What are ya loadin' today?

[Mike SC Hunter]

I "unloaded" some 45LC, 9mm, .223 & .38's this evening.

 

[rwsmith]

I had an opportunity

I'm about ready to assemble some 221 Fireball for a 10" contender, I need to do up a batch of Hornet for a 10" contender also. It is almost time to start picking off ground hogs.

I was with a friend who had loaded some VERY hot .22 hornet for his TC. He let me shoot a few and they rocked me back on my heels. I know they were way overloaded because the cases were really hard to extract. He must have used pure nitroglycerin for propellant.

 

[blujax01]

Loaded 500 rounds of 9mm 124 grain Hornady RN over 5.5 grains Power Pistol after work yesterday. I started with range brass I had put in the vibrator the night before.

Lights on, setup, production, cleanup, lights out = two hours. This included the time it took to flip and load primers as well as take quality checks (powder weight, COAL, crimp gage) every hundred rounds.

 

[RussellD]

It's wadcutter weekend again! 3.0 grains of 231, Mastercast DE wadcutter and win SPP. Need to crank out at least a thousand.

 

[mike smith 1002]

working up a reduced load for 44special and 38 special wife got a detective special snubnose and the 125 gr cast with 5.1 bye was too hot going to go with a 148 gr cast HBWC with 2.8 and 3.1 beye load for 38
The 44 special worked good for her wth 12 gr 2400 behind a 200 gr JHP but she would like less fire and smoke in her 3" barrel so dropping to 10 gr load 18 each to try I bought 1000 lg pistol magnum (only thing left) and 1000sm pistol prmer 3 weeks ago good timin on my part cant find large rifle primers now and down to last 200

 

[David Sinko]

7.62x39 and LOTS of them. My 550B is currently set up for .357 Magnum. On a whim I put a piece of 7.62x39 brass into one of the stations and it fit perfectly. My .300 Savage powder actuator should work for dispensing powder. Looks like I already have everything I need to load high volume 7.62x39.

Dave Sinko

 

[blujax01]

I'm going to visit a friend next week who has a Marlin 1894 chambered in .357 Magnum. Thought I'd make up a hundred of these old Hornady 160 Grain Steel Plate bullets (over 14 grains of 2400).

 

[RussellD]

This afternoon I loaded 500 Penn Bullets 125 Fp in .38 spl over 4.5 of VV-N320. Nice load for the range and for the snubbies.

 

[Smithhound]

.45 Colt, 250g home cast SWC's, and prepping .22 Jet brass.
Been working up loads for a .30-30 bolt action lately using Hornady 160g Leverevolution bullets and powder, also with spitzer bullets, found a pretty good load with spitzers and boattails seated out to load single shot in my Savage 840, too long for magazine but work great one at a time. Love the BA .30-30.
Also playing with .380 lrn and .40 S&W 160g Raniers.
Hoping to alloy some lead/tin and cast a bunch of different bullets soon, waiting on the weather to warm up. I bought a piece of property with a 30 year old trailer on it, converting the kitchen area to an indoor casting shop, i can stay warm and do what I need without worrying about rain, etc.

RD

 

[Muncher]

45 ACP for M&P compact 230 gr. Hornady JHP...6.2 gr. of Universal Clays...Win. case and primer. OAL 1.21

 

[rjn5777]

I found a nice accurate load for my Ruger SR9...4.8 grains of Universal Clays ..with a winchester primer..115gr winchester fmj ..very accurate ..for a 9mm..

 

[rjn5777]

Universal clays...nice powder for all midrange loads in 38....357...45acp...and 45colt...give it a try if you haven't yet...

 

[Granddad]

Ha, I'm off for a long time---retired! Today, 45 acp, 200 gr. Bayou Bullets over various loads of 231. Probably have to hit the range tomorrow...

 

[mr-mom]

Loaded a couple dozen trial rounds of .357 mag using 158 gr. LSWC over a decent dose of Clays. Hoping to run them over the chrono on Saturday if it stays nice here. Still have a good foot of snow on the ground. But these 30+ degree days are making it shrink. If the weather fails to cooperate, maybe I'll go stink up the local indoor range. Yah!!
Dave

 

[6GUNSONLY]

.357/2400

Working up batches of .357 and 2400 trying to find the best load.

173 gr. Keith and 15 grains 2400 - now that's a .357 magnum.

 

[RussellD]

My goal for this weekend is another 500 of the penn 125 Fp in .38 spl. These are great target bullets for the little guns. Seems my son can shoot faster than I can reload

 

[gregintenn]

It snowed out my son's baseball tournament, so I've been in the basement loading 223 and 9mm. I might swap over to 30 carbine later, unless the wife makes me go out to a restuarant.

 

[Bib]

I finished loading all the .45 bullets that I had on hand....now I'm working on 9mm. I've got about 700 bullets left to load. I've got enough to last me a couple of seasons of IDPA so I'm not in a rush to restock....if I find a decent price on components I'll grab them.

 

[C17]

I just loaded..

500 qty
45 ACP
200 grain Match Grade SWC from Midatlantic Bullets
4.0 grains of 700-X
Winchester WLP primers
Remington nickel case brass

They look great, hope they shoot great. They are for my 625-8. Been having a problem with factory 230 grain FMJ (target ammo) keyholing. Figured I would try SWC's

 

[sps282]

100 .357 x 158 gr. jhp with 2400

100 9mm x 124 gr. jhp with 231

 

[Twogunnes]

Loaded 25-20 WCF today, with HS6.

Got the dies out for my 50 Alaskan. Have not loaded anything for it as yet.

 

[MajorHal]

45acp, 205 gr LRNFP, with 7.8 grains of sr4756!

 

[Black_Sheep]

Prepped some 5.56 brass (500 rounds)

 

[gregintenn]

Just loaded 100 rounds of 44 mag.

 

[MDMarauder]

250- 38spl
550- 357mag
250- 44spl

 

[scattershot]

300 rounds of .45ACP, 200 gr lswc/4.0 Red Dot. About 800 fps, and accurate.

 

[all357mag]

Yesterday was loading 45acp. 230gr rn lead, over 3.5grs Bullseye. Awesome out of my MP45c!

 

[ChuckS1]

.38 Special with 4.4 grains of Unique and my own home-cast 160 grain Bond wadcutter.

Next up is the bulk reloading of .45 ACP for bullseye matches. That'll be 3.6 grains of Bullseye and a Zero 185 grain LSWCHP that I use for the 25 yard timed and rapid fire matches.

 

[Malpasowildlifer]

45 ACP Laser Cast 200 gr. SWC over 4.9 grains of Bullseye

 

[Bruce51]

Been prepping .30 carbine for two days.

Still need to process another 400 cases.

BTW Roze distribution has .30 carbine fmj bullets @$170 /1000 available.

Prices sure have gone up as we all know.

Primed some 9 mm and .45 acp. I'm starting to count my bullets and primers.

I hope this shortage ends soon.

Bruce