Feeding the habit

[ditto1958]

I shoot quite a bit of .357 and .38 special ammo, most of which I currently reload using a Lee turret press. I'm generally very happy with the setup I have.

But... there are times when I think maybe I need one of those big blue reloading "factories" from that company that has calendars with cute girls... I seem to spend a LOT of time at the reloading bench turning out enough ammo to feed my habit. My revolver family has been growing recently, and it takes a lot of ammo to keep them all happy.

[ssonb]

I know the feelin....I still use the RCBS rock chucker single stage but I love the simplicity of rollin yer own one at a time.

[JEBar]

we have been using a single stage RCBS since the '60's, its still setup and ready to go ... 3 or so years ago we added a Hornady Lock-N-Load which really churns out the ammo .... we are very pleased with it for practice ammo but somehow can't get to where we use it for hunting ammo

[clovishound]

I've been loading on the LCT for years. I've toyed with the idea of a progressive, but between the expensive of setting up, and the fact that too many things are going on at once for my tastes, I've stuck with the turret.

If I could get around the attitude of the blue folks, I might be able to justify the initial expense of a Dillon. The additional expense and hassles of caliber changeover makes it a non starter for me.

Clovispup and I shoot about 200 - 250 rounds of centerfire a week on average. I can manage that fairly easily on a turret. I don't see us shooting a lot more than that in the near future. If we were going through more than that, I might change my mind.

[ditto1958]

Well, I pumped out some .357's and some 35 Remington's last night. Need to do some .38 specials and some 30-30's yet this weekend.

[BigAl52]

I have 3 square deal Dillons they do a great job. If you look around you might be able to get one used at a little better price. I know for me they work just fine and I use a rock chucker for the bigger rounds.

[Rugerfanboy]

I shoot quite a bit of .357 and .38 special ammo, most of which I currently reload using a Lee turret press. I'm generally very happy with the setup I have.

But... there are times when I think maybe I need one of those big blue reloading "factories" from that company that has calendars with cute girls... I seem to spend a LOT of time at the reloading bench turning out enough ammo to feed my habit. My revolver family has been growing recently, and it takes a lot of ammo to keep them all happy.

Drink the blue coolaid...!!! You wont regret it one bit.

[PT7]

Very nice setup -- and excellently labeled, Rugerfanboy. That makes good sense to keep all the reloading equipment and supplies under tight control.

If I ever have the chance to move to a larger place (right now we have a 740 sq. ft. apartment -- really small), and I have some room to set up a reloading bench, I'd really like to do .357/.38 spl reloads, plus also reload shotgun slugs. The shotgun stuff really looks interesting to me.

"Feeding the habit" would be nice to do!

[clovishound]

I thought about reloading for shotgun when Clovispup and I started trying our hand at skeet. I came to the conclusion it isn't worth it, unless you are shooting .410 or 28 gauge, or need custom loads. The components cost right around the cost of factory loads in target grades.

[ditto1958]

With centerfire rifle and pistol ammo, I don't really save money. In fact, I shoot way more, so I spend more. What you do get, pretty much from day 1, is better ammo. Seeing was believing for me. My very first handloaded ammo was better than the factory ammo I had been shooting.