Hmmm, I call them code blues.:rolleyes:
Cause if you get hit by one....
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Code Blue" is generally used to indicate a patient requiring resuscitation or in need of immediate medical attention
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I meant the lighter blue RFN as opposed to the darker blue TC. Did you powder coat them or buy them that way?
Nah nah nah, I'm MUCH too lazy to do it myself, and I don't cast.
Finished up processing all the 7.62X54R, .380 ACP, .38 special, .357 magnum, .454 Casull, 357 SIG , and .45 Colt from my last range trip. Completely ready for reloading.
Care to share your source for those 40/10mm?
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I cast and PC my own boolits.
I've been thinking about getting into casting, and reading a bit about painting and powder coating. Do you gas check the rifle bullets?
Well, way back when ebay sold once fired cases, I found a seller that was getting a lot of 10mm from a police practice range. After that on another board I got into a group buy for 500 new Starline nickel plated 10mm cases. 40 cal is always easy to find at the range and pick up for free, I have never bought any brass for it. I use the exact same 185 grain Precision Bullets for both calibers.
I also got lucky and bought out somebody's Lapua cases for 7.62X54R. And for a while I had a Lapua distributor selling them for $30/100, and I snarfed up about 600 cases. I loves to find deals on cases.
All I have to do with my last batch of processed brass is separate the .40 cal and 10mm cases by headstamp. They sure do look purdy.
I just chopped down ~1100 223/5.56 for 300aac last night. They'll go in the wet tumbler (without media) for a prewash and to remove any burrs today after work. Let em dry for a day or so and then I start trimming and sizing...
You do seem to like that caliber!;)
But why no media?
Mbaker78,
would you enlighten me on your process of cutting the 223 casings down?
I also like my 300aac, but use my HF mini cut off saw to cut the shoulders then form them in the die...it just seemsto be a tedious process!
It's easier to just rinse the brass off, I mainly just want to get rid of any brass dust and shavings from cutting. I'll run a proper batch with media after they've been sized and trimmed to spec.
I use the same process, just crank the music up and chop away. Up until I started wet tumbling, the worst part was the chamfer/deburr... It seems I can skip that step when wet tumbling :D
[QUOTEI use the same process, just crank the music up and chop away. Up until I started wet tumbling, the worst part was the chamfer/deburr... It seems I can skip that step when wet tumbling :D[/QUOTE]
So you use the wet tumble with steel and it takes most of the edge off?
So you use the wet tumble with steel and it takes most of the edge off?[/QUOTE]
What it does is remove a lot of the loose brass that is still hanging on after it gets cut. I've done around 750K doing it that way and it really helps keep loose brass out of the dies. Not to mention forming goes a bit easier with real clean cases.
Most guys that form the 300BO use an electric trimmer that mounts on a special die. Dillon came out with a newer beefier version of there older trimmer. I've never used the newer trimmer just the older version and it helps when it only has to trim just a few thousanths off the case....
I'd like to have a rapid trim, but the volume I do leaves it's price point out of my range... I'll have to stick with my Lyman trimmer with power drill adapter...
Though I can still crank about 100 in 45 minutes (the length of a TV show on Netflix) between sizing and trimming.
I loaded my First 45 colt rounds today.
First time with this cal. So looking for that perfect load..
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Those look like 230gr Speer lead round nose... I have a box that are destined to be run through my 1911 ;)
Your Correct....
My Cimarron OutLaw has a .450 Bore so I can Load .452 Boolits......
Started forming 7.62x39 into 6.5 Grendel. David
Sorted and sized over 250 30-30 cases. Sorted another 650 30-30 cartridges (handloads) from an unknown source. Trying to decide to trade them, as is, for components or break them down, myself.
Nothing. Went to Ohio to see our grand daughter and our two great grand sons 1 and 2 years old. What a joy and what a hand full they are.
I loaded 32 test rounds of .303 British using Speer 150gr. SP bullets over some OLD IMR 3031 powder.
Finally got off my butt and opened up my pound of Hodgdon BL-C(2). Made fifty rounds of 7.62X54R and 50 rounds of 30.06. Funny stuff, I don't use ball powders a lot. Not that I don't like them, just never use them much. Reminds me of the old days using Winchester 291 or other making .357 magnum rounds. Them tiny little grains had a way of escaping from my Lee Auto disk measure. Not a problem here with my Hornady automatic scale/dispenser.
A couple of weeks ago I "refreshed" a T38 Jap (see pic). Last night I loaded 100 rounds Of 6.5x50 with 140 grain PRVI FMJ bullets and 31.5 grains of IMR 3031 (Lymans old accuracy load). I'll find out how she shoots this afternoon. This is my first foray with PRVI bullets. Anyone out there have any opinions on the PRVI bullets?
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I love this string!
I've got one, a Fazakerley No. 4 MK. 1*. It was missing the front sight so I bought a set and now need to go to the range and find which one works best. I have some factory ammo for this purpose, but I figured I would load some rounds and try them out at the same time.
I've used .224" 62gr prvi bullets for 223 before, they were what you'd expect. Not the most accurate, but not bad (1.5-2moa), and they were cheap.
They were within about a grain either way, if I recall.
Deal of the day. Local reloader was trying to get rid of 17000 Wolf small rifle primers. I got 5000 for 100 bucks, and we met by a LGS near me so no shipping fees.
Stuff was still sealed and in the box!
Hard to beat 20 bucks a box or 2 cents a primer. Nowadays that is a smoking deal but a few short years ago it would have been a rip off.
Went to the range yesterday, so I have 7.62X54R, 8mm Mauser, 7.62X39, .454 Casull, .45 Colt, 6.5X55, 10mm, .40 cal, .38 Spec., and .357 mag to start processing for reloading.
But wouldn't you know my best target of the day was from the only caliber I didn't reload? 20 rounds of .22 LR @ 25 yards.
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I loaded up another test batch of ammo, this time it was 7.62 X 54R. I loaded 174 grain Hornady bullets over 37.0 and 37.1 grains of VV N-135 in some PPU cases that I think I got from this site in a trade.
Finally finished all my case prep. Took every rifle case, trimmed to length and chamfered inside and out. Man I got piles of .38 special brass, and only one box of my favorite 148 grain DEWC boolets. Somehow a .308 Win case got mixed in with my brass, I didn't shoot any.
Just got in a 5 pound jug of Alliant Blue Dot and a 1 pound jug of Hodgdon BL-C(2).