Lol the bottom half. Right below the handle, like a bowl. I only use them for sorting, my storage is the stackable bins from Home Depot.

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replace the cheby with a Ford and you'd be doing yourself a favor. :D

Haha, gotcha . . . I was picturing you slicing off the bottom inch and throwing it away, the using the top 90% of the jug and balancing it on its cap.

And get stuck on the side of the road somewhere? No thanks.

Nice looking bench. One suggestion. Mount your powder measure to a block of wood, 6x6x6, so you can move it around the bench, out of the way as needed.

Haha yeah, rereading my post it does kind look like that.

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good idea i will rig somthing up this week for the powder measure

well just finished my first set of 9mm 124gr.
had to take back that hornady powder measure and get a RCBS the hornady was all over the place nothing constant
excited to go do a range test on these, and if there good I load another 200 up this week
fun stuff

Very cool . . . your first reloads!

Now I'm almost afraid to ask this, but I'm going to anyhow. You have quite a few rounds there; are they all the same charge? Care to share it with us?

Typically you'd make a few at the starting charge, then a few a little hotter, then a few a little hotter still, etc. until you get to where you want to stop.

If you just made a bunch of rounds at something above the starting charge, I'd suggest going back and making some more at lower charges . . . which you would then shoot FIRST to check for pressure signs.

if i remember right the book said to start at 4.3 and go up to 5.6 and he was talking about loading them at 5.0

yea my nosler book range was 4.6- 5.6 so I did 5.0 witch was the mid range in the book

I know the reality is that your loads will work just fine . . . but . . . .

I would suggest loading a few (3-5) rounds at 4.6, and a few at 4.8, 5.0, 5.2 and 5.4. When you go to the range, shoot the lowest charges first, then work your way up.

Even though your book data *should* be good, this protects you against other things you may have inadvertently F'd up. Maybe you used too heavy a bullet, maybe you used the wrong powder, maybe you put a Superman-style crimp on the round, maybe your OAL is too short . . . all of those things can raise the pressure, so if you start at the low end and work your way up then the potential damage is minimized.

It's also possible that your rounds at 5.4 will be too weak to cycle the slide, and if that's the case then you've got a lot of rounds to shoot with a single-shot.

Very nice!

With semi autos you are loading for a few things with practice ammo.
#1. Properly functions the pistol. Locks the slide back after the last round, ejects and feeds ammo.
#2. Recoil. Are you shooting this for fun, or is it for your wife. A light recoiling round is great for novice shooters. Think about developing one.
#3. Accuracy. It is good to find an accurate light and heavy load. They have their purposes. A super fast, or slow round that isn't accurate is a waste of time, powder, primers and lead.

Have fun, read, be careful!

yea I checked all my crimps, checked what my booked recommended for OAL max and checked some factory rounds and set it for what my factory rounds were set at, I went out today and did a cycle test on it, felt great! no problem's yet didn't have time to set up paper to test its accuracy ill get to that this week some time

Did you clean out the hornady PM first, and add some kind of dry lube? As i just picked one up also and read to thoroughly clean the inside out and even wipe the inside of the container with a dryer sheet to keep static down.