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Posted: 11/18/2014 8:11:25 AM EDT
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First off, I've tried to read through the forum, but I apologize if I'm asking questions that have been answered 100x over.
I'm trying to figure out I want to build a 300BLK suppressed SBR. And reloading subsonics is a big factor. What do I need to start hand loading? Any suggestions for a basic setup? I don't care about the speed of reloading, just that I learn and get it right. Thanks in advance. |
| u will need a good bit of stuff to start up a press, dies, powder, bullets, primer, brass just to name a few things. A good powder measure will help alot a caliber to measure case length. I am probably missing alot more. OH yea forgot a few books on reloading like the lee and lyman. |
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First off, I've tried to read through the forum, but I apologize if I'm asking questions that have been answered 100x over. I'm trying to figure out I want to build a 300BLK suppressed SBR. And reloading subsonics is a big factor. What do I need to start hand loading? Any suggestions for a basic setup? I don't care about the speed of reloading, just that I learn and get it right. Thanks in advance. There are a lot of factors to consider. Is cost a limit? The Lee classic cast press is a find press for $60, but it doesn't compare to the RCBS Rock Chucker or the Hornady LNL Classic. Honestly, most beginners start with a kit (like the Lee Anniversary kit) that has basically everything you need (except dies, components, and a caliper). These kits are around $130 with free shipping from Amazon link. I started out that way, but since then I have replaced literally every part of the kit with better quality parts. I now use a Hornady LNL Classic with a $500 lab grade scale, a $200 set of micrometers, etc.. Start cheap to edge your way into the hobby, then slowly upgrade parts. Or you could go with the "buy once, cry once" method if you have the money now, which is definitely a better approach if you have the money now. If you do, I would recommend the RCBS Rock Chucker Master reloading kit for ~$305 (Amazon Link). I think it is cheaper from midsouth. IF, you think you will upgrade to a progressive at some point, I would recommend the Hornady kit ($260 from Midway). The reason is that they use the same die holders and you can calibrate the two presses to be the same distance. This means once you setup the dies you can switch them between the progressive and the single stage and not have to readjust them. FWIW, I have the lee single stage, and the Hornady Classic and progressive. I wish I would have bought the RCBS Rock Chucker instead of the Lee though... I have also owned the Lee turret press and absolutely hated it (just my opinion, others love it). |
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Thanks very much for writing all this up.
Cost is definitely a factor, but let me read all this and digest. Cheers. Quoted:
There are a lot of factors to consider. Is cost a limit? The Lee classic cast press is a find press for $60, but it doesn't compare to the RCBS Rock Chucker or the Hornady LNL Classic. Honestly, most beginners start with a kit (like the Lee Anniversary kit) that has basically everything you need (except dies, components, and a caliper). These kits are around $130 with free shipping from Amazon link. I started out that way, but since then I have replaced literally every part of the kit with better quality parts. I now use a Hornady LNL Classic with a $500 lab grade scale, a $200 set of micrometers, etc.. Start cheap to edge your way into the hobby, then slowly upgrade parts. Or you could go with the "buy once, cry once" method if you have the money now, which is definitely a better approach if you have the money now. If you do, I would recommend the RCBS Rock Chucker Master reloading kit for ~$305 (Amazon Link). I think it is cheaper from midsouth. IF, you think you will upgrade to a progressive at some point, I would recommend the Hornady kit ($260 from Midway). The reason is that they use the same die holders and you can calibrate the two presses to be the same distance. This means once you setup the dies you can switch them between the progressive and the single stage and not have to readjust them. FWIW, I have the lee single stage, and the Hornady Classic and progressive. I wish I would have bought the RCBS Rock Chucker instead of the Lee though... I have also owned the Lee turret press and absolutely hated it (just my opinion, others love it). Quoted:
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First off, I've tried to read through the forum, but I apologize if I'm asking questions that have been answered 100x over. I'm trying to figure out I want to build a 300BLK suppressed SBR. And reloading subsonics is a big factor. What do I need to start hand loading? Any suggestions for a basic setup? I don't care about the speed of reloading, just that I learn and get it right. Thanks in advance. There are a lot of factors to consider. Is cost a limit? The Lee classic cast press is a find press for $60, but it doesn't compare to the RCBS Rock Chucker or the Hornady LNL Classic. Honestly, most beginners start with a kit (like the Lee Anniversary kit) that has basically everything you need (except dies, components, and a caliper). These kits are around $130 with free shipping from Amazon link. I started out that way, but since then I have replaced literally every part of the kit with better quality parts. I now use a Hornady LNL Classic with a $500 lab grade scale, a $200 set of micrometers, etc.. Start cheap to edge your way into the hobby, then slowly upgrade parts. Or you could go with the "buy once, cry once" method if you have the money now, which is definitely a better approach if you have the money now. If you do, I would recommend the RCBS Rock Chucker Master reloading kit for ~$305 (Amazon Link). I think it is cheaper from midsouth. IF, you think you will upgrade to a progressive at some point, I would recommend the Hornady kit ($260 from Midway). The reason is that they use the same die holders and you can calibrate the two presses to be the same distance. This means once you setup the dies you can switch them between the progressive and the single stage and not have to readjust them. FWIW, I have the lee single stage, and the Hornady Classic and progressive. I wish I would have bought the RCBS Rock Chucker instead of the Lee though... I have also owned the Lee turret press and absolutely hated it (just my opinion, others love it). |
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And then when you get your reloading setup, you'll want to save even more money.. So then you will start casting boolits and powder/Hi-Tek coating them.
Cast boolits, coat, shoot, collect shot boolits, recase, coat, shoot, etc... It's a net zero cost for bullets (someone, you lose some). It's reloading to the extreme. Costs me around $0.05/rd for almost everything I shoot (that I can cast). This includes 9mm, 45ACP, 30-30Win, and 300 BLK. I could do 223, but prefer jacketed for that at $80/k. I hope you can see how quickly this hobby saves/consumes all of your money... 
But on the flip side, I enjoy reloading/casting more than shooting now.. Anyone can buy match grade ammo and shoot it well, but I can MAKE match grade ammo and shoot it better and cheaper than most people can buy it. That makes me 
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