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    I got tired of this manual has my favorite recipe for this caliber, that manul has the recipe for that caliber, I totally forgot which manual has the recipe for this caliber.

    So I made this "recipe box" and copied every recipe for every caliber, bullet weight, and powder combination I have. Instead of digging through the 5 reloading manuals I have, now it's indexed in this little box. Also have blank cards and tabs for any NEW one I come up with.Recipes.jpg

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    Madew a swap with somebody on Facebook and got in 50 30.06 cases and 50 7.62X39 cases. Sent him 300 9mm Luger cases in return.

    Heh heh, FINALLY got rid of some of my way too many 9mm cases.

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    I finally mounted my MEC 600 Jr. to a piece of plywood. I can now clamp it to my bench and reload shot shells, as soon as I get some hulls and load data for a 16 gauge.

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    Only shotgun reloader I ever had was a 12 gauge Lee Load-All. Parts got busted when I moved to Alabama and my two knee replacements kind of killed the skeet shooting that really justified reloading them. But I used to go through 5-6 boxes a week minimum.

    As to presently I just pulled the 30.06, 7.62X39, 44 special, and 45 Colt cases out of the wet rotary, they're drying now. Tomorrow going to size and trim the rifle cases.

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    Final trimmed and chamfered some 30.06 and 7.62X39. Going through my powders, I saw on only had a little bit of H414 left. So I was thinking what could I load to use it up? Saw a bag of Greek HXP date stamped 77. Remember how somebody on the board was using those to convert 30.06 to 7.7 Jap. Figured why not? Converted and loaded them up with some 150gr FMJBT's I have a ton of. Still have some of that danged H414 powder left. Probably make some 7.62X54R if I can find a recipe for it with that powder.

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    Used up the rest of my H414 on a few 7.62X54R and some .303 Brit. Gosh I have a lot of that 150 grain FMJBT projectiles. Threw the tiiny, tiny little bit of powder I had left over out for some lawn fertilizer in the back yard.

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    I dump the stuff that's too little to load into anything (assuming I'm not going to get more of that powder) in with the junk powder from pulled rounds. Once I fill a can I might throw it on the fire, but most likely I'll use it on the flower gardens...

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    Didn't do any reloading yesterday. But I was refilling mags with my reloads. Filled 3 10 round Lee Enfield mags with .303 Brit, around 15 10mm mags, some AR mags with both .223 and .300 AAC Blackout, some .40 cal mags.

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    Found H414 showed some great promise with Hornady 168 Amax in the 308.

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    Quote Originally Posted by gandog56 View Post
    Didn't do any reloading yesterday. But I was refilling mags with my reloads. Filled 3 10 round Lee Enfield mags with .303 Brit, around 15 10mm mags, some AR mags with both .223 and .300 AAC Blackout, some .40 cal mags.
    How do you keep your 300aac and 5.56 magazines separate? Bad things happen when you try to shove a 30cal bullet down a .224" hole.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mbaker78 View Post
    How do you keep your 300aac and 5.56 magazines separate? Bad things happen when you try to shove a 30cal bullet down a .224" hole.
    Different mag bags.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mbaker78 View Post
    How do you keep your 300aac and 5.56 magazines separate? Bad things happen when you try to shove a 30cal bullet down a .224" hole.
    I use different colored pmags.

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    For the 300 Blackout I use Hex Mags with pink followers and floor plate keepers. For 223/5.56 I use metal magazines, 6.5 Grendel have gray followers and 6.8 have another colored follower.

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    IJust got in a Lee Quick Trim, gonna get serious about converting 5.56 to .300 AAC. Now have the cutter, the jig, and the trimmer.

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    I only have one magazine for the Grendel. But it doesn't get loaded until it's at the range. Only the 300 and 5.56 keep loaded magazines. Connected pmag 40s for the 5.56 and a lancer L30 for the 300.

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    I cleaned, trimmed, sized, and primed 100 30-06 for the up coming season. Lots of good deer sign making for a promising season.

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    I loaded 100 .300 AAC cases with some 110 grain JSP bullets, and 20 more with some 150 grain FMJ bullets.

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    spent the last 3 1/2 hours cutting 1,500 223 down to 300 Blackout size and sizing and trimming 400 of those. I will get the others done tomorrow.

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    When they're already cut and cleaned, I can size and trim about 100/hr.

    I'm trying to build up a stock for my 5.56 upper, so I don't have enough brass to cut down right now, but I do have a comfortable amount of blackout loaded up... At least until my tax stamp comes in...

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    What do you trim them with? I was using the Lee lock stud cutter, but now have the Lee Quick Trim set up.

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Abbreviations used in Reloading

BP Bronze Point IMR Improved Military Rifle PTD Pointed
BR Bench Rest M Magnum RN Round Nose
BT Boat Tail PL Power-Lokt SP Soft Point
C Compressed Charge PR Primer SPCL Soft Point "Core-Lokt"
HP Hollow Point PSPCL Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" C.O.L. Cartridge Overall Length
PSP Pointed Soft Point Spz Spitzer Point SBT Spitzer Boat Tail
LRN Lead Round Nose LWC Lead Wad Cutter LSWC Lead Semi Wad Cutter
GC Gas Check