Roughly enough to load 2,000 rounds for the rifles.
I'd go with John Wayne's muscle memory answer.
My buddies used to say that I was so clumsy that I could cut myself with a bowling ball. But I've been loading since the early sixties and have...
FWIW....My advice would be to put those bullets aside until you are a more experienced loader. Get the book, learn all that you can, and start...
And if you are going to be doing rifle cases in the future get a stuck case remover as well. You may never need it, but if you ever do, you'll be...
I spray paint over the label and toss them in the recycle bin.
I too have done it both ways, and I agree with zxcvbib and the others. You can use most anything to cast the ingots, but a 20# electric furnace...
Here is one piece of advice I would venture to give to a new guy about presses. Find out where the primers are going to go!!!! I have a newer...
Call Hornady. I'm sure they'll make it right. All the die companies are pretty good about things that get by their inspectors.
I find the single stage works fine for me, although I see nothing wrong with the other presses. Especially for hand gun ammo. I use about 400-500...
I've used Break Free and a pad for so many years now that I don't even remember when I started.
In my experience it depends on what you are using for a rifle. My Savage 99 featherweight in .308 will heat up really fast, forcing the POI up...
Size, trim to square the mouth off, and make sure there is a flash hole.
All I have to do is open a bottle of Hoppe's Nine and it brings back such good memories from when I was a kid.
Shooting is a great hobby for children because they learn to obey rules at an early age. Plus having time with your kids or grand kids is GREAT!...
I use Break Free and a pad when I'm sizing, so rust hasn't been a problem for me. (Yet!) Not even in the high humidity down here in FL.
Read the stickies and every book you can find before you spend any money for equipment. They sell catchers that will catch most of your shells at...
I would definitely do that. And if you can post their reply it would be appreciated because that sounds awfully strange.
The best thing to do is what Sunray mentioned. Get a copy of the ABCs of Loading and a copy of Lyman's Loading Manual and do some reading. Those...
I don't think it's good or bad. It certainly wont hurt the brass. But my tumbler runs without any effort from me, so I'll stick with that.
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