I Did It I Did It I Did It I Did It I Did It
Can you tell I am happy?
Had a bad 40SW round at the range. Don't know if bad primer or what, but wouldn't fire.
When I got home, I pulled the bullet, dumped the powder. deprimed it.
Weighed the bullet to make sure what I was dealing with.
Then I went thru the whole process til I had a reloaded cartridge and made sure it barrel plunked and twisted. It took quite a while this first time getting each die just how I wanted.
Well, then I did something I am not proud of, but not wanting to drive 20 miles to the range at their busiest time, I fired the one round into the ground in the back yard grass.
And it worked! It fired and chambered the next round just as supposed to.
OH the satisfaction felt and the wish to continue, but alas I cannot until I get my bullets.
Kicking myself for not reloading sooner. What fun. And I said, such a sense of satisfaction from doing it myself. I did the math and I really don't save much money. It will probably be a year and half until the equipment is "paid for" but what fun!
Anyways thanks everyone for the help and I can now understand why all of you get so much pleasure out of the process.
Doc
Can you tell I am happy?
Had a bad 40SW round at the range. Don't know if bad primer or what, but wouldn't fire.
When I got home, I pulled the bullet, dumped the powder. deprimed it.
Weighed the bullet to make sure what I was dealing with.
Then I went thru the whole process til I had a reloaded cartridge and made sure it barrel plunked and twisted. It took quite a while this first time getting each die just how I wanted.
Well, then I did something I am not proud of, but not wanting to drive 20 miles to the range at their busiest time, I fired the one round into the ground in the back yard grass.
And it worked! It fired and chambered the next round just as supposed to.
OH the satisfaction felt and the wish to continue, but alas I cannot until I get my bullets.
Kicking myself for not reloading sooner. What fun. And I said, such a sense of satisfaction from doing it myself. I did the math and I really don't save much money. It will probably be a year and half until the equipment is "paid for" but what fun!
Anyways thanks everyone for the help and I can now understand why all of you get so much pleasure out of the process.
Doc