Reloading and Shooting activity for Cha Bei, Family and friends. .. AKA Heavy Metal Recycling !
We have 764 cases thu. full case re-sizing, de-prime and primer pocket cleaning. Now its on to loading large primers
Interesting to note one lone 44 Remington Magnum case was commingled. VERY difficult to spot. On the left we see the lone 44 Mag.
I’ll be using the XL650 for the bulk of the cases. I’ll also run a 100 on the T-7 to see how the Primer Tube option works with the Lee Auto-Drum powder measure.
UPDATE … I removed the primer tube option from the T-7 .. too finicky.
Screwed and Glued for your continued pleasure and enjoyment.
Titebond glue and Quadruple Pocket Screwed. Only requires a small Vice to be serviceable.
A fabulous walk in the woods (with a world champion and coach) .. what a great set-up and to round off the day .. Tanks a Lot !!!!
With both (T-7 & XL650) set up and ready to go. I’ve set-up to first pass clean 750 brass cases.
Dry tumble and separate out the media, it’s off to the 650 to De-Prime. Once that’s done I’ll process through the case cleaning for a 2nd time then clean primer pockets. We have 360 cases with primer pockets cleaned.
Single stage presses and some turret presses have a myriad of solutions to load primers. Many of these solutions fall short offering a “hand-load” single primer option. I’m not a fan of handling primers even using surgical gloves.
The T-7 comes with a single hand loaded primer solution. An upgrade to a Primer Tube Feed option is a fair attempt. This upgrade has a substantial down side, the closeness of the feeder tube to the Die Turret precludes the use of a number of Powder Measures.
There are some that work and require the purchase of same. I have both Dillon and Lee Auto Drum powder dispensers. Yes both of these overhang the Die Turret Plate and collide with the Primer Tube option. Fortunately, with assiduity and canny orientation of said Lee Auto Drum provides about an “RCH” of clearance. 
I simply cannot recommend this system.
Feeling a bit lazy I’ve set up a couple of stations in the XL650. This allows use of the Case Feeder and Indexing Priming System.
1) Full Length Case Forming and De-Prime.
Then; cleaning and prep on 750 cases, return to XL650.
1a) Primer loading.
The cleaned and primed cases will then move to the Redding T7 station 2.
Utilizing the T7’s die holding capacity I set up a separate Neck Flaring station.
1) Full Length Size and De-Cap .. Lee Deluxe Die
1a) Prime .. Winchester Large Primers
2) Neck Flare** .. Lyman M Die
3) Powder Charge .. Lee Auto Drum Powder Measure
4) Bullet Seat .. Lee Deluxe Die
5) Neck Crimp .. Lee Deluxe Die
**Neck Flaring: I have a few choices, this time I’ll use the Lyman M Die. Note: M Dies are caliber specific vs the Lee Universal Die. My M Die is set-up in the press, the Lee pictured below. Which is best? Always fodder for discussion. In general the machine finish is superior on the Lee, Lyman offers caliber specific neck sizing along with neck flare. With Lee you buy ONE Die, Lyman its One Die Per Caliber .. $ vs $$$$$$$$.
Using a 12” x 24” plate some 1” square and 1” x 2” short lengths plus various hardware we have Re-Loading specific, commonly used set-up tools in easy reach.
These three tools are all, now, very sharp, ready to use.
Setting up to sharpen a number of dual bevel edge carving tools. Used for fine detail carving wood blocks. This is a little different than “standard” single bevel edge sharpening. I’ll be expanding on this over the next few posts.
The Hangito tool, the most useful and important tool in woodblock printmaking. (also called the kiridashi. It is capable of cutting intricate, flowing lines that are at the heart of Japanese printmaking. All the outlines in the print are carved with this tool.
Single Bevel, Right-Handed Japanese carving tool.
The back face of the tool has a Flat Face that may or may not be Hollow Ground (as above example)
Setting up to sharpen a number of carving tools, I’ll be expanding on this in up coming posts.
Four of the small cans with new labels and filled with an average of 27 lbs.
