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Posted: 5/4/2024 6:28:09 PM EDT
[#1]
After I built up my baseline stockpile I reload what I shot before shooting that caliber again. Old military guns are fun to shoot. Yesterday was 9mm, last week .45 ACP, next week will be Swiss 7.5.
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CO, USA
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Posted: 5/4/2024 9:13:02 PM EDT
[#2]
.223
6.5 CM 300 PRC Have a new Ingenuity Precision powder dropper on order. Should be here next month.  FIRST LOOK Ingenuity Precision Powder Dispensing System for Reloading |
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Posted: 5/4/2024 9:26:23 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ACDer: Alot, my newest is 348 winchesterhttps://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/69887/1000003647_jpg-3205547.JPG Nice! Details brother, that is an underrated cartridge. |
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WI, USA
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Posted: 5/4/2024 9:40:47 PM EDT
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I reload many different cartridges, but I am currently focused on load development and stock for a .20 Practical, 5.7x28, and .410 (buckshot variations).
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Posted: 5/4/2024 9:44:15 PM EDT
[#5]
So far this year I have loaded;
300 BO 6.5 Grendel 6.5 Creedmoor 10mm 350 Legend 40 S&W And in a week or two some 6.5 PRC as soon as I get the dies/brass |
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Posted: 5/4/2024 9:48:10 PM EDT
[Last Edit: bigtex84]
[#6]
I couldn’t even fathom the amount of rounds I have reloaded this year. Just 9mm and 556 have to be 10k each. The other million cartridges I reload for maybe another 5k. I’m so glad I bought around 200k primers at $20/1k. Now I’m buying as many primers as I can at $55/1k or less
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Posted: 5/4/2024 9:56:31 PM EDT
[#7]
next week 8,000 5.56
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Posted: 5/4/2024 9:57:13 PM EDT
[Last Edit: ACDer]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Chukar: Nice! Details brother, that is an underrated cartridge. Rifle is an original model 71. Top rifle in pic. I am loading hornady 200 grain FTX with shooters world Long Rifle powder as full power loads and Montana 200 grain cast with Unique for plinkers,  Attached File |
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IL, USA
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Posted: 5/4/2024 10:06:53 PM EDT
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This year so far about 2000 rounds of 45acp on my DSB I have had since 1993.
I have 357 and 44 magnum des here also I moved most of my firearms, reloading presses, components and other gear to our house down south at the end of 2022. I wish I had kept more. I left a pallet full of odds and ends bullets and.powder. I had two one pound cans of 231 powder I bought in May of 1994.. They had the price sticker from a local gun store of 16.64. I found out I could buy 8lbs for less than half of that a pound at the Westerner Club. I bought 5000packs of primers too as my sister was an employee then The 45acpbullets where some odd 225 gr flat point from Bull-X at a gun show the guy didn't want to pack up. I bought and picked up directly from a guy who worked for Bull-X 200 gr swc and 225 fp that was different. I still have tons of those I have dies for around 80 calibers. Most are Redding or Forester. I have some I never used because the guy at the gun show walking around took 20 bucks. My son here has started shooting 8mm,7.62x39,7.62x54 and I have my 6.5x55. I'm thinking of getting a Lyman 8 hole turret for up her to do rifle stuff on Ordered 9 mm SDB dies. I never used it for that |
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Posted: 5/4/2024 10:12:52 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Firearmsenthusiast]
[#10]
I load a decent amount of .357 for wheel guns and lever guns. It's a fun caliber to customize.
I need to start on some 303 Brit. That got crazy expensive to buy and I have a fair amount of components. |
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Posted: 5/4/2024 10:26:32 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By BlackHoleSon: Question for you reloaders....is soft, white lead good for anything? I have prob #120 of old electrical wire sheathing that I was going to melt into ingots. For centerfire firearms will have to have some Tin, Antimony, or Linotype added to harden it up. Yes smelt into ingots, be sure to flux well when you do. |
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Posted: 5/4/2024 10:30:47 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By brachiosaur: I need to get into reloading for .44 Magnum. I've saved all my brass and bought 500 300-grain bullets off the EE, just need everything else and the know how.  How is the Lee Loader for lever action rifles? I've read conflicting opinions, won't be loading anything else and can't afford an expensive press. Did I mention it is very slow? It's how I loaded my first 40 rounds of 30-30. Then went out and bought a press and dies. |
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Posted: 5/4/2024 10:33:03 PM EDT
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I plan to bulk load 5k M80 clone loads this year. Working on brass prep now, finished my first round of ladder tests with the pulled American Reloading bullets last month.
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Posted: 5/4/2024 10:55:35 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Firestarter123]
[#14]
I need to get busy. I just don’t really like reloading so I only do it when I have to.
260Rem and 308Win are always happening as I shoot up the match ammo in my bolt guns. I have to start loading 6.5G since I just built a rifle. I have everything to do I but I just need to do it. I did actually count .264 bullets the other day and I apparently have 15K of them…oops. ETA: I have 10K of these 150gr 308 pulls from American Reloading now for 300BLK. At 9.6 cents each it was hard to say no. |
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Posted: 5/4/2024 11:01:13 PM EDT
[#15]
30-30
45-70 357 38 special 45 colt 270 308 223 Lately all I load is the first 5 Will need to make some 270 soon. 223 I just buy. Same with 9mm |
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FL, USA
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Posted: 5/4/2024 11:07:18 PM EDT
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I have some 10mm I need to get to. I also need to get to about 100 .308 subs that I wish I had Trail Boss for. I shot about 30 50BMG's a few months ago that I need to replace. I gave my son 200 5.56 reloads when he was visiting recently so I should get the tumbler out for that too. Not sure I'll get to all of that this year. All in all I have about 500 rounds of various calibers that I need to load up.
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OH, USA
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Posted: 5/4/2024 11:09:18 PM EDT
[#17]
I'm reloading 50 to 100 rounds at a time of 9mm. I am using IMR Target powder that I bought for $24.99 in 2021. I reload either Hornady HAP or Hornady XTP bullets. Both are very accurate. These reloads are for bullseye shooting, not any kind of action shooting. I reloaded .44 Magnum and .357 over the winter for my Marlin 1894 rifles.
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WI, USA
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Posted: 5/4/2024 11:15:50 PM EDT
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Just 300 Norma for some ELR matches. Finding large rifle magnum primers is near impossible though.
Haven’t been able to get my hands on Federal 215M gold metal match primers in over 3 years of looking. Unless I want to pay nearly $40.00 for a 100. |
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Posted: 5/4/2024 11:24:08 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/5/2024 12:18:17 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TheWhiteHorse: Cranking out the 6 GT as the season is in full swing… https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/333906/IMG_1533_jpeg-3205854.JPGhttps://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/333906/IMG_1535_jpeg-3205855.JPG Great loading. Low sd. |
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Posted: 5/5/2024 12:19:05 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Usernames]
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Posted: 5/5/2024 12:42:15 AM EDT
[#22]
38 Special
6.5 Creed 300 BO .357 Mag 38S Just the expensive stuff. 9MM, 45ACP and 5.56 don’t make sense. |
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Posted: 5/5/2024 1:07:20 AM EDT
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Summer trap league starts Tuesday. I am already down 400 shells. I usually reload around 12 to 1500 shot shells for the summer.
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SC, USA
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Posted: 5/5/2024 1:17:22 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Redman556]
[#24]
9mm, .40S&W, .45acp, 5.56, 7.62x39 ( getting started ).
I need to buy a 6.8spc II. I've got hundreds of rounds, factory and hand loads from the last time I had one. |
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Posted: 5/5/2024 1:37:02 AM EDT
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I'm going to be loading some 450 Bushmaster this summer to get ready for deer hunting.
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Posted: 5/5/2024 1:54:35 AM EDT
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Posted: 5/5/2024 2:01:11 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TonyRumore: Too many to list. But here are some of the dies that will be used. Tony https://i.imgur.com/1Rl1RVq.jpg Okay....I am impressed....I might be able to fill up a shelf or two but not ALL of them. |
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Posted: 5/5/2024 2:22:46 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By HemiPowrd: .223 6.5 CM 300 PRC Have a new Ingenuity Precision powder dropper on order. Should be here next month.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTkeruS0mqEInteresting, had not seen that before. Though the last new powder dropper I saw was the Supertrickler and everything as a complete kit was like $1,700 ish. (ST101 Gen2 + FZ-120i) I didn't watch the complete video, so if a price was listed I missed it. I will probably research this later. As a note I have both an Autotricker V3 and V4... Not sure if he made any comparisons either. |
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Posted: 5/5/2024 2:35:33 AM EDT
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I have totally failed on reloading, when you don't get to the range that much the desire is lacking you might say. I have been trying to build my garage for 2 years, between contractors bailing out and then now the city being a clusterfuck in the permit department....my reloading bench and safe are covered with BS that should be in my garage.....
  I hope to have my garage in the next couple months....of course I though I would have had it back in Jan so take that timeline with a grain of salt. Once that happens maybe my replacement weed eater parts and other BS won't be there. I might buy another press for the guns someone might shoot at a PRS match, I only say someone because that someone ain't currently me. I haven't done enough shooting in the past few years to keep up any currency. I might as well be someone that never touched a gun..... . I would be lucky to have an MOA of "minute of barn." I might grab a Nexus press from SAC for this, I have several of their dies already. |
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QC, CAN
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Posted: 5/5/2024 3:32:06 AM EDT
[#30]
This is what I have loaded so far this year.
5.7x28, 6mm BR, 6.5 Creedmoor, .223/5.56, 308 Win, 30-06, 300 RUM, 338 Lapua, 45-70, 9mm, .40 S&W, 45 ACP, 38 SPL, 357 Mag, 44 Mag, 454 Casull, 460 S&W, 500 S&W, 50 AE. |
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Posted: 5/5/2024 7:58:28 AM EDT
[#31]
I reload all my 6.8 spc stuff. 77g 5.56 BTHP also.
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CO, USA
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Posted: 5/5/2024 9:49:16 AM EDT
[Last Edit: HemiPowrd]
[#32]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Scoobysmak: Interesting, had not seen that before. Though the last new powder dropper I saw was the Supertrickler and everything as a complete kit was like $1,700 ish. (ST101 Gen2 + FZ-120i) I didn't watch the complete video, so if a price was listed I missed it. I will probably research this later. As a note I have both an Autotricker V3 and V4... Not sure if he made any comparisons either. $995 for the complete system without the scale. You can reuse the AD FX-120 scale that came with your V3. $790 for just the dropper with electronics. This option is for when you already have the IP trickler and just want to add the powder dropper. I'm currently using the V3 dropper with the IP trickler. Together it performs very well. The main reason I'm upgrading to the IP dropper is for the new controller that comes with it. This makes it accurate down to the kernel of powder (for non ball powders). |
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Posted: 5/5/2024 10:05:27 AM EDT
[#33]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By -MainDisconnect-: I usually reload in the off season starting in December. Save brass for 9-10 months and start large batches of 9mm and .223. I will shop around for deals and stack coupons and Cabelas points which allows me to buy components with little out of pocket expense. It’s really a hobby and offers some protection against panic buying. I don’t save money but I shoot more. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/366627/IMG_1883_jpeg-3205430.JPGhttps://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/366627/IMG_0138_jpeg-3205433.JPGhttps://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/366627/IMG_1785_jpeg-3205434.JPG Nice looking setup. |
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Posted: 5/5/2024 10:09:47 AM EDT
[#34]
Mostly 308 because there's no substitute for mass.
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Posted: 5/5/2024 10:21:37 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ACDer: Rifle is an original model 71. Top rifle in pic. I am loading hornady 200 grain FTX with shooters world Long Rifle powder as full power loads and Montana 200 grain cast with Unique for plinkers, https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/69887/1000003459_jpg-3205772.JPG Thst is a beauty, thank you for using her instead of putting it up on the wall or letting it languish in the safe. 
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FL, USA
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Posted: 5/5/2024 11:46:17 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Scoobysmak: I have been trying to build my garage for 2 years, between contractors bailing out and then now the city being a clusterfuck in the permit department... Humm....sounds like you live in Florida. |
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FL, USA
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Posted: 5/5/2024 12:20:15 PM EDT
[Last Edit: networkguru]
[#37]
I have dies for .300blk, .223, .380, 10mm/.40, and 9mm.
I make about 150 9mm rounds every week or 2 on my XL750. Just what I burn at the range. I have lots of factory ammo stored so Im not trying to build stock up. Yes I could make 1000 at a time but by doing this I stay proficient on the process. Plus I lose interest quickly so it helps to break it up. |
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PA, USA
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Posted: 5/5/2024 12:29:17 PM EDT
[#38]
Just loaded up some 7.62x39. But at any time it could be 9mm, 45acp, 5.56 or 35rem.
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Posted: 5/5/2024 12:40:32 PM EDT
[#39]
My press is in storage and I told myself I wouldn't buy anything until I moved...
But I just bought another 30k primers
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Posted: 5/5/2024 2:25:07 PM EDT
[#40]
I reloaded about 250 rounds of 38sp in my single stage press a few months ago. I don't have a good space to do it, so I have to lug everything out each time I do it. I don't shoot or reload large volumes but it's nice to know have the supplies and ability to reload a few hundred rounds of whatever calibers I have.
The only caliber I shoot that I don't reload for is 7.62x39 
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Posted: 5/5/2024 8:02:04 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By BlackHoleSon: Question for you reloaders....is soft, white lead good for anything? I have prob #120 of old electrical wire sheathing that I was going to melt into ingots. Dead soft lead is preferred when shooting muzzleloaders. If casting for cap and ball revolvers it's especially desired because seating harder lead balls can be more difficult. Winchester's original bullets for .44-40 were pure lead. It's also good for bullets to be shot in revolver cartridges like .32 S&W Long or .38 Special, if you're not driving them too hard. For example the .358 bullets I posted upthread are very soft, though not pure lead. I added some tin via some old cast bullets that I didn't need. A little tin in the mix helps the lead fill out the mold better. The bullets I cast in that session are still soft enough to scratch with my thumbnail, however. Proper size is more important than hardness in preventing leading. For example, cast bullets that are too small allow gas blow-by which causes leading. |
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Posted: 5/6/2024 2:35:52 PM EDT
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I have not loaded much in the past few years outside of revolver rounds like .38 Special .44 Special/Magnum and .45 Colt. Maybe a few rounds of .223 with 77 grain bullets to test out a barrel.
I have over 3 dozens die sets and plenty of components. But I just don't reload as much as I use to. Maybe I will get around to loading some oddball stuff this year like 7.7 Jap or 7.5 French. |
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OR, USA
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Posted: 5/6/2024 2:47:40 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Deerhurst]
[#43]
My latest fun. 556 and 9mm for scale. Couldn't find an appropriately sized banana.
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Posted: 5/6/2024 2:58:57 PM EDT
[#44]
Some 20 gauge:
 Attached FileAnd some 12 gauge:  Attached FileI bought a Dillon SL900 in 12 gauge a few months ago, so I still futz’ing around trying to get it dialed in for 3/4 ounce loads (in 12 gauge). Those pictured above were made with my 2 Mec 9000GN’s. |
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Posted: 5/6/2024 3:05:04 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Dave_Markowitz: Pic of roscoe:  https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/54763/m1905-32-left_jpg-3205183.JPG |
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Posted: 5/6/2024 3:18:14 PM EDT
[#46]
 Attached FilePicked up 40 lbs of nickel-plated shot to duplicate Fiocchi 20ga Golden Pheasant loads. 1 oz with Longshot. $3.50/ lb isn't bad.  Attached File |
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Posted: 5/6/2024 3:21:21 PM EDT
[#47]
6GT and 308 for comps
300 BO because i've run my stash of subs down 7mm Mag and 6.5 Grendel for hunting ammo 223 if I feel like it but don't have need currently I tend to boom or bust fixation on things like reloading. I might spend a couple months reloading thousands of rounds and then not again for a year or more until I get a new itch/caliber/rifle or dwindle on a particular load. |
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Posted: 5/6/2024 3:23:00 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TheWhiteHorse: Cranking out the 6 GT as the season is in full swing… https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/333906/IMG_1533_jpeg-3205854.JPGhttps://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/333906/IMG_1535_jpeg-3205855.JPG Monica |
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Posted: 5/6/2024 3:52:58 PM EDT
[Last Edit: buck19delta]
[#49]
Iv found two great deals on used 7mm rem mag rifles at the pawn shop, ones a 1996 winchester model 70 matte finish/ synthetic for $400 and a matte finish / synthetic browning a-bolt with leupold scope for $600.00. Put both on layaway back in january, pick them up around October to get ready for gun season, this pawn shop doesn't care if you take 2 years to pick up layaways, long as you pay at least $10.00 a month its fine, and let's you put $25.00 down to hold even $1000.00 items, so it's a great purchase option when moneys tight, or your not in a hurry to get said item.
My new elk rifles. iv already got better scopes at home waiting for them. Attached File Attached File |
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Posted: 5/6/2024 3:56:31 PM EDT
[#50]
Detachable magazine Winchester? I used to have one of those in 300. I wish I'd hung on to it as it was the first rifle I ever bought with my own money, but got convinced by the internet that push feeds sucked.
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