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rclark · November 3, 2022, 07:09 PM

Year 1982 or so.... .357 Magnum for the Ruger Blackhawk dad helped buy for me as a teenager. Then a complete Hornady reloading set acquired. Used that Pacific single stage press up until just a couple years ago when I popped for an Iron Press.

SIGSHR · November 3, 2022, 07:58 PM

38 Special, Lee Loader. Then a Lyman 310 tool. Quickly learned the importance of full length resizing of handgun rounds, an RCBS JR came next.

Pathfinder45 · November 3, 2022, 08:15 PM

It was 270 Winchester back in 1973. I think the primers were around 60-odd cents per hundred and powder was inexpensive and availability was excellent. I started with CCI primers, 130 grain Speer bullets, and Winchester 780-BR powder that I think I paid just under $3.00/ pound for.

**Aguila Blanca** · November 3, 2022, 11:46 PM

.45 ACP, for (what else) a 1911. I started with Winchester brass, because I had been buying Winchester White Box bulk packs from Walmart and saving my brass for a couple of years before I actually took the plunge.

std7mag · November 5, 2022, 05:48 AM

@oldbear,
I was wondering where you found left handed cartridges for your rifle?

I started late. About 10 years or so ago.

7mm Rem Mag with the Lee Wack-a-mole loader on the kitchen table.

Now have a Lee 4 hole turret & Lee single stage.

I now load 5 different pistol cartridges & 15 or so different rifle cartridges.
Including "obsoletes" like 250 Savage, 257 Roberts, 257 Roberts AI, 25 WSSM, 284 Win, 280 Rem.

John D · November 5, 2022, 08:59 AM

Bought a Ruger Blackhawk in .38-40/10mm because it was "unusual". Found out the ammo for both calibers was crazy expensive (this was before cowboy action shooting and the resurrection of the 10mm). A friend reloaded and I bought some dies and tried it (didn't know that those thin, bottlenecked cases were hard to load!). Fell in love with reloading and decided I was going to load all my ammo going forward. Dillion 550 purchased.

gwpercle · November 5, 2022, 11:33 AM

It was 1967 - 7.5 Swiss for a 1911K Schmidt-Ruben short rifle .
They sold for $19.95 and were in beautiful condition ...
but the strange Pull back - Push forward action didn't get much love from Americans .
All the other bolt action WWII military surplus rifles sold for more ...a 1903-A3 Springfield was $60 ... way out of my high-school price range .
No hunting ammo was available , only military suplus FMJ sold by Century Arms and it wasn't cheap enough for me , a Lyman press and C-H dies got the reloading ball rolling . Still have the rifle and still enjoying reloading .
Gary

Nick_C_S · November 5, 2022, 06:52 PM

Quote:

I had been buying Winchester White Box bulk packs . . .

I still have an unopened case (10 boxes of 50) of WWB 230 RN ammo.

I did the same thing.

49willys · November 5, 2022, 09:32 PM

Probably about 1983 my dad taught me how to load for his rem.721 in 222.shot several coyotes with that gun.

Butzbach · November 8, 2022, 04:53 AM

Fall of 1979. Bought a Rockchucker to reload .44 Mag for my 4” nickel S&W Model 29. My brother taught me. Good times. By the fall of 1980 I was also reloading .45 ACP and .45 colt for my Blackhawk convertible. Started casting Boolits at that time too.

November 3, 2022, 07:09 PM	#26
rclark Senior Member Join Date: February 12, 2009 Location: Butte, MT Posts: 2,622	Year 1982 or so.... .357 Magnum for the Ruger Blackhawk dad helped buy for me as a teenager. Then a complete Hornady reloading set acquired. Used that Pacific single stage press up until just a couple years ago when I popped for an Iron Press. __________________ A clinger and deplorable, MAGA, and life NRA member. When guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns. Single Action .45 Colt (Sometimes colloquially referred to by its alias as the .45 'Long' Colt or .45LC). Don't leave home without it. That said, the .44Spec is right up their too... but the .45 Colt is still the king. Last edited by rclark; November 5, 2022 at 01:24 PM.

November 3, 2022, 11:46 PM	#29
Aguila Blanca Staff Join Date: September 25, 2008 Location: CONUS Posts: 18,466	.45 ACP, for (what else) a 1911. I started with Winchester brass, because I had been buying Winchester White Box bulk packs from Walmart and saving my brass for a couple of years before I actually took the plunge. __________________ NRA Life Member / Certified Instructor NRA Chief RSO / CMP RSO 1911 Certified Armorer Jeepaholic

November 5, 2022, 05:48 AM	#30
std7mag Senior Member Join Date: June 23, 2013 Location: Central Taxylvania.. Posts: 3,609	@oldbear, I was wondering where you found left handed cartridges for your rifle? I started late. About 10 years or so ago. 7mm Rem Mag with the Lee Wack-a-mole loader on the kitchen table. Now have a Lee 4 hole turret & Lee single stage. I now load 5 different pistol cartridges & 15 or so different rifle cartridges. Including "obsoletes" like 250 Savage, 257 Roberts, 257 Roberts AI, 25 WSSM, 284 Win, 280 Rem. __________________ When our own government declares itself as "tyrannical", where does that leave us??!! "Januarary 6th insurrection". Funny, I didn't see a single piece of rope...

November 8, 2022, 04:53 AM	#35
Butzbach Senior Member Join Date: October 25, 2021 Location: Texas Posts: 145	.44 Magnum for my Model 29 Fall of 1979. Bought a Rockchucker to reload .44 Mag for my 4” nickel S&W Model 29. My brother taught me. Good times. By the fall of 1980 I was also reloading .45 ACP and .45 colt for my Blackhawk convertible. Started casting Boolits at that time too.

November 3, 2022, 07:58 PM	#27
SIGSHR Senior Member Join Date: September 13, 2005 Posts: 4,700	38 Special, Lee Loader. Then a Lyman 310 tool. Quickly learned the importance of full length resizing of handgun rounds, an RCBS JR came next.

November 3, 2022, 08:15 PM	#28
Pathfinder45 Senior Member Join Date: January 7, 2008 Posts: 3,224	It was 270 Winchester back in 1973. I think the primers were around 60-odd cents per hundred and powder was inexpensive and availability was excellent. I started with CCI primers, 130 grain Speer bullets, and Winchester 780-BR powder that I think I paid just under $3.00/ pound for.

November 5, 2022, 08:59 AM	#31
John D Senior Member Join Date: October 24, 2000 Location: No. Arizona Posts: 436	Bought a Ruger Blackhawk in .38-40/10mm because it was "unusual". Found out the ammo for both calibers was crazy expensive (this was before cowboy action shooting and the resurrection of the 10mm). A friend reloaded and I bought some dies and tried it (didn't know that those thin, bottlenecked cases were hard to load!). Fell in love with reloading and decided I was going to load all my ammo going forward. Dillion 550 purchased.

November 5, 2022, 11:33 AM	#32
gwpercle Senior Member Join Date: November 30, 2012 Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana Posts: 1,752	It was 1967 - 7.5 Swiss for a 1911K Schmidt-Ruben short rifle . They sold for $19.95 and were in beautiful condition ... but the strange Pull back - Push forward action didn't get much love from Americans . All the other bolt action WWII military surplus rifles sold for more ...a 1903-A3 Springfield was $60 ... way out of my high-school price range . No hunting ammo was available , only military suplus FMJ sold by Century Arms and it wasn't cheap enough for me , a Lyman press and C-H dies got the reloading ball rolling . Still have the rifle and still enjoying reloading . Gary

November 5, 2022, 09:32 PM	#34
49willys Senior Member Join Date: March 18, 2010 Posts: 158	Probably about 1983 my dad taught me how to load for his rem.721 in 222.shot several coyotes with that gun.