I'm starting to unpack all my reloading equipment after being in boxes for a couple yrs after my divorce and wondering how many other reloaders there are here.
I was fortunate to have learned the basics from my dad going on 30 yrs ago now and while I've come and gone from shooting a few times over the years, reloading has always been one of my favorite hobbies. So far though it's almost entirely been rifle reloading, very little pistol and no shotshell loading.
The impetus to dig my gear out again is recently picking up a new to me 357 Herrett pistol barrel for my Contender and a 30 BR rifle barrel for a 700. The biggest deer I've taken was with a 357 Herrett in a 10" Contender and while I really liked the round it wasn't an especially accurate barrel as Contenders go so it got sold a couple yrs ago knowing I'd look for a better one down the road. I stumbled on a nice MGM barrel recently so that ended being the replacement.
A friend of mine is an accomplished benchrest shooter and he's gotten me interested in shooting some SRBR score matches. I don't have the coin right now to do the headfirst dive into BR shooting but wouldn't mind shooting a few matches and learning a few things along the way. I found a good price on a used 30 BR barrel that I can run for awhile to get my feet wet. The barrel should be here in a couple days.
Looking forward to dusting off my gear and diving into a couple new projects. What is everyone else doing these days?
I was fortunate to have learned the basics from my dad going on 30 yrs ago now and while I've come and gone from shooting a few times over the years, reloading has always been one of my favorite hobbies. So far though it's almost entirely been rifle reloading, very little pistol and no shotshell loading.
The impetus to dig my gear out again is recently picking up a new to me 357 Herrett pistol barrel for my Contender and a 30 BR rifle barrel for a 700. The biggest deer I've taken was with a 357 Herrett in a 10" Contender and while I really liked the round it wasn't an especially accurate barrel as Contenders go so it got sold a couple yrs ago knowing I'd look for a better one down the road. I stumbled on a nice MGM barrel recently so that ended being the replacement.
A friend of mine is an accomplished benchrest shooter and he's gotten me interested in shooting some SRBR score matches. I don't have the coin right now to do the headfirst dive into BR shooting but wouldn't mind shooting a few matches and learning a few things along the way. I found a good price on a used 30 BR barrel that I can run for awhile to get my feet wet. The barrel should be here in a couple days.
Looking forward to dusting off my gear and diving into a couple new projects. What is everyone else doing these days?
) that I want to use as my designated duck gun, but it's a 16 gauge! Kinda troublesome to find factory steel loads for it, but it's a sweet little creek shooter. I'd like to see what could be whipped up for it.
