Reloading for Dummies?

[5030]

I believe that I covered that when I started this thread.

I see you did....

See you are going to get some weather next week. Have a close friend that lives just west of Bangor. Looks like snow is finally heading your way.

 

[Jstpssng]

^^^^
We already have a foot on the ground here so every storm going forward is just a little more diesel to burn, and a bit more snow to slog through.
I was at my Mother's for Thanksgiving about 200 miles downstate and there was no snow down there. I came home to about 10 inches of fresh powder to play in.

 

[5030]

^^^^
We already have a foot on the ground here so every storm going forward is just a little more diesel to burn, and a bit more snow to slog through.
I was at my Mother's for Thanksgiving about 200 miles downstate and there was no snow down there. I came home to about 10 inches of fresh powder to play in.

Will get to be work when you have to shovel off the roof.

 

[3gunr]

I have been reloading for 40 yrs and i shoot competitively so iburn alot of ammo. Shotgun shells used to be cheap to reload but no more, Last yr wal mart had a clearance on 12 gauge shells for 3 bucks a box , Bought all 60 boxes they had. Also 9mm has come down so cheap i cant hardly buy materials to make it worth while. but it is rerwarding shooting your own stuff.

 

[dullpain]

Jstpssng. - sent you a PM

 

[clemsonfor]

Reloading is not difficult but there is a lot to it. It's something one has to be focused on and it does take time. There is very little forgiveness for mistakes. At best an expensive gun is destroyed. At worst the shooter can be injured.

Don't watch the destroying Hi Point C9 series on YouTube then! Haha

 

[Semper Paratus]

A key fallacy about reloading does not appear to have been addressed. You don't save any money by reloading..........................you just shoot a heck of a lot more for the same amount of money. My $.02 your experience may vary.

 

[clemsonfor]

A key fallacy about reloading does not appear to have been addressed. You don't save any money by reloading..........................you just shoot a heck of a lot more for the same amount of money. My $.02 your experience may vary.

Nope...I mentioned it way back in the first few posts I believe it was. Haha

 

[dodge man]

I've found if you use the correct powder, you won't double charge, the powder will over flow the case first. With some larger cases and fast powders, it is possible though. I've made two mistakes while reloading, both which were the same problem. Don't know for a fact but am pretty sure I loaded a case without powder. The primer is enough to launch the bullet a little ways down the barrel. It was a 9 mm and the found didn't go far enough to allow another round to chamber. If it did you would have a round stuck in the barrel and then try to fire another round. A for sure way to get a kaboom. It is a process you have to pay attention to, which I'm sure I lacked when I loaded rounds with no powder.

Another item I will soon find a need for is a case trimmer. I used to think trimming cases was a joke, not needed. 223 rounds can be fired a few times without needing trimmed. I also reload 30-06 and it appears then can only be reloaded once before they need trimmed. For me the pistol round always seem to be in spec no matter how often they are fired. Some people will say the cases all need to be the exact same length. I remember a few years ago an article where they did a carefull job of not reloading well. They mixed cases, primers, case length etc and found it just didn't make much difference in accuracy. If you are doing long range rifle work, that is when extra care is important.

 

[clemsonfor]

Another tip. When you put powder into your press, powder trickle, throw or what ever you use, once done return it to the jar it came from and leave that jar on table the whole time and the only one out by you. I was given this advice and did not heed it. I ended up trashing about a half pound of either rifle powder or 44 mag powder. I could not saw for certain what it was and the two looked alike. I am 75% sure it was rifle powder but I just am not going to chance it. I didn't load anything with it after I forgot. I had ended a loading session and three months or more later sat down. Saw my powder still in the measure and had no clue what I loaded last or was useing that for. Had to toss it cause I had no clue.