Great-Grandsons & Reloading

Ambrose

Two of my great-grandsons just left here after a reloading lesson, their first. The 15 yr. old wanted to load for the .300 Savage 99 left to him by another great-grandfather. Over 55+ years, I've accumulated enough stuff for 3 or 4 complete reloading set-ups. A couple years ago I bought, at a gun show, an old 60's vintage Pacific Standard press to give to some one as a starter. I gave them that, a Pacific/Hornady scale, a set of Pacific dies I forgot I had, a Lyman 55 measure, an RCBS hand priming tool, a Lyman 48th edition book, and assorted odds and ends that are needed. We put together a box of 20 cartridges with new brass that I had on hand. I sent along the rest of the box of primers, bullets, and can of powder. The kids seemed to catch on fast and I had fun and I believe they did, too. The younger one wants to load for his .243 Handi-Rifle. So we'll probably be doing that next time. I told them there was going to be a reverse quiz: Read the book and ask me questions about what you don't understand.

MG1890

You may want to rethink your strategy.... If you have all of the equipment, they have to come visit to load ammo..[^]

charliemeyer007

Good work. No kids of my own but a then 14 year old girl got her first Elk with ammo I taught her to load with equipment I gave her and her dad. She used her granny's 99 in 300 Savage.

I have given away 4 or 5 set ups and taught them to use the equipment.

Mobuck

I started reloading on my own about age 16 or 17. Mom's oldest Son moved and dumped a bunch of mix-n-match reloading equipment at our house. I filled the gaps from the wonderful "Herter's" catalog and with a little advice from Mom's cousin, began my foray into the mystical art of handloading. In a strictly reloading sense, I've made it almost 50 years with only a couple of hiccups.
My recommendation would be to proceed carefully as we all know how some teenagers can get far ahead of themselves and make serious errors unless closely supervised.