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Reloading
What Got Everbody Started Reloading ?
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<blockquote data-quote="Ronald W Schaefer" data-source="post: 1820393" data-attributes="member: 109378"><p>Well beginning 47 years ago, my granddad got me started and we worked up great, cheap loads for his 22-250 and my .300 Wby Mag. I had bought a beautiful Mark V from a Doctor who decided after one hunt with it he didn't really care for the rifle or hunting. He sold it to me for $250.00 cash in 1972. Lucky me, but I literally couldn't afford ammo. Then I saw how much more accurate "Nell" was with reloads compared to spendy ammo and was really hooked-imagine that as your first rifle. BTW, I still have that rig, took her to Africa last May but with 7 generation re-loads featuring Barnes TTSX bullets. That start grew into a great infatuation with all nerdy things about reloading, ballistics, accuracy, and newfangled stuff. Now I have two gun safes full of firearms, far superior in accuracy and technology and we have factory ammo that is off the charts accurate...but I still love tweaking and fiddling with loads, new fangled bullets and components all the while trying new stuff, neck tension, seating depth, Satterlee ladder tests , High BC bullets and long range loads for gongs and hunting. I've never seen something new that I didn't like. I have a re-loading room that is really nice and purpose built by a great finish carpenter buddy, 7'X11' and its now too small--who'dve thunk it. So actually I reload because I'm addicted to it<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ronald W Schaefer, post: 1820393, member: 109378"] Well beginning 47 years ago, my granddad got me started and we worked up great, cheap loads for his 22-250 and my .300 Wby Mag. I had bought a beautiful Mark V from a Doctor who decided after one hunt with it he didn't really care for the rifle or hunting. He sold it to me for $250.00 cash in 1972. Lucky me, but I literally couldn't afford ammo. Then I saw how much more accurate "Nell" was with reloads compared to spendy ammo and was really hooked-imagine that as your first rifle. BTW, I still have that rig, took her to Africa last May but with 7 generation re-loads featuring Barnes TTSX bullets. That start grew into a great infatuation with all nerdy things about reloading, ballistics, accuracy, and newfangled stuff. Now I have two gun safes full of firearms, far superior in accuracy and technology and we have factory ammo that is off the charts accurate...but I still love tweaking and fiddling with loads, new fangled bullets and components all the while trying new stuff, neck tension, seating depth, Satterlee ladder tests , High BC bullets and long range loads for gongs and hunting. I've never seen something new that I didn't like. I have a re-loading room that is really nice and purpose built by a great finish carpenter buddy, 7'X11' and its now too small--who'dve thunk it. So actually I reload because I'm addicted to it:-)! [/QUOTE]
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