A 73 year old buddy of mine got out of it and moved to Miami.  He GAVE me all his RCBS equipment and all I need is a set of 243 dies for a Sako to reload for it.  I already had Forster dies for my 25-06 and 30-06s that another friend and I set up to load my stuff in his equipment and now I'm doing it all by myself.  I bought enough components a couple years ago before stuff got sky high and hard to find and now have enough to last me the rest of my hunting life.

Like so many on this site, I reload my own ammo.  I started about 35 years ago and continue to load for all my rifles.  I load for a 338 win mag, 300 Weatherby mag, 30-06, 308, 270, 25-06, 7 mm Weatherby mag, 22-250, 7 mm Remington mag, 6 mm and the 223.  I have a few sets of dies for handguns but have never tried those.  I don't shoot handguns enough to warrant reloading for them. 

I like the ability to change bullet weights and ballistics.  I am very meticulous and have never had any problems with my reloads.  I look at reloading as a relaxing way to spend some quiet time, rather than trying to save money. 

I started reloading in 1997 - wife bought me a Lee Loader for Christmas.  Best Christmas ever, for me!  For her, well, she hasn't seen me quite as often since ::whistling:   Anywho's, once I started loading, I couldn't help the addiction and started loading for friends on a routine basis.  Best thing about reloading for me is that when I go hunting and kill a animal, I get full satisfaction knowing that everything I did was right on I still load for friends here in Colorado and can't help the feeling of great satisfaction when we go to the range and everything goes 'bang'!

I started reloading as a kid 13-14 YO because I didn't have enough money to buy all the ammo I wanted to shoot , now with senior status quickly aproaching I find myself in the same place, I love to shoot, and now have more time to do it. So if you shoot thousands of rounds a year that you reload, would you change for your hunting rounds?

Alex

I've been rolling my own as a handloader now for 30+ years, started out with my dad and a single station press and once I got on my own I purchased a Dillon 550B progressive press.

The calibers I currently own and reload for are: .338 WM, 30-06 Springfield, .300 SAUM, 8mm Mauser, .303 British, 7mm Rem Mag, 6.5x55 Swiss, 12 Ga. Shotshells, .44 Rem Mag, 9mm, and the 9mm Makorov.

I have an ample supply of various primers, and powders to keep me running for a few years and enjoy devoloping new variations of loads for all of my firearms.