age of boolet caster's

[Steelbanger]

67 and hoping to last long enough to use all the metal I have on hand. Been casting since the early 70's and shooting since man discovered fire.

[be603]

47, reloading off and on since '76. Just gearing up to start casting now.

[dale2242]

66 yr old, Reloading since 1960. Casting since 1965. Got an air rifle at age 6, got a 22Rf at age 8, killed my first deer at age 12.

[Gandolf]

Hi All,

I'm 57. Two daughters, one of whom likes shooting.

Regards,

Gandolf

[Bigun]

40 and new to casting. Been shooting as long as I can remember, even carry a gun for a living. 19 year old daughter currently in college but when she's home we shoot as much as we can.

[Jon K]

Time to chime in n this one, 62 here, and looks like ktw is right in his statement.

Jon

[colbyjack]

28 years old here -chris

[PatMarlin]

48.

Shooting 41 of them..

[ktw]

Updated through post #148

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76-80...X

-ktw

[Sundogg1911]

i'm 43, but started casting in my late 20's (playing around more than anything) started getting serious about it mid 30's.
My Daughter's been casting Her own, and helpin' out Dad since She was about 14 or 15. (She's 19 now) I don't think she's had one projectile in Her PPK that she did'nt cast herself. (load's 'em up on the Dillon 550 Herself too)

[Forty Rod Ray]

66 years...

Began casting before I began handloading if you allow lead soldiers by the legion and Ind... the first American immigrants...by the hoard... Funny thing, I never connected the two until I picked up a contract musket and tried shooting it.

[willwork4ww]

25, been casting for two years, handloading for 17.

[Trader Vic]

Today I turned 58, I've been reloading off & on since I was 16. I'm going to start to cast as soon as my backordered Lee molds come in. I'm starting to mass lead so the fun can begin. NRA PATRON LIFE MEMBER

[PatMarlin]

Happy B-Day Vic...

[tommyn]

68 here.

[280 Rem]

'bout 54 here. Been casting for 30 years.

280

[TexasJeff]

47 in a couple of months. Been shooting since age five, handloading since the mid-80's, and have just started the casting addiction, er, uh, I mean journey.

No kids, but I'm a big fan of "take a kid shooting" events, and I've been teaching younger shooters how to reload for years.

We shooters and handloaders are in the same boat as my aviation brethren--not too many younger folks getting into shooting or flying. And why the hell should they? They can sit on their dead-asses in front of a TV screen or computer screen and "simulate" shooting or flying, courtesy of Bill Gates.

My fear is that the oncoming generations will have no perception of what the REAL world is like or about--the major perception they're getting of it is through computer games.

Jeff

[bullet maker]

I`m 62, retired, have 4 grand kids, all to young at this point except for the oldest and he and I shoot all the time, He`s 13, and I started him out on a BB gun at age 6. pellet gun rifle at age 8, and now he shoots 22 and 410 at age 13.
I agree with 8mmshooter`s statements in his post, and would also like to add, that it is a fact that the hunting people seem to be less every year also. For instance, I own 200 acres, and alot of my property, is fence line with the Public Hunting. We harvest alot of deer every year, but also every year, we hear less and less shots coming from public hunting land. Last year deer season 2007 for instance, there was only a total of 5 rifle shot coming from public hunting land, whereas, back 22 years ago, when I first moved out here, it was like the Viet-nam Tet offensive, gunshot everywhere. So as the years go by, I hear less and less shooting from the public side of the area.
From my field study of the situation, I`m more convinced that the older guys, are the only ones hunting, and we (the older guys) are having health problems, because we are getting older, so therefore, there are less hunters taking to the field every year.

bullet maker

[Bluehawk]

IM 58 Started casting about 1972 withthe first Muzzle loader I bought round balls then
I have two sons 35 and 33 both enjoy shooting and hunting but realy dont have much time with their careers and families . WHEN they make it out to shoot they leav e alot of brass around and big smile on their faces . I also have a 14 year old grand son who will shoot anything ONCE he loves to shoot and loves to hunt He MAY become a caster since he thinks its some what cool .
I currently cast for 38.357; 44;and 45 handguns
30 cal (three different moulds ) 380 cal ( two moulds) 40 cal
( one mould ) and 6 moulds for 458 cal rifle bullets
No to mention the varous round ball and several minnie ball moulds for BP
I have enough to do to kepe me busy JUST NOT ENOUGH LEAD

[Hunter]

Just turned 34, I got into casting a couple of years ago. I began reloading better than 10 years ago.
I have enjoyed shooting as long as I can remember.