What did you do at your reloading bench today?

RuralRifleGuy · Dec 27, 2020

John from MD said:
Been there earlier on with my RL550B. I feel your pain.

Did you get your RL550B for Christmas and have it for just two days before it happened too? :lol2:

I've killed two Lyman products in the same number of days. The press today and a decapping rod yesterday.

John from MD · Dec 27, 2020

It took Dillon two tries to get the right parts to me. All told it took maybe three weeks or so before I got the press running again.

Oh, I got a nice Christmas Eve present. My refrigerator died. Well, someday you eat the bear and some days you get the shaft. :lol:

RuralRifleGuy · Dec 27, 2020

I expected the little RCBS Partner press I bought to be the one most likely to have a failure because it's so light compared to the Ideal. Hopefully Lyman covers this under warranty.

Pensfaninmd · Dec 27, 2020

Loaded 25 rounds of 7.62x54r and prepped and primed 100 rounds of 30 .06.

Ptreece · Dec 28, 2020

I'm loading 8mm Mauser with 46 gr of Varget. I'm almost out of Varget and can't seem to find it.

John from MD · Dec 28, 2020

Ptreece said:
I'm loading 8mm Mauser with 46 gr of Varget. I'm almost out of Varget and can't seem to find it.

If you are shooting 185-190 grain bullets, H380,H335 or4064 will work. If you are shooting 200gn then H414 and 4350 will work.

In the remote chance you are shooting 150-175, H4895 will work.

Ptreece · Dec 28, 2020

John from MD said:
If you are shooting 185-190 grain bullets, H380,H335 or4064 will work. If you are shooting 200gn then H414 and 4350 will work.

In the remote chance you are shooting 150-175, H4895 will work.

Thanks for the information, I am using a 170gr bullet. I have some H4895 so I'll give that a try.

GunBum · Dec 29, 2020

Slow day at “work”

Productive day reloading :innocent0

500 rounds of 9mm 115 FMJ
100 .44 Mag 240 HP

steves1911 · Dec 29, 2020

Ptreece said:
I'm loading 8mm Mauser with 46 gr of Varget. I'm almost out of Varget and can't seem to find it.

Shooters world precision is very close to varget and can usually be found.

Leper Messiah · Dec 29, 2020

I got my new lnl mounted and set up for 10mm. Wtf is the deal with all my pics being sideways?

PowPow · Dec 29, 2020

Leper Messiah said:
I got my new lnl mounted and set up for 10mm.

Looks great! Let us know how it works when you do a batch.

outrider58 · Dec 29, 2020

Just got 1K 115gs from RMR. Gonna get busy here soon.

fidelity · Dec 30, 2020

Set up a new bench in the basement.

And then I promptly cluttered it up.

fidelity · Dec 30, 2020

I had started with a Lee hand press a few months ago and decided to upgrade to a Lee value turret press for now. I also was lucky and got a Lee single-stage press from JamesDong in a karma.

I put the turret press on a short length of a 2x6 so I could move it out of the way easily for other work. I used the Lee mounting plate to also be able to exchange the single-stage and turret on the same moveable platform.

platekiller · Dec 30, 2020

I crimped 220 rounds of 223 on the lee and now have a 50 cal to the brim with range ammo. I then cranked out 150 rounds of 9mm on the Dillon.

platekiller · Dec 30, 2020

fidelity said:
I had started with a Lee hand press a few months ago and decided to upgrade to a Lee value turret press for now. I also was lucky and got a Lee single-stage press from JamesDong in a karma.

I put that turret press on a block so I could move it out of the way easily for other work. I used the Lee mounting plate to also be able to exchange the single-stage and turret on the same moveable platform.

Looks good. My bench is too cluttered. I have the lee single stage that I work on rifle ammo and the Dillon 550 set up for 9mm. That setup works well since I often have one of my sons helping.

fidelity · Dec 30, 2020

platekiller said:
Looks good. My bench is too cluttered. I have the lee single stage that I work on rifle ammo and the Dillon 550 set up for 9mm. That setup works well since I often have one of my sons helping.

My wife is happy that I moved the reloading station/clutter off the larger family dining table, lol.

John from MD · Dec 30, 2020

fidelity said:
My wife is happy that I moved the reloading station/clutter off the larger family dining table, lol.

Don't worry, after your bench gets cluttered enough, you will be back on the kitchen table. :lol:

fidelity · Dec 30, 2020

John from MD said:
Don't worry, after your bench gets cluttered enough, you will be back on the kitchen table.

Hence the clampable station.

RuralRifleGuy · Dec 30, 2020

20 Rounds of 300 HAM'R, just trying to duplicate some factory ammo and try out things I received for Christmas. One round had its primer not seat as far as the rest so I'm waiting on a bullet puller to arrive so I can take care of that.

What did you do at your reloading bench today?

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