What did you load today?

[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.

 

[daniel lawecki]

Later I will load 240 grain XTP over 23 grains of H110 with a CCI mag primer.

 

[Calliope]

Haven't used HP-38 in a while, so I'm loading some 45 auto with 200 grain Rainier plated SWC with 5.0 and 5.3 grains of HP-38.

Then some 357 with a 125 TMJ and 7 grains HP-38, a zippy but soft shooting practice load.

 

[patjmc]

Between last night and this morning I loaded up 502 9mm 115gr plated with 6.6gr HS6. I found a box of 500 Xtreme primed brass I'd forgot about and loaded them up. I guess they gave me 2 free ones.

 

[iouri]

Did another step in my experimenting with Ramshot Enforcer in 500 Mag. I've started at min charge (what a mess) and now I'm all the way to 2% away from max charge. 20 rds of 350 Berry's (rated upto 2000 fps) on top of 44 gr of Ramshot Enforcer). These are attention grabbers on the range

 

[Skeet 028]

I am going to have to load a bunch of 222 Rem. Daughter went out shooting PDs on the dry ground today. Used up the last of my loaded ammo. Shot 17 out of 20 rounds. I didn't realizewe had that many PDs on the place...but they are moving in from next door. We may have as many as a 1000. I did load some 41 mag lately

 

[Benchrest1]

Sized and deprimed some 44 spl brass.

 

[Kiwi cop]

Yesterday morning I started out priming 200 sized and resized .45 Auto cases. Before I know it they, and another 20 odd sitting on my bench, were fully reloaded to be shot when I go to the range on Wednesday. (I fired off almost 200 loaded rounds I had on hand last Thursday before I realised it).

 

[STORMINORMAN]

My basket of 357 SIG reloads was empty: I loaded up 75 of my standard practice ammo (the Rainier 124GR HP over 7.6 gr of Unique) & 10 each of the 115GR XTP's over mid-range loadings for Unique & Accurate #5 @ an approximate 1,300 fps.

With my Storm Lake 357 SIG drop-in barrel and a good ammo supply in 40 S&W, I'm really looking forward to my next trip to the range: hopefully, tomorrow...?

Cheers!

 

[BigMoneyGrip]

In the process of loading 2000 .38 Spl with a Precision Delta 148 hbwc. I was using 2.8 of Bullseye but ran out of powder. Any one have a good load with this bullet and BE-86? I was thinking of trying 3.5 of BE-86 and going from there.

 

[Benchrest1]

Finished loading 100 rounds of 44 spl. Used 7.5 grains of Unique with a hard cast 240 SWC.

 

[rwsmith]

Full bore....

About 50 Full bore .357 158 gr. SWC with 15.5 gr. of 2400.
The remainder of the cases will be loaded with a lesser charge and some will be .38 +P level or low end .357.

Moving on to .44 magnum, full bore 230 grain.

Next I have about 20 Arisaka cases.

Gotta get dies for the Mosin Nagant. I'm accumulating boxer brass for these.

I'm 'overstocked' on various 30-06 charges. Gotta shoot up various loads that didn't work quite right.

Loading 9mm Luger is an ongoing job.

 

[P.W.Herman]

Been working on 32-20 and 44-40, two new calibers for me.

 

[MAJPATT]

I'm just finishing up a run of .38-44 loads. I have a heavy duty and an outdoorsman to feed. The bullet is a LYMAN 358156 over 12 grains of 2400 (Handloader 204).

The cartridge in the middle is a .44 SPC, using an LBT 240 gr ogival wadcutter, over a mild load of Universal Clays. These I loaded about 3 weeks ago.

The cartridge on the right is .44 Mag, using a LBT 260 gr Wide Flat Nose, over a healthy charge of True Blue. These I loaded about two weeks ago.

I purchased all of the projectiles from Montana Bullet Works (MBW). I highly recommend MBW. The bullets are very consistent, sized according to order, and lubed with LBT Blue. They really are quite lovely.

Montana Bullet Works - Custom Ladle Cast Bullets

 

[Speedo2]

Too cold and windy to shoot today, so ran 150 380 ACP's from my LCT:

- 50 each 100 gr HBRN Berry's plated over 3.5 gr W-231; 0.970" OAL
-100 each 105 gr TCG Bayou's "Hitech" coated over 3.1 gr W-231; 0.970" OAL

Still sorting out that new M&P 380EZ. -S2

 

[dr. mordo]

I didn't load today because I'm on vacation visiting family. However, I did do some shopping at a local gun store and got:

1 lb each of
Herco
BE-86
American Select
(my local gun store doesn't carry any Alliant powders)

1000 Federal large pistol primers
1000 Winchester large pistol primers
(my LGS only carries CCI primers)

Lee 44 Russian dies
4 x 45 ACP ammo boxes
Hornady Lock-N-Load 1911 Auto Primer Tube Filler

 

[Al W.]

.38 sp.
75 rounds
158 gr SWC
2.9 gr BE
CCI primers and Starline brass.
They will be gone by noon tomorrow.
My model 14 will toss them 25 yards down range .

 

[scout789]

A rainy chilly day here on the Gulf Coast of Texas, a good day to do some loading. In and around other "inside" jobs, I managed 150 rounds of .44 Special. Skeeter Skelten's load, 7.5 gr of Unique under 240 Xtreme SWC. Using .44 Mag cases however.

 

[old tanker]

Twenty rounds of 577-.450. 485 grain paper patch bullet, Bertram brass and 85 grains of 1F Goex. It will be interesting to see if paper patch bullet will shoot enough better than the than the 475 grain grease groove bullet to make it worth the effort.

 

[dr. mordo]

Twenty rounds of 577-.450. 485 grain paper patch bullet, Bertram brass and 85 grains of 1F Goex. It will be interesting to see if paper patch bullet will shoot enough better than the than the 475 grain grease groove bullet to make it worth the effort.

Wow, that is a seriously unusual cartridge that I had to google to figure out what it was. What gun are you shooting that thru?

 

[old tanker]

A Mk IV Martini-Henry made in 1887, so it's not a firearm under Federal law. It does come equipped with what the tacticool guys term "an aggressive muzzle attachment for CQB" but is known to us geezers as a bayonet.

Here are a couple of us clowning around with a Victorian pith helmet, the Martini-Henry Mk IV and a Webley Mk V in .455. Near as we can tell, there is little chance of a Zulu attack in Madison county.