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Twelve years ago, I woke up to the importance of the 2A. Since then, I've been a proud firearms enthusiast. But as Sen. Ted Kennedy said in the 1970's, "no ammo, no guns." He was right, and he was advocating ammo bans at the time.
We effectively have that now with the rush on ammo. This is why it's so important to get into "handloading/reloading" your own. For those who don't know what that is, it's essentially reusing the brass cases (the most expensive part) and remanufacturing the ammo with new components (powder, primer, and projectile/bullet).
There is an all-too-common belief that it takes high dollar to get started reloading your own ammo. It doesn't. It can be done, with the things that really matter most, for a few hundred dollars. Doing so means that you can make your own ammo, fairly inexpensively, and at will, which means you always assure yourself a supply of ammo. Thanks to this ability, I have zero ammo availability problems.
Here's one way to do it. I'll use (mostly) Lee gear as the example because A.) it's affordable, and B.) it works pretty darn well. Nothing against any other brand, BTW; this is, as I said, *one* way to do it.
1.) Classic Turret Press with Safety Primer, $130
2.) Auto-Disk Powder Measure, $40
3.) Set of dies, $50
4.) Case tumbler/cleaner, $40
5.) Case cleaning medium (crushed corn cob or walnut), $20
6.) Powder scale (RCBS), $70 (will also weigh bullets)
7.) Calipers, $40 (I use Lyman's)
This comes up to $390. This setup will reload any kind of cartridge short of the .50 BMG and its derivatives (.50 DTC, .416 Barrett, etc.). With this setup, my typical output is about 110 to 120 rounds per [correction: minute to HOUR], which is going to be more than sufficient for most gun owners. Note that I said "most", not "all". :-)
Even though I have progressive presses, I use this very setup for my ".45 Colt Magnum" load and all rifle loads. It's a good general-purpose reloading setup that will last a long time.
Twelve years ago, I woke up to the importance of the 2A. Since then, I've been a proud firearms enthusiast. But as Sen. Ted Kennedy said in the 1970's, "no ammo, no guns." He was right, and he was advocating ammo bans at the time.
We effectively have that now with the rush on ammo. This is why it's so important to get into "handloading/reloading" your own. For those who don't know what that is, it's essentially reusing the brass cases (the most expensive part) and remanufacturing the ammo with new components (powder, primer, and projectile/bullet).
There is an all-too-common belief that it takes high dollar to get started reloading your own ammo. It doesn't. It can be done, with the things that really matter most, for a few hundred dollars. Doing so means that you can make your own ammo, fairly inexpensively, and at will, which means you always assure yourself a supply of ammo. Thanks to this ability, I have zero ammo availability problems.
Here's one way to do it. I'll use (mostly) Lee gear as the example because A.) it's affordable, and B.) it works pretty darn well. Nothing against any other brand, BTW; this is, as I said, *one* way to do it.
1.) Classic Turret Press with Safety Primer, $130
2.) Auto-Disk Powder Measure, $40
3.) Set of dies, $50
4.) Case tumbler/cleaner, $40
5.) Case cleaning medium (crushed corn cob or walnut), $20
6.) Powder scale (RCBS), $70 (will also weigh bullets)
7.) Calipers, $40 (I use Lyman's)
This comes up to $390. This setup will reload any kind of cartridge short of the .50 BMG and its derivatives (.50 DTC, .416 Barrett, etc.). With this setup, my typical output is about 110 to 120 rounds per [correction: minute to HOUR], which is going to be more than sufficient for most gun owners. Note that I said "most", not "all". :-)
Even though I have progressive presses, I use this very setup for my ".45 Colt Magnum" load and all rifle loads. It's a good general-purpose reloading setup that will last a long time.
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