Cigar Box conversions plus custom boxes

.22LR, 9mm, 357 Sig, 38 Spc., 45 ACP, 45 Colt & 12 Gauge.

 

9mm Luger: .. Plain Jane Cigar Box .. with upgrades .. complete.

A Plane Jane; but well made box: overall size 9" x 6.750"Upgraded with Brass LatchFitted with upgraded hinges. Foam (off cuts) Risers .. mitered corners keep them in place.Box and Insert...ready to assembleInsert inserted.9mm Luger Loaded into a 12 x 9 matrix ...108 rounds

New Boxes: 9mm.

Inserts using a HIGH DENSITY FOAM Board (Left)...and A COMPOSITE PLASTIC Board (Right) This Reduces the weight by 40+% over Wood Inserts.

Two new Box Transformations ....

.223 or 5.56 NATO  ... 10 x 10... 100 rounds 

80 rounds of: 9 mm Luger:

Cigar Boxes, a 2nd Life

Processing 9mm Parabellum Brass:

Setting up to process 9mm Luger

 

From Can to Akrobins ..

 

Test Running all the Fixes and Upgrades

Three Gauge Check: Dillon, EGW and Lyman...All OK.

What's on the Bench"....

Four Gun Case: 4 Center Fire Semi-Auto Pistols.

 

Range Day 22LR and 9 mm

Range Bay Reference dimensions:

Width .. Narrowest Point:  39" .. 3' 3"

Bench Top Height:             42" .. 3' 6"

Bench Top to Target Clips: 24" .. 2'

Floor to Scope center:        63" .. 5' 3"

22LR Ammo Inventory:

CCI Standard Velocity:      2,000 rounds.

Blazer Standard Velocity:   100 rounds.

Winchester 1,280 fps:         400 rounds. (use in Ruger 10/12)

Federal Gold Medal:           500 rounds.

Eley Tenex:                         100 rounds. .. "Highest Quality Ammo"

Eley Practice:                      100 rounds.                    

Total.........................        3,200 rounds.

As of: Sunday June 19th.

Thursday afternoon .. Two 22's and a 9 mm

Four of a kind .. 9mm Luger Parabellum

Four of the small cans with new labels and filled with an average of 27 lbs.

3,000 pcs Complete …. Update 11/13

Just finished up the last of the 3,000 pcs.  Awaiting arrival (Monday) of 10 ammo cans to augment storage.

So all 10 new ammo cans arrived .. all now full, ordered another 10

The last batch on this run of 3,000 9mm Luger

Last of the brass is loaded in the rotary feeder, bullet tray is full with last of the 125 gr 0.356” Flat Nose Copper Plated bullets.

Primers are loaded, primer pick-up tubes are full, all set for the final set.

Transport is arranged to carry the completed Ammo to storage:Hiroshige: Torii by the shore at Miya, circa 1850

Re-Sizing .. 0.357” to 0.356”

A simple process when a set sequence of steps are taken. 

A) Clean and Lubricate bullets.

B) Leave to air dry in prepared drying container.

C) Prep lubed bullet bin and separate re-sized bin (line with protective liner)

D) Process through re-sizing die/station. With help from #1 apprentice

E) Degrease and air dry bullets.

Now proceed and Re-Load as normal.

Ref pictures:

Approx. 43% through the reloading of 3,000 9mm

The build of: 1,000 115 grain Round Nose is compete.  Minor tweak's to the XL650 and all set for the 124 grain Flat Point bullets.  Set-up checked out, production is complete. Now on to Re-Sizing 125 grain 0.357” diameter Flat Point bullets to a nominal 0.356”, ideal for use in my 9mm Luger semi-autos.

After a short climb .. it’s tea time, a handy rest stop awaits on Mt. Utsu for dango (dumplings made of rice flour) and teaAttribution: Hiroshige, early 1840s

Afternoon Tea

A respite well deserved … re-loading 9mm continues.  All in all a productive day.

3k run of 9mm ..

I have: 3,000 9mm cases, cleaned and fully prepped, ready to reload, 1,000 115gr RN and 2,000+ 124gr FP … An abundance of Powder and Primers on hand.

First up is the 115gr RN copper plated bullets. Just finished final tweaks on the XL650 .. Powder Charge, Bullet Seating/ OAL, Crimp.,  ready to run 50 to verify all is good to go.