lizziedog1
Member
Who can remember their very first reloading experience? Can you remember the gun it was for, the equipment you used, what about the recipe? What about the results?
When I was fifteen my parents bought me a Marlin .30-30 for Christmas. My older brother bought me a couple of boxes of ammo for a present. I had some saved up money and purchased a scope and mounts for the rifle. I remember trying that factory ammo and being a bit disappointed.
I saved up some money and bought a Lee Loader, some CCI primers, a can of IMR 3031, and Sierra 170 grain flat tips. My father made me a nice wooden mallet to use. I assembled a dozen rounds using the dipper that came with the Lee Loader.
I took these to the range and remember that I was firing groups at one hundred yards that were hovering between one and one and a half inches. It put those factory rounds to shame. I was hooked on relaodigng and have never looked back. This all started in the mid 1970's.
Tell me about your first realoding experience? Who else started on Lee Loaders?
When I was fifteen my parents bought me a Marlin .30-30 for Christmas. My older brother bought me a couple of boxes of ammo for a present. I had some saved up money and purchased a scope and mounts for the rifle. I remember trying that factory ammo and being a bit disappointed.
I saved up some money and bought a Lee Loader, some CCI primers, a can of IMR 3031, and Sierra 170 grain flat tips. My father made me a nice wooden mallet to use. I assembled a dozen rounds using the dipper that came with the Lee Loader.
I took these to the range and remember that I was firing groups at one hundred yards that were hovering between one and one and a half inches. It put those factory rounds to shame. I was hooked on relaodigng and have never looked back. This all started in the mid 1970's.
Tell me about your first realoding experience? Who else started on Lee Loaders?