Can I call you daddy?
Need another grandson?
Trimming some .308 this morning
I could pick up lots of little hunting buddies on here seems like….
I checked the length on about 1000 rds. of 5.56mm brass today.
Cleaning a little and sorting stuff and found out I can't find my .490" round balls.
I will need to cast some more.
I did find .530" Hornady lead round balls though and they actually fit better in the solid shot
cup than the .490" ones.
3 into a shot cup and load on top of BD powder for 12 gauge.
That .490" X3 load is the most accurate I have shot from my smooth bore shotgun. 176 gr. each ball.
I will be making some .530" X3 loads. 225 gr. each ball.
I will need to cast some more.
I did find .530" Hornady lead round balls though and they actually fit better in the solid shot
cup than the .490" ones.
3 into a shot cup and load on top of BD powder for 12 gauge.
That .490" X3 load is the most accurate I have shot from my smooth bore shotgun. 176 gr. each ball.
I will be making some .530" X3 loads. 225 gr. each ball.
This morning I loaded 200 rounds of 9mm in nickel cases that I had picked out of the range pickups over the last few months. Used Rocky mountain reloading 115 g FMJ RN and 5.8 g of HS-6 And the last of the Remington SPP. now I can start using the CCI SPP I bought back in 2012 When primers were cheap and plentiful.
Couldn't sleep last night, so I processed all 100ish rounds I spent on my M5 and loaded some more test loads using N135 I had on hand.
Sleep was an afterthought again so I did another 20 loads of .308 using the 165 SST. Worked back from 44.0 grains of TAC this time to see if SD's go down.
IMR 4064 is a bust with this bullet and FGMM brass. Not enough case capacity and my starting load left too knarly of a ring/dent on the o-give for me.
Also made up some 77 grain Barnes Match Burner BTHP loads using TAC. Can't find my 77 Berger OTM's, so I'll need an alternative. I have a few of these Barnes to run before I buy some SMK's. Can't find decent OAL data on this bullet, so I used some SMK data and worked up two OAL's.
IMR 4064 is a bust with this bullet and FGMM brass. Not enough case capacity and my starting load left too knarly of a ring/dent on the o-give for me.
Also made up some 77 grain Barnes Match Burner BTHP loads using TAC. Can't find my 77 Berger OTM's, so I'll need an alternative. I have a few of these Barnes to run before I buy some SMK's. Can't find decent OAL data on this bullet, so I used some SMK data and worked up two OAL's.
Not firearms related but, I put together one of those roll around magnets to clear my yard of roofing nails and screws. I do small home projects in my reloading room. The magnet worked really well but, I'm sure my lawn mower will find any the magnet missed.
