I put together an AR pistol in 300 blackout. It's a blast to shoot.

She's good with the 19.

I think it would be cool to do, but too expensive to shoot a lot for me. I would just stick with the .223 and off it when you get bored.

https://palmettostatearmory.com/ sure had some good deals for AR parts black friday this year.

I ran across a 500 box of .22 wildcat in a can I put away a long time ago.
$1.49 sticker on the side.
I lol with my kid.

I reload all my rounds so it helps keep costs down somewhat (although I eventually offset the cost savings by going to the range more often). I don't really push any of the loads too hot other than my 45lc for my Blackhawk

Thought I was the only crazy person. I reload on a Dillon XL650 but I have'nt cranked on it in awhile. Best part is I get all the brass from the range at work in exchange for taking a few of the buckets that frangible ammo comes in. Win win.

You're fancy lol. I'm just running a Lee Loadmaster 5 stage progressive. It does it's job, but it's a little touchy

Honestly sometimes I used to wish I just had a single stage. That learning curve was steep going straight to a Dillon. I must have 10 reloading manuals a couple different polishers , a carton full of b.s. primers and powders I should've known better than buying.

I got everything that you can think of for reloading. But don't have a Dillion yet.

I've done 9mm, 45acp .223 and .308. It's weirdly therapeutic. But if you get going DO not allow yourself to be distracted. That's when bad juju happens.

I've still got my RCBS RockChucker single stage, and a Hornady LNL. I'm not sure, but I might have a pair of RockChuckers, the mind plays tricks every now and again...:bowrofl::bowrofl:

The learning curve IS steep going to a progressive press, the hard part is getting all the dies adjusted so you don't crush cases or bullets. I'm debating going back to a single stage, because like solidus said, it's therapeutic reloading, especially if it's on a single stage. I would do about 500 rounds at a whack of 45ACP, running them through the sizer, then sitting and watching TV while putting in primers. :icon14: Amazingly enough, I didn't screw any up...:bowrofl:

Yeah, I started on a single stage myself. I still have it mounted and I use it for depriming, because I'm a little anal about running the brass through the tumbler and getting the primer pockets clean.

And it's definitely therapeutic. Just don't let it become an obsession. I bought a chronograph, and I've been logging results for my 45colt in half-grain increments for a given weight bullet (I cast my own), measuring velocity consistency and accuracy. It can definitely be taken too far.

I considered the bullet casting, but I didn't really have a good place to use for casting. With all the brass I already have, I was usually pushing the weight limit when moving. Of course, the old Craftsman tool box and roll away full of tools didn't help.... :bowrofl:


I've put all my reloading stuff and ammo in the basement with the washer & dryer, then put an electronic lock on the door, just so the grand kids don't get into something they are not supposed to.

I've got dies for 380, 9, 38/357, 40, 41, 45ACP, 223, 32 Win Spl, 6.8 SPC, 308, 30-06, 30-30 & 300BLK... I think I need some more.... :ugh2::ugh2:

I love the casting. I have two pots, one to clean up the lead (I have 350 pounds of lead wheel weights) and another to melt down my ingots for the actual casting. You can also buy clean lead ingots on ebay. When I started it was about $1.25/pound, but I guess it's running closer to $2.00 these days. It's funny because the sellers abuse the spirit of the USPS flat rate shipping boxes and send 20lbs of lead at a time.

500 rounds of 45 takes me about 30-45 minutes on the Dillon. I have separate heads that I set up for each caliber and just swap heads. The only thing I have to watch is powder and priming. I usually go 50rds and then weigh powder charge just because I had a batch one time I used for a steel competition come in so hot I had to aim at the base of the target to hit center mass using my FNP45 tactical.

If I was still shooting handgun like I was years ago. I would go Dillion. For now, the rockchucker does me find.

I cast my own handgun bullets too. Use a 20 lbs Lyman furance and sizer luber. I cast bullets for 9mm, 38/357, 2 different 44's, 2 different 45's, and 40/10mm. When I worked at Elliott. We had a bearing dept that made babbit bearings. So I had a good supply of different lead alloys. Still have about 500 lbs in the garage.