Hangfire, all brass held up and looked the same as the LC brass. If i didn't have the LC as first choice I'd use the Wolf gold 2nd then the PMC brass(bronze). I actually found the Wolf gold to hold primer pocket tightness in multiple firings more than the PMC not with just this load. I could push it more just to see what's left and would it get any better but with it showing the slight swipes with that one rifle i stopped. I like knowing i can take the same load and get moa or less out of anything from 11.5" to 18". Out of 2 16" carbines it only showed the swipes from one(and both have a fn chf 16" 5.56 1-7 barrel)

Found a set of 300 Savage dies for 25 bucks that only needed some cleaning along with some 300 Savage brass. As usual the pin tumbler did it's work perfectly. Now to see how the Remington 81 likes them.

Found another great deal. 25 bucks for a lightly used set of dies in 250 Savage. Just a little scrubbing to get the old lube and dried grease and a light coat of oil and their ready for another 30 years.

Rolled 100 steel ringers for my 223 bolt gun. Haven't been to the range in a year. It's time to burn a little powder.

Decapped and then wet tumbled roughly 1000 pieces of 9mm range brass.

Gosh BB. How long did it take to decap that many pieces of brass?? Yikes.

I've only just got out too. Over a year. Shooting here at 800 yard buffalo.

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Not that long, less than an hour. You can easily average 20 cases a minute. I use a Lee universal decapping die. I like to use the Lee since it won't break a decapping pin if you run across a berdan primed case, which is a possibility with range brass.

finally got my hornady .308 dies from midsouth. i've got bullets and powder. now then, large rifle primers ... hmmmm ...

Added 500 more lead.452 bullets to my bench yesterday
Sure wish I had time to load the 3 batches of brass I got prepped a few months ago but I finally got smart and starting labeling everything so I know what my intentions where when I left off last

Did a little cleaning and organizing of my powders, then loaded up some .308 150 gr Hornady interlocks. The high left shot was a 180 gr gmx. This was from a new Franchi Momentum.

Nice shooting Sulli. Darn close to one hole shooting. Did you rack up your powders by number or by burn rate or just by brand???

Nah, I just placed them on the shelf clearing space off my bench. I did t realize I had so much 4831 & 4831sc.

Figured out EXACTLY what my Cimarron 1894 clone in 38-55 would cycle and chamber (using dummy rounds)! Brand new and TIGHT! It will cycle the Starline long brass as long as the COAL is <= 2.450"! Can't baby the lever cycle. Using a 265 grn RNFP cast lead bullet.

NOW to get some rounds LOADED!

Loaded up some .308win with IMR 4064 and150 grain Hornady interlock btsp tonight. I have a pig that keeps tearing up feeders and I hope to give him a dose this weekend.

Bought three used black powder cartridge dies last week that had been packed away in a box in a garage for a few years so a cleaning session was in order. 3 hours and a little 400 & 800 grit cleaned everything up great.

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After.

Finally got some plinking rounds loaded for my 44 this morning. It’s been a pain to find all of the components lately. First time reloading my own, so I’m excited to test them out.

I've been using a turkey fryer and a cast iron pot for about 6 or 7 years. I needed a larger pot that held more so smelting and mixing alloys could be done more efficiently and faster. This is what I've been using.



This was a 20 pound tank with an put of compliance valve that someone left at the rubbish transfer site that cost me nothing. The propane business was nice enough to remove the valve for no charge. He suggested when I told him I was going to cut the tank to melt lead he suggested I fill the tank with water and Dawn dish detergent an let it set for a couple of days and then rinse it out two or three times before cutting an fill it with water when I start the cutting. I cut mine a little higher than some but I wanted as much capacity as I could get out of it. I've planned a trapizoid shape stand that the pot will rest in an it will be tall enough that my current fryer stand will fit underneath the pot in the new taller stand. I've still got to weld the four angle iron tabs on the sides of the tank but this project has been on the back burner since last year so I'll keep any future updates posted right here as the project goes forward.

The completion of my new smelter project.

I've been wanting to get this project done since the fall of last year when I came across an empty propane tank still with the old valve being thrown out by someone at the dump. I started with 20 feet of 1-1/4" x 1-1/4" angle iron. Cutting, wielding, took about 6 hours.cutting the tank about 10 minutes after filling it with water an dish soap and flushing it two or three times over the course of 2 to 3 days. Should hold well over 100 pounds. I'm looking forward to getting many 10 pound bricks out of this setup quickly and not having to be bent over either. Legs are 32 inches in height. Hope this project will be inspiring to many.

Fixing to load some 45/70