In 1967 I bought my first 6.5x06 cat (Heart bbl, commercial Mauser action) and made my first brass that very night. I have owned at least one 6.5x06 from then until now. Geez, that is 50 years, time flies when having fun.
Ed
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In 1967 I bought my first 6.5x06 cat (Heart bbl, commercial Mauser action) and made my first brass that very night. I have owned at least one 6.5x06 from then until now. Geez, that is 50 years, time flies when having fun.
Ed
Decades ago, "kid" GONRA made 6.5x50.5 mm Japanese brass from .35 Remington brass
with my boyhood Craftsman Lathe Model nr. 109.21270
and Lyman/Ideal 6.5x50.5 mm Japanese HAND die.
A real adventure in case forming!
Soon after, Norma began making the brass - HUGE deal for me!
Not counting shortened shotgun rounds, a .32-20 from a .357 case.
43 Egyptian from 11mm Beaumont lots and lots of trimming
7.5 Swiss from 284 Winchester.
Funny how back in the late 60's you couldn't find boxer primed 7.5 Swiss ammo , all the stuff was Berdan primed but the 284 Winchester was easy to find , boxer primed and a trip thru the sizer got you a reloadable case. Now 7.5 Swiss is common and the 284 Winchester the hard find !
30 herrett back in the day and about the same time 257 roberts out of 757
44 Special from 44 Magnum.
8mm nambu from 30 Remington.
7mm TCU from .223 rem. For a TC contender. Was just learning how to reload so was nervous as heck. reading everything I could. Still have two boxes of that ammo loaded on the shelf. Got rid of the barrel 20 years ago.
I made .358 win from .308. Then 2 9/16 16 ga from 2 3/4 16 gauge
Half a sackful of 30-06
made upto 7x57, 9.3x62
opened up .375 RUM to use with CB for .404J
.303Br to. 410
.300 WSSM to an Aussie wildcat .458 JCE
357 max to 30 max
Denny
219 Ackley Improved Zipper from 30 30 brass. Single shot 98 action with a douglas bull barrel, bought it from an estate sale.
.38 special to .30 Badger . Easy to do for a beginner .
Jack
.30-06 to 8x57.
Standard stuff; 223 ►300 BO; and 308 ►45 shotshell.
50AE>440 Cor-Bon
.30-'06 into 7.65x53mm, for an Argentine Model 1891 Carbine
30-06 from 270 Win had just gotten th gunafter finding 36 .270 brass at the range