frankmako
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1973 on a single stage press that i still have. started bullet casting in 1983.
Not at all; at least the ones in northern NV...........are Jack Rabbits tasty?
Back in the day, jackrabbits bought a lot of reloading supplies. A good fur would bring about $1.50 back in the 60s when a dollar was worth a lot more.
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Things will settle down again, probably on nearer the summer. The new normal will not be the old normal, prices will be higher. Some people will refuse to pay the new prices and will not get to play, others will take the adjustment in stride and carry on. It will not be the old good old days, it will be the new good old days. Live in the world we have and learn to make do or sit in a recliner and b---h. I prefer the former to the later, in fat, I have no recliner. It is hardly never to late to get started o something you want to do, if you really want to do that something.
yeah, we made some money on fox too, before the coyotes took over. What part of ND were you at?Back in the early 80s,min ND, we were getting $55 for every coyote pelt. Many new guns were bought by me and friends with that money.
Lee rocks!!! LolAbout 1987. A Lee handpress, a set of Lee 9mm dies, and a pound of Trap 100 powder.
No scale, no manual, no tumbler, no internet, no problems.
Beautiful Beulah; located between the thriving towns of Zap and Hazen.....................yeah, we made some money on fox too, before the coyotes took over. What part of ND were you at?
great story!2013.....
A friend of mine’s uncle passed away and he didn’t want his reloading stuff. Asked me if I wanted to buy it. I asked how much he wanted. $150 I think is what he said. Talked it over with dad and he said to see what all he had. Thought it’s would be fun. He used to reload back in the 70’s for 38/357 and 41 Mag. So it would be a way to spend some quality time together. Well he just shows up with the stuff one day. He had a Nissan Frontier bed full of boxes. 14lbs of powder (not including the 8-9lbs of 777, Goex FFG, and Jim Shockey) Dies for 9mm, 38/357, 44, 270, 300WM, 444 and a few others, all kinds of brass and bullets, a few thousand Winchester, Federal, and CCI rifle and pistol primers, 3-3’x3’x3’ boxes of high brass, primed, shotgun hulls (12, 20, 410). 3 more big boxes of wads. 40-50 pounds of shot. Couple thousand 209 primers. Everything (and I mean everything) to load a 50 and 45 cal cap’n ball muzzleloader, some Lee handloader sets, a full progressive station for shotguns, a full Lee setup for rifle and pistols, And boxes and boxes of loaded ammunition. Easily a few thousand rounds. He said I could just have it. Well that just wasn’t going to work for me. So I gave him what he ask originally plus $100. He was ecstatic. Took dad and I a solid 4 days to sort everything. A solid week to pull all the loaded rounds. We guessed we ended up with about $2k worth.
We sold and traded a bunch of the stuff we weren’t going to use (mainly everything for shotgun and both Lee presses). That paid for a RockChucker Supreme kit and 2-3 more die sets. And then, we went kinda crazy. One of best investments we’ve ever made.
with the 2020 lockdowns, that must have been fun! I know I use to just go to cabelas to watch the fish! I was so boredMay 2020 was when I bought my press. When I had to drive to the next state to get it, I knew it was now or never. Then I started scavenging supplies and have had a steady ammo supply since. I shoot my reloads for fun and save my factory ammo for later. I didn't actually start until August unless you count the multi-state scavenger hunt for dies, powder, bullets and primers.