What did you do at your reloading bench today?

[Travlin]

Randy, Many years ago when I was shooting my Colt Trooper .357 a lot, I was given a G.I. ammo can full of once fired military .38 special brass. I loaded them with my own cast 158 grain swc ( Lyman 357446 sized to .356) and 5.5 of Unique or if i used .357 brass 6.5 of Unique. I shot many thousands of these through the Colt with no leading and the revolver always had easy extraction and is still in time and locks up tight. As an aside I never had trouble switching between the two case lengths or was bothered by the "crud ring" from shooting the shorter .38 cases.

[Vaquero]

Well, I've been stuffing 357 cases today, got 100 done.
Yep, those 180 gr Pugnose over 11.5 grs. of 2400.
I get similar results at 50 yds. with that bullet and 9.4 grs. of Blue dot.
Thinking I'll stuff another 100 with it.

RP

[Vaquero]

Got those 100 stuffed yesterday also, then primed another 40 pieces.
Then sized those big ole 325+ gr 44's and stuffed three in some 444 Brass over 24.5 grs of 2400.
Then slung those at the gongs right quick, those are a Hoot no doubt.
And while I was at it, I made an order for 500 more , plus 250 of their 165 gr 30-30 bullets to try out.

RP

[Hatchdog]

Didn’t reload any ammo but did return my M1-A to its original factory configuration. I have it up for sale and with all the accessories on it I had it priced at a point that wasn’t getting any interest. So this way I am able to lower the price. We’ll see if this helps. Here’s a before and after pic just for shites and giggles.

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[bandit1250]

Nothing today yet. Yesterday evening I loaded 70 rounds of 223. One 50 round box and also a 20 round flip top box to carry in my truck when out in the country. I refill the 20 round box from the bigger boxes as needed. I have several thousand pieces of brass that I have been tumbling that are from my prairie dog and ground squirrel days in Wyoming and Montana. Lucky for me both the Tikka 595 Continental and Remington 700 shoot the same loads and overall length is very close with the Tikka being a few thousandths closer to the lands than my Remington. The loads I just loaded are loaded with Speer TNT 50 gr. and 26 grs. of 4895. Any windy days or rainy days I will be working on getting 223's and 220 Swift's loaded. Can't say enough good things about the Savage BVSS-S single shot Swift. One of the easiest to hit critters at long range unless the winds are bad. Gotta love having a Swift to shoot.
Take care. bandit

[Rifletom]

Got those 100 stuffed yesterday also, then primed another 40 pieces.
Then sized those big ole 325+ gr 44's and stuffed three in some 444 Brass over 24.5 grs of 2400.
Then slung those at the gongs right quick, those are a Hoot no doubt.
And while I was at it, I made an order for 500 more , plus 250 of their 165 gr 30-30 bullets to try out.

RP

Randy, those are cast 165's? I loaded some of those up with 9.0gr Unique and they shot pretty good. Just haven't tried enough of to make a strong opinion yet. Think you'll like 'em.

[Vaquero]

Got those 100 stuffed yesterday also, then primed another 40 pieces.
Then sized those big ole 325+ gr 44's and stuffed three in some 444 Brass over 24.5 grs of 2400.
Then slung those at the gongs right quick, those are a Hoot no doubt.
And while I was at it, I made an order for 500 more , plus 250 of their 165 gr 30-30 bullets to try out.

RP

Randy, those are cast 165's? I loaded some of those up with 9.0gr Unique and they shot pretty good. Just haven't tried enough of to make a strong opinion yet. Think you'll like 'em.

Yes, from MB Co. I've been shooting some 173grthat I've had for years, but running low and thought I'd try some of those.
Yep 9.5 has worked pretty good in both the Winchester Ranger and Marlin Texan.

RP

[Vaquero]

Well, I got an e-mail from MBC yesterday apologizing for the delayed shipment of my last order.
Said they had to cast up some Pugnose to fill my order. Must be a popular boolit.
It said they were being sized and would go out shortly.
I'm interested in trying the 165gr .309's that are coming with those.
So I sized and primed the 58 pieces of clean 30-30 brass I had ready and found 10 PCs. that were already primed.
Took an early lunch and I'm going to stuff some 38-55's with some 240 gr rnfp over 10 grs. of Unique.

Rainy day here, so something productive.
Or I could step out on the deck and slap some gongs.




Talked me into it.....Now what to shoot

RP

[Vaquero]

No shooting... wife came home from taking her mother to a doctor appointment and wanted clean a couple pieces of cast iron.
So she was on the deck doing that and I just came back in and got 75 of the 38-55's stuffed.
Talked with my ex-neighbor, now in Kansas, for about an hour.
She's all done now so I may just shoot a few minutes, and decide if I want to load some more.

RP

[Vaquero]

Another rainy day, a few more 38-55's.
Have been wanting to try some Trail Boss in this.
So I'm going to try 7.5grs. with a 255 gr pill.

Hoping my MBC order shows today, if so I'll stuff some 30-30's also.

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RP