Thread: reloading

I had to replace an extractor on a .380 after running a few hundred steel rounds through it. I try not to run steel through my guns anymore after that.

Well it looks like out of the current 37,916 members, about 20 are reloaders. I figured it would be more

Originally Posted by straightshooter1911

Well it looks like out of the current 37,916 members, about 20 are reloaders. I figured it would be more

Either that or far more don't wish to self-identify for 'other reasons'

hmmm

Originally Posted by ColonelG

Either that or far more don't wish to self-identify for 'other reasons'

hmmm

I totally get anonymity, but there is nothing nefarious or illegal about reloading as long as you don't use it for personal defense. (Other than the crap that dualnature guy was talking about)

OK, OK I reload also!
Pistol: 32 S&W, 38 S&W, 7.62x25, 7.62 Nagant revolver, 38 Special, 357 Mag, 44 Mag
Rifle: 22 Hornet, 308, 7mm Mauser 6.5mm Mauser, 7.62x54R, 8mm Mauser, 30-06, 303 British, 444 Marlin, 45/70 and then my real old rounds 577 Snider, 577/450 Martini, 58 cal us Musket

I cast bullets for all the pistols except the 357 & 44 Mags and for the 45/70 577, 58 cal, and 577/450

Just re-started reloading with my son for his new .410 sxs double. We'll be doing that all by hand

Started reloading 38 Special Loads with THE LEE "Classic" in the 5" x 5" box. Now I have a few different presses and just load for very close friends and for a lot of my Curios & Relics. Getting anything other than the most common ammo in rural Alaska (off of the road system) is difficult if not impossible. So whenever I do go into Anchorage (last time was about 4 years ago) I buy more powders and Primers to be shipped out AIR-FREIGHT HAZ-MAT. Everything else I can order. I got re-stocked recently using GunBroker and also a Website like Craigslist , called Alaskaslist.com.

Funny thing about the US Mail Priority Mail Flat Rate boxes. They used to have a small size about 6" x 6" x 6" for really cheap. Well, once I had a little spare time in Anchorage at a friends house, so I bought a 5 gallon bucket of wheel weights and re-cast them into small ingots using a muffin pan. One of those Little "Flat Rate" boxes would hold 65 lbs of lead alloy!!!! I mailed 6 boxes home! What a deal on shipping.

So, yeah, I re-load too.

I'm only 25, and when my grandfather passed I inherited all his reloading equipment plus my dad bought me a Hornady progressive press for christmas 3 years ago. My grandfather was a competition shooter for a very long time. So now I reload .45 acp, 7mm mag, and .223. I'm a full time student and all my equipment is at my parents place. I've been known to start reloading and not stop for food/water/sleep for absurd stretches of time! Normally I stop when one of my limiting supplies runs out, which is different for each caliber. I have a lifetime supply of brass and lead for .45 acp thanks to my grandpa, I've found brass in one of my 3 very large buckets date stamped in WW2 era!

We are up to 23 members, I reload. 223, 300blkout, 308, & a bit of 45acp; on a pair of LNL AP's. After 4 yrs, I think it's time to upgrade to case feeders & bullet feeders. I'm thinking I'll get the Hornady case feeders, then a mr. Bullet feeder to share between the presses. Thoughts?

Started reloading in the 70's. Primarily 45 acp, now. Load well over 10,000 a year and use a single stage press and have recently switched to all Redding dies. They are fantastic.

My brother and i reload. Mainly hand gun. Perfered deer slayer. 357,41,44,45acp and 454cassull. Doing a little 223(gave my brother my rem 700 bull barel in 223)
I've acquired enough cases to pick up dies for my 250 savage and300 win mag. Great for instant clean and cooking of squirrels 😉. ROFLMAO

wow! after an almost 2 year sabbatical from this site i come back to find out that this thread has recently been revived. what a pleasant surprise. i am glad to see more fellow firearms enthusiasts and reloaders are joining here... i think i might just stick around for a while.