This is a target I shot using Precision Bullets 185 grain coated RNF bullets and HP-38 powder using a Sig Sauer P229. Precision bullets pricing includes shipping.
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This is a target I shot using Precision Bullets 185 grain coated RNF bullets and HP-38 powder using a Sig Sauer P229. Precision bullets pricing includes shipping.
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I'm in the middle of processing a couple thousand 223's to get them ready to load.
I pull trigger, they go BANG!
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Also got a box of .38 158 grain XTP's, and a Redding Taper crimp die for .45 colt.
I've been converting .223/5.56 cases to blackout all week. Bought several different projectiles last week. Want to get a bunch made up so I can load Friday or Saturday.
Loading 8x52R Siamese using Trail Boss.
Load and shoot: 6.5mm (Dutch, Jap., Carcano, Swede), 7x57, 7.35 Carcano, 7.5mm (Mas, Swiss), 303 British, 7.65x53, 7.7 Jap, 7.62x51, 30-06, 8x50R & 8x52R Siamese, 30-40 Krag, 8x57, 7.62x39, 7.62x54R, 8x 56R, 30 Carbine, 450/577 Martini, 300 Win Mag, 45 LC.
Got back from the range yesterday checking out my new Taurus 66. So I had to deprime a whole lot of .357 magnum and .38 Special cases. Also some 10mm, and 7.62X54R (Never go without taking at least one 10mm or 1 Mosin Nagant. I will run them in the wet rotary tumbler while I am out yard doing yard sales tomorrow. Already have one circled to go to, he says gun and target stuff.
I finished loading up a very small sample of my first batch of cast .380/9mm bullets (Lyman mold #356242 90 gr. RN). These are the first of my cast bullets that I have ever loaded. Feels pretty good, will feel better if they all go "bang" like they should. Now I've got to size and lube the rest of the boolits from that batch so I can load them.
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Got 50 308 Win cases ready to load some 168 grain lead boolits I PC'ed a few days ago. Need to fire form them for cat sneeze loads.
Cleaned and prepped some 7.62X54R and .308 Win.
The last couple days for me have been devoted to trying to work the gremlins out of a GSG 522 that I overpayed for because a coworker was hurting for cash...
Used old nail polish to inhibit 168 grain tracers.
Load and shoot: 6.5mm (Dutch, Jap., Carcano, Swede), 7x57, 7.35 Carcano, 7.5mm (Mas, Swiss), 303 British, 7.65x53, 7.7 Jap, 7.62x51, 30-06, 8x50R & 8x52R Siamese, 30-40 Krag, 8x57, 7.62x39, 7.62x54R, 8x 56R, 30 Carbine, 450/577 Martini, 300 Win Mag, 45 LC.
LEP, could you explain how you do that? Is there some specific chemical to look for in the nail polish or ??? I have tried some different things to keep old .308 tracers from lighting and haven't had any luck really. The best I could do is maybe have 25% of them not light up.
The key seems to be a HARD enamel completely filling the tracer pocket-multiple applications needed. I've only used this method on orange tips and found some enamels or nail polishes don't fit the bill. Old header and BBQ paint gave promising results, but I didn't have enough to validate the result effectiveness.
Load and shoot: 6.5mm (Dutch, Jap., Carcano, Swede), 7x57, 7.35 Carcano, 7.5mm (Mas, Swiss), 303 British, 7.65x53, 7.7 Jap, 7.62x51, 30-06, 8x50R & 8x52R Siamese, 30-40 Krag, 8x57, 7.62x39, 7.62x54R, 8x 56R, 30 Carbine, 450/577 Martini, 300 Win Mag, 45 LC.
Loaded 50 308 Win cat sneeze loads. Now to get to the range and get some plinking in.
Sitting there eyeballing all them 7.62X54R empties and that new bottle of Hodgdon BL-C(2) I just decided to buy to try out.
I've been setting up my new CO-AX press and waiting on my Projectiles from a new vendor I met on Face Book. He uses some kind of hard Moly Coating which looks like powder coating to me. I got some 44mag and 45colt RNFP Boolits from him. Hope to get them soon.
I'll probably switch to the Dillon later but because the co-ax is new I just got to load something on it...lol...
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Last edited by Weaponologist; 09-03-2015 at 07:14 PM.
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 |