Family friend showed me how to load 20rnds of 30-06, and my folks bought me a decent reloading kit (rcbs rockchucker) back in highschool. I read the spear manual that came with the kit and went from there.
Working up a safe load with a mystery propellant is almost a lost art. Good for him to pass it on. It is the definition of hand-loading, and could be the pinnacle of the skill.He taught me how to work up a load with a mystery propellant that was safe
The first thing is to own and know how to use a brass range rod to remove the inevitable squib rounds you will make until things start to exit the barrel. Then to recognize an accuracy node you can safely work with.Working up a safe load with a mystery propellant is almost a lost art. Good for him to pass it on. It is the definition of hand-loading, and could be the pinnacle of the skill.
A warning - talk about doing that around here, and the Nancys start coming out of the woodwork. Very few reloaders here have the necessary experience, not to mention the desire, so they resort to shrill denunciations.
Well, I taught myself to load shot shells in the mid-to-late '70s. I had started hunting ducks and geese with a H&R 10 gauge. The price of store-bought ammo for that sucker was going to put me in the poor house mighty quick!I’m curious: Who taught you to handload?
Wow! So few of us were taught by relatives passing on knowledge. I fear for our culture and what will be lost when all we have left are memories that there were once things called families.Poll closing tomorrow. Thanks for everyone who replied. I enjoyed reading all these stories.
You’re being too gloomy about it. Society will benefit if most contemporary families don’t pass on anything at all including offspring.Wow! So few of us were taught by relatives passing on knowledge. I fear for our culture and what will be lost when all we have left are memories that there were once things called families.
AL Gore hadn't invented the internet.
So few of us were taught by relatives passing on knowledge.