Well I got started.... - The Firearms Forum

flannelman · 05-03-2009, 08:56 AM

It was a nasty rainy day yesterday so I went to my Mom's and worked in the woodshop for a while. I cut some boards to mount my presses on and got them all reasy to go. When I got back home I clamped my press to the table and got my resizing die set up. I was like a kid at Christmas!!

I cleaned ten cases by hand, don't have a tumbler yet, inspected them and lubed them then I ran them through the resizing die. I trimmed the cases and cleaned the primer pockets. Hopefully I'll have time later today to prime the cases and finish the process. I'm sure it will all go well becuse of all the info I have read here but if not be ready to answer some questions. Hey, thanks for the primers!!

gdmoody · 05-03-2009, 09:58 PM

You are quite welcome, just enjoy yourself.

308 at my gate · 05-03-2009, 10:09 PM

Good for you. I think that reloading broadens the great sport of shooting even further.

flannelman · 05-04-2009, 12:14 AM

My oldest son (8yo) was facinated by the process. He made me resize every single piece of .30-06 brass I had. Well actually he helped. I cleaned and lubed the brass and he ran it through the press under my watchful eye. Then he cleaned the lube off and I polished the brass up a bit by hand. We didn't trim any more than the first 20 cause we were having too much fun resizing. After he went to bed I got the powder, bullets, and scale out and started working up a load. I used Remington once fired brass, Winchester large rifle primers, 56 grains of Hodgdon H4350, and topped it off with a 155 grain Nosler Custom Competition HPBT bullet. I seated the bullet to the max length of 3.340 per the Lee manual but it wouldn't fully chamber in my Ruger M77 MkII so I seated them down to an even 3.300 and the chambered well. I can't wait to go to the range and see how they do!!

TranterUK · 05-04-2009, 02:52 AM

There is no getting away from it, reloading can be very enjoyable and satisfying.

05-03-2009, 08:56 AM	#1
flannelman Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Rural Arkansas. But isn't all of Arkansas rural? Posts: 1,176	Well I got started.... It was a nasty rainy day yesterday so I went to my Mom's and worked in the woodshop for a while. I cut some boards to mount my presses on and got them all reasy to go. When I got back home I clamped my press to the table and got my resizing die set up. I was like a kid at Christmas!! I cleaned ten cases by hand, don't have a tumbler yet, inspected them and lubed them then I ran them through the resizing die. I trimmed the cases and cleaned the primer pockets. Hopefully I'll have time later today to prime the cases and finish the process. I'm sure it will all go well becuse of all the info I have read here but if not be ready to answer some questions. Hey, thanks for the primers!! __________________ What we do in life echoes in eternity! **** Liberals, they make about as much sense as a screen door on a submarine. If you want to be a looser the best way to get there is to hang around with other loosers. -->

05-03-2009, 09:58 PM	#2
gdmoody Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Northeast Georgia Contributor Posts: 6,310	Re: Well I got started.... You are quite welcome, just enjoy yourself. __________________ NRA Endowment Member GeorgiaCarry.Org Member Retired US Army Postal Worker Personally, I carry a gun because I'm too young to die and too old to take an ass whoopin'.....author unknown (but obviously brilliant)

05-03-2009, 10:09 PM	#3
308 at my gate Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Lost in SW USA. Posts: 847	Re: Well I got started.... Good for you. I think that reloading broadens the great sport of shooting even further. __________________ You got to love it.

05-04-2009, 12:14 AM	#4
flannelman Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Rural Arkansas. But isn't all of Arkansas rural? Posts: 1,176	Re: Well I got started.... My oldest son (8yo) was facinated by the process. He made me resize every single piece of .30-06 brass I had. Well actually he helped. I cleaned and lubed the brass and he ran it through the press under my watchful eye. Then he cleaned the lube off and I polished the brass up a bit by hand. We didn't trim any more than the first 20 cause we were having too much fun resizing. After he went to bed I got the powder, bullets, and scale out and started working up a load. I used Remington once fired brass, Winchester large rifle primers, 56 grains of Hodgdon H4350, and topped it off with a 155 grain Nosler Custom Competition HPBT bullet. I seated the bullet to the max length of 3.340 per the Lee manual but it wouldn't fully chamber in my Ruger M77 MkII so I seated them down to an even 3.300 and the chambered well. I can't wait to go to the range and see how they do!! __________________ What we do in life echoes in eternity! **** Liberals, they make about as much sense as a screen door on a submarine. If you want to be a looser the best way to get there is to hang around with other loosers.

05-04-2009, 02:52 AM	#5
TranterUK Advanced Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Cambridge UK Posts: 5,103	Re: Well I got started.... There is no getting away from it, reloading can be very enjoyable and satisfying. __________________ DVC - Diligentia, Vis, Celeritas - Accuracy, Power, Speed. The light at the end of the recession tunnel IS a train coming the other way!