Next piece of equipment I want is an annealer.

Annealeez.com

That url is dangerously close to an entirely unrelated product :rofl2:

My reloading area is a cluster ATM .... I'm still trying to get organized after moving...:ugh2:



I found an app called "Reloading Inventory" to help me keep track of on hand components and loaded ammo. Now I have to sit down and enter everything I have. :icon17:


I've noticed that the 'big thing' now is to tumble with stainless steel pins. I'm not sure what that is supposed to do, but my Lyman cleaner with walnut media, does a pretty good job of getting the cases clean. I've been pondering an ultra sonic cleaner, I may do some more research on them. Do I need a special solution, etc..... :p


I've pondered getting into casting, but with the price of equipment having gone up considerably since I started reloading, the amortization time isn't making sense. I can buy good cast bullets from folks that are close enough that I can go pick them up, plus it's a great excuse to get the Z out and do some local exploring at the same time. :)

I know. :rofl2:

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Anal-Eze-...10ml/186240311

I have te Lyman vibrator too. Found out the red cob cleans better then the green cob. Wife got me the Hornady ultra sonic cleaner for Xmas. It's faster and cleans better then the vibrator. The stainless pins is a tumbler. You have to mix cleaner with the pins. Rinse and dry. About the same amount of time as the vibrator. The ultra sonic. You have to mix a couple oz of cleaner with water. Distilled works the best. No spots. 2 types of cleaner. Brass and gun parts.

For casting. The furnaces got $$$. So did the molds. I used to get old wheel weights and mix some linotype in with it to bring up the hardness. Wheel weights are harder to get now. Have about half ton of bearing babbit I got it from where I used to work at. It has more elements in it. Have to add pure lead to the mix so that the weight of the bullet is close to where it's suppose to be. Otherwise they come out light.

Nice. I'm not a coffee drinker though, so that one I don't know. I started off using those reloading plastic tubs, and realized that wouldn't cut it. Eventually moved to ammo cans.

Found out if you stack the bullets neatly you could get an extra 150 bullets per can in them:

http://www.cdmfabrication.com/bbpics...eloading45.jpg

http://www.cdmfabrication.com/bbpics...eloading46.jpg

However since I hadn't been doing that for quite some time, the wife was ready to shoot me by the end of the day (those weren't all the cans we had to organize unfortunately)....

http://www.cdmfabrication.com/bbpics...eloading44.jpg

I'm sure it's probably overkill, but all of them have bags of silica gel in them as well. Then all the cans are dated, so I shoot the oldest stuff first.

How much brass can you get out of the cleaner? Is it really that much better? I've sort of looked at them a few times but never pulled the trigger.

I've always used a capful of the Nu-Finish car wax in the tumbler with some torn up shop towels, and the brass comes out really pretty good looking, almost new most of the time.

http://www.cdmfabrication.com/bbpics...eloading26.jpg

http://www.cdmfabrication.com/bbpics...eloading42.jpg

I'm not a coffee drinker either. Got the cans when my dad was alive. You should of seen my basement for Y2K. :eek: Had over 30,000 loaded rounds. :eek:

Rusty , I grew up thinking everyone had shelves of coffee cans with ammo.

Since we were trap shooting every weekend we also had a pallet of 12 gauge , but so did everyone we right?

Guys at the gun club burn up a lot of powder shooting trap. :eek: I thought I kept a lot on hand. These guys buy powder in the 8 lb jugs, and a lot of them at one time. :eek:

We used to buy in small kegs back then doubt anyone sells that qty now. Used to run the auto loader with my dad so we had 400 rounds a weekend.

Like all hobbies we fall in love with , it can get expensive, cars , motorcycles , guns, women.
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I know, I got to the party late. Can't wait to try it out!

http://s20.postimg.org/emaqiou1p/DSCN9793.jpg


http://s20.postimg.org/m4tvrblel/DSCN9801.jpg

And maybe compare these two.

http://s20.postimg.org/7gnktzacd/DSCN9817.jpg

:iagree:

I'm dropping the last part of that, all the ones I've met recently are psychotic...:rofl2:

Fixed it for you.
I've been lucky on that part.

Nothing like being prepared :D

Did someone say guns!?!? :D

Put together this AR a few years ago and recently upgraded my LPK with a better trigger and some other internal parts. I have yet to go shoot the damn thing.

http://i.imgur.com/dte0CS6.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/1ZbCfSF.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/dBExYbW.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/wfxOSni.jpg

I would like your post but my browser couldn't zoom out far enough for those pics. :stirthepot: :rofl2:


http://www.the370z.com/attachment.ph...1&d=1493252381

You mean more than normal??? Then make sure you keep them away from the first 3 items on the list!

:iagree::iagree::iagree::iagree:

Not sure why it wouldn't resize my pics. I don't have that problem on any other site. Let me see if I can just attach the pics.

Ah, forget it. My browser is blocking uploads, and I'm not changing my security settings.

This could easily be a gun forum disguised as a 370Z forum. :)
I am having trouble with the RCBS primer pocket swager dies in a new lee press. (.223)
The center rod is sticking in the case and hard to get off. Sometimes the top of the case is smashed, And I have made several adjustments. I am thinking about getting the RCBS bench top swager tool instead, or maybe the dillon. Any thoughts?

as far as cleaning brass, I have a Franklin Tumbler with walnut shells. I wash in a two- liter bottle and dry the shells on a tray atop the boiler pipes. I am researching some ultrasonic cleaners too, because they work well to clean small carburetors.

I had to fiddle with my swagger dies for awhile to get them adjusted right.

I have both the Lyman 1200 Vibrator and the 7L Hornady UltraSonic cleaners. With the Lyman, I found out that the red walnut worked best. Like any other vibrator. I have to clean out the primer pocket and flash hole with a small pick. With the UltraSonic, I don't have to. The primer pocket is clean, so is the inside of the case. I haven't used the Lyman since I got the UltraSonic. If that tells you anything. :D

Did your swager come with two rods? It sounds like you might be using the larger one, which would explain the case sticking. As I recall, setting up this die is a royal pain in the ***, there's no good way to measure anything. Best suggestion would be to put the shell holder in the press, run the swager down to where there is about 1/8" gap between the die housing and the shell holder (two nickels stacked is pretty close). Put an unprimed case in, bring the ram all the way up, then adjust the center rod until it touches the webbing inside. (It's tough to feel). From that point, it's adjust the rod until a primer will seat with normal pressure. What makes this such a pain is that you have to do this each time you use it. I'm pondering the bench mount swager at this point.

Oh, and don't forget to put the metal cup with the hole on before you start swaging... :icon14:

I have the RCBS swager dies that I normally use on my single stage RockChucker press.

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Shut up, you twat. :tiphat:

Says the guy who drives an A4. :stirthepot:

Here we go again. :rolleyes:

ATF: It's Now Legal to Shoulder an AR-15 Pistol Equipped with an SB Tactical Arm Brace - The Truth About Guns

PDF of the ATF's letter.
https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/wp...al-3.21.17.pdf


Now the current gen stabilized Kriss Vector Pistol uses a SB Tactical arm brace.

Hmmmm a Vector pistol might be in my future.

Especially in 10mm. ;)

https://kriss-usa.com/images/datashe...83_394_100.jpg






Probable won't get one. :p

wait... so this is potentially cali legal? Dont you dare get my hopes up Bam... I swear to God you better not play with my heart like this.

Soooo I have a few thousand empty casings laying around lol

If you're ever bored let me know I could use some reload ammo for target practice :)

Pretty much have brass for ever caliber at my house.

What calibers, and how many casings for each?

I have 9, 38, 40, 45, 5.7, .223, and .556

Not sure in quantity they've just been building up lol I go shooting, I collect the brass, it then sits on the shelf because I never made the move towards buying my own reloading setup lol

I'll reload for you. Just pick up the cost of primers, powder and bullets. I cast my bullets for 9mm, 38/357, 40/10mm, 44, and 45 ACP for practice shooting if you want to use them.

To bad we don't live closer, I would even buy beer, moonshine or whatever!

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I just shipped 300 rounds to my one son in Greeley Co. and 700 rounds to my other son in Bloomfield NM. What do you have?

Frankie Baby, you got PM. :D

I'm available for adoption. :)

I need a good tax write off. :rofl2:

You are the man, I will be in touch!

Probably not. Nothing is legal Cali. :stirthepot:

Like you, my dad reloads for me. He really enjoys reloading, so I buy him powder, bullets, etc. for my reloads and his. I would reload but I spend so much time traveling. One time I came back from a trip and all my supplies to make 300Blk rounds were gone. I asked what happened to my supplies because I was planning on loading them myself. He went to his garage and came back with 500 rounds of loaded 300Blk. He said he had gotten bored while I was away. :icon17: