What you don't do that?
Its new technology.
You roll your cases in sticky Mercury Marine jizz then spend the next 3 hours wiping the crap off.
By doing this you save yourself $4.50 (at least) for every 5000 rounds....Get with the program dude!
NOT
Cost to reload 300 Winmag, Correct me please.
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What you don't do that?
Its new technology.
You roll your cases in sticky Mercury Marine jizz then spend the next 3 hours wiping the crap off.
By doing this you save yourself $4.50 (at least) for every 5000 rounds....Get with the program dude!
NOT
I thought about that but being a newbie I wouldn't have the foggiest idea of what a once fired brass looks like. I could put an add up in the EE for once fired brass but for all I would know it could have be fired 6 times. So I said the hell with it and buy new and then just reuse them. At least I would know for sure how many times its been fired.... But what about the guys who pick up others brass at the range and reload it?? How do they know how many times its been fired??? Just inspect it for bulges dents and dings and take the calipers to them?? I have been keeping my brass but just haven't reloaded any yet.
MG4A6, if you haunt ranges for a while, and check in gargabe cans and the like, you will frequnetly find factory boxes stuffed full of nice, shiny, obviously once fired cases, disposed of by non-handloaders who are neat freaks about policing their range! You can also ask nimrods during sight-in day if you can have their empties. Non loaders will normally give them to you.
I have accumulated hundreds of cases for cartridges I do not have a rifle for, and sometimes give them to new hand loaders. They will be mixed headstamp, and mixed lots, obviously. If you are planning on taking this rifle out to a long range match, clearly you will need premium new brass, all of same lot, but for learing how to handload and to shoot your new rifle, mixed cases are seldom a challenge. The fact that they vary in capacity and therefore attendant pressure only re-inforces the need to exercise caution and to avoid max loads.
And, while economy can be realized by purchasing larger quantities, sometimes it is good to do a tad bit of experimenting -a box of these bullets, a box of those, this powder, that powder, full length re-size, neck size, neck turn, don't neck turn, seat near the lands, seat to the cannelure, yadda yadda, and then buy a bunch of what works.
Or not. They'll all shoot, and generally as well as non premium factory ammo, for some savings, and the satisfaction of rolling your own. Barrel life can be greatly extended by staying off max loads, and avoiding rapid fire.
And as usual, my advice is to go on major manufacturer's sites, read and watch all the info they offer, buy a new, good manual, get ABC's of Reloading, study, and give it a go.
I have accumulated hundreds of cases for cartridges I do not have a rifle for, and sometimes give them to new hand loaders. They will be mixed headstamp, and mixed lots, obviously. If you are planning on taking this rifle out to a long range match, clearly you will need premium new brass, all of same lot, but for learing how to handload and to shoot your new rifle, mixed cases are seldom a challenge. The fact that they vary in capacity and therefore attendant pressure only re-inforces the need to exercise caution and to avoid max loads.
And, while economy can be realized by purchasing larger quantities, sometimes it is good to do a tad bit of experimenting -a box of these bullets, a box of those, this powder, that powder, full length re-size, neck size, neck turn, don't neck turn, seat near the lands, seat to the cannelure, yadda yadda, and then buy a bunch of what works.
Or not. They'll all shoot, and generally as well as non premium factory ammo, for some savings, and the satisfaction of rolling your own. Barrel life can be greatly extended by staying off max loads, and avoiding rapid fire.
And as usual, my advice is to go on major manufacturer's sites, read and watch all the info they offer, buy a new, good manual, get ABC's of Reloading, study, and give it a go.
