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What Are You Doing On The Reloading Bench Today?

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Looks like the thread disappeared, so I want to reopen it.

I was bored tonight so I went out to the shed and whipped me up 100 rounds of .454 Casull. I used Nosler 250 grain JHP projectiles and W296 powder. Supposed to give me a muzzle velocity of around 1755 fps.
 
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I cranked out 600 rounds of 40S&W, today, using Unique 7.0 grains under Montana Gold 165 grain FMJ bullet. Zombie "medicine." :D
 
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1755 fps with a 250 grn projectile sounds like a wrist snapper !
That's why my barrel be ported, so I don't give myself a bloody nose with the muzzle flip. Or even worse......

 
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I made more 40 S&W ammo, today. I will finish up on those tomorrow, then start making 9MM ammo for the "plinking" gun.

I am trying to fill all my empty ammo cans from the Summer shooting sessions. It has been raining a LOT this October, which was unusual, so it gave me a head start on my reloading schedule. At this rate, I will be back to making 10MM ammo, with plated bullets for plinking, in a week.

I think I may need to make some more .357 Magnums, and a bunch of .223 in the month of November.
 
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What, 40 short and weak? J/K. I had one of my best pistol targets done with a SIG P229 with Crimson Trace Laser grips and my homemade .40 cal loads. Of course I then turned around and equaled it with my Dan Wesson Razorback 10mm and Crimson Trace laser grips, and the very same bullets (but not the same recipe) on the same day. The shooting gods were smiling on me that morning.
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#8 ·
I hear rumors of ruger gonna maybe make a 10mm long slide.
well I got 200 pieces of Brother Bobs 30-06 brass all ready to load.
I have a really accurate recipe for my hunting rifle.
the only snag is I am not impressed with the terminal performance of the bullet.
so back to square one.
I have been slowly poking around some loads for the 45 acp's with a 200gr boolit but haven't settled on a powder just yet.
something between bulls-eye and green dot is looking like the final answer.
I have shot both and they are about equal but there is more in there to get, 700-x and American select are up next.
 
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Have you tried Hodgdon Titegroup for the 45AUTO?
 
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oh yeah.
unique,800-x,bulls-eye,clay's, green-dot,
231, and a couple of others.
I'm just working my way around the bunch looking for a place to land.
most work alright, others I see little problems with, some don't have quite the accuracy.
that and I just have the powders here [the bullets are free] so I'm playing around a bit.
 
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titegroup gets weird in small spaces.
put 6 grains in a 308 case under a 150gr. cast bullet and it is as happy as a clam.
seat a 115gr 9mm bullet down .020 too deep and your in for a world of hurt.
 
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I worked up a new 40S&W load, today, using 165 grain JHP bullets from Montana Gold. I found that they gave me a very nice 5/8" group at 10 yards, shooting from a standing position without a rest. Coincidentally, it is powered by the same 7.0 grains of Unique that I was loading under the 165 grain FMJ Montana Gold bullet. These were all fired from a Glock 22 GEN 3.

This would not normally surprise me, except that the JHP bullet is 0.035 inches longer than the FMJ bullet, and the load was compressed under the FMJ bullet. I was concerned that the deeper seating of the hollow point would cause an over pressure for the same MAX COL of 1.135". I reduced the MAX load in the book by 10%, and then worked up from there. I was pleasantly surprised that the same powder charge worked for both bullets, AND the hollow point was more accurate.
 
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Almost, this is NOT it but it looks like this, window on the back end, 12x14........... View attachment 74637
Yeah, mine had double doors like that but I figured it made it too easy to break in. So I slightly modified the kit, and put in a single steel door.
 
#21 ·
Saw jugs of Blue Dot powder on sale with a 19 dollar hazmat shipping special. Ordered me a 5 pound jug and some ammo boxes for .300 Blackout.
 
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I'm cranking out 9MM ammo, today. We use it for practice in our Glock 40S&W pistols, using Wolf Conversion barrels. I have a LOT of 9MM reloading components left over from when the wife used to carry 9MM Glock pistols.
 
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I use Blue Dot in my 10mm Loads. But all my 10mm pistols are 1911's. Including my Fusion Firearms Long Slide. I see Les Baer is now making a 10mm long slide. I bet it's EXPENSIVE!
 
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