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if you decide not to invest $500-$600 in reloading there is another option!
$35 Lee Loaders! you can hammer out a 9mm in 20-40 seconds
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$35 Lee Loaders! you can hammer out a 9mm in 20-40 seconds
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Perfect for the man working six or seven days a week.
Mark_Mark
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put in your lunch box and load during break time. 20 a day, after a year, you have 7,300 rounds! $35!!!
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BigBL87
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Well, the deed is done!
A little background, I was trying to stay under $400 because the whole impetus for buying a kit is getting a $397 check from a class action suit against Facebook. They violated Illinois privacy law, and that's what I'm getting out of it. Just got notification that the checks start going out May 9th, so started looking more in earnest.
So... came across this deal on the Brownells website. Don't know if they entered the price wrong or it's on sale but just isn't showing up that way, but that price is ALOT lower than anywhere else, including direct from RCBS with my LE discount.
https://www.brownells.com/reloading...reloading-kit-sku100044708-136857-250091.aspx
Also found a $40 off over $315 coupon, so came out to $309 shipped for the kit. That is about $70 cheaper than I could find it anywhere else.
Put it on the credit card, so now just need to hope that check comes on time to stay in the wife's good graces, haha.
A little background, I was trying to stay under $400 because the whole impetus for buying a kit is getting a $397 check from a class action suit against Facebook. They violated Illinois privacy law, and that's what I'm getting out of it. Just got notification that the checks start going out May 9th, so started looking more in earnest.
So... came across this deal on the Brownells website. Don't know if they entered the price wrong or it's on sale but just isn't showing up that way, but that price is ALOT lower than anywhere else, including direct from RCBS with my LE discount.
https://www.brownells.com/reloading...reloading-kit-sku100044708-136857-250091.aspx
Also found a $40 off over $315 coupon, so came out to $309 shipped for the kit. That is about $70 cheaper than I could find it anywhere else.
Put it on the credit card, so now just need to hope that check comes on time to stay in the wife's good graces, haha.
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An excellent investment and Marky Z approved.
THEWELSHM
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If your RCBS doesn’t prime, usually it’s the wrong primer cup is installed large instead of small, or basic adjustments mate..MY o2 don’t have issues myself, except when I figured out the above...
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NICE JOB! it’s your sizing .233, use cooking spray! it works good!
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BigBL87
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Hadn't thought about the irony of using Facebook money to make ammo, haha.
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I can see Zucker's head exploding if he knew he was funding a reloading setup.
Great deal on the setup, and I think you'll like it. Single stage isn't the fastest, but you don't want to be in a hurry anyway. Learn each step and enjoy the process. And as others say, it may take a couple days or more to make fifty rounds. I often size/deprime 50~100 rounds and then walk away for a day or two, come back and install my next die, and so on. It can take me a week or more to load 100 rounds, but it may only be three hours at the bench. Sometimes I do it in one sitting. Really just depends on how I feel.
When I started I lived in an apartment where they would come in sometimes on short notice, so I kept everything put up and out of sight. When I wanted to load I would C-clamp my press to a table. A few minutes to set up and a few minutes to take down worked well for me at the time.
Read the manual that comes with the kit. Read it until you understand it, or come here and ask questions. Make a few dummy rounds to see how it works, no powder or primer, and you'll catch on pretty quick.
And again, great deal on the kit. Welcome to the addiction, I mean, welcome to the hobby!
chris
Great deal on the setup, and I think you'll like it. Single stage isn't the fastest, but you don't want to be in a hurry anyway. Learn each step and enjoy the process. And as others say, it may take a couple days or more to make fifty rounds. I often size/deprime 50~100 rounds and then walk away for a day or two, come back and install my next die, and so on. It can take me a week or more to load 100 rounds, but it may only be three hours at the bench. Sometimes I do it in one sitting. Really just depends on how I feel.
When I started I lived in an apartment where they would come in sometimes on short notice, so I kept everything put up and out of sight. When I wanted to load I would C-clamp my press to a table. A few minutes to set up and a few minutes to take down worked well for me at the time.
Read the manual that comes with the kit. Read it until you understand it, or come here and ask questions. Make a few dummy rounds to see how it works, no powder or primer, and you'll catch on pretty quick.
And again, great deal on the kit. Welcome to the addiction, I mean, welcome to the hobby!
chris
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BigBL87
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So, just because I noticed it, that kit is back up to $399 on sale, so think I may have caught it mis-priced. Got the stock for my Weatherby Vanguard the same way, haha. Not gonna complain.
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what did you pay for the kit?So, just because I noticed it, that kit is back up to $399 on sale, so think I may have caught it mis-priced. Got the stock for my Weatherby Vanguard the same way, haha. Not gonna complain.
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Save money? ummmm......Be prepared to spend many thousands of dollars buying new guns for those used dies you bought on ebay! Or a new rifle for that 45-70 bullet mold you got at a garage sale! LOL Enjoy, it's a great hobby.
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by the time he knows it, he’ll have more STUFF like most of us
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