I've never reloaded, total noob... have no idea what to get, but I have a hunting rifle Ive been thinking of reloading for a while now to develop a load for a specific bullet I want to hunt with and hopefully improve the rifles precision at longer distances over factory ammo. This is a pet project bucket list idea per-se, based on sentimental value to honor my father and life long hunting partner, who recently passed away last year who I inherited the rifle from. He originally purchased this rifle to hunt Pronghorn with, between the two of us... we've taken 3 with this rifle. I was never that into Pronghorn but Ive decided since I'm just barely still "young" enough to collect preference points, I'm going to honor him with at least one more pronghorn hunt with this rifle and I want to maximize my odds. My personal experience with Pronghorn has never been less than 250yds... (roughly, pre laser range finder days) and I'm not getting the precision I want from factory ammo.
The problem today is... the ammo crunch is getting worse and now affecting reloading supplies... and I'm not seeing it getting better for a long time.
I wasn't ready yet to buy financially so I'm hoping to get a jump start on learning the brands for equipment and supplies to start looking for -if- something comes in stock id probably snatch it up on the spot... if all that makes sense. The only good news here is I do have time as I still have some preference points to collect. I figure let the conversation here run, and I will bookmark this thread for reference over time till I have everything I need.
My only interest in reloading is this one hunting round. I don't need a high volume production press I need a quality precision press I want to load an accurate precise load as possible. The only thing I do know is the exact bullet I want which Ive already bookmarked, a Nosler Partition 25-06 120g. Of course, that bullet is out of stock but I will pounce on it when I see it. Everything else is unknown to me.
Press, dies, scales, brass, powder, primers, chrono (Im guessing Id like to push this around 3100fps... guessing right now), anything else, tips/advice... Im all ears. I thank you in advance for your expertise and advice.
The problem today is... the ammo crunch is getting worse and now affecting reloading supplies... and I'm not seeing it getting better for a long time.
I wasn't ready yet to buy financially so I'm hoping to get a jump start on learning the brands for equipment and supplies to start looking for -if- something comes in stock id probably snatch it up on the spot... if all that makes sense. The only good news here is I do have time as I still have some preference points to collect. I figure let the conversation here run, and I will bookmark this thread for reference over time till I have everything I need.
My only interest in reloading is this one hunting round. I don't need a high volume production press I need a quality precision press I want to load an accurate precise load as possible. The only thing I do know is the exact bullet I want which Ive already bookmarked, a Nosler Partition 25-06 120g. Of course, that bullet is out of stock but I will pounce on it when I see it. Everything else is unknown to me.
Press, dies, scales, brass, powder, primers, chrono (Im guessing Id like to push this around 3100fps... guessing right now), anything else, tips/advice... Im all ears. I thank you in advance for your expertise and advice.
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