sketch Posted June 17, 2014 Report Posted June 17, 2014 Well the 4th of July just got unsafe and insane haha! No really I'm a saftey nut on the holidays can't wait to piss off the neighbors!!
shibiwan Posted June 17, 2014 Report Posted June 17, 2014 (edited) Well the 4th of July just got unsafe and insane haha! No really I'm a saftey nut on the holidays can't wait to piss off the neighbors!! Rule 68.c of the 308ar forum: Video pls!!! You do not need to survive. Just make sure the video survives. If you do not kill yourself, just take that as a bonus. <laughs> Edited June 17, 2014 by shibiwan
sketch Posted June 17, 2014 Report Posted June 17, 2014 You have me in your best interest as this group is always on my mind!! Shyt I don't know how to do the RED letters posting a vid ??
98Z5V Posted June 17, 2014 Report Posted June 17, 2014 With my frustration over cutting out military primer crimps, I picked up this little beast today. PRIMER POCKET SWAGER TOOL-2 Just tested out 100 pieces of unfinished 300BLK brass with it - I should have been doing this the whole time. It does a great job, and it's FAST compared to cutting.
shibiwan Posted June 17, 2014 Report Posted June 17, 2014 With my frustration over cutting out military primer crimps, I picked up this little beast today. PRIMER POCKET SWAGER TOOL-2 Just tested out 100 pieces of unfinished 300BLK brass with it - I should have been doing this the whole time. It does a great job, and it's FAST compared to cutting. Hmmm... how does one mount this to the cartridge plate on a progressive?
survivalshop Posted June 17, 2014 Report Posted June 17, 2014 I've been using a RCBS primer pocket swagger for a very, very long time . You will still find a tight one now & then & still need to do a little reaming , but it will not be much if you do . Depends on the brass , I still ream some ,because some crimped primers are not that bad. Swagger will not work with progressive presses with there own shell plates . If you don't have a single stage press , Lee has inexpensive press's that can be used for this procedure & many others . I also use my single stage for bullet pulling.
shibiwan Posted June 21, 2014 Report Posted June 21, 2014 Today, I attempted to asnwer the question: "How many cartridges can a tumbler tumble, if a tumbler can tumble cartridges." Timer start - 0:00 min Timer Stopped: 0:34 min Answer: 634 .308 cartridges, along with four .223 cartridges that somehow snuck in there for the bath.
survivalshop Posted June 24, 2014 Report Posted June 24, 2014 Trimmed , reamed & de-burred about 100 308's ,all were Annealed also.
Tripledeuce Posted June 24, 2014 Report Posted June 24, 2014 loaded a thousand rounds of 45ACP, practice ammo 200gr lead slug. Respectfully Terry
98Z5V Posted July 20, 2014 Report Posted July 20, 2014 Sorted a bag of mixed .223/5.56 brass last night. 84 brand new baby Blackout cases were just born a few minutes ago! <lmao> Sorted out the 2011 and 2012 Lake City 5.56 NATO and chopped 'em up! They're on their way... <thumbsup>
Sisco Posted July 20, 2014 Report Posted July 20, 2014 Loaded up 89 308 175 SMK and sized a hundred more 308 brass.
98Z5V Posted July 20, 2014 Report Posted July 20, 2014 Deprimed and formed - swaging primer pockets next, trimming to length, and chamfering. New Blackouts make you feel good. :banana:
edgecrusher Posted July 20, 2014 Report Posted July 20, 2014 (edited) Set it up, deprimed some 5.56 and .308, just cause I wanted to try both and set the dies.... I got some time on my hands and this will get silly soon..... Edited July 20, 2014 by edgecrusher
george_995 Posted July 20, 2014 Report Posted July 20, 2014 Yesterday I made 50rds of 308 consisting of 46g IMR4064, fed 210 primer, 125g sierra spitzer and oal of 2.700". I'm trying 4064 with this load for the first time, ran out of 3031. Mixed brass half PPU and Magtech shot around six times now, will scrap after next weekend.
98Z5V Posted July 20, 2014 Report Posted July 20, 2014 Yeah Greg!!! I love a good RockChucker!!! <lmao>
edgecrusher Posted July 20, 2014 Report Posted July 20, 2014 Thanks! Sized and deprimed about 3/4 of an ammo can today.
98Z5V Posted July 21, 2014 Report Posted July 21, 2014 Just finished up the 150gr BLK rounds. 84 brand new ones to take out next week.
edgecrusher Posted July 21, 2014 Report Posted July 21, 2014 I have a bunch of 300BLK brass from when Ron brought his over, I have to get it to you somehow
sketch Posted July 21, 2014 Report Posted July 21, 2014 That's not nearly enough !! :) I need to get back to the bench ahhh!
98Z5V Posted July 21, 2014 Report Posted July 21, 2014 Doesn't seem like much (84 rounds), but it's quite the job to take these heavy little bastards from 5.56 brass all the way to loaded 300BLK. Lots of steps. The most time consuming part is trimming them to length once they've been formed and deprimed. I've been cutting them shorter in the mini chop saw just so I don't have as much trimming-to-length to do. I end up cleaning them 3 times through this process, not counting the tumble the brass gets when it gets off the range. Wasn't even 100 rounds, but it still took 2 days to complete. Greg, I have a better idea, brother - we build you a 300BLK rifle! :hethan: Here's where I'm at from the last couple weeks - everything on the right side of that upper tray is all loaded Blackout. That's 530 new cases made, with another 3 mags to load and stack in there. It eats up some time.
edgecrusher Posted July 21, 2014 Report Posted July 21, 2014 Greg, I have a better idea, brother - we build you a 300BLK rifle! I hadn't planned on one, maybe when I can grab some overtime... On one of Rogers lowers.... Dammit Tom!
98Z5V Posted July 21, 2014 Report Posted July 21, 2014 That's my next build - short BLK on Roger's lower, new AP upper and rail. Can't wait to start that one!
sketch Posted July 21, 2014 Report Posted July 21, 2014 If I may how short do you chop them if I were to build a 300 this is good info :)
98Z5V Posted July 21, 2014 Report Posted July 21, 2014 Cut the 5.56 brass off just below the shoulder, so it's a straight-walled case. After they're formed, trim to a final length of 1.363" and prime and load them. <thumbsup> I'll list up all the steps I take on this stuff. I've added a few steps as I've gone along, just to make the next step easier.
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