What did you do at your reloading bench today?

[Pitchman1968]

Hey "Runnin"

The Kleingunther carries a Leupold VARI-X-III, 3.5 - 10 scope, made in the early 1970's.

[fortyshooter]

Going to load a few more .45 ACP rounds using CCI 350 Mag primers at a slightly reduced load of Unique and see how they shoot.
Down to my last hundred of WLP primers and will save those.

[runnin n gunnin]

Hey "Runnin"

The Kleingunther carries a Leupold VARI-X-III, 3.5 - 10 scope, made in the early 1970's.

Love to see a picture when you get a chance.

[Grunt67]

Shot the Walther yesterday, to empty up a few pcs of 9mm, to finish up a batch of 200 I'm going to start on as soon as my bullets arrive. Midsouth says they're being pulled from the whse. Never saw that part being mentioned before.

[Grunt67]

FEDEX brought my 200 Hornady XTP 124gr. JHP this morning.
Reckon they'll wait. Headed to Pigeon Forge Tue. to play with those trout a few days. Be back Thurs. Then back to the grind.
Just need a break from the humdrum, LOL

[runnin n gunnin]

Well now, Thanksgiving is two and a half months away, so I started prepping for the family onslaught.

Loaded up 601 .38 rounds. Half 110 grain for plinking (my sons wife likes light loads for her dainty hands) and the other half 158 grain.

Why Six hundred and one? well, I went to public school and miscounted the brass ! Put that last round in my upper shirt pocked in honor of Barney Fife.

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I'll start in with the .357 tomorrow for rifle and pistol, then 45 Colt rifle and pistol, then 45-70.

[Rifletom]

r-n-g, I got home from the desert a few hours ago. Shot the same .45 Colt loads thru my new Pietta 1873 as I shoot thru my Henry BB steel. Shot like a charm! Nothing harsh whatsoever, and accurate once I got the sights figured out. Good luck on your loading. Love those .45 Colts!

[runnin n gunnin]

Outstanding RT, I love the 45 single action and Henry combined. Sounds like a great day in the open desert ! (no fires). That Pietta is a beautiful piece of work.

[Rifletom]

Yep, the deserts were clear and clean. 76 when we arrived and about 92 when we left about 11:30. Very tolerable. Yes, that Pietta really worked out well. Both Colt and acp cylinders. Most impressed. Take care.

[BrokenolMarine]

I haven't been posting here because I haven't been reloading for some time. I loaded a lot when I had my major surgeries then didn't NEED to reload any longer because I wasn't shooting, because... I had major surgeries. Then, the upcoming move had me packing up the loading room and all the ammo and supplies... what a pain. I had a nice setup on the old farm...

When we got here, I had to decide where the loading room would be and how I would set it up. It wasn't a priority, so all that equipment was stacked in a corner of the Home Office for a couple weeks while more important decisions were made. Eventually, we sorted out the house and I chose a location, dug up the loading bench and got that set up and started to get organized. Things were sorted out. The bulk brass was stored in the garage until the new range house was delivered, but the sorted, prepped brass, and the loaded ammo went into the shelves in the loading room.

The loading bench ....

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Tina made me a cover for the Dillon Press from leftover material from making curtains from my Office.

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I have about five of these shelves in the room. Doesn't leave too much space to move around, BUT, it does get things organized. I'm a "Place for everything and everything in it's place" kind of guy. Still trying to get this just right, but I'll have to start loading again to reach it.....

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There was a post talking about Sorting all the brass that I found had gotten mixed up during the move, 20 gallons worth of 9mm, 38, 40, 45 and 223... but that was bulk brass and went into the range house. I am still trying to find the time to get the berm built, but I should have about 90 yards on the range here... enough for me. That would be the subject for another post.



The box beside the press contains a cool LED light that fits in the center of the Dillon tool head and lights up the working area. The original died during the move and I contacted the manufacturer to see if I could get a new power supply. I felt the heat in the moving trucks over the summer had killed it. He said to send the complete light back and he would replace it.

He did, free of charge.