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Re: Reloading porn

Post by juststarting » 07 Jan 2018, 12:25 pm

sungazer wrote:A beautiful clean tidy reloading desk. Tidy desk tidy mind. My Reloading room Desk I try to keep organized and tidy but the tidy bit gets smaller and smaller and kinda gets into a bit of a shambles or at least mess


You wouldn't say that if saw my office... I mean, I know exactly where everything is in that nerd nest. But the enemies don't :) lol
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Post by Oldbloke » 07 Jan 2018, 12:48 pm

My biggest problem if fitting reloading and beer making on the same bench. :lol:
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Re: Reloading porn

Post by juststarting » 26 Jan 2018, 9:34 pm

Finally got around to mounting laptop and phone/tablet bracket...

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Small wins... And yes, I do all my creative work on that baby RCBS Partner Press. Works very well.

But! Little one is almost out of nappies. So his change table is going to be hacked in to a dedicated brass prep station (island). Should be a cool project. Stay tuned.
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Post by Bills Shed » 07 Feb 2018, 1:02 pm

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Still working with short jackets for a.224", 40gn and came up with this. I have not polished them up to look pretty as they work just as well straight out of the die. 40gn soft point, fully annealed jacket with a 1 cal point form.
Might be good for a TCM? on the left is one of my 69gn and on the right is a 40gn hollow point.

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Post by Gwion » 07 Feb 2018, 3:17 pm

Looking good, Bill!
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Re: Reloading porn

Post by juststarting » 25 Mar 2018, 1:01 am

Alright, tonights reloading extravaganza started with a version of my personal hell! Wanted to make 20 cartridges, grabbed a box with primers and BAM!

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I have more, but 19! FFS!

First one off the production line:
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Filler, wad, grease cookie (wax), 2 more wads, compress, seat the zombie killer (more compression, so think I am safe from that angle).
Seems like a lot of people are going with 85gr of 2F BP. As always, working up to that from 80gr in 1gr increments. Expecting 85gr to work fine, but safety first, so working up.
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Chugging along:
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Fruits of my labour:
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Usual .308 for size reference:
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Overall, not a fan of casting anything this big, including my 500gr baby dinosaur killer slugs for 45-70. Seems to be very, very, very hard to do without a bottom pour furnace or ladle, because the lead starts cooling while you're still pouring and there's a lot to pour. I think I may have outgrown my ladle. Keep saying this, but next time I am going to cast this things - bottom pour! I did cast a few though, so that's not happening any time soon.

Can't wait to shoot them now! Droooool!
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Post by juststarting » 25 Mar 2018, 10:33 am

sungazer wrote:Why all the wax and wads when its in a cartridge. I have a few spare primers if you want to pop over and get them.


Thanks mate! I'm on 1k primers in reserve cycle lol. After last box of a 1000 is opened, I restock. I was just pissed that I wanted to make 20 cartridges and opened box of primers had 19. Kind of funny in OCD hell sort of way.

Re wax and wads...

This are black powder cartridges. You shouldn't have air gaps with black powder. Filler (chunks of cotton ball) is to take up the space, to avoid air pockets. Wad on top to accommodate wax. Wax is to lube the bore and avoid too much backed on mess from black powder. It stops carbon from sticking too much. Wads on top to make sure the wax doesn't stick to the bullet (i.e. make sure it separates in flight). At least that's my rookie understanding from dipping my toes in to a world of black powder.
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Post by juststarting » 25 Mar 2018, 2:53 pm

sungazer wrote:I knew you were joking my reply was meant to be a bit of a joke as well as you could pass right by one of the gun shops open on Sundays. .


There are no gun shops that I know of, that are open on Sundays, other than the one on Mansfield. :/
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Post by Bills Shed » 03 May 2018, 6:47 pm

17gn, 17 cal, with 3.6gn of trail boss, 2000f/s. I thought it would still self destruct even at that velocity but the mushroom was impressive. Only lost 3gn in weight. Jacket was a Win SuperX 22LR case. More research required to get it to fragmentate at low velocity. Maybe swaged lead shot.


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Re: Reloading porn

Post by bigpete » 03 May 2018, 9:59 pm

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Just...fits...
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Post by darwindingo » 04 May 2018, 12:22 am

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Fitting, just or otherwise it still fit's :thumbsup: (Well to quote the missus) :P :lol: Looks good to me mate... :thumbsup:

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Post by Bills Shed » 04 May 2018, 6:40 am

At least your press gets a workout.. With my little hornets it is like using nail clippers

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Re: Reloading porn

Post by bigpete » 05 May 2018, 6:50 pm

darwindingo wrote:
bigpete wrote:
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Fitting, just or otherwise it still fit's :thumbsup: (Well to quote the missus) :P :lol: Looks good to me mate... :thumbsup:

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Actually unfortunately these bullets tend to tumble a bit.
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Post by bigpete » 05 May 2018, 6:51 pm

bentaz wrote:A little .303 action. :drinks:
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Me likey
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Post by Bent Arrow » 05 May 2018, 7:03 pm

bigpete wrote:
bentaz wrote:A little .303 action. :drinks:
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Me likey



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Post by nightforcenxs » 11 May 2018, 1:26 pm

223 done on the amp machine
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Re: Reloading porn

Post by Diddums » 20 May 2018, 9:40 pm

Here's 100 pieces of new OSA .308 brass sized & primed.
Just waiting on pills and powder now.
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Is it just me or does the shiny symmetry look very majestic.
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