Did it! First .308 Reloading Session

[Crohnos01]

Have you seen the Prometheus? Cool but not 5G's cool
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Something wrong when you have a lease option for reloading equiptment. Pricing :: Prometheus Tool Corp

Been wanting to upgrade from my 502... I do like that 304 a lot.

Damm.... I have heard of being proud of your equipment, but having to float a second mortgage to buy a scale? Doesn't seem to make sense for the garage roll your own crowd

 

[Stomper]

I feel far more connected to my rifle when I shoot my own loads.

Annnnnnnd we're off to the member's quotes out of context thread in 3....2....1

 

[Mygrainman]

Annnnnnnd we're off to the member's quotes out of context thread in 3....2....1

On the public forums
Oh snap, now i'm talking about it...

 

[Certaindeaf]

Have you seen the Prometheus? Cool but not 5G's cool
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Something wrong when you have a lease option for reloading equiptment. Pricing :: Prometheus Tool Corp

Been wanting to upgrade from my 502... I do like that 304 a lot.

Man, I'd be all using my Lee scoop set and no scale at all before I'd use that.. I never weigh each charge anyway.

 

[ageingstudent]

"Annnnnnnd we're..."

As long as you include elipsis to indicate something was left out you can assassinate anyone's character at will. At least that's what I've seen in the paper.

Sorry for the drift Huck I couldn't resist. Congrats on the first handloads they look awesome.

 

[Certaindeaf]

. you can bubblegum..

Oh my.

 

[ageingstudent]

Oh my.

Indeed

 

[Oathkeeper1775]

Welcome to the hobby; now you're hooked!

On .308 (& 223) loading; I'd like to share a big lesson-learned. A Small Base sizing die is a good thing to have if a person uses O/F military brass.

 

[tac]

The rifle is thirty-one years old.

The eyes are seventy-one years old.

The .308Win ammunition is a home loaded 155gr Lapua Scenar over 44gr of 4064.

This is just one three-shot group at 100m - some are tad worse, but not by much.



...and here I am shooting them proudly wearing my Portland Bolt baseball hat...



tac

 

[Caveman Jim]

great way to eff up your dies and brass - not necessarily obvious to a new reloader

I wear latex gloves when actually doing the press work & a pair of coated gloves when doing rifle case prep (for a better grip on the cases). I absolutely love reloading!!!

 

[Tully Mars]

I wear latex gloves when actually doing the press work & a pair of coated gloves when doing rifle case prep (for a better grip on the cases). I absolutely love reloading!!!

Ya know, after all the years of reloading and the last 10 being married to a nurse I gotta come here to get the idea of using exam gloves during reloading..

Brilliant!

 

[Caveman Jim]

Ya know, after all the years of reloading and the last 10 being married to a nurse I gotta come here to get the idea of using exam gloves during reloading..

Brilliant!

I have sensitive skin on the back of my hands (many years of working in the phone business with cleaning solvents & icky-pick).
AND my wife has been in HC for many years...

 

[American123]

Started on an RCBS single stage, then I got a Dillon 550 and I don't plan on using the single stage ever again, barring extreme scenarios.

Reloading is a fun pass time, and if you aren't doing anything better with your time, it can save you some money at the range as well.

 

[American123]

Latex gloves help keep skin oils off the brass and reloading oils out of your skin.

 

[Tully Mars]

Started on an RCBS single stage, then I got a Dillon 550 and I don't plan on using the single stage ever again, barring extreme scenarios.

Reloading is a fun pass time, and if you aren't doing anything better with your time, it can save you some money at the range as well.

Started the same way then went blue in the 80's. I still use my single stages for hunting/match rifle rounds.

 

[DizzyJ]

Latex gloves help keep skin oils off the brass and reloading oils out of your skin.

This.

 

[ageingstudent]

I have sensitive skin on the back of my hands (many years of working in the phone business with cleaning solvents & icky-pick).
AND my wife has been in HC for many years...

A caveman with sensitive skin. Go figure.

 

[Certaindeaf]

Oh come on guys, you know you wear gloves so iffns ya gotta cap a foo there'll be no fingerprints on the brass.
lol
I only wear gloves if something will really mess me up good.. like lead acetate (what you get if you clean a leaded gun a certain way.. it can kill you). anyhoo

 

[Pops1911]

.308?!? I read .380! LOL. Good on you. Keep up the good work.

 

[ron]

Started on an RCBS single stage, then I got a Dillon 550 and I don't plan on using the single stage ever again, barring extreme scenarios.

Nice. Me too! Started with a RCBS 'Rockchucker' in 1979. Cranking on a Dillon 550 for 30 years. Now rarely use the single stage. I reload 12 different calibers, 6 rifle
and 6 pistol.