Anyone here into firearms?

Rusty · 04-10-2017, 11:59 AM

Over the years. I bet I reloaded over 60,000 rounds. I have guns that never seen a factory round, only reloads. Have a Colt Gov't Model 70, 45 ACP with 15,000 reloaded rounds through it.

In this picture are my cast bullets. Want to know how many bullets fit into a 3lb coffee can? Cans weight about 50 lbs full. From left to right. 125gr RN 9mm with gas check. 155 gr 38/357 SWC with gas check. 180 gr FP 40/10mm. 225 gr 44 SWC with gas check. 240 gr 44 with gas check. 200 gr 45 TC. 230 gr 45 RN.

Rusty · 04-10-2017, 12:02 PM

This picture is my jacketed bullets. All of the rifle bullets have been sorted by ogive length and weight. All of the rifle hollow points have been pointed and meplat trimmed.

Not a good picture of want I have.

SouthArk370Z · 04-10-2017, 12:06 PM

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... All of the rifle hollow points have been pointed and meplat trimmed. ...

Does that adversely affect expansion?

Rusty · 04-10-2017, 12:16 PM

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Does that adversely affect expansion?

It improves the BC of the bullet down range. What I have found over the years. The Sierra match bullets need the meplat trimmed. It's ragged on the points. Sierra is switching over to a plastic nose tips on the Match bullets now. Never had to do Berger bullets. They have been good.

Rusty · 04-10-2017, 12:23 PM

Next piece of equipment I want is an annealer.

Annealeez.com

Rusty · 04-10-2017, 12:10 PM

In this picture is some of what I have loaded. Have more in the motorhome (1500 there). All totaled. 10,000 rounds. Half of it is 22l r.

When the 22lr was hard to get. Everytime I seen any. I would buy it.

OhioYJ · 04-10-2017, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Rusty

Over the years. I bet I reloaded over 60,000 rounds. I have guns that never seen a factory round, only reloads. Have a Colt Gov't Model 70, 45 ACP with 15,000 reloaded rounds through it.

In this picture are my cast bullets. Want to know how many bullets fit into a 3lb coffee can? Cans weight about 50 lbs full. From left to right. 125gr RN 9mm with gas check. 155 gr 38/357 SWC with gas check. 180 gr FP 40/10mm. 225 gr 44 SWC with gas check. 240 gr 44 with gas check. 200 gr 45 TC. 230 gr 45 RN.

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:

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)....

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.

Rusty · 04-10-2017, 04:28 PM

I'm not a coffee drinker either. Got the cans when my dad was alive. You should of seen my basement for Y2K.

Had over 30,000 loaded rounds.

OldGrayDog · 04-10-2017, 05:05 PM

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?

Rusty · 04-10-2017, 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by OldGrayDog

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.

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.

OldGrayDog · 04-10-2017, 07:49 PM

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.

Ghostvette · 04-26-2017, 08:48 AM

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Like all hobbies we fall in love with , it can get expensive, cars , motorcycles , guns, women.

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

HulaGirl · 04-26-2017, 05:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Rusty

I'm not a coffee drinker either. Got the cans when my dad was alive. You should of seen my basement for Y2K.

Had over 30,000 loaded rounds.

Nothing like being prepared

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OldGrayDog Base Member Join Date: Jan 2017 Location: Pa VF Posts: 108 Drives: 14 370z at7 GM Rep Power: 598	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?

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OldGrayDog Base Member Join Date: Jan 2017 Location: Pa VF Posts: 108 Drives: 14 370z at7 GM Rep Power: 598	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.