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[LAH]

You must have a 38 Special sixgun to load for. Welcome to one of the best forums around.

 

[ebb]

^^^^^ When you order 38 special dies, add a set of 223 dies. You don't think you need them now, but you will soon. Better to have and not need rather than need and not have.

 

[Cecil S.]

Welcome to the form. Tons of good information is shared on this form.

 

[Don_M2]

You must have a 38 Special sixgun to load for. Welcome to one of the best forums around.

Close...an M&P 10mm and a 9mm

 

[NZ_Fclass]

@Pawnee Bill and @NZ_Fclass

I looked at the Dillon Square Deal B, and unfortunately it's WAY out of my budget. $750 is more like my entire budget.

I already know that a single stage press is more labor intensive with all the separate steps, but if I just do one step per day - resize/deprime then bell the case mouth and finally seat and crimp the round (all while watching YouTube), it shouldn't be the drudgery you might think. That's how I did it all those years ago helping my dad (no YouTube then, just a small black and white TV and a rerun of "The Green Beret" with John Wayne).

Understood. Get a used Rockchucker or Big Boss -'cos everyone needs one anyway - but keep a look out for a Dillon. Get a 550B or above - so that you can use your existing dies.
"The Green Beret" is a great reloading movie.

Here's one in the classifieds -

SELLING Thread 'Redding Big Boss Reloading Press'

Monday at 2:40 PM

I have a Redding Big Boss Reloading Press

Selling because I no longer load 270 or 30-06 caliber cartridges.

It's the older model - NOT the Big Boss II

Excellent Condition-

$190.00 $180.00 Shipped

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• Forum: Tools, Dies, Rests, Reloading Components & Misc

 

[demarpaint]

Welcome from L.I.

 

[Steel Mover]

Welcome, RCBS is usually easy to deal with on any issue. Their stuff is tough and made for reloaders. Do not buy cheap, buy quality to make quality ammo.

 

[ebb]

Don what we are trying to say is pretty soon you will be shooting these of chamberings and you just don't know it yet. Soon or maybe a year from now you will remember this and say "Those two ___holes were right!"

 

[6MMsteve]

Welcome to the pursuit

 

[Don_M2]

Don what we are trying to say is pretty soon you will be shooting these of chamberings and you just don't know it yet. Soon or maybe a year from now you will remember this and say "Those two ___holes were right!"

I'm in denial

 

[ebb]

Thats ok we all were at one point. I just went and counted there are 38 die boxes at my reloading bench, not all are dies some are tools to deprime or recondition primer pockets. Over 30 are rifle or handgun reloading dies. I originally thought I would be fine with 25-06 Rem and 308 Win. I was wrong. A few are duplicates, some were given to me that I don't load that chambering. I have 3 sets of 223.

 

[338 Mollett]

Welcome.....

To the asylum !!!

 

[charlie b]

Before you get in too deep...figure out what components cost for loading. I found that the inexpensive 9mm ammo was not much more than making my own. Determine the cost difference and how much you will shoot. Then factor in how much a reloading setup costs and how many rounds it will take to cover that cost.

I only mention this cause of past experience. I rarely loaded for the 9mm, especially before covid, even though I had a good progressive on the bench. I did load for the .45acp and .357mag since those rounds cost significantly more than 9mm. I used to cast bullets for the .357 and .45 (and .308).

Reloading for cost savings alone may not make sense depending on how much you shoot and which cartridges.

But, it is a wonderful hobby that has so many aspects it can consume a lot of your time, if you let it.

 

[brokeasajoke]

Before you get in too deep...figure out what components cost for loading. I found that the inexpensive 9mm ammo was not much more than making my own. Determine the cost difference and how much you will shoot. Then factor in how much a reloading setup costs and how many rounds it will take to cover that cost.

I only mention this cause of past experience. I rarely loaded for the 9mm, especially before covid, even though I had a good progressive on the bench. I did load for the .45acp and .357mag since those rounds cost significantly more than 9mm. I used to cast bullets for the .357 and .45 (and .308).

Reloading for cost savings alone may not make sense depending on how much you shoot and which cartridges.

But, it is a wonderful hobby that has so many aspects it can consume a lot of your time, if you let it.

Reloading and cost savings are not really two words that go together lol. Always got to upgrade, or have some new fangled tool I don't really need, or buy something I might use just because it's a really good deal.

 

[joshb]

Welcome to the best bunch of shooters, anywhere. Nicer guys are hard to find.

 

[PhilC]

Reloading and cost savings are not really two words that go together lol. Always got to upgrade, or have some new fangled tool I don't really need, or buy something I might use just because it's a really good deal.

One reason I enjoy reloading is I'm a gadget/tool snob this way I can play without having to leave the house except for casting.

 

[ebb]

The guy that mentored me with shooting and reloading told me on the way home from the first time I shot at anything over 200yds (I shot his rifle at 1150 that day). "Oh, I forgot to tell you this is more addictive than crack cocaine." I thought that maybe he should have mentioned that before. He is/was right.