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BigFatGuy
10-11-2014, 6:51 PM
Got a dessert eagle, figured I'd better start reloading.

A rock chucker is on its way to me now...

Lord help me...

HypnoToad
10-11-2014, 6:53 PM
Like this one?

http://cdn.cakecentral.com/6/6d/6de4280f_modulescopperminealbumsuserpics73573Eagle _Cake_Sm.jpeg

BigFatGuy
10-11-2014, 6:58 PM
Dang phone autocorrect...

HypnoToad
10-11-2014, 6:59 PM
Just yanking your chain. Good luck. I want to try my hand it it too someday.

Dutch3
10-11-2014, 7:00 PM
I won't say it is addictive, but I load ammo for guns I don't even own.

Its completely normal. :p

Sunday
10-11-2014, 7:28 PM
Should have bought a progressive.

Sunday
10-11-2014, 7:29 PM
Like this one?

http://cdn.cakecentral.com/6/6d/6de4280f_modulescopperminealbumsuserpics73573Eagle _Cake_Sm.jpeg
I have been craving sweets all day and that cake didn't help any.

Sunday
10-11-2014, 7:31 PM
Just yanking your chain. Good luck. I want to try my hand it it too someday.
Basic reloading is surprisingly simple.

SWalt
10-11-2014, 7:35 PM
Basic reloading is surprisingly simple.

and fun!! Well......if you are mechanically inclined and like using something you made with your own little bitty hands. :D

BigFatGuy
10-11-2014, 7:49 PM
I'm an electrical engineer. Mechanical things make no sense to me...

bigedp51
10-11-2014, 8:00 PM
I'm an electrical engineer. Mechanical things make no sense to me...

If your reloads fail then just reverse the polarity of your press. :facepalm:

Just keep thinking in your handgun fantasy your a cool cat with a dessert eagle. :eek:

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o254/bigedp51/467343_zps85268136.jpg

What the heck, I thought it was funnier than that silly cake. :rolleyes:

chknlyps2
10-11-2014, 8:05 PM
I won't say it is addictive, but I load ammo for guns I don't even own.

Its completely normal. :p

Sometimes I see dies or components for a really great deal and a little voice says "I am gonna have to buy a gun in that caliber"

Welcome to the addiction op ...... lots of great people here when you have questions.

uhlan1
10-11-2014, 8:29 PM
If your reloads fail then just reverse the polarity of your press. :facepalm:

Just keep thinking in your handgun fantasy your a cool cat with a dessert eagle. :eek:

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o254/bigedp51/467343_zps85268136.jpg

What the heck, I thought it was funnier than that silly cake. :rolleyes:

It was!

SWalt
10-11-2014, 8:43 PM
I'm an electrical engineer. Mechanical things make no sense to me...

My dad was an EE, he showed/taught me how to reload. Just stick to the basics and ask a lot of questions. Don't over think it. You might just enjoy it all the more. :)

thegreatcow
10-11-2014, 9:08 PM
Congrats on the eagle sir! I had a reloading thread floating about if you're looking for powder/bullet recommendations you can find em here:

http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/showthread.php?t=971699

It started out with mainly bullets, but we digressed into powders and mag issues so it covers a lot. Hope you enjoy it sir, I'm having a blast with mine. Just remember to load the rounds hot hot HOT! :)

stilly
10-11-2014, 10:03 PM
Got a dessert eagle, figured I'd better start reloading.

A rock chucker is on its way to me now...

Lord help me...


BAH!

That is exactly what started ME reloading too. I got a Deagle, ammo was $42.12 for a box of 50 Fiochi from Wally world. I was like, **** DAT! Imma hafta reload now...
So I sent my Deagle off to get Green and Black-Td (NOV-2010) and by the time it came back (APRIL 2011) I had a Lee Classic Turret that I had been practicing 9mm on. Started on the 44 mag and it was all downhill from there. Lots of fun AND by shooting 44 mag, I think the Turret is better, but the RC is still decent enough to make enough ammo that can be shot off in a day. You aint gonna wanna shoot 300 rounds a day I hope, I do about 20 or so when I go to the idoor range (cause I am anal about chasing down my brass and get all huffy when I am missing one or two) I will sit down and throw a tempertantrum and cry until I recover at least 99% of my brass. And then there are folks like Red Hemi that game me 5 Large plastic FOLGERS containers of Mixed 38/357/44/45LC and others all OF brass from his revolvers. I could not resist and gave him two boxes of .45 ACP (factory) for his efforts. He was not even expecting that, he just saw that I reloaded and offered me all his brass. Good thing because had I gone home and found that I had only recovered 95% of my brass, then there would be some issues that I would have to deal with... :\

heh.

Now start hunting down OF .44 mag brass on gunbroker... Once you got about 1k cases you are good to go for a while, and you WILL find more as you go.


OH damn. I am sorry, I misread your post. I thought you got a GUN. MAH bad, I did not know it was some sort of dessert. What is a dessert eagle? Is that like a bird shaped cake or something? Are they sweet? I want one if they are...

If your reloads fail then just reverse the polarity of your press. :facepalm:

Just keep thinking in your handgun fantasy your a cool cat with a dessert eagle. :eek:

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o254/bigedp51/467343_zps85268136.jpg

What the heck, I thought it was funnier than that silly cake. :rolleyes:


OMFG! I want that as a poster for my wall!

HypnoToad
10-11-2014, 10:11 PM
OH damn. I am sorry, I misread your post. I thought you got a GUN. MAH bad, I did not know it was some sort of dessert. What is a dessert eagle? Is that like a bird shaped cake or something? Are they sweet? I want one if they are...

That's what I said, but apparently people didn't think it was funny.

Bing image search cleared up what a Dessert Eagle is:

http://benjaminescobar.com/portfolio/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dessert_eagle.jpg

BigBronco
10-12-2014, 5:02 AM
I'm an electrical engineer. Mechanical things make no sense to me...

At least you already know how to properly ground your reloading equipment.

ireload
10-13-2014, 2:51 AM
Jokes aside BFG if you are a low volume shooter maybe 200 rounds or less and maybe just once a month per range trip then that RC will serve you well.

BigFatGuy
10-13-2014, 12:09 PM
I like to shoot more, but not in .44 magnum. :-)