My first impression of reloads when I was traded a bunch of 30-06 brass for a box of reloads . This was in 1980. I had just bought my first rifle, a Remington 700 BDL, and had been practicing at the local rifle range/garbage dump. My group size went from 5" to 2 1/2". Offhand, at 100 paces with iron sights. I was very impressed with the quality of reloads. I didn't think much of my shooting though, I was still missing. Life goes on and I had couple of teenage boy to take hunting. A couple of more 30-06s, a R&G club membership and boxes of 30-06. This was expensive, time to reload.
I didn't get the latest gadget disease , but I did get the odd ball rifle caliber affliction. If I could find dies and brass, it was a go. I did give up on 6.5x57 and had the barrel rechambered to the much more common 6.5x55.
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