What with all the packing and cleaning I haven't had much time to load or shoot, but I have begun to attack my pile of unloaded brass. Got the 8x57's all done - cast tests of RL-15. I have never tried it before, but it was Paul's favorite for his .308 and there were a couple of pounds of it in the powder stash he left me. As I have subMOA jacketed loads for my own .308 already, it has been gathering dust. I figured that since it is an extruded powder it is safe to reduce for cast loads so I am trying it in the WWI vintage Mauser in my quest to get a load that does better than 3". (Not that that's too shabby considering, but it will keep jacketed bullets under 2" so I think I ought to be able to do as well with cast if I can find the right combination with the Lee 175gr RNGC.) Dog knows when I'll have a chance to shoot them, but at least the brass is all loaded and off my todo list.
On the schedule for the next hot day we will head to the cool basement for a day of casting four or five different rifle bullets and another day of massive amounts of handgun bullets so I can pack up the casting stuff. Then we'll be loading all them up so I can pack up the loading tools and supplies.
With a little bit of luck I might get an afternoon at the range this week to finish the current round of K31 tests. Then we can get all those cases reloaded and packed too.
I just got a new 3/8" thick 6" round gong from Sportsman's Guide for rifle practice that we will set up at 100yds. Supposedly it will handle jacketed bullets. We shall see. In the package with it was two boxes of boxer primed 8x56R's for the straight-pull to shoot up, then I'll have some brass to start testing in that.