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Welcome to the Reloading Forum -- Introduce Yourself

Hello friends,

Another new guy from Texas. Ive been lurking around for quite some time and found this site to be very informative. I hope that some day in the future i can also contribute as im relatively new to reloading.

I shoot a custom 6.5x47 Lapua. Ive been doing some load experimentation and even though im not there yet, im getting close to a load that will satisfy my needs. If nothing else, im having fun experimenting.

See you out there...

Texas47
 
Hi
From sunny south Florida keys I love to reload as much as shooting started with BPCR. moved on from there currently working on a .458 win mag
Regards
Islander
 
Hi all,
New member, long time shooter in F-Class Open with 300WM and new 338 Edge in Australia.
Hope to gain some exciting new knowledge from you guys and girls.

Cheers.
:D
 

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Good Evening:

I am not sure how I made it through the Registration process, however, in that either Dragon 13, or my keyboard skills were far to inept as I continued to receive error messages about the verification questions, and although after a while I began to duplicate attempts and low and behold it accepted me.

By means of introduction, I am retired Special Agent with the U.S. Department of the Treasury as well as a retired military officer with forty (40) years of combined active duty and reserve component service, rated in a wide array of military aircraft, fixed and rotary wing, and a veteran of then POTUS Nixon's post-graduation vacation in South East Asia, most of my time having been spent in Vietnam, although I did have the opportunity to tour of countries contiguous thereto. In addition to a firearm (properly registered and declared to the U.S. Customs upon my DEROS) that I was fortunate enough to retrieve from a soldier of the opposing side after I was the winner of that particular engagement. One important lesson learned from that encounter that has stayed with me all of these years is that if I had not started shooting competitively as a Boy Scout during my youth there is a good chance I would not be writing this, as that was the beginning of my acquiring the shooting skills that allowed me to be the winner in that engagement that first week of time "in-country" and my combat tour could have been significantly reduced. My most persistent souvenir is the three (3) ounce piece of Citroen automobile that has been working its way out of my back over the years in small pieces due to my uncharacteristically distracted driving on QL-13 highway (the principle distraction being an unknown individual who was trying in earnest to put a couple of rounds through the window opening in the automobile, apparently hoping to give me one of his bullets as a souvenir as well. In any event, the E&E (escape and evasion) process caused me to veer off of the roadway and onto a old, and fortunately deteriorated French anti-tank mine that function "low order" due to its age, leaving me to survive and fight for the remainder of the year relatively in tact.

Along the way I continued to hunt, and to shoot competitively, and to convey those skills to my children in age appropriate circumstances, so that should they ever be called upon to defend themselves their skills will serve the as mine have done for me when the time came for their use.

I am now winding down a second, or is it third career as a Forensic Scientist, another profession well served by my training and skills relative to firearms, ballistics, shootings along with anatomy, physiology and the investigation into the processes that result in the death or serious injury of others in the course of criminal, or negligent actions of third party. As I approach "Of Counsel" status, I shall continue to enjoy shooting as a sport for a change, and return to reloading and perhaps even returning to competition.

That is it in a nutshell, as they say, but hopefully during the course of discussion and discourse I will continue to learn, and perhaps even contribute something. As for now, I am proud of myself for the persistence and patience (not a commodity found in great quantity in me) in having withstood the frustrations of enrollment into this group. Time for Zeus and Bailey, my two (2) English Mastiffs in training as Service Dogs, to venture out for their exercise so I will simply let my tent go dark.
 
Really getting my teeth into reloading and shooting. My Dad's passing and current events renewed my enthusiasm for shooting last year, so now have the wife & (grown) kids shooting fairly regularly at Sac. Valley Shooting Center out of Ione Ca. I'm a tad on the OCD side and am most interested in working toward shooting longer distances,(on a reasonable budget), not too interested in comps at this point.To that end, I'm working on loads for my Marlin in .308 win.,(maybe should'a started with another rifle, but it's what I have now); it's in a modified boyds stock I pillar & glass bedded,(twice-second time right) with a Mcgowan 26" varmint barrel topped off with an IOR 3.5-18x50 ffp. I think it'll shoot fair once I narrow down which bullet I'll use & get it worked up right for the intended. A few Nosler 168g & 175g test loads shot around 1/2 moa @ 100yds. without any special efforts,(this is about as good as I am with my Mossy .223 varminter @100-300yds). A thread on the Hornady 178g HPBT is what got me interested in joining the forum. Some very obviously knowledgeable folks here that are not chest thumping or breaking their arms patting themselves on the back, looks to be a good group. 'nuff 'bout me.

Looking forward, tOM
 
Kyle from Michigan, life long shooter and reloader, really enjoy shooting my custom .308 at long distance. new to this forum.
 
Hi !! I go by Normamag1. I am one of the lost sheep that used to use the old RCBS reloaderhub.I was sad to see that go.I had a lot of friends there,hope make some new ones.If there is any one out there who used to use the hub it would be nice to hear from you. I live in BC Canada,love to shoot ,hunt and especially load.I am an RCBS freak and my bench is all green,except for my Lyman powder measure.That is my brief bio.I am currently loading some .45-70 gov't,450 gr. and have some 535gr. stuff to try. Well,cheers NM1.
 
Hi All,

I have a .270, .22-250 and 6.5 x55 and loving them all. Looking forward to all the reading on the forum.

Cheers,

Genek
 
From central KY, been reloading for over 30yrs, I reload everything I shoot, rifle, shotgun and handgun, and yes, I am old ;D
 
Wildfowler here from Mississippi. Over the the last year I've been working on my first wildcat. Learned a lot from other topics here in that process.

Thanks.
 
Hi,
I've been reading post for a long time.Finally decided to join up.Been loading for over 25yrs but still learning and wanting to learn.Seems like the more I learn the more I realize I didn't know anything.Thanks to all you guys who take the time to help others.

2bears
 
A friend got me looking and I think this is the place to look for a helping hand. I have been shooting and loading for years and like mostly large calibers but play with almost anything. John Noard
 
Decided I needed to slow down and smell the roses. Spending the time to learn to reload and shoot better has done just that. I don't go to the range and blow a magazine full as fast as I can just to make bang bang bang noises.

My wife saw my enjoyment and chose to enable me more, purchased a Savage LRH in 6.5-284 to start out with. I figure by the time I am ready for a new barrel (capabilty, not need) I will be in a good spot to build from the ground up.

My name is Mikel, and I have come to find the fun in Sport Shooting, and Hunting.
 
New to reloading and bigger caliber rifles. Bought a 308 and then my brother gave me a single stage press with some old dies. 20 min instruction and let me go. Not a good thing. Have not gotten hurt but now have learned to use more than one source for reloading information.

Looking for a club/group in the NW Houston area.
 
Hello All, Stevenjay1 here. I've been reloading for about 50 years and still use some of the old Herter's equipment my father gave me for my 16th birthday. I just enjoy reloading and hope to learn from and contribute to this site.

Steve
 
Hi, Rod here from Christchurch, New Zealand. Got into hand loading just under a year ago. Currently loading for a .17 wildcat (.222 shortened by a bit and necked down) .22-250, .243, 6PPC, 6BR Norma, .308, .300 Win Mag and .338 Lapua Mag. Got a .22-250 Ackley in the works, watch this space.
 
Hello

My name is Beverly and I have an entire shop full of hunting, fishing, and reloading supplies located in Randleman NC. Unfortunately my sales have been down over the last year (big retail shop moved into my area) and I need to move my inventory. If anyone is looking for hunting, fishing, or reloading supplies, I will be more than happy to sell these items at wholesale cost plus shipping. Please email or call to discuss. I am new to this site and apologize if I wasn't suppose to post this here. Thank you!
 

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