Ammunition & Hand Loading > Cartridge and Shotshell reloading
Reloading press
JTH:
--- Quote from: SemperFiGuy on January 21, 2016, 11:35:02 PM ---
And then reloading about two hunnert-thousand rounds on it per year. (jthhapkido must shoot about 40,000 rounds/year all by himself. Not to mention what DCJulie shoots.)
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Hey! I only shoot about 20,000 to 25,000 per year! Ish.
And luckily for me, Julie has her own press and reloads her own. :) (She uses my old Dillon 550, which she really likes.)
Have to admit, for any type of large-scale reloading, it is RIDICULOUS how much easier/faster it is to load on a Dillon 650 or 1050. Julie got me a bullet feeder for the 1050 awhile back---next step, a motor.
...and then I'll just sit back and watch the machine do everything. :)
I'll note that I started on an RCBS Rockchucker, which I still have. Solid, great press. Glad I learned the basics of reloading on it. REALLY love reloading on a progressive press now.
SemperFiGuy:
--- Quote ---...watch the machine do everything.....
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Do everything.
I hear Dillon has a new model coming out, hydraulically operated.
The 1900A version shoots all your USPSA series for you.
The 1900B shoots your IDPA strings. (But only works indoors.....)
Buy different attachments, get better scores.
Be sure to get the DQ blocker.
sfg
BigRed:
Thanks for all of the info on presses. I would sure like a Dillon 550b but it is not in the budget. What I found for my uses and price was a Hornady Classic kit. It has alot of goods that are included and 500 free bullets for $14 shipping. So much for free. I know it is not fancy but it will work for me. I loaded some 44 Mag in it already and it all worked out. It was slow but I would check the powder throw every 5th round. I would also check every cartridge for OAL. It worked nice. What do you all think about the sonic Cleaners that are available, or should I stick with the tried but true media tumbler?
tstuart34:
Here is my cleaning set up.
Wet stainless steel tumbling. My vibrating tumbler is being used as a brass sorter now.
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SemperFiGuy:
tstuart34:
Nice setup you've got there.
Seems there are many ways to clean cartridge cases. All of them pretty good:
Vibrating and/or rotary tumbling (media: walnut, corncobs, steel pins)
Ultrasonic cleaning (liquids: Simple Green, special formulas, etc.)
Acid washes (phosphoric, muriatic, etc.)
General choice is kind of between Real Shiny and Real Clean. Tumbling of either method in stainless steel pin media seems to make them shiniest. Ultrasonic seems to make them cleanest: inside, outside, and primer pocket.
I've got a Hornady Magnum Ultrasonic and it gets 'em pretty darn clean. But then you've got a bucket full of wet cartridges. In winter, gotta wait until wifey goes shopping, then use her hair drier. And then deny it when she gets back. (That part doesn't work.) Summertime, just sprawl 'em out on an old towel on the deck in the sunshine.
Bottom Line: I've just defaulted back to vibrator tumbling w/walnut media and THWI.
After all, shooting them just makes them dirty all over again.
FWIW,
sfg
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