I did a video on Wet Tumbling using Southern Shine Media vs the pins: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/a9ZghJWL08q5dJs.html

It is nice having you home Jerry, just because it means more videos. Reloading is one of my favorite subjects and we all know that when it comes down to gunsmith, shooting and reload you are one of the most knowledgeable persons there are. If this turns into a reloading series then IT IS GREAT!!

Those are awesome stainless pins.. thanks southern shine..

@Cozmo Doesn't matter WHICH machine you get, as long as you are willing to make it work, they ALL have issues, people will tell you to buy Dillon or Hornady or Lee or MEC or something else, and they are ALL ok machines. I personally have had Lee turret presses, Lee and RCBS single stage presses, a Dillon 650, and I've used the Hornady LNL and Lee progressives. They all get the job done, I LIKE my Dillon progressive, but I spent extra money on upgrades (low mass detent ball, roller bearing cams, spent and live primer upgrades...), if you get a LNL or Lee 1000, you'll find "fixes" to make them all better. So, look at the options, price them out, and MOST IMPORTANT, see what people you know are running, if you have a Dillon using buddy in your town, I highly suggest going with a Dillon... if your buddy uses Lee, then consider Lee, because they know the machine and can help you. If you're just starting, get a single stage, even if you intend to load 1000 pistol rounds at a time eventually, starting on a single stage lets you get used to the process and precision, and when you upgrade to a progressive eventually, you'll still have a use for the single stage (I have a Rockchucker from RCBS that I love, but any similar press will work just as well).

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Especially due to the virus. I just paid 50¢ a round for TulAmmo .223 because that was literally the only ammo they had that wasn't above $2 a round

@@JEST3R_ damn. I just bought 100rds (5 boxes) of .223 tulammo for $25.

@@Steve_I that's honestly amazing compared to the deals around my area. It's horrible

@@JEST3R_ only problem around me, is finding it. That was the first time in probably a month they had it when I got there lol

Kevin Tiemann it’s a dame shame for the average man shooting over 1 million rounds would be out of his reach. Don’t mean is desire isn’t on the same level is Jerry’s but Jerry has BIG corporate sponsorships behind him. Let’s not forget that..

"...pressure and heat caused..." INDEED!!

They call it the Miculek Vein.

@@orlandparkcounselors7036 that would be Tennessee.

@@garyh1449 It is now, but things may change/shift in the future.

That's close to where I'm from

Yeah... Thought I was "on it" with: 1 1/2 buckets of .40 S&W 1 bucket of 300 BLK. 1 Bucket of .308 3/4 bucket of .223 3/4 bucket of .45acp 2/3 bucket of 9mm All while trying to keep between 500-1000 rounds of each loaded for personal training use... But Jerry has me feeling like a rookie.

@@bluefalconssuck5881 The way to get a lot of brass is to get it from a local range or ideally your local LE range. Most departments will not allow their officers to handload practice ammo as they need to follow the warranty to get necessary armoring services. Many will either give you the brass or sell it quite cheaply. You can get an entire trash can of brass each month. Many of the companies selling brass get their brass this way. If you can get military brass that is the jackpot, but often military ranges won't sell to you unless national guard uses public ranges, or you are registered business.

Thank you for watching!! Appreciate the support.

I just started this myself.... it's a pita compared to pistol, especially with crimped pockets.

@Caden Wikle Iowa... also hopelessness, 500 rounds to go

​@@ironmonkey1512 I bought a dillion super swage 600, worth it's weight in gold. RCBS makes a swager that goes on your press as well. Good thing we only have to do it once!

@@ironmonkey1512 honestly, the crimped primer pockets are the most frustrating, I have a primer pocket reamer chucked up to a drill cause I have bought a swager yet... might be purchasing one soon, taking a break for now, 500 to go, should be done by tonight

@@jeffwelty980 what do you do about reloading data? I've noticed every reloading book I have will have data for one brand of powder (as they're usually published by the powder manufacture), with a couple brands of bullets, and a couple weight/bullet type/bullet profiles. I can never find the combination of primer, case, powder, and bullet that I have. More importantly, I can't ever find the right bullet and powder combination. Each bullet manufacturer makes a few different weights, a dozen different bullet profiles, and a dozen different bullet types, for a particular caliber. That makes for dozens of different individual projectiles. All with different length projectiles, that affects the OAL of the cartridge, that affects the internal volume, that affects the amount of powder that goes in the case.

Be the first in the garage and the last one to leave the garage that's how u get to be the best

This is how I see it. Especially with cast bullets. I can't understand why people buy factory ammunition for handguns when a cast bullet can be driven to full power at 1/4 the price of a factory round.

@@DaveSmith-cp5kj the answer is time. I personally only reload certain calibers (.454 casull, and .300WM mostly) that are either expensive, or for a specific gun. I built a .300wm gun for long range shooting, and I have one hand load that is tailored to that rifle. Stuff like 9mm I can’t justify the time spent to load 1,000 rounds instead of just spending the $200 (obviously during the ammo crisis right now it’s a different story)

@@Johnny2Gats It takes a maximum of 2 hours to load 1,000 rounds (typically only 1 hour when your progressive press is dialed in). Unless you are paid $100 per hour, it is absolutely worth it. Plus even if you do make more money, it is worth your money to buy components rather than factory ammo. You can store more ammunition in component form than loaded for the same amount of money, and this means that during an ammo shortage like right now, you can still afford to shoot cheaply because all you have to do is tap into your stockpile and assemble the ammunition

@@Johnny2Gats I reload 9mm on a progressive press but not mainly for price but for accuracy and quality, the group size is reduced by half with my reloads compared to decent quality 9mm fmj like Magtech, Geco or Sellier Bellot. Where it really is worth it is the .45, there is no major manufacturer offering SWC bullets (except Magtech but those are 230grs and have to much pressure and velocity). On a dillon press I can make 500 cartridges of mild 200grs SWC .45 ACP, I cannot see myself shooting factory 45 anymore, they are all subpar in comparison to what I can make myself.

hydrogen Have you seen powder and primer prices lately? I mean on Gunbroker, because retailers NEVER have any.

Great minds think alike!

@@MiculekDotCom do you have any recommendations for a budget level reloader?

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@@HillCityHydro used rockchucker is great start and can be used in the future. I'm up to my Dillon 550 but my rockchucker is still sizing the bullets I cast.

@@HillCityHydro maybe look into a single stage Lee Challenger Kit (around $125 ?) ... u can be up and reloading with a few other purchases such as calipers, tumbler, dies

You can run a Bounty paper towel for a few minutes to collect the dust.

What recipe do you use to get 9mm/45 cheaper than .22? Also how many times do you have to use each case before you start to get that kind of savings?

@@alexanderluster402 The powder costs about one or two cents.The primer costs a little over three. The bullet costs a little less than ten cents. If you cast and eliminate the less than ten cents, you save quite a bit. I don't cast and as far as I am concerned I have never had more money thought about my savings. I don't really save when I reload. I just shoot more.

Let me state at the beginning that I have been reloading for 57 years and casting for 48 yrs. You get the savings from the start. This assumes you have reloading and casting equipment. I have all the expensive equipment but put together a cheap outfit for when I was working on the road so as not to worry about theft. Second hand reloader/scale/powder measure - $20, 9mm/45 molds $5 ea, hot plate, cast iron pot $5. Half the fun was seeing how cheap I could do it. On the other end, I have five figures worth of bullet swage equipment and 240 bullet molds. You don't need that if you just want to shoot a lot cheaply. As I stated earlier, if you cast and reload, the cost will be around the price of .22LR ammo or less. And, I know you can get real deals sometimes on 22, however, you can do the same with primers and powder. I won’t give specific recipes as you can look them up for the various powders that can be used for 9mm/380, 45ACP. Depending on what you have on hand or available in the store, loads will generally run 3.3 to 5 grs. I’m not going for maximum loads here, just shooting fodder. Do your research. Lead is free if you want to search. Wheel Weights are about perfect for handgun although the composition of the alloy has changed a little over the years. It lends itself to heat treating for a higher Brinell hardness and higher velocities. It’s just fine as is for the 9mm/380, 45ACP. Cases are free. Save what you shoot or pick up on the range. So, it boils down to powder and primers. Primers retail will be around $3.50 per box or .035 cents each. You can save on that at gun shows or buying in bulk. Powder will vary but run around $25 per pound. 1 lb. = 7000 gr @ $25 divided by 3.5grs = 2000 rds. = .0125 cents per round + .035 primer = .0475 divided by 4grs = 1750 rds. = .014 cents per round + .035 primer = .049 divided by 5grs = 1400 rds. = .018 cents per round + .035 primer = .053 You can get those down a lot cheaper per round if you work at it. 22LR ammo will run you about .04 - .05 cents per round.

@@jimv.661 It's a good argument, but you should use another round for comparison; if you bargain hunt it's literally impossible to match the price of 22LR. You can buy 36g HP for 2.5c/rnd per case of 5k, and that simply cannot be beat. Just bought 2 cases of 5k maybe 3-4 months ago for that price using AmmoSeek, and paid the same about a year before that. (Go through a lot of it using a 22LR conversion kit on my 5.56 for cover drills)

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Going to Facebook. Since his highness King Jerry said it I am switching.

I bet you wish you did that years ago. I'm pretty much started out with an entry-level progressive and I can't imagine having done it the slow way this whole time.

Progressive is the way to do handgun cartridge loading, and sometimes rifle... Anything where you go through volumes.

@@AndreS_-df2nw Exactly. I do my hunting rifle cartridges 8mm Mauser and 9.3x64 on a single stage press, works just fine and gets excellent accuracy, however I just need 100-150 cartridges per year. For anything else i use a Dillon progressive press.

You know he wouldn't want you to stop on his account. Get out there, son!

He gave you a lot of what he knew so you could carry on without him. Go and make him proud.

Say a prayer, thanking God for the blessing of having all that time with your Grandpa and then go to the range "with him" and shoot a few rounds for him!! Have fun! It's what he wants you to continue doing.

I put them outside in the sun

Jerry has a row of 5 or 6 high end Dillon progressives just to the viewer's left of his desk with the bullet shelves. I assume that each one is dedicated to one cartridge! The camera panned left in one of his videos and showed that blue goodness.

You won't regret it. Just don't let somebody talk you into the old lie that you need to start on single stage. You don't. If you have the basic skill for one you have it for the other and you will regret setting yourself up to be handicapped by a really slow machine that causes you many many many redundant hand motions. It's nice to have a single stage for odd jobs but get at least a turret press when you start. Also when I've priced out the kits for beginner kits that include everything in it they're usually not as good a deal is actually just picking the components and tools you want individually. I recommend many people wanted to seriously consider the lead loadmaster. If you look up my screen name on the reloader's network though you can see I did an economic comparison of each of the major progressive presses. It does not include the Dillon 750 because that wasn't out when I did it, but that would work out very similarly to the 650 XL.

Gunsite?

They aren’t that bad.....kinda.

The thing is, you know he knows EXACTLY where everything is at.

I wanna see a vid of the ammobox shelf. Are They just empty boxes or full and if empty why keep them? Come on Jerry tell us lol

My wife says that about the top of my dresser. But I know were everything is and if it's been moved. I have my meds in a certain order in the bathroom. She will clean and mix them up every time.

Almost as much as i have .... Lol

I was surprised by the citric acid.

An air compressor is your friend for releasing stuck media.

A friend mentioned he noticed in November that things seemed to be doing quite well. When he realized that life was good, he started buying more ammunition and he added a couple of guns to his collection. I did the same with one gun and a lot of ammunition. I was in a sporting goods store and noticed a long line at the gun counter and I had to ask the last person in line what they were doing. She replied she was buying a gun. Why in the world would anyone need to buy a gun when things are bad, prices are high and selection is poor? I left just shaking my head in disbelief.

@@shooterqqqq Many of the people who bought guns in the last couple months had no guns, they bought while things were bad because they feared things becoming worse. There were also many panic buyers that rushed to buy more guns & ammo, kinda like the idiots who hoarded TP.

@@shooterqqqq There are a lot of buyers getting ammo then reselling it at huge mark up. Taking advantage of circumstances. The local flea market sellers were always the first in line at gun stores buying ammo. You could see them on the weekend selling it for 10x what they bought it for.

Federal Primers are back rn

Thanks for the support and appreciate you taking time out to watch!

Jerry Miculek - Pro Shooter You’re very welcome Thanks

Also I suggest people to wet tumble and then dry in a a vibratory tumbler with clean media saturated in paint thinner and wax. The media tumbler ensures everything is dry so you don't kill primers by moisture stuck in primer pocket, you don't get stained brass, and the wax helps ensure brass doesn't tarnish or seize in sizing dies.