Reeder Custom Guns - Spent Yesterday Loading

I had a bunch of brass in various calibers and got a lot of it loaded yesterday.

38 Special ... 160 gr. cast FN .. 3 gr. Bullseye
357 Magnum ... 160 gr. cast FN .. 14 gr. 2400
41 Magnum .... 230 gr. cast FN .. 14 gr. 2400
44 Special ... 250 gr. Keith SWC 6.5 gr. Unique
44 Magnum .... 250 gr. Keith SWC 18.5 gr. 2400

I still have brass to load:

380 ACP
45 ACP
30-30
45-70
7.62x54R

It's hard work but someone has to do it!

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to be. Very humbling. Still love doing it though.

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getting in hay, picking up the 80 lb rectangular bales and throwing them up on the flat bed wagon in 100 degree weather. About as much fun as a kick in the nuts. And not unusual to find a snake or half a snake hanging out of the bale and they were never in a good mood.
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I can't seem to get time to do casting. I farmed it out to a friend who has health issues and needs something to do. Told him I'd pay him well to use my equipment and make me bullets, just his labor. That has not progressed beyond the good intentions. I blew up my bullet oven. I have many bullets raw to size/lube, tumble lube, paint, just something so I can use them.

I did get an "office kit" for loading .38/.357 together. Found some dippers for AA#7 loads. The 0.5cc will do for .38 and the 0.7cc for .357. Easy enough. I'm thinking of expanding it to .45 ACP with some added dies, maybe .45 Colt with the different 310 priming die. IF I can find one, figure out which number of die assy. it is. I'm even considering contriving a "nutcracker" kit for .255 Banshee by mulling some .22 Hornet parts and some .257 stuff. I think it might be done.

Thankfully I get almost as much fun out of scheming as I do shooting.

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loaded some gas check 158 swc's with 10 gr AA 7 recently and it seemed to work real well.

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Of course I can make that a heavier or lighter load by using lighter or heavier bullets. But I was figuring on 158 gr. Cast for a baseline.

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Plan to load 160 gr wfn's on top of 5.5 gr Unique. Also, found out why I can't hit anything with my prized Model 27 yesterday. Rear sight blade assy is broken can see daylight under the blade. Bottomed out it's shooting 14 inches high at 50 yds. 2 weeks ago I just thought I sucked. Couldn't understand how I could regularly ring steel at 100 yds with a 45 Bisley but rarely hit it with the 27. Can't wait for the rear blade assy to arrive!

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Spent Yesterday Loading

I spent the last 3 days taking in hay. Far from what I used

back a hundred years ago I used to help out my grandmother

I'm way behind on fun.

0.5 and 0.7 equate to how many grains? I

Chart says 7.7 and 10.7 grains.

Dippers are usually 0.3 gr. or so optimistic

I've read good things about 10.5 gr so you're right in there

Sized and primed 100 .357 cases last night.