1000 Rounds

[MrReady]

I have just reached 1,000 45ACP rounds. These are rounds that I have just in case. I do not use these rounds for practice. Anybody here know where to get ammo ? My usual source has been out of .45 ammo for almost two weeks now. My next Goal is 5,000 22LR and another 1,000 45ACP.

[Jizzle]

reload? I know it's sort of a pain to get started with but once you start, the sky's the limit.. besides the .22lrs.. those arn't worth reloading.

[MrReady]

Yea, it seems like a lot of work though. I rather pay out the #$% then reload. Sounds dumb but I dont have the time or will. Good idea though.

[Jizzle]

to bad i don't have any .45 brass, i'd do it for you. i think my buddy is doing .45 acp for roughly 13cents a pop. which comes out to 130 bucks for 1000? but, that's not counting the fact that he's already got his own brass and didn't pay for it.

[Jizzle]

tbh you can reload about 100 easy with a simple turret press in an hour. and that's relaxed.

[Descreet38]

Rules of reloading 101 (yes these are opinionated)

1. Never give reloaded ammo to anyone unles they are shooting it through your gun.

2. Never reload for others - free or charging.

I belong to a group of reloaders who meet the first Saturday morning each month for coffee and talk. We meet at a local commercial reloader who sells us our goodies at their cost plus 2%. In 2002 one of our group came to a Sat get-together and was not in such a good mood.

Seems that the month before he had reloaded a couple boxes of .45 for his friend and neighbor. Neighbor uses reloads at range and yep - KaBoom on a beautiful H&K. Worst part - neighbor has lost his right eye.

Lawsuit that followed cost our friend his home, indirectly his job and his wife.

Course my opinion is they should fire the judge and hang the attorney.



and Jizzle - about your comment - "the sky's the limit.. besides the .22lrs.. those arn't worth reloading".

Couldn't help but go into a ROFL.

[MrReady]

Thats a bad deal for everyone involved. However, I do agree with those rules Descreet. It prevents situations like the one you mentioned.

[Jizzle]

that's the reason i don't use progressive presses, even if it's a dillon and checks the powder for you. I agree that you shouldn't just accept ammo from anybody, i've shot other peoples reloads as well as they have shot mine, but those people are a very select few, but none of us do any +P+ or even +P loading. Reloading goes by the same principles as anything else in life. attention to detail. i've done my fair share and haven't had an issue as i'm sure is the case with a lot of others. simple is better as far as i'm concerned. i know someone that frequents the range in town who has double charged and he's using a progressive, and he's done it twice. i'm not saying that there is anything wrong with progressives, i'm just saying the more that's going on the more likely you will be to miss something. I stick with a turret and check each and every round for powder et. It's kept me and others in one peice so far.

des, do you reload .22LR?

[Scooter]

I'm pretty sure even Descreet CAN'T reload 22lr. It's rim fire...how would you prime your reload??

[Jizzle]

that's what i was trying to figure out.

[sinclair]

It's rim fire...how would you prime your reload??

Using the old style phosphorus-tip kitchen matches, carefully powder the
tip, use a razor blade to powder it without ignition. Liquify mix in water,
drop in well cleaned 22 case. Dry well. Add powder and bullet. It can still
misfire if the firing pin slams into the flat spot that first fired the case.

[Chuck]

Using the old style phosphorus-tip kitchen matches, carefully powder the
tip, use a razor blade to powder it without ignition. Liquify mix in water,
drop in well cleaned 22 case. Dry well. Add powder and bullet. It can still
misfire if the firing pin slams into the flat spot that first fired the case.

You would have to be really desperate to spend the time to reload .22Lr but even if it came to having to do that to continue shooting, I haven't seen strike anywhere matches in the stores in a long time. Are they still made?

[rtuck77]

they are hard to find (matches)

[Scooter]

Using the old style phosphorus-tip kitchen matches, carefully powder the
tip, use a razor blade to powder it without ignition. Liquify mix in water,
drop in well cleaned 22 case. Dry well. Add powder and bullet. It can still
misfire if the firing pin slams into the flat spot that first fired the case.

I knew someone would know how. I heard something to this effect from a friend of my dad's when I was a kid but had forgotten the specifics.
To be perfectly honest, I though he may have been BSing me just because he loved to mess with us (Us being kids, friends, or anyone willing to listen...just loved to get a rise out of people)

[donniemjr]

Jizzle it's a good idea to stock up! Between a friend and myself we have 5,000 .45 ACP, 5,000 .45 Colt, 2,000 .357 Mag., 1,500 .223, 600 7.62 X 39. We have a few more that we didn't start stock up soon enough. Since he taught me how to reload we just share all of our ammo. Anyway all I really wanted to tell you is I have extra .45 ACP brass if you wanna trade me for another caliber.