2500+ reloads - and counting!

P95Carry · June 6th, 2007, 01:07 AM

Not defensive per se - but practice for same! Just added some more tonight and progress is becoming ''useful''!

Rear left - 750 .357 mag (250 more to do)
Rear right - 650 .38 spl (probably more to come)
Middle left - 550 9mm (fiddly buggers but another 400 or so be handy)
Middle right - 450 .45 acp (need to do another 400)
Large box and ass'd pouches (cosmetics pouches actually

) - an assortment of 45-70 including some experimentals. About 150.

Yet to do cals - 44 mag when bullets arrive - probably 500 ........ .454 when time, about 200 top loads ....... might try some 7.62x25 and finally, need to brew a goodly number of .223's but, that'll be tedious.

Why the post? I am feeling pleased

Another coupla weeks of pickin' at it might see it all done.

buckeyeLCPL · June 6th, 2007, 01:28 AM

Yeah, but in a couple of weeks you should have a big pile of spent brass that needs loaded again.

Looks like you have been busy.

I need to get into reloading.

P95Carry · June 6th, 2007, 01:37 AM

Having been so darned lazy for months, in fact - the idea is to reload to such a degree that approx half of the qty per cal is kept as ''buffer''. Meaning, once brass ''released'' from part use, more reloading!

I have for ages been running down way lower than desired ... before buying or reloading. So, stock must remain adequate at all times even with use.

I actually have buckets of brass so if I loaded them all I'd be swimmin' in the stuff

Do seriously consider reloading yourself ........ you are young enough that over time you can gradually set up - and then build a stock of consumables. From then on you can be independent if need be.

buckeyeLCPL · June 6th, 2007, 01:44 AM

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Do seriously consider reloading yourself ........ you are young enough that over time you can gradually set up - and then build a stock of consumables. From then on you can be independent if need be.

I save do try to save brass, and have piles built up in .45ACP and LC, .30-30, .38 and .357, .223, and 7.62X39. The only problem is that for the past 4 years I have lived a kind of transitory lifestyle, never staying in the same residence for more than a year, and haven't really had room (I can't imagine what would have happened if I reloaded in the dorms ).

My future job will require me to be even more transitory, and many of my firearms will have to remain at my parent's house during my time in it as well. I will continue to save brass however, and once I settle down, will set up for reloading.

However, a .45-70 has always been on my list of wants, and from what I have been told for that I pretty much need to reload to get maximum potential.

rocky · June 6th, 2007, 01:50 AM

always good to have ammo stocked up. I need to get busy and load some more myself.

P95Carry · June 6th, 2007, 02:02 AM

Buckeye - understand your problem but - you have made a good start just by accumulating brass!

Over time you might be able to get some simple stuff first - single station and some dies - maybe start on some 38 spl at your folk's place when feasable. Time will come I am sure when you will be more settled and can get into it more - but don't let your present transitory pattern stop you from preparing.

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However, a .45-70 has always been on my list of wants, and from what I have been told for that I pretty much need to reload to get maximum potential.

Indeed yes for sure. Factory Rem 45-70 for example is the ''safe'' stuff ... 25,000 pressure probably and OK for trap door. I load for the mid and high range (30,000 and 35,000) pressure ranges ..... so I can enjoy the BFR and some ''Buffalo'' loads thru my Ruger #1.

Bud White · June 6th, 2007, 07:42 AM

I need to get loading to but im still over 3k in 38 and 9mm 44 and few other 45 acp i am low on maybe 200 rounds

ELCruisr · June 6th, 2007, 08:46 AM

Ah, I must hang my head in shame and get busy. My stock of .45 reloads is down to about 150 now. Plenty of empty cases though....

Jamie Young · June 6th, 2007, 09:49 AM

I am so busy anymore that I usually try to do 2-3 large runs on reloading and then pack everything up and push it in the corner for the rest of the year.

rodc13 · June 6th, 2007, 11:42 AM

That does it! I'm inspired!

I'm gonna get my Rockchucker Press out and set it up. Then I need to get some new dies, and a digital scale, and a case tumbler, and I'm sure a bunch of other cool accessories that have come along since the last time I used it. And a nice bolt gun in 7 x 57, since I already have the dies for it (there's always a good reason to buy another weapon).

June 6th, 2007, 01:28 AM	#2
buckeyeLCPL VIP Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: saddam's palace Posts: 2,329	Yeah, but in a couple of weeks you should have a big pile of spent brass that needs loaded again. Looks like you have been busy. I need to get into reloading. __________________ Fortes Fortuna Juvat We're mules lad. Mules that kill.

June 6th, 2007, 01:37 AM	#3
P95Carry Assistant Administrator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: South West PA Posts: 25,366	Having been so darned lazy for months, in fact - the idea is to reload to such a degree that approx half of the qty per cal is kept as ''buffer''. Meaning, once brass ''released'' from part use, more reloading! I have for ages been running down way lower than desired ... before buying or reloading. So, stock must remain adequate at all times even with use. I actually have buckets of brass so if I loaded them all I'd be swimmin' in the stuff Do seriously consider reloading yourself ........ you are young enough that over time you can gradually set up - and then build a stock of consumables. From then on you can be independent if need be. __________________ Chris - P95 NRA Certified Instructor & NRA Life Member. "To own a gun and assume that you are armed is like owning a piano and assuming that you are a musician!." If a BG dies as the result of pointing a gun at me, then he has merely succumbed to an occupational hazard of being a thug

June 6th, 2007, 01:50 AM	#5
rocky Senior Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: MI Posts: 11,768	always good to have ammo stocked up. I need to get busy and load some more myself. __________________ "In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock." Thomas Jefferson Nemo Me Impune Lacesset Link to my kydex builds:http://rocknloadkydex.blogspot.com/

June 6th, 2007, 08:46 AM	#8
ELCruisr Distinguished Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Central FL Posts: 1,876	Ah, I must hang my head in shame and get busy. My stock of .45 reloads is down to about 150 now. Plenty of empty cases though.... __________________ If you stand up and be counted, from time to time you may get yourself knocked down. But remember this: A man flattened by an opponent can get up again. A man flattened by conformity stays down for good. ~ Thomas J. Watson, Jr.

June 6th, 2007, 09:49 AM	#9
Jamie Young Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: PA Posts: 467	I am so busy anymore that I usually try to do 2-3 large runs on reloading and then pack everything up and push it in the corner for the rest of the year. __________________ Find out about Gun Shows and Training activities. www.TheRallyPoint.org Get your gun club involved!! Free TRP.org stickers RogueElite.netWoolrich Elite Series Distributor

June 6th, 2007, 01:07 AM	#1
P95Carry Assistant Administrator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: South West PA Posts: 25,366	2500+ reloads - and counting! Not defensive per se - but practice for same! Just added some more tonight and progress is becoming ''useful''! Rear left - 750 .357 mag (250 more to do) Rear right - 650 .38 spl (probably more to come) Middle left - 550 9mm (fiddly buggers but another 400 or so be handy) Middle right - 450 .45 acp (need to do another 400) Large box and ass'd pouches (cosmetics pouches actually ) - an assortment of 45-70 including some experimentals. About 150. Yet to do cals - 44 mag when bullets arrive - probably 500 ........ .454 when time, about 200 top loads ....... might try some 7.62x25 and finally, need to brew a goodly number of .223's but, that'll be tedious. Why the post? I am feeling pleased Another coupla weeks of pickin' at it might see it all done. __________________ Chris - P95 NRA Certified Instructor & NRA Life Member. "To own a gun and assume that you are armed is like owning a piano and assuming that you are a musician!." If a BG dies as the result of pointing a gun at me, then he has merely succumbed to an occupational hazard of being a thug

June 6th, 2007, 07:42 AM	#7
Bud White VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Elsewhere Posts: 17,476	I need to get loading to but im still over 3k in 38 and 9mm 44 and few other 45 acp i am low on maybe 200 rounds

June 6th, 2007, 11:42 AM	#10
rodc13 VIP Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: San Antonio, Texas Posts: 2,399	That does it! I'm inspired! I'm gonna get my Rockchucker Press out and set it up. Then I need to get some new dies, and a digital scale, and a case tumbler, and I'm sure a bunch of other cool accessories that have come along since the last time I used it. And a nice bolt gun in 7 x 57, since I already have the dies for it (there's always a good reason to buy another weapon). __________________ Cheers, Rod "We're paratroopers. We're supposed to be surrounded!" Dick Winters

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