What did you load today?

[jimbo728]

Just finished a batch of my favorite .308 load.
Next up: .223 55gr and 69gr.
Next. .357 mag then a big bunch of .38 Spcl.
Next 9mm 124gr ball and Gold Dots.
Then off to Large pistol: .44 mag and finally .45ACP.
Jim

 

[loc n load]

Rainy day here today. 200 match prepped 223 cases, cfe 223 powder, 50 gr jhp’s.....all loaded to shoot out of a Colt HBAR elite with a 24” heavy stainless barrel with Nightforce optics. These routinely make 5 round sub moa groups at 100 yds. Range day Friday. Gonna rain all day tommorow, 168 & 175 gr 308’s on the schedule for tommorow.

 

[rwsmith]

Got ready to load.....

.44 magnums, but ran into a glitch. More on that later.

Separated out brass for 9mm, .38, .357, 7.7 Arisaka, Mosin and 30-06. I even found a .223 in there. And a bunch of .40s I put in my 'one day I might get that caliber' box.

I bought some used dies that don't have a flare plug. (I just load these because my friend has a .44. He never knows what kind of 'surprise' I'll give him). Any way, I didn't like the way these felt while and after sizing. I have used these dies before with good results. I was digging around for something to flare the top with when I stuck a bullet in it went in too easily. i used my calipers that have just gone one the fritz but they all measured within SAAMI specs. I think that the dies are well worn.

Now if I can just find GOOD calipers.

 

[hdwhit]

I continued processing 468 rounds of LC-10 5.56 brass. It came to me as part of a huge batch of brass that had been rejected from a commercial sorting process.

For the most part, the reason for rejection seemed to be that the case mouth was bent enough to keep an automated decapper from popping the primer out. Straightening out the case mouth was all that was required to restore it to serviceable condition.

Some had body dings that became unnoticeable after resizing, but there were still a hundred or more with severe damage that will have to be scrapped or turned into 300 Blackout brass.

Sorting and grading all the brass before starting to process took a lot of time, but I knew that going in and it was a pleasant way to pass a couple of rainy weekends.

Now I move on to the LC-05 and the LC-12 brass that was in the same batch.

 

[retnavyshooter]

Loaded 400 rds of .38 special; plated RNFP using 3.2 grs of BE.

 

[daniel lawecki]

Well started with cast bullets and Titegroup 250 cast SWC. Then 240 XTP with 23grs of H110 CCI 350 primers.

 

[medic15al]

Special. I wanna make a little smoke

Awesome! I've heard that 21 grains was the original load. I've thought of doing that in my Model 64 with some 3FG Olde Eynsford powder under a 158 grn bullet to see the velocities they had back then.

 

[Mike SC Hunter]

100 12 ga.

 

[SMSgt]

I found and tumbled a half dozen 5.56 cases today. Does that count?

 

[dr. mordo]

Great stuff!

It's interesting to see how many of us still reload and shoot a lot of 38 SPL. I've been shooting my magnums a lot lately, but I have to say that I still shoot my 4" M10 better than any gun I own. Something about that gun just works for me.

 

[bigggbbruce]

I just put a new hand in my 29-2 and loaded up 18 240gr to go and give her a test.

Works like a champ..

 

[bigggbbruce]

Great stuff!

It's interesting to see how many of us still reload and shoot a lot of 38 SPL.

I need to prep some more 38spl brass.. been shooting the 13, 15, Pre 19, 27-2, 60, and the 66..

Yeah I go through 38's to...

 

[bananaman]

Some .44's, with 200 gr. coated round nose flat point bullets. 6 gr. Red Dot. Should be a tame range load. Bob

 

[The Norseman]

Prep for Reloading

The last several days I've been cleaning, and
preparing to reload for 44 Special, 44 Magnum,
and 45 Colt that I used over the Winter.

My current, go to, plinking 44 S&W Special reload is;
240gr Lead Semi Wad or RNFP round nose flat point
works also. 5.0grs Alliant RED DOT.
5.0grs Alliant Red Dot, S&B LP primer
Brass is Win, or R-P.
Crimp is what I call medium roll crimp.
FPS approximately 800?.
Bullets tumbled lube with Ben's Liquid Lube,
for Lead free barrel performance.
Primers no where near flat.

44 Magnum is basically the same above,
but 5.6grns Alliant Red Dot.

45 Colt is 250gr Lead Semi Wad or RNFP round
nose flat point 6.0grs Alliant RED DOT.

 

[stykshooter]

Just finished up 200 rounds of 10mm.... 13.4 grains of AA9 and a 180 grain Gold Dot bullet

 

[RGVshooter]

I loaded up about 300 rounds of 158gr XTP 357 magnum for my next bowling pin match. And a couple handfuls of my 38 special's.

 

[Benchrest1]

200 rounds of 38 spl. with 158 grain SWC and 3.4 grains of 231.

 

[Harbinger_of_lead]

I loaded up about 300 rounds of 158gr XTP 357 magnum for my next bowling pin match. And a couple handfuls of my 38 special's.

I wish they would let us use XTPs for our bowling pin match.

Last night I loaded 44 mag 240gr. JSP for my father.

 

[muddocktor]

I loaded up about 300 rounds of 158gr XTP 357 magnum for my next bowling pin match. And a couple handfuls of my 38 special's.

RGVshooter, have you ever tried any of Zero's 158 grain jacketed bullets? They have been pretty good for me and are significantly cheaper than the XTP bullets. They make 158s in JSP and JHP varieties. Look at Roze Distribution for the Zero bullets and prices include shipping in 1k lots or more.

 

[IAhunter]

I recently bought about 1200 old Speer 148 gr Bevel Base Wad Cutters (.358) from a friend at work for a great price. They were part of a large lot that he bought at auction and didn't need these.

I just loaded a variety of test loads to try at the range.