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F*O*A*D

On 5/20/14, 9:14 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 20 May 2014 19:45:35 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

On 5/20/14, 7:36 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 20 May 2014 16:35:46 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

I've read a few articles and watched a couple of videos on reloading. It
looks too tedious to interest me and several reloaders I know up here
have told me that the supplies sometimes cannot be easily found, even
via mail order.

Reloading is really for people who want a money saving hobby. If you
get a progressive multistation reloader with the foot pedal actuator,
it really goes pretty fast. I just used a single station RCBS loader.
It was still about a quarter, every time I loaded a round so it was
rewarding for a guy who didn't have a lot of money.
I also enjoyed working up rounds after I got my chronograph and a
range in the basement.

I am saving my brass, though. More than one local reloader has expressed
interest in swapping brass for reloads on some yet to be determined
basis, although that makes me nervous because of the varying skills of
these guys.

I tend to agree. As long as you are shooting light target loads, a
little fluctuation in the powder charge is not a huge deal but when
you are loading up around the max, I really want to do it myself

I've tried three brands of speed loaders...HKS, Safariland, and Five
Star. I like the Safariland and Five Star...the HKS not so much.

I have a couple of speed loaders for my OM but I am not sure I ever
used them. If you think you will be in that kind of situation, take a
semi auto.

I paid about .40+ cents a round for the case of .357s I bought, and the
.38 Specials are about a dime less. If you are saying reloading is about
.25 cents a round, and I shot a real ton of ammo, in the long run, it
might be worth doing. If the supplies were readily available, but that's
not my understanding.

The difference is when you get to performance ammo that can be closer
to a buck a round.

I just shoot ordinary FMJs or JHPs. I'm not interested in deer, hog, or
bear hunting.

I just have the speedloaders for play and to show off my clumsiness as I
empty the brass into a tupperware box and try to get the speedloaders to
load the cylinder, all within a short period of time. This new revolver
is much too big to be a "carry" sidearm.

It takes longer to load a speed loader than it takes to load the gun.
If there is nobody shooting at you, why bother?

I told you...for "play."