need someone to reload
- Thread starter malenurse
- Start date
- Location
- Niagara Region, Ontario. For now
There is a million videos on youtube showing all kinds of equipment and reloading of different calibers. Start there.
I doubt you will find anyone that will reload for you.
With a Lee turret press, you can get setup pretty cheap and reload at a decent rate. You will upgrade eventually but depends what kinda cash you have to start out.
I doubt you will find anyone that will reload for you.
With a Lee turret press, you can get setup pretty cheap and reload at a decent rate. You will upgrade eventually but depends what kinda cash you have to start out.
- Location
- Somewhere on the Hudson Bay Coast
Handloading does not require a college degree to master. If you invest in a couple of the better loading manuals, all the information about how to safely produce your own ammunition is presented in a simple, straight forward format. The tools you need to handload require but a modest investment, usually much less than the cost of a firearm, but the sky's the limit. The best way is to start small with good quality single stage equipment, and add to it over time to streamline and speed up your operation. Buy few manuals, they all provide the same information, but come at the question from, different directions so reading a few gives you a better understanding of the processes involved. Its not rocket science, you are simply given a list of ingredients that you assemble yourself to achieve an end product. Pay attention to detail, keep good records, and invest in good equipment; these are the 3 secrets to success.
You can equip yourself to reload 3 calibers for under $400 with a Lee 50th Aniversary Set, dies, a Hornady digital scale, kinetic hammer, and a tumbler.
Look up iraqveteran8888 on youtube and look for his reloading videos.
You can spend a little more and get a turret press which may be worth it.
Nobody will reload for you because it is against the law unless they are licensed to do so.
By the same token don't trust any reloads other than your own.
Look up iraqveteran8888 on youtube and look for his reloading videos.
You can spend a little more and get a turret press which may be worth it.
Nobody will reload for you because it is against the law unless they are licensed to do so.
By the same token don't trust any reloads other than your own.
"...need someone to reload..." Isn't legal without a licence. Wolf Bullets in Kingston does it though. http://www.wolfbullets.com/
It's a whole lot less fuss to do it yourself. Buy a copy of The ABC's of Reloading, then look into a beginner's kit.
It's a whole lot less fuss to do it yourself. Buy a copy of The ABC's of Reloading, then look into a beginner's kit.
I thought it wasn't legal only if your selling it.......
If you are reloading and sharing amongst your friends, it that not OK ?
- Location
- Montreal, Quebec
No. It is illegal to even "give" reloads to someone else.
For example:
- you reload a double charge and the gun goes kaboom. Molten metal and pieces of human flesh start flying around... YOU are legally liable.
- you reload a "squib" load and give it to a friend. Friend fires and it lodges in barrel, he squeezes off a second full load... his gun blows up and he loses a finger... YOU are legally liable.
A manufacturer of reloaded ammo is insured against mishaps, you are not.
How I got started. I found a fellow that reloads. Went over to his place, he set everything up. Showed me how everything works. then let me reload 50 rounds.
went back a few months later and did it again. Now I have bought my own kit. Just a cheap one to start with. I will add to it later as the need arises.
went back a few months later and did it again. Now I have bought my own kit. Just a cheap one to start with. I will add to it later as the need arises.
It would be illegal to reload for someone unless they are present..
You can reload with that person watching you..
However there are issues with liability in that case..
I have taught a number of people about reloading.. It's not rocket science.. It can get more complicated as you are working up to that optimum load for 1000 yards shooting But for most plinking there is nothing too it..
I like to say it's like baking a cake...
Remember though just as every oven is different and you need to take into account the atmosphere when baking a cake.. Every gun is different and the atmosphere/environment come into play in reloading.. So you will need to start with the baseline and adjust from there..
You can reload with that person watching you..
However there are issues with liability in that case..
I have taught a number of people about reloading.. It's not rocket science.. It can get more complicated as you are working up to that optimum load for 1000 yards shooting But for most plinking there is nothing too it..
I like to say it's like baking a cake...
- Follow a recipe and it will come out fine.
- You make slight adjustments to make it to your liking.
- If you want to try something drastic it may win you a prize or get something to feed the dog.
Remember though just as every oven is different and you need to take into account the atmosphere when baking a cake.. Every gun is different and the atmosphere/environment come into play in reloading.. So you will need to start with the baseline and adjust from there..
Please post the regulation/law on this.....
Why don't you post where it isn't illegal.. I love how these threads always come down to "prove it" like there are a bunch of 10 year-olds on the playground...
Look up the reloading and factory permit regulations on NRCAN's site... You will find the regulations around reloading and when a factory permit is required.. Which includes giving away ammo...
Because of the liability it's not a good idea even if there are ways to "give away ammo" (and BTW there are ways to give away ammo legally) Notice I didn't say reloaded ammo..
by the time you wrote all that you could have posted the link....
and my 10 year old wouldn't be asking for where it is.....
Good on ya phishroy!
Malenurse; start out with a Lee classic turret press and it could be years before you want to upgrade. It will perform with surprising results. Different heads with different dies and you can be reloading different calibers in minutes. Remove the head spinner and it is a single stage press.
happy reloading.
Malenurse; start out with a Lee classic turret press and it could be years before you want to upgrade. It will perform with surprising results. Different heads with different dies and you can be reloading different calibers in minutes. Remove the head spinner and it is a single stage press.
happy reloading.
I think the issue here is the the Explosives act reloading exemption specifically states that the rounds are for "private use" and "not for sale". That would mean that if you paid someone to reload for you, they are probably in contravention of the act if they did the reloading in a private dwelling.
Reloading and then giving the result away is a grey area -- you're in the clear on the "not for sale", but it's subject to argument whether it's "private use". That would probably need a court to decide, as the question is what "private use" means (the wording of the act _could_ be interpreted to imply that "private use" is defined as "not for sale"). I'm not aware of any case law that settles the question. (Related question -- If I load the rounds, can my kid who lives with me shoot them?)
A couple of points:
(1) If it does turn out that reloading for someone else is illegal, it'll probably not be because of liability issues. That's completely secondary. If I fix my buddy's car and he gets into an accident because I made a mistake, there's a good chance I could be found liable if he decided to sue. But that doesn't make fixing my buddy's car illegal.
(2) Refusing to cite the law when you claim something is illegal, instead demanding that the other "post where it isn't illegal" is silly. You can't prove a negative, and we don't ordinarily create law by listing things that are legal -- we do it by listing things that are illegal. So, it's ordinarily much easier to show that something is illegal than it is to show that its legal (it's often impossible to do the latter -- the best you can say is "I'm not aware of any laws against it, are you?" Which is kinda what someone who asks you to show where something is illegal is doing.)
Reloading and then giving the result away is a grey area -- you're in the clear on the "not for sale", but it's subject to argument whether it's "private use". That would probably need a court to decide, as the question is what "private use" means (the wording of the act _could_ be interpreted to imply that "private use" is defined as "not for sale"). I'm not aware of any case law that settles the question. (Related question -- If I load the rounds, can my kid who lives with me shoot them?)
A couple of points:
(1) If it does turn out that reloading for someone else is illegal, it'll probably not be because of liability issues. That's completely secondary. If I fix my buddy's car and he gets into an accident because I made a mistake, there's a good chance I could be found liable if he decided to sue. But that doesn't make fixing my buddy's car illegal.
(2) Refusing to cite the law when you claim something is illegal, instead demanding that the other "post where it isn't illegal" is silly. You can't prove a negative, and we don't ordinarily create law by listing things that are legal -- we do it by listing things that are illegal. So, it's ordinarily much easier to show that something is illegal than it is to show that its legal (it's often impossible to do the latter -- the best you can say is "I'm not aware of any laws against it, are you?" Which is kinda what someone who asks you to show where something is illegal is doing.)
- Location
- Niagara Region, Ontario. For now
Isn't there a saying about this?
"Give a man some reloads, and he shoots for a day. Teach a man to reload, and he can have alot of fun at the range!"
Yeah thats it. LOL
"Give a man some reloads, and he shoots for a day. Teach a man to reload, and he can have alot of fun at the range!"
Yeah thats it. LOL
