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Originally Posted by Gogar
I'm green to reloading, so . . . . .
How much does 100 rounds of good .223 cost?
Are the reloads you make better than what you can buy?
How much does 5 hours of your life cost?
I'm really just asking because I have no idea, but it's interesting to me.
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gogar go to dillonreloading.com and start reading.
1st what rounds do you have and what rounds do you aspire to have in future. its really stoopid to buy a reloader that does just one type of bullet, unless you have only (1) wunder round that you own. most of us run a myriad of rounds and dillon will explain which reloader will do the rounds you own or will own. yes you need a shotshell reloader to do shotgun rounds. and then a centerfire reloader to do pistol/rifle rounds.
2) reloading is exactly like a menu. you have crap cheap azz rounds for plinking and dinking, you have middle range powders and bullets, match powders and bullets, and finally full blown spendy hunting rounds.
3) each spoon shoots a fave round very well. the secret here is to mimic reloading the round yer spoon likes. does it group better with federal/winchester/remington/hornaday. then buy a RELOADING BOOK and start looking at the menu and decide what werks for YOU!
4) a dillon 550 is in my horizon. why? well heres the rounds i have and the rounds it will do:
9mm
38
.380
.357mag already have dies
.44 mag already have dies
.45
.30/.30
.30 carbine
.308 already have dies
.338 win mag already have dies.
.45/70
i would not waste my time with reloading .380/9mm/or .45 as these can be had in bulk fairly cheap. .30/.30 is another in bulk is fairly cheap as well as .30 carbine.
start with the dies you shoot the most and then move on as time and ability progress. remember when properly setup and the menu right in front of you, and all the powder/primers/shells bullets..................you can crank out a POO LOAD in a couple of hours.
it aint a big deal. we was doing .357 mag rounds when we waz freshman in high school. actually a no brainer. and back then we never double loaded a round nor short changed a round(squib). not bad for stoopid kids.
warning drinking and smoking while reloading sooner or later WILL get you a double charged round(KA FEEKING BLAMMO-BAD JU JU!) or a NO CHARGE ROUND (a SQUIB which =KA FEEKING BLAMMO) if ya dont know what the hell a PFFFFT is when it should GO BANG! trust me if it goes PFFFT and you light off another round...............IT WILL GO KA FEEKING BLAMMO and quite possibly kill you or others. so it aint a hobby that you take lightly. and the obvious gunpowder storage gig(cool dry place.)