What did you do at your reloading bench today?

[BigAl52]

BigAl52, did you get the 140 grainers in 38special or 357magnum hardness ? I loaded up 50 to test in the 38 special flavor and they were fine ,just haven't had the chance to compare other powders. My recipe protocol now is usually load 50 assorted powder weight, 10 of each and pick the best result then do the same with another powder. Compare the different powders for the best rounds. Ruger revolver usually has more variations than the Henry Big Boy.

I got the harder of the two. Coating is the gold color. I have a Ruger Convertible in 5.5 inch. I also have an older Ruger 4 5/8 barrel. But the older Ruger cylinder throats are to tight for cast bullets. Need to get them opened up. I have a guy here locally that I just located working on another pistol gonna see if he can do it for me. But I wanted to try the 140's because some years back I used the Sierra 140 jacketed and they shot really good. I have Unique and 2400 to try gonna try Unique first. 6 to 6.5 grains and see what I get.

[Vaquero]

Made a ride to one of the shops that carry supplies, picked up a couple more lbs of 2400, and found a bag of brass.

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RP

[5shot]

Getting 38-55 brass and ANY powder from Alliant especially 2400 is cause for celebration!

[Hatchdog]

Made a ride to one of the shops that carry supplies, picked up a couple more lbs of 2400, and found a bag of brass.

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RP

Nice….great to see 2400 starting to become available. There’s been a little bit around here too.

[Vaquero]

Made a ride to one of the shops that carry supplies, picked up a couple more lbs of 2400, and found a bag of brass.

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RP

Nice….great to see 2400 starting to become available. There’s been a little bit around here too.

Hatch, I was there a month or so back and he had some then, there was 3 on the shelf and I got 2 back then also.
Yesterday there was only one on the shelf, so I asked and his daughter said they may have some in the back.
They brought out a case box that had 5 in it, so I got another two and left the 4 there for someone else.
I use it in a few different calibers, not just handguns. Works well in the 38-55 and the 444.
So now I have a bit over 5 lbs.
Here in few I'm going to load some 325+ gr cast over 25 grs. of said 2400 for the 444.
It's hoot and slaps the big gong with authority.

RP

[Vaquero]

Here ya go.
These will cycle up through the magazine, but ya have shoot 'em as they are to long to eject out.
They are fun, and suspect they would do a number on deer.
I would like to run a couple across a chrony one day.

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And, it looks like I need to fire up the pot and make some.
Only 17 left.
Might as well stuff 'em all.

RP

[BigAl52]

Forgot about checking the PO box and did this am. There sat my 140's from MCB. Threw 50 together real quick and went to the range with the 40 S&W brass throwers.

[Vaquero]

Forgot about checking the PO box and did this am. There sat my 140's from MCB. Threw 50 together real quick and went to the range with the 40 S&W brass throwers.

Report?

RP

[DsGrouse]

Forgot about checking the PO box and did this am. There sat my 140's from MCB. Threw 50 together real quick and went to the range with the 40 S&W brass throwers.

Can I ask who MCB is?

I ordered some stuff for myself. I picked up a number of gaschecked bullets for the full power loads. (they also seem to lead the can less as subs.)
359-125-SP-GC125 Grain Spire Point Gas Check (.359)
359-130-RF-GC130 Grain Round Flat Gas Check (.359)
359-165-SWC-GC165 Grain Semi Wadcutter Gas Check (.359)
359-159-SWC-HP159 Grain Semi-Wadcutter Hollow Point (.359)
359-158-SWC-HP158 Grain Semi-Wadcutter Hollow Point (.359)
359-148-RF-HP148 Grain Round Flat Hollow Point (.359)
452-245-SWC-GC245 Grain Semi-Wadcutter Gas Check (.452)
452-250-KS250 Grain Short Nose Keith (.452)
452-280-SWC280 Grain Semi Wad Cutter (.452)
452-305-SWC-GC305 Grain Semi Wadcutter Gas Check (.452)
452-285-TC-GC285 Grain Truncated Cone Gas Check (.452)

[BigAl52]

Forgot about checking the PO box and did this am. There sat my 140's from MCB. Threw 50 together real quick and went to the range with the 40 S&W brass throwers.

Can I ask who MCB is?

I ordered some stuff for myself. I picked up a number of gaschecked bullets for the full power loads. (they also seem to lead the can less as subs.)
359-125-SP-GC125 Grain Spire Point Gas Check (.359)
359-130-RF-GC130 Grain Round Flat Gas Check (.359)
359-165-SWC-GC165 Grain Semi Wadcutter Gas Check (.359)
359-159-SWC-HP159 Grain Semi-Wadcutter Hollow Point (.359)
359-158-SWC-HP158 Grain Semi-Wadcutter Hollow Point (.359)
359-148-RF-HP148 Grain Round Flat Hollow Point (.359)
452-245-SWC-GC245 Grain Semi-Wadcutter Gas Check (.452)
452-250-KS250 Grain Short Nose Keith (.452)
452-280-SWC280 Grain Semi Wad Cutter (.452)
452-305-SWC-GC305 Grain Semi Wadcutter Gas Check (.452)
452-285-TC-GC285 Grain Truncated Cone Gas Check (.452)

https://www.missouribullet.com/. Its actually MBC I just had the bc reversed. My appologies

[BigAl52]

Got my other Dillon set up for loading some 140's with 6.5 grains of Unique and changing its location on my bench. Then did change the powder in the 40's for the Rock Island. Started using some 231 with 165grhp Xtreme bullet. See what the Rock thinks of it next time out.

[leverjc]

I relearned a lesson today about breaking concentration when loading powder. I was finishing up loading 100 357 rounds when brown delivered some primers. I guess I had my mind on other things for a short period of time because i looked down as I was setting the bullet and I had loaded a double charge. I was glad I caught it but it made me wonder so I wayed all hundred and found one without powder. In the past I would load all the cases with powder then inspect with a flashlight, but I have a new E scale so i figured I would dump the powder then set the bullet. My new system saves some time but I am going to have to come up with a better check for the system.

[BigAl52]

Bought a Cyelee CT2 reflex sight for my Henry Single Shot. I really like the reflex sights on the rifles. It has a green dot rather that a red. Going out shooting tomorrow with it and a couple pistols. Hopefully a range report on the 180 strikers out of the SS. Also loaded more of the 140gr MBC bullets with 6.5 grains of Unique.

[Vaquero]

Just finished loading some of those heavy cast I made last Sunday.
I got 25 loaded over 15 grs. of 2400, 10 are gas checked and the others aren't just see what difference it makes.
Then I loaded 8 over 24 grs of 2400 for the Marlin 444P half are checked and half are not.
I'll try 'em tomorrow and report back.

RP

[Mags]

Thirty 30-30.
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[NHshtr]

(I thought I posted this yesterday, but I must have forgotten to hit "submit"! My apologies if it appears twice.)
I loaded 20 rounds of .270 Win short mag. LR mag primer, 59.0 grains H4350, and 130 gr. Sierra Game King SBTs.
Every time I load these, I feel like I'm loading little artillery shells! But they are fun to shoot (from the Tikka, which makes mouse ears). After shooting 20 rounds though, it's time for a cigar!

[BigAl52]

I ordered a Summit Precision Barrel 16 inch for my Ruger 10/22. Its a carbon fiber barrel and I think it will be fun to have a light weight barrel on it for offhand plinking.

[Mr. Neutron]

Got some brass tumbled, dried out, and annealed today. Ready to size & reload.The annealing isn't so much for "target-grade" accuracy (not gonna happen with my eyes and open sights..... ) as for case longevity, and for neck-to-bullet tension consistency. Got my "Version 2.2" done for my wet tumbler using a free treadmill motor. Also made a smaller (shorter) container for smaller amounts of brass that is mostly what gets tumbled. Hard to find components and a little bit pricier than it's been to shoot like I did in past years.......

In EDIT: Here's a link to a 6 minute video of my wet tumbler, in case anyone's having a tough time falling asleep at night........

https://youtu.be/LGkIsPd1cR4

[Vaquero]

Found something about as rare as hen's teeth...
Fifty pieces of New 444 brass
Don't really need 'em at the moment, but I just couldn't pass on them.

RP

[BigAl52]

Got out the TC Contender the other day and decided to put together some 357 Max loads to shoot the ole TC again. So into the tumbler went some 357 max brass