Reloading ?

[CharlesHarris]

I have cast my own bullets and reloaded rifle and handgun ammunition for many years. With factory ammunition becoming more expensive and in short supply these days loading your own makes more sense than ever. While suppressors are legal here and can be purchased and registered, they are subject to a $200 transfer tax and restrictions similar to a fully-automatic weapon. If low cost, reduced recoil and lower noise are the goal, it is simple to assemble subsonic loads for most center-fire rifles. I use a cast 150-grain lead bullet with a light charge of pistol powder in my .30-'06 hunting rifles, at a velocity similar to .22LR ammunition, and accuracy is quite good to 200 yards or so. It is not as quiet as my Army & Navy Cooperative Society rook rifle, relined to .32 S&W Long, but it is more effective on larger varmints such as coyotes and truth be told, during the legal hunting season I have taken my share of deer out the kitchen window without disturbing the neighbours.

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(1 November 2013, 12:26)Skean Dhude Wrote: I do a little reloading. Want to get more into it next year.

List any specific questions you have, I'd be glad to help. This is an area in which I have a great deal of experience, but I don't to blather on without attention to exactly what information is needed.