some .308 and 45 colt.
Brass is all clean and shiny.
nighty night
Brass is all clean and shiny.
nighty night
have fun. I loaded 45acp, 45 Colt and 38 special yesteday before the flu got me. (everyone in my house is sick right now) loaded 500 of each.
I'm sick today.
I'm sick today.
I need to get started on the .45 colt. Got the dies, bullets and powder.
---warm fuzzies all around---
Shot up 100 38 special and 100 40 S&W yesterday.
Now, the cases are cleaned, now waiting to be trimmed (if needed) and primed
100 357 mag are primed and waiting for powder and a hat.
Shot up 100 38 special and 100 40 S&W yesterday.
Now, the cases are cleaned, now waiting to be trimmed (if needed) and primed
100 357 mag are primed and waiting for powder and a hat.
500 of each would take me forever on my single stage and beam scale.
Looks like some of us are shooting some ammo
Looks like some of us are shooting some ammo
---warm fuzzies all around---
Shot up 100 38 special and 100 40 S&W yesterday.
Now, the cases are cleaned, now waiting to be trimmed (if needed) and primed
100 357 mag are primed and waiting for powder and a hat.
You trim pistol brass? Why?
I have never in 35+ years of loading ammo trimmed pistol brass. Just asking.
You've got that 45C loaded, with cast I assume?
Now come to our CASS shoot at OKCGC next Saturday.
Curious as well. Never trimmer straight-walled brass before.
Jake are you going to be there? We will be there for sure!
I assume you measure your brass everytime? Takes just a second, I do it when doing general inspection of cases.
In general I found that cases don't change, or shorten, but occasionally some actually lengthen. Maybe 2-3/100.
Sometimes I set those aside and wait until 10-20 accumulate and then trim them to recommended trim length. Sometimes I just trim the couple I find.
One of the major advantages of reloading is precision. So, I take the time do be as precise as possible...even with pistol rounds. I don't shoot huge volumes. Like Swamprat, I use a single stage press, so 100 rounds is about all I can do at a time.
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