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What situation was your break through moment in reloading?
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<blockquote data-quote="K1LON" data-source="post: 1663832" data-attributes="member: 110456"><p>In 1965, my dad brought home a 22/250 that he bought from a friend. He also brought home a Pacific C press, 22/250 dies, powder scale and powder measure, a Speer reloading manual, a bottle of case lube, plus 10 boxes of Hornady 52 gr HP bullets, an 8 pound keg of H-4895 and a pile of 250 Savage brass. He explained that 22/250 was a wildcat round, and we could not buy ammo for it, we had to build our own. I was 13 at the time, had just gotten out of school, and had the whole summer to learn how to make ammo that worked. He was busy, so I read the reloading manual from cover to cover and started to try to load some rounds. On Saturdays we would go out and shoot the rounds that I had created during the week. I made all kinds of mistakes, but I learned so much about reloading that has kept it a favorite hobby for my entire life. We had great success with that rifle, and I dhot my first deer with it, a long, long time ago. We have continually tried new cartridges and rifles, cases, bullets, powders and primers to find the best loads. And we keep improving our equipment. Back then, I did not have the knowledge to weigh the cases after they had been sized, trimmed and cleaned up, weigh the bullets and load them in batches that match each cartridge in weight of components to improve accuracy, but we have had much, much fun with that rifle. My dad is no longer around, but I still have that old Model 70 rifle and it has been rebarreled 3 different times because it has been shot so much. But this project dad got me into has been the source of much fun, and I have had the chance to introduce many friends and family to reloading and help countless others improve their ammunition. Love it, love it, love it!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="K1LON, post: 1663832, member: 110456"] In 1965, my dad brought home a 22/250 that he bought from a friend. He also brought home a Pacific C press, 22/250 dies, powder scale and powder measure, a Speer reloading manual, a bottle of case lube, plus 10 boxes of Hornady 52 gr HP bullets, an 8 pound keg of H-4895 and a pile of 250 Savage brass. He explained that 22/250 was a wildcat round, and we could not buy ammo for it, we had to build our own. I was 13 at the time, had just gotten out of school, and had the whole summer to learn how to make ammo that worked. He was busy, so I read the reloading manual from cover to cover and started to try to load some rounds. On Saturdays we would go out and shoot the rounds that I had created during the week. I made all kinds of mistakes, but I learned so much about reloading that has kept it a favorite hobby for my entire life. We had great success with that rifle, and I dhot my first deer with it, a long, long time ago. We have continually tried new cartridges and rifles, cases, bullets, powders and primers to find the best loads. And we keep improving our equipment. Back then, I did not have the knowledge to weigh the cases after they had been sized, trimmed and cleaned up, weigh the bullets and load them in batches that match each cartridge in weight of components to improve accuracy, but we have had much, much fun with that rifle. My dad is no longer around, but I still have that old Model 70 rifle and it has been rebarreled 3 different times because it has been shot so much. But this project dad got me into has been the source of much fun, and I have had the chance to introduce many friends and family to reloading and help countless others improve their ammunition. Love it, love it, love it! [/QUOTE]
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