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Remington 30 ammo....
longhunter
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Or I guess it is 30 remington . anyhow will it be a lot of problem and expense to reload these?I've NO equipment,No experiance.I just don't like paying what I have been for reloads...Shot a bear with it last year.Shoots great and isn't hard to carry...Had a time getting brass for it and wound up just buying some old factory stuff and some private reloads.I know most think it is to weak,to outdated etc.etc.I like it and believe placement is the important thing...So did the bear,one to the neck..Game over.It doesn't even have a model no. on it,but is an old pump,takedown model.Again guys any ideas suggestions,comments I would appreciate.I can take it!
Longhunter
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The Lee loader he is talking about comes as a complete kit of dies and a powder measure for certain powders. It is truly hand operated. If I remember, you punch out the primer with a punch and hammer of your own, dip the powder with the included dipper and reseat the bullet in some similiar fashion. It is a one-at-a-time job, slow, tedious, but overall a lot of people got started reloading that way and some did it for years and made some pretty darn good ammo that way. In truth, it is very similiar to the way the buffaloe hunters and old timers out on the plains did it.
Midway used to have them and I think Cabela's still does. I think they run about $15 to $20 for the kit, maybe less. Look around a gun show, you always see a few, tho I don't recall any in that caliber.
You might also call Lee or they probably have a web site.
(OOPS - snowtigger found 'em - great!) This might well be the best way for you to go at first if you are only going to load this cartridge. Keep in mind you will be very limited on loads using a dipper. A scale might be one of your first purchases if you decide to pursue it further.
Remington brass is available. Buffalo Arms sells it for $16/50, $28/100. Likely your local dealer can obtain from a distributer for a comparable or lower price. Loaded ammo is available from Old West Scrounger. They contract for these semi-obsolete calibers to be made for them by Bertram of Australia. Take your heart meds before you look at any OWS prices. As far as I am concerned, they are the supplier of absolute last resort . . . but sometimes they are the only game in town. Plus - IMHO - Bertram brass is not as good as that produced by our domestic companies.
If you know anyone who reloads, why not see if they will work with you on reloading some of your own if you buy the tools and materials? Even if you do not, ask around at the local dealers and ranges; highly likely you will find someone only too glad to help you out - most shooters are good that way. Your first loads will not likely save you much over what you are paying someone else, but after that, you will be producing ammo for $0.20 - $0.35 a round for the cost of the consumables. You won't be doing any +P loads in that old Remington, so you should get a minimum of 5 loads out of the brass, and more likely far more. Plus you will have the satisfaction of making your own ammo (always a good feeling) and the comfort of knowing you are not relying on an unknown reload or an old round which may have deteriorated with age.
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You might try this address for the Lee Loader. Just copy and paste in your browser window. They are the factory outlet for Lee on-line sales. They list the Lee Loader for 14.95.
I used one for 20 years for a 308 Norma magnum. Nothing I ever shot ever failed to fall over.
It ain't what you shoot, it's what you hit.
It ain't what you shoot, it's what you hit.
http://www.wholesalehunter.com/product/redding/jump/30REM.HTM
Brass you already have. Can't find any data though.
Longhunter