I've been shooting my old stock no issues here either but eventually my 30 plus year old components will probably decay.
What did you do at your reloading bench today?
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I've been shooting my old stock no issues here either but eventually my 30 plus year old components will probably decay.
I just shot some .40S&W that was primed with Remington 11/2 primers from the '60's. All when bang with good accuracy.
That's what I want to hear, these 30 plus year old components are going to out last me.
I still have a couple thousand in the little red and green boxes they used to pack them in until they learned about something called "sympathetic detonation".
I was having some trouble running 9mm on my Lock-n-load press. I was dispensing 4.1 of powder but occasionally I would find charges much lower like 3.1g. It happened more frequently when the hopper was lower.
I started tapping on the dispenser and running the press more aggressively. It helped a little. When I searched online I found people buying vibrators and simply taping them to the side of the hopper to keep the powder more compacted. I thought about doing the same thing but decided to come up with something more elegant and 3D print it.
https://www.mdshooters.com/showthread.php?p=6002199
I don’t have time today to do any reloading but did conduct some testing. I loaded the hopper about 20% full and set the metering to 5.7g.
I manually dispensed 10 shots and they weighed 57.6g. Then I dispensed 20 individual shots
14 at 5.7g
4 at 5.6g
1 at 5.8g
1 at 5.4g
So I think this is an improvement.
I started tapping on the dispenser and running the press more aggressively. It helped a little. When I searched online I found people buying vibrators and simply taping them to the side of the hopper to keep the powder more compacted. I thought about doing the same thing but decided to come up with something more elegant and 3D print it.
https://www.mdshooters.com/showthread.php?p=6002199
I don’t have time today to do any reloading but did conduct some testing. I loaded the hopper about 20% full and set the metering to 5.7g.
I manually dispensed 10 shots and they weighed 57.6g. Then I dispensed 20 individual shots
14 at 5.7g
4 at 5.6g
1 at 5.8g
1 at 5.4g
So I think this is an improvement.
When I use a manual powder dispenser, I tap the handle two times in each direction when I make a throw. This has worked for many many years in obtaining consistent powder drops.
PowPow
Where's the beef?
I watched your vid, ToolAA. Yeah, I think the buzzing of that vibrator would drive me crazy. Let us know how long it is before you decide to throw your solution up against the wall and smash it into tiny pieces! Better yet, take it to the range and let someone else destroy it for you, right? Seriously, I'm not sure that I could concentrate with that noise. You could try grounding your powder measure and press to see if that helps.
TAA, you do wipe the measure down with a fabric softener sheet right?
Kirkster
Active Member
Loaded another 300... cleaned up on the bench and floor. Found 4 primers. Like Christmas I tell you...
It sounded much louder on my phone when I watched the video than it did in person. Also I’m not one of those people who are bothered by buzzing or clicking noises. I work in a fabrication shop all day.
250 more 9mm 115gr RN plinking ammo. I’ve got enough powder to make about 1000 more of this setup. I’ll have created about 2500 9mm rounds by then. I guess in todays dollars thats about $1000 in savings.
I’m shooting the same competition. 2 man team event that Friday
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I'm doing Thursday. Actually am sleeping at the Hampton in Martinsburg the night before because I wasn't sure I could make the drive from Rockville and still be awake enough to shoot in the morning.
Anyways, last night was some 9mm loading and boxing up some previous reloads for use. My case feed adapter is getting a little sticky, so I think I need to clean it... not sure how to do that. Hot water and soap, I suppose.
byf43
SCSC Life/NRA Patron Life
Cleaned, lubed, sized, put back in the tumbler (to remove lube) a little over 100 .350 Legend cases.
I sure wish my youngest son would at least ATTEMPT to show an interest in how to load his own ammo.
He's old enough to learn, so that I can continue doing what "I" want to do, since my retirement.
I sure wish my youngest son would at least ATTEMPT to show an interest in how to load his own ammo.
He's old enough to learn, so that I can continue doing what "I" want to do, since my retirement.
I'm doing Thursday. Actually am sleeping at the Hampton in Martinsburg the night before because I wasn't sure I could make the drive from Rockville and still be awake enough to shoot in the morning.
Anyways, last night was some 9mm loading and boxing up some previous reloads for use. My case feed adapter is getting a little sticky, so I think I need to clean it... not sure how to do that. Hot water and soap, I suppose.
That’s not a bad idea. The only thing I wasn’t looking forward to was the 7am safety brief followed immediately by the start of competition.
Maybe I’ll look into that as well. I’d have to leave at 5 am to get there by 6:45.
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Never take a long drive to a competition. Driving is stressful, today even more so then when I was shooting competitively. Get a hotel room, relax and have a light breakfast in the morning. No coffee or RED BULL if you are precision shooting. 
My wife always came with me and sometimes we would make it a three day weekend and do some sightseeing in the area where the shoot is being held.
My wife always came with me and sometimes we would make it a three day weekend and do some sightseeing in the area where the shoot is being held.
Never take a long drive to a competition. Driving is stressful, today even more so then when I was shooting competitively. Get a hotel room, relax and have a light breakfast in the morning. No coffee or RED BULL if you are precision shooting.
My wife always came with me and sometimes we would make it a three day weekend and do some sightseeing in the area where the shoot is being held.
Great advice.
Except I have two toddlers and a wife who barely tolerates my absence for expensive hobbies. I leave at the last minute possible to make most matches. Guzzle coffee by the gallon, and run away the minute we tear down.
It's actually worse than that for 2man; you've got to check in at the PNTC clubhouse FIRST at 6AM and then hoof it to Frontier range by 7AM for the safety brief. I don't know what sociopath came up with these times, but it's crazy.
glueru
Lead em to bleed em
Getting ready to do 1000 45acp 230gr ball and about 100 xtp. A little hot at 1050fps
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