What have you been doing at the bench today?

[Adam5]

We spent four hours at the RockChucker loading 1300 of the cases that I prepped and primed over the last few weeks.

.45acp with 200gr XTP over 9.1gr of HS6
.45acp with 230gr lead round nose over 7.4gr of HS6
9mm with 147gr HST over 5.0gr of HS6
9mm with 124gr Berrys RN over 5.6gr of HS6
10mm full power with 180gr Xtreme over 9.4gr of HS6
10mm plinking rounds with 165gr Xtreme over 9.4gr of AA#5

 

[Horsehat]

A guy I work with happen to have 100 new 357 max brass he bought for a TC years ago but never loaded. Got em for a song.
Won’t get that lucky again.

Did ya use 32-20 brass to make the 218’s ?

I also load 32-20 for a Colt revolver and that brass is getting scarce now too.

I bought a bunch of 32-20 (I had thought it was 25-20 but memory probably fails) but had also bought 100 rounds of .218 brass years ago so I never had to convert any. Sold the rifle probably 8 or so years ago and the brass went shortly thereafter. It was a fun little gun but was in a niche I rarely needed.
when the demand for ammo went crazy I think they dropped a lot of marginal calibers from the production schedule. Lots of interesting rifles sitting in safes unused.

 

[PA4476]

We spent four hours at the RockChucker loading 1300 of the cases that I prepped and primed over the last few weeks.

.45acp with 200gr XTP over 9.1gr of HS6
.45acp with 230gr lead round nose over 7.4gr of HS6
9mm with 147gr HST over 5.0gr of HS6
9mm with 124gr Berrys RN over 5.6gr of HS6
10mm full power with 180gr Xtreme over 9.4gr of HS6
10mm plinking rounds with 165gr Xtreme over 9.4gr of AA#5

Very good.
I too like HS6 powder. I bought out another reloader several years back and ended up with 6-8 pounds of Winchester 540 (which is the same as HS6)
Good stuff

 

[PA4476]

I bought a bunch of 32-20 (I had thought it was 25-20 but memory probably fails) but had also bought 100 rounds of .218 brass years ago so I never had to convert any. Sold the rifle probably 8 or so years ago and the brass went shortly thereafter. It was a fun little gun but was in a niche I rarely needed.
when the demand for ammo went crazy I think they dropped a lot of marginal calibers from the production schedule. Lots of interesting rifles sitting in safes unused.

I think you’re right on many odd balls being dropped.
I have a 99 Savage in 375 Winchester. Not near as odd as the 351, 32-20 or 218.
I load for it too. I have some 375 brass and also make 375 out of the plentiful 30/30 brass.

 

[Rusty Shakleford]

6br 103 eld-x

 

[Cartman]

I did wet tumble and prep 1500 rounds 223 this afternoon.

 

[BHPSteel]

I did wet tumble and prep 1500 rounds 223 this afternoon.

Slacker.

 

[Torn]

Began cleaning and case prepping 400rds of .300 Blackout once fired brass I ordered.

 

[Cartman]

Slacker.

I agree, I was too lazy to open up another box of cases. I will do better next time.

 

[BHPSteel]

Worked up a nice .300AAC subload
11.2 grains of Accurate 1680 with 220 grain Berrys Spire point bullets.

Banish 30 suppressor with 16” barrel
1” high at 50 yds
Bullseye @ 75 yds
1.5 “ low at 100 yds.

So, I've been researching a suitable powder for 300BLK (other than CFE Black) and 1680 came up. As you know, I'm pretty new to reloading and I haven't used this powder - my Lyman manual has recipes using 1680 across the whole spectrum from light bullets all the way to 250 grain.

Are you still satisfied with it?