Fresh Ammo

[lah]

Put 118 rounds through the Ruger today using all the ammo in the coffee can. Came home & once in the basement I found there was no ammo. I looked for bullets but could find none. I washed the brass, popped it in the oven & once dry into the tumbler.

I ate supper & went back into the basement to remove brass from the tumbler. I was looking round & there they were a pile of Lyman 452374 cast from half lead & half 92-6-2.

Smiling I energized the lube heater & after a few minutes began to size & lube the bullets. Set my Dillon in the quick mount & now I have ammo for Monday.

The Star


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[Fowler]

Yes sir self sufficiency is a wonderful thing. My boys (9 and 13 years old) emptied an ammo can of 38sp ammo and I have been refilling it over the last few weekends. My Square Deal B is set for large primer bullets only so they have to be single staged the old fashioned way but I cast and sized a fresh pile of bullets, and I only have about 1/2 of the 750 round pile of brass left to charge and seat bullets in. Thinking about buying a second Dillon for small primer rounds now...

[lah]

It's hard to keep growing boys in ammo. BTW I like you thoughts on a second machine.

[Rimfire69]

Mine are 7 and 11 and its a full time job, good thing for case lots of rimfire.