What did you load or shoot today?

[45-70]

Loaded up some test rounds for my .45acp carbine. 200 grain cast HP's with charges of Lil' Gun in several different amounts. Can't wait to run them through the chronograph.

 

[straight-shooter]

Finally shot my hand cast bullets in 9mm that i made up the other day. This was my third attempt in getting a accurate load. Well today, it worked.

I used the Lee 120gr RNFP mold
Bullet sized to .357 (.356 was bad accuracy)
4.0gr of W231
OAL of 1.075
.002 crimp

No leading and the accuracy was superb. Just thought i'd post this for anyone considering loading up a 9mm lead round.

 

[billybob44]

Finally shot my hand cast bullets in 9mm that i made up the other day. This was my third attempt in getting a accurate load. Well today, it worked.

I used the Lee 120gr RNFP mold
Bullet sized to .357 (.356 was bad accuracy)
4.0gr of W231
OAL of 1.075
.002 crimp

No leading and the accuracy was superb. Just thought i'd post this for anyone considering loading up a 9mm lead round.

I have been casting the same. I size to .357" also, and lube with Jakes Red. I DO have to heat for the Red to flow, but it works for me.

I run 3.8gr. of TiteGroup for around 1050fps. My CZ's will run at 3.6gr.(1000fps.) but my Glocks will not.
For me, like you, these are good loads in my guns-no lead+shoots well...Bill.

 

[45-70]

Cast, sized, gas checked and lubed a bunch of these 50 grain .225's today. Good little varmint thumpers.

 

[Fullmag]

Shot 50 rounds of 45acp loaded with 4.2gr of Clays, 185gr Precision Delta JHP with an OAL 1.190.

Load is coming around, going to load some more with this combo and then add a .1gr to see if there is any improvement.

 

[lowendgenerator]

Made 200 rounds of 9mm. 115gr Berry's plated RN, 4.6gr of Unique, OAL 1.115". I'm happy.

 

[lildave]

Loaded 38mspl, 357 mag, and 44 mag

 

[derrickgoins]

200 rounds of 9mm FMJ - xTxtreme bullets, mixed cases, CCI small pistol primers, 4.2 gr Titegroup, and OAL of 1.100

 

[Skip]

WAY TO GO EVERYONE! Good job!

 

[sbrville]

Finally tried out some rifle bullets today. I haven't loaded to many yet but they shot pretty good. The target was a steel plate about 20"x20" at 320 yards. First was my bull barrel AR doublestar i put together from a kit. Bullets were i believe pulled 55 grain fmj with IMR 8208xrb behind it. Pretty windy but it smacked the plate more than i missed. Sighted in for 200 and it was only about 6 -10 inches low at 320. Next was a Savage .243. Same powder as above but first was 60 grain HP. Hit a little better than with the 556. then tried some 75 grain v-max with same powder and couldn't miss. I guess the heavier bullet held up to the wind a little better or the rifle was liking that load. gonna try again later this week when the wind dies a little. Just thought it was pretty fun trying the different loads at that range.

 

[U.S. Patriot]

Loaded up 40 rounds of .308 for my Mossberg.

 

[sgreen3]

Loaded up 50rds of 308 for the Savage for tomarrow. Just hoping there is no rain in the morning.

 

[Tydeeh22]

nothing today yet, however, recently made 3 batches of 10 rounds each in .223 for testing. got rid of all that empty .308 brass i had lying around , and did research on some 9mm loads involving total metal jacket rounds.

 

[scooterb]

Loaded my belly full of o'charleys potato soup... Then came home and sat at my reloading bench and decided its way too hot in my garage... Guess I fail today

 

[Limpy88]

experimenting with .410 load for the past week. gone trough about 350. think i got it down. loaded up 100 just about an hr ago need to load 500 more before friday. i need a progessive for the .410 and 28 ga. single stage sucks.

 

[cherrynutz]

Shot 50 rounds of my first ever 45ACP loads. Went well. No FTE or FTF.
Once fired WWB brass
CCI large pistol primers
5.7g of TiteGroup
185g Hornady XTP

 

[lowendgenerator]

Yesterday I took a new set of recipes using Berry's 124gr plated HPs to the range, they all shot great. 4.0, 4.2, 4.5 and 4.7gr Unique, the 4.0 was great for recoil, but I feel the 4.5 was the best accuracy. Brought home about 1000 pieces of brass to sort.

 

[tallend]

At the range today----I shot my 45-70 Sharps------65gr 2F---500gr cast----

Tomorrow I will be at Friendship shooting long range----200,300,385,and 500 meters

What a hoot

tallend

 

[mac45]

Took a couple .22's to the club today, ended up running into a buddy and playing with his new Kimber and his AR. He doesn't reload, so I even got to keep the brass!

 

[Broom_jm]

Just got done sizing, trimming and priming 150 cases for 30 Carbine. This is one of the more time-consuming rounds to reload, due to the fact that these cases grow, like bottle-necked rifle cases, AND they headspace on the mouth, which makes case length critical. With my particular rifle, anything over 1.292" is likely to keep the action from locking up and anything shorter than 1.285" is likely to result in a light primer strike.

After sizing, most cases are in the 1.288" - 1.296" range, so I usually have to trim about 1/3 of them back a bit, which means chamfering and deburring. It also means I have to measure every single case after it's sized, which I never do with normal pistol ammo and I only spot check with bottle-necked cases.

This wouldn't be such a big deal, but we sometimes shoot a LOT of 30 carbine in a day, so there can be quite a few cases to size, measure, trim, chamfer, deburr and prime. I usually try to prep several hundred to a thousand cases, during the winter, so that all I need to do in order to shoot is charge and seat. Then, if we shoot a bunch at one time, they get labeled and set aside until the weather gets cold and I'm bored.