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    Posted: April 21 2019 at 8:21am
I kinda got on a roll yesterday. Had a bunch of PPH brass all polished, sized, champhered laying a round. I primed and loaded everything! Don't have an empty .303 cartridge in the Man Cave! 195 rounds ready for the summer range time!
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Sweet I have a big reloading session coming up myself.
I have to custom load for all 3 Enfields! ARGHHHhhhh!
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I’ve tried to find ways to speed up the reloading process.  Neck sizing with a collet die is a big time saver compared to using a FL die.  Requires no lube, so no lube to remove from the case after sizing.  

I got myself a RCBS case prep center last year, another big time saver for trimming and chamfering necks.  

I prime with a Sinclair hand priming tool which requires placing a primer in the punch and case in the she!! holder one at a time.  I haven’t moved to an auto prime system, heard of a few incidents of a primer going off and setting off the entire tray of primers in the reloaders face. 

My routine these past few years has been shooting 80 rounds of .30-06 in my M1 and 80 rounds of .303 in my No. 4 each week. Occasionally as much as 120 each.  It takes me about 6 hours to reload those 160 to 240 cases.  

Since I now have two No. 4 rifles in .303 and two in 7.62, I have to keep the brass separated for each rifle.  Plus I reload for my Dad’s No. 4 Mk 1(T), but don’t shoot that rifle very often.  

I used to enjoy reloading, but now it’s become a chore to feed my shooting sport.  




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Shamu. Same here. I had 120 brass that had been fired out of various rifles. Kept separate and labelled for the particular rifle, of course. These I  had already neck sized, trimmed, camfered and primed. 40 of these I full sized so I could fire them from my Carbine and my No1 Lithgow I'm hoping to have in my hands in the next few weeks.Once I get a first firing, I'll neck size those for the individual rifle also.
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HT.  I spent Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday reloading all my resized,cleaned, and primed Lake City 7.62 brass. My girlfriend suggested that I take a break for awhile.  After the final count was taken,I had reloaded 1005 rounds. The following pic shows 502 rounds on the left and 503 rounds on the right. I still have 220 rounds to finish...
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Sweet!
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I've a bit of reloading to do next week too. Got the next round of competition in May and need to practice as well; also my wife is now shooting the .303 in competition too. So that's doubled the bullet count!
I have refined my methods over the years; initially I would clean the brass before sizing, then have to clean it again due to the lube. Now I de-prime using a home made press tool. Then resize before cleaning in the ultrasonic bath. Trim to length and chamfer. Then prime in the dillon rig, hand load the powder using a digital trickle measure. Then back to the dillon to press the bullet. Sounds complicated but it's actually not too bad.
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i did not have that much to do but got all mine done last week finally 
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I finished my .303 reloads last night and checked my inventory:
 
.223       240 rounds
.303       360 rounds
.308       180 rounds
.30-06    560 rounds
 
 
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Pretty ready for the Zombie Apocalypse!
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HT, I'll post a pic of my ammo stash (not reloads, but factory ammo), I keep it for the Zombie Apocalypse! 
 
The reloads are for shooting at the range Smile
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Here’s my stash of ammo for the Zombie Apocalypse.

.303 is in the wood boxes behind the .30 and .50 Cal ammo cans. 

This is a small stash compared to the real ammo hoarders.  I’m just a rookie.  




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britrifles, that should do the trick!
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I will keep the zombies at bay here in Phoenix. 

.243=150

.303=1895

.308=2440

30-06=1
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Goosic. Better make that 1 30/06 count! It looks like you're in good shape also!
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Got a chuckle out of the 1 .30-06.  

I have something to add to my list:

.50 Cal.   1 round.  

Unfortunately, no rifle to fire it in.  
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