Nothing important, I just thought I'd share a couple of pics to keep the forum alive.
Nothing important, I just thought I'd share a couple of pics to keep the forum alive.
Looks like you're loading 200 gr. Semi Wadcutters, is it from a Lyman mold? Did you cast them yourself or did you buy them from a commercial caster?
yep 200gr SWCs, I saw a recommendation by Bill Wilson and tried them out. I have loaded a couple thousand of them so far and I really like them. They seem very accurate and are reliable in my pistols. They are also pretty cheap. I did not cast them I bought them from Sportsmans Warehouse, they are made by HSM. Running these cases through 4 different dies, charging them and priming them makes me want to step up to a progressive loader.
I've been wanting to reload 9 for days but can't find my dies or shell holder
Looking good, that's a nice bench space you got there.
Guess I'm spoiled with a dillon, can't imagine having to use 4 different presses. My cousin just got me 200 .44 bullets to use, waiting for a rainy day to put them together.
Not 4 presses, 4 dies. He's saying he has to change the dies 4 times in the one press shown to process the case to fully loaded ammo. I'm thinking he's got a 4 die Lee Carbide set.Originally Posted by Adog
Yea its pretty slow, I am not sure which is worse, reloading straight walled pistol cases or militar brass center fire rifle... With pistols its tuble brass, size and de-prime thats one time through the press, flare case another time through the press, prime, charge, seat bullet a third time through the press, and finally a trip through a LEE factory crimp die, a fourth time through the press, and then a wipe down by hand.
With rifle its, tumble brass, inspect (I find more cullable defects in my rifle brass by far), size and deprime, measure, trim (I find a lot of factory brass thats way over the max length after the first firing), screw around with the crimped primer pocket so I can get a primer to seat in it without crushing it, prime, weigh each charge because the powder I use doesn't meter accurately enough for my tastes, seat bullet, wipe down by hand.
yea, I guess a progressive would be nice, I have been wanting to change powders anyway the stuff I use is too expensive. I want to try Accurate 2230, I have heard good things about it.
Yep, I reloaded on a single stage RCBS Jr. press, (they don't make it anymore) from when I was 18 until I was 35. I ended up with the Dillon 550B, you can't go wrong with that press as it will load everything from .32 ACP to .458 Win Mag. If you just wanted to load handgun ammo the Dillon Square Deal press would probably do just fine.
On the 200 gr. SWC bullets, I actually have a 2 cavity Lyman mold that I purchased to cast bullets for my first 1911 back around 1975. Shot a lot of those over the decades, thousands really.
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