What did you do in the reloading room today?

[CoalCrackerAl]

This can be a fun sub thread. I'll start.
I loaded 80 test rounds for 6.5 CM. 5 of each.

 

[Hawkeye]

Prepped 175 peices of .222 Starline brass for my daughters campaign against woodchucks.

 

[Hydrolad]

I was just sorting brass and checking primers...same kind of slow, steady reloading room day.

 

[CoalCrackerAl]

I too like to take it slow now and then. Put the radio on. No phone . Lock myself in. And have me time.

 

[RogerPa]

I was testing a new 8# lot of N570 again an old 8# lot. I pretty quickly noticed about a 70 fps difference (slower) with the new lot vs. the old. Shooting a quick 20 inch barreled wildcat 6mm with 116 gr. Sierra TMK’s. 68 grains from the old lot ran consistently in the 3260’s fps. 68 grains of the new lot runs in the 3190’s fps. Being pretty close to the preferred case fill, I could live with the 3190’s, or try to get back to the previous velocity with a little work. While the velocity drop didn’t really affect accuracy, when shooting at 600 yards+ the impact differences were visible. A couple of additional clicks up is no big deal, but the effect of the wind at long range was very visible, and considerably more difficult to hold for. The remedy was 68 grains of N565! It got me back into the 3260’s, easily held accuracy, and I have enough of this lot of power to hopefully outlast the barrel life. It’s a great gun to shoot and hunt with, but I’ll admit to being a little stingy when taking it to the range.

 

[CoalCrackerAl]

I played around with my bullet comparator i just got.

 

[Shots_fired]

I cleaned brass, checked dies and ran a few slow test batches just to confirm nothing drifted out of spec.