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Had an hour to kill tonight.....and 300 45acp empties so I said why not

230rn lead powdercoated projectile over 4gn of bullseye and CCI mag primer. Plinking rounds.

 

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Finished loading the rest of the 230gr XTP's. 59grs of N340 1.250 COL

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And some blue ones Ellis gave me to try.

I just so happen to be stuffing acp cases myself
With these

And these

 

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Today's session......have a cold and didn't feel like doing anything else
45colt

45colt/9mm/45acp/300blk

 

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308 goodness

 

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I’m not experienced enough in rifles to be able to comment on the copper fouling. But I do like the powder , especially because it meters like water.

It is good!

 

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Loaded these little shells

 

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827gr of Butt Stomping Whoop A$$....................


Or


I will hold your beer and you shoot it............


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Lol.....I believe they'll probably push on me hard. Can't be any worse than firing that 458 of yours in a sitting position lol

 

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150gn 9mm in desert sand (supposedly) powdercoat

 

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I'm sure I've asked this before, but do you powdercoat all your cast bullets? If so, why? One of these years, I hope to start casting handgun boolits.

And those look nice!

I'm tinkering with other methods right now,but for the most part it is my go to.
Recently aquired a lyman 450 lube sizer,lube and have started fooling around with lubing cast lead rifle bullets.

For me the powdercoating is just easier and cleaner. Its stable,won't chip off and stick inside your dies. You won't look like your shooting black powder when firing off your handgun. Also......its cleaner on your gun,like FMJ ammo......there will be no leading.

One drawback to it.....Finding powders that stick well and cover evenly without having to spray them

 

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Kids were walking on my nerves this afternoon so I loaded up a few test rounds. First time in a while I've actually set foot in the ammo plant.

Also loaded up some 458socom lime green rounds for our resident big green guy.

 

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220gn berry's bullets over 14.3gn 1680 and a small magnum primer in a newly formed case with OAL about mag length. Should be good for around 1500fps and bust something pretty hard.

 

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3:30 Yesterday morning I started on these.......finished up about an hour and half later. I'm loving the progressive rifle loading life.

 

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I've been "under the weather" the past few days, so I got on the bench for a while.

Here's 300 rounds of .38 Special, 158 gr. LSWC (100 in brass cases, 200 in nickle cases).
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For my next project, I've got these pretty .44 Special cases ready to go . . .
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My only question is, Should I load 240 grain LSWC? or maybe some blue shot cup?
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Or maybe order some .44 cal Lead Round Ball, since I found this in my OLD Speer manual??
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I’ll be casting some of that very 358 with gas checks for some 357mag ammo very soon lol
Going old school lube too. I’ll be releasing some old school smoke with them. Nasty lube!

 

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What are you calling "old school"? Pan lubing or tumble lubing?

I thought you were a big powder coater. I got 2 spare toaster ovens, and a local Harbor Freight. I thought I'd try my hand at powder coating.

Using a Lyman lube sizer and keeping the lead uncoated. Seems proper for the wheel gun.
Yeah I normally coat everything and you can just get better results using it over the traditional lubes. Well.....using good powders.
All you need is powder/peanut butter jar/toaster/nonstick foil and your GTG

 

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A little chaotic photography for the OCD

Yes I loaded this 250 along with about 500more brothers and sisters in the last few days. Trying to out run the girls trigger finger some lol

 

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Is that the 140 or 105 Lee? Your powder coating looks great...nice and smooth and even. Those little 105 are easy shootin' and go easy on the lead supply

105,yes lots easier than 158gn lol

 

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Got a good load for Bobcat's GP100 using 105's - definitely cheaper than the 160's!

I got a few now. I’m liking hp38 a lot for these.

 

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LOL, so far I've got 12 rounds 300 BO loaded. Its slow going on the hand weighing every round. Loaded 30 the other day.

What powder is requiring you to do that?

 

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I don't think it is the powder CFE-Blk just haven't figured out how to get it set up for the 300BO. Casing doesn't go far enough up to activate the Lee powder dispenser. Had it working with the 223 awhile back.

There are long and short charge dues offered by Lee. I’ll go look and see if i can dig up a link.

 

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