Good luck.  You¹re gonna need it.





On 4/27/09 3:52 PM, "Jerry Jones" <cragmor@...> wrote:



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Reloading is your best bet.



John

I'll ditto, too.  All good advice.



I bought a RCBS rig when I was 15 (had a paper route and a disposable income :),

and started reloading several rifle loads in .222, .30-06, 8x57 & .30-.30 and

handgun ammo in .38/.357 (some for me, some for my hunting buds).  No one showed

me how to do it... I relied on what you could find to read back in the '70s. 

While still a teen, I "tuned" some loads in my .222 that were good for a head

shot on a squirrel out to 150 yards, a 70 grain bullet load in that same .222

that dropped numerous deer and hogs, and even developed a pretty accurate

popgun-sounding squib load for the 8x57 using a "0" buck shot (just for fun).  I

used to have a relatively cheap Lee 12 gauge reloader that worked pretty well,

too.



ALL THAT TO SAY, if a teenager (albeit -- with a healthly dose of common sense)

can figure it out, not blow himself up, and actually improve performance over

factory ammo -- a grownup with some life experience under his belt should be

able to do the same thing.



Paul

Tallahassee



--- In The1911Semi-AutomaticPistol@yahoogroups.com, RobertNelson651@... wrote:



> Ditto

> Robert

> P'Hill, CA

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> In a message dated 4/28/2009 3:12:27 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,

> jerry_smith@... writes:

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> If you start with a simple reloading kit, it is really easy. Lee has a

> nice starter package, or if you want to spend a little more to get a

> progressive press, the Dillon Square Deal B is just the right machine. You 

will need

> a reloading manual, I recommend the 49th edition of  the Lyman Reloading

> Handbook. For a set of scale I like the PACT digital  scale, but many other

> will work well.

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> For powder there are many, I use Winchester 231, but other people use

> Bullseye, Unique, Red Dot, and others. I like CCI primers, but there is a

> shortage of primers in many areas, so buy what you can find, the same is true

> about powder these days. A good piece of advice, most of what I havementioned

> you can get from Midwayusa.com, but powder and primers are classified as

> HazMat and there is a $20 charge for that special shipping.  So buy  powder

> and primers locally. I recommend Midway because they are a one stop  shopping

> place, I have no ties with them except being a customer for many  years. I

> have purchased from other place, such as MidSouth. Dillon stuff you  can buy

> directly from Dillon and they have a great warranty on their  equipment.

>

> I cast my owner bullets, if you want more information, try the

> Handloadersbench.I cast my owner bullets, if you want more info

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> Hope this helps,

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> Jerry

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