Today at the Bench.....

[Jbotto]

I hand or bench prime as opposed to on my progressive, so I can feel if any of the pockets are loose when seating. Amy that are noticably loose get marked across the bottom with a sharpie and culled after firing.

I use a Lee hand primer but I didn’t mark them when I felt the few that went in easy. It was an afterthought and a mistake on my end. I did pull the ejector out of the bolt this evening. Spring behind the ejector looks like it got pushed into itself but the ejector and retaining pin look good still. With most of all my centerfires being some derivative of the Savage 110, I should be able to steal some replacements from a different rifle for now.


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[Mbaker78]

I made it to the range yesterday too. I ran a few hundred rounds through the new AR and was decently impressed with it for how cheaply I was able to piece it together. A <$800 rifle, including optics, that can repeatedly pull 2” groups at 100 is good for me.

I sighted in the iron sights on my shorty, it’s close enough for government work at 50.

I partially melted a suppressor cover in the process of trying to see how much it can handle. Turns out 80 rounds in 30 seconds is the limit

After gettting home and sorting through all of the brass, I realized that I’m shorter than I like being on small rifle primers, and overstocked on small pistol. A call to a local FFL buddy and I had someone within a mile of me that was willing to trade straight up. It’s always good to have connections.

All of the brass from yesterday is now in the dryer after tumbling. Hopefully tonight at work will just be a normal 8 hour day so I can size it all tonight and have it ready to finish tumble tomorrow.

[JeffreyDeGraff]

I made it to the range yesterday too. I ran a few hundred rounds through the new AR and was decently impressed with it for how cheaply I was able to piece it together. A <$800 rifle, including optics, that can repeatedly pull 2” groups at 100 is good for me.

I sighted in the iron sights on my shorty, it’s close enough for government work at 50.

I partially melted a suppressor cover in the process of trying to see how much it can handle. Turns out 80 rounds in 30 seconds is the limit

After gettting home and sorting through all of the brass, I realized that I’m shorter than I like being on small rifle primers, and overstocked on small pistol. A call to a local FFL buddy and I had someone within a mile of me that was willing to trade straight up. It’s always good to have connections.

All of the brass from yesterday is now in the dryer after tumbling. Hopefully tonight at work will just be a normal 8 hour day so I can size it all tonight and have it ready to finish tumble tomorrow.

Sounds like you had a good day! I’d probably lose my membership at the club if I shot 80 rounds in 30 seconds. Ha! I shot 88 rounds in 2.5 hours yesterday. I’m not low on any primers yet, all my brass is primed and I’ve probably got enough primers to prime it all again twice.


JTD

[Mbaker78]

It was only a friend and I at the range at the time, otherwise I wouldn't have done it.

I still have an amazing can to fill with 223, so the primers were much needed.

[Mauser]

I prepped, aka sized, primed and belled 1k 9mm cases yesterday on my old Rockchucker. I never want a progressive until I dive into a project like that. Oh well. Tonight I'll start throwing charges and seating bullets. I do believe this will potentially be the cheapest I've ever loaded 1k rounds. Free range brass, the last SPP I have on hand which I bought a while ago for $23/k, just over 1/2# milsurp Bullseye powder from an 8# keg I paid $45 for and 115gr TMJ bullets I picked up off the side of the road for free. All in I think I'll be just under $30 invested for 1k rounds. I guess that's worth pulling that handle 4k times.

[JeffreyDeGraff]

This evening I got my nickel 45-70 brass deprimed and tumbled. Loaded 5 .308’s, for my AR10, with 41.5gr of TAC and 168gr Gold Dots. That charge weight was most accurate the last 2 times, but not accurate enough. This time I reduced my OAL from 2.800” to 2.780”. I also loaded 5 30-06 ( 180gr Sierra sp / RL22 ) and 5 223’s ( 55gr Gold Dot / 26.6gr RL12 ) to shoot over the chronograph. Ive got more to do, but that’s it for tonight.


JTD

[Jbotto]

Last night I sat down and loaded 50 210gr TTSX with Varget for my .338-06. Cases had been prepped and primed previously, so I just had to weigh charges and seat bullets to my pre-established length. That’s all I did, but happy I have those loaded and already dialed in.


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[JeffreyDeGraff]

Finally got some crap done this weekend. I loaded some 280 Ackley test loads with 162gr Hornady BTSP and 60.2gr IMR7828, testing 4 different seating depths. 6.5x55 with 125gr Partitions and 44.0gr RL19, testing 4 seating depths. 8x57 with 150gr Hornady SP and 50.0gr IMR4064, 3 different seating depths. And 6.5-284 with 140gr Gold Dots and RL19, 3 different charge weights. I also got some 7x57 brass sized and trimmed and in the tumbler.


JTD

[Flyeralan]

Finally got some crap done this weekend. I loaded some 280 Ackley test loads with 162gr Hornady BTSP and 60.2gr IMR7828, testing 4 different seating depths. 6.5x55 with 125gr Partitions and 44.0gr RL19, testing 4 seating depths. 8x57 with 150gr Hornady SP and 50.0gr IMR4064, 3 different seating depths. And 6.5-284 with 140gr Gold Dots and RL19, 3 different charge weights. I also got some 7x57 brass sized and trimmed and in the tumbler.


JTD

Sounds like a productive weekend! I finished up some 9mm 135gr Xtreme RNFP over Titegroup (hopefully subsonic) and then switched the AP over to 300 B/O and loaded some 212gr Midway 2nd's over Midwest Powder MP-350, right now it is all about learning the subsonic game.

[JeffreyDeGraff]

Sounds like a productive weekend! I finished up some 9mm 135gr Xtreme RNFP over Titegroup (hopefully subsonic) and then switched the AP over to 300 B/O and loaded some 212gr Midway 2nd's over Midwest Powder MP-350, right now it is all about learning the subsonic game.

Ive recently tried some titegroup in 9mm with 115 124 and 147 played bullets. They shot very well but super sonic. What charge weight are you trying with the 135’s to get sub. Ive got a great subsonic load for my bolt action 300 blackout, using unique and 180gr rainier wedge hp.


JTD