The Joys of Reloading

[Dunnigun]

The toughest part of using RST's?.......unwrapping the packages.

Kinko's? Not even close.

[Autumn Daze]

Holy s--t! I haven't laughed this hard in a long time.... I can just picture this whole disaster...... So Larry...All you had to do was call they have lead at Silver City Sporting Arms in West Haven...And its not "Star" shot in the cheesy cloth bags.

Its most likely not a good idea to get in the truck with you Saturday morning...Huh.....

Yup welcome to the joys of reloading and oh ya....Have a Bilco cellar door put in so you don't have to carry shot through the house!

[Opening Day]

"Yup welcome to the joys of reloading and oh ya....Have a Bilco cellar door put in so you don't have to carry shot through the house! "

I am sure Deb would appreciate that.. Larry, RST's phone number is, 570-553-1651 just in case....

[charlie cleveland]

larry you never told us how the bags got openedor should we ask...your rite about the lead being hard to find....i even bought some steel bb s today from walmart to have something to load and shoot a few pop cans with...yours was a frustrating experiance but it sure gave us other fellows something to smile about...least you had enough guts to tell the storey it was funny.... charlie

[Richard Flanders]

Welcome to the club Larry. There is spilled #8 shot under every item in my basement... freezers, tables, boxes, shelf sets, you name it.... my heirs will have to deal with it...!

[Twice Shooter]

Someone told the story on the forum a couple of years ago about tilting the shot container over backward on a MEC with the stopper removed and dumping the shot all over the floor while his wife watched. The MEC container holds about 16 pounds of shot. He said his wife walked out of the room shaking her head. I wonder if he'll admit it again. Cheers, Tom

[10 bore]

this won't be you last spil,l if you load for the next 20 years you should spill about 1 1/2 tons by than and you will find all kinds of differnt ways to do it scott

[jimcaron]

I can empathize as well. If you haven't dropped shot, you haven't reloaded. The best part is that the previous owner of my house was an FBI agent, who was an avid reloader as well. To this day I still find a stray 9mm shell in some dark deep recess. I would say it might be mine but I don't own a 9mm.

I love the RSTs as well. I also like the Gamebore's but they seem to be very hard to get now. they even have real blackpowder load.

[J.B. Books]

I am not sure how much I spilled at one time definitely not a whole bag but like Scott says over the years about a ton. I had a female black lab who used to like to lay down near me while I reloaded. As soon as she heard the first sound of a spill she would run upstairs because she thought the expletives were directed at her

PS. Welcome to the club Larry, we have all been there, just not as soon as you got there. Reloading is the way to go for vintage guns allowing for control of pressure, shot weight and recoil.

PPS. A MEC 650 is a progressive reloader and if you have a problem you really have to stop and think about where each shell is in the process. It's easier to learn on a single stage loader. Also the 650 does not resize the brass so you may encounter hulls you have picked up not fitting or sticking in the chambers of your gun. You will need to get a MEC Super Sizer or Shell Conditioner to perform that function.

[jimcaron]

Originally Posted by Pete Lester

I am not sure how much I spilled at one time definitely not a whole bag but like Scott says over the years about a ton. I had a female black lab who used to like to lay down near me while I reloaded. As soon as she heard the first sound of a spill she would run upstairs because she thought the expletives were directed at her

PS. Welcome to the club Larry, we have all been there, just not as soon as you got there. Reloading is the way to go for vintage guns allowing for control of pressure, shot weight and recoil.

PPS. A MEC 650 is a progressive reloader and if you have a problem you really have to stop and think about where each shell is in the process. It's easier to learn on a single stage loader. Also the 650 does not resize the brass so you may encounter hulls you have picked up not fitting or sticking in the chambers of your gun. You will need to get a MEC Super Sizer or Shell Conditioner to perform that function.

You're dog and my dog must be related! Everytime I start with the salty talk, she flies out of the room! I think those ears of her must really be wings!

That reminds me when somebody new to reloading asked me how to not spill any shot. My reply "don't reload"