My mailman attempted to drop 1k 230gr .45 bullets into my mailbox once. The plastic snapped and ripped the box off the siding. Oops
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My mailman attempted to drop 1k 230gr .45 bullets into my mailbox once. The plastic snapped and ripped the box off the siding. Oops
Just for the record No I wouldn't.
No I don't think I could keep up, Don't need a coronary from a woman who probably walks 30 miles a week, and carries heavy packages to lots of homes. (LOL)Sure you would...
Good to see someone actually finishes something they start. I've thought of making one but know it would end up in the pile of scrap...Made a case feeder for an Dillon RL550. Used a spare Dillon primer feed, some Lee case feeder magazine parts, some fab work, and 2 days that I will never get back.View attachment 215390 View attachment 215391 View attachment 215392 View attachment 215393 View attachment 215394 View attachment 215395 View attachment 215396
I ran somewhere between 100-200 rounds thru the 550. So far the only problem is when the magazine is full all of the way to the top. This includes the steel blast shield and the lee rotary magazine. That's about 3' of 9mm cases stacked. The next one in line can knock over the one being fed. Very easy to controll, once 4 or 5 from the column are fed it works 100%.Made a case feeder for an Dillon RL550. Used a spare Dillon primer feed, some Lee case feeder magazine parts, some fab work, and 2 days that I will never get back.View attachment 215390 View attachment 215391 View attachment 215392 View attachment 215393 View attachment 215394 View attachment 215395 View attachment 215396
The mailman delivered some 405g 45-70 pills, I'll be assembling those soon.
What's the red coating, and what are you shooting those out of?Test batch of 30 - 35g of H4198... lipstick
Test batch of 30 - 35g of H4198... lipstick
Those are purty...
I’ve been cranking out 9mm but might switch over soon to load more reduced 30-06 rounds with Trailboss.
Those were made on my Lee classic turret, my Dillon 650 is still set up for supercomp. I plan to make another thousand of that before switching to 9mm for several thousand. Winter stockpiling is progressing slowly this year.
Same here, I was loading all summer to keep up. I just added another 550 just for rifle so that should make things easier.I’m trying to be more proactive this winter with reloading. Last winter I was super lazy which caused me to scramble all year to keep up with shooting matches almost every weekend. Don’t want to do that again.
Too rainy to smelt ingots,so I went down in the basement an opened up two cool whip tubs of sized and primed 9mm and started loading away. Pobably about 300 or so deep when I stopped to take abreak and order some more stuff online. Going to order a pizza and head back down while I wait for it. Most likely end up with 500 that will bring me to around 1100loaded and ready to go .
Started a new reloading room project - I've set out to build my own automatic powder dispenser/trickler.
My proposed architecture is as follows; electronic balance communicating with a Raspberry Pi - I will enter my target charge with buttons & LCD screen or an apache web server interface. I will have two methods of dispensing powder; an auger-based system for dispensing 90% or so of the charge, driven by a stepper motor, in combination with a motor-driven powder trickler to finish it off.
First thing I did was source a balance that measures in grains, has resolution equal to or better than .1 grains, and has a data output line that I could tap into. There are a lot of high priced scientific balances that meet the criteria, but I didn't want to blow the budget on the first piece of equipment. I ended up with this - MyWeigh | iBALANCE 401
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Next, I started playing with the Pi. I am using Python for this project - I have done SOME programming in C, but it has been 8 or 9 years. Needless to say learning python is a slow process. I have succeeded in receiving data from the scale, interpreting it, and lighting up LEDs which represent the two motors driving the dispensers.
(Note the custom gender changer and null modem - its a work of art)
I have begun designing the auger side of the dispenser/powder hopper in CAD. My original concept used a drill bit inside a tube as the auger. I have recurring nightmares about sparks/heating and quickly dropped the drill bit idea. My current plan is to 3d print the auger and housing to meet my needs. I figure I can also fine tune the auger/tube/hopper this way.
A 3d printer is in my future... driving the total cost for this project to at least double (and maybe triple) the cost of an off-the-shelf solution. The printer will get continued use well beyond the scope of this project so I am not sure I can consider it part of the cost. I am simply 'charging it to the job.'
My immediate challenge is choosing a 3D printer. After that? On to the auger/trickler and drive system for the stepper motors.
This guy has the right idea, but I don't want to sit in front of it and dump powder in manually. My goal is to 'walk away,' so to speak, and continue with other reloading operations while my dispenser handles the rest.
Awesome stuff, please keep us posted!
Conveniently 1k of loose 9mm fills a 30 cal can right to the lid
Can’t shoot so gotta reload and get a headstart on ammo for next years IDPA/USPSA matches right??
Lost count but it’s definitely well over 2,000 rounds, maybe pushing 3,000? I’m sure the 30 cal ammo can holds a bunch...still need to continue making more before I go back to work on Tuesday....
So purty....
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