Guns, Dogs and Blades QnA

DeltaV said

I don't believe I've seen any posts on reloading. I was looking into it back in the 1980s, but some twists and turn of life placed reloading on the back burner. I've gone full circle now...time to get into reloading my own.

I remember RCBS and it looks like they are still around. Any other equipment companies to consider? I would do various handgun rounds from 38 through 44 magnum and various rifle rounds from 6.5mm through 8mm.

The equipment doesn't have to be for fast production, but it needs to be tough, reliable and produce good results. Availability of parts/dies and serviceable items is important to meThanks in advance

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Keep good records of what you produce and take notes on how the particular firearm likes them. It's a lot like hot rodding. Two grains of powder or a .001" change in the seating depth of the bullet can move that hot rod Winchester from the 9s into the 8s :D. That same change may not help your partner's hot rod at all. I never had a turret press, but knew others that did. I grew leery of them when i saw the remains of a brand new Ruger .357 that got hold of some accidentally double charged .38 special target loads, luckily nothing but hurt feelings involved in that mishap. Not just a one time incident, upon inspection after there were 2 bricks just like the perpetrator. Handloader's Digest was my friend :D, his Hornady and Speer buddies were never far away :D.