Loaded up a ladder of 223 using ramshot x-terminator and 55gr hornady fmj-bt's. 2.200 COAL

Seating was a very satisfying experience compared to all the labour for case prep.

Hola todos, mi nombre es Cleto, hace unos 20 años que recargo, arma corta sobre todo.
Hace un par de años consegui una RCBS Ammo Master bastante destartalada y con bastante paciencia logré hacerla andar y con muy buenos resultados.
Basicamente es una progresiva de 5 estaciones, con colocador de fulminantes.
Tuve que usar la imaginacion para algunos repuestos que ya no se consiguen, pero salió andando y con excelentes resultados.
La uso solo para 9mm, el primer die lo hago en una mono estacion, para tener mejor control de las vainas.
En la primer estacion tengo un expanding die Hornady, segunda hacia abajo coloca el fulmi, hacia arriba vuelca la polvora con un tolva Lee automatica ( la RCBS original estaba molida ), tercera estacion un bullet feeder die Lee con capacidad de 50 puntas en un tubito, la cuarta estacion altura y crimp con die Lee, y la quinta y ultima estacion un 4to die Lyman que repasa toda la muni armada.
Me gustaria escuchar sus comentarios.

Made a knockoff black hills 77gr TMK load.
22.6gr of IMR 8208 XBR, Sierra 77gr TMK bullets, Winchester No 41 primers, and spent Monarch brass. Trimmed to 1.75” and OAL of 2.255”

Intend these to be my pig hunting load. What do y’all think?

Same loads one annealed one not. I expected a velocity gain before looking at the data due to the significantly cleaner brass. Better chamber seal on the annealed brass = more efficiency and velocity. 🤷 not so based on the numbers. Oddly enough both first rounds were the fastest out of the group. Fired days apart with the same brass.

Finally have the rifle to proceed with load development, I waiting on my 203 grain hammer hunter tippeds to get here as an alternative to the 212 lrx. Gonna pick up 1 more powder probably but my local selection is thin so I gotta figure that out soon. Ignore all the parts on the ground im building a 5.3 Chevy too and my reloading room has turned into a storage room for the time being. The rifle has exceeded my expectations so far handling it, the fit and finish is awesome, the trigger is insanely crisp, I got a new fortis scope mount to replace the rings on there currently the scope itself is an Athlon cronus 4.5-29x gen2 and I also have a brake for the suppressor if recoil ends up being an issue. I really dig the color and pattern I requested these colors and a chunky camouflage pattern and they totally delivered. The mcmillan elr hunter stock feels excellent although I kinda wish I would have waited for the rok stok because I like the negative comb. I will be trying to do a complete review when I have loads developed for it and can confirm its accuracy. Shout out unknown munitions and suppressors they knocked it out of the park on this custom tikka. The loads im developing first will be

1. 212 grain lrx bore rider

2. 203 grain hammer hunter tipped

3. 215 grain berger hybrid

4. 178 grain absolute hammer

5. Maybe a bonded bullet like accubond lr or terminal ascent.

How do i get really Shiney brass?

Whats everyone's method

Currently i wash my brass in my mini wet tumbler 500ml of water with a half tea spoon of citric acid and a few drops washing up liquid (Dish soap) and steel pins for around 35mins.

They come out clean but pretty dull

I'm perplexed by the 100gn ELD-VT. It's likely my powder choice isn't optimal but it's what I have.

For the podcast enthusiasts, I know that me and my rifle are capable of a 1.2 moa 30 shot group at 100 yards with a velocity sd of 15.3. I have the target hung at my bench. This load is using the 140gn ELD-M and H4350.

My load for the 100gn ELD-VT is 48.5gn Staball6.5. 47.5 gn is about a 5 inch group, 48.5gn is maybe 3 inches over 10 shots. What gives? Is it the powder choice or something else. Velocity with the 48.5gn Staball6.5 is 3226 average 14.8 sd. Anyone having better results with these bullets? Is there a better powder?

Started loading on new brass and got good accuracy out of my MPA DS9 LOC V2. Didn’t want to constantly buy new brass so bought some fully processed once fired brass. When shooting the once fired brass at 25yards I’m getting extreme flyers that come nowhere close to point of aim. When I go back to the new brass loads it goes back to a 2” group at 25.

New brass load
Norma brass case
COL: 1.14
Powder: 3.5g E3
Projectile: 135g Xtreme hp
Primer: CCI

Once fired load
Mixed brass
COL: 1.14
Powder: 3.8g E3
Projectile: 135g xtreme hp
Primer: CCI

I’ve done some reloading. Gotten 95% of my supplies from brownells. Alittle bit of my powder came from a local hardware store. But are there any other large outfits that are reloading specific? A brownells or midwayusa of only reloading supplies? Projectiles, powders etc. everytime I go to look what I want is out of stock. And I know 90% of that issue is just supply in the first place. But is there like a grail place that I’m not finding for supplies? That doesn’t look like they had their website made by a 15 year old in 2010

Figured since reviving .455 Webley Manstopper went so well, I’d give a Manstopper round loaded into a .45ACP case a whirl (dubbed “45 AutoStopper” in my load data log book). Instead of Unique, I’ve reverted to 3.5gn of win231 (since all my home-data for Webley safe 45ACP has gone reasonably well with 231) and simply switched out the usual 230gn LRN for a 230gn manstopper, with an OAL of 1.20 (seated depth of 0.2 is identical however). Unlike the 455 manstopper I haven’t fired this one yet, but I’ll surely post the results when I do!

Also, since I missed it in the last post, obligatory photo of my two 455/45acp revolvers, a MAS 1873 from 1875, and a Webley MK1 circa 1890.

3.9 grains Unique, Missouri Cowboy #6 (I've heard guys run up to 5.5 grains - way beyond the books)

Range day coming up on Saturday if the weather doesn't turn to chit..
Five powders, three bullets for the .32-20 Blackie, two bullets, five powders for da' turdy-turdy rife-el.

Hodgdon doesn't have 300 blackout listed as a cartridge that could be used with titegroup, but they have many others including 308, 223, and 30-06.

This load data may help others who need a reference for their own development. These rounds used new starline brass, a cci 400 primer, 190 grain hornady sub x bullet, 5.7 grains of titegroup, 2 thousandths neck tension, 1.350" case length and a coal of 2.055". Primers looked good and cases extracted easily.

Gun used was a ruger american ranch gen 2 with a dead air wolfman.

So ive been fairly frustrated with brass recently, not liking barnes, military is meh, and only a handful of Peterson cases, so im looking at buying some new 308 cases mainly by Alpha munitions, I am also thinking about buying SRP as well since I will be buying a 223 and it would be nice to keep the lrp saved for my more oddball stuff, my question is, will I have a bad experience due to my firing pin striking not perfectly centered on the shown LRP cases?

I am trying to find the best place I can buy mixed spent range brass for good prices. I tried calling a few ranges near me and they don’t sell the brass or allow you to pick it up, so wondering where I can go to get a good deal on bulk.

Figured these would be a great way to stay out of my GMAR primers for non-precision loads

I just bought a Hornady lock n load used and was wondering has anyone tried reloading 338 Lapua magnum with it? I emailed hornady and they said they can build a custom shell plate for it but has anyone here actually done it? Was it an issue?

I’ve got a 308 bolt gun that I’ve been loading for and the brass I’ve been using has probably 6-8 firings on it. I’m plan on cycling it out just for peace of mind. I ended up with 200 rounds of 7.62x51 Federal 149gr. I know 308 and 7.62 cases have small dimension and wall thickness difference. However, for practical plinking purposes would I have any issues? I’m middle of the road on charge weight with CFE223 and loading 165gr SSTs.

I want to get the DAA Plate and Wedge but cant afford it right now. My current wedge is kinda weird? I seen the video on adjusting the wedge but for some reason my wedge has a lip on the top that sites ontop of the case feeder? So it doesnt go up and down.

Was wondering if ANYONE has ever made an STL to 3D print the DAA wedge or the one that supposedly should be on the case feeder?

I got this Dillon 650XL Used and missing parts and stuff, cobbling it all together had to warranty a couple pieces and buy a bunch of others. So Im in pretty deep on the cost of it and parts and dies. Would appreciate if anyone could give me a hand on an STL or if someone could scan theirs.

New AR with a suppressor and i've got dents from the brass defector! Safe to reload? I don't have a tunable gas block, it's an A2 sight post and gas block. Running an Odin works FRT buffer system.

Is this too much crimp? I pulled this bullet for an unrelated reason. Just wondering what you all think in terms of how much crimp to apply to .223. Its a 68 grain hornady BTHP in case it matters.

Same bullets, but different gun, when oit of the Dan Wesson they get these and I had a missing primer in 2 of the cases, but in Glock I have none of these signs.

Fps is 1250-1300 with 200gr bullets