270 Win
7mm Rem Mag in '85, somehow I managed to not blow up the Win 70 Westerner despite being a stupid 18 yr old with no guidance in reloading. First handgun was 9x19 in a Ruger P85 about '88.
Don't have either firearm any longer; still miss the Win 70, stupidest trade I ever made for a used Mini 14 that went down the road not long after, don't miss the P85 at all or even remember what it was traded for.
Took a reloading class sponsored by my club 25+ years ago. Loaded my very own 158gr 38spl's that we shot as proof that they actually worked without blowing ourselves up
I remember the old timer teaching us..."gentlemen, the word you need to always keep in mind when reloading is...pressure"
Dad taught me to reload 45 ACP in '58
wow, almost 60 years ago
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First reloaded 30/30 with a wack-a-mole Lee reloader . I think around 79 or 80 .
9mm learned at the same time as my dad from one of his employee's.
45 Auto very closely followed by 38 Special.
"Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after you." Joe Heller
22-250. In 1987 my uncle helped me build my reloading bench and helped me set up press and dies. I'll never forget our trip to the rifle range and shooting my first reloads and the great time we had.
30-30 and 16 ga back in 1963
300 Win Mag and 223 back in 81/82. no supervision or training, had to figure things out on my own. How I didn't hurt myself? God must have plans for me.
.270 win back in 2001 I was 12 and had just gotten my first .270 and I found my dads old lee loader stashed away in the bottom of his gun cabinet along with a can of IMR4350. Loaded with that for awhile and not long after he suprised me with a lee anniversary kit and Ive been at it ever since. Nearly wore that copy of Lee's book out.
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30/06 back in 1966
.270 Winchester and 9mm in 2013. Easy with a book and google and only a half clue.
"Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far."
~Theodore Roosevelt~
I started reloading the easiest - straight walled pistol cases. 38 SPL. That was about 40 years ago...
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"Keep Calm and Reload"
38/357mag back in 82.
30-40 Krag with a Lee Loader that came with the rifle. It was around 1963.
It was the early 70's, the cartridge was .357 Magnum, the gun was a S&W M-28 4" Highway Patrolman, Powder was Blue Dot, jacketed bullets, and the press was a Pacific. I guess everything went okay, no damage to the gun or shooter, that M-28 Smith was a fine revolver, locked up like Ft. Knox! I had been casting for muzzle-loaders before I began reloading metallic cartridge guns and my first reloads for metallic cartridge rifle was .45/70 in an 1879 Springfield, 5gr. of Unique under 50gr. of black topped off with a 500gr. Rapine 460500 boolit...what fun, and it was the most accurate .45/70 I ever had. I started loading 12ga. about 15 years ago on a used MEC600jr I picked up for $35.00, components included.
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 |