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So on Black Friday, my LGS had a sale on reloading supplies.... Hornady LNL Classic Kits were $469. I bought one (and a set of dies for 30-06). Since then I have been reading up on reloading and following this forum. Today I bought my first pound of powder, some primers and bullets. Hopefully this weekend I can get the press mounted on my workbench and start reloading.... questions to follow as I start my new hobby :)
 
Lol!! It's cheaper when you look at the cost per unit, but you need to remember you'll end up shooting way more :p
 
Seagull said:
We all told our wives this but it only works for so long :)
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yup...I can remember before the internet, Rifles in the newspaper for way low prices, because that's what the Husband told the wife he paid for them before he passed. One of my all-time favorite adds (and it was common) was for 30 ODD 6 MOUSERS. :)


OOPS went sideways.

Enjoy the loading, You will kinda save money. You'll shoot more for the same amount of cash, so, yeah, you save money. It always takes a little time to amortize the cost of the equipment, but well worth it. Also, a man that loads his own ammo tends to learn and know more about all aspects of shooting and his firearms than the guy that goes and buys a few boxes of loaded ammo a year. Never a bad thing.
 
ACKLEY ABE said:
You will kinda save money. You'll shoot more for the same amount of cash, so, yeah, you save money. It always takes a little time to amortize the cost of the equipment, but well worth it. Also, a man that loads his own ammo tends to learn and know more about all aspects of shooting and his firearms than the guy that goes and buys a few boxes of loaded ammo a year. Never a bad thing.
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For the win.

Enjoy, Cariboo. The one moment you will remember for a long, long time is sitting on the range with your first reload in the chamber and getting seriously concerned that the whole thing will go off like a grenade. We've all been there. It lasts about three shots and then there's a Be-damned-I-did-it! rush.
 
It will sort of remind me of the time I caught my first trout with one of my own hand tied flies. Main reason I got into this is that I have a Colt New Service in 38-40. I will hone my skills on the 30-06 before trying the 38-40. I do have dies for the 38-40 already, I bought them about a year ago.
 
CaribooBC said:
It will sort of remind me of the time I caught my first trout with one of my own hand tied flies. Main reason I got into this is that I have a Colt New Service in 38-40. I will hone my skills on the 30-06 before trying the 38-40. I do have dies for the 38-40 already, I bought them about a year ago.
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I have a couple of dozen 38-40 cases. No longer loading/using that rifle. PM me with name and address if you want them.
 
CaribooBC said:
So on Black Friday, my LGS had a sale on reloading supplies.... Hornady LNL Classic Kits were $469. I bought one (and a set of dies for 30-06). Since then I have been reading up on reloading and following this forum. Today I bought my first pound of powder, some primers and bullets. Hopefully this weekend I can get the press mounted on my workbench and start reloading.... questions to follow as I start my new hobby :)
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Book! BOOKS!! Don't start loading before you've read a couple books on it! So you have the press and the dies... do you have the balance, something to clean and prep your brass? Calipers? Boxes for brass and boxes for completed bullets? Lubricant? Rags and canned air for cleaning up? A kinetic pullet puller or a collet die? Funnels? Perhaps a powder trickler? I'm not saying you don't, I just hope you do! :d

I really very much recommend you get the ABCs of Reloading from C. Rodney James. https://www.amazon.com/ABCs-Reloading-Definitive-Novice-Expert/dp/1440213968 (I think there's a few more books of the same name, by different authors). It's an oldie, but it has a huge amount of excellent information that will give you a great overview of all that's involved with different types of reloading.

My next choice would be Lyman's Reloading Handbook https://www.amazon.com/Lyman-50th-Reloading-Handbook-Hardcover/dp/B01HH08L1A. That's another great reference to learn about reloading.

I really like these books (I have both, obviously) because they're not specific to any bullet-making company. I also use Hornady's 9th edition (now 10th, https://www.amazon.com/Hornady-99240-Handbook-10Th-Edition/dp/B01MAUZ71V, though the only recipes it contains are naturally those that make use of Hornady's own bullets (they're common enough and of a good price/quality ratio to be easy to find, so I thought it was worth getting it).

There's also quite a bit of information available on the Internet. Hornady has a series of YouTube instruction videos that are good to watch. Bullet and powder manufdacturers have load data. Etc, etc...


WELCOME TO THE MADHOUSE! You can check in, but you can't get out before you've loaded 50 000 bullets! :d
 
Maybe yuh dun signed yer deeeevorce paypers?
This move of ours revealed sum ker-pows.
How many of these thing you own?........she asked.
Empty bawxes hunny.
Dang heavy boxes.........she retorts.
Thick cardbored.......says I.
Crazy broad now hazz'er PAL.
Santa has bin instrucktitted tuh bring a T/C Hawtshawt in pink camo..............:runaway:
 
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