memtb
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SmokinCrow, 
on your post! Very well said! memtb
on your post! Very well said! memtb
Will reloading disapear with the new too lazy to do it generation
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trodgers
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Started shooting sparrows at a grain coop with 22 rat shot when I was a wee teen. That developed into easy pessy skeet in high school, but was expensive. Got a sponsor for a while, but eventually got a Mec and started reloading. Hulls were the most expensive item and I knew some dove hunters that were good for thousands of hulls in a season so it was a no brainer.
Started rifles are in 78 and was dissatisfied with factory loads, so the desire to achieve a better system became reality, to hell with Winchester, Remington, and Federal. I've read P.O. Ackley! My kids remember me doing the math, the reloading, the range.
Nothing stirred my heart more when my son called me and asked if an RCBS rock chucker was worth $5.
Reloading is a passion where powder is like paint to an artist. It's not going away.
Started rifles are in 78 and was dissatisfied with factory loads, so the desire to achieve a better system became reality, to hell with Winchester, Remington, and Federal. I've read P.O. Ackley! My kids remember me doing the math, the reloading, the range.
Nothing stirred my heart more when my son called me and asked if an RCBS rock chucker was worth $5.
Reloading is a passion where powder is like paint to an artist. It's not going away.
Titalwave
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Hummmmm!! I'm right in the middle of a deer hunting community where husbands, wives, sons & daughters hunt deer (all ages), yet I am the only one that reloads. I have been reloading since the late 60's and lots of the community deer hunters know that I reload and save me their brass. I probably could create an interest in learning how to reload and have been on a "wait list" to become a NRA Reloading Instructor for over 2 yrs. It's not that there is a long line that I'm waiting in It's because NRA requires x number (I think 5) to fill an Instructor class. I could have flown to a distant location, stayed in a motel for a couple of days and eat at restaurants, but the NRA License would cost me a lot more than I could ever recoup by teaching reloading classes around here. Having an adult libation with a Lawyer friend of mine and discussing the liability of teaching such a class is the reason I won't do it without the NRA license.
Around my location, the avg. distance one would hope to see a deer is around 100 yds, so the avg. hunter doesn't care if his/her rifle shoots a 6" group at 100 yds and the cheap imported ammo will kill a deer as dead as the expensive stuff, and they just might have a point!! Whatever, I enjoy reloading and I challenge myself to develop the BEST round possible for each of my rifles. BTW - I'll turn 87 in 4 days!!
Around my location, the avg. distance one would hope to see a deer is around 100 yds, so the avg. hunter doesn't care if his/her rifle shoots a 6" group at 100 yds and the cheap imported ammo will kill a deer as dead as the expensive stuff, and they just might have a point!! Whatever, I enjoy reloading and I challenge myself to develop the BEST round possible for each of my rifles. BTW - I'll turn 87 in 4 days!!
RB II
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I don't see it as being a lazy factor as much already too busy. My two son in laws are very much interested in shooting and hunting but absolutely have zero time to reload. They do love it when I load for their rifles though.
I realize that one must MAKE time for the important stuff. But reloading is far down their list of priorities right now. Maybe in the near future their workload and family time load will slow down enough for them to enjoy it.
I realize that one must MAKE time for the important stuff. But reloading is far down their list of priorities right now. Maybe in the near future their workload and family time load will slow down enough for them to enjoy it.
seagate slim
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Hmmm ...Not sure which new generation you are referring to. I would bet there has never been a generation that believes that the younger folks are harder working and more diligent than themselves. You would think that with decades upon decades of siring more and more worthless and lazy humans, that society would collapse and absolutely nothing would get done. But somehow we have survived and prospered. I'm 70 with a large, extended family of 2+ generations, and pretty much everyone works, enjoys their job, and provides for themselves and their family. (Except the teenagers - they've always been and will always be worthless ;)). Besides, I'm depending on them to work and pay taxes so I can enjoy my retirement being lazy.
If you need to reply, carve your message on a cave wall somewhere like the real men used to do and maybe I'll get by to read it some day.
If you need to reply, carve your message on a cave wall somewhere like the real men used to do and maybe I'll get by to read it some day.
memtb
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Stick around for another generation…..and you'll witness, firsthand…..the collapse of America!
A casual observer should be cognizant of our decline in just the past decade! memtb
adam32+P
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I wonder how many generations have said that same thing?
birddog 68
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Reloading is much more than saving a few bucks. I take pride in knowing that I worked up the best load for a particular rifle.
Anyone who is trying to save $$ by reloading is in for a surprise!
buzby
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To call an entire generation "lazy", because they have different priorities, is lazy.
They're growing up in a different world than you did. To think that somehow you would be the same as you are now if you grew up in their generation is disingenuous.
You're not trying to understand their perspective, you're trying to blame them for their environment that your (our) generation(s) created.
They're growing up in a different world than you did. To think that somehow you would be the same as you are now if you grew up in their generation is disingenuous.
You're not trying to understand their perspective, you're trying to blame them for their environment that your (our) generation(s) created.
MarkInPA
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I've heard many say that reloading will not save you money. What it will do is to allow you to shoot more often for the same amount of money.
memtb
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Likely several! Some have probably said similar numerous times in Europe…. WW I and WW II immediately come to mind or maybe Iran prior to 1979!
memtbHow many people has each of us taught to be proficient reloaders?
MarkInPA
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I tried to teach my nephew one day. We reloaded some .357 magnum shells. I think he was surprised by the time investment and decided that it wasn't for him. He never returned to do anymore despite some coaxing from me.
Now he is fanatic about hunting and is always up for a day at the range if I ask him.
My dad taught me at a very early age. He and I spent much time together at the reloading bench. I'm thankful that I had a dad that took the time to include me in things he was involved in. I can remember that my dad had offers to join hunting camps at various different times but, declined so that he would be able to take me and by brothers with him.
Now he is fanatic about hunting and is always up for a day at the range if I ask him.
My dad taught me at a very early age. He and I spent much time together at the reloading bench. I'm thankful that I had a dad that took the time to include me in things he was involved in. I can remember that my dad had offers to join hunting camps at various different times but, declined so that he would be able to take me and by brothers with him.
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It's the right now generation that anything that requires thought and time does not compute. Factory ammo works just fine and no desire to "waste" time to produce anything else. The availability concept is only with us more "mature" folks so it's not in the forefront of their minds. I still make my own lures spinners etc, fly tying and of course reloading. I guess growing up without internet have it couple days concepts forced a lot of us to be more self reliable. I clearly recall ordering from classified sections in Outdoor Life, Field and Stream etc, sending checks with list of stuff I needed. Can you imagine requesting a catalog that costs you money so you can send a check in for stuff and waiting 2-3 weeks to get today?
