What did you do at your reloading bench today?

[Vaquero]

After cleaning, I prime and store my brass in boxes of fifty for reloading. I currently have 17 boxes of primed 357s waiting for their turn at the press. None are nickel plated.

I've slowly been discarding all of the nickel plated brass. I put up the last of it this morning ( 50 rounds / 13.9 grains H110 / 158 grain ZERO JHPs). They won't be coming home again.

I plan on taking a couple of revolvers to the range on Sunday. It's been way too long and it's forecast to be a beautiful, crisp sunny day.

CT, I have nickel cases only in .38 spl. I don't care for them, but, got 1200 of 'em in a trade some years ago. Between those and the regular brass cases, could be a while before I use 'em all up!

Randy, what powder you going to use in those .357?

I dabbled with some H110 a couple days ago, and one of the loads looks promising at just a hair over an inch spread at 50 yds., but quite high.
I will play with some 2400 and Blue dot also. I'm definitely going to need to replace the front sight if I want to shoot these at 50 yds. that's for sure.
Here you go, a couple days ago, probably going to be hard to beat that, but one never knows.

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RP

[Vaquero]

Well, I'm finally getting around to loading some of these 125gr Zero bullets today. Two different powders and 7 different loads.
2400 is 17.5 to 17.9 and 4 different loads of blue dot, 13.5 to 14.1.
Then loaded up on some lunch right here also.

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I may try and shoot these later this afternoon.

RP

[The Happy Kaboomer]

Loaded some 7.52x39.

[BigAl52]

Randy are you able to find Blue Dot. Its no where around out this way

[Vaquero]

Randy are you able to find Blue Dot. Its no where around out this way

I really don't remember the last time I saw any, but pretty sure I did last year.
I have one full lb. and this one I'm using at the moment which is if I had to guess is close to half.
I only use it in the 357 and 41 mags., I can usually get similar results using cast in those two with a little less BD than 2400.
When this is gone I may or may not buy any more, but who knows what the future will bring, it may be available and 2400 may not or could be the other way around.

RP

[The Happy Kaboomer]

Nothing......I rode the tractor today.

[Rifletom]

2400 and BD both being Alliant powders, it's gonna be tough soon enough I'm afraid.

[Vaquero]

2400 and BD both being Alliant powders, it's gonna be tough soon enough I'm afraid.

At the moment, other than the canisters I'm dipping from.
I have one other lb. of BD, 2 extra of Red dot and an extra 4lbs.. of 2400.
Also 4 extra lbs. of Unique. These are the main ones I use for the pistol calibers.

RP

[Rifletom]

2400 and BD both being Alliant powders, it's gonna be tough soon enough I'm afraid.

At the moment, other than the canisters I'm dipping from.
I have one other lb. of BD, 2 extra of Red dot and an extra 4lbs.. of 2400.
Also 4 extra lbs. of Unique. These are the main ones I use for the pistol calibers.

RP

Other than BD, I have the same and some BE-86, Universal, Red Dot, Universal and 231. As soon as I read that Alliant was scaling back to handloaders, I bought some back-up powders to cover my a**.

[Handloader]

It is what I am going to do. Prepping for a henry 357/38spec ordered dies, cases bullets and small pistol magnum primers.