Who are the handloaders? (metalic cartridge)

Who are the handloaders? (metalic cartridge)

Postby Tomkat » Wed Mar 27, 2013 1:51 pm

Who makes their own? What press do you have?
User avatar
Tomkat
 
Posts: 6869
Joined: Mon Jun 25, 2012 1:46 pm

Re: Who are the handloaders? (metalic cartridge)

Postby JGUN » Wed Mar 27, 2013 2:13 pm

My dad has loaded for years but myself I've just started doing more in the last couple years. We just use a rcbs rock chucker. I load for my .45 acp, 7-30 waters, 7-08 and .300 weatherby. Factory ammo has gotten ridiculously expensive lately. $80-100 bucks for the .300wby :shock:
User avatar
JGUN
 
Posts: 2093
Joined: Fri Jun 08, 2012 6:39 am
Location: Traverse City, Michigan

Re: Who are the handloaders? (metalic cartridge)

Postby Tomkat » Wed Mar 27, 2013 3:15 pm

I also use a Rockchucker. Been doing if for about 10 years.
User avatar
Tomkat
 
Posts: 6869
Joined: Mon Jun 25, 2012 1:46 pm

Re: Who are the handloaders? (metalic cartridge)

Postby Tomkat » Thu Mar 28, 2013 6:48 am

So its just me and Jgun....
User avatar
Tomkat
 
Posts: 6869
Joined: Mon Jun 25, 2012 1:46 pm

Re: Who are the handloaders? (metalic cartridge)

Postby DeadEye_Dan » Thu Mar 28, 2013 8:40 am

I load for my bolt guns and single shots...and don't shoot them much anymore.


I load 100 shotgun shells for every metallic case.
Cover your ears, Darlin'
User avatar
DeadEye_Dan
WFF Supporter
 
Posts: 7164
Joined: Thu Jun 07, 2012 4:59 am
Location: The Zoo

Re: Who are the handloaders? (metalic cartridge)

Postby Tomkat » Thu Mar 28, 2013 10:21 am

Dan do you have a place you can shoot rifles?
User avatar
Tomkat
 
Posts: 6869
Joined: Mon Jun 25, 2012 1:46 pm

Re: Who are the handloaders? (metalic cartridge)

Postby DeadEye_Dan » Thu Mar 28, 2013 11:18 am

Only out to 500
Cover your ears, Darlin'
User avatar
DeadEye_Dan
WFF Supporter
 
Posts: 7164
Joined: Thu Jun 07, 2012 4:59 am
Location: The Zoo

Re: Who are the handloaders? (metalic cartridge)

Postby Tomkat » Thu Mar 28, 2013 5:16 pm

What do you shoot out to 500?
User avatar
Tomkat
 
Posts: 6869
Joined: Mon Jun 25, 2012 1:46 pm

Re: Who are the handloaders? (metalic cartridge)

Postby DeadEye_Dan » Thu Mar 28, 2013 8:05 pm

.223, .308, 7mm, .300Wby, & .338UM
Cover your ears, Darlin'
User avatar
DeadEye_Dan
WFF Supporter
 
Posts: 7164
Joined: Thu Jun 07, 2012 4:59 am
Location: The Zoo

Re: Who are the handloaders? (metalic cartridge)

Postby jehler » Thu Mar 28, 2013 8:14 pm

Jgun is going to have a range out to 800, will be done in 2007....hurry up j!
FREE THE QUOTE STREAM!
User avatar
jehler
 
Posts: 11453
Joined: Wed Jun 06, 2012 6:18 pm

Re: Who are the handloaders? (metalic cartridge)

Postby DeadEye_Dan » Thu Mar 28, 2013 8:27 pm

There's a range in N IN that runs out to 1k, want to go down there some day.
Cover your ears, Darlin'
User avatar
DeadEye_Dan
WFF Supporter
 
Posts: 7164
Joined: Thu Jun 07, 2012 4:59 am
Location: The Zoo

Re: Who are the handloaders? (metalic cartridge)

Postby Tomkat » Thu Mar 28, 2013 11:27 pm

440 is the longest formal range I ever shot at but longer in the field m


Sent with a bad ass phone from an undisclosed location in central Kansas.
User avatar
Tomkat
 
Posts: 6869
Joined: Mon Jun 25, 2012 1:46 pm

Re: Who are the handloaders? (metalic cartridge)

Postby tucker » Sat Jun 08, 2013 11:08 am

I use the old Lyman press that I bought in the late 70's.
So I guess I've been handloading for three decades now.
User avatar
tucker
 
Posts: 671
Joined: Tue Oct 09, 2012 5:10 pm

Re: Who are the handloaders? (metalic cartridge)

Postby assateague » Sat Jun 08, 2013 11:42 am

You're practically an Amish hand loader.
User avatar
assateague
 
Posts: 23627
Joined: Wed Jun 06, 2012 4:52 pm
Location: Eastern Shore, People's Republic of Maryland

Re: Who are the handloaders? (metalic cartridge)

Postby HighDesertDuck » Sun Aug 18, 2013 9:47 pm

I have been reloading .45 ACP for about five years now. I reload on a Dillion 450.

I've reloaded a little rifle on my buddy's rock crusher. Seemed to work out pretty well and got my 30-06 out to a 1000 yards. Now I have to go get my own so I can reload for 30-06, .308 Win, and .32 Winchester Special.
New Mexico: It's not new and It's not Mexico
User avatar
HighDesertDuck
 
Posts: 124
Joined: Thu Jul 18, 2013 6:32 pm
Location: Albuquerque, NM

Re: Who are the handloaders? (metalic cartridge)

Postby RonE » Tue Sep 10, 2013 7:11 pm

I use one of those little Lee hand loaders to load for my 30-40 Krag. I use an electronic scale to keep the loads the same within reason. 220 gr round nose soft point at 2,000 fps is the design criteria. Works great and pretty accurate. I only shoot paper with it. Got it because I've always wanted a Krag.
"Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and promoted by mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a piece of shit by the clean end."
User avatar
RonE
 
Posts: 3379
Joined: Sat Aug 31, 2013 7:33 pm
Location: Rockport, Texas


Return to Rifle Forum

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 224 guests