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You should start by just loading ammo that performs as well as factory. Then you can fine tune it if you want by varying powder charge and OAL. Don't try to bite off too much from the start.

The Lee set has just about all the hardware you'll need. You just need to buy dies. To my experience Lee will replace anything that breaks. I have one Lee press that I've used for over 25 years. I wouldn't start with 9 as it's so cheap now. 45 and 308 make sense.

Small arms are really "small change" in the international arms market. Sam Cummings who founded Interarms even said so. The big money is in aircraft, aircraft parts, parts for armored vehicles, dual use items, etc. North Korea has kept it's fleet of Hughes 500MDs flying for over 30 years this way. It seems Cohen could be prosecuted here once Germany is done with him. It seems pretty stupid that he didn't insulate himself from this enough. The only reason for this is greed.

https://www.amazon.com/Lee-Precision-Anniversary-Challenger-Kit/dp/B00162RM3E/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1543078899&sr=8-3&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=reloading+kit&dpPl=1&dpID=51VcRS9HPwL&ref=plSrch For about $250 you can buy everything you need to get started. You will have use for a single stage press even if you wind up buying a Dillon. Too many people start with a Dillon as they are more interested in pulling the handle 50 times and wind up with a box of ammo. Call me when you want to start reloading. I've been doing it for about 45 years successfully.

This tumbler would be a good start. You can start cleaning all that brass. You can buy corn cob media treated or untreated with polish. I buy corn cob bedding for hamsters at the pet store and use a few squirts of Nufinish for the same results.

@Greenday IMO due to the lack of recoil with a 223/5.56 the only time a brake or comp is worth having is when you're in some type of timed competition. Then only if you're a primo shooter who is trying to shave those tenths of a second off a string. Most people are not in this category. It also makes it uncomfortable for people shooting to either side of you at times. Spend time learning how to work that bolt fast without taking the rifle from your shoulder. You'll never be as fast as a semiauto. A flash suppressor is useful if you intend to do combat in low light conditions. It does nothing to suppress your muzzle flash from what you're shooting at. It saves your night vision. A valid purpose on a SD gun. You can put whatever you want on the muzzle of your rifle just because you want to. I'd think you'd be better served using the money for ammo for practice to shoot better. I'd get a bipod though. A little extra weight to the rifle but a lot of benefit.

But they'll all be around after I'm gone!!!

One benefits from more than one perspective no matter who it comes from. Whether it's right or wrong.

@Ms. 12 Gauge don't take offense to anything I've said. Whether your focus is busting clays, IDPA, USPSA, benchrest, bullseye, engaged in combat in the military, or being a well trained and informed LEO or citizen or any other form of shooting theres nothing wrong in any of that. 30 years from now it'll be you, the @High Exposures, @Purple Patricks, @Ray Rays, and others that will flaunt (usually rightfully) their experience. I obviously take exception to someone who has been shooting a few years telling me I don't know what I'm talking about. You are not one of them.

I was about to say if it's a wood stock @Zeke can easily adjust that LOP.!!! Can probably do the same with a synthetic.

Maks, there's one point I disagree with. No reason to detail strip or take any gun unless it's broken no matter how easy it is. I have a 1911 that I carried/used for about 25 years. No issues except I replaced a recoil spring guide once. The gun had at least 25k rounds thru it when the hammer started falling to half cock. Could I fix it? Probably. I've taken 1911s apart more than once to refinish them. However I had access to an accomplished pistolsmith and had him do the job. Cleaning magazines is a very good point. Over 99% of feeding issues are caused by magazines. Another point to add. If shooting 38s in a 357 and you have issues loading 357s you're not cleaning the cylinder properly or often enough.

I disagree. If you have enough mechanical dexterity you can learn from an exploded view or a You Tube video if you have to. I've been shooting over 50 years. For about 10 years I was overseeing several hundred semiautos, revolvers, shotguns, submachine guns, AUGS, M16s, M4s, and a variety of other firearms. You would be surprised at few breakdowns that occur. 99.9% of the time when one broke down the reason was obvious from field stripping. Even then, often parts replacement shouldn't be done by someone who lacks the proper training. Now if you're a kitchen table gunsmith, trained by You Tube videos and armed with a Dremel Motor Tool you're more often dangerous. People who think they can do an action job on a revolver after watching You Tube and swapping springs are dangerous. If you're doing this and intend to use it for a "game gun" it probably doesn't make a difference. If you intend to use the gun for serious social purposes it does. I have guns I've had for over 40 years that haven't broken down yet. No reason to take them apart unless they need it.

I agree with you but must add a caution. There is nothing to be gained by taking your gun completely apart on a regular basis. Guns are not designed to be taken apart and put back together on a regular base. Even with the correct tools and know how you will wear out certain parts faster and eventually break something. Field stripping is as far as you need go. You want to flush out all that goop in the action? Use Gunscrubber or Brake Kleen in the red can. Remember if you do this be sure it's sage on your gun (no problems with Glocks or all metal guns). If you do this remember all lube will also be removed. Relube as needed for function and protection. Field stripping causes no more wear on your gun than firing. The only time a firearm needs to taken completely apart is when it's broken.

A clean gun is a happy gun and a happy gun will take care of you.

I'm tempted to get one just because it's such a bargain.

Thanx!!!

Where?

Definitely @Ray Ray

THIS was the cause of Aitken's problem.

@Sniper22 the hacksaw and shotgun is an example of how far do you want to take it. Like the photo.

Not cranky. Just correcting "are you saying". I'm sure someone will show up at a range with >10 Rd magaines after Dec10th. We'll see what happens. BTW, does possession of a shotgun with a 26" barrel and a hacksaw constitute constructive possession?

Aitken's problem didn't start with the police searching his car. They started when he said something that worried his mother so much she called the police. I never heard of police departments having to destroy copies of pistol permits. Don't remember reading that in the statutes or administrative code. In any case, they don't have to ask police departments to provide copies of pistol permits. The info from the NJSP copy of the P2P is entered in a database. I'm sure they could query Glock 17, Glock 19, Beretta 92, SIG226, and every other pistol that can accept a >10 Rd magazine. There are 1000s more of those than handguns that can accept a >15 Rd magazine when the AWB was passed. I can't see how possession of any of these handguns constitutes probable cause for a warrant.

A 14.5" barrel is not illegal unless its connected to a long gun. Over 15 Rd magazines have been illegal in NJ for some time. I don't know of anyone who was arrested ONLY for possession of a >15 Rd magazine. The magazine. There was always a gun involved. If you know of someone arrested for only a >15 Rd magazine please let me know. Don't try to put words in my mouth. I never suggested you hide your 15 Rd magazines in your closet after Dec 10th. That would be illegal. Do you really think SWAT will be kicking in doors and serving search warrants for >10 Rd magazines on December 11th?

There are still people saying you can't stop to use the bathroom going or coming from the range, you will be arrested for one hollow point, and other things,which don't happen.

I don't think Maks' idea would fly but do you know of anyone busted for constructive possession of a 14.5" barrel and lower receiver? If that were the case everyone who owns a Shock wave and a full size Mossberg pump could be arrested.