r/reloading

I’ve been trying to get this 130gr TTSX so go from good to great out of my 20” T3X Lite, and today I was playing around with bullet jump; and found my groups closed up dramatically at 0.075”
(I’m a newbie, and this is my first time playing around with jump)

Load:
.308win
Starline Brass
CCI Large Rifle Primers
130gr Barnes TTSX
45gr H4895
COAL: 2.860”
Distance to Lands 0.075”
Avg; 2924.2fps

Brand new Lapua brass, Sierra blitzking bullets no compression of powder. Bullets sticking in the neck before fully seating? If so, just lube the bullets a bit?

Figured I'd share what I've been building. I looked at what case/bullet feeders were going for and didn't want to drop that much on my XL750, so I started building my own.
Ended up turning it into a small shop (PME reloading) since enough people asked where to get one and started to sell. I also made a round counter that runs off the existing mechanical switches on the Dillion or my case feeder.

If you want to see how it actually runs before buying anything, I've got setup/tuning videos here: https://www.youtube.com/@Palser\_munitions\_equipment

And the shop's here if you want to take a look: https://www.pmereloading.com/

Happy to answer any fitment questions in the comments too — always down to talk shop

Happy 4th Everyone!

I bought the 2 set 5.56 Resizer and bullet seater from Rcbs a couple weeks ago and for some reason kept getting cases stuck inside. I have a pretty easy method to take them out and on the second time a case got stuck I took a look inside an notice a chunk missing out of the side wall. I’m 99.9% it doesn’t have anything to do with me pulling the 2 stuck brass cases out. It’d be kind of hard to believe a piece of (Soft)brass would take a chunk out of a hardened steel side wall like that, my question is;has anyone ever had this issue with RCBS? It happened immediately when I started using the set.

Does this look over pressure to you?

Shot out of a Remington 1903A3

These are new S&B and not reloads, yet.

Found this in the berm yesterday. I consider myself fairly knowledgeable about projectiles, so this isn’t a random “is this a bullet?” Reddit question 😂 This one is throwing me for a loop and I want to know if it’s anything identifiably special. It’s .355” diameter, ~146 grains FMJ, and what’s throwing me off is the solid base, not exposed lead or otherwise. The scratch you see was me verifying it wasn’t soft metal at the base.

Both are unsized but one is tighter than then the other. Left is cbc 24 right is lc 07 shot out of same gun. Chamber pressure? Brass compistion? Crimp? Both factory ammo.

I'm working up some loads for my .375 Cheytac using 400gr Lazers. Right now I am seated within their recommended specs.

So far groups have not been terrible holding about .80 MOA which is just under what the TOP GUN Prediction by Brian Litz said it would be. (I use this loosely for group size expectations)

For anyone that has used these, what was your seating depth? Was it within their specs or did your rifle like them seated outside the manufacturers recommended seating depth.

All load development so far has been done with virgin peterson brass.

I don’t know if I should just hang onto these as a collectors item or load them up to shoot. The quality seems excellent and the box is really nice too.

I ran a test load run this weekend. First time with 280AI, so I allowed myself to f*ck up a bit. New Hornady brass, 4831sc, 162 eld match (for now).

I crushed the first couple of shoulders due to tight necks. Eventually got all that sorted, and the new dies dialed in. I’ll see how it shoots next weekend with the new barrel.

I feel accomplished after my wife (who does not care about guns or reloading) commented on how shiny my brass came out so I felt compelled to share.

Lyman Turbo 1200 Pro tumbler
Walnut media
Hornady One Shot Metal Polish
LC 223 Rem

I’ve been considering switching to a wet tumbler but is it worth it?

I got all of this at a garage sale for $600. Did I get screwed on price?

I’m a die hard Servicios fan but my Tanfoglio struggles to pop them. Bought a box of Federals and was blown away at the volume of wasted space. What’s the deal? I could understand if there was some sort of “these are so soft that we need padding” thing going on but the trays are just big with no sense of design going on. I’m baffled but hoping my gun likes them.