What did you do at your reloading bench today?

[Vaquero]

I ordered some of those 325 gr Slammers from MB co., their sampler pack of 100 to give a try.
They came a couple days ago, well a few mins. ago I loaded one with 8.0 grs. of Unique.
It cycled perfectly through the Rossi, stepped out the back door and slung it at one of the gongs.
It hit low and was a very lite recoil round, I'll load some later with some 2400 as forty did.
Have to try them in Marlin also.
Got some stuff to do now maybe later this afternoon.
Thanks to forty for the enabling.

RP

[Vaquero]

I ordered some of those 325 gr Slammers from MB co., their sampler pack of 100 to give a try.
They came a couple days ago, well a few mins. ago I loaded one with 8.0 grs. of Unique.
It cycled perfectly through the Rossi, stepped out the back door and slung it at one of the gongs.
It hit low and was a very lite recoil round, I'll load some later with some 2400 as forty did.
Have to try them in Marlin also.
Got some stuff to do now maybe later this afternoon.
Thanks to forty for the enabling.

RP

[RanchRoper]

Haven't been at the reloading station for quite some time (have 2 cabinets full of reloads already) but I am researching how to load black powder 45 Colt cartridges. There is a BP weekend cartridge shoot in Sept and I want to shoot my 1860 Henry and 1885 Highwall.

[DsGrouse]

Two 60lb boxes of 38spl brass.


and 2k in older LSWC bullets




and 5,000 small rifle primers.

Not a bad haul for today.

[Vaquero]

The only thing RR is all the nooks and crannies that corrosive powder can get into in a lever gun.
I don't want any part of cleaning that every time I shoot it.
Best of luck to though sir.

RP

[Vaquero]

I just don't bother loading 38's, just a few grs. less then 357 and I don't own a 38 spl anything.
Mark gave me 500 cases first of the year, I deprimed and cleaned them.
I loaded 50 and gave to a friend, the rest are in a coffee can.

RP

[Rifletom]

DsGrouse, is that gray/white on the swc's lube? I t looks really dry in picture.

[DsGrouse]

DsGrouse, is that gray/white on the swc's lube? I t looks really dry in picture.

The bullets are all from the early 90's. The boxes are marked for a special "dry lube" that was used. It feels like an early version of a spray/shake lube. They feel lube-like in the hand, so I am not too worried. These will be plinkers.

[RanchRoper]

Ya, have to be incredibly diligent with cleaning each time.

[Travlin]

Make sure that you use black powder bullet lube and a big lube bullet if you can find one. I found that a few grains of 4198 next to the primer of my 45-70 loads and then the rest of the load a compressed charge of black powder works very well. This type of load was used when smokeless powder was new and allows many shots to be made with almost no barrel fowling. In my rolling block it is very accurate. The rule of thumb is about ten percent smokeless and the rest black.

[BigAl52]

It’s called duplex loads. I used an empty 22 LR case as a dipper for the smokeless. Soldered a wire handle on it. Ive done the black in lever guns but I used a 44-40. Mike Venturino has some articles on it RR if you can find some of his stuff on line.

[Travlin]

My bad not really 10% smokeless.For my 45-70 I use 4.5 grains of 4198 against the primer and then about 60 grains of ffg to fill the case using a drop tube. A milk carton wad and then compress the charge and seat the bullet , one of my own cast from the Lee mould lubed with a 50/50 mix of beeswax and Crisco. I can shoot 30 shots of this and not have to use a blow tube or wipe the barrel.

[Vaquero]

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[DsGrouse]

I tried the 158grn lead swc last night with he henry. 6.5grns of unique. they were on target (plinking,) and subsonic (can on.) I'll load some more and give them a run through the chrono and for accuracy in a couple of days.

[fortyshooter]

I tried the 158grn lead swc last night with he henry. 6.5grns of unique. they were on target (plinking,) and subsonic (can on.) I'll load some more and give them a run through the chrono and for accuracy in a couple of days.

Are those plain lead or coated bullets?

[DsGrouse]

THey are the old star brand with some wax like substance. I picked them up cheap off vaguns. He's got 10k in 148grn HBWC if you want to shoot that.

[DsGrouse]

A hundred rounds loaded.

[Travlin]

I know it's duplex loads but was trying to keep the post as simple as I could. As far as powder dippers, when I started in the late sixties I made a lot of those after checking them on the scale and I still have several hanging in the "room". Now I use the Lee set but still go back to my homemade ones when needed. They are everything from a .22 short case to a sawed of .38 splc and several .32' cases with the soldered wire handles.

[Rifletom]

I know it's duplex loads but was trying to keep the post as simple as I could. As far as powder dippers, when I started in the late sixties I made a lot of those after checking them on the scale and I still have several hanging in the "room". Now I use the Lee set but still go back to my homemade ones when needed. They are everything from a .22 short case to a sawed of .38 splc and several .32' cases with the soldered wire handles.

Yep, made one myself with the only .380 case I found. Use it for my .45 Colt/Unique.

[Vaquero]

Didn't do anything, but I did receive some new 25-20 brass today.
Not sure if any here shoot much older stuff.
But, I found these at ET Brass, $30 per 50 and are primed.

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