What did you do in the reloading room today?

Resized 50 40cal. Sized, primed, and loaded 50 more 40 cal. Went to the range yesterday and realized how much better I liked my loads then factory.
 
You said That perfectly!!! We Got rope..Finding it???

Same as finding that bag of reduced 50 B&M that I sent you over a year ago........ What a nice load, 500 gr bullets 1300 fps, just a slight push, you would have enjoyed those..... if you could find them................
 
Last night was fun, deprimed and tumbled a 5gal bucket of 9mm.

Tonight I start on 3 buckets of 5.56.

@Michael458 like the organization, but not ready to give up my 30 cal ammo cans even though your bottles look better.
 
@Michael458 like the organization, but not ready to give up my 30 cal ammo cans even though your bottles look better.

@JimB, I already have all the ammo cans full of ammo..... I don't have anymore... HEH........... These containers are just incredible for bulk bullets and some for specialty brass, but I am very pleased with getting these bullets under control.
I have found bullets that have been put away for years, and now decided to start using some of them.
 
With this weather I'm loading hunting bullets in 308 that havent seen the light of day in years. 150gr Hornady SPBT and 180 Sierra RN. Should be an interesting day at the range next week. Have range cards generated out to 800yds for the 150's and 700 for the 180's. Less than 1200fps beyond that.
 
Finding all these bullets has turned into a problem of sorts. First thing, it allowed me to easily see some areas I was short on, I immediately started making a huge list. Then I caught myself, stopped the list, and decided I really needed to work with some of these older designs, while they are not the highest tech and the very best there is, they are all excellent bullets, and far above conventional available. I am not hunting anymore, and for what I would need or use them for, I don't need the Highest Tech Bullet available. So I decided to load up some of these big bore extra bullets I have.............. Been working with 500 B&M and 50 B&M the last week or so. Then when I started organizing the brass the other day, I found an entire batch, probably 500 of them, first generation 425 gr SSK/Lehigh HP's in .458 we did in 2007 or so. These bullets have a very long nose profile, and not suitable for 458 B&M. But since then, I built a 458 B&M EX, 2.5 inch RUM case, built on a long Winchester action. With a little manipulation, these bullets will even work in the magazine, with a Talon Tip added. Talon Tips add 125-150 fps at 50 yard POI. With these type bullets, that is substantial. I had to find the rifle first however. This rifle is one of a kind, no others have been built, and its not a regular B&M item. It was an experimental gun on my part, as I wanted to use the longer nose profile Raptors, with tips added, and work through the magazines. The rifle has a 20 inch barrel, and is equal to the longer 458 Lott cartridge. Its a real 458 hammer. I will be able to run these 425 Brass HP's at 2500 fps and be well under max pressures.

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@Michael458 on that 458 hp do you get enough extra performance from milling a hexagon to justify the extra work vs drilling it?

Doesn’t really matter to me, cause I ain’t ever shooting it, just academic interest.
 
@Michael458 on that 458 hp do you get enough extra performance from milling a hexagon to justify the extra work vs drilling it?


Jim, these type bullets are the most devastating bullet I have ever seen in the field. They are just wicked. These are all CNC machined, the HP is what they call "wobble broached", whatever that means. Basically once that bullet penetrates 1.5-2 inches inside tissue, 6 blades shear off exactly the same moment, while the center bullet stays on course. They are blades, not petals. They rip and tear through tissue, they do not push. These blades for 3-4 inches travel close to the center bullet, as tissue expands, these blade rip the tissue to shreds, it won't contract back to the wound channel, it is ripped to pieces. After this point, the blades are moving away from the center bullet, and become projectiles on their own, ripping through blood vessels, organ tissue, and anything they come in contact with. All the while, the center bullet is continuing on its path, now acting as a blunt flat nose broken bottle solid. On most animals this main bullet will exit.

They are extreme in the extreme.......... There is nothing on the planet that can cause more destruction of tissue. Of course, the big bores are exactly as described above, as your bore size gets smaller you have the same exact effect, but of course the blades are smaller too. Blades on small bores, .308 and less, do not travel as far from center as the big bores do. They are extremely devastating even in .224 calibers. For any given caliber, these type bullets are the most extreme you can use. Also, they will NEVER FAIL. Every single one is the same as the one before. Regardless of size, they all react and behave exactly the same.

Is it worth it? Yes, absolutely, without doubt. Now you don't want to use them to plink cans and bottles, or target shoot. These are for Extreme Terminal Performance.

This is the heart of a buffalo shot with a 458 B&M 420 Raptor at 25 yards frontal shot............ Big hole........Blades were still working close with the center bullet. After this, the remaining bullet penetrated over 4 foot and was found
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@Michael458 on that 458 hp do you get enough extra performance from milling a hexagon to justify the extra work vs drilling it?

@JimB One more thing, this is one of the actual tests with one of the SSK/Lehigh bullets. This is a Witness Card placed 4 inches inside the test medium, and you can see the star shaped pattern of the blades after they have sheared........

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This is another one in .500 caliber Clearly you can see the star pattern of the blades that sheared at 2 inches.

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Keep in mind, these blades are found at 6-8 inches deep in this test medium............. Most conventional 45 ACP Hollow Points only penetrate to 4-5 inches in the same medium...... This is why they are called "blades"......... They penetrate by slicing and dicing...............
 
Interesting, I expected the blades to have little mass and stop within an inch or two.
 
Interesting, I expected the blades to have little mass and stop within an inch or two.

It was a surprise to us as well when we were testing. In the field, the blades from 416+ caliber weigh anything from 6-9 gr. On 200 lb animals those blades will actually exit broadside animals, 12 inches from center bullet. Smaller bore
blades get caught up in organs and internal tissues. No blades ever make it to the far side of buffalo however. They do slice and dice the internals however. Wicked stuff......... Incredible amounts of blood.
 
Today I got to play with the 21st Century hydro bullet seater. Basically an arbor press with a force gauge. It is a good way to quantify neck tension while seating a bullet.

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Then I installed an extended firing pin, and reduced gas bushing, in my Ruger Mini-30. Ruger Minis are notorious for being over gassed - mine launches brass 30 feet or more. The Accuracy Systems website said the standard factory gas bushing was 0.085”, but mine actually measured 0.100”. :eek: I installed the middle sized bushing from their kit, which is 0.065”.
 
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It was 45 Colt day in the dungeon. My 625-9 has been pleading to me whenever I pass the safe. I think I will take it, my Marlin, and a few single action revolvers to the farm next week to turn some money into noise.
 
Yesterday I loaded 50 rounds of 50 B&M with 425 #13 Solids at 2320 fps. Rifle is sighted for these, and has a several other bullets that have the same POI at 50. Later I prepped another 225 pieces of 50 B&M brass, it is now RTL whenever I need it.
RTL (Ready To Load)........................

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Couple hundred rounds of 10mm and put a new pin kit, barrel bushing, trigger and sear spring in the Delta Elite. Ready to run the tar outta it tomorrow.

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Deprimed 2600 pieces of 9mm brass, and 300 mixed pieces of 357 Mag and 38spl on the Lee APP press. Wet tumbling it all tomorrow. Then probably loading something or other.
 
Deprimed 2600 pieces of 9mm brass, and 300 mixed pieces of 357 Mag and 38spl on the Lee APP press. Wet tumbling it all tomorrow. Then probably loading something or other.
Decapping 9mm goes pretty quick for me on the APP press.
 
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