Can ANYONE reload?
- Thread starter -DeerStalker-
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A PAL is not a certification of being a firearms or handloading expert. If anything, I think handloading will make some one more cautious.
Hotwheels81
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- South of GP
every store i have bought powder at has asked for a drivers liscense, be it smokeless or black powder your name and lisc. number go's in the book....
no permit is required to reload in any way shape or form but i fear its a loop hole that will be closed up within the next couple year's "just because", making prescribed antique shooting as much fun as trying to get a prohib ATT.
your christmas wish list should include a good caliper for case and COL measuring.... if you cant measure a fired case or Compleat Overall Length of a cartridge then having a dozen reloading manual's aint going to help you.
if your dad think's you wont make use of a full loading press setup then ask him for a LEE hand press or a LEE loader just to show him how easy it is... and there quite cheap.... LEE loader's sell for $35 but will only allow you to reload cases for the rifle that fired them.
no permit is required to reload in any way shape or form but i fear its a loop hole that will be closed up within the next couple year's "just because", making prescribed antique shooting as much fun as trying to get a prohib ATT.
your christmas wish list should include a good caliper for case and COL measuring.... if you cant measure a fired case or Compleat Overall Length of a cartridge then having a dozen reloading manual's aint going to help you.
if your dad think's you wont make use of a full loading press setup then ask him for a LEE hand press or a LEE loader just to show him how easy it is... and there quite cheap.... LEE loader's sell for $35 but will only allow you to reload cases for the rifle that fired them.
I wouldn't consider it a "loop hole" that you can buy ammo components without a PAL. How many "gangsters" do you know of that handload their own ammo? It just comes down to furthur limiting legitimate shooting activities, as I'm sure there are many shooters who lawfully shoot antiques without a PAL, and many cases where people who have a PAL get their friends to pick them up components on trips (lots of potential scenarios).
I wouldn't consider it scary...unless I was Wendy.
