Your First Reload.

[Jason30-30]

What Cartridge Did Yo First Run Up Your Sizing Die? And For What Gun?

Ill Start Off-

30-06 For A Remington 700 I Bought New The Same Day I Turned 18.

[hk33ka1]

.45-70 I shot it out of my Pedersoli rolling block, and that piece is still in circulation in my .45-70 brass.

[DeanWinchester]

.303 British for a No4 SMLE

Funny, I bought it the day I turned 18 too!

[frankenfab]

.444 Marlin for my first 444SS, which was a Micro-Groove, and the only .444 I have ever sold.

[josper]

.270 Win. for a model 700Rem. and I was 18 at the time. I was loading shotshells at 14.

[Janoosh]

357 mag, 125 jaxkated, Win 296, Ruger GP100
45/70 Govt, 500 grn Boolit, 70 grns FFG (the Holy black), Springfield Trapdoor.
1st copper and 1st lead. Seems ages ago, but just 25yrs.

[Reload3006]

44 mag for ruger super black hawk

[adkpete]

44 Mag for super blackhawk also
in 1968 at 13 years old with my dad.

[Jim]

1978, started with a mallet driven Lee Loader. 357 magnum, 158 gr. JHPs for a S&W model 28.

[bigjason6]

Technically my first reload was a 12Ga shell for a mossberg 500. But since we're talking about metallic reloading, my first load was a .40S&W using a 175gr TC boolit for a Springfield XD service pistol.

[Reload3006]

after thinking more about it I lied. My first reload was 12ga shotgun shells. it was about 1968 or so not entirely sure my first metallic was 44

[sundog]

Okay, I'll play, remember it like yesterday, but it was very early 70s with a buddy. Not only home cast 358311 on the kitchen stove, but loaded in 38 Spl over 3 gr of Bullseye. I'm pretty sure we used NRA Alox lube in an old Ly 45 loobsizer (his). His mould, too. My buddy Larry and I would shoot at lunch time at the indoor range at the Air Force Academy. Thanks, Larry. Been downhill since then....

edit to add: Mdl 15 S&W. What a fine piece of equipment!

[plus1hdcp]

A 9mm for a Taurus PT92 around 1990

[rockrat]

Mallet driven Lee loader. 45 Colt for a converted 455colt New Service revolver (wish I had left it 455 colt). Decided reloading was too much work. Got a press a few years later. Much easier

[wb_carpenter]

9mm for shooting competitions. I bought casting equip and a lee turret setup at the same time.

Some free WW and I was off and running.

I still only reload 9mm but I am thinking of broadening out a bit.

[P.K.]

Mine? .280 Rem for a 700 Mountain Rifle. 160 gr. Nosler Balistic tip. The tip was green IIRC. over 52 gr of IMR 4831.

Bought when I hit 18. Loaded alot of 8X57, .30-30, .32 WS, 30-06, and .45ACP with Da prior to that. But that was MY(.280) rifle.

[mac60]

.38 spl. for an Astra .357 mag. revolver.

[41 mag fan]

500 Smith sized to .501

[3006guns]

.38 special in a Lee Loader back about 1971. After the first box I decided that wasn't the way to go and bought a used press for $9.95.....been getting worse ever since.

[tward]

30-06 with a Lee Loader for my new to me 1903 in 1964.
Tim