Reloading - the finer points.

[1066]

Here's a really excellent video showing some of those finer points of case preparation that often get overlooked.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YUoOlOYXUI

[Triffid]

That must be where Badger gets his ammo from.

[BRYAN3]

Is that Radway Green?

[amyjane]

Probably the new GGG facility....

[safetyfirst]

Lol. Love the "overall length guy"

[ovenpaa]

Impressive speed from some of the workers, there was one stage near the end that I could not identify, two chaps sitting opposite each other.

[mag41uk]

I wonder where the primers come from?
Maybe used ones with match heads wedged in?

[bradaz11]

Impressive speed from some of the workers, there was one stage near the end that I could not identify, two chaps sitting opposite each other.

the bit where they are thumping a handle??

I assumed they were crimping.

it took me awhile to spot the powder loading stage, I saw them doing what looked like smoothing it out on a board, then i saw the guy taking cases out of what looked like a green dispenser. then it clicked, they were just filling the cases to the brim with a green powder and then compressing it with the bullet!

i know someone that used to reload 45lc like that

[Charlie Muggins]

Impressive speed from some of the workers, there was one stage near the end that I could not identify, two chaps sitting opposite each other.

the bit where they are thumping a handle??

I assumed they were crimping.

it took me awhile to spot the powder loading stage, I saw them doing what looked like smoothing it out on a board, then i saw the guy taking cases out of what looked like a green dispenser. then it clicked, they were just filling the cases to the brim with a green powder and then compressing it with the bullet!

i know someone that used to reload 45lc like that

If their powder is chopped-up film stock, they may need a compressed load to get the bullet out the barrel.

[1066]

they were just filling the cases to the brim with a green powder and then compressing it with the bullet!

I was amazed at how "organised" it was. If we had a major power melt down our world would grind to a halt within a day or so. These guys wouldn't even blink.

Filling the cases makes real sense - very consistent load with no chance of over/underloading. All you would need to do would be to cut your powder with some compressible inert material to give you 100% fill.

I think you would need something like granulated cork mixed in because you would never be able to compress powder enough to seat a bullet in those straight walled cases.