r/reloading

Just stretched the legs of my new Lee six pack pro and I gotta say after loading on a turret press for a while it is an absolute game changer

So, I’m looking to load home cast Lee key 7/8oz slugs (using 7/8oz birdshot data as a starting point). Hodgdon’s load data center recommends WAA12 wads. However, ALL reloading literature I’m reading calls for WAA12L wads.

Would substituting the wads in this case be wise to match Hodgdon’s suggestion? Or should I stick with the literature and source proper wads? Thanks!

Edit: picture cut off the fact I’m using 12ga Winchester AA-HS hulls as well (section of the book and Hodgdon’s website)

A few of these benchrest primers aren’t looking so benchresty. First time using Federal BR primers and you’d think they’d all look identical, especially for the price.

Got some 9mm brass from gun broker, advertised as once fired but never 100%

I found these and the red marks made me think reloads
What else should I be looking for when filtering this brass in any way?

Plan on loading 125 grain lead/powder coated bullets with pistol power to a good plinking power (no +p)
With a handful of guns to feed them into.

I just need someone to fact check me here. I haven't even bought consumables yet, so I'm just learning how to use my equipment before even attempting to do anything with powder.

That said, is this how you read 20.2 on the balance? It appears so, but want some validation. Maybe I'm being over cautious, but I'd rather be that than the opposite.

So today I went and picked up a gun I won at an estate auction. It was originally listed as a .270 win, then when I went to pick it up it was listed as a .223 WSSM. HOWEVER it was neither, who ever owned this gun last was a wild cat loader and had this barrel custom made in the 90’s for 22-6mm. This is a David Tubb custom barrel and I’m planning on taking it off and replacing it with a Criterion 7mm-08 barrel. What should I do with this barrel on this gun? I wouldn’t mind selling it because I don’t wild cat but if it’s not worth selling because of its age my dad said he’s gunna use it in the barn as a bottle jack handle /s.

I'd like to thank everyone who gave me advice on some of my loads, I've got my hunting load for 45 colt dialed in pretty good now, I was going with 44 mag but switched to 45 out of a new ruger blackhawk to push +p loads. What a blast!

With the help of you all on here I figured out the process of turning new 30-30 brass into 25-35 ish brass ready to fire form to AI.

I looked up the specs and saw that 7-30 Waters has a shorter neck than 25-35 AI. So I took a bit off the bottom of my 7-30 sizing die so I could size more of the neck.

Brass comes out of the 25-35 AI die looking great.

Now we'll see if I can get away with fire forming without annealing...

Thanks for the help.

So just something Ivw been curious about . Has there ever been a set of dies that let you reload.410 on a regular press ? I'm just curious because it seems to me like it's small enough it should work .. I know I've seen people use .303 brit or .444 cases to make brass cases .410 shell equivalents . And just looking at the two old 12 and 20 ga presses I have, don't seem like theres much they do a regular press with correctly made dies couldn't , well past the powder and shot drop deal , but I'm not really a shot gun guy at all so idk .

Can those of you with more experience take a look at my cases and let me know what you think.

Tikka T3X 270 Win
New Starline brass
Accurate Magpro powder
Winchester large rifle primers
130gr Nosler ballistic tip bullets

Three shots each of 62.3gr, 62.6gr, 62.9gr, 63.2gr. Loaded up to 65gr which Hodgdon has at 3234fps.

Chrono average for each charge was 2999fps, 3056fps, 3034fps, 3099fps.

I stopped at 63.2gr since I was getting some shiny marks on the case heads. No stiff or sticky bolt lift.

Edit: have this in GRT at nowhere near max for 69.1gr H2O.

New reloader and never struggled this much before and have had very good results with previous reloads . I’m reloading 4x fired Hornady 6.5 brass for PRS. Brass annealed after ever firing. Redding premium deluxe dies. I set the die up exactly as the instructions said and resized a piece of brass but it won’t fit in a case gauge without a high amount of pressure, tightened it down in 1/8th increments until I can’t even cam over anymore it’s so low, still no luck. Is the brass getting too hard to resize or what am I doing different now that I haven’t done before? Thanks in advance!

Now that I’ve got your attention. If you were trying to get into reloading 6.5 cm for precision and hunting, is there anything on this list that’s missing that you would have wished you’d have gotten? Not sure if the dies and modular shell holders are correct. I know I’ll need some case lube, walnuts, and polish

1 The ZERO Gen 2 Reloading Press
2 Inline Fabrication Ultra Mounts for the ZERO
3 Billet Loading Block – Clear Anodized
4 Master Funnel Kit
5 Mitutoyo ABSOLUTE Digimatic 6″ Caliper
6 ZERO M-Series Sizing Dies
7 ZERO Modular Shellholder System
8 Hornady Lock-N-Load Headspace Comparator
9 SAC "The" Seating Die
10 Giraud Power Case Trimmer
11 RCBS Case Lube Kit
12 RCBS Vibratory Case Polisher
13A RCBS Hand Priming Tool
13B OR: Primal Rights CPS Competition Primer Seater
14 RCBS ChargeMaster Link Electronic Powder Dispenser
15 Lyman Magnum Impact Bullet Puller

Hi All, a european reloader/shooter here.

Recently i have purchased a Mauser C96 which shoots the obsolete 7.63x25 ammunition.
Ordered the 3pcs die set from lee and starline .30 mauser brass and sellier bellot bullets.

These are the first bottleneck cases i reload, i normally have zero issues reloading 9mm/44-40/.357 or 45acp, and at first i did not encounter any issues as well with .30 mauser.

I dry tumble clean my brass for +/- 30 hours with corn media and I lubricate my brass with oneshot before i load them in the press tubes.

I am at round 4 of re-reloading these shells and only now I have bumped into issues on the powder through expander die.
For some reason, no matter how slow or fast i go, it nicks the brass, rendering the case useless. this ''problem solved'' page from lee shows exactly what i have : Lee Precision, Inc. - Powder through expander die sometimes leaves a cutout dimple on case mouth and mentions to go slower.. which isn't the case in my case, as i go slowly, very slowly, and at the end 1-2% of the stroke you feel and hear it shear and tear.

I loaded the tubes with brass, reloaded a couple.. stopped and came back days later when this problem arrised. even when re-lubing the cases, cleaning all my dies etc. i still have this issue

The only thing i do not do is chamfering the brass.. would this become a necessity after them being shot a couple of rounds ?

https://preview.redd.it/gmry280444kh1.png?width=500&format=png&auto=webp&s=efd5a93103d15a0eafcd5a437a1ad80bbcd86c31

looking forward to your advise and tips on this issue.

Thank you in advance.