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Should I even try to get into reloading right now?
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<blockquote data-quote="Owlcreekok" data-source="post: 2222504" data-attributes="member: 30378"><p>Along about 1983, I had the same question. "Should I reload ?" I would go to a local gun shop where the proprietor had a casting set up and a loading set up for customers (that he knew well) to use. The deal was, "One for me, one for you". That sunk the hook in me.</p><p></p><p>In the years since, I have owned RCBS Rock Chuckers, still have the first one and two more to boot. Picked up a Dillon 550 for $200, tried to make it be "all that and the chips and salsa". Nope. The "blue" brought zero to the table for me. I unloaded it to a decent fella over on the FalFiles who needed to "learn the hard way" (mostly kidding). Got a Lee 1000 within a few months of their debut back in the day. Tried to use it for a few years, finally kept the Auto Disk powder measure off it and tossed it in the trash. Recently bought a NIB Lee turret unit for a song. It gets a lot of use making pistol ammo for practice. Nice little ditty, cheap, but functional. Am half owner of an old RCBS Green Machine in .45 ACP. Had a buddy challenge me to a production race against his Dillon 650. Had to quit picking on him finally, he felt so bad when me and the old in-line progressive handed him his hindparts. Beat him a clean 100 rds an hour. LOL.</p><p></p><p>I am contrary as can be when it comes to my ammo making. Especially brass prep. Moreover, I absolutely enjoy sitting there, plunking along at it. I even reload berdan .308, just because I can. I insist on cleaning primer pockets each and every time I load. I also insist on using my venerable Lee Auto-Prime as well, so a priming station is useless to me. While I do not weigh every charge on the ammo I load en masse, I still verify visually every charge. Considering I am the biggest goofball in the loading room, I need to check and double check. (the in-line progressive is EASY to see the charge. The rotary progressives, not so much. The powder checker thingy on the 550 I had was worth about half of sweet *&^! all)</p><p></p><p>Day in and day out, having three single stage presses in a row, various gadgets I have whumped up over the years and some practice, I can make ammo that is dependable, accurate and (since I bought up stuff in quantity) still at prices that are late 80's era. (I cast pistol and rifle bullets a fair amount so that helps).</p><p></p><p>Nothing wrong with any of the red, blue, green, orange or rust colored tools. To each their own. I always tell those who ask me, "Start with a basic single stage setup, preferable O frame". It won't break the bank and it will never go totally un-used if you DO go to a lever operated finger mashin' squib seater later on. <img src="/images/smilies/tongue.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":P" title="Stick Out Tongue :P" data-shortname=":P" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Owlcreekok, post: 2222504, member: 30378"] Along about 1983, I had the same question. "Should I reload ?" I would go to a local gun shop where the proprietor had a casting set up and a loading set up for customers (that he knew well) to use. The deal was, "One for me, one for you". That sunk the hook in me. In the years since, I have owned RCBS Rock Chuckers, still have the first one and two more to boot. Picked up a Dillon 550 for $200, tried to make it be "all that and the chips and salsa". Nope. The "blue" brought zero to the table for me. I unloaded it to a decent fella over on the FalFiles who needed to "learn the hard way" (mostly kidding). Got a Lee 1000 within a few months of their debut back in the day. Tried to use it for a few years, finally kept the Auto Disk powder measure off it and tossed it in the trash. Recently bought a NIB Lee turret unit for a song. It gets a lot of use making pistol ammo for practice. Nice little ditty, cheap, but functional. Am half owner of an old RCBS Green Machine in .45 ACP. Had a buddy challenge me to a production race against his Dillon 650. Had to quit picking on him finally, he felt so bad when me and the old in-line progressive handed him his hindparts. Beat him a clean 100 rds an hour. LOL. I am contrary as can be when it comes to my ammo making. Especially brass prep. Moreover, I absolutely enjoy sitting there, plunking along at it. I even reload berdan .308, just because I can. I insist on cleaning primer pockets each and every time I load. I also insist on using my venerable Lee Auto-Prime as well, so a priming station is useless to me. While I do not weigh every charge on the ammo I load en masse, I still verify visually every charge. Considering I am the biggest goofball in the loading room, I need to check and double check. (the in-line progressive is EASY to see the charge. The rotary progressives, not so much. The powder checker thingy on the 550 I had was worth about half of sweet *&^! all) Day in and day out, having three single stage presses in a row, various gadgets I have whumped up over the years and some practice, I can make ammo that is dependable, accurate and (since I bought up stuff in quantity) still at prices that are late 80's era. (I cast pistol and rifle bullets a fair amount so that helps). Nothing wrong with any of the red, blue, green, orange or rust colored tools. To each their own. I always tell those who ask me, "Start with a basic single stage setup, preferable O frame". It won't break the bank and it will never go totally un-used if you DO go to a lever operated finger mashin' squib seater later on. :P [/QUOTE]
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