Spent some time at the reloading bench

[Quaticman]

I just spent the last couple of hours at my reloading bench preparing some rounds for my .458 Winchester Magnum. 400 grain Trophy Bonded Bear Claw, 400 grain Swift A-Frame, 450 grain Barnes TSX, 500 grain Hornady DGS and 550 grain Woodleigh Weldcore. I think I have all bases covered.

 

[Pheroze]

That's a lost of different bullets - are you trying them out to see which shoots best?

 

[Quaticman]

That's a lost of different bullets - are you trying them out to see which shoots best?

Just for a fun day at the range.

 

[CoElkHunter]

I just spent the last couple of hours at my reloading bench preparing some rounds for my .458 Winchester Magnum. 400 grain Trophy Bonded Bear Claw, 400 grain Swift A-Frame, 450 grain Barnes TSX, 500 grain Hornady DGS and 550 grain Woodleigh Weldcore. I think I have all bases covered.

Couple of hours? I’ve recently loaded some 350gr Speer MagTips and 450gr Barnes TSX in my .458WM. Not even tried the 500gr Barnes TSX yet. I guess I need another seating/crimping die, cause between resetting it for the different bullets and changing the powder charge in the hopper, takes me far longer than a couple of hours? I have older RCBS reloading stuff, so I guess that’s why? Oh well, I’m not really in a hurry anyways.

 

[Wyatt Smith]

CEH,
make a dummy load for each bullet you use, then setting your OAL is easy. Or it is quicker for a small batch of ammo to seat and crimp in separate steps. Matter of fact I never seat and crimp in the same step.

 

[CoElkHunter]

CEH,
make a dummy load for each bullet you use, then setting your OAL is easy. Or it is quicker for a small batch of ammo to seat and crimp in separate steps. Matter of fact I never seat and crimp in the same step.

Wyatt,
I used a factory cartridge to set the OAL (3.40”?) in the seating die when loading the 450gr. But the OAL when loading the 350gr is appx. 2.90”? So, I have to adjust the seating die after each respective bullet weights/lengths batches AND roll crimp in the cannelure of each bullet size. I think I really need an extra seating die and “pre set” for the different bullets. I would then just have to screw one out of the press and screw the other one in? What I’m doing now takes a lot of time. I’ve set up my RCBS die to seat and “mild” roll crimp into the cannelure in one step?
CEH