What have you been doing at the bench today?

[BHPSteel]

Not actually reloading, but everyone's favorite - case prep!

I was given a bag of used 30-06 brass and so a couple days ago, decapped it, neck-sized it, slapped it in the ultrasonic and picked out the (quite few) pieces that I didn't consider safe.

Then, onto the Lee Case Prep stud in the power drill for a go-over with gray scotchbrite, followed by a wipe down to get any of the scotchbrite abrasive off. This is not a high-volume solution to case prep and I'm not normally obsessive about having bright, shiny brass, but it gave me a great opportunity to check every case over:

 

[Torn]

Worked up a nice .300AAC subload
11.2 grains of Accurate 1680 with 220 grain Berrys Spire point bullets.

Banish 30 suppressor with 16” barrel
1” high at 50 yds
Bullseye @ 75 yds
1.5 “ low at 100 yds.

 

[greg vess]

Notrhing yet but I will up in the wee hours of the morning and I have loads of prepped and primed brass looking for powder and projectiles. So I guess you know what I will be doing.

 

[greg vess]

I took some clean brass I had ( 160 pieces of .223 brass ) that had already been resized and deprimed. I cut the down to correct length. I also swagged the primer pockets, half of which I had to cut the crimp down. Man that's a PITA.

My new trimmer chamfers the inside and out. I have 250 69 gr bullets coming from RMR so I just gearing up to load some to test. After my arms start to function again I will go in and prime them.

I guess I will load up 20 with Varget and see how that goes. I am going to hold off on going at it gung ho #untill I see how that works out.

 

[rOmiLaYu]

Banish 30 suppressor with 16” barrel
1” high at 50 yds
Bullseye @ 75 yds
1.5 “ low at 100 yds.

That's....weird.

 

[greg vess]

I forgot to hit post reply at 3:00pm and sat down to rest my arms and fingers from all the case work. So I walked into the living room and sat down the next I know it 5:00 pm. I fell asleep for two hours and wasn't even trying. I had a horrible night with minimal sleep and it caught up to me. We I just completed priming over 160 some odd cases. So now I have probably 250 prepped .223 cases. I need to test a few powders before I open up the assembly line.

 

[Torn]

That's....weird.

The 220 grains fall off pretty quickly at 100 and I was looking for a 50, 75, 100 yard load that was within 3” of all three.

 

[PA4476]

Making 351 WSL brass out of 357 maximum brass.

Start by cutting them off .215
De burr & chamfer
Turn the rim down .30
Then cut a slight relief above the rim.
Size and load normally.

What’s left over

Altered on top, factory 357 bottom

Factory 351 WSL brass on left, altered 357/351 on the right

 

[PA4476]

Not actually reloading, but everyone's favorite - case prep!

I was given a bag of used 30-06 brass and so a couple days ago, decapped it, neck-sized it, slapped it in the ultrasonic and picked out the (quite few) pieces that I didn't consider safe.

Then, onto the Lee Case Prep stud in the power drill for a go-over with gray scotchbrite, followed by a wipe down to get any of the scotchbrite abrasive off. This is not a high-volume solution to case prep and I'm not normally obsessive about having bright, shiny brass, but it gave me a great opportunity to check every case over:

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Do ya know anyone with a 3D printer ?
I had a friend of mine make these a few years ago. Makes it a lot easier to use.

 

[PA4476]

Making 351 WSL brass out of 357 maximum brass.

Start by cutting them off .215
De burr & chamfer
Turn the rim down .30
Then cut a slight relief above the rim.
Size and load normally.

What’s left over
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Altered on top, factory 357 bottom

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Factory 351 WSL brass on left, altered 357/351 on the right
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And now the finished product.
It was pretty labor intensive, but well worth it since this ammo is hard to find and very spendy when ya do.
I loaded 100 rounds using Hawk 180 gr jacketed soft nose and Buffalo Arms 180 gr cast w/gas check.
Should be running 1750 fps’ish.
Very pleased with how they turned out.
I shot a couple checking function and to check pressure signs. All looks good.