this is why I started reloading to begin with...

[deemus]

Loaded some 45 Colt rounds this weekend. I went by Academy to buy some rounds, and they were $40 per 50 rds (.80 per round).

I was able to load 200 rds for only .23 per round.

5.6g of Nitro 100 with a 250 lead flat nose. Those things shoot like a dream. Yahootie!

 

[Vaquero]

Dang right!

 

[TexMex247]

Same reason I got into it over 4 years ago. Had a couple of Colt 45s, a lever gun and a pistol and couldn't afford to feed them factory bullets. I knew a guy who casted bullets and sold me sold me 250gr RNFP lead bullets for $60/500. Sized, lubed and ready to go. I have never looked back and now reload for 10 different calibers. For the 45 LC I am still most fond of 8.0-8.1 gr unique or 11 gr of blue dot under a 250 gr lead pill. I love those voluminous powders for the LC but have also had great results with many others. Trail boss is really nice but expensive considering the 12oz jugs.

 

[Dawico]

I had a 45 Colt and the issue I had was every factory round I could find was anemic Cowboy Action rounds. I can't stand powder puff rounds anyways so that just didn't cut it as well as the cost.

These are the rounds that make reloading pay for itself very quickly.

 

[ROGER4314]

Right on! You make quality ammo at a reasonable cost. To heck with the market conditions or Obama and his lap dogs.

Flash

 

[Anger]

Let's talk brass. Do you ever use range brass? Was reading thru Lyman's 49th and they seem dead set against range brass.

 

[Charlie]

Any brass is OK if it's in re-loadable shape (to be determined by the re-loader). Where it comes from; range, hunting cabin, etc. really doesn't make any difference. So I'm assuming when we say "range" brass, it's the "most crappy" brass category. Range brass could be once fired earlier that day all the way to fired 50 times and been there for 50 yrs. Just got to use common sense.

 

[Paul5388]

Just got to use common sense.

Some brands of brass aren't worth the time and trouble to reload, but it doesn't take long to figure that out. It's in the same category as teaching pigs to fly!

 

[Charlie]

'Zactly!! It ain't rocket surgery!

 

[deemus]

Any brass is OK if it's in re-loadable shape (to be determined by the re-loader). Where it comes from; range, hunting cabin, etc. really doesn't make any difference. So I'm assuming when we say "range" brass, it's the "most crappy" brass category. Range brass could be once fired earlier that day all the way to fired 50 times and been there for 50 yrs. Just got to use common sense.

Well said. I use lots of range brass, but I use the Kenny Rogers method.

 

[ArmyZach]

Well said. I use lots of range brass, but I use the Kenny Rogers method.

Don't take your love to town?
Coward of the county?
You decorated my life?
Love will turn you around.
That's it, show the brass some love.

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[okie556]

Well said. I use lots of range brass, but I use the Kenny Rogers method.

Know When To Hold Them.....Know When To Fold Them?

 

[deemus]

Know When To Hold Them.....Know When To Fold Them?

Ding! Ding! Ding! We have a winner! lol

 

[deemus]

Don't take your love to town?
Coward of the county?
You decorated my life?
Love will turn you around.
That's it, show the brass some love.

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Not gonna lie. This totally cracked me up.

 

[Anger]

ya that statement about using only "perfect" brass in Lyman's took me a little off guard. On some level it makes sense, however, for me anywho, reality is much less than perfect in terms of keeping everything sorted, lot numbered, etc. I just can't do it. I'm not that OCD.

 

[OLDVET]

Straight wall brass is forgiving to reload, whereas bottle neck rifle cases require more inspection. When I shoot my 1911s, I pick up all the brass I can. I sort and cull it when I get home. I am way more picky about my rifle brass. I reload rifle brass maybe 6 to 7 times and then leave it. I assume someone new to reloading may come along later and pick mine up along with theirs. Not good. The range officers at the two ranges where I shoot know that I reload. They will usually sweep my brass into piles behind me as I shoot. When I am shooting reloads and I do not want to save the brass, I inform the range officers and they sweep that brass off of the range and into a pile out of the way. They then pick it up for recycling. Morale of the story: Be careful and be vigil.

 

[Anger]

Straight wall brass is forgiving to reload, whereas bottle neck rifle cases require more inspection. When I shoot my 1911s, I pick up all the brass I can. I sort and cull it when I get home. I am way more picky about my rifle brass. I reload rifle brass maybe 6 to 7 times and then leave it. I assume someone new to reloading may come along later and pick mine up along with theirs. Not good. The range officers at the two ranges where I shoot know that I reload. They will usually sweep my brass into piles behind me as I shoot. When I am shooting reloads and I do not want to save the brass, I inform the range officers and they sweep that brass off of the range and into a pile out of the way. They then pick it up for recycling. Morale of the story: Be careful and be vigil.

Yep i figured my 9mm/40/45/357 "straight" wall reloads would be somewhat less concerning, give or take exemptions due to the low pressure and the pistol they would be fired from (revolver vs semi auto). I do understand some pistols don't fully "support" the brass wall, making shooting reloads a bit of a risk.

The higher pressure rifle reloads would be more of a concern to me, however.

 

[Paul5388]

I still shoot some 46,000 CUP .357 loads from Speer #8. Starline won't stand up to those loads, but R-P and Winchester does fine.

 

[deemus]

ya that statement about using only "perfect" brass in Lyman's took me a little off guard. On some level it makes sense, however, for me anywho, reality is much less than perfect in terms of keeping everything sorted, lot numbered, etc. I just can't do it. I'm not that OCD.

I do sort my brass by caliber. And within caliber by process: untouched, resized, primed. It makes it much easier to store and work with. Though the primed rcases rarely stay only primed for very long.

I love those Costco snack containers with the screw on lids. I buy my wife choc covered raisins, etc and she saves the containers. They work great and fit in my shelves. I have cat litter containers for the untouched cases. They hold a couple thousand cases or more.

 

[Shorts]

Don't take your love to town?
Coward of the county?
You decorated my life?
Love will turn you around.
That's it, show the brass some love.

Islands In The Stream, with Dolly