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Georgia Gun Store has them on sale for $375 plus $25 s/h. That’s an entertainment value.

I always shower once a week whether I need it or not.

Found Hornady Reloading Manual in Kindle edition on Amazon. Lots of other reloading manuals are on Kindle; This one was on my computer a few minutes after I ordered it. Sweet!

Good advice on used books. The copy of Lyman’s was not very well bound and has some loose, wrinkled, or ripped pages. That was new and shrink-wrapped from Cabela’s. Will get the Hornady manual next. Work bench is no problem. I have always favored a standing/draftsman height workspace and am used to building my own counters/tables/benches to fit. Have a spare room in the house with a whole wall ready to be purposed for reloading. Looking for a reloading class locally and scoping out deals for used reloading equipment on cl. Looks like a single press is the way to go for staters. I like nice tools and wish I could get my hands on a few to see how they feel before buying. Good bearings, smooth operation, quality materials, good design, usually American. I’ll gladly spend a few extra bucks on a nice tool that will last and has a upgrade path for long-term use. Used is fine with me if it fits the bill. Ammo storage looks important as I already have 50 cal. ammo boxes for various calibers stacking up around the house and I haven’t even started reloading yet. I have saved almost every pkg. from factory ammo incl. the foam or plastic holders from the last 6 months and intend on using them for reloads. Sturdy shelving is def. in the future plans. Anyhoo, back to factory ammo prices: I justify the high prices that I pay for spot purchases by telling myself that I will save the brass and reload it later. Thing is I do not always feel like scrounging around in the dirt for hot 9mm brass with a sore back.

I bought 250 rds of Remington 220gr UMC at Cabela’s today for 92.99 plus 8.25% tax. That is $.40 per rd., not great, but I’m shooting tomorrow... I also picked up the Lyman Reloading Handbook 50th edition. Passed on the Dillon machine for now.

I see a Dillon RL550B for $5-ish. Will go and see...

Mouser pkg arrived. Nice!

“Firearm hobbies are not inexpensive.” Aho! True that. Thank you for that nice post, Firewood. Thinking of buying a book or two first, then maybe sitting in on a buddy’s reloading session, then asking Santa for a small workbench setup. Or watching Craigslist for same. Going to keep shooting 9mm and 223 for 3-gun, .308 and .45 for heavy metal. 300 blk for hunting, 12 ga. for all three.

That is a good idea. I wonder if I can spend some time on someone else’s machine before jumping in with both feet. I will ask around. Maybe someone has a reloading workshop to rent by the hour.

Anyone over 40 here do this?

This is an art installation.

So by the time I have shot the reloaded equivalent of about $2K of factory ammo, I would have covered the cost of a reloading setup for pistol and rifle. After that, ammo will cost me half of retail plus my time and shop space. Sounds cool. I will probably get into it at some point. However, I also drive a diesel but I don’t make my own fuel in the backyard, even though I know how and it would save money. I do look for good prices on consumables like fuel and ammo, which is really what this topic is about after all.

As long as you brought it up, how much initial investment? I shoot 9mm, 45 acp, 223, 300 blk, and 308 mostly, with a little 30-06. Also some 12 ga and lots of 22lr.

Those boys at HCG are great!

If I were going to trade my first born, I would definitely go carbon.

Ok. Ordered the microphone and display from Mouser. Found an old macbookpro laying around. Does not surprise me about the phone app, there is an app for everything these days.

Kagamusha. Kurosawa’s best. Second is John Ford’s My Darling Clementine. (If you liked Sean Young in Blade Runner, Cathy Downs was her prototype)

I have one. The user interface sux and the battery life is a joke, but it does what is says and it is a great deal.

Wow, I like the TF extensions. Going to order a couple ASAP.

3CR has a 15” for $34.99. I have not seen one to know if it is a Yugo or Honda Civic.

Looks like this ol’ ipad is not going to work. Going to have to get something else up and running. Have a couple of Macs somewhere... The software is already written, so that is nice. My hope is that we can get one or two working models together and let shooters follow the steps to do the same. If jrjordan would like to download the IDE onto his machine and take a look and let us know what he thinks, that would be great. I need to order a output screen, a microphone, a few other parts. Probably from Mouser or somewhere like that. The ones I have seen at the range are usually in a blue box, so maybe something like that. Here’s a question: Can this be done on a iphone app and skip all the other hardware? Who has an answer for that?

First problem: I am using an Ipad. Cannot seem to download the Arduino software, called IDE, onto the Ipad. Anyone here familiar with this issue?

I’m thinking about it. If the two are permanently joined, the gun can have a full length buttstock and not require a SBR tax stamp.

Ha ha. Is that my basement dot com?