I FINALLY MADE IT HAPPEN !!!

Now just research, research and then research your loads. Don't be afraid to go back over the step by step instructions offered in most manuals. Establishing a routine is paramount and don't have any distractions. Good luck and good shooting.
 
Also you can take you hopper off and wash it with soap and warm water (make sure it's dry) and it will help with the powder not sticking also. I too used to worry about dang every grain of powder I would waste until I thought about how long it would take for all those grains to add up to just one round and realized it's not worth worrying about! I get more upset if I mess up brass or can't find it after it's been shot!
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Congrats...U have know idea what u have done
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.Loadin ur own is great it's just knowin when to stop.Have fun and SAFTEY IS #1 cause anything u do on the loadin bench can end in catastrophie...!
 
Congrats on the new hobby/obsession!! I have been reloading about 15 years, and still love it. There is a certain amount of satisfaction that comes from a super group that you fired with your handloads, or an animal that you took with them. My best buck ever was taken with my loads.

One thing that you will notice later, I think, is that when the number of rounds you have on hand gets down to a certain level, it's time to panic and start loading again!! For me, if I get below 50 rounds for any of my rifles, it is mandatory to bring the round count back up. Then, of course, you have an excuse to go shoot some of them up, right? "Hey, I've got 100 rounds of ---, so i might as well shoot a few".

It doesn't get any better over time, either. Enjoy!!
 
Guys, check out my first recorded 3 shot group @ 100yards. The weather is really nice today and it was killing me to not get out and try these new loads I made up yesterday. I hung the first target and shot 3 rounds @ 50yards with my rifle still sighted in with my factory loads, just to see how they'd group. I got that group to all stay in a one inch square, so now I'm down to 7 shots left. I decide to move back to 100yards and start dialing my scope in for this round. Shooting at the same target, it takes me 4 more rounds to get the scope dialed in. Now I'm down to 3 shots left! I begin to wish I would have loaded a few more rounds. Well at this point I hung a new target(which is the one I have posted) and realize it's time to buckle down and try to make 3 good shots so I can really see the potential of this load! I'm not trying to make excuses for my 1st shot, but my barrel did have plenty of time to cool down while I was hanging my new target and I believe that is why I got a flyer. I'm so pumped up that I got a bughole out of my first loaded rounds that it's undescribable! This round HAS POTENTIAL! This was shot kneeling alongside my fourwheeler with the gun rested across the rack and a pretty good southwest wind. I can't imagine the potential if I could shoot from a bench! And one other thing, to all the Ruger 77/22 haters out there, the proof is in the picture! My Ruger 77/22 is a completely factory rifle with absolutely nothing done to it. Anyone who suggest that the Ruger 22 Hornets don't shoot is out of their mind!
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Thats pretty remarkable Ricky.Good work. Good idea thinking about a bench and rifle rest of some type...hmm, looking back, I wasted some time and effort in the beginning without those two items.
 
Originally Posted By: 2muchgunI put a white sticky label atop my powder dispenser and scratch out the old powder and right down the new one every time I change powders. I can usually change powders about 30 times before I need a new label.

Good job Ricky.....
I use a dry erase pen. stays put fine and a drop of water on a rag and its gone. just a idea that works for me.
 
Hooked, I think a nice shooting bench will come sooner than later! If I'm going to be putting out the effort to try and find the perfect load for my rifles I want to have a good solid bench to shoot from so that I know without a doubt how each load performs! Once the weather breaks, it will be on my to-do-list. I will probably go with a permanant one with the post set in the ground. I rarely ever do any shooting other than at my place.
 
I empty my powder measure every time - light reacts with the powder, humidity levels change, and I've been told that powder in contact with the plastic will have a chemical reaction, given a little time.
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That sure is a nice set up. where did you get that stand that all is mounted on? Id like to add that to my set up and put wheels on it so I can move it out of the way when i need to. yours looks real sturdy too. congradulations
 
blake1, I built the bench myself! I have it anchored to the floor and wall with concrete anchors! It won't even budge the slightest little bit. Which was my goal from the beginning. I wanted a perfectly level, flat, and solid work area. The top of my bench is something I dragged home from a jobsite! I'm a plumber and I took out a sink top one day at work that was very big, I asked the carpenter I was working with to cut off one end for me to use as the bench top. To be honest, I don't even know what it's made out of! It's not a standard fake marble top, but more like maybe granite or something. All I know is that he didn't have any problems cutting it and it was pretty heavy! I used a construction glue to glue it down to the wood framing of the bench. It's ROCK SOLID! I wish it were a little bigger but I wouldn't have the room anyway. Thanks for asking!
 
Well now you've done it. Run away while you can! Accuracy will become your god and consistency your desires. You will spend sleepless nights pondering loads, bullets and powders. You'll skip meals to save money for components and skip work to test them. New rifles, scopes and brass will consume the family checkbook. You will be forced to stash a mortgage's worth of moolah in primers and hide secret loads in your underwear drawer. You'll be drawn into hours and days of dry firing practices, muscle memory exercises and proper cheek weld technique. You'll trade your lazy-boy for a bench and your television for a chrony. It's a disease.
 


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