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Thread: What's The First Caliber You Ever Reloaded?

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    Boolit Master

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    9mm in 1989 with a Lee hand press. I was so stupid I used the Lla included in the kit on jackets bullets.

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    12 ga. Federal paper hulls with fiber wads and #9 shot on a MEC super 600, 1969.

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    I have been a lot more successful with the .22WMR. I have pulled the factory bullets and replaced them with 40grn and 45 grn Hornet bullets.
    I can tell you that the 45 grain bullet swells the case about .003 bigger than the 40 grn bullet with the same powder charge.

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    Atta Boy! A reloader after my own heart! Here are some of my cases:
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    .243 in about 2009, When I bought my first ammo for it (2 boxes) I thought the prices were too high so bought all the stuff to reload at home. The first test I had a string on the trigger and pulled it from about 10 feet back. Shot my first deer that year with that gun it felt so cool that I made my own ammo to take the deer. Still feel pretty proud whenever I hunt knowing I made the ammo.

    Rod

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    30/06 with a Lee Loader in 1977

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    Don't even remember. Dad had me pulling on a press handle by the time I was 3 years old.

    First boolits I cast were 454190.
    A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the People to keep and bear arms *shall not be infringed*.

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    "While the people have property, arms in their hands, and only a spark of noble spirit, the most corrupt Congress must be mad to form any project of tyranny."
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    1963, 38Spl, Lee Whack-A-Mole
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    .44mag 1982, quickly followed by .30-06 and .45 acp. Then the sickness took hold.

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    45 ACP on a Lee Classic Cast still have the press .

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    C&B revolvers, flintlock and percussion rifles (does that count?). The first centerfire brass I loaded was 50-70 Gov't.
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    38-55 Winchester with Lyman's 375249 and 3031 powder. Boolits cast from lead melted over a fireplace, unsized, and loaded with a Lyman 310 tool. True story. Year was 1957 or '58.
    Take a kid along

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    45 Colt!
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    I honestly didn't expect to see this much variety, especially some of the more obscure calibers, but it sure is neat!

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    .44 Magnum. I bought the press and supplies the same day I purchased the revolver. Really glad I did too!

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    I started with a 22-250 in a Remington 788 in the late 70's. Still in high school. Used a Lee wack o' mole.

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    45 LC. They got too expensive.

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    300 rum 2005 their about couldn't see 50$ for a box of 20 been saving money ever since I took the candy

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    .38 Spl in 1981 or 2

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    I started in 1972 with the 6mm Rem. for a Remington 788. Press was a RCBS Jr. Still have both of them.
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    30-30 with a lee reloader back in 1964

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Abbreviations used in Reloading

BP Bronze Point IMR Improved Military Rifle PTD Pointed
BR Bench Rest M Magnum RN Round Nose
BT Boat Tail PL Power-Lokt SP Soft Point
C Compressed Charge PR Primer SPCL Soft Point "Core-Lokt"
HP Hollow Point PSPCL Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" C.O.L. Cartridge Overall Length
PSP Pointed Soft Point Spz Spitzer Point SBT Spitzer Boat Tail
LRN Lead Round Nose LWC Lead Wad Cutter LSWC Lead Semi Wad Cutter
GC Gas Check