Three Foot Johnson Posted January 8, 2017 Posted January 8, 2017 Normally, we'll load anywhere between 350-700 rounds a week. If the weather is really nasty, we'll get a lot more done. Holy crap, 36,400+ rounds per year on a single stage press! My personal record is 11,226, but I have a friend in Wyoming who CLAIMS to load 104,000+ per year for modern precision long-range... on a single stage press... and a balance beam scale... I have my doubts about that... Quote
Griff Posted January 8, 2017 Posted January 8, 2017 Holy crap, 36,400+ rounds per year on a single stage press! My personal record is 11,226, but I have a friend in Wyoming who CLAIMS to load 104,000+ per year for modern precision long-range... on a single stage press... and a balance beam scale... I have my doubts about that... That would be a range of 18,200 to 36,400 per year... and with two folks sharin' the chores... it'll get done twice and fast! Quote
Clueless Bob Posted January 8, 2017 Posted January 8, 2017 Normally, we'll load anywhere between 350-700 rounds a week. If the weather is really nasty, we'll get a lot more done. Let me re-phrase this. No we don't reload EVERY week, but when we do, we average 350-700 rounds a week. Boy, folks really are getting cabin fever!! Quote
Warden Callaway Posted January 8, 2017 Posted January 8, 2017 I won't normally buy Federal primers because of the way they are packaged. Back in the shortage I bought a brick of Federal Large Pistol match primers because they were the only primers on the shelves. Now I keep at least a year ahead of Winchester primers in stock. Quote
Three Foot Johnson Posted January 8, 2017 Posted January 8, 2017 Some of these stacks are four bricks deep, and there are several thousand more down at the house. Also about 6,000 Remington #10 caps. If I had to guess, I'd say I have more Federal 100's than anything else, followed by CCI, then Winchester, then MagTech, then Remington. Something over 100,000 total, plus maybe 7,000 or so percussion caps. Some of these are 7-8 years old, but I picked up a mixed lot last year (2016) with some CCI's that date to the 50's, and every one of them has worked so far. Quote
Warden Callaway Posted January 8, 2017 Posted January 8, 2017 Some of these stacks are four bricks deep, and there are several thousand more down at the house. Also about 6,000 Remington #10 caps. If I had to guess, I'd say I have more Federal 100's than anything else, followed by CCI, then Winchester, then MagTech, then Remington. Something over 100,000 total, plus maybe 7,000 or so percussion caps. Some of these are 7-8 years old, but I picked up a mixed lot last year (2016) with some CCI's that date to the 50's, and every one of them has worked so far. Do you use the oldest first? Or newest? Looks like if you're using oldest first, you will be perpetually using old primers. Quote
Three Foot Johnson Posted January 9, 2017 Posted January 9, 2017 Oldest first, unless I'm loading for long range. Like I stated, some of the CCI's I bought last year date to the late 50's, and they've all functioned just fine. Quote
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