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Showing posts with label Reloading. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Reloading. Show all posts
Dec 9, 2013

Song of the South

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There's a generation of reloaders who think the finest bullet -- serious target and hunting stuff --should cost a nickel or less.  They ...
May 19, 2013

Reloading .30-06 military brass

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For reasons I hinted at last evening, I've developed an even stronger hunger for .30-06, and a rainy Sunday is devoted to loading some o...
Apr 21, 2013

Loophole report (Please stand by)

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I'll post a picture of the single purchase, a Lee AutoPrime II, one of the few shootin' gizmos that fine old company ever decided to...
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Mar 14, 2013

Retro-reloading note

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Just locked up the loading shack pondering the latest mystery. What the heck kind of brass is that? About 25 of them from the "miscel...
Mar 13, 2013

Tales from the reloading shack

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I finally said to Hell with it. The Catholics could probably pick a new Pope without my counsel, so I switched off the idiotic cable channel...
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Oct 8, 2012

Reloading dope

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Namely me. My buddy P is getting more interested in shooting. His son bought a .30-06 bolt gun a while back, and P decided he'd like o...
Sep 18, 2012

Domestica -- ammo and other incendiaries

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-- The wood faerie returneth. My cup of renewable, sustainable biomass fuel runneth -- rilly rilly runneth -- over. My city man has just del...
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Sep 1, 2012

Adventures at the ammo bench

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The Remington 760 (couple-three posts down) inspired me to hit the loading room yesterday and wade into the fat supply of .30-06 cases. It t...
Jul 14, 2011

Reloading note

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A nice batch of .30 Carbine cases followed me home recently, and I started processing them last evening.  I didn't feel like dealing wit...
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Jan 11, 2011

Reloading Note - Bullseye

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Random Acts of Patriotism features a photo of a maimed revolver which appears to have been destroyed by a massive loading bench error, poss...
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Nov 21, 2010

My Cup Runneth Over

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I've mentioned the big lead stash and the barrel leading from the first batch of c. 230-grain round-nose bullets. Pan lubrication solved...
Sep 13, 2010

Reloading note -- .45ACP cast bullets

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An experiment with as-cast and unlubricated .45 ACP bullets did not work well.  We fired just over  50 mild --c. 725 fps -- rounds  last w...
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Jul 7, 2010

Boolits

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That's how the serious casting cats spell it on the internet, and now your humble scribe has 168,000 grains of a lead-like boolit mate...
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Jun 5, 2010

...perchance to dream

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Much accomplished today, although I doubt reader interest in hearing about the toilet tank overhaul and accompanying carpentry, painting, an...

Fresh .45 fodder

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The rain is putting my home improvement drive  on hold, so it's back to the loading shack. There's enough componentry on hand to bui...
May 31, 2010

You say they've super-sized the zombies?

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Why, I have just the thing,  Watson.  --- There was too much clutter in the loading shack -- such as hundreds of .30-06 cases and oddb...
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May 29, 2010

From the reloading shack

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I've been fat on.38 Special brass and 158-grain RNs for quite a while and finally motivated myself to check that chore off the list yest...
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Apr 28, 2010

Reloading note

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No matter how cheap they are, resist the impulse to acquire any GI .30-06 brass made in Denver in 1942 (Den 42) . I have fought governmen...