Any reloaders here?

[brucey]

I'm so glad I ended up investing in this. The girlfriend recently bought herself a judge rifle and the 45 colt is stupid expensive to buy. To reload it myself it's around 7$ a box, to buy it the going price is close to 50$ a box. Plus I love that round in a Marlin!

I ended up getting a Dillon 550 because the square deal was limited to pistol only, and even though right now I'm only loading pistol rounds, I would like to eventually load rifle rounds. Basically doing exactly what Old Mechanic is doing now, get rid of that corrosive stuff while firing the beater Mosin Nagant's.

Might start reloading .410 Gauge shotguns as well, since we have a few that use the round and rarely bring them out because of cost. Even though it's half the charge of a 12 gauge, it's nearly twice as much! Ridiculous. It's actually cheaper to feed my Saiga 12 than it is to feed the single shot .410.

[Varn]

Saiga 12... you have some firepower with that. Imagine the bad things that would happen when the druggie or thug breaks into your house. I imagine any load would do. Particularly with 3-4 rounds as fast as you can pull the trigger. There is going to be a "cleanup needed in aisle 3".

45 Colt is a weird round Lots of room and very little pressure. I use unique or 231. Both are position insensitive. I have a Bond Arms in 45colt. It is hand grenade with full power loads.

Originally Posted by brucey

I'm so glad I ended up investing in this. The girlfriend recently bought herself a judge rifle and the 45 colt is stupid expensive to buy. To reload it myself it's around 7$ a box, to buy it the going price is close to 50$ a box. Plus I love that round in a Marlin!

I ended up getting a Dillon 550 because the square deal was limited to pistol only, and even though right now I'm only loading pistol rounds, I would like to eventually load rifle rounds. Basically doing exactly what Old Mechanic is doing now, get rid of that corrosive stuff while firing the beater Mosin Nagant's.

Might start reloading .410 Gauge shotguns as well, since we have a few that use the round and rarely bring them out because of cost. Even though it's half the charge of a 12 gauge, it's nearly twice as much! Ridiculous. It's actually cheaper to feed my Saiga 12 than it is to feed the single shot .410.

[brucey]

Yup, been using unique in my 45 colt loads as well, just 7 grains to keep things even, meaning I get exactly 1000 rounds per pound. (: Makes the math on costs easy as well.

As for the Saiga 12, it's just silly what it can do. I've restored it back to factory including original wood now, just need to re-finish the stock. I mostly shoot clays with it. With a proper choke I can hit 3 clays at once regularly. I'd go for 4, but my thrower doesn't go that high!

[roosterk0031]

I use a Lee turret press for 357 mag, 357 max, 9mm, & 7-08. Not as fast as a progressive, but best buy IMO. I can do about 4 rnds per minute for the handgun stuff. 7-08 & 357 max I do as single stage. Get a extra turret and extra powder measure for each caliber and you can swap calibers in less than a minute. The accuracty of the indexing is the weak spot but isn't that big of deal.

I have a Lee Load all for 12 at $35 it gets the job done, load slugs with it too. If I ever get a Raging Judge I'll have to get a 410 loader.

[drv2die]

i reload 40 s&w 45 acp 270 30-06 223 , i am using a lyman single stage turret head. i have had it for 3-4 years. started cause the ammo for my 30-06 was 45-50 dollars a box. i make em for around 1 dollar each and they are more accurate. i love reloading it just takes so much time. its cheaper and more accurate. i use to load for my t/c in 45-70 govt. , a 400 gr hollow point will blow a hole in almost anything. going to my my dies for 44 rem mag . got a marlin lever action on trade for putting a head gasket on a hyundai elantra. beautiful gun. couple of things i would advise a clean work table with lots of space only keep one powder out at a time. work up loads slowly, watch your brass it talks to you. i found i can get three to four more firings on my 270 my backing off my powder charge by just a little . cost me average of 100 fps muzzle velocity and didnt notice any difference on paper.

[drv2die]

oh old mech what do you use the 54r bullets for. i thought they where .309 in diameter. i have a 500 rounds on the 7n1 sniper bullet/ armor piercing is what they called it cool stuff.

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Originally Posted by drv2die

oh old mech what do you use the 54r bullets for. i thought they where .309 in diameter. i have a 500 rounds on the 7n1 sniper bullet/ armor piercing is what they called it cool stuff.

.303 Brit
7.65 Argentine
7.7 Jap

The groove diameter on most Mosin Nagants is .312-.313 with some of the Finns as tight as .308 (M28-30), which can actually use the same .308 diameter bullets as US .308 or 30-06.

As a general rule the 54R bullets mic at .310-.3105. With .312 and .313 grooves as their ideal match, the general rule for jacketed bullets is .001 under groove diameter.

regards
Mech