Weekend Challenges for all Members!!

[omcforever]

Been sooooo busy the last few weeks,,work/selling boats/working on MIL house/kids cars,,,just not enough time in the day,,,LOL need an 8 day week.

[Gunshot]

When I got into reloading,I had help from a guy that literally knew everything their was to know about it.
He was a gunsmith AND machinist. He was extremely smart with tons of old world,hands on,expierance.
He was eager to teach and I was eager to learn. The perfect combo.
While I will never learn as much as he had forgotton over the years,I would like to know that I have returned the favor to a fellow reloader,in some small way.
I will teach,advise,and give my opinions,mainly from my expierances. And at my age,I have had quite a few. I will allow others to make an (hopefully) informed decission and will not be overly critical of that decission.
I am here to both teach and learn. --- SAWMAN

I like your attitude Sawman !! I have been reloading a long time and still learn something new every day Usually it is because I made a mistake lol I was lucky to have an old reloading mentor as a teenager as well. So while I always am willing to teach others I have found I still have more to learn myself !!


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[Jrnpro6681]

I'm fairly new to reloading. Only a few years under my belt, but ive learned a lot from guys here and I have a friend that taught me years back how to reload. He has been loading for years and a great source. If theres anything I can do to help anyone here...I'd be more than happy to try!

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[Wes Sage]

Welcome aboard, and Thank you!!

I'm fairly new to reloading. Only a few years under my belt, but ive learned a lot from guys here and I have a friend that taught me years back how to reload. He has been loading for years and a great source. If theres anything I can do to help anyone here...I'd be more than happy to try!

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[CodySPowell]

I'm fairly new to reloading. Only a few years under my belt, but ive learned a lot from guys here and I have a friend that taught me years back how to reload. He has been loading for years and a great source. If theres anything I can do to help anyone here...I'd be more than happy to try!

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[Bentstick]

Good evening all,just getting into reloading been doing the forum hopping checking things out seem to have found this one to be a better fit for me,It may be young but as forums go its rates up there high,I am a mod at a different hobby oriented forum that started in 2013 took awhile to get rolling but it has been a pleasure,and As far as I have seen this one will grow with leaps and bounds,be ready Mods and Admins raises dont come along as fast as the membership does hehehe,you fellas seem to have a great knowledge base willing to help and advise,A great Kudos to you Wes hope to be able to add to the knowledge base as I learn the reloading curve

[Wes Sage]

Welcome aboard buddy!!
Glad to have you here!!

Good evening all,just getting into reloading been doing the forum hopping checking things out seem to have found this one to be a better fit for me,It may be young but as forums go its rates up there high,I am a mod at a different hobby oriented forum that started in 2013 took awhile to get rolling but it has been a pleasure,and As far as I have seen this one will grow with leaps and bounds,be ready Mods and Admins raises dont come along as fast as the membership does hehehe,you fellas seem to have a great knowledge base willing to help and advise,A great Kudos to you Wes hope to be able to add to the knowledge base as I learn the reloading curve

[SAWMAN]

Along about 78'ish I was getting ready to deploy overseas . . . AGAIN. We knew it would be a "on call,sit and wait" type of deploynent. I had been thinking about getting into reloading for the (then) 4 chamberings that I owned in both rifle and pistol.
I bought every loading manual that I could find,including the excellect Lyman learners manual. I had the Speer,Hornady,Sierra,Hodgdon,and several other books not produced by bullet or powder makers.
We were gone longer than we anticipated (11 months) and in that time I damn near wore the books out.
When we got home I had already made some critical decissions about reloading.
I quickly found a mentor that helped me choose my initial equipment. I bought my powders,priners,brass,etc,and jumped right in.
Just a couple years later,I had more equipment than I could move,so I bought a house. Then even more "stuff". At one point I reloaded for over 20 different chamberings,in boith rifle and pistol.
Fast forward . . . now,some years later,I have downsized quite a bit. But for me,reloading is like a hobby. --- SAWMAN

[CodySPowell]

Along about 78'ish I was getting ready to deploy overseas . . . AGAIN. We knew it would be a "on call,sit and wait" type of deploynent. I had been thinking about getting into reloading for the (then) 4 chamberings that I owned in both rifle and pistol.
I bought every loading manual that I could find,including the excellect Lyman learners manual. I had the Speer,Hornady,Sierra,Hodgdon,and several other books not produced by bullet or powder makers.
We were gone longer than we anticipated (11 months) and in that time I damn near wore the books out.
When we got home I had already made some critical decissions about reloading.
I quickly found a mentor that helped me choose my initial equipment. I bought my powders,priners,brass,etc,and jumped right in.
Just a couple years later,I had more equipment than I could move,so I bought a house. Then even more "stuff". At one point I reloaded for over 20 different chamberings,in boith rifle and pistol.
Fast forward . . . now,some years later,I have downsized quite a bit. But for me,reloading is like a hobby. --- SAWMAN

I'm with you, I love this hobby/addiction and take great pride in the work I do. It's hard for me to judge what I enjoy more, the hobby itself or helping those who are new to reloading. Either way its a win-win situation. [emoji16]

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[Big Eddy]

Along about 78'ish I was getting ready to deploy overseas . . . AGAIN. We knew it would be a "on call,sit and wait" type of deploynent. I had been thinking about getting into reloading for the (then) 4 chamberings that I owned in both rifle and pistol.
I bought every loading manual that I could find,including the excellect Lyman learners manual. I had the Speer,Hornady,Sierra,Hodgdon,and several other books not produced by bullet or powder makers.
We were gone longer than we anticipated (11 months) and in that time I damn near wore the books out.
When we got home I had already made some critical decissions about reloading.
I quickly found a mentor that helped me choose my initial equipment. I bought my powders,priners,brass,etc,and jumped right in.
Just a couple years later,I had more equipment than I could move,so I bought a house. Then even more "stuff". At one point I reloaded for over 20 different chamberings,in boith rifle and pistol.
Fast forward . . . now,some years later,I have downsized quite a bit. But for me,reloading is like a hobby. --- SAWMAN

Great story, thanks for posting it.
　
I enjoy shooting, the more the better. I never could afford to shoot as much as I want to. So reloading was what I saw as the best way for me to shoot more and save some money. I don’t think I have saved any money, but I have managed to shoot much more than I could have without reloading.
I started backing Mach 1980, no internet then and no nearby mentor. I read all I could find on the subject and jumped right in the deep end. Made mistakes but was always safety minded, thus no damaged firearms or persons. Now reloading has become somewhat of a passion. I enjoy finding that sweet load(s) for each firearm I own. I have started teaching others to reload, in order to skip those mistakes I made. I have been enjoying passing on the lessons learned as well.