I decided a few months ago to start saving my brass.

I just seperated it. Holy crap. I figured 20 min... it had to have taken 2 freakin hours. At least it seemed like it.

I have some 9mm, 40 SW, .45 and .223 but 9mm won by a landslide. Can't say how many. Here is a pic.

Will have a few hundred more of each after tomorrow's range visit.

Is this enough brass to justify reloading equipment? I want a nice setup if I buy one, something that I will not want to upgrade 2 months later. Also, having just fallen in love with my 10mm pistol I will be needing to learn how to do this just to afford to shoot the damned thing.

Cheers,
Jonathan

More than enough.

I'm ashamed to say, I'm one of those who's thrown away more brass in my life than a small army.

I started loading with far less brass.

Most people start slow in lower quantities till they get the handle on it which gives you time to get more brass.

Tj

It's a good start, indeed. I have 1000 pieces of each caliber I am going to reload.

Sadly, me too. It didn't seem to matter when ammo was cheap.

I do not have a .40 right now because I gave my G22 to my sister (she liked it and did not have a pistol) so really I should start with 9mm or .223... the pistol ammo is easier correct?

yeppers. the great thing about 40 and 9mm is the ammo is still cheap so you can not feel guilty about buying a box now and then to replinish your stock. Hey, pm GLShooter on the Armory and buy some of his brass. He has an assload of pistol brass for sale, like 40 bucks per thousand, shipped

Gotta have reloading equipment first and an hour ago I tied up my spare funds for a couple of months on another toy.

Well my parents and I have a 50/50 stake in a Pietenpol Aircamper.



When I bought their friend out of his half I wasn't signed off for tailwheel opperations so I got tailwheeled and yes... I feel like a badass now.

Mom doesn't like the Aircamper. Ain't no way she is going to be able to keep a tailwheel airplane pointed in the right direction. Plus getting in you have to be pretty spry.

Dad called and asked if I wanted to upgrade to a '64 Cessna 172. I don't have a pic of that particular airplane but something like this...



Sadly it is a yoke not a stick and the cool factor is slashed from 8/10 to somewhere around a 2. BUT... it has 4 seats and an enclosed cockpit so it is much more usable than the two hole puddle jumper. It is a nose gear so much more forgiving to stupid human tricks and crosswinds. I love the Piet though, no electrical system, no battery, no radios, transponder etc. No nav equipment except your eyes and good sense. Normaly charts are OK for nav but unfolding one out int he breeze like that doesn't help much.

...anyway, I'm a little bit broke for a little while.
Jon

This post has been edited by Nestromo: October 16th 2009 11:30 PM

nice taildragger!

i don't know a thing about reloading, but that is one nice looking plane.

Any amount of brass is enough to get started wtih reloading.

Nice looking plane.

I also would say that's more than enough brass. I first bought a reloader without any brass. Then started accumulating it. That's a nice looking plane

Plenty to start. I started with 300 45 ACP's and 400 38 Specials. The accumulation of stuff gets exponential after the first year of reloading in my opinion.

Greg

Yep that will do. LIke others here I started with a lot less.

+1 on the planes. I like the Aircamp the most.

Plenty of brass to "justify" a nice reloading setup. 40S&W and 10mm use the same dies, just some readjustments so you can load for your sister too. Dillon is the way to go for pistol ammo especially and can do 223 also.

I started reloading over 40 years ago. I had a handful of brass and little income as a college student. Have probably loaded a half million rounds since. Components were once a lot less expensive ... but so was surplus ammo. Buy a good press and you still be using it decades from now. My first was a Rockchucker and it is still in use for large capacity rifle cases.

Planes and guns ... now if you add fast cars and photography you have some of the most expensive hobbies known to man

(Of course women are the MOST expensive hobby possible!)

I found an old 1lb. can of IMR4895 the other day that had a $3.95 price tag on it, how old is that powder. Probably will still go boom, but I'm savin it for a conversation piece.

Amen. I have spent a lot more money on cars than airplanes or guns, and the airplanes spend a lot less time on jackstands!

found a can of this once. probably not as old as yours, looking at the price. we just lit it on fire. it burned with a slight hint of purple.