What did you load today

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onlymaroonmatters

Discussion Starter · Jan 23, 2017 (Edited)

Spinoff from thread- what did you shoot today

250 rnds 300BO with Barnes 110 TACTX and H110

Food Chocolate Cuisine

Was wanting to insert sign clip art saying: thread useless without pics. But not there. So...post pics

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rigrat

· #1,261 · Jul 27, 2020 (Edited)

It would be nice if they would make the 277 a sammi spec round and a regular store offering. It is a great little round especially for Southern whitetail.

BasMstr

· #1,262 · Jul 29, 2020

After I broke down some old shotgun shells for the powder and shot, I loaded up a few more rounds of rat shot to try. My buddy really liked the last ones I did, gonna see how these perform.

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BasMstr

· #1,263 · Jul 29, 2020

After I spent 30 minutes hunting them, I finally found my container of 38 Super brass and got my dies set up on the 550. Loaded some to test, 135 grain cast hollow point, 1.27" COL, (05) each at 4.2, 4.5, 4.7, and 4.9 grains of Titegroup. They all passed the chamber checker right off the bat, which was nice (but I still have a crimping die on the way).

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BasMstr

· #1,264 · Jul 29, 2020

These are from the first batch of hollow points I powder coated, where I placed them individually nose up on a pan. No powder running into the nose as they baked.

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rigrat

· #1,265 · Jul 30, 2020

BasMstr said:
After I broke down some old shotgun shells for the powder and shot, I loaded up a few more rounds of rat shot to try. My buddy really liked the last ones I did, gonna see how these perform.

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Bass, when you put your over shot card on top of the shot , take your 45 acp seating die and set the lever throw to just push against the seater plug. It will just roll the edges of the case in . They are easier to load int he cylinder rounded a bit and will hold the overshot card in place.

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rigrat

· #1,266 · Jul 30, 2020

Tightgroup powder (usually use Bullseye) over powder card, fill with number 9 shot, over shot card, roll the edge seal with candle wax.

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wllmkttrll

· #1,267 · Jul 30, 2020

Ellis93 said:
Had to fill a can back up. 55gn hornady over CFE223.......burner rounds. View attachment 234369
Know I'm 4 days late but that one bullet is upside down
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now I’m on to 220gn 300blk then 150gn.
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that’s where I stopped lol

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Ellis93

· #1,268 · Jul 30, 2020

wllmkttrll said:
Know I'm 4 days late but that one bullet is upside down

That’s how I leave them when there’s powder in a case.

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BasMstr

· #1,269 · Jul 30, 2020

rigrat said:
Bass, when you put your over shot card on top of the shot , take your 45 acp seating die and set the lever throw to just push against the seater plug. It will just roll the edges of the case in . They are easier to load int he cylinder rounded a bit and will hold the overshot card in place.

I’ll give it a try. I just run these in my 38 Special sizing/crimp die. They feed great. I put clear nail polish over the card, too.

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rigrat

· #1,270 · Jul 30, 2020

BasMstr said:
I’ll give it a try. I just run these in my 38 Special sizing/crimp die. They feed great. I put clear nail polish over the card, too.

If you try run the adjuster all the way out then run the ram with shell all the way up inot the seater. Then slowly screw down the seater until you get resistance. Then lower the shell and turn it maybe a 1/4 turn and try it. Adjust it until you get just the amount of roll you want.

I like it cause without it sometimes recoil will unseat the wax and over shot card. Since I started rolling the edges some I haven't lost a overshot card yet.

I haven't tried nail polish to seal, got a candle so just been using it.

BasMstr

· #1,271 · Aug 3, 2020

The mixed powder my buddy gave me seems to be mostly rifle powder, so I loaded some more .357 rat shot using the .3 Lee dipper. Gonna test them out once the polish dries.

BasMstr

· #1,272 · Aug 3, 2020

Sitting around the house waiting on the a/c man to show up, so doing some light work in the reloading room. Ran into a first today - 9mm brass with crimped primer pockets. Got these (400) primed on the RCBS hand primer, time to take a break, lol.

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turable.shot

· #1,273 · Aug 3, 2020

BasMstr said:
Sitting around the house waiting on the a/c man to show up, so doing some light work in the reloading room. Ran into a first today - 9mm brass with crimped primer pockets. Got these (400) primed on the RCBS hand primer, time to take a break, lol.

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BasMstr, with as much as you reload, I can't imagine this this being your first crimped 9mm.
Seems like I get a good bit. (range brass).

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BasMstr

· #1,274 · Aug 3, 2020

turable.shot said:
BasMstr, with as much as you reload, I can't imagine this this being your first crimped 9mm.
Seems like I get a good bit. (range brass).

LOL, you're right - after I posted that, I got to thinking. Looked around and found (02) other pieces of 9mm brass with crimped primers I had set aside. I really haven't reloaded much 9mm, though. Got about 35 pounds of 9mm brass, just never got around to messing with it beyond cleaning and decapping. Probably only loaded a couple hundred rounds so far. Up til now, it was just cheaper to buy 9mm ammo, and save the brass and powder for later. Bought my 9mm 1911, decided it was time to work up a couple 9mm loads.

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BasMstr

· #1,275 · Aug 3, 2020

Started working on prepping some .223 brass, got down to the last (06) pieces and this happened. Oh well, I'll get the sized pieces swaged after lunch.

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LeverGun

· #1,276 · Aug 3, 2020

Loaded some 200 gr 35 Rem over LVR and some 155 gr HPBT over H4895 for the 308. Working on some LSWC bullets over some HP-38 and TrailBoss in 38 special cases for the Ruger GP100 in 357.

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LeverGun

· #1,277 · Aug 3, 2020

BasMstr said:
Sitting around the house waiting on the a/c man to show up, so doing some light work in the reloading room. Ran into a first today - 9mm brass with crimped primer pockets. Got these (400) primed on the RCBS hand primer, time to take a break, lol.

I've never had a 9mm case with a crimped primer pocket.

With 400 cases primed, do you load that many in one setting? I usually only load at most a couple hundred at a time. Can you leave primed cases in storage and load at a later date? If so, is there a specific way to store them to maintain the integrity of the primers?

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stewbaby

· #1,278 · Aug 4, 2020

LeverGun said:
I've never had a 9mm case with a crimped primer pocket.

With 400 cases primed, do you load that many in one setting? I usually only load at most a couple hundred at a time. Can you leave primed cases in storage and load at a later date? If so, is there a specific way to store them to maintain the integrity of the primers?

Just store them like you would the primers...away from heat and moister. Ammo can, zip lock, desiccant if desired. Just because they got pushed into a case doesn’t cause them to age differently than in the sleeve/box.

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stewbaby

· #1,279 · Aug 4, 2020

BasMstr said:
Started working on prepping some .223 brass, got down to the last (06) pieces and this happened. Oh well, I'll get the sized pieces swaged after lunch.

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Get a Lee universal decapper and install the Squirrel Daddy hardened decapping pin and you’ll never be down again. It even turns berdan into boxer lol

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Ellis93

· #1,280 · Aug 4, 2020

stewbaby said:
Get a Lee universal decapper and install the Squirrel Daddy hardened decapping pin and you’ll never be down again. It even turns berdan into boxer lol

Replacement Decapping pin for Lee 90783 / 90292 die set

Squirrel Daddy Decapping pin are offered in hardened steel or standard high grade USA melt steel. Replacement pins fit Lee Dies and are offered in high grade steel or heat treated steel either expanding or straight side decapping pins.

www.squirreldaddy.com

I can second these pins! They are really good.

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