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Old 03-16-2024, 10:14 AM
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Originally Posted by Pathfinder76 View Post
I have the gear I have because I shoot a lot. I was at the range last night. I’m back from the range this morning already. All alone I might add. In fact I haven’t seen anyone at the range since September. I can guarantee you that the guys I am not seeing there aren’t annealing cases, aren’t measuring to the .001 of a grain, aren’t shooting $3 brass, don’t use bushings, aren’t trimming their cases to the same length every time, aren’t using a chronograph (in fact in 20 years of going to the range I go to I’ve never seen another chronograph). Most do drive a nicer vehicle and their three months worth of payments will buy most of the “expensive” gear I use for the above steps though.

Now days the most expensive reloading stuff I own are the components. And that is the dead truth.
Our range membership is a bit different than yours, we are busy all winter, and it is quite common to see almost 50% of the shooters using a chronograph on any given day.
Many I know up here as well use the very latest in technology as far as loading componants go, and our range is very up to date on the latest gear as well.
However we still get a large number of shooters who do not shoot regularly, and come out only a few tines in the Fall to shoot their rifles, some of which have not been touched since last hunting season.
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