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Rusty
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17 December 2016, 02:51

gab

Very early in the 1960's with 12 ga. shotgun shell reloading. Red Dot I believe.
Quickly "graduated" to 30-06. I can recall using IMR 4064 and 3031 back then.
Now an obsession with too many calibers to count.

17 December 2016, 03:52

drhall762

1968. One of the local gun shops offered a free class on reloading. Reloaded for .30-06. I was 13 and the youngest in the class by far.

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17 December 2016, 06:08

Porosonik

1972- at the tender age of 17. .38 Spl., followed by .222 Rem, .44 Mag., .45 Colt, .30/30, .25-06, .30 Herrett, .300 Savage, .35 Remington, .30/06, 8x57, .45ACP, M1 Carbine, 6.5x55, 7.62 Mauser, 9x18, 9x19, .30/40 Krag, .44-40, .303 Enfield, .32-20, .25-20, And probably a few I've forgotten about.....

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17 December 2016, 06:51

TCLouis

1966 started loading 44 Mag for my flat top.
Then in 67 I started loading for my 6.5X257 using reformed 30-06 MG brass, 48.0 grains of milsurp 4831 and 129 grain Hornady RN projies.

That very gun may account for a deer yet this year as it has not been out in the field this year . . . yet, now it is loaded with 140 Hornadys and some ball milsurp that I do not recall. 20 rounds last a while when one round a year confirms zero and one only hunts limited number of times with it. Before anyone gets their drawers in a wad, the way I hunt means a 100 yard shot is pretty long.

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18 December 2016, 20:41

Rook49

I started in 1962 loading 20 ga. shotgun shells using the old Lee Loader in the red box similar to the one in the photo below. I didn't load any rifle rounds until years later which were .30-06.

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23 December 2016, 22:17

Lost Oki

1972 30-06 Remington BDL using a Lee Loader. Rifle would shoot 110, 130 and 160 gr into a nickel at 100 yrds off a rest. Hooked for life. Now I reload for 223, 6.5x55, 30-06, 35 whelen, 357, 44 mag, 45acp and still enjoying it.
Over the years, I have managed to hook 5 people on reloading.

25 December 2016, 01:27

steyrsteve

1962. At the age of 15 I bought a near-new Remington 722 in .257 Roberts for $65. In with the deal was a Lee Loader, a box of 87 grain Speer's, a can of 4064, and a box of primers (sorry, I can't remember whether they were CCI or Remington).
With that set up, we made some great ammo. We would shoot at each other's cowboy hats, offhand, at 300 long paces. My buddy did better than I. My hat had two holes in the brim, his none.

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25 December 2016, 01:29

steyrsteve

Just to clarify: We wouldn't be wearing the cowboy hats at the time! They would be leaning on a hay bale.

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25 December 2016, 02:17

Samuel_Hoggson

Probably 1964, which would have been age 10, on a Herters press/dies/shellholders/etc. .30-06, 150 gr Sierra, 49 gr IMR 4320, RA '54 brass. This according to my Dad's notes made in Speer #7.

About same time loaded .30 Carbine w/110 gr Sierra RNs and Speer 100 gr 1/2 jackets, Hercules 2400. Can't remember the charge.

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27 December 2016, 03:52

TJAY

1964 with Herters equipment loading a 243 with 85 gr. Sierra bullets and as it was then known 4831.

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02 January 2017, 04:46

custombolt

Probably 1989 and a Lee hand loader for my 8mm Mauser 98. Just used the scoop that came with it. Can't remember which bullets I used. We used to turn old clay bricks to dust at 100 yards with it.

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02 January 2017, 18:28

cgbach

Another year gone. I started in the mid-'50s loading shotgun shells with an old hand-me-down Lachmiller press and dies. I then moved up to loading .38 specials for my dad, and then on to loading for my .30-06. I still have the '06 and my dad's K-38.
C.G.B.

02 January 2017, 18:57

Dutch44

1976 and .38 special. Casting bullets and buying linotype for 20 cents per pound. Free lead and wheel weights then as well. I still have a can of H-110 from 1976-77 with a price tag of $3.15 on it. LOL, loved those days.

04 January 2017, 04:39

big_bwana

1965, for a .270 Win that I built on a Savage 110 barreled action with a Herter's glass-bedded and semi-finished French walnut stock. I was in high school, and shared the cost of the equipment with a friend, who had a .243 Savage 99 lever. My best load in those days used IMR 4064 and 110 gr. Sierras, devastating on fox, jackrabbits, and crows.

06 January 2017, 08:58

Jim White

1961
22-250
35.5 grs. 4895
Sierra 55gr. spitzer
Never seen a 22-250 that refused to group that load under a minute.
Jim White
Prescott, AZ