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Getting back into reloading!
Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2020 6:39 pm
by plumber_bob
Used to have a nice modest setup over 20 years ago for reloading.
Lost some stuff in moves since then and got rid of the rest.
Started buying some simple hand presses a few years ago and am set up to reload .223/5.56 like that. Got bullets, powder and primers , plus plenty of brass.
But it sucks for anything you do over a few rounds at a time.
So now I just got a single stage press and some more shell holders plus a powder dispenser.
I'm getting shit together to load 30-06, 308 and 300 AAC.
Need to build a solid bench with shelving next. Already got the wood for that.
Some stuff ain't hard to get at a decent price right now,... but try and buy some friggin' primers right now!!!
Does anybody now of a site that will let you get inline, (back order), for shit that's out of stock and still sell it at a decent price?
pb
Re: Getting back into reloading!
Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2020 8:10 pm
by Dustin
plumber_bob wrote:Used to have a nice modest setup over 20 years ago for reloading.
Lost some stuff in moves since then and got rid of the rest.
Started buying some simple hand presses a few years ago and am set up to reload .223/5.56 like that. Got bullets, powder and primers , plus plenty of brass.
But it sucks for anything you do over a few rounds at a time.
So now I just got a single stage press and some more shell holders plus a powder dispenser.
I'm getting shit together to load 30-06, 308 and 300 AAC.
Need to build a solid bench with shelving next. Already got the wood for that.
Some stuff ain't hard to get at a decent price right now,... but try and buy some friggin' primers right now!!!
Does anybody now of a site that will let you get inline, (back order), for shit that's out of stock and still sell it at a decent price?
pb
I don’t know what they have now. But knob creek had all reload stuff half off.
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Re: Getting back into reloading!
Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2020 8:30 pm
by plumber_bob
Dustin wrote: ↑Wed Sep 02, 2020 8:10 pm
plumber_bob wrote:Used to have a nice modest setup over 20 years ago for reloading.
Lost some stuff in moves since then and got rid of the rest.
Started buying some simple hand presses a few years ago and am set up to reload .223/5.56 like that. Got bullets, powder and primers , plus plenty of brass.
But it sucks for anything you do over a few rounds at a time.
So now I just got a single stage press and some more shell holders plus a powder dispenser.
I'm getting shit together to load 30-06, 308 and 300 AAC.
Need to build a solid bench with shelving next. Already got the wood for that.
Some stuff ain't hard to get at a decent price right now,... but try and buy some friggin' primers right now!!!
Does anybody now of a site that will let you get inline, (back order), for shit that's out of stock and still sell it at a decent price?
pb
I don’t know what they have now. But knob creek had all reload stuff half off.
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I like ordering online.
Just don't get in a hurry.
pb
Re: Getting back into reloading!
Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2020 8:31 pm
by Dustin
The midway was the only place I had luck with.
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Re: Getting back into reloading!
Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2020 8:37 pm
by plumber_bob
Dustin wrote: ↑Wed Sep 02, 2020 8:31 pm
The midway was the only place I had luck with.
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Midwayusa has been good to me for sure!!!!
Been a member for years now.
Still no primers the last I checked.
pb