reloading season

baltz526 · 03-01-2007, 06:11 AM

it is here, 3/1/07 opening day of reloading season. i jumped the gun

yesterday. i now have 100 308, 100 7mm mag, 92 300 win mag, primed and ready. i hope to be ready for gong ringing season, which opens 4/1/07:blush:

pythonwill · 03-01-2007, 06:32 AM

Funny you should bring this up,lastnight I got all my brass out and put a bunch in the tumbler to get ready to load some up. Im gonna do 100 25-06, & about 50, 300 Win Mag & however many 357 I have brass for.

HOGGEMIN · 03-01-2007, 07:40 AM

Man I ned to cleam my reloading room and grease up the dillions, as I have 10,000 rounds of 223 to reload hoping for a few days of good rat hunting and any other small varmit type critters. Also I need to get set up for .204 ruger.

Hunt'nFish · 03-01-2007, 08:31 AM

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Originally Posted by HOGGEMIN

Man I need to clean my reloading room and grease up the dillions.

That's funny! ME TOO! Oh man how I've let the crud pile up. Can barely see the 650 peeking out of the mess.

And with the .280's scope accident.....I guess it's time to pull the unfired A-Bolt 7mmWSM out and start working up a load eval for it. The .280 is officially "retired". The time has come for changing of the guard.
Let the fun begin.
Hunt'nFish

Roguerunner · 03-01-2007, 11:01 AM

I thought that reloading season started on Dec. 1? shoot, I guess I jumped the gun a little on that one. I dont have anything else to reload! maybe with a little good weather and some luck I can start chipping away on some of those reloads on 4/1/07.

baltz526 · 03-01-2007, 12:44 PM

wonder how fast a 10ga 1 1/8 oz load will be

hmmmmmm! better get back to rifle

4on4off · 03-01-2007, 02:01 PM

I better get busy with some more 06 if i'm gonna meet that 4/01 deadline

Don Becker · 03-01-2007, 03:43 PM

Geez . . . 'must be telepathy or something in the air . . . I just looked into my ammo drawer last night and have been thinking I might do some handloading this weekend. Don

Twodogs · 03-01-2007, 04:13 PM

I'm still recovering from shoulder surgery so i can only load a 100rds are so at a time but got all my 6.8MM ammo loaded.
got a ton of .45 acps to load and never have enuff .223's
I've still got a 12ga loader that i never have setup.

Gary

toas243 · 03-01-2007, 04:50 PM

Well since I`am single for a while I use my kitchen table as the loading room ,it is in service 365

,and right out the door there is a 100 yard range

with a shooting bench ,I kind of like being single

baltz526 · 03-03-2007, 07:39 PM

yesterday i got #78 308 win loaded. then ran out of varget. today sportsmens had zero in stock, same as a month ago. anyone seen any on a shelf somewhere?

billc_sbio · 03-04-2007, 09:13 AM

Hmm...me too!

Now that (most) hunting is done with for awhile, I've got to get out there and reload some more "Buffalo" ctg.s!

Some .45-70s w/550g Creedmoors

.45-100s with the same 550 grainers

some .45-60s for the 1876 Winchester...gotta reload these with Pyrodex.

and, some .40-65s w/410g. long range bullets.

Oh, yeah, and maybe I'll work on some more load development for my .20 Ruger.:smile:

ubernew · 03-05-2007, 09:47 AM

me too.

Hunt'nFish · 03-05-2007, 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by baltz526

anyone seen any on a shelf somewhere?

Ah, yeah.....but you can't have it!

Lucky Guy · 03-05-2007, 12:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by baltz526

yesterday i got #78 308 win loaded. then ran out of varget. today sportsmens had zero in stock, same as a month ago. anyone seen any on a shelf somewhere?

Hey Baltz,

BiMart might have it, or the Nosler store in Bend.

baltz526 · 03-05-2007, 01:44 PM

i loaded the rest of my 308 cases with h4350 and 180gr pp partitions. so i can wait to find some varget. i have lots of re22 so i'll start loading some 300 win mag and 7mm rem mag

RazorClam · 03-05-2007, 01:50 PM

This is funny this post was started, because I decided to start loading soem .243 win shells. I got 125 all primed and ready to load next weekend. I am still deciding on my load though.

big foot · 03-05-2007, 04:44 PM

Guess I have to plead guilty , hope the sentence isn't to stiff . I have been reloading all year . Did not know the season has been closed . Sorry I really hate to not follow regulations .( talked to a friend last nite in Klamath and he has a few sage rats running around on about 6" of snow )

Limbhanger · 03-05-2007, 05:39 PM

Reloading season has been good to me already.....Santiam338 whipped me up a nice batch of 165gr Interbonds for bear season.....

Thank you!!

Cant wait to use them

baltz526 · 03-05-2007, 08:39 PM

300 win mag for elk are done, next is 85gr sierra hpbt in the 243win

Flatfish · 03-05-2007, 09:06 PM

Good reminder

I have 2-3 25-06s to work on deer loads for
A new 270 that needs some reduced loads
My 338 finally will get updated with 225 grain triple skocks
Dawns 30-06 needs some more love and attention including 4064
A 308 Norma will get the X bullet treatment as well

Better dust off the rockchucker.

Mark and the dog

scottishsetter · 03-06-2007, 05:45 PM

Last year found me a 6X6, once in a lifetime Bull. I used what I had available; seven year old reloads in 35Whelen 250gr. Horn. Sp Varget.

Time to reload, its the Season!

baltz526 · 03-06-2007, 05:52 PM

the load i did for the 243 with the sierra 85gr hpbt is: wlr primer, r-p brass, 44gr h414. i need to see how it shoots

baltz526 · 03-11-2007, 06:28 PM

243 85gr hpbt, it shoots .960" groups, 3031fps average. the surprising load is the 308 180gr partition 2396fps a little slow, but it shot one .300" three shot group. not bad for a 1.75x6x20 scoped gun.

Dr Strangelove · 03-11-2007, 07:36 PM

I just bought my first shotgun reloader and a whole mess of stuff for a really great deal on the classified section. I'm going to load 12ga 1-1/8oz Hevishot #6 2.75" loads at 1315fps for duck and local pheasant. Dead in the air is the only way to fly.

ubernew · 03-12-2007, 08:10 AM

I wish I could have got that