What did you do in the reloading room recently?

My AK doesn't do very well with .310 bullets. It does much better with .312.
My AKs shoot fine with factory ammo and that is 123gr, .310 bullets so I figured I'd stick with them.

Some AR uppers in 7.62x39 have .308 bores so it is wise for people to know what their barrels are in different guns.
 
Polished off my supply of Vihtavuori N350 and WInchester 572 loading up the last of my 44 magnum reloads (240 grain XTPs) probably ever. I'm exiting my position in 44 magnum and only reloading 38 special, 357 magnum, and 45 Colt from here on out. I'm down to one 44 magnum gun, and that's a CVA single-shot with a Leupold 3-9x VX1 scope on it. It's going to take me a while to get through the 2400 rounds or so that I have accumulated.

For some reason, I have accuracy problems with N350. I'm going to try heavier crimps to see if that can get them to be almost as consistent as the rounds loaded over other powders.
 
Loaded a few test rounds for my son's precision .223 rifle. It has a 1 in 7 twist and a very long magazine so I loaded 75 grain ELDs, .010 off the lands. The charge is 24.5 of Varget. I haven't tried but I'm guessing these would be too long to fit in an AR15/M16 magazine.
 
Does the 303 use the same diameter as the 7.62x54? I know they're supposed to but mine won't. My Mosin requires a larger diameter than my Enfield.
I slugged the bore on the Mosin to .312 and the Enfield was .313 so I’ve been running both with some cast sized to .314.

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They are 230gr and the Enfield is having good results with 17gr of 2400.
 
Picked up 4lbs of Varget to load some .308 and 30.06 and a box of 500 Hornady 230gr .45 HAP bullets.
Keep us posted on you 308 and 30 06 varget results. Once I'm out of my 4895 I will be using varget. I'm trying for 1650 to 1750 fps with 165gr bullets with my 308.
 
Bought this for my brother to get started on. Kittery trade in shelf.

It's an old lyman orange crusher. Has all the priming arms and cups with it. Solid press for 80 bucks. From what I understand it was lymans answer to the rock chucker.

Hes got the last of his supplies coming in this week and I'll teach him how to get started with some 38 and 357.


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