Unloaded 3000 rds of 7.62 licky split like.
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That’s a lot of work! Well thought out.
Do you reload the small primer 45s, or just get mad at them and throw them away like I do?
I actually prefer to use them. I don’t have to swap the primer size on my Dillon 550. And if a large primer case accidentally gets thrown in the mix, I just end up with one round missing a primer. If I were loading large primers and a small primer case shows up, things come to a screeching halt.That’s a lot of work! Well thought out.
Do you reload the small primer 45s, or just get mad at them and throw them away like I do?
I have a 550. I can do about 400 per hour counting loading primer tubes. I only load one primer tube at a time, and use that as a short break from operating the press. I load up more cases and bullets into the bins and top off the powder if need be. I don't have a case feeder, that would speed things up a little.As a seasoned 550 user... what is your legitimate rate of loading, assuming the press is already set up for your caliber?
I hear people say they do 4-500 an hour, but I think that is BS, if you include having to fill primer tubes.
Wow, I've had a busy day. I decapped 1000+ 308 cases and wet tumbled them (took three loads in the Frankford tumbler). Then I decapped 1000 223 cases, and have them in the queue to be wet tumbled. Then I finished sorting some range brass - Mostly 40 and 357mag, but also some 7.62x39 boxer, 10mm, 38spl, and a bunch of 9mm that were stuck inside the 40 and 10mm.
My little window AC in my 12x20 reloading shack has definitely been earning its keep lately!Just too damn hot in my garage/reloading room even with a spot cooler. I only churned out 100 loaded 223 rounds.
Tumbling some brass for the first time. Been in for almost an hour.
No bias detected but it was the old (just not to me) way. Never got as dusty as I thought it would though.Wet pins, or the old school slow, noisy dusty way?
(can you detect any subtle bias?)
No bias detected but it was the old (just not to me) way. Never got as dusty as I thought it would though.
Now you tell me! I used a cap full of NU Finish in. They came out alright. They don’t look like new but they definitely look better and should be good to load now.Just pulling your leg.... I used the vibratory tumbler for a good long while, but I came over to the wet pin side after getting a cheap China Freight tumbler. TopRudder got me adding some Armor All wash and wax (about a half capful) in the water recently and the used range brass comes out looking like the brass in the bottom box , in 30 min of tumble. I just let 'em air dry in the sun.
Of course there's no practical difference in the way they actually reload.... to each their own!