I'm thinking I might start out reloading shotgun shells, especially .410's as they have got pricey. Then I'd move up to the 454 casulls after I get my feet good and wet. (and eliminate my pesky apple eating squirrels)
iGreg, for me, the real savings comes with casting bullets. With the supplies I've bought over the years (much it surplus or estate sale stuff), along with scrounging free lead, my 38 special plinkers cost less per round than 22LR. And being able to control the hardness of the bullets via the alloy and casting process opens up yet another world of ammo customization. It's a yet another time investment, but quite enjoyable.
225 Win, 22-250 7MMWM 7-30 Waters .30-30 Win .308 Win 30-06 300 Win Mag 357 mag 44 mag
Wayne, just re-read this and saw the .225 reference. About 25 years ago I had a chance to buy a Win Mdl 70 featherweight in .225 and passed (dumb me). That had to have been a "Custom Shop" offering since it was not a cataloged offering. That goes into the missed opportunities file. I presume you have a supply of brass. That has to be an easy round to load and perfect since it is rimmed. What twist rate?
I don't have that rifle now, the rate of twist is 1-14. I kept some dummy loads I used for headspecing and load length.
I used to just do neck resizing instead of full length even though I had dies for both--just gave the dies away about 2 weeks ago.
The rimmed cases made them popular for some custom single shot firearms, but the case dimension is based on head spec.
I trashed all of the brass since all were multi-reloaded, trimmed, etc.
No, it was not a custom. It was a factory caliber at the time I bought it at a gun shop in the early 1960's in their regular inventory. Model 70 standard weight barrel.
I had a Weaver 10X on it and I didn't use the factory loads with 55 gr. bullets. I loaded 50 gr Sierras at about 3,900 fps
Very accurate.
If you do a web search for Winchester 225, you will find quite a lot about it.
I recently also sold my Weatherby Mark V 7MMWM, and Savage 111 in .308 as well as a Winchester 9422 XTR.
Quit hunting, but not fishing.
Did you keep your reloading equipment? In case you get the itch...
And, I notice you didn't sell the .25-20. What is that? My friend has a virtually like new Winchester Lever 92 in .25-20 that is downright beautiful...
25-20 was not in my list. Not familiar with the caliber.
Oh yeah! Great present. I have the RCBS version. I don't think it matters though - Lyman, Hornady, RCBS - all of the case prep machines are awesome tools. I have the two sizes of primer pocket reamers, two sizes of primer pocket brushes, neck brushes, and the chamfering and deburring heads. What a time saver! I hope you enjoy it!
All the best,
Glenn
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