Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis

Loading and reloading my own ammo, at todays prices $75 for 50 rnds. it's well worth the cost of the equipment (bought most used), plus I cannot buy factory loads with lead bullets.
When I started loading my 25-20 WCF with lead bullets I ran into a problem with the case shaving lead when the bullet was seated. In the past when loading lead bullets the case mouth was "belled" a few thousandths to allow starting the bullet without shaving lead, then when the bullet was seated you could crimp or not crimp the case.
My problem was the new loading dies I had bought did not allow for the neck expansion. I solved the problem by making a tapered expander that would bell the case the proper amount and started loading.
Next problem getting a good sight line on the scale pointer without ending up with a stiff neck and a headache.
Here is my solution to the problem, an adaptation from a YouTube video a saw awhile back.
Out to the shop yesterday morning , scrape up the material need to make a swing arm shelf to hold a 13" MacBook Pro.The web camera is a cheapie $19.95 and works very well.
The results are in the image

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jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

Congrats to you.

You have certainly brought back memories. When I was in high school and college, my brother had a federal Firearms License (they were a lot easier to get back then in the late ‘50s and ‘60s). We both shot a lot, and we ran a reloading shop, having dies for almost every rifle cartridge available as well as a great number of handgun dies. We had good times both in the loading shop and on the range. To a degree, I still miss those days.

Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis

Thank you John
I got back into reloading out of necessity.

kpmac Loc: Ragley, La

I use to reload shotgun shells in my younger days. Didn't do much handgun shooting so I didn't ever learn to reload those.

Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis

I reloaded for 5 or 6 different rifles and a few different hand guns.
Never have loaded a shot shell
The 25-20 WCF is an old cartridge for handguns and rifles.
I have an 1894 Marlin takedown that I want to use the lead bullets in and a single shot that I built on a 1905 H&R shotgun action, it has two barrels one in 25-20 and 32-20 WCF

rick_n_wv Loc: Charleston WV

Quit reloading a number of years back after first stroke. Fast forward almost 20 years and thinking it will help keep me active.

Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis

I hope you didn't get rid of your equipment, the cost of new will scare the hell out of you.

krashdragon

Used to shoot 2700 National Match.
Used. .45 for both center fire and .45.
No longer have the reloading stuff.
Still have my customized .22 High Standard. Sold the Gold Cup.
Oh well....

sheldon minsky Loc: iron mountain michigan

Still have and use my HS supermatic citation. Now shoot a cz 75 and a stainless Kimber in 45.

nimbushopper Loc: Tampa, FL

The price of ammo has gotten out of control. I wish i'd have gotten into reloading but ammo was always provided free to me as part of my job.

Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis

At this time reloading components are a bit scarce, I have been told it is getting better.

HOHIMER

Why is the image on the screen not the same, left to right, with the camera image?

Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis

I really have no idea, so I just did a test. It seems the camera produces a mirror image.

marvkaye

Interesting... I've always wondered why some folks' YouTube videos would reverse the image on their t-shirts and other printed matter in the frame. You'd think there'd be a "button" in the settings for the camera to flip that so it would appear normal.

marvkaye

Interesting setup, thanks for sharing. Necessity has always been the mother of invention (or adaptation, as it were.) I recently picked up a Hornady Lock-N-Load automatic powder dispenser, really like it a lot even though it was pretty pricey. It's accurate to a tenth of a grain, plenty good enough for my purposes. I use it mostly for throwing charges for experimental buckshot loads. The powder dispenser on my Dillon is more than accurate enough for the kinds of handgun and rifle rounds I load, lots quicker as well.

On another note, if you know of an online source that has primers in stock please share that info... all my usual suspects are out of stock, have been for months and months.