I could go for a crumpet and a spot of Irish Breakfast tea!
Actually it's green tea and rye toast this AM.
Good Morning Mossberg Owners.
Is foggy and temps in the 50's today. I have my last Christmas shopping to do today . . . wrap a few presents, polish up the aquariums.
Everything is pretty much "in the bag" here.
Just read Modern Reloading by Richard Lee. 99.5% is all in there.
BUT, this is what I think folks should really know about reloading:
There's more than one purpose, and that affects production and procedures.
Some folks reload so they can afford to machine gun lots of ammo into the dirt for fun.
Those guys look for fast production. Accuracy, quality and dependability come second.
They want to use an AmmoBot to crank it out fast, from cheap components, in many hundreds of rounds per hour.
They accept a percentage of failures to achieve production speed.
Some folks reload so they can be 100% sure that what's in the gun is powerful and reliable.
Self defense guys who want the best possible reliability and knockdown.
Hunters who know they'll only get one shot.
Some folks just want pure accuracy at distance.
Snipers and Target shooters that want every possible scrap of consistency and accuracy.
Each round must shoot exactly the same as the last. Max power isn't the goal.
Those guys buy high quality components and work slowly and precisely.
That's where I go.
I spend at least one minute per case to retrieve them, inspect and tumble, neck brush, lube, de-cap, & re-tumble.
A minute to retrieve, wipe, measure, trim, pocket clean, primer hole size and chamfer.
30 seconds to sort, inspect and prime.
Another minute to weigh the case, drop powder, re-weigh, trickle, seat and press.
I usually press 4 times, rotating the shell between.
A few seconds to measure COAL, accept or reject, box and label.
So I'd say 3 to 3.5 mins per round, including record keeping.
That's about 20 rounds an hour, if I work in batches of 60 or so.
Anyhow, it's not worth the effort and setup cost for most folks either way.
Now if you have OCD like me, effort and cost are not a factor.