What Did You Reload Most Recently?

Just finished 150 rounds of 45ACP, 200 LSWC over 3.8 grains Hodgdon Clays, Wolf LP primer.

I would have done more but I ran out of polished brass. Time to crank up the tumbler.
 
100 rounds of .38 wadcutters: 3.1gr W231, 148gr Remington HBWC, Winchester cases, Winchester WSP primers, 1.186" OAL

100 rounds of .38 Specials: 5.8gr AA#5, 158gr Remington LSWC, Federal cases, Winchester WSP primers, 1.440" OAL

50 rounds of .357 Magnum: 11.5gr 2400, 158gr Valiant LSWC, R-P cases, Federal 200 magnum primers, 1.575" OAL
 
50 rounds of .357 Magnum: 12.0gr 2400, 158gr Valiant LSWC, R-P brass, Federal 200 magnum primers, 1.575" OAL. Still trying to work up a load that feels like a magnum load; my last ones felt and sounded like heavy .38SPL+Ps. I'll probably have to resort to using jacketted bullets to get the full effect, though...

100 rounds of .38 Special: 5.8gr AA#5, 158gr Valiant LSWC, Federal brass, Winchester WSP primers, 1.443" OAL. While these aren't all that accurate at 25 or 50 yards, they do just fine at 5 yards for defensive practice.
 
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I have a bucket and I mean a "bucket" of military 223 that I'm working on. I have two Askari' and we are doing it all to every piece, including trimming. I will load probably with Benchmark and 55 gr. bullets.
 
50 rounds .44 Special: 6.3gr AA#5, 240gr Competition Proven LSWC, PMC brass, Remington 2-1/2 primer, 1.485" OAL. It was nice and accurate out of my 6" 629-5; I'll have to load up some more!
 
50 more rounds of the same .44 special load: 6.3gr AA#5, 240gr Competition Proven LSWC, PMC brass, Remington 2-1/2 primer, slightly shorter 1.483" OAL.

100 rounds of .38 Special semi-wadcutters: 5.8gr AA#5, 158gr Remington LSWC, Winchester brass, 1.440" OAL. I used Federal 200 Magnum primers with this one, just to see if there is a difference. Definitely going to try this one in my 686 or Model 19 before trying it in my Model 14...just in case...
 
.380 ACP

I"ve just finished reloading 500 rounds .380ACP 356 diameter Remington 95grn FMJ 3.1 grns Red Dot CCI Blazer Brass CCIsmall pistol primers.Hope that PPK/S comes back soon from S&W,third time out to fix the recall problem.Hope three times is the charm.
 
.460 46gr H110, 240gr XTP, WLRM

.357 8.4gr Unique, 125gr JHP, WSPM
Book says 1300 fps
Very accurate in 8 3/8" 27-2

.38 2.7gr Bullseye, Hornady 148gr HBWC
 
Yesterday

100 rounds 9mm Luger. 115gn CP (Cheap Bulk) Mixed Brass, Tumbled, 4.5gn TiteGroup, 1.150 AOL.

50 rounds of above with 1.140 AOL.

25 rounds of above with 1.125 AOL.
 
Reloaded some .44 Special this morning. 4.4grains 700-X and 240 grain lead semi-wadcutters. I usually use 231, but I want to try 700-X which is the type of powder I use in my .44-40 cartridges.
 
Today I'm working on a couple of boxes of .30 Remington. I'm taking the Remington Model 14 R to the woods Friday morning.

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bmcgilvray said:
Today I'm working on a couple of boxes of .30 Remington. I'm taking the Remington Model 14 R to the woods Friday morning.

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When I saw that you had posted I was sure I was going to find SOME KIND OF LOAD WITH UNIQUE in it! ;)


Surprise, surprise, surprise! ;)
 
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Yesterday, I put together 300 rounds of .38 Specials: 200 of 5.8gr AA#5 behind 158gr Remington LSWC, Federal cases, Winchester WSP primers, 1.436" OAL; and 100 of 3.1gr W231 behind 148gr Remington HBWC, Federal cases, Winchester WSP primers, 1.186" OAL.

Just in time for...a trip to California. No shooting for me for a few days. I might get withdrawal...
 
The last rounds I loaded were for my beloved "Crackbaby" (Rem. 1903 Springfield that has many many repaired cracks in the stock and handguard). In preparation for a upcoming vintage military rifle match, I prepared some of my ultimate match ammunition which club members have politely code named "Sidewinder Missiles." That load consist of a nice little 165 gr. hard cast lead bullet sized .311 and loaded over 8.0 gr. of Unique in necksized Winchester .30-06 cases with Remington 9 1/2 primers. This load averages a delightful 96.9 for 10 shot strings at 100 yds. firing prone slow fire w/ a sling. Club members call these loads "Sidewinder Missiles" because there is a little yaw at 100 yds. They don't realize that the yaw is part of my calculation to get my .311 bullets to make bigger holes in the target and thus give me a scoring advantage. :-)!!! Sincerely. brucev.
 
Just loaded 300 44 mags, 240 RNFP. Then 300 38 Special +P 125 RN. Then 300 S&W 40 185 FMJ, Then I finished with 500 .223 Rem. 68 HPBT. Did this over the last 2 days. Going to the range tomorrow to have some fun. The weather here in West Texas should be good.
 
The last loading session was about 50 rds. of 380 to brake in my new Sig p238. Ithought I had more bullets but no joy . what I put together was 3.6 gr. uniqueunder a90 gr.XTP. Seems to do well in the little Sig.!!!
 
"When I saw that you had posted I was sure I was going to find SOME KIND OF LOAD WITH UNIQUE in it!


Surprise, surprise, surprise!"

Heh, heh Skip. I just spied your comment.

I'll have you know that I was poking IMR 4320 in those .30 Remington cases.

I'll bet I could make Unique work though.
 
bmcgilvray said:
"When I saw that you had posted I was sure I was going to find SOME KIND OF LOAD WITH UNIQUE in it!


Surprise, surprise, surprise!"

Heh, heh Skip. I just spied your comment.

I'll have you know that I was poking IMR 4320 in those .30 Remington cases.

I'll bet I could make Unique work though.
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Have a Merry Christmas dear friend!
 
12 rounds of .44 Special (6.3gr AA#5, Bayou Bullets 240gr LSWC, PMC brass, Remington 2-1/2 primer, 1.527" OAL) and 12 rounds of .44 Magnum (18.5gr 2400, Bayou Bullets 240gr LSWC, Starline brass, Remington 2-1/2 primer, 1.673" OAL). Should be fun:

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Reloading

Prepping shells for .32-20, and reloading 45 acp, the .32-20s are for S&Ws of course, need more time, too much reloading too little time
 
Recent Reloads

I've been casting 158 gr. LSWC .357 and 200 gr. LSWC from wheel weights and gas checking the .357. Over the last few weekends, I've loaded 1000 .357 using 14.5 gr. W296 in mixed cases, 100 180 gr. Hornady XTP JHP .357 using 13.3 gr. of W296 in Winchester new brass, and 200 158 gr. Hornady XTP JHP. using 14.5 gr. W296. I also loaded 300 158 gr. SJHP .357 over 14.5 gr. of H110. Plus, I've put together 300 200 gr. .45 ACP LSWC using mixed brass over 6.0 gr. of Unique.

I'm getting ready to make a .308 and .223 run later today. I have about 4000 pieces of .223 brass and 500 pieces of .308 brass that needs trimmed. Once that's done, I'll set up the presses. I have two Dillon 550B's; one new RL and one older model. The new one is set up for small primer and the older one is set up for large primer, but I haven't set up tool heads for them yet. Yesterday, I was surprised to find some .45 AR brass I forgot I had. I'm going to have to get something going for that load too.
 
357 magnum case, 158 grain LSWC (Laser Cast), 5.7 grains Unique, 1.615 COL, med-heavy Redding profile crimp.
Was shooting indoors so went with this lighter load. This was a very mild and accurate load @75 feet. Didn't get any complaints about muzzle blast from the 9mm shooters this time.
 
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