Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
Articles
Latest reviews
Author list
Classifieds
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles and first posts only
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Hunting
Long Range Hunting & Shooting
What situation was your break through moment in reloading?
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Frog4aday" data-source="post: 1667836" data-attributes="member: 9308"><p>For me, it wasn't reloading for a rifle that got me started, but rather going to my friend's house where he and his dad had a MEC shotgun press setup and they were reloading for a 12 ga. My friend showed me how to do it and I just loved the idea of making my own ammo. We loaded ammo, then hit the fields behind his house for quail & dove, then headed off to a pond a quarter of a mile away to try for ducks. This was back before lead was 'the bogeyman', of course. Shooting critters with shells we had just made was so cool. It was empowering.</p><p></p><p>Fast forward some years. I'm stationed at Kirtland AFB and have a Ruger GP-100 (.357 Mag) that is expensive to feed. A guy had posted in the base newsletter selling his RCBS JR3 press with all the other stuff, too (scale, powder thrower, trays, etc.) I went over and bought it all (I didn't realize how kind and generous he was being to me until later, God bless his soul.) My 'breakthrough' moment was when I put together some .357 Mag loads using 140 grain XTP bullets that would go into 1.5" at 25 yards from my 4" GP-100, with the occasional group just breaking the 1" barrier. Sweet! Plus, I could reload and shoot for a fraction of a box of "new" cartridges. I was hooked.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Frog4aday, post: 1667836, member: 9308"] For me, it wasn't reloading for a rifle that got me started, but rather going to my friend's house where he and his dad had a MEC shotgun press setup and they were reloading for a 12 ga. My friend showed me how to do it and I just loved the idea of making my own ammo. We loaded ammo, then hit the fields behind his house for quail & dove, then headed off to a pond a quarter of a mile away to try for ducks. This was back before lead was 'the bogeyman', of course. Shooting critters with shells we had just made was so cool. It was empowering. Fast forward some years. I'm stationed at Kirtland AFB and have a Ruger GP-100 (.357 Mag) that is expensive to feed. A guy had posted in the base newsletter selling his RCBS JR3 press with all the other stuff, too (scale, powder thrower, trays, etc.) I went over and bought it all (I didn't realize how kind and generous he was being to me until later, God bless his soul.) My 'breakthrough' moment was when I put together some .357 Mag loads using 140 grain XTP bullets that would go into 1.5" at 25 yards from my 4" GP-100, with the occasional group just breaking the 1" barrier. Sweet! Plus, I could reload and shoot for a fraction of a box of "new" cartridges. I was hooked. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Hunting
Long Range Hunting & Shooting
What situation was your break through moment in reloading?
Top