Reloading for a friend

I would without hesitation, but with some caveats.

I need the rifle to work up the load! Your dies! I'm not about to reset mine that I have set for my rifles. Your supplies! I'll source and buy things for you if needed, and you send me the $$. I'll store the stuff, and if you want to be involved in the process, sure any time, come on over.

Too many are over thinking the process!
 
When it comes to rifle ammunition (that I normally load) being shot in a modern rifle, where I prepped the brass and then built each round on a single stage press, where I'm weighing each charge individually (not a powder drop) and seating with a micrometer die; I don't have an issue with this honestly. I trust me, my equipment, and would never assemble something at the top of the "table" for a rifle that didn't get worked up to that. I recently did up a batch of 6.5 Creedmoor for a buddy using a very well regarded, well known, well tolerated, middle of the road recipe utilizing 41.2gr of H4350 and 143gr ELD-X projectiles using Hornady's recommended seating depths.

Pushing the envelope of the reloading table or going with something truly custom to a particular rifle is a different story. That would be a much more involved process.

On the other hand, my pistol ammo only sees my pistols, as I'm specifically setup for competition and changing my setup for someone else's requirements is a time consuming pain in the ass. Given the nature of a progressive press, despite using a powder cop, weighing the powder charge (from the powder drop) and confirming the COL at a reasonable interval, I wouldn't want to be responsible for passing along a squib or a double charged (especially with Titegroup) round to someone else knowing that could literally result in a blown up (no longer replaceable) pistol, hand(s) or face.
 
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A guy at my Gun Club has a Steyr Hahn 1912.
9x23 Steyr ammunition is none existent but is almost a doppelganger for 9mm NATO.
He bought all the components and I worked the load up for him.
Finding brass was the hardest issue.
He had to import it from Australia.
 
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