What did you reload today?

[cephas]

I set up my new RCBS bullet puller die and un-reloaded a bunch of 223 rounds

Used a Hornady bullet puller.

Know results will vary but on average how much do these mar the bullets?

[85MikeTPI]

Know results will vary but on average how much do these mar the bullets?

On a jacketed bullet, almost none. On plated or cast, somewhat. It depends on the care/speed of pulling also IMHO.

[Pukindog]

.17 Hornet, 9 grains Lil Gun, 15.5 gr. Hornady 3600 FPS
Jeff

[Rampant6]

Loaded up some 9mm rounds using TiteGroup. Normally I use Unique, this was my first run with TiteGroup. Found 4.8grs worked well with Berry's 115gr round nose bullets. Velocity was 1169fps out of my SIG 226. Also tried 4.3gr and 4.5gr, but these loads didn't cycle the action. For comparison, Winchester 115gr FMJ clocked at 1175fps out of the same pistol.

[skyjerk]

The title asks what I reloaded today, but in fact the brass was new so maybe it doesn*t count?

today I made 40 rounds using Hornady brass, 6.4 grains of Alliant power pistol, Sierra game king 124gr JHP, and CCI small pistol primers. COAL was 1.12*

Shot from 13 yards and used a Caldwell G2 chronograph and they clocked in at an average of 1200fps. Interestingly they were fairly accurate, meaning they grouped very well, but all hit like 2* below the aim point. Weird.

I fired them from my P226, which is extremely accurate and always puts the shots right into the point of aim, assuming I do my part, so these handloads were a bit weird.

They were about 50fps faster than I was looking for, so tomorrow I*m going to make some more and drop the charge to 6 gr on the nose and see what happens

[2Late45]

Slowing them down a bit and giving the bullet more time in the barrel under recoil, might get you nearer to point of aim.

[flygrimm]

Loaded 15 rounds of 303 British with Lee C309-180-R cast bullets paper patched and sized to .314. Used IMR 4198 with 5 rounds each at 26, 27 and 28 grains. My previous results with 25 grains showed promise. Shot out of my P14.

Stuart


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[MD66948]

loaded 50 10mm, using New Starline cases, 180 grain Truncated FMJ bullets over 8 grains of Long Shot.

[MD66948]

I knocked out 40 rounds of 762 this morning using the M80 Load Data for Win 748 powder. That was the first time that I used 748 and it really flowed well in my FA powder drop.

I got my Lee Crimp Die back from Lee yesterday. Lee had to polish the carbide ring so it would no longer put scratches in my 10mm brass. I put it to work right away.

Over the past year and a half, I have purchased 3K+ of once fired 10mm range brass and 700 new 10mm cases. 98% of this range brass has the Glock Bulge. After finishing the 762 reloads I set up my Lee Bulge Buster using my returned Lee 10mm Carbide Crimp Die in the bulge buster. I did get a bunch through the bulge buster this morning. Everything worked really well and my 10mm cases dropped right into my case gauge after going through the bulge buster. It is going to take me a few days to process all of that bulged 10mm brass through the bulge buster.

The brass in the plastic jug is de-bulged 10mm brass.








Yesterday I loaded some 762 using the M80 load date for IMR 4895.

[Noah_Zark]

Yesterday I loaded up 10 trial rounds of 7.65 Longue for my new to me SACM 1935A pistol, using Starline brass, 86 gr Hornady JSP bullets intended for 7.62 Tokarev / 7.63 Mauser. Tried 3.4 gr and 3.7 gr of Unique and both cycled fine but the 3.4 was dead on for POA at 25 yds. Used a set of Lee 7.65 Longue dies I found for sale on the interwebz, but had to modify the bullet seating punch to be more parabolic to get the bullets to seat in proper alignment. The punch as new was more for a SWC than a RN JSP. FYI, the 7.65 French Longue started life as the cartridge for the AUTOMATIC PISTOL, CALIBER .30 MODEL OF 1918, which most of us know as the Pedersen Device for the M1903 Springfield Rifle.

Noah