Loading up

[FOTIS]

Well I go on break Monday Tuesday so I have been loading up!

Weather has been crappy and I am hoping for a break. I am loading 32 acp (beretta tomcat)
380 ACP (Walther PPKS)
9mm (Sig P226)
and 40 S&W in order to try out my new CZ-99.

I hope I can test drive them.

 

[Guy Miner]

Crank 'em out at the loading bench and have fun busting caps at the range!

 

[FOTIS]

I hope so Guy. Every year around this time sucks for me. Weather is just miserable and with the price and availability of brass these days you can not afford to lose them in the snow.

 

[SJB358]

Fotis, are you running the LNLAP?

I just got mine set up and ran 100 rounds of 44 Rem Mag through it, and man, I am hooked. Pretty slick set up, once you get it tuned.

 

[FOTIS]

Yup I am but right now I did these on the turret.

 

[SJB358]

Yup I am but right now I did these on the turret.

Got ya. What do you load on the Hornady?

 

[Wincheringen]

I've been working on 1400 pieces of .223 brass the last two days. Its pretty labor intensive but now I'm ready to finish up on the LNLAP.

 

[SJB358]

I've been working on 1400 pieces of .223 brass the last two days. Its pretty labor intensive but now I'm ready to finish up on the LNLAP.

What do you use for lube with the LNLAP? How do you clean it off the loaded round?

 

[Wincheringen]

I deprimed, swaged, & sized on my single stage. I just did the primer seating, powder charging, and seating on my LNLAP.

I suppose one could use IDW and then just wipe it off by hand.

 

[SJB358]

Gotcha. Thank you.

 

[FOTIS]

I deprimed, swaged, & sized on my single stage. I just did the primer seating, powder charging, and seating on my LNLAP.

I suppose one could use IDW and then just wipe it off by hand.

Ditto. I only do carbide die loading on my LNL

 

[SJB358]

You don't do any bottleneck stuff Fotis?

 

[FOTIS]

Nope Not resize on it. Just prime powder seat

 

[SJB358]

Rgr. Thanks Fotis. Might have to think on it.

 

[FOTIS]

Well the only bottlenecks I loaded massively for are the 223 and 220 Swift. As of many years ago where I lost my prairie dog spots i do not use them so much. As for big game calibers I make 20 rounds at a time and they last me for a year or two.

 

[Wincheringen]

RCBS does make a Lube Die that is specifically for progressive presses. I have one for '06 and for .223 size cases but I haven't tried it yet. I have to get some different lube. I'm an IDW snob so that is all I have on hand right now.

 

[SJB358]

RCBS does make a Lube Die that is specifically for progressive presses. I have one for '06 and for .223 size cases but I haven't tried it yet. I have to get some different lube. I'm an IDW snob so that is all I have on hand right now.

Same here, haven't used much else since I started with Imperial. Scared to try much else!

 

[FOTIS]

18 MPH today with 6" of white stuff coming!

 

[sask boy]

Fotis I am sorry to hear that forecast we have set a record for most snow on record here in Saskatchewan. Yesterday and the day before we had 50MPH wind and another couple inches of snow. We had over 75% of the highways blocked here and it is so flat here that you can watch your dog run away from home for 3 days.
If we have a fast melt in the next 3 weeks I may be swimming to work and that is only because our church is on a hill :wink:

Blessings,
Dan

 

[DrMike]

Fotis I am sorry to hear that forecast we have set a record for most snow on record here in Saskatchewan. Yesterday and the day before we had 50MPH wind and another couple inches of snow. We had over 75% of the highways blocked here and it is so flat here that you can watch your dog run away from home for 3 days.
If we have a fast melt in the next 3 weeks I may be swimming to work and that is only because our church is on a hill :wink:

Blessings,
Dan

I can believe this. My wife has been stuck in Wilcox for three days. Her car slid into a ditch trying to get into Wilcox. No tow trucks until this afternoon! Fascinating. And it is sunny and a balmy -10 here today.