Poll: How long have you been reloading?

How long have you been reloading?

  • Less than a year

    Votes: 6 2.2%

  • 1-5 years

    Votes: 38 14.1%

  • 5+ years

    Votes: 24 8.9%

  • 10+ years

    Votes: 32 11.9%

  • 20+

    Votes: 30 11.2%

  • 30+

    Votes: 31 11.5%

  • 40+

    Votes: 62 23.0%

  • over 50

    Votes: 46 17.1%
  • Total voters
    269
  • Poll closed .
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I went with 20+ , but I actually started around 1976 , for a rem 788 ,223 . left home in '79 . and didn't start back up until I bought my first house in 2000 . Still have that old Texan "C" press and dies , though . And a room full of assorted other stuff . Looks like all in all I've saved about ..... $-10,000 .
 
I started loading with my buddy back in the late ‘70’s. .38 Specials and .357 Magnums on his Rockchucker press, and then added dies for my .243 Win. Got my own press (RCBS RC II, of course) and started down the rabbit hole. Over the years, I have loaded .223 Rem, 22-250, .243 Win, 6mm Rem, 6.5x55, .270 Win, .270 WSM, 7mm-08, .280 Rem, 7mm Rem Mag, .30-30 Win, .308 Win, 30-06, .300 Win Mag, and .338 Federal to go along with handgun cartridges 9mm, .40 S&W, 10mm, .45 ACP, .44 Mag and 7 TCU.
Along the way, added a Dillon 550 for the 9mm, .357 and .44 Mag. Also for the .223, but rarely use it for the bottle neck case. Probably should try to swap my .44 Mag stuff for the Dillon .45 ACP, since I no longer have a .44 Mag…
 
I started reloading in 1980 with a 380ACP Lee Loader

A press soon followed along with gear to load 45 ACP and 38 Special.

40+ years later I have the equipment to load something north of 30 different cartridges and 4 shotgun gauges.
 
The first new single stage press I received as a Christmas gift has a manufacturer's date stamped on it... '69. Before that, I was using the old Pacific "C" press I inherited when my father passed away when I was 14. So, I've been loading at LEAST since 1969 when I was 15. More likely 1967, but I'll settle for '69. :)
 
wcwhitey said:
1978. Was 12. Made .38 Special Wadcutters 2.7 Grains of Bullseye for my Dad to shoot every week in the Bullseye days. Still load on that same RCBS Rockchucker Press.
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I was 14.

I lost all my reloading gear in 2015 in a fire much of it was my grandpa's. Enjoy your time with that Rockchucker; y'all are well acquainted im sure :thumbup:
 
9 years here. I’ll give up reloading in about 60 years! 104 sounds like a good age to call it quite

Don’t forget the other reloaders, the Black Powder folks! Colt 1860 has a built in Press!!! LeMat has a .44 cal 9 station turret press and a 20 gauge press built in
 
Kudos's to ALL Reloaders whether you started yesterday or 70 years ago .It's a fascinating journey and ultimate firearm learning experience from the ground up so to speak :)

One fellow who posted he had not loaded all that many and was slow ; Partner it's NOT A RACE everyone loads at their own pace and haste makes mistakes and I for one despise pulling loads . So Take your time careful construction pays off in the long run .
 
Mark_Mark said:
wonder how many beginners SOLD the hobby after the plandemic components FAIL and ammo prices back down to Earth
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We’ll never know but I suspect most who bought reloading equipment and supplies as “insurance” against a long term shortage still haven’t unboxed their first press. A good many of those will weigh down closet shelves for decades before being sold online for dollars to the penny.
 
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