What did you load today?

[P.W.Herman]

I WISH I COULD FIND SOME TIME TO RELOAD! I need to load some .45 colt with .454 bullets and some .44-40's. Then I'd like to find the time to shoot!

 

[haroldpo6]

Loaded 100 38 specials w/158swc CFE 4.8gr

 

[HKSmith]

100 rounds .45 ACP

Winchester brass
Tula LPP's
Hornady 185 grain FMJ wadcutters
4.3 grains VV N310 powder

This is the so-called Marine load, but I'll bet they didn't use Russian primers (and I won't after these are gone).

 

[bpjunkie]

185swc 45 ACP. Prepping brass tonight

 

[Al W.]

I did 100 rounds of .380 Unique 20 rounds 3gr ,20 of 2.8, 20 of 2.6 etc, you get the idea.
Running 95 gr FMJFP for a CZ83 that I realized had to use FMJ rather than plated or lead because of the polygonal rifling .
The CZ 83 is a good little gun and with FMJ it shoots to POA at 25 yards and further . So yeah !

 

[RGVshooter]

I did 100 rounds of .380 Unique 20 rounds 3gr ,20 of 2.8, 20 of 2.6 etc, you get the idea.
Running 95 gr FMJFP for a CZ83 that I realized had to use FMJ rather than plated or lead because of the polygonal rifling .
The CZ 83 is a good little gun and with FMJ it shoots to POA at 25 yards and further . So yeah !

For my 380's I use 3.1gr Titegroup with a Hornady 95gr XTP.

 

[safearm]

50 rounds of .44 Special (that's all of the cases I had on-hand)
Bayou Bullets 240 grain coated SWC
7.5 grains Unique (Skeeter Skelton load)
Once fired Winchester brass
CCI 300 primers

 

[Mike SC Hunter]

I UNLOADED over 8 boxes of 20 ga on my skeet field yesterday and today.

 

[Al W.]

For my 380's I use 3.1gr Titegroup with a Hornady 95gr XTP.

I shot the rounds I loaded last night this morning.
Unique is a riot. I think after I shoot up this 4 lb keg , that will be the end for me and Unique , its like a time machine backward 100 years. Unburnt particles everywhere , a funky smell, I guess thats the unique part, but good accuracy.
The lighter loads (2.3gr) had trouble ejecting the spent cases in my Makarov and CZ 83 , but the 2.8gr -3gr loads did great at 25 yards and were fun to shoot. So I'll be doing a few hundred at 2.9 gr over the next couple of days and see how that goes.

 

[RGVshooter]

I shot the rounds I loaded last night this morning.
Unique is a riot. I think after I shoot up this 4 lb keg , that will be the end for me and Unique , its like a time machine backward 100 years. Unburnt particles everywhere , a funky smell, I guess thats the unique part, but good accuracy.
The lighter loads (2.3gr) had trouble ejecting the spent cases in my Makarov and CZ 83 , but the 2.8gr -3gr loads did great at 25 yards and were fun to shoot. So I'll be doing a few hundred at 2.9 gr over the next couple of days and see how that goes.

Well 3.1gr of titegroup gave me the most closest performance to duplicating factory Hornady Custom 380 loads. Est. 1050fps which is right on par.

According to my Hornady 9th edition manual 3.4gr is the max for Titegroup with a Est. 1100fps... But I wouldn't shoot that thru a micro poly gun. A Bersa thunder or similar probably, but not a micro pocket gun lol.

 

[Snapping Twig]

Over the last week I loaded 400 38Spl using hard cast 160g lyman bullets over 4.5g W231.

Another 200 or so of 357 using the same bullet over 15.5g W296.

100 44Spl using 250g hard cast over 6.5g W231 (Snapper load) and another 50 using 7.5g Unique for the Skeeter load.

Now, for the near future, I need to load up a couple hundred 44mags. I'll use a 250 hard cast SWC bullet over 22g W296.

Then I will cast up a whole bunch of 410g 480's and load them up to both magnum and special levels.

Then I'll go for the 45-70 by casting and then loading up 420gRNFP and loading them to both 1200 & 1800fps.

45 colt, need to make a bunch of 255gRNFP's and load up a couple hundred.

 

[Warren Sear]

300 Blackout tonight. I am relatively new to this caliber. I recently got a great deal on a new Rock River Arms AR15 in this caliber with a medium heavy 16" barrel and free float handguard. I put a 4.5-14x Leupold mil dot scope on it and started loading ammo.

The brass is shortend .223 Rem/.556 NATO brass necked to 30 caliber. I have used Sierra and Hornady jacketed bullets in weights from 110 to 220 grains, some with great accuracy. I have also used some surplus 150 grain FMJ bullets that shot well.

I have played around with some sub-sonic loads.

Now I have started casting 230 grain bullets for it from a Lee mold, and then powder coating (which is totally new for me). I tried 5 last night in my basement and they cycled the rifle fine, at approximately 1000 fps. I hope to try them at longer range soon.

 

[Warren Sear]

My powder coating was not as smooth as I wanted, and I baked it too long, but I think they will still work. Also pictured are some loads with 125 gr Sierra bullets.

 

[RobertJ.]

I finished up a loading project today- 100 rounds of 10mm Auto. In 2016, I bought myself a Colt Delta Elite for my birthday. I've shot it a bunch, but this is the first ammo I've loaded for it. I loaded 50 with Berry's plated 180 grain target hollow point, and 50 with Hornady XTP. I used once-fired Sig cases, and enough 800x for about 1100 fps. If the results are positive, there will be a range report.

 

[Al W.]

Another few hundred 95 gr FMJFP with 3 gr unique.

 

[bob42]

250 Winchester AA 28 gauge for skeet.

 

[scattershot]

Trying to develop an accurate load for my .223 bolt action, so that’s what I loaded.

 

[norsemanhp]

44 mag

Just loaded 300 44 mags with a 240 swc in front of 8.9 grs of Power Pistol. I believe that is a Brian Pierce load. Works well accurate and easy to shoot. Velocity around 1100 fps.

 

[dr. mordo]

Just loaded 300 44 mags with a 240 swc in front of 8.9 grs of Power Pistol. I believe that is a Brian Pierce load. Works well accurate and easy to shoot. Velocity around 1100 fps.

I love 44 magnum rounds in that range. They are spicy enough to be fun and whack a steel target, but not miserable to shoot. I run a similar load with 9.5gr of Universal under both a 240gr and 180gr LSWC.

And of course Alliant doesn't currently offer any load data for 240gr and Power Pistol...

 

[Kiwi cop]

100 rounds of .45 Colt with 5.7 grains Tightgroup under a 230 gn LRN bullet.

It's for use in my new Uberti 1866 "yellowboy" rifle. I will have to run the noses of the bullets agains the wheel of my grinder to give them a flat point before I can load them into he tubular magazine (also somehow improves the accuracy of these bullets).

Make that 200 round . Hd another spare hour so went back out to the man cave to load up the rest of my cases.