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Reloading
Mid-Life Reloading vs. Buying Ammo Crisis
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<blockquote data-quote="Gone Ballistic" data-source="post: 1804651" data-attributes="member: 26477"><p>My first reloader was a Mec 400 I got for Christmas to load shotguns shells followed by a RCBS jr. and Ohaus scales for loading rifle and pistol bullets. This was in the early 60's. Progressed to a 600 jr. Mec and a RCBS Rock Chucker, case trimmer, powder measure then on to progressive reloading with the XL650 fully automated as well as everything else under automation. My last reloaded was a Forrester. Time crunches and kids games interrupting both reloading and shooting until I got them intrested in hunting and reloading in between archery and fishing but the time spent with them at my bench brings me many fond memories.</p><p>Time interruption is a negative thing for reloading as certain procedures are remembered after powder lies all over the top of your bench if you're away from reloading very long. It is another annoying remembering curve to fix you must get the vacuum out before you proceed as necessary.</p><p>But, if you get to a point where you don't derive enjoyment from doing it anymore and don't need the benefits of saving money and accuracy by doing it, quit. Your time on this earth is getting shorter to enable you physically to do things as well as giving you less time to enjoy the things you do. So eliminate the stuff you don't need or want and use the things you do. In the interim, I'll move the tomatoes my wife canned off my bench and go load a few hundred rounds.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gone Ballistic, post: 1804651, member: 26477"] My first reloader was a Mec 400 I got for Christmas to load shotguns shells followed by a RCBS jr. and Ohaus scales for loading rifle and pistol bullets. This was in the early 60's. Progressed to a 600 jr. Mec and a RCBS Rock Chucker, case trimmer, powder measure then on to progressive reloading with the XL650 fully automated as well as everything else under automation. My last reloaded was a Forrester. Time crunches and kids games interrupting both reloading and shooting until I got them intrested in hunting and reloading in between archery and fishing but the time spent with them at my bench brings me many fond memories. Time interruption is a negative thing for reloading as certain procedures are remembered after powder lies all over the top of your bench if you're away from reloading very long. It is another annoying remembering curve to fix you must get the vacuum out before you proceed as necessary. But, if you get to a point where you don't derive enjoyment from doing it anymore and don't need the benefits of saving money and accuracy by doing it, quit. Your time on this earth is getting shorter to enable you physically to do things as well as giving you less time to enjoy the things you do. So eliminate the stuff you don't need or want and use the things you do. In the interim, I'll move the tomatoes my wife canned off my bench and go load a few hundred rounds. [/QUOTE]
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