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What have you reloaded today?

Get a chance to test out any of the loads? I had 8lb of BLC-2 and a few 1lb IMR4198.. I traded them away, I'm more of a ball powder type of guy. I really like H335 (WC844) in both .308/5.56. I've loaded a fair amount of 2495. It's always just seemed to get the accuracy and velocity anywhere near what I get from ball powders, I'm cramming like 110% Fill in the cases. I also noticed with 2495 I wouldn't always have full burn and get a funky smell.. Could've just been the batch I had, but I used it up and haven't gone back to stick powders..
I haven't yet. I was gonna try friday but it was cold and windy. Ill definitely report back. I have had much better accuracy with blc2 than stick powders. Varget did terrible through my rifle. Makes some good 223 plinking loads though.
 
500rds of 9mm 147 gr Berry Hybrid Hollow Points and CFE Pistol powder. 100 yesterday and the remainder today, minus the few I test fired out of the batch. I’ve had the old Lyman spinning over the couple months.
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And some 45 acp 220gr HP the previous weekend.
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500rds of 9mm 147 gr Berry Hybrid Hollow Points and CFE Pistol powder. 100 yesterday and the remainder today, minus the few I test fired out of the batch. I’ve had the old Lyman spinning over the couple months.
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And some 45 acp 220gr HP the previous weekend.
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looks like you reseated a spent primer on one of your 45 loads, round is in the top right-hand corner of your can. Happens sometimes with progressive presses.
 
Loaded the last of my 500 grainers for the S&W
Shame hornady doesn’t make these anymore.
44grains CFE Blk …CCI large rifle mag primed. Hornady calls for 48 grains max but no way it will fit. More velocity than H110 with a much more forgiving charge range. Looking to have a mold made with a lower crimp groove for 500 grain bullets.
 

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looks like you reseated a spent primer on one of your 45 loads, round is in the top right-hand corner of your can. Happens sometimes with progressive presses.
Nah, all of them have a tiny dent in the primer, up until I changed out the broken arm. That’s actually the reason I had a new one already at the house. It hasn’t affected anything that I have loaded up to that point.
 
Nah, all of them have a tiny dent in the primer, up until I changed out the broken arm. That’s actually the reason I had a new one already at the house. It hasn’t affected anything that I have loaded up to that point.

I got that same dent a long time ago on some .45acp and turned out that I forgot to swap out my small primer arm with a large primer arm LOL... It shot fine but I made sure to swap out the primer arm depending on what I was loading moving forward
 
I got that same dent a long time ago on some .45acp and turned out that I forgot to swap out my small primer arm with a large primer arm LOL... It shot fine but I made sure to swap out the primer arm depending on what I was loading moving forward
This one was just that worn out, lol.
 
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