victor3ranger
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Unfortunately I don't think I have any brass from then…I wasn't exactly of age to be buying reloading equipment or even guns back then.But the stuff I have for my 300 win, 243 win, 270 win, and .30-30 win from pre-2000 years is awesome!
Oh neither was I! I was born in 91. But I knew old guys who sold me their stuff for cheap. Found older stuff on consignment or auction over the years.Unfortunately I don't think I have any brass from then…I wasn't exactly of age to be buying reloading equipment or even guns back then.
I feel like I resemble thatOh neither was I! I was born in 91. But I knew old guys who sold me their stuff for cheap. Found older stuff on consignment or auction over the years.
No no no the old guys that I knew and who helped me out with supplies when I got started handloading 14 years ago are mostly no longer with us I'm afraid. Miss those fellows.I feel like I resemble that
I'd say I wish I had guys like that in my life. I kind of did, my ex-father in-law and my best friend's dad load their own ammo. I've called and asked questions of them before, but I've mostly figured it all out on my own. Places like this and the rest of the web have helped a ton. I did basically have a zero dollar investment to start reloading since I got the majority of the stuff that I needed for Christmas one year. So I don't mind paying for brass. I think I was 20 then, so I've been at it for 15 years now.No no no the old guys that I knew and who helped me out with supplies when I got started handloading 14 years ago are mostly no longer with us I'm afraid. Miss those fellows.
You're still here!
lolNo no no the old guys that I knew and who helped me out with supplies when I got started handloading 14 years ago are mostly no longer with us I'm afraid. Miss those fellows.
You're still here!
I learned all alone 40 years ago and still use a lot of the same stuff today I started with. Now I really wish I had a bigger reloading place for all my stuffI'd say I wish I had guys like that in my life. I kind of did, my ex-father in-law and my best friend's dad load their own ammo. I've called and asked questions of them before, but I've mostly figured it all out on my own. Places like this and the rest of the web have helped a ton. I did basically have a zero dollar investment to start reloading since I got the majority of the stuff that I needed for Christmas one year. So I don't mind paying for brass. I think I was 20 then, so I've been at it for 15 years now.
Yeah I claimed a room in our basement when we looked at our house before buying it. Now I want to build a shop and move out there.I learned all alone 40 years ago and still use a lot of the same stuff today I started with. Now I really wish I had a bigger reloading place for all my stuff
I learned how to do all this on my own. Started when I was 18. 14 years now I guess. But when I was 21 a guy from church found out I was into all this and proved to be a wealth of additional knowledge and gave me a bunch of projectiles (he gave me hundreds of .270 bullets that he had stashed away, when the guy had never even owned or loaded for .270…but at some point in the 60s or 70s the price was right and he grabbed them "just in case" - and primers mostly - the brass I sourced here and there, lots of people had it around and didn't even handload but were from that generation that never threw anything away. They either gave it to me or sold it for very cheap. Old Sunday school teachers and baseball coaches from when I was a boy haha.I'd say I wish I had guys like that in my life. I kind of did, my ex-father in-law and my best friend's dad load their own ammo. I've called and asked questions of them before, but I've mostly figured it all out on my own. Places like this and the rest of the web have helped a ton. I did basically have a zero dollar investment to start reloading since I got the majority of the stuff that I needed for Christmas one year. So I don't mind paying for brass. I think I was 20 then, so I've been at it for 15 years now.
I learned all alone 40 years ago and still use a lot of the same stuff today I started with. Now I really wish I had a bigger reloading place for all my stuff