What did you do at your reloading bench today?

[Vaquero]

I decapped some brass this morning, 38-55, 444, 45 colt and 357.
I then checked the mail box and found these. 125 new 38-55 pieces. A member over on MO wanted to split an order, so I obliged him.
Got 900 255gr pills coming for it also.
Look out gongs.


RP

[Vaquero]

I decapped some brass this morning, 38-55, 444, 45 colt and 357.
I then checked the mail box and found these.

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125 new 38-55 pieces. A member over on MO wanted to split an order, so I obliged him.
Got 900 255gr pills coming for it also.
Look out gongs.


RP

[TeddyBear]

I cleaned and straightened it up. Now I won't be able to find anything!!!

[Vaquero]

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RP

[Vaquero]

Well, still a bit rainy outside so I decided to stuff some 357's this AM so as to pass some time.
180gr pugnose over some 2400.

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RP

[ditchparrot]

Walked my daughter's 17-year-old boyfriend through loading a .357 cartridge with a Lee Classic Loader. He's got an engineering-type mind and is very interested in processes such as that. Really a fun 8- or 10-minute deal!

[Hatchdog]

Walked my daughter's 17-year-old boyfriend through loading a .357 cartridge with a Lee Classic Loader. He's got an engineering-type mind and is very interested in processes such as that. Really a fun 8- or 10-minute deal!

That’s great. Nice to see another generation showing an interest.

[BigAl52]

My reloading room is silent and probably will be for a while. I have so many odds and ends loaded up I need to shoot all of those up before I start more loading.

[DsGrouse]

The first set of rifle caliber bullet swage dies arrived yesterday...



With the above set I can de-rim 22wrf/22mag cases into 6mm jackets. Then draw down, 6mm jackets to .22 jackets, and de-rim 22 rimfire cases into .22 bullet jackets.

It has core seat and core swage dies.

I also have 4s, 6s, 8s, open and lead tip point form dies.

Arriving today is a second Walnut Hill 2 press, 308 spire point die set, 358 die set along with a few other bits and bobs for swaging.

[Mags]

My reloading room is silent and probably will be for a while. I have so many odds and ends loaded up I need to shoot all of those up before I start more loading.

Similar here. My cheapo gun cabinet, I put shelves in, is full. Some overflow in my reloading bench drawers.

[Rifletom]

Well, still a bit rainy outside so I decided to stuff some 357's this AM so as to pass some time.
180gr pugnose over some 2400.

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RP

Randy, isn't great to still have 2400 on hand? When handloaders run out of it, they're scrambling to find a replacement. They'll get there, I'm just glad some of us aren't in that situation yet. Load away my friend!

[Vaquero]

Well, still a bit rainy outside so I decided to stuff some 357's this AM so as to pass some time.
180gr pugnose over some 2400.

20250512_085706.jpg

RP

Randy, isn't great to still have 2400 on hand? When handloaders run out of it, they're scrambling to find a replacement. They'll get there, I'm just glad some of us aren't in that situation yet. Load away my friend!

Yes, yes it is, the jug I'm using is less than half and I have 3 more lbs. all from this same lot.
I've had some luck with Blue dot and this bullet, and I've got probably a lb and a half of it.
Probably some of those here before to long, hopefully I'll get that new trapper back from Rossi before too much longer.
See which it might prefer.
I haven't been to either of the two semi local shops that sell supplies in a couple months.

RP

[BigAl52]

I saw some 2400 on a gun store shelf this winter in Texas USA. But I have about 6 or 7 lbs of it and I didnt feel like spendin 60.00 for a lb of it. Some folks might but not me.

[Rifletom]

$60.00!? Last time I bought 2400, it was $25 a lb. Still have four of 'em. I'm good.

[DsGrouse]

swaged a few test 77 grain .224. bullets.

[JVogler]

I Deprimed and flared 100 clean 38 special brass shells from last 2 range visits. I too have a surplus of my own loads to use up. Want to use up all my unmarked loads, should have been including load data with quite a few boxes of ammo.

[DsGrouse]

My .355 and .454 lead bullet swaging dies arrived.
WOOOT. also a case trimmer arrived. I've ordered a few parts for it, and will be giving it a go when swaging 1/2 and 3/4 jacket .355 and .454 bullets

[rickhem]

Want to use up all my unmarked loads, should have been including load data with quite a few boxes of ammo.

I have a similar problem. My stuff is all well labeled, I stick a post-it with all the load data inside the box of anything I reload. The questionable ammo isn't mine though. I have been gifted, through the years, a lot of ammo and some other things that people didn't want anymore. Helped some people liquidate the collections from someone that had passed, and the ammo is very often what is left. There's boxes of factory ammo, which is great, but there is also a lot of reloads that don't have any data associated with it. I mostly put this all in a few ammo cans and forgot about it, but I've rediscovered it, and it's way more than I want to disassemble. At this point, I know where some of it came from, but some ammo is a complete mystery. I'll qualify by saying that I wouldn't take anything from someone that I didn't think was a safe reloader, but I can't be sure that this is ammo that they loaded. Most is lead bullet SWC ammo in .357 cases, and it looks like very well made ammo. I'll probably pull a few and get a weight on the powder, and see if that weight would make for a warm load. Being lead bullets, I doubt it, but I'll check.

[rickhem]

swaged a few test 77 grain .224. bullets.

Going to try something sub-sonic???

[DsGrouse]

With 223, nah. I made these with comercial jackets and Will likely run these full tilt. The 22lr and 22 mag jacketed amm i will probably run as subs.