So, I’ll try and sum this up for y’all.
Over a year ago a friend of mine told me I was crazy for paying $68/box for some custom loaded ammo and offered to reload for me for much cheaper. At first, I said no several times but I knew he wanted to help so I eventually gave in. I bought all the stuff he needed, using my once fired brass, federal match primers, Berger bullets, die set and I opted for H1000 powder. Off he went. He was essentially trying to replicate the accuracy of the ammo I was already using and I think he got very close so we settled on a specific load work up.
Some time went by and between us, there was a weird situation that happened which shouldn’t have anything to do with this but I can’t help but think it did.
The next 36 loads he made for me were dirty, 1/3 or the primers weren’t seated and wouldn’t chamber and they DID NOT shoot like the last few he loaded me. At the advice of a fellow TBHer, I decided to buy all the stuff to learn to load myself. (Yeah, in the middle of Biden and a pandemic)
So......fast forward to today. I have read a stupid amount of literature and listened to my newly found friends advice and this is my very first 19 rounds loaded. Now this will change because I was using the deconstructed loads from my “buddy’s” stuff. My properly cleaned brass will be here next week and I’ll have to resize and trim them up but I’m hoping I can keep the good luck going.
To anyone thinking of reloading, it’s not that hard. I’ve read tons and tons of recipes and just started low and paid attention to all the measurements. First target was the very first loads and I was super nervous. Second target was from today
The center target of the second set is 4 rounds. Everything else is three shot groups going up in .2 grain increments.
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Over a year ago a friend of mine told me I was crazy for paying $68/box for some custom loaded ammo and offered to reload for me for much cheaper. At first, I said no several times but I knew he wanted to help so I eventually gave in. I bought all the stuff he needed, using my once fired brass, federal match primers, Berger bullets, die set and I opted for H1000 powder. Off he went. He was essentially trying to replicate the accuracy of the ammo I was already using and I think he got very close so we settled on a specific load work up.
Some time went by and between us, there was a weird situation that happened which shouldn’t have anything to do with this but I can’t help but think it did.
The next 36 loads he made for me were dirty, 1/3 or the primers weren’t seated and wouldn’t chamber and they DID NOT shoot like the last few he loaded me. At the advice of a fellow TBHer, I decided to buy all the stuff to learn to load myself. (Yeah, in the middle of Biden and a pandemic)
So......fast forward to today. I have read a stupid amount of literature and listened to my newly found friends advice and this is my very first 19 rounds loaded. Now this will change because I was using the deconstructed loads from my “buddy’s” stuff. My properly cleaned brass will be here next week and I’ll have to resize and trim them up but I’m hoping I can keep the good luck going.
To anyone thinking of reloading, it’s not that hard. I’ve read tons and tons of recipes and just started low and paid attention to all the measurements. First target was the very first loads and I was super nervous. Second target was from today
The center target of the second set is 4 rounds. Everything else is three shot groups going up in .2 grain increments.
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro
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