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What have you done at the reloading bench lately?

Expanded the reloading bench with a new 6’ table from HD. Added some much needed shelving above and still need to lay in the T-rail so I can stop using clamps. Also set up my new case trimmer from Henderson Precision.
 

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Some 9 MM and some 45-70/45-90.
 

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.45 Colt, .454 Casull, S&W 500 Magnum, and 45-70 in 385 grn, 400 grn, 405 grn, and 500 grain.
 

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I've been reloading 9mm for my shadow 2 on my dillon 750. Currently load is Summit City 124 gr RN w/ 3.6 gr of titegroup @ ~1.07 OAL. My shadow 2 is damn picky with the OAL. Anything over 1.08 is a no go 😭. This load puts me at around 133 PF, which is great for USPSA

I have 147 gr FPs from summit city that I'll be doing load dev for next, since summit city says the FPs let you run longer OALs in shadow 2s. I gotta make myself a nice stock pile of 124 before I change my setup though
Late reply. I’m loading 3.9 guns Titegroup with Summit City 124 gn with an OAL of 1.15 ( more or less). Power Factor 135. Shot out of an SP-01.
 
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recently got a new Lee classic turret, these are some of the first rounds from the new press.

.223 rem

25gr of H335
55gr ROCKY MTN RELOADING fmj bt
2.240" COAL
cci srm #450 primers

this is probably my favorite range rnd
 
Spent some time to finally setup the new anodized Aluminum toolhead. Adjusted all the sensors and put on aluminum duct tape on the priming system. Still some bugs to fix but it was nice to finally make some ammo.

Also realized now I need to make my OAL shorter for JHP.

The one thing I like about American companies that I miss. Is they replace things when quality is bad. These days it seems like they nickel and dime you.
 

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For the past few years I have been continuously experimenting with a variety of loads for the 38 Special, .357 Magnum, .45 Colt and 454 Casull. Following book recipes with a few mods (lowering charges, not increasing them). I'm after manageable recoil and accuracy). Lots-o-fun!

Dan
 
Thought about starting to reload shotgun shells. Just don't know what would be the price per round doing do. Currently cheapest I can get is .40 inducing tax for new ammo
 
Thought about starting to reload shotgun shells. Just don't know what would be the price per round doing do. Currently cheapest I can get is .40 inducing tax for new ammo

subgauges and specialty loads are definitely worth it.

Here is an online calculator that will show you cost per round based on component costs ; https://www.losttarget.com/costcal.htm
 
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