What did you do in the reloading room today?

[HangFireW8]

Been frustrated loading 9mm. Have loaded tens of thousands, and now the recent ones won't chamber. The stick out about 0.040" and I couldn't figure it out. So I called the good people at Dillon Presion. Since station one, sizing, produces brass in tolerance that easily chambers, they said it was too much crimp. Fixed that and still had the same problem, so I reduced my bell to the bare minimum. Still have the same problem.
Changed from a 115 grain boolit to a 95 grain. Problem goes away. Same company, same diameter, but a new seating depth of 1.030" from 1.125". Haven't figured it out yet.
i have loaded thousands of the 115 grains.

Frustrated in Kansas!

Flare, bell, bullet diameter, bullet nose profile, seating depth, final case diameter. Your problem is one or more of these things. Crud buildup can be a cause. Case buckling could be another.

This is one place where a bullet nose comparator can help find or rule out the cause. I use the Sinclair lug nut style, cheap and effective. You can make a comparator with a drill bit size that matches the land diameter, and any chunk of flat sided metal.

[whisler]

Loaded 150 rounds of .38 Special practice loads for my wife.

[mold maker]

Sorted oout a bucket of free WWs and sized some 380s.
Too much day after my git ups gone.

[LEADHOPPER]

Got out to the shop before the sun even came up, gets too hot to hang out much past 10 a.m. Loaded up 2 flats of 20 gauge skeet loads. Should hold me over for about a month. Started to clean up bench and organize all my shotgun reloading stuff before it got too hot. Maybe I'll get the rest cleaned up in the morning.

[therealhitman]

400 rounds of .44 mag loaded. 200gr Lee FRN over 700X. Still have a bucket of brass so more tomorrow!

[ukrifleman]

Re-formed some Privi 6.5x52 Carcano brass to 7.35x51 for my newly acquired M38 Carcano.

ukrifleman.

[skeettx]

ukrifleman,
neat
Where are you going to get your .300 bullets??
Mike

[Reverend Al]

Cleaned brass ... sorted brass ... cleaned brass ... sorted brass ... cleaned brass ... sorted brass ...

(I have a LOT more brass than I thought I had!)

[Contenderman]

Sized and primed 120 44 Spec. got a new Lee mold coming will have to do some load development, Contenderman

[L Erie Caster]

I ran into a deal at my local range, once fired Federal 308 Win brass in original boxes for $1.50 box. That is not a typo, 200 cases for $15.00. I just could not pass them up at that price. So I have been tumbling, size/decapping and trimming most of the day.

[DerekP Houston]

finished coating another 25lbs of wadcutter for 38 specials with hitek "zombie green"....ok they still came out brown but the coating holds up fine and shoots great.

[CASTER OF LEAD]

Pan lubed 100-358105 SWC, Lube sized 100- 358150 SWC, decapped,sized,expanded, reprimed 200 .38 spcl cases. went to the range. just completed some test loads. Love the time in the "Room", or the "HOLE" as my wife refers to it. lol- Caster

[avogunner]

Smelted the last of my wheel weights yesterday - about a 1/4 buckets worth. Yielded a bit over 30lbs. While I was at it, I took care of my range pickens for another 30lbs. I still have a hundred or so pounds of salvaged shot to get to but its long past time to scavenge more.

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[taco650]

Built this yesterday. Replaces the one on the left.

[DerekP Houston]

So I was chopping up an old broken bed frame this weekend. Found it was actually solid oak not the cheap particle board I was expecting as usual. I think it will make a nice 1/2" addition to my bench and make it a bit more decorative. Right now its just covered in 2 layers of 3/4" oak plywood.

Nice job Taco650 looks like a solid bench. I plan on adding a 4x4 post underneath my LNL to stabilize it a bit more.

[Dframe]

I dug about 100 44 Special cases out of the tumbler, then sized and reprimed 50. Going to fill them up later today. New 69 needs some fun stuff to shoot.

[62chevy]

Built this yesterday. Replaces the one on the left.

Nice looking bench but some how I doubt the old one will get replaced.

[RogerDat]

Built this yesterday. Replaces the one on the left.

I too have my doubts that things won't expand to both benches. Waste not want not

Polishing brass while I sort the re-man range brass from the bucket of .223 that will need primer pocket work. Came out to about 650 rounds of already reloaded, the other 3k to 4k are 1x. Which I'll have to eventually sort by head stamp.

[Pee Wee]

Built this yesterday. Replaces the one on the left.

Looks good tasco,
more work space and storage

[taco650]

I too have my doubts that things won't expand to both benches. Waste not want not

Nice looking bench but some how I doubt the old one will get replaced.

Have no fear gentlemen, that old desk will hit the dumpster. It was left the house when we bought it and I had nothing else to use for reloading at the time so it got pressed into service (used built-ins at our previous house that got left behind in the move). It is falling apart, the leg joints come apart when I'm sizing rifle cases. One of the legs has been chewed on by a dog and the compartment on the left never held anything. It was a nice desk in it day but now just a rickety bunch of cheap wood.