The enjoyment of reloading!

[BRYAN3]

Good thing we are all different!

We are not that different Mate, I reload for 1894 cowboy .357 among others.

[Agt. Smith]

I rediscovered .44 Remington Mag during this COVID debacle.

The ammo prices were so crazy that I bought the dies and started reloading. (prior to that it was mostly 9mm)

I've had a chance to do lots of experimentation with several different powders and bullets - it's been great. Settled on a decent 240gn LSWC using Alliant Sport Pistol. Now I even have a couple of thousand rounds for steel plates, gongs, and pins at the range.

"Pulling the handle" was very therapeutic (and lots of enjoyment) during the lock downs.

[webtree]

i do enjoy reloading but love turning it back to brass

[dave milne]

What presses do you use?
I have a Lee 4 die turret press. My favourite for everything. Very quick calibre changes.
A Dillon RL 650 set up for .38 my most used round
And 2 x Dillon Precision Square deals set up for 9mm and .45

[Peter Dunkley]

I dont load for rifles but shotguns. I shoot a lot of black powder cartridges and the only way to afford this is to reload your own. No where as exacting as loading bullets but still rewarding to see a box finished with neat roll crimps. Just finished a slab, it's amazing how fast we can get through them on the clays. But great fun.

[webtree]

I have a lee 3 die holder and have each caliber on a separate holder so easy to change caliber

[drogo]

What presses do you use?
I have a Lee 4 die turret press. My favourite for everything. Very quick calibre changes.
A Dillon RL 650 set up for .38 my most used round
And 2 x Dillon Precision Square deals set up for 9mm and .45

I have a Lee triple turret, would love to change it to a 4 turret.

[Rickstar007]

Never get bored off reloading, but trimming is a pain!!

[davederrick]

My favourite round to reload is 577/450 Martini Henry. I cast my own bullets, make lube, do paper patching. The whole process is very time consuming, but I hardly notice the time at all, its just very rewarding.

[DesG]

I like making gadgets for reloading. I'm busy now making a wad cutter for .410 shotgun which will fit into a single stage press. The wad punch I use at the moment works perfectly well when twatted with a hammer but I WANT to make this gadget!

[Born Again]

I hated reloading hundreds of waxy 38sp for PP1, probably because they got used up so fast, but nowadays loading .308 is a pleasure - I give each one a little wipe and place it lovingly in the box

[Lakey]

I hated reloading hundreds of waxy 38sp for PP1, probably because they got used up so fast, but nowadays loading .308 is a pleasure - I give each one a little wipe and place it lovingly in the box

Yep, me too !

.243, and .30-06 in my case.

[lightning22]

I enjoy reloading, including the case prep, so I’m clearly a bit odd.

The bulk of mine is for my .303 which I use with reduced loads and cast bullets which adds a different aspect to things. Once I’m up and running I can put out a box of 50 .303 rounds for roughly the same price as the same number of .22lr. The equivalent number of full fat factory (privi) rounds would be around £50 so the savings ramp up quite quickly.

The bulk of my loading is on an old RCBS JR3 press, but I do have a lovely Buchanan hand press when I want to fondle something and a Lee hand press that I use for decapping.