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Some additions, and adjustments to my reloading space.

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Re: Some additions, and adjustments to my reloading space.

Post by DsGrouse » Wed Jun 18, 2025 7:08 am

I loaded 130 rounds of plinking 45 colt.
The load was 8.2 grns of cfep coal 1.6
I also tried out my new Lee bullet dropper system, and boy, howdy is that slick. It worked beautifully. Now, I need only place brass in the shell holder, work the lever, and turn the turret.

Since I deprime and prime off press, my stations are as follows:
Redding Sizing di3
Redding Case mouth flare
Lee powder through die using harrel schutzen powder drop
Lee Bullet drop
Hornaday cowboy Bullet seater
Lee factory Crimp die

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It's a mish-mash of bullets in my bullet feeder. I've working loads for all of them at 8.2 grns cfep and either 1.58 or 1.60 coal. I wanted some plinkers.

I also set up my second Lyman T-8 turret press yesterday and moved my 357 magnum dies over to it. I plan on loading a few hundred 158-grain subs using 5.2 grains of Win 244.

For some reason, though, my crimp die was giving me fits. I cleaned it twice, but it was still crushing brass. I've an order in for a collet-style crimp die.

I am also thinking of picking up a second Schutzen powder dropper.
I weighed out every third case yesterday. It was not off once. That's 40 cases of win 244 and 130+ of cfep.

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Re: Some additions, and adjustments to my reloading space.

Post by DsGrouse » Wed Jun 18, 2025 10:34 pm

I loaded 130+ of 158 grain roze bullet over win 244. 5.2 grains makes a great subsonic 357 mag load
I followed that up with 130 + of 180grain hornaday sil bullet over win 244 at 5.8grns, another good sub load.

I the tried my hand at a starter load of 44 mag, 240 grn xtreme bullet over 8.6 grns of win 244. I suspect these will be supersonic, around 1250 to 1300fps.

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