1982. 45 acp.
8MM Mauser with a Lee Loader if I remember correctly . About 1965 I think .
Grumpy Old Man With A Gun....... Do Not Touch !!
44 magnum...1972. Started with an RCBS Jr. Press and still use that press some today...
300 savage with a lee whack a mole. lol
It is amusing to see how many other folks started with the lee loaders.
30-06 in 1964. My first center fire rifle, an 03-A3 purchased at Sears in Odessa, Texas. Paid $24.95 for the rifle.
Roy
I enjoy the posts telling the stories about how folks started off 30-50 years ago with whatever was handy.
I'm at the other end of the age spectrum, starting to shoot later in life. I bought a 316-160 LFN mould from LBT to start my reloading story for .303 British cartridges using a Lee breech lock single stage press.
I've slowly expanded to include .308 Winchester; next up will be .38 Special
.38 Spl was my first, although that has branched out into several others as well.
.22 Hornet on a Rockchucker in 1975, yeah , over kill for the tiny case, but I knew it would expand to about 12 different calibers, still got it and still my main press.
loading 22 Hornet, 218 Bee, 223 Rem, 22-250, 220 Swift, 6MM Rem, 6.5X55, 7X57, 7-30 Waters, 30-06 , 32-20 Win, 303 British, 38/357 , 12 and 20 gauge
.223 Rem using Lee Loader. Wanted to be sure I liked it before I spent more $$$. I really learned alot and enjoyed the experience. I was amazed at the great rounds I could load with the Lee Loader.
.308 Win on a LEE Challenger press back in the mid '90's.
45ACP still have the first bullet I made the wife grabbed it for a keep sake .
.257 Roberts sometime around 1990 on a jr 2 press, I've since gotten the press from him, still trying to talk him out of that gun though.
Remington 22-250 ( 1969 ) Still loading for this round..
.44 Magnum
I shot 1,000 factory loads the first summer I owned the Redhawk! I had to buy an RCBS Rock Chucker Master kit to reload the brass that winter!😉
Plainsman
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The first? Was the 9x21, an italian cousin of the 9 parabellum or Luger. In Italy the 9 Luger was (and is also now...) forbidden...
Was the 1990...
.38 special. Start with the basics and make cheap mistakes first
A 1894 SRC 25-35 .....WoW that was a big gun and I was such a Little guy !!! 1958 !!!! I still have the carbine after all these years !!!
Ol Deuce
Do the Best with What you have !
44mag. Saw a 8-3/8" 29 at the local Gander Mountain and had to have it. Never looked at the price of ammo until I picked it up. I bought one box of federal 240gr jhp which was the cheapest ammo they had to take it out and shoot it. Next trip I got a Lee press kit, Speer manual, powder, primers and a couple big boxes of the 240gr LSWCHP hornadys and haven't ever bought another box of 44mag ammo. Not long after that I got a set of 45ACP dies, then 223, then....... Started casting a couple years later. Outside of shotgun (and I've loaded them before) and rimfire it is rare that I buy ammo.
44 Mag in the fall of 86 with an RCBS reloaders kit ordered through Cabelas while stationed in Germany.
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 |