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by Surgeon
Thu Dec 08, 2016 7:08 pm
Forum: Reloading Forum
Topic: What Did You Do In The Reloading Room This Week?
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Re: What Did You Do In The Reloading Room This Week?

TexasJohnBoy wrote:
Surgeon wrote:
AndyC wrote:Ordered one of these puppies to trim/prep my rifle brass more easily:

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Bought the exact model about months ago and love it, especially for resizing and added a swaging tool for the spent military brass. This is a great piece of equipment.
Good for trimming? Accurate?
Very accurate. I trimmed off over 300qty once fired .308 brass with it. Used one NEW brass to set up the trimming depth so I wouldn't take off too much, although from what I've read you can go a tad beyond spec since the brass will stretch out again, but over all it was quick and accurate. I used it on my 3oo Black Out and 30-06 and for me it works like a charm. I tried the reamer on the crimped primer pocket and decided to just buy the swaging tool to "get it right". Word of caution....READ THE DIRECTIONS before you start. Finding the right collar and adjusting the settings and locking them down properly will save a lot of headaches...Good luck and enjoy.
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by Surgeon
Wed Dec 07, 2016 9:15 pm
Forum: Reloading Forum
Topic: What Did You Do In The Reloading Room This Week?
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Re: What Did You Do In The Reloading Room This Week?

AndyC wrote:Ordered one of these puppies to trim/prep my rifle brass more easily:

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Bought the exact model about months ago and love it, especially for resizing and added a swaging tool for the spent military brass. This is a great piece of equipment.
by Surgeon
Sun Mar 27, 2016 3:11 pm
Forum: Reloading Forum
Topic: What Did You Do In The Reloading Room This Week?
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Lena wrote:Something for you to try: tumble with media add 1-2 capfuls of Hoppe's #9 you will have nice clean brass and smells great.

If you shoot a bolt gun from a bench keep a patch with #9 on it and wipe the necks as soon as they are fired they just wipe clean, it really makes cleaning much faster. Most of my rifles are tight neck wildcats I also keep a brass brush and clean the id also it really cuts the tumble time way down. Even been known to keep 00 or 000 steel wool there also it all helps a lot.

If your bench shooting or as I was hunting prairie dogs all day long keep 2 pcs of a light colored bath towel about 2" wide 2-3 " shorter than your barrel less brake if you have one, if needed rubber band muzzle end, keep wet in ice chest alternating them just lay on barrel this eliminates heat waves and with double your shots as far as barrel temp. Also a spray bottle of alcohol with work but not as well.
Good advice. Thanks.
by Surgeon
Sat Mar 26, 2016 7:34 pm
Forum: Reloading Forum
Topic: What Did You Do In The Reloading Room This Week?
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AndyC wrote:That's about 4 hours in corn-cob media with a little liquid car-polish added (about a thimble-full). I just aim for clean, they don't have to sparkle but these turned out nicely.

They're all once-fired factory cases for my bolt-gun so I can't say at this point yet, but when I've neck-sized only for my FAL (and with semi-decent local brass) and warm loads, I was getting about 6-7 loads per case before the necks split.

I haven't bothered annealing my brass in a few decades, although I probably should start again now that I have a rifle accurate enough to benefit from it - but it's early days yet in loading for it so that's the last thing I'm looking at right now ;)
Thanks. I've heard about adding the liquid car wax but never talked to anyone whose actually done it. Good to know. I've been using crushed walnut and about to switch to stainless steel. I heard some good results from it. And I think I'll give the car wax a try as well. Thanks much.
by Surgeon
Sat Mar 26, 2016 11:47 am
Forum: Reloading Forum
Topic: What Did You Do In The Reloading Room This Week?
Replies: 318
Views: 105308

Re: What Did You Do In The Reloading Room This Week?

AndyC wrote:Finally deprimed/tumbled 200+ .308 cases I've shot through my bolt-gun - busy with trimming:

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I hate case-prep but looking forward to filling these with 178gr A-max Hornady bullets.
Your brass looks good and shiny. What media do you tumble it in? Also do you aneal your brass? And lastly, how many reloads do you get out of your brass? Really curious. Thanks.

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