Today I took a drive with my girlfriend to her grandparents' house for an early christmas visit, and her grandpa happens to be a total gun-nut. Not the kind of gun-nut that likes high-tech tactical stuff and polymer handguns, but the kind that knows the history behind every one of his guns and owns guns older than he is(mid-70s??). He also spends more time in his gun area/hangout room than he does with his wife, which I thought was funny.
Anyways, he was kind enough to insist that I learn to reload some .45acp and take it home with me to shoot it in the 1911 I just bought. (It is a series 80 Colt Commander, and my first 1911) He also owns 3 or 4 Colt 1911s, one in .38 super.
I was really excited about it, and loaded up 26 rounds before I left. He reloads dozens of types of ammo for all his rifles, shotguns, and pistols. Also, he casts his own lead bullets out of wheel weights and says he even makes his own jacketed handgun ammo too. He just told me to grab a couple handfulls of empty .45 shells that were in a plastic bin, and I reloaded them using Unique powder, CCI primers, and cast lead bullets. I had a great time doing it, and I really learned alot. Now I just need to get a decent, but affordable setup for myself so I can shoot all the time for minimal ammo cost. Btw, I can see why some of you say that reloading is very addictive!
Here is a picture of the ammo I made on the left, and some "factory match ammo" he also gave me on the right:
Here are some old handguns of his that I took pictures of. I don't even remember what he said they were..he showed me so many guns that I forgot what was what. One of these might be a Harris and Rich-something from the 1920s??? I'm not really sure..interesting guns though. I got to hold them all. I especially liked this weird "riot gun," which was an old 5 or 6 round 12ga shotgun that he said police used to use back in the day. I believe it was made by Winchester... It had a hammer that you could cock back manually with your thumb. I wish I took some pics of it.
Anyways, he was kind enough to insist that I learn to reload some .45acp and take it home with me to shoot it in the 1911 I just bought. (It is a series 80 Colt Commander, and my first 1911) He also owns 3 or 4 Colt 1911s, one in .38 super.
I was really excited about it, and loaded up 26 rounds before I left. He reloads dozens of types of ammo for all his rifles, shotguns, and pistols. Also, he casts his own lead bullets out of wheel weights and says he even makes his own jacketed handgun ammo too. He just told me to grab a couple handfulls of empty .45 shells that were in a plastic bin, and I reloaded them using Unique powder, CCI primers, and cast lead bullets. I had a great time doing it, and I really learned alot. Now I just need to get a decent, but affordable setup for myself so I can shoot all the time for minimal ammo cost. Btw, I can see why some of you say that reloading is very addictive!
Here is a picture of the ammo I made on the left, and some "factory match ammo" he also gave me on the right:
Here are some old handguns of his that I took pictures of. I don't even remember what he said they were..he showed me so many guns that I forgot what was what. One of these might be a Harris and Rich-something from the 1920s??? I'm not really sure..interesting guns though. I got to hold them all. I especially liked this weird "riot gun," which was an old 5 or 6 round 12ga shotgun that he said police used to use back in the day. I believe it was made by Winchester... It had a hammer that you could cock back manually with your thumb. I wish I took some pics of it.