Marc Adamchek
09-20-2010, 03:20 AM
Good Evening - I'm a new guy here, asking new guy questions about casting and reloading. Here goes one now:
I placed an order a month ago with Buffalo Arms for some 450 brass and 450 dies.
When I called to check on my order last week I was told that the dies were on backorder.
I visited the R C B S website today and noticed they have the dies for 100 bucks more.
I've only reloaded handgun ammo, back kin the 90's and just past 00, on a Lee turret press. Easy as pie.
I bought an unused Rockchucker press from a guy going through a divorce. It's still unused after 12 years. I never got the oomph to load for my 45/70 or anything else. I was shooting/hunting with old double shotguns by that time, a passion that is still going strong. Now I'm into old double rifles, or at least trying to be. My first was a .72 KODIAK (not too old, eh?), a beautiful Joseph Lang double 23 bore muzzleloader from 1825, and a nice Alex Henry 450 BPE 3 1/4
My question: Just how hard/easy to load for a rifle calibre? Will the Rockucker meet the needs of a beginner and also the needs of more "esoteric" calibres?
Your help is much appreciated. The knowledge you gentlemen have is truly deep and comprehensive.
I placed an order a month ago with Buffalo Arms for some 450 brass and 450 dies.
When I called to check on my order last week I was told that the dies were on backorder.
I visited the R C B S website today and noticed they have the dies for 100 bucks more.
I've only reloaded handgun ammo, back kin the 90's and just past 00, on a Lee turret press. Easy as pie.
I bought an unused Rockchucker press from a guy going through a divorce. It's still unused after 12 years. I never got the oomph to load for my 45/70 or anything else. I was shooting/hunting with old double shotguns by that time, a passion that is still going strong. Now I'm into old double rifles, or at least trying to be. My first was a .72 KODIAK (not too old, eh?), a beautiful Joseph Lang double 23 bore muzzleloader from 1825, and a nice Alex Henry 450 BPE 3 1/4
My question: Just how hard/easy to load for a rifle calibre? Will the Rockucker meet the needs of a beginner and also the needs of more "esoteric" calibres?
Your help is much appreciated. The knowledge you gentlemen have is truly deep and comprehensive.