My 1'st Round of Re-Loading Today

[Howa]

I began a new era today, I'm now reloading my own ammo, started with some .243 today, it looks right, guess I won't know for sure until I shoot some of it!

 

[ShamrockIV]

congrats!!

such a fun a fullfilling pastime!!

 

[jakeway]

That pic looks like you've got a great start...a real "man cave" should have a reloading press and cinder block walls.

I spent the rainy Sunday loading up three new loads of .308 and three new loads of .260 to try out.

What I do is load 5 to 10 rounds of the starting load from the manual, then the same number of a grain higher, then the same number a grain higher than that. Then shoot them all, starting with the lightest load, and make sure everything is safe before going higher. Whichever load is most accurate, I load a few more at that load, a half grain lower, and a half grain higher. That way I can zero in on an accurate load, without risking loading up a bunch or rounds that will need to be pulled and re-done.

Have fun!

 

[Deer Assassin]

cool

great hobby

 

[7mminatree]

Congrats, A fullfilling hobby, especialy when you make a $300.00 dollar rifle shoot a 1/2 MOA 5 shot group and the guy next to you has a $3000.00 rifle and can only get it inside an inch and he has all this money tied up in all factory ammo. He's scrathing and shaking his head. LOL

 

[mr.big]

That pic looks like you've got a great start...a real "man cave" should have a reloading press and cinder block walls.

I spent the rainy Sunday loading up three new loads of .308 and three new loads of .260 to try out.

What I do is load 5 to 10 rounds of the starting load from the manual, then the same number of a grain higher, then the same number a grain higher than that. Then shoot them all, starting with the lightest load, and make sure everything is safe before going higher. Whichever load is most accurate, I load a few more at that load, a half grain lower, and a half grain higher. That way I can zero in on an accurate load, without risking loading up a bunch or rounds that will need to be pulled and re-done.

Have fun!

thats what I do to,but I load 5 and walk over from my load bench to my shoot bench and shoot those 5,,while the rifle is cooling off I load 5 more 1/2 gr hotter,and repeat until I get results or hit pressure,,if I don`t get groups I like before I hit pressure I will change one thing and start over,,

I never change more than one thing at a time without testing it,

 

[FLTENNHUNTER1]

I just loaded up my first 100 rounds in 20 years...

308 168 SMK's varget 42 grains to start and increasing .2 grains per 5 rounds up to 45.8 grains.

Going to see how they shoot this weekend if it isn't too windy.

 

[jakeway]

thats what I do to,but I load 5 and walk over from my load bench to my shoot bench and shoot those 5,,while the rifle is cooling off I load 5 more 1/2 gr hotter,and repeat until I get results or hit pressure,,if I don`t get groups I like before I hit pressure I will change one thing and start over,,

I never change more than one thing at a time without testing it,

I'd like to do that, but my loading bench is about 20 miles from my shooting bench.

Man, I miss my place out in the country.

 

[firefox]

I love the feeling of rolling my own. I wish I had a nickle for each time I shook the loaded cartridges next to my ear so I could hear the powder move about in my first batch some twenty years ago