ASM826
04-26-2013, 02:56 PM
My son recently bought a 8mm Mauser. Rifle's in good shape, we've shot it a couple of times with surplus ammo. Current availability for ammo is low, current cost is high. He knows I reload, I had tried to interest him a few times, with little success. In the last two weeks he just suddenly developed a serious interest in reloading for this Mauser.
He pulled about 80 bullets off old corrosive mil-surp ammo with my collet puller and we loaded them on boxer primed brass in sets of 10 in 1/2 gr. increments to shoot this weekend. Then he showed up last night and wanted to cast! We made about 100. The sizing die is on the way. All the while asking questions, reading this forum, starting the long slow process of learning about lead bullets, sizing, loads, pressure, safety, accuracy, and so on.
I started with my grandfather learning about shotgun shells on a MEC, now here I am passing it on. Just wanted to share with all of you who will understand and thank those of you that keep this forum running, it's a great place to find answers to things that otherwise would remain a mystery.
He pulled about 80 bullets off old corrosive mil-surp ammo with my collet puller and we loaded them on boxer primed brass in sets of 10 in 1/2 gr. increments to shoot this weekend. Then he showed up last night and wanted to cast! We made about 100. The sizing die is on the way. All the while asking questions, reading this forum, starting the long slow process of learning about lead bullets, sizing, loads, pressure, safety, accuracy, and so on.
I started with my grandfather learning about shotgun shells on a MEC, now here I am passing it on. Just wanted to share with all of you who will understand and thank those of you that keep this forum running, it's a great place to find answers to things that otherwise would remain a mystery.