Is the age of reloading a bazillion rounds an hour dead?

[ar15robert]

Been loading for 20 years back then my shooting buddies laughed at me but im sure theyre all doing it now too.I got into reloading for the improved accuracy more than anything but the savings came along with it too.

I have an rcbs rockchucker kit i use for rifle calibers it has served me well.I also loaded for 45 then too but got tired of the pinching fingers here and there so got a dillion SDB since 45 was my only handgun and i shot it often then so made sense.It sped things up but i still didnt crank out hundreds a night and still dont.

I shoot a few times a year and will get into the reloading for a week kick out enough for a trip then hold for a while and do again so its small batches of 1-2 hundred.I have plenty of supplies though.Now have a 10mm too and relaoding for that is the only way to go to take full advantage of that round.

[tanks]

So you can throw twice as many inaccurate loads twice as fast?

A friend of mine uses two chargemasters. It takes a long time to measure out 90+ grains of powder for big bore hunting rifles. So, he uses two. And no they are not inaccurate. I use one as well.

Again, they are not inaccurate for our purposes. Now for benchrest competition loads where one might want powder to be accurate to a tenth of a grain then it might be a different story.

One needs to look at the context of usage before making blanket statements in regards to accuracy of equipment.

[kcstott]

A friend of mine uses two chargemasters. It takes a long time to measure out 90+ grains of powder for big bore hunting rifles. So, he uses two. And no they are not inaccurate. I use one as well.

Again, they are not inaccurate for our purposes. Now for benchrest competition loads where one might want powder to be accurate to a tenth of a grain then it might be a different story.

One needs to look at the context of usage before making blanket statements in regards to accuracy of equipment.

[Whiterabbit]

That's really good ES and SD.

The best load I've developed using a chargemaster only gets to ES 18 and SD 6.25

Can only imagine how much I can improve on that with a sartorius, or even a gempro.

[kcstott]

That's really good ES and SD.

The best load I've developed using a chargemaster only gets to ES 18 and SD 6.25

Can only imagine how much I can improve on that with a sartorius, or even a gempro.

Don’t be surprised if you can’t do much better than you are right now. Thing is with a precision scale you should be able to get single digit SD’s a lot easier.

To be honest. I can’t contribute that to skill or technique, that’s blind luck.
Because my other loads that I was using in working up loads that day were at least double. And the groups showed it. But I weighed the charges out as accurate as my scale will read. Accepted no load unless it was dead on my number. And I was only changing seating depth at this point of the process. Worst load had a ES of 75 and a SD of something like 25 or 30 group was about 2.5”
My super low SD load produced a single hole from five bullets that was .530” wide by .200” tall. I couldn’t believe it. But I said “yep that the load I’m using for now on.
I don’t remember the SD & ES from the Cheytac loads but they were on the low side just not as low as I would like. They group just over .5 moa

[Psychbiker]

Maybe for a commercial model or something. The pro/1050 model is like $2500.

http://www.markvii-loading.com/Mark-...rive_p_27.html

Plus the price of a 1050. Mark 7 just unveiled their 'Revolution' machine that's like 7 or 8 stages. Allows for primers to be dumped in. It's over $9k. Not sure who it's geared for. Maybe a comp shooter who shoots 2-3k a month.

[tonyjr]

While I would like a better press , to be honest , I am like my nephews and nieces . I would rather buy another gun than upgrade .
At most I / we will do 300 [308 / 762 ] before changing calibers .
Right now a different caliber runs about 100-150 [ toolhead , dies etc ] at 15 calibers most are covered ,

[chrometip78]

I'm still using the cheap Lee stuff I bought just to see if I'd like reloading.

My reloading rate is measured in days. I enjoy the process since I'm not pushing for quantity like a competition shooter.

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[Whiterabbit]

Plus the price of a 1050. Mark 7 just unveiled their 'Revolution' machine that's like 7 or 8 stages. Allows for primers to be dumped in. It's over $9k. Not sure who it's geared for. Maybe a comp shooter who shoots 2-3k a month.

I could see getting an 06 FFL and gearing up for local sales. dedicated machine for batch running 223, 9mm, and maybe 45 acp or similar, and a machine set up for short run boutique ammo.

[kcstott]

Guys don't for get that stupid senate bill is going to get all your 650's and 1050's banned... remember accessories that increase a semi auto's rate of fire. well you can't shoot if you can't reload and your can't shoot fast if you can't reload fast. Your stainless pin will be a thing of the past, absolutely no progressive presses let alone fully automatic bullet feeders and brass hoppers, And electric motors to drive the whole setup. Oh no no no...you would be labeled as a fully automatic ammunition manufacturer...

You will be forced to use a lee hand press, and K spinners to polish your brass. My god what kind of mass murder do you plan to commit by being able to load 5-6-700 rounds per hour??

Sorry I couldn't resist but if you really want to exposed the dumbfukery this would be a good way to do it. Get ol windbag Feinstien to back a bill that regulates how fast a loader can reload.

[Michael in California]

Get ol windbag Feinstein to back a bill that regulates how fast a loader can reload.

I'd not try since there is a high probability it would pass.

RE: scales. You have convinced me I need to up my game there. Maybe not to your level of precision, but better than I can do now.

[Chief-7700]

Just added a Mr Bulletfeeder to my XL-650, should have done this years ago. Loaded 300 rounds of .45ACP for the IDPA Fall Brawl in Little Rock in 45 minutes.