What did you do at your reloading bench today?

[Mr. Neutron]

Hi, Rifletom!

Man, I hope you're right about the TLC, Sir!!

Scope is a fairly old (25+ yrs.) Leupold Vari-X II 3x9. Will go back on my equally old Ruger stainless M77 MkII (think Boat Paddle stock, but I've replaced that stock long ago......). This scope currently has some "issues" staying put on zero. I live in Oregon, not far from where the scopes are made and serviced. If I drive the 25 miles or so from my house to their service center and drop it off & pick it up myself, they will fix it and have it ready for me within a week, maybe 10 days, I was told. If I mail it to them, they will have it for over a month before I can get it back. A friend I used to work with needed something done to his Leupold scope about 2 weeks before deer season opened one year. He dropped his scope off, and they gave him a "loaner scope" to use for his hunt. Got his glass back right after deer season. Don't know if they still do that anymore, but I always thought it was pretty cool of them to do that.

[Mags]

Bench cleaned off and space used to clean the Long Ranger and 1911.

[Mags]

Moved on to depriming and cleaning primer pockets for 45 colt.

[Mags]

Now working on 45 colt case sizing. Got too far behind. Turning tedious instead of fun.

[edit 11/08] finished today with the sizing.

[Mags]

Primed 240 45 colt brass cases.

[Rifletom]

I also have some .45 Colt brass to load up; about 50 is all I have empty, but, it'll give me something to fool around with. Lord knows I don't need to load any more .38 spl or .45 acp! Well, maybe.

[Cofisher]

Yeah, I have several hundred 357 cases ready for powder. But, also several hundred loaded rounds! I have begun putting up and storing rounds for my Grendel. 2-300 ready in boxes, and that many new Starline cases waiting. After a year, I finally was able to buy 500 cases. What a sweet thing.

Awaiting delivery of 250 cases for my 308. That is exciting.

Powder and primers are coming in trickles. Time will tell. Latest powder buy is Hodgdon BL 2C. Still waiting on large rifle primers.

[Travlin]

I always like to de-prime, clean, size and neck expand my brass as soon as it is empty. Then I label the container it's in and put it on the shelf so when it's time to load it half of the work is done.

[dmanwarren]

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Been awhile since I've been on here. The wife has been fighting leukemia for 15 years now with 9 years in remission in the middle. Last two years have been hell with her going on hospice and now back off of it thank God. She was bed ridden for awhile which took all my time but she seems to be making a comeback! Anyways spent some time in the reloading room for the first time in almost a year and finally ran up a ladder load for my S&W 460. Got it scoped for my old eyes and will hopefully hit the range soon. Had to do a line up of cartridges just cause it's cool next to the others I shoot alot.

[Hatchdog]

Happy to hear your wife is improving.

Let me guess at your lineup

9mm
38 spec
357
41 mag
44 mag
460 (okay, I cheated on this one as you mentioned it)
223
45 acp

How did I do?

[dmanwarren]

Hatchdog, you did good but one! Left of the 460 is a 454 casull.

[JVogler]

Hatchdog, good to hear you and your wife are getting a break. It keeps getting tougher as we get older. My wife has been a spinal cord patient for 38years and it isn't getting any easier for her. She gives up a few hours a week so me and my older brother can shoot once a week. I stole an hour last night and loaded 50 rounds of 9mm 147 grain Falcon coated flag points. My brother has a S&W 986 revolver and he gave me 3 moonclips ,he's generous with his ammo but I try not to use his.

[fortyshooter]

Be loading up some .357 Mag 158 gr XTP rounds I was getting low on.Good to have around for the 7 shot Smith!

[JVogler]

Actually cleaned my Winchester SXP 12 gauge on the reloading bench this evening. The bench is getting more use for 2nd amendment chores. No cleaning weapons on kitchen table anymore. My wife is even bothered by the scent on Hoopes #9.

[RanchRoper]

Don't buy a flintlock unless you want to forget how to reload cartridges....it's been so long I'd have to start over.

[Vaquero]

Don't buy a flintlock unless you want to forget how to reload cartridges....it's been so long I'd have to start over.

Never owned or even cared to own one.
I do though have 3 percussion rifles, and 4 cap & ball revolvers.
But, I could never see those taking the place of a good cf rifle or handgun.
Plus all the cleanup those require, nope never happen.

RP

[Mags]

If I had a flintlock, it would be an unused trophy piece over the fireplace. I wouldn't want the mess that goes with using one.

[RanchRoper]

Can't recall the last time I shot a cartridge gun....

[Vaquero]

Sept. 18th last time I shot some revolvers revolvers.
I had just bought this '51, and these were my first shots.

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The '58 was my first and this was the first time in a good while since I last shot it.
It's my ugliest and favorite.

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RP

[Vaquero]

On another note, deprimed some 6.5 brass, and a few 41 mags.
Also loaded 24 210 xtp's over some 2400 in 41 mag. brass.
May try to use one of those on a deer.

RP