Reloading porn

[brett1868]

Some XXX reloading porn for when size matters.

808gr Lehigh Defense "Bore Rider" rounds for the big 50 with a COAL of just over 6"

.308 Round for scale.

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[juststarting]

Brett, you keep your sloppy facebook seconds to yourself! I want to see new material!

[brett1868]

Brett, you keep your sloppy facebook seconds to yourself! I want to see new material!

I usually post here first but since I've been promoted to a mod on the facebook page I owe them first dibs. I've loaded these babies to test the hearing protection of brother Bentaz's neighbours 2 towns over...heheheheh

I've saved some new materiel for the weekend and will give you first look ok That's providing I can get there cause I got some work / wife / child issues to resolve first.

[juststarting]

:/

[Oldbloke]

What, you might not make it?

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[AusTac]

Jesus guys

I made up 100 rnds of 303 and thought that was a good effort then i came here

[brett1868]

Mine are .695 so technically they're bigger...,....

Despite what she tells you, it's all about the "Length" brother

I'll pack extra muff's and as many disposable earplugs I can lay my hands on. I picked up a couple packs of baby wipes at Aldi's and still need to get some tissues, the first couple shots tend to really open up the sinus's. A shootin car aye....is the block still in it?

[Oldbloke]

Not after Brett has finished with it. I'll be hiding behind the nearest tree. Lol

[AusTac]

The .50's arn't touted as " anti material " for no reason

[Bills Shed]

That's a whole heap of projectile. Makes that 308 look like my 17HH

Bill

[brett1868]

Not after Brett has finished with it. I'll be hiding behind the nearest tree. Lol

A tree won't get in the way, the decision is wether to shoot it execution or project manager style....

[darwindingo]

The .50's arn't touted as " anti material " for no reason

Yeah I thought it was coz they can shoot through material, you know t-shirts, curtains, skirts and undies and stuff!

I'm tipping that even if you wear bullet proof undies or skirts etc... It would at the very least hurt like a mother f..ker

[juststarting]

Channeling my inner Bentaz. I've grown somewhat fond of slugs



Yes, that is a blow torch in the background, building an annealing rig after salvaging a couple of motors from hard-rubbish microwaves. Time to get into Martini Henry 577-450 brass forming.

[juststarting]

Mon Feb 20, 2017 7:56 am
Casting can become addictive as you are in control of the quality of your own bullets.

Between then and now - from 44 mold, to 12ga slug, 45-70 and MH 577-450. Addictive in deed. Next I am thinking 329 mold (most likely), another 44 and 45-70 mold.

[Oldbloke]

Well, got off my arse and prepped a few 30-06 cases yesterday. Today loaded up 20 test rounds with 130gr pills from 49 to 51gr AR2208.

These are intended for dogs, fallow & reds in my Winchester. Just waiting for the scope to arrive.

Probably boring s**t for most, but thought I would at least look like I'm doing something.

[juststarting]

130gr pill on top of 51gr of 2208. So, like what, for dogs and deer in low orbit? Sounds like a fun combination.

[AusTac]

Channeling my inner Bentaz. I've grown somewhat fond of slugs



Yes, that is a blow torch in the background, building an annealing rig after salvaging a couple of motors from hard-rubbish microwaves. Time to get into Martini Henry 577-450 brass forming.

Jelly! That adlers about to get a work out by the looks of it!

[juststarting]

Jelly! That adlers about to get a work out by the looks of it!

I hate that Adler! But I do like slugs. I will keep running slugs through it until it freaking dies.

[Oldbloke]

130gr pill on top of 51gr of 2208. So, like what, for dogs and deer in low orbit? Sounds like a fun combination.

The Marlin, my deer rifle takes 180gr. So as I had spare 3006 seemed sensible to make good use of it. Cheaper than a new 7x57 or 7-08 + scope. Still over gunned but what the hell.

PS, 49gr might be enough.

[Gwion]

Probably boring s**t for most, but thought I would at least look like I'm doing something.

Good work. Sounds like a good point and shoot recipe for max PBR.

[juststarting]

Overgunned? No such thing. Does sound like an excellent combination though. It'd be interesting to see what velocities it gets. 130 over 49gr of 2208 sounds like a very fast moving projectile.

[Oldbloke]

ADI says
Start. 49.0gr. = 2927fps
Max 53.5gr. = 3154fps
So I loaded from 49gr at 0.5 steps. 4 of each for testing.
Less a tad for 22" barrel.

This rifle (Winchester 70) used to love 180gr bullets but I bought the Marlin because it was lighter. (but wasn't as light as claimed) Getting lazy. The Winchester will be used for flat land only.

[juststarting]

I’ve recently had a lot of bad influence and developed somewhat of a warm fondness for 12ga slugs. Slugs are expensive though.

I do have a Lee shotgun shell all in one press thing. However, that requires individual components and I just can’t be bothered… Soon, soon. Not yet though. Then Bentaz and someone else (my apologies, I don’t remember who it was) suggested that I can just swap shot for slug in sporting shells. And really, I don't even need to crimp. Though in a tube mag, I thought I would.

I’ve already shot it all and it works very well, but I thought I’d share the road to Sluglife.

Purchased a roll crimper from Mother Russia. It got lost in mail and I got a very prompt no questions asked refund. However, disappointed, I liked that one. Plan B – ordered one locally. This one is plastic, one from RU was alloy, which I thought was very cool. Anyway...





These are my first attempts. Basically, cut the top of the shell off, pour out the shot, pop a Lee 7/8 slug in and roll crimp on drill press at 500RPM. This is as low as I could go, however instructions suggest lower.


f***ed up bad, but as Homer would say, it's still good, it's still good...


Too much friction, I am like that... Melted the top pretty bad.


Getting there, but very messy and doesn't look good at all.


Melted the thing again, still not sure why this is happening...

As you can see, YouTube is not always correct. I watched a few videos and I just couldn't put my finger on it.

Upon inspection, his excellency Bentaz the Shotgunner saw my handy work and after a few adjectives it was suggested that I am going in dry and need to lubricate. So Innox to the rescue. Sprayed a little on the base of the drill press (also acts as rust inhibitor for the press), dipped my finger in it and rubbed some on the mouth of the shell, before it went into roll crimper. Or as Myth Busters would say, "with enough lubrication, you can achieve anything".

Took it a lot slower this time… I also knew how the resistance on the handle should feel at certain points of the crimping process and the 'wrong' and 'right' sounds. I suspect lack of lubrication (above) is responsible for most of the mess.

And here they are, slugs v2.0. Pretty happy.



I made about 50 of them (new) and made sure to grab a random sample, so I am pretty happy with consistency. Not a bad way of turning a $7 box of sporting shells into slugs.

Interesting observation... I held the shell down with pliers. I also considered making a jig, but after pliers that went out the window. It's very hard to 'feel' what's going on, when I wasn't holding on to the shell. Once I just held on to it, I knew exactly when I needed to stop.

[juststarting]

Sungazer, all shells in photos were cut the same way. Just a sharp knife along the edge to pop the top off.

That mess, that's all me and roll crimp thing spinning way too fast and getting pushed down way too hard.

[Oldbloke]

Ben, do we really need to crimp. I know you loaded a few with no crimp at all.

[Oldbloke]

Ben, do we really need to crimp. I know you loaded a few with no crimp at all.

No

Then why bother?

[Oldbloke]

Roll crimped looks pimped!

? Please explain

[juststarting]

You know, like swag...

[juststarting]

OB, we've been through this. It has to look good, shiny, polished, etc. to shoot well. This has been covered in a lot of detail on this forum, with a lot of data to back this up. there have been numerous studies and papers published on the topic. Addressing ballistics and muzzle velocity; and how they relate to shiny and good looking ammo. While being negatively impacted by messy things covered in carbon, etc.

[AusTac]

Jesus JS what did you hack the shells with?