What did you do at your reloading bench today?

[Vaquero]

Well, I stumbled across something interesting yesterday and this morning I'm going to stuff a few more to test.
Want to see what it does on the gongs. My own cast, it's a MP Mold, 260gr. .432, mine drop just a tic heavier for the most part.
Was glancing through the one book on the 444 and noticed some data for a cast 250gr. I loaded 4 with some 250's and tried them. Not bad, so I thought maybe something a tad heavier and dug these out that I cast back in the winter. Went with just a few grs over the starting point. Wow! Was I surprised.
This new Trapper has shot 2 different bullets plus this now very well and with a few different powders.

Yesterday's results, the one flyer was the nut on the trigger I felt the slip just as the trigger broke on the forth shot. Then the 5th was right back in that sme hole.

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RP

[5shot]

I've had good luck with reduced loads using Blue Dot and cast bullets in several different calibers. The strange thing is if you run them over a chronograph they often give a bigger velocity spread but yet they were very accurate. Doesn't look like your load needs any fixing at all.

[BigAl52]

Nice werk there Randy.

[TeddyBear]

Tweaked the shot shell loader

[Vaquero]

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Saturday, I did do a little casting, outside not at the bench.

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260 gr .432 piĺs.

RP

[Mags]

Actually, yesterday. Added material to bench inventory to reload for .410.
Factory .410 has gotten hard to find off the shelf locally and costs more than I want to pay. At the store there was one box of 3 inch. My preference is 2-1/2 inch.
Lucky day everything I needed in materials for 2-1/2 was available. Some of it is overkill. 500 wads minimum and 25 lbs of #6 lead minimum are going to last forever.
Breakeven between reload and factory at yesterdays prices about 6 or 7 boxes. The breakeven I expect will get better over time as factory 410 gets more expensive.

[DsGrouse]

I loaded up the last of my .375 240grn and 250grn bullets. I think the 250 grain bullets are about perfect size wise. I'll n3ed to seat them a bit deeper into the case. The listing i have from hodgdon called for 2.620, and while it works it is only single feed.

I suspect it is 2 520 which is where all the other loads are coming in at the sami spec of 2.515 max.

5 shot group of my .375 swaged bullets.



I did load somw 44 mag loads. This time using range. Pick up brass and lovex/shooters world ultimate pustol. I have to say that in my harrels precision powder measure it dropps beautifully.

The pictures of my swaged 44mag ammo

[Hatchdog]

Actually, yesterday. Added material to bench inventory to reload for .410.
Factory .410 has gotten hard to find off the shelf locally and costs more than I want to pay. At the store there was one box of 3 inch. My preference is 2-1/2 inch.
Lucky day everything I needed in materials for 2-1/2 was available. Some of it is overkill. 500 wads minimum and 25 lbs of #6 lead minimum are going to last forever.
Breakeven between reload and factory at yesterdays prices about 6 or 7 boxes. The breakeven I expect will get better over time as factory 410 gets more expensive.

Well done and we can’t put a price on availability for the less popular calibers we shoot.

[BigAl52]

Ive got some .378 bullets from Rimrock due in here Saturday. So I went down and threw some 38-55 brass in the tumbler. I also have a new green dot sight coming today to put on my H001T 22 LR. It has a 2 moa green dot and a 32 moa circle. You can change it to use just the dot or circle and you can also use both. Im kinda anxious to see it.

[BigAl52]

Actually, yesterday. Added material to bench inventory to reload for .410.
Factory .410 has gotten hard to find off the shelf locally and costs more than I want to pay. At the store there was one box of 3 inch. My preference is 2-1/2 inch.
Lucky day everything I needed in materials for 2-1/2 was available. Some of it is overkill. 500 wads minimum and 25 lbs of #6 lead minimum are going to last forever.
Breakeven between reload and factory at yesterdays prices about 6 or 7 boxes. The breakeven I expect will get better over time as factory 410 gets more expensive.

Mags
Im not sure how you feel about ordering online and you probably have already bought supplies to reload the 410. But Target Sports is one of my go to places and if you join there ammo plus deal you get free shipping on no matter how much your order. Its also discounted because of the membership and at certain times of the year they even run specials where that discount is bigger