New here, but not new..

mkolt451 · Mar 10, 2026

Wanted to say hello. I was referred to this site by Reddit. I'm mid 40s divorced male, mechanic for most my life. Extremely avid reloader. I should probably mention that my late Uncle who taught me reloading, he worked for Hercules/Alliant as a ballistician for many years. He definitely taught me things that were strict and by the book, but once I had my wings, he taught me some aspects of reloading that would choke some of the people I see post online.

I'm personally not the best shot, but I can hold my own. I more prefer concentrating on the reloading experimentation. Yes, one of the things I was told time and time again was "where does innovation come from if everyone stays within the lines?"

I have inherited a lot of his stuff with his passing this past year, and I will be open to sell and trade all kinds of stuff if you are potentially game, and like to talk shop/shoot the breeze.. I have no problem sharing some of the stuff from his top secret notebook(which apparently multiple people called my Aunt asking about it after the funeral, but it was meant for me.. interesting, wonder why) Some of the recipes are wild, and they're complete with pressure numbers, velocity/temp, etc. 20 gauge slugs loaded with Power Pistol. Sounds kinda off? Yeah. And they're absolutely amazing lol. No clue why it's not public data but not my place to figure that out.

Anyway.. the calibers I mostly concentrate on are: .45ACP/Super, .400 Corbon/40Super, .45 Colt and .454 Casull. And of course 9mm.
For long guns: .300Blk, 6.5 Grendel, .308, .444 Marlin, 6.5-06, and I'm huge on .410 and 20ga

I've taken enough of your time. Cheers. Thanks for reading. Hope I meet some new buddies in here. Thanks. -Mike

L0C0 · Mar 11, 2026

Welcome on board...

Xaevian · Mar 11, 2026

Welcome!

Mikej · Mar 11, 2026

mkolt451 said:
Wanted to say hello. I was referred to this site by Reddit. I'm mid 40s divorced male, mechanic for most my life. Extremely avid reloader. I should probably mention that my late Uncle who taught me reloading, he worked for Hercules/Alliant as a ballistician for many years. He definitely taught me things that were strict and by the book, but once I had my wings, he taught me some aspects of reloading that would choke some of the people I see post online.

I'm personally not the best shot, but I can hold my own. I more prefer concentrating on the reloading experimentation. Yes, one of the things I was told time and time again was "where does innovation come from if everyone stays within the lines?"

I have inherited a lot of his stuff with his passing this past year, and I will be open to sell and trade all kinds of stuff if you are potentially game, and like to talk shop/shoot the breeze.. I have no problem sharing some of the stuff from his top secret notebook(which apparently multiple people called my Aunt asking about it after the funeral, but it was meant for me.. interesting, wonder why) Some of the recipes are wild, and they're complete with pressure numbers, velocity/temp, etc. 20 gauge slugs loaded with Power Pistol. Sounds kinda off? Yeah. And they're absolutely amazing lol. No clue why it's not public data but not my place to figure that out.

Anyway.. the calibers I mostly concentrate on are: .45ACP/Super, .400 Corbon/40Super, .45 Colt and .454 Casull. And of course 9mm.
For long guns: .300Blk, 6.5 Grendel, .308, .444 Marlin, 6.5-06, and I'm huge on .410 and 20ga

I've taken enough of your time. Cheers. Thanks for reading. Hope I meet some new buddies in here. Thanks. -Mike

Very NICE Resume! Can't have too many gun/reloading Nerds around! Welcome.