Post by: h20hunter on February 05, 2012, 08:12:19 AM
Post by: carpsniperg2 on February 05, 2012, 10:30:42 PM
Post by: JackOfAllTrades on February 05, 2012, 10:47:36 PM
4-5,000 for the year.. Childs play my friend. Childs play.
Alas... My bench is full of fired brass. Time for me to get busy too.
Keep us posted on the progress h20hunter.
-Steve
Post by: carpsniperg2 on February 05, 2012, 10:52:29 PM
I am sure, I am on a single stage press and not just loading 45 or 223 :chuckle: I have about 20 different cartrides to load ammo for. Not just cranking out a solid batch of 45's :chuckle:
Post by: JackOfAllTrades on February 05, 2012, 11:02:55 PM
I do have to pull the 38 dies off he Dillon in the next couple of days though and get back to business. I think the Rock Chucker has 30-06 dies on it right now..
-Steve
Post by: carpsniperg2 on February 05, 2012, 11:06:42 PM
Post by: h20hunter on March 03, 2012, 01:18:40 PM
Just need to get some power, 230 gr ball projectiles, some primers, and I'm ready to go.
Post by: h20hunter on March 11, 2012, 09:08:58 AM
Post by: Wacenturion on March 11, 2012, 03:42:28 PM
Post by: TheHunt on March 11, 2012, 04:47:47 PM
Post by: h20hunter on March 12, 2012, 07:20:40 AM
Ran a few rounds this weekend and had a few feeding issues. I'm guessing I was over crimping based on furher examination (and a commment by a gunsmith at the range) of my finished rounds. I've made some adjustments and will give them another go. For my first batch I'm very pleased. The press runs smooth...easily adjusted....and once you get your rythem it goes fast.
Post by: seth30 on March 12, 2012, 08:05:05 AM
Thanks....I'm having fun.I jsut did my first rifle rounds yesterday and overcrimped as well. Did your brass mushroom right below the bullet? My overcrimp was very visible, but I can see where it could be missed as well. Love the set up! Where did you get that bench at?
Ran a few rounds this weekend and had a few feeding issues. I'm guessing I was over crimping based on furher examination (and a commment by a gunsmith at the range) of my finished rounds. I've made some adjustments and will give them another go. For my first batch I'm very pleased. The press runs smooth...easily adjusted....and once you get your rythem it goes fast.
Post by: Widgeondeke on March 12, 2012, 08:19:34 AM
Nice bench set up
Post by: h20hunter on March 12, 2012, 09:30:39 AM
The over crimp was noted by a gunsmith. I had a failer to feed issue on a round and it was chambered live with out the trigger seer set. So...loaded gun...not able to rack the slide. Got the slide racked and the round ejected. The smith that got 'er done looked at the rounds and suggested a .2 deeper seat to smooth out the case wall/projective surface and pointed out that the over crimp was causing a very slight bulge. I seated the remaining rounds which seemed to alleviate the over crimp bulge as well.
Cleaned, prepped and loaded my spent 30 cases with much less crimp...compred to previous modified rounds...no visible difference. Gonna run them this weekend and see how they do.
The bench I built myself. I picked up the frame pieces off Amazon.com from a company called 2x4 Basics.......
http://www.amazon.com/2x4basics-90164-Workbench-Shelving-Storage/dp/B0030T1BRE/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1331569753&sr=8-3
I bought my wood and modified the shelf mounting brackets (cut them off with a saw) so my shelf would not be so deep.
The press is mounted up on a Dillon "Strong Mount"...it gets it up a bit higher and is more user friendly.
Post by: seth30 on March 12, 2012, 11:24:24 AM
Post by: NRA4LIFE on March 12, 2012, 11:50:08 AM
Post by: h20hunter on March 12, 2012, 11:52:33 AM
It is very interesting and I've already made some very small mistakes and am learning from them.
What has really helped is my father has the same press and has many many thousands of rounds under his belt. When I've been working on set up and finding my own "process" he has been there. Not in person but with a fully charged laptop, a good wireless signal, and Skype he is right there. I just prop the ol laptop on a bucket, dial him up, point the camera at the press and off we go.