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I really need to get into reloading, especially since I'm getting into precision stuff
I have found reloading to be very relaxing. I enjoy my time in the shop doing my thing. Its really getting to the point I need to go shooting more often.
If I can load whilst drinking a beer around a campfire...then I'm in.I believe it! Those sort of precise but repetitive tasks are great for unwinding.
If I can load whilst drinking a beer around a campfire...then I'm in.
Yes, indeed. A 20-round box of .30-06 shells is around thirty-five to forty dollars, and the load is a ballpark load that is supposed to work in many a rifle. Handloaded ammo works best in your rifle because you developed and tailored the load for its best performance in your gun. Factory ammo uses proprietary powders; we consumers have no idea what is the mixture of this first powder and that second powder and maybe a third powder that gives Remington or Winchester the advertising numbers they want. The big guys ain't gonna tell us, either. Handloading allows us to experiment with a wide selection of powders, bullets, primers, seating depths and even case manufacturers. Case mouths crimped or uncrimped; flash-holes beveled inside the case, too. I reload .223Rem for about as much as I can buy the stuff, and I do it on a single-stage press. I just enjoy the process...If you started reloading, you would love it. Best thing I ever did.
Yes, indeed. A 20-round box of .30-06 shells is around thirty-five to forty dollars, and the load is a ballpark load that is supposed to work in many a rifle. Handloaded ammo works best in your rifle because you developed and tailored the load for its best performance in your gun. Factory ammo uses proprietary powders; we consumers have no idea what is the mixture of this first powder and that second powder and maybe a third powder that gives Remington or Winchester the advertising numbers they want. The big guys ain't gonna tell us, either. Handloading allows us to experiment with a wide selection of powders, bullets, primers, seating depths and even case manufacturers. Case mouths crimped or uncrimped; flash-holes beveled inside the case, too. I reload .223Rem for about as much as I can buy the stuff, and I do it on a single-stage press. I just enjoy the process...
Had kind of a snow day so I got to spend some time in the reloading room.
(100) 9mm with 124gr Berry's RN
(191) 223 with 55gr VMAXView attachment 2920
Nice!! Do you find the 55 grain V Max to be a good round for all your AR's or are they for one rifle?
They have been pretty good in all my 223's. Not necessarily tack drivers in any of my guns but very acceptable in all. I should also mention that all my 223's are either 1:8 or 1:9 twist barrels. I do load a couple of other bullets in 223 but the 55 grain VMAX is just seems to be the one bullet that is always available and fairly affordable. Yes, I could do FMJ for cheaper but I like always knowing I have a good varmint bullet ready to go. Realistically, if I am not shooting targets with 223, a varmint bullet will take care of anything else I am shooting at.