Made the decision to start reloading

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After lots of thought and conversing with the old lady ive decided to take my love of shooting to the next level and start rolling my own ammo.
I have tons and tons of questions but ill wait on those for now,ill be reloading 9mm and .45 acp
I know 9mm is pretty cheap but i think it might be fun to have my own bullet factory :D to make my own. Ive decided to use the lee classic turret kit and get a better digital scale and a tumbler;but for now im saving my brass and going to buy a book or two tomorrow to read before i buy my press and start trying to find where to buy components.
 
Congrats skoal. If you are doing it to save money...you wont. You will however get to shoot about twice as much for the same amount of money! What kind of tumbler are you going to get? I suggest a stainless steel media tumbler. Have fun and be safe.
 
The love of reloading!!! I always have a hard time waiting for enough empty brass to reload! Like alot of guys here have said in the past: There is nothing like the feeling of shooting your own loads.
 
Good on you for deciding to reload, as well as going with the LCT. IMO, a digital scale is not all that necessary.

For pistol calibers, a decent beam scale like an RCBS 5-0-5 or even the lowly Lee scale will work well. I have both of these two and they are equal in terms of accuracy. It was a little difficult getting used to the Lee scale, but once you figure it out, it is just as easy as the RCBS or any other beam scale. Lee scale is hard to beat at its price point.

I hope you will get the Safety Prime and Pro-Auto Disk Powder Measure/Riser to go along with your LCT.

Buy an extra 4-hole turret for your 45 acp. Get the Lee 4-die Pistol sets, but IMO, the FCD is not totally necessary. I do not use them, but like to keep them just in case I run into feeding problems caused by oversize reloads. I bullet seat and crimp on the same seating die.

The LCT comes with a (one) spare Square Ratchet, but buy a few more extra Square Ratchets, as well as one piece of Auto Index Clamp. These are the only two plastic parts that I can see that may need replacing after many thousands of rounds. Shipping these parts at time of need will cost more than the parts themselves.
 
darcy32171 said:
Like alot of guys here have said in the past: There is nothing like the feeling of shooting your own loads.
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And if you work in a somewhat adult related industry, as I do, the number of quotations you can take out of reloading forum context and send around the office to people is staggering and the comedy without limits, as above.
 
Thanks guys,i know i wont save money just shoot more :D nothin wrong with more trigger time. I have alot of reading to do im real excited to get started but wanna start on a good foot. And after i get the hang of it i can shar my load with th old lady and her hot sister who just started shooting :D nothing better then giving the gift of home grown loads
 
Was at the range and a question popped into my head. How do you know whos brass is whos? I noticed when cleaning up my brass that it easily mixes with everybodys else so what do you do?
 
skoal said:
Was at the range and a question popped into my head. How do you know whos brass is whos? I noticed when cleaning up my brass that it easily mixes with everybodys else so what do you do?
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Do your self a BIG favour if all your brass looks identical with the same calibre/brand and headstamp.......segregate your brass from the get go.

If not possible, then get something like a Jiffy brand permanent marker and mark your brass on the headstamp area just after handloading your own stuff.
 
skoal said:
Was at the range and a question popped into my head. How do you know whos brass is whos? I noticed when cleaning up my brass that it easily mixes with everybodys else so what do you do?
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i usualy pick up any brass before i start shooting:ninja: (even .22's, today i got $45 for a 5gal pail of empty .22's). and/or i find a spot where there is little/no brass on the ground. lots of people also put tarps, blanckets, ext. on the ground so there brass lands on it. i also like to put a line or somthing on my brass using a permenant brack marker.
 
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