Reeder Custom Guns - Thank you, I'm thinking there is a reason for the cheap.

WB
Thank you, I'm thinking there is a reason for the cheap.
Friday, October 11, 2019, 12:15

I really like the idea of a big bullet mould and source for lots of fun and play. Loading some 700 gr. ball for Roman yesterday was pretty uneventful. It's basically an oversized .30-06 all scaled up. Even the powder and primers. My charge was 222 grs. Hodgdon 50BMG powder and the CCI primers. I did 3X 74 gr. drops each from my RCBS volumetric measure!

I had to ream the primer pockets and noted many of the cases were 0.040" or more longer than trim length. So I cheated and chucked the cases in my lathe to spec. right at 3.900". No crimps needed in a single shot.

Big shell holder, compared to a 7.62x39 case head.
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Priming ram and shell holder for top of press.
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Big primers are $0.35 each.
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I neck sized a few to test, hopefully they will stretch less than those FL sized. I'm monitoring them.
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Just a big old .30-06 type round. Lots better for the old eyes and shakey fingers. lol
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So now we have (2) .50 BMG rifles... - WB, 2019-10-11, 09:05
- They are a fire hazard in dry conditions. - Sid R, 2019-10-11, 09:33
  - Got lots of that, I'm a little iffy. They cheap! (nm) - WB, 2019-10-11, 09:49
    - In my experience shooting ball and tracer 30-06 - Amede, 2019-10-11, 10:59
      - Thank you, I'm thinking there is a reason for the cheap. - WB, 2019-10-11, 12:15
        If I remember right that LC brass - Amede, 2019-10-11, 12:58
        LOL, the RCBS can run about 105 grs. - WB, 2019-10-11, 14:35
- I once read that the guy who invented the .50 Alaskan - WB, 2019-10-11, 09:25
  - Tracers - Rex, 2019-10-11, 11:48
    - Your dad was a hero. Thanks to him. (nm) - SPB, 2019-10-11, 12:17
    - Must be somethign to that. Great story! (nm) - WB, 2019-10-11, 12:16
      - Tracers - Rex, 2019-10-11, 14:45