Greetings! New Member From Maryland

[trickg]

Hey everyone.  I figured I'd finally create an account and say hello.  

I'm originally from rural Nebraska, but I've been living the People's Socialist Republik of Marylandistan since 1990 - I came out here to be an Army trumpet player, met my wife and got married, and that has kind of kept me here ever since.

 

I grew up shooting with a father who was a real firearms enthusiast, competition shooter and part-time gunsmith.  He even had his FFL and ran a business out of the house fixing people's guns and even reloading for people.  In any case, in addition to being introduced to guns at an early age, I also learned to cast bullets and reload.

 

I figured I'd sign up for this forum because I finally got myself a Dillon reloading machine - an RL-550C.  I started with a basic Lee setup, and although I made good ammo with it, at best I could do about 100 rounds an hour - I just wanted something a bit quicker.

 

Initially I got a Hornady LNL AP, but went on a 2-year reloading hiatus due to my frustrations with that setup.  I couldn't load more than 5-10 rounds before I'd have to tinker with something on the press to keep it running right.  I don't know if that's just common with the LNL AP, or if it was partly my fault, but Dad had a Dillon that he got in the mid 1980s, and I never remembered him having an issue with it, and I reloaded on it too - I just remember that it worked - period.

 

In any case, I sold the Hornady, bought the 550C, and I'm a pretty happy camper - it's fun to sit at the press and crank out good reloads so quickly.  Yes, it costs more for tool up with a Dillon, but to my way of thinking, it's worth every penny.

 

So here's saying hello - I hope I can contribute here and there.

[Sarge]

Greetings.

[Racinready300ex]

Welcome, what part of MD? What matches do you shoot? Probably run into you at some point.

[trickg]

 

10 minutes ago, Racinready300ex said:

Welcome, what part of MD? What matches do you shoot? Probably run into you at some point.

 

I'm in central Maryland, but I don't do matches yet.  I just enjoy guns and going to the range.  Right now I'm working on becoming a member at a range so that I can get a membership at the Associated Gun Clubs of Baltimore range, which isn't terribly far from where I live - 30 minutes or so.

 

It's been an interesting couple of years - my shooting hobby kind of died on the vine because I'd completely dismantled my Lee Challenger press setup so that I could set up the Hornady LNL AP, but I didn't want to go shoot because I didn't want to have to fiddle with that press.  Now?  Bring it on! At this point I'm telling everyone looking at getting into reloading, especially progressive reloading, "trust me - just get the Dillon."

 

I have a couple of decent pistols though - I've got a Sig P226 Mk 25, a H&K USP 45, and a Wather P99 in 40 S&W that I could use matches - might have to look into getting into that.