bdejong11129
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Since I am typing this on my phone you will have to excuse my spelling and lack of quoting posts. So here e go.
In setting my dies, I followed the instructions and then made adjustments for OAL and the amount of flare. Since I lpad the same bullet from the same company I don't have to change it. I keep it that way because the bullet I use performs very well in ask the guns I own. Setting the dies this way does not prevent me from experimenting with the powder load our to some extent the bullet weight.
I started out loading just for my range shooting but then I started to shoot IDPA. This led to my son wanting to join in. We now shoot a match every weekend, combined with a range trip every week for practice we go through close to four hundred rounds a week. Sticking with one known combination is what works for us, but that could change at some time.
Without reloading we could not really justify this level of shouting and I am very happy we got into it. I agree that a progressive is not for every one but I think all to often it is not talked about for new people and I feel that is somewhat old fashioned thinking. Call me a progressive thinker but I probably would not have stuck with reloading if I had started on a single stage press.
Now, don't take this the wrong way but I think that standing in a lane next to a guy who is trying to impress his girl by taking her to a range is far more dangerous than loading bullets
In setting my dies, I followed the instructions and then made adjustments for OAL and the amount of flare. Since I lpad the same bullet from the same company I don't have to change it. I keep it that way because the bullet I use performs very well in ask the guns I own. Setting the dies this way does not prevent me from experimenting with the powder load our to some extent the bullet weight.
I started out loading just for my range shooting but then I started to shoot IDPA. This led to my son wanting to join in. We now shoot a match every weekend, combined with a range trip every week for practice we go through close to four hundred rounds a week. Sticking with one known combination is what works for us, but that could change at some time.
Without reloading we could not really justify this level of shouting and I am very happy we got into it. I agree that a progressive is not for every one but I think all to often it is not talked about for new people and I feel that is somewhat old fashioned thinking. Call me a progressive thinker but I probably would not have stuck with reloading if I had started on a single stage press.
Now, don't take this the wrong way but I think that standing in a lane next to a guy who is trying to impress his girl by taking her to a range is far more dangerous than loading bullets