to a Valk cartridge print. Your neck diameter on the outside needs to be .2560" after it comes out of the sizer die. If it's larger than that, you'll have to turn necks down. I don't have to turn necks to make .260 out of 7mm-08 - very small size jump, less material to get "compacted" into the new smaller diameter. Not the case with .308" down to .264". Risk one or two cases, see what happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpete Posted January 5, 2020 Report Share Posted January 5, 2020 Finished up brass prep on Grendel and 300 BLK. Grendel on the right, BLK on the left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikedaddyH Posted January 9, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2020 On 1/1/2020 at 10:54 AM, 98Z5V said: That'll be identical to me making .260 brass from .308 brass - neck it down. Only thing you have to watch out for is shrinking the neck size down - then having the O.D. of the necks too big. You'll have to turn necks with a special cutter to bring that size back down. It's worth it for me, I started out with zero .260 brass, and piles of Hornady 308 Match brass. All necks had to be turned on it, all of them. Might or might not be the case with 6.8-to-Valk, though. Not as big of a size jump. Run one 6.8 case through the .224 Valk resizer die, then measure the outer neck diameter, compared to a Valk cartridge print. Your neck diameter on the outside needs to be .2560" after it comes out of the sizer die. If it's larger than that, you'll have to turn necks down. I don't have to turn necks to make .260 out of 7mm-08 - very small size jump, less material to get "compacted" into the new smaller diameter. Not the case with .308" down to .264". Risk one or two cases, see what happens. Did two cases !!! NOT a viable option ! The neck stretched too long. Couple of extra steps would be needed, chopping and trimming. Federal Fusion brass in 6.8spc has a primer pocket that takes small rifle primers but also has a crimp. Brass stretched to 1.720" , the neck was with in specs. Starline brass stretched to 1.696", neck was ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagebrush Posted January 17, 2020 Report Share Posted January 17, 2020 just finished neck sizing and chamfering 250 starline pieces of 260 rem. brass.getting closer... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98Z5V Posted January 17, 2020 Report Share Posted January 17, 2020 3 hours ago, sagebrush said: just finished neck sizing and chamfering 250 starline pieces of 260 rem. brass.getting closer... I LOVE it!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radioactive Posted January 17, 2020 Report Share Posted January 17, 2020 On 1/5/2020 at 4:21 PM, dpete said: Finished up brass prep on Grendel and 300 BLK. Grendel on the right, BLK on the left. My wife would have a cow if I did brass prep in bed - sleeping on brass shavings and powder granules would suck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpete Posted January 18, 2020 Report Share Posted January 18, 2020 2 hours ago, Radioactive said: My wife would have a cow if I did brass prep in bed - sleeping on brass shavings and powder granules would suck LOL. You silly guyyyy (said in my best not politically correct asian accent) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravenworks Posted January 18, 2020 Report Share Posted January 18, 2020 I just scored a 1,000 peices of "Federal Gold Medal Match" once fired brass in 308 for $110 shipped. Ya just don't get that every day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98Z5V Posted January 19, 2020 Report Share Posted January 19, 2020 7 hours ago, Ravenworks said: I just scored a 1,000 peices of "Federal Gold Medal Match" once fired brass in 308 for $110 shipped. Ya just don't get that every day. DAAAAAAYUMMMM!!!!! That's a BADASS DEAL, RIGHT THERE!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikedaddyH Posted March 25, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2020 Well I picked up a couple of boxes of Hornady 115gr XTP's last week and made 150 9mm rounds Sunday. Today I made 50 more and 100 rounds with Hornady 115gr FMJ's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albroswift Posted March 28, 2020 Report Share Posted March 28, 2020 Albro-zhimers strikes again-- Swapped the Dillon from large rifle to .40 S&W yesterday: tool head, plate, flipping the case dropper riser from rifle to pistol, large primer to small primer seating button and tube, good cleaning, changing the case feeder plate. About 200 rounds into the 155gr XTP +P loads already had about 3 cases come down the tube upside down, and two log jambs at the funnel end of the case feed tube. Man, don't think I've had this much BS in 25 years, what's up? Probably loaded more .40 then anything else on the 650. Power through another 50 or so before I noticed the pistol plate for the case feeder hanging on the wall. Had the large rifle plate in the feeder. Doh... Thing is I remember taking the hopper off the stand and removing the plate. Must have vacuumed out the hopper and put the rifle plate right back in. Dumped out the brass, swapped the plates, ran out another 400 or so without a hitch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikedaddyH Posted March 28, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2020 Albro good job finding and fixing that plate issue. I also had an issue last weekend, I installed the powder hopper backwards and it took me about 20 minutes to get it fixed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikedaddyH Posted March 30, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2020 In my spare time I was able to make 70 rounds of 10mmAuto ammo. I used a new powder of me , 700X. Should be a good range load. 165gr Flat points. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albroswift Posted March 31, 2020 Report Share Posted March 31, 2020 (edited) 500 rounds of 9mm with the correct case feeder plate went quickly. 200 rounds 124 gr Xtreme/ 5.8 gr VV3N37/ Winchester SPP for the shield, 300 w/ 6.2 gr VV3N37/ Federal SPP for the tupperware. Federal small pistol primers are getting scarce, down to my last 1K, still have a sleeve or two of Winchester and plenty of Large Pistol, LPM, LR, LRM, SPM, SR in Federal and a bunch of misc Wolf and Winchester. Had to go to Cabelas to re-up the Federal Small Pistol, everyone else out. Probably run out another 500 9's and then switch calibers to 45 LC today. 250gr XTPs over 15.2 AA#7 for the Carbine, 300XTPs over a chock full case of H110 for the PPR, and a bunch of 250 Xtremes over 6?gr Titegroup for general range work. Probably run some full blow 454 if I have any XTP Magnum bullets laying around. The Perfect Packin Revolver 4-5/8 Blackhawk 45 LC in a Bladetech. 21-22 grains of H110 gets the 300 gr XTP's out the business end in the 1100 to 1200 fps range. SD's all over the place and doubles as a fire starter but WTH 1 round should disable most critters and discourage the rest. Edited March 31, 2020 by Albroswift Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikedaddyH Posted March 31, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2020 (edited) Made 74 rounds today of 10mmAuto . 6.2gr of 700X with Berry's 165gr FP and Fed150 primers set AT 1.257" OAL around 1200fps with 715 joules of energy. This is a fairly low pressure powder. Edited March 31, 2020 by MikedaddyH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lane Posted April 28, 2020 Report Share Posted April 28, 2020 Finally returned to processing 300 blackout brass. I had gotten blisters in the past from trying to do too many in a single day (using a handheld Lee chamfer tool). The Lee quick trim's hand crank tool is also quite tedious on longer brass; but making progress none the less. I will almost certainly pickup a power trimmer at some point; but I might as well wear out this cutter first. I only finished about 100 cases in the past 24 hours; all of which had significant prep already completed. Started working towards casting projectiles for everything I shoot. The #4 shot is very new in that process for me, but I wanted a more reliable way to produce shells when gun stores are closed (and of course Wal-Mart's stock cleared out real fast once shutdown orders were in place). The other's are test castings (all will be melted back down due to defects) of new .224 50 grain, .309 120 grain, and .312 185 grain molds. The .224s in particular need to be poured hot and fast; but so does the #4 shot. The .312 185s could be resized to .309 easily enough; but I'm still curious how they will fare in a 7.62x39. I have some .312 174 grain FMJ that I'll be trying first before I commit to anything there. Those heavies in 7.62x39 are not the most common recipe; but not unheard of either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98Z5V Posted April 29, 2020 Report Share Posted April 29, 2020 That's beautiful, man, just beautiful... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lane Posted April 29, 2020 Report Share Posted April 29, 2020 6 hours ago, 98Z5V said: just beautiful... I thought some one would appreciate those. Casting projectiles can be a lot of fun once a rhythm is established. Can't really go too fast unless you spill on yourself; but it sure is easy to go too slow... There is quite a bit of development work left in that respect; and I haven't even tried out the Hi Tek coating (bullet lube) bake yet. What spurred my 300 blackout brass, was moving my 3D printer out of the way; on the desk I usually use to throw powder. I've had my scale and chargemaster under that garbage bag for way too long, protecting them from dust. I often mill wood, aluminum, steel, plastic; or whatever else right next to it. There is a "splash" guard; but no sense clogging them up internally with those airborne contaminants. Sad shadows in the image from this angle; I still need to find an overhead light to mount inside the shelf I built from Home Depot cull lumber (70% off is no joke). Even if I estimate high; the whole 16" tall * 30" * 24" platform cost less than $4 in lumber, and the screws might have cost $0.50 (probably closer to $3.50 in reality). Very old 3D printer up top, which is very nice to have at at a standing height. Weigh station (mostly under wraps) with some laser cut experiments down below. Still have to finish wiring those MEMS gyroscopes; which are next to impossible to spot down there. And no sense unwrapping the weigh station until I'm ready to move and re-level everything. Have a lot of freshly processed brass (many types) waiting in the wings. Just need to finish up a hair bit of dirty work around here before I start dumping charges again. About to convert to tumbling brass with SS pins for all future washing; but most everything I have on hand is clean, and ready to load at this point. The shelf took about an hour to design, cut; and assemble. Just needed a ruler, a pencil; saw, and screwdriver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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