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keninon

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often see firearms especially ones chambered in obsolete or rare calibers come with dies included. If I could find someone who already does reloading to load some cartridges for me what would I need to supply. Only thing comes to my mind would be dies, appropriate powder and bullets, primers. Guy I’m thinking of already loads several different calibers so he is pretty well set up.
Before someone says just star reloading yourself, this is not possible at this time
 
keninon said:
often see firearms especially ones chambered in obsolete or rare calibers come with dies included. If I could find someone who already does reloading to load some cartridges for me what would I need to supply. Only thing comes to my mind would be dies, appropriate powder and bullets, primers. Guy I’m thinking of already loads several different calibers so he is pretty well set up.
Before someone says just star reloading yourself, this is not possible at this time
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If you can't reload yourself, you're pretty much screwed. All a "well set up" reloader needs is a set of dies, and sometimes a shellholder, but the problem is that you can't sell reloaded ammunitions legally unless you have a licence to do so from Natural Resources Canada. So technically it's no big deal when you're all set up, but legally it is. A lot of people don't know that because it's a NRC regulation and not part of the criminal code, so he might accept to do it unknowing of the law, but the legal implications of selling remanufactured ammunitions are very real. And before you ask, the word "sell" used in a legal context usually implies "sell, barter or give", so even if he doesn't charge you, it's still a no-no.
 
VinnyQC said:
If you can't reload yourself, you're pretty much screwed. All a "well set up" reloader needs is a set of dies, and sometimes a shellholder, but the problem is that you can't sell reloaded ammunitions legally unless you have a licence to do so from Natural Resources Canada. So technically it's no big deal when you're all set up, but legally it is. A lot of people don't know that because it's a NRC regulation and not part of the criminal code, so he might accept to do it unknowing of the law, but the legal implications of selling remanufactured ammunitions are very real. And before you ask, the word "sell" used in a legal context usually implies "sell, barter or give", so even if he doesn't charge you, it's still a no-no.
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What might be an option would be to find a friendly reloader who would be willing to lend you his press and bench while you reload your brass casings with your components and your dies. In other words, you supply the components and the labour. He supplies the facility and possibly some experience.

Long term, your best bet would be to reload yourself.
 
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OldDude said:
What might be an option would be to find a friendly reloader who would be willing to lend you his press and bench while you reload your brass casings with your components and your dies. In other words, you supply the components and the labour. He supplies the facility and possibly some experience.

Long term, your best bet would be to reload yourself.
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That seems like a possibility. But presuming he has all the set up like press and stuff, getting the dies for the caliber is all I need or is there another component ( not counting powder, primers bullets)
 
keninon said:
That seems like a possibility. But presuming he has all the set up like press and stuff, getting the dies for the caliber is all I need or is there another component ( not counting powder, primers bullets)
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Might need a shell holder/shell plate, depending on the press and what your guy already has (often a single shell plate/holder will work for a few different calibres)
 
mactroneng said:
Might need a shell holder/shell plate, depending on the press and what your guy already has (often a single shell plate/holder will work for a few different calibres)
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If OP says what the "obsolete or rare calibers" is, maybe we can help better. Some obscure calibers are not so obscure to people on this board.
 
Dies, shell holder, powder and bullets. I load 38-55 for a buddy on this basis.

If he is local to you, you can visit him and he can show you how to do all the operations yourself. You get ammo and learn something, too.

You will enjoy your rifle and ammo more that way.
 
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