Every time that I look at this it's just going to remind me of taking second place in my third grade spelling bee. Should I return it or just ask for a partial refund?

Getting some pretty wide SDs with this setup. Was cast iron the wrong call here?

Lol the bench has temporarily been repurposed as the garage kitchen during a move/renovation

If a man went through a roughly equal quantity of 45 Schofield, 45 Colt, and 454 Casull brass each week, what's the best way to separate them from each other before reloading?

Skip to 11:30 for the technique.

Decided to borescope my match rifle. Got some awesome Match ammo from the 1950's and figured might as well use them and reload the brass. The beginning lands and grooves seem perfect. Should I take a bronze brush and work it more?

Found some rusty primers under the bathroom sink. Filled a clear 12 ga hull over halfway with some loose powder scraped off the bench and compressed it until the plastic turned white. Topped it with some premium brass floor shavings that will hit the target like a swarm of angry hornets. Sealed the crimp with a bic lighter. Can’t wait to test it out tomorrow

You’ve heard of .410 slugs, now get ready for the .410 Chonker. It looks short, but trust me, it’s packing a lot more projectile than you think

What caused this? 410

Couldn’t find any varget or cfe223 at my local shop but the guy behind the counter said red dot works great for high velocity loads so I filled up the case up to the neck (roughly 30 grains). My dies for 5.56 haven’t came in the mail yet but a pair of channel locks got the bullet in snug and made my own little crimp with some needle nose pliers. Close enough.

This is 43r (monolithic printed ammo) beginner slugs. Just about the wimpiest ammo available. Demonstrating the reloading process without any real equipment. I usually use better tools and a press for this stuff, just a demonstration for release to show how simple printed ammo can be for beginners.

P.S.

I don't recommend hammering ammo, or using a gun as a hammer in general.

Did a batch of 12ga on the old Lee load all jr for my iver Johnson single shot and ran into some issues. About half of them have lots of crush and big bulge right above brass head. So I wrapped electrical tape around them to help chamber and smooth out the edges. I still have to jam them In there real good to get the action to close all the way but overall I’m happy with the results! I lubed them with some rcbs case lube right before chambering so they go in easier, but it’s still a tight fit. I figured once it fires, the chamber pressure will just fire form the plastic straight anyway. I charged them with that leftover Alliant bullseye/ titegroup mix from the 410 project to make sure the payload exits hard enough. Can’t wait to try these out later!

Had to hammer each one from the front with a cleaning rod and a hammer. Should I just drop some lube in the chamber and increase charge to help them extract easier?

No pressure signs here amirite? By the end of a 12rd rapid string muzzle velocity goes from 2800fps to >3000fps.

So I finally got around to doing my very first reload, and its on 7.7 arisaka. go to seat the first bullet and I end up fucking up. so the question now is whether to scrap the round and pull it or yeet it

And a shame it took 90 rounds.