Who here is into reloading?
About 18 years ago, I spent a lot of time on this as a hobby. One of the first rifles I purchased was a Savage 30 06 from Walmart at around $350. Did a lot of work in that, seated the stock properly to the barrel using fiberglass bedding, crowned the barrel, and modified the trigger. Those mods plus reloading got me to the point where that el-cheapie rifle competed well enough with the bench rest shooters.
Back then my reloading was simply to achieve accuracy and I enjoyed the physics challenge.
Today I have a 10’ tall cabinet full of reloading stuff, which I have not used in years. I have probably forgotten how to do this.
Yesterday went to the range and ouch, every time I pulled the trigger it was $5 plus for my 338 Winchester Magnum.
So maybe it is time to get back into reloading, still have around 2 gallons of gun powder, empty cases etc.
BTW, the session yesterday was with a bunch of Fort Bragg guys. They don’t say much about anything, other than being prepared for what may be coming.
About 18 years ago, I spent a lot of time on this as a hobby. One of the first rifles I purchased was a Savage 30 06 from Walmart at around $350. Did a lot of work in that, seated the stock properly to the barrel using fiberglass bedding, crowned the barrel, and modified the trigger. Those mods plus reloading got me to the point where that el-cheapie rifle competed well enough with the bench rest shooters.
Back then my reloading was simply to achieve accuracy and I enjoyed the physics challenge.
Today I have a 10’ tall cabinet full of reloading stuff, which I have not used in years. I have probably forgotten how to do this.
Yesterday went to the range and ouch, every time I pulled the trigger it was $5 plus for my 338 Winchester Magnum.
So maybe it is time to get back into reloading, still have around 2 gallons of gun powder, empty cases etc.
BTW, the session yesterday was with a bunch of Fort Bragg guys. They don’t say much about anything, other than being prepared for what may be coming.