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Re: What did you do at your reloading bench today?

Post by Vaquero » Wed Jan 28, 2026 7:00 pm

What type knives you been buying, Tom?

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Re: What did you do at your reloading bench today?

Post by The Happy Kaboomer » Thu Jan 29, 2026 9:40 am

..........Nothing.............

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Re: What did you do at your reloading bench today?

Post by Vaquero » Thu Jan 29, 2026 9:57 am

The Happy Kaboomer wrote:
Thu Jan 29, 2026 9:40 am
..........Nothing.............
Same here, HK.

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Re: What did you do at your reloading bench today?

Post by 5shot » Tue Feb 03, 2026 12:50 am

Formed a 50 round bag of Starline .30/30's into .360 Buckhammer. A lot of work but I really like the cartridge. Enough so that I have a little blue steel "Protector" carbine on order! :D

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Re: What did you do at your reloading bench today?

Post by Hatchdog » Tue Feb 03, 2026 10:43 am

5shot wrote:
Tue Feb 03, 2026 12:50 am
Formed a 50 round bag of Starline .30/30's into .360 Buckhammer. A lot of work but I really like the cartridge. Enough so that I have a little blue steel "Protector" carbine on order! :D
Congrats on the new (pending) Protector.

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Re: What did you do at your reloading bench today?

Post by DsGrouse » Wed Feb 11, 2026 7:12 am

It's been a while.

Life, man, lots of life. What time I could sneak away was in the reloading room.

I've done a fair bit of reorganizing and found thousands of prepped and primed brass pieces in various calibers. So much so that thinking of loading even portions of it on my turret presses was daunting.

I sourced a rcbs pro 2000 and the necessary shell plates. So far, it's working out wonderfully. I loaded about 700 148-grain wadcutters and 600 158-grain LSWC plinking loads for my dad. I like the Pro 2000, but feel limited by the 5 stations. I may use this one for rifle calibers and pick up an RCBS Pro Chucker 7 for more flexibility.

I've swaged a lot of bullets, many more in 0.375 in 250 and 255 grns.

I've swaged several hundred 6mm 100-, 105-, and 110-grain bullets. The 100's seem to be my 6mm arc rifle's favorite.

I've started swaging smaller 120-grain 6.5 bullets, but I broke part of my swaging die set, and it's off getting repaired. I've completed the 6.5 Grendel rifle and the 6mm arc rifles. Though i moght change the scopes if I come across a good deal.

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