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First attempt at reloading ,

roswellnativeroswellnative Member Posts: 10,158 ✭✭✭✭
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On 50-70

I got this old ideal hand loader

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So I smelted wheel weights and got the bullets

had to deprime the cases this took getting a second hand Lee press and a depriming die

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Then I cleaned up the cases a bit and


I made these

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After a few failures that lasted months stuck shells on the die, a case stuck. A bullet stuck. etc but now I’m setup …sort of


first the you gotta lube the cases and equipment I crushed and made some mistakes I’m sticking to only black powder in them I loaded 55 gr with some ticking or some flipped loads for if a bear was behind the fridge

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So basically I have some learning but hand loading was not THAT scary


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Hunting with it this fall will give a report

Although always described as a cowboy, Roswellnative generally acts as a righter of wrongs or bodyguard of some sort, where he excels thanks to his resourcefulness and incredible gun prowesses.
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