Reloading shells for me

[vector16]

well then, I never thought about that. Nevermind

[nothing4u]

You really want to help ATF meet quotas early this year don't ya?

[Dutch Henry]

Either buy commercial reloads or learn to roll your own. Anyone that would reload ammunition for you could have a liability suit on their hands if the gun were to go 'kaboom' and you sustained injury.

[vector16]

What do you mean?

[drdarrin@sbcglobal.net]

Let's see, you are willing to bet your life, your firearms and your safety to save a little money by having an unknown third party reload your ammunition and pay them for it?

No offense, but that's a suckers bet. You could loose big and so could they.

You should either learn to do your own reloading or sell all that brass to someone who wants it (like me). You are much more likely to find someone willing to teach you to reload than to do it for you. And it would be safer for both of you.

[drdarrin@sbcglobal.net]

What do you mean?

Someone loads ammo for you.
your gun blows up possibly injuring you or someone else.
Someone's gonna get sued, right?

[vector16]

Just never thought about it. I don't have the slightest idea of how to do it myself or the kind of equipment I would need. I sure as heck don't have the money to buy a starter kit and really don't have the money to buy all the esxtra dies, casts, and all the other stuff the starters don't come with. Any reccomendations?

[edgerly779]

Its not rocket science asout 150-200 bucks will get you basics. First buy a lyman reloading book on ebay.

[drdarrin@sbcglobal.net]

Just never thought about it. I don't have the slightest idea of how to do it myself or the kind of equipment I would need. I sure as heck don't have the money to buy a starter kit and really don't have the money to buy all the esxtra dies, casts, and all the other stuff the starters don't come with. Any reccomendations?

yep... shoot a lot of 22 LR. You can master marksmanship with a 22 LR and those skills are transportable to other, more expensive, platforms.

Shooting is an expensive hobby/passion. The reloading set I bought when I was 16 has paid for itself many times over, over the last 44 years. I haven't saved a dime on ammo in all those years, but I have shot a lot more ammo over the years than I would had I paid retail.

[SWalt]

Just never thought about it. I don't have the slightest idea of how to do it myself or the kind of equipment I would need. I sure as heck don't have the money to buy a starter kit and really don't have the money to buy all the esxtra dies, casts, and all the other stuff the starters don't come with. Any reccomendations?

Don't have a whole lot of money to spend?? GOOD! Then you can start to learn the basics, get a good idea what your need/want to reload, then move on from there. You don't need money for that. Lots of vids on youtube about reloading. In the long run its cheaper to reload. If you don't want to learn then.......

You know by now, people won't reload for you. Little thing called liability that lawyers love and makes them wads of money. Plus, most don't want to have you losing fingers because they made a mistake, can you blame them?

[vector16]

well, not having a whole lot of money is not "GOOD". In fact it outright sucks. Have not been able to find a steady drafting job in 4 years. I already know what I want to reload. I want to reload the brass I have been saving from the guns that I have been shooting. They are not .22LR that is a waste of money and if anyone thinks they are training themselves for the larger stuff they are kidding themselves. A 22 does nothing for training youself to shoot a 45, 44, 50, 9mm or any of the others.

[wpage]

Find a friend to show you in your area...

[NoNOS67]

They are not .22LR that is a waste of money and if anyone thinks they are training themselves for the larger stuff they are kidding themselves. A 22 does nothing for training youself to shoot a 45, 44, 50, 9mm or any of the others.

Don't take this the wrong way, but you are mistaken. The .22 is an excellent round for practice and training, particularly if you don't have the funds to practice with the bigger stuff. But if you don't have a .22...

[gunboat]

Your attitude about 22rf is not in keeping with most of the worlds military training --
Find a fellow shooter in your area that reloads, my bet is that he would show you how to reload and let you do some limited/supervised reloading on his equiptment.
Get a reloading manual!!!!!! i prefer lymans but most any will do. It can be an old beat up copy, not much has really changed in years --
As to cost - you can get minimal tooling used or new --
As the price of the tooling goes up it only loads quicker, not necessarily better.
A simple press, dies, powder scale, and a few other low cost tools and components will not require a mortgage.
my tuppence

[nothing4u]

yep... shoot a lot of 22 LR. You can master marksmanship with a 22 LR and those skills are transportable to other, more expensive, platforms.

Shooting is an expensive hobby/passion. The reloading set I bought when I was 16 has paid for itself many times over, over the last 44 years. I haven't saved a dime on ammo in all those years, but I have shot a lot more ammo over the years than I would had I paid retail.

That's what I tell new shooters. If you can't master marksmanship with a 22LR what exactly do you expect to accomplish with a larger caliber? More expensive misses with each trigger pull .