Interesting day at the gun store

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Al Nyhus

"It'll never work!"
Dropped in to a local gun store yesterday for some small pistol primers when a young man asked if I had a minute to answer a couple questions. He said he was interested in learning how to reload handgun ammo and was looking for some direction on what to buy, the basics of reloading and more importantly how to do it safely.

I'll leave out all the blah, blah of the conversation but I came away very impressed by this young man's desire to learn the basics of hand loading and his enthusiasm for this new hobby. He was a new gun owner that until this Spring had never fired a handgun before. His purchase of a nice Glock for self defense has turned into a real love of shooting. In turn, he brought several of his pals to the range with him. And they purchased their first guns, as well. Now they've got a little group together that go and shoot and generally have a ball. These are nice young guys, in professional careers, that just need a bit of guidance to continue enjoy shooting. I sure hope he takes me up on the offer to come over, see how the process works and start reloading ammo safely and with the feeling of accomplishment that goes along with it.

Good shootin'. :) -Al
 
my bench

I used to have people come out and shoot on my bench and my little pistol backstop. The virus stopped all that. Maybe the shot will get things back to normal. Old folks like me and kids too. We gotta keep the young folks interested. Varget 85 dollars a pound and 1000 primers 300 bucks on gunbroker I dont know how theyll afford it. Doug
 
Al: Good for you! The big unanswered question however is did you obtain any SPPrimers?

They seem to be as scarce as hens teeth. bob
 
bob finger said:
The big unanswered question however is did you obtain any SPPrimers?
They seem to be as scarce as hens teeth. bob
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I did, Bob.....CCI #500's. The store had a limit of 1,000 per customer, per day. There were a little over 30,000 left when I was there. I advised the young man I talked with to get some and he did. ;)
 
I’ve gotten 3 guys at work into reloading in the last year. One early last year and one more recently. It took this last one a month or so to piece together necessary reloading equipment. Components are another matter and I’ve had two over to my shop to assist in reloading and sent them home with components to get started. One even helped me set up a progressive press I’ve had in the corner for 5 years and we turned out several hundred 223 for this year’s target and coyote hunting for both of us. He owns several pieces of excavation equipment and we traded services. We were both happy with the deal.
 
Doug Casner said:
I used to have people come out and shoot on my bench and my little pistol backstop. The virus stopped all that. Maybe the shot will get things back to normal. Old folks like me and kids too. We gotta keep the young folks interested. Varget 85 dollars a pound and 1000 primers 300 bucks on gunbroker I dont know how theyll afford it. Doug
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$120 for 50 nickel plated 25-06 cases on GB. Effen amazing.
 
I stopped at a....

local LGS yesterday. They said they had 9mm on Monday and it was like the social media jungle drum lit up and within a half hour there was a line out the door waiting to buy. It was gone in a few hours.

I did find some Federal factory 165 gr 300 win mag for a friend at $42 a box of 20. My first thought was that's a lot, but looking at the pricing of new cases, the cost to ship, bullets, primers and powder i realized it was a very fair price. This store is acting and pricing in the door components and ammo fairly. kudos to them!
 
I have a half a fortune

in cases I have picked up at the range over time. Can't hardly wait to get home in the spring to sell some of them :)

Pete
 
Pete Wass said:
in cases I have picked up at the range over time. Can't hardly wait to get home in the spring to sell some of them :)

Pete
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Prices are unreal on everything ammo related for sure. I was looking thru my stuff the other day and showing my son the prices that I paid for it back then, he couldn't believe it. :) I thought about selling some of it but I couldn't talk my self into it. I did pack a box of stuff to give to a young guy that is trying to get started in reloading. That has to be a discouraging task in todays atmosphere!
 
Steve

steve stanley said:
Prices are unreal on everything ammo related for sure. I was looking thru my stuff the other day and showing my son the prices that I paid for it back then, he couldn't believe it. :) I thought about selling some of it but I couldn't talk my self into it. I did pack a box of stuff to give to a young guy that is trying to get started in reloading. That has to be a discouraging task in todays atmosphere!
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how about a pound of H335 powder for $1.79? Mid 1970's. That 1974 $1 is worth $9.40 today factored for inflation. If you could find it at a reasonable price H335 would be in the $30 per pound range. Are we missing something here about the cost of powder??
 
glp said:
how about a pound of H335 powder for $1.79? Mid 1970's. That 1974 $1 is worth $9.40 today factored for inflation. If you could find it at a reasonable price H335 would be in the $30 per pound range. Are we missing something here about the cost of powder??
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Prices for everything have gone up a great deal but the prices that people are selling ammo and components for are unreal. I wonder if the plan is to price ammo out of reach for gunowners so our gun are worthless. we have all seen shortages before but this one seems totally different , it has a sinister feel to it.
 
Al Nyhus said:
Dropped in to a local gun store yesterday for some small pistol primers when a young man asked if I had a minute to answer a couple questions. He said he was interested in learning how to reload handgun ammo and was looking for some direction on what to buy, the basics of reloading and more importantly how to do it safely.

I'll leave out all the blah, blah of the conversation but I came away very impressed by this young man's desire to learn the basics of hand loading and his enthusiasm for this new hobby. He was a new gun owner that until this Spring had never fired a handgun before. His purchase of a nice Glock for self defense has turned into a real love of shooting. In turn, he brought several of his pals to the range with him. And they purchased their first guns, as well. Now they've got a little group together that go and shoot and generally have a ball. These are nice young guys, in professional careers, that just need a bit of guidance to continue enjoy shooting. I sure hope he takes me up on the offer to come over, see how the process works and start reloading ammo safely and with the feeling of accomplishment that goes along with it.

Good shootin'. :) -Al
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How DID WE get started??

In 1959 I built a reloading press styled after a C&H H style press. Bought a Sierra loading manual and a set of George Leonard Herters Model Perfect dies.....Herters dies in 1959, about 3 bucks!!

Memories....Thanks.

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Poppers

How much for a thousand poppers back then? Dad had them old Herters catalogs layin around when I was a kid. That or go to the store was the only way to look at stuff back then. No internet.
 
sorry just not true. i was in the components biz..went thru this several times.
learned long ago to keep lots of everything on hand.


steve stanley said:
Prices for everything have gone up a great deal but the prices that people are selling ammo and components for are unreal. I wonder if the plan is to price ammo out of reach for gunowners so our gun are worthless. we have all seen shortages before but this one seems totally different , it has a sinister feel to it.
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Getting Started

My first press was a Herters. It was a big clunky thing with a heavy handle that would sometimes come down by itself. It came with a 30/06 die and a thick catalog that made for some interesting reading. My 722 .222 was glass bedded with a Herters kit.

Brings back memories of hunting with my father....where did all the time go?

Mort
 
Doug Casner said:
How much for a thousand poppers back then? Dad had them old Herters catalogs layin around when I was a kid. That or go to the store was the only way to look at stuff back then. No internet.
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Don't know about the 50's but in the late 70's when I started loading, I was paying $1/hundred, which would be $10/thousand. Stands to reason that a case of 5000 would have been cheaper but I bought my 1st case in the early 90's.
 
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