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For people new to reloading, I would NOT recommend starting out by setting a goal of thousands of rounds. That can be dangerous and expensive. Make a few rounds, check them, shoot them. This is how you learn and also find any mistakes. Repeat this until everything is going smoothly. Then make more but take your time. The last place you should be in a hurry is when making tiny devices designed to explode.
@@pauldavidson9267 I started with a turret press, that I still run single stage. Until I get ALL the kinks out of the system, and a decent deal on components, I won't even setup the indexer.
Good advise, I tried telling my friend that when he got a new Dillon. I told him I run a 100 rounds and check to make sure it's still good to go. He ran over 500 rounds that was out of spec and couldn't use it other than pulling all the bullets and starting over.
Bro!! 😮 if you EVER pull a trigger and ask yourself, "Did that shoot!?!!? DO NOT KEEP SHOOTING!!! If there was a squib load stuck in the barrel, that next round would blow that gun up in your face! Take 2 minutes, take the gun apart, and look down the barrel to make sure it's clear. The next round you shoot, move closer to a paper target so you can actually see the hole in the paper so you actually know the round is clearing the barrel. Man, that shit was sketchy. Please be safe. Shooting is awesome and fun, but I've learned some hard lessons because i didn't have anyone to teach me. Ive had two different guns malfunction and blow up in my hands.
@anthonys7311 did you ever see that picture of the .357 mag that had about 6 or so squib rounds and they all just staked up inside the barrel? If not you should check it out. That barrel is amazingly strong.
@@Chillin-fpv Revolvers wont explode because the chamber isnt sealed to the barrel, but any sealed chamber would go kaboom as soon as you shoot your second round after a squib. The dude in the video is playing dangerous games.
I'll be honest, I'm stupid and ignorant about guns, and almost all of what you said makes sense. But I gotta admit, looking down the barrel does not seem like a good idea. Edit: Oh right take it apart and THEN look down the barrel. Yea nevermind it makes sense.
This guy.... the epitome of "hold my beer n watch this." 😉 As someone thats reloaded all calibers from 25cal to 10 Ga. over 50 years, get some spare parts, some Ballistol, decent lighting, and do frequent checks for grain wt, crimp adjustment, Bullet/case height, total bullet wt, ragged case edges, etc. Until you qualify as expert with it, you will be amazed at how things can change in a stroke. Keep the slides , dies, pins etc, clean and lubricated. If you're getting ejects from a range, it wouldn't hurt to get a vibra cleaner to clean the trash out of the empties.
Even just using a bucket, detergent and a strainer, you can get brass pretty clean. Clean enough, anyway. But if using random collected brass, you have to be very careful inspecting and prepping the brass. You wanna be resizing it and then trimming it to a consistent length. It is best if you chamfer your case mouths both before resizing and after trimming. I generally sort cases by manufacturer because I like consistent ammo and if you have a bunch of different headstamps in a batch, your velocity will vary a lot due to subtle variations in case volume and your ammo will be inconsistent. What they're doing will produce garbage ammo and potentially produce some dangerous rounds due to lack of experience. You don't start out on a progressive press and there is a lot they don't know about what they are doing, which is dangerous.
My daughter loaded thousands of rounds before firing a single shot. Understanding ballistics, bullet type, burn rates, pressure vs. OAL and everything else learned from reloading has made her a better shooter and more confident. Amusing watching you guys learn the common problems that happen when reloading. God bless you sir!
I cant understand anyone loading 1000s of rds before checking if that particular load (powder weight, bullet weight etc) is even cycling the firearm correctly much less grouping good. That's a good way to waste time. No one who knows what they are doing would do this. You load 4 rds of different powder types, weights etc. Shoot those, see whats grouping the best THEN you zero to THAT round and make those as your load.. Just loading 1000s willy nilly guessing is wild.
@@johnwalter6410 I have a standard load that works in all my 9mm's. Ladder testing is great if ur shooting competition and want to tailor a certain load for a specific pistol. It gets cost prohibitive for range ammo.
@@nothingthatinteresting What my kid loaded was a load I had worked up years before and it functioned in all my .45s. These folks bought all their equipment from a reloading shop. I'm sure the dealer gave them tips and possibly loads to try in their guns. If you noticed they did test some rounds before cranking out the rest. So many powders work for 9MMS who is going to spend the money for 4 powder types, 4 bullet weights and primer brands for range ammo? Their plinking in their yard. Ammo that chambers and groups decently out to 15 yards is good enough.
My daughter is 11 and almost as good a shot as I am. She was getting burned out and I showed her your daughter's getting in range time and now she wants to get back at it. Thanks girls! She wants to be just like you guys.
You have no idea how much this episode warmed my heart, seeing you and the whole family getting in on the reloading together. That is my dream. Such a fun hobby.
I grew up helping my dad reload. 50 plus years of cranking out ammo now. From shotgun to high powered rifles, wish I had a nickel for every round we put out over the years. Shooting trap, with 3 of us shooting, we were having to crank out 500 plus rounds of 12 gauge a week. Good memories. That's a sweet setup you ended up with. Only got to play with that type at one of the police departments I worked for. My setup at home, each stage probably takes 30 seconds per round, so I spend a LOT more time than y'all. I'm old, so not in a hurry anyhow.
About 25 years ago my son and I started shooting and then about a year later or so. I started teaching him to reload 44 magnum 41 magnum 44 special that’s pretty much all he shot. He didn’t reload rifle rounds. He didn’t really fully understand that yet but I’m sure he would be able to now.Unless you shoot a lot it would be a lot of start up to start with moneywise for 9 mm outfit like that not sure that it would be worth your time or your money unless you have money to burn !
This is the Dillion ammo plant and they are awesome for things like pistol ammo! I shoot long range competition so I use a single stage press for my reloads and that’s how you get consistency. Consistency is key for long range shooting!
You're a good dad for teaching these girls self reliance and security skills. These are going to be awesome stories these girls get to tell their children and grandchildren.
The case you are holding at 17:30 has a crimped primer pocket. The indent around the pocket is the crimp. Sometimes there might be stake marks. This is for military spec ammo to ensure primers don't loosen up during full auto fire. These cases are sometimes stamped 9x19 vs 9mm but not always. If there is a plus sign with a circle around it it is a NATO stamp and definitely crimped. You'll probably need to swage or ream these primer pockets to make the primers seat properly. Or sort them out. Have fun learning about handloading lol.
Man after my own heart. I used to swage pocket, ream flash hole interior, size, cut to length, lathe neck OD and sort by weight for empty cases shooting 762x51. We are all autistic, just to differing degrees. My friend in the armory would sort first run ammo by seating depth, and then give me 1k at a time to weigh for deviations. We both could do the rapid fire and have 10 rounds within the smallest marker. Tower would yell "I said mark ALL shots" to the pit and they would run it down and straight back up to say FU tower.
This is awesome. It's so strange and bad that we now have to worry about backlash from people about making ammo and shooting. My husband told me that making your own rounds used to be normal, but then the world turned upside down. Keep on keeping on, you smart and precious family!
That reloading press automatically swages primer pockets........they just don't have it set correctly if it is still a problem for them. That is one of the big advantages of the Dillon 1050 and newer version. Mine has a Mr. Bulletfeeder so I don't have to feed bullets. Just pull the handle.....every pull of the handle is a winner.
First comment: it’s great to see you and your family reloading. Second comment: be very careful and do not deviate from the reloading recipes. The consequences could be very dangerous. Range brass & Primer pocket crimps: Check with Dillion’s customer service about setting up the press. They should be able to tell you how to set up the de-priming / primer pocket swaging step. Or, you can purchase a separate manual primer pocket swaging tool. The one I have is from RCBS.
RIP Mike Dillon. He flew that Heuy to New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. Supported the local LEO, rescued stranded citizens, on his own dime, without any fan fair.
Hobby of a lifetime handloading is ! I’ve got 64 years into it ! I’ve never not enjoyed it ! One thing is CRIMPED PRIMERS , military cases have always CRIMPED primers ! Several companies make tools to remove the crimp , Dillion , RCBS . Lyman , Hornady ! It’s done one case at a time !! If you own a rifle that is chambered in 7.62X39 and or 5.56 which are the most popular rounds , military surplus ammunition has CRIMPED primers ! LC Lake City is always CRIMPED ! Your decaping die well expel the spent primer but to seat a fresh primer no you can’t until you remove the crimp ! You have a great start on your new hobby ! Handloading is a lot of fun !
Dillon reloading is the top of the pile when it comes to reloading machines. Their customer service is great, anytime I’ve needed parts for my Dillon press it was no questions asked and parts sent promptly.
That has been my experience also. I bought one of their SL900's more than 20 years ago and have reloaded more than 100K rounds. If I need a part then a simple email to them and its in my mailbox within a few days. No charge, no questions, no BS. They don't care if you broke it or it just wore out. My best production marathon ( alone) was 13K over a two day weekend.
At the risk of repeating others comments my suggestion to you is separate you brass and take out all the brass with crimped pockets, crimped primer pockets will shut you down over and over. Next get an automatic primer tube loader. I can't believe Gary didn't suggest one. Gary and I have been friends for 40+ yrs and because of him I've loaded well over a million rounds of ammo, mostly on Dillion equipment. Dillions no bullshit guarantee kept me in the loading business for over 25 yrs. When my vibrating tumbler self destructed I called Gary at home to rag on him a bit for his "junk" tumblers, he laughed and explained the issue I got delivery of my new one 4 days later, 30 yrs later it's still in service. 👍
I had a Dillon 650 for a couple of years, I would make around 300 rounds on a Saturday before going out to the range on Sunday.. It was like yoga, it's a very calming thing to do.. You have to be aware of all the stage at all times though, as every mistake has the bad habit of mucking up several things at one. And measure, measure, measure everything, all the time, every time...> Great video, brought back a lot of nice memories.
Jeff you have an amazing family. Your girls are hard working and very talented youd be in serious trouble without Ms.Rose and the girls. Great job ladies. Will we ever see Sara again?
first time watching your video from italy , i really appreciate that your daughters are growing to be independents, doing woodwork , making bullets , learning how to do stuff , awesome work both you mom and dad
Recommendations: The Lyman Reloading Manual to explain the process; very important! And a Kinetic Bullet Puller for breaking down those "not-too-perfect" reloads! I'm also a bullet-casting fiend, which is another step closer to independence... Loved your video, Have FUN!
@@ryanmackin8346 some guys I know swear by lanolin (found in some nipple creams for use during breast feeding) dissolved in isopropanol, but I haven't tried it myself. I think you are supposed to make a saturated solution and put it in a small spray bottle.
Look closely. None of these girls look in any way happy at any time with anything they’re doing here. They have the hostage look in their eyes. They probably know to better just follow the rules of their psycho father until they’re 18 and they can run from all that craziness. Also the pain in wifey‘s face at 28:45 following: OMG I married a weirdo and have a family with him 😂 She’ll run with the girls I guess.
@@sungazer454are you a little kid or what? Why are your last three comments so childish? Or do you just hate Americans and their attitude towards guns?
It’s very refreshing to see such a good family learning handy skills together! It reminds me of the good ol’ days when I was growing up. It’s so sad that this is rare these days but thank y’all for sharing.
It’s the human manual! 2:38 Honestly you’re a good man bringing the family together like this and including everyone in the process. Starting out with pistol is the best way, and going with Dillon (if you can affford it) is the best advice. For rifle and precision I recommend the Dillon 550 with a funnel and a scale for powder charge testing. A Lee factory crimp die at the end will make your rounds chamber effortlessly, washing your brass with a wet tumbler before putting it on the press will avoid most of these issues seen in the video. Another technique we like to use is getting a Lee APP to handle certain brass prep operations quicker than anything else
Recommendations: 1) Case preparation is important - Recommend de-prime first, Then tumble using walnut shell media and Dillon's case polish, then clean and uniform the primer pockets, then check case length and trim to recommended trim length, if necessary. 2) set up your resizing die so that the resized test case passes the case gauge test. 3) Keep your powder hopper at least 1/2 full. 4) Check your powder weight at least every 100 rounds. 5) Do not mix bullet types in a batch. 6) Throw away the aluminum casings. 5) Watch out for 45ACP cases with small primers - they can be reloaded, but not in the same batch as those with large primers. 6) Do not confuse/mix pistol primers and rifle primers. BTW - excellent choice on the Dillon progressive reloading press. With its no BS lifetime warranty, you can not go wrong.
Do not throw away the aluminum casings set them aside in their own bucket to run in a small batch and use them for match or range shooting where you lose the caseings.
welcome to the world of reloading! One thing I learned early on, you must keep a diligent eye on every station of the process... particularly the decapper. I physically confirm every used primer drops into my bucket, cause there will be those that don't from time to time, especially if they're crimped. In time you'll learn to "feel" when something isn't right...
Seems to me a massive progressive press like that isn't going to provide much feedback with respect to 'feel'. All the more reason to keep a diligent eye.
For a family who LOVES the sport of shooting, I couldn't think of a more wholesome way to spend quality time with one another. As a dad, I would LOVE to sit there and watch my children have fun shooting. One of the fondest milestones was watching MY sons teach others how to handle and shoot firearms. It was SOOOOOO satisfying. Since I grew up shooting, I've had my share. I absolutely love watching THEM do it now. I could watch kids shoot all day! Well done reloading 10,000 rounds!
The fact that the this family is aware of the importance of safety in today's world, It amuses me by thinking about making my own bullets which means you will never run out of bullets in your whole life. You guys are doing amazing 👍
Huh Safety?? If you mean owning guns and ammo as safety then okay fine. They clearly are NOT aware of safety tho, no ones wearing eye protection, then the guy fires his test rounds "did it shoot". If he really thought that then he should have immediately stopped what he was doing as it could have been a squib fire, and then next one down the chamber would have exploded his gun possibly injuring him pretty bad.... Not the safety police, but def some major fails here in this video.
@@tylerhall6455 100% where's the safety glasses? even filling the primer tubes. Friend lost an eye due to an anvil projectile from a primer glitch in a 1050.
I think you have to show the process start to finish, which he was careful not to do. He should be ok, although he might end up having to fight them for it.
Making ammo is not illegal, but you do have to have your PAL in Canada to buy the powder. No reason for this video to be taken down, even if they showed everything. There are already hundreds of reloading videos on the internet.
A little tip for cleaning your brass. I use the same tumbler but I add 4 teaspoons of dish soap and a 1/4 teaspoon of Lemi Shine (don't add any more Lemi Shine than that), fill with hot water and tumble for about 2-3 hours. The brass comes out looking brand new.
I've been reloading for over 50 years and am here to tell you there is nowhere in reloading for speed. It only takes that one mistake and things can get horrible. Go back to basics and have fun. I run 5 single stage presses with 3 granddaughters and 1 grandson. If there is a bad anything, one of us will catch it before it gets shot. We get everything prepared and run about 500 an hour with ease for straight walled pistol and about 350 an hour with most necked rifle rounds. So slow down and enjoy!!!! P.S. I use all Lee presses and carbide dies. Dillon copied Star Manufacturing's press and equipment and added some good features so once you get all the kinks worked out you're good to go--- until you have to change calibers--- then you have to do it all over again.
Love your family cooperative unity, the young ladies are very capable of figuring out the mechanics and using common sense to make changes.!!!your whole family should be proud!! Stay grounded with both planted firm, God bless you and yours!!
You all should be checking your brass before putting it into the hopper... anything that doesn't have a perfectly round lip should not be run through a progressive reloader. That's one of the reasons why you are getting crushed cases. The other thing that you need to look for are crimped primers. Some primers (especially military surplus rounds have crimped primers, These will easily cause you to bend or break a de-priming pin. Another thing that you should do is have a control round. Which is usually a factory made round that you are trying to reproduce. And along with checking headspace, you should also be checking the weight of the entire round this will tell you immediately if a round has been overcharged or undercharged with powder. Both of which could have serious consequences if fired.
Range brass it's wise to check all brass before you begin (all brass is not the same) Safety 1st please wear safety glasses at all times when reloading. Get your reloading manuals out and study them. Did Dillon teach any classes on reloading? I did see you checking your powder loads how often are you checking them? Please find someone that has reloaded before and work with them and slow down and remember one bad reload can change someone's life for the worse. But safely done it's very rewarding.
I really enjoy how the young people in the video have a very close attention to fine details and to perfection. And to hard word. You do not see these qualities in most younger people these days. I also really enjoy how your team works together
There is nothing these girls can't do. They are fantastic! A family that can put out 10k rounds in 15 hours is a family I want on my side of the battle. The company needs to work on that pin to push out the old primer. You shouldn't break 2 in 15 hours. Contact the man and see what they can do. The rest of the machine looks like its working great. Congratulation, Girls!
The ones with the ring around the primer. When you knock it out, are military brass. You can remove the crimp, that's what the ring is. With a swedging unit. I believe the unit you have got is 1100.If i'm not mistaken , it should have the swedging unit right on it
Yes, finally someone else knows what they are looking at. It seems they don't have it adjusted properly. It takes some trial and error to find the sweet spot.
Dillon is the best when it comes to reloaders. I've owned 2 Dillon presses for years; a Square Deal B for pistol and an RL550 for pistol or rifle. I've made tons of ammo over the years with only minor normal wear and tear issues. Dillon's customer service is second to none and will be happy to help if you ever have any issues or questions. You can't go wrong with Dillon.
You as a family have such fun making + doing stuff, great to watch. They don't realise what a great mom + dad they have. Hope they can find guys later as fun as dad. 👍🙏 I will not try to trespass there folks, those girls shoot! 😳😳
I've had a Dillon 550b for over 35 years. I have jumped out of bed on a sunday morning only to realize the pistol match is today in a couple hours. I loaded up ammo grabbed a bite to eat and ran out of the house to the gun club.
That case you were holding and then showed one with a side ways primer, those cases have a military crimp. Get an RCBS primer pocket swagger tool. I’ve had others but that ones the best
They already have a swagging tool....it is built into the machine they have. The 3 rd station has a swaging rod, but they must not have it adjusted properly.
09:42 sounds like Pink Floyd "Money". Wait. This is money! Time to go out my Dillon reloader and make some money! You're inspiring! A family that reloads together, survives. God bless.
@@kevchard5214 That is funny, many, many people reload for less than buying factory ammo and Dillon is very popular. The quality is actually great. I have the same machine on my bench, maybe the previous version but with a bulletfeeder as well and it has made 10's of thousands of rounds. Another dillon press on my bench had tons of ammo run through it before I bought it used and then I used the crap out of it. I sent it back to dillon and they rebuilt it for $65 and shipped it back. It works great. Last weekend, I won a silhouette match with 357 ammo I made on my Dillon 550. Today I won again, but it was a rimfire silhouette match, so CCI Standard Velocity is what I used. I have won the match numerous times with my 30-30 lever action. The bullets for the 30-30....cast by me......well, by the automated bullet casting machine that I built. Price out 30-30 ammo or 460 magnum, 45 colt, and all the way down to 9mm. Now, tell me where to find mid power loads for 30-30 and 460 magnum that are ideal for silhouette shooting. Full power beats the crap out of a person and is damn loud, and in 460 does too much damage to steel. By reloading, I can shoot these guns for no more than what new 9mm would cost, and sometimes less. You don't offer anything to base your simple opinion on, so you sound like a liberal or bot. Now, if you had said that the quality on Lee progressive presses sucks, I would have agreed. Dillon is the other end of the spectrum, yet people still use Lee and save money.
@@CGT80 I may have had a Lemmon and I agree the LEE progressive is not the best but in the early 80s at 20 years old I couldn't afford a $4000 press and the LEE dropped more consistent rounds than my Dillon but a lot slower.
@@kevchard5214 I started on a Hollywood gun shop 12 station turret press that we used in single stage mode. A cast iron monster that my dad's dad used and he used. I don't know exactly what dillon had to offer back then, but I think it was something like the RL400, the early version of the 550. Are you saying they have a $4000 press back then? Their most expensive one is around half that now, as shown in the video, but it didn't exist back then. I bought my dillon 550 used at a great deal. They sell for something like 500-600 dollars last time I looked. If the same thing worked for everyone, they wouldn't have so many options.....different strokes for different folks.
@@CGT80 The one I had was around $800 the cheapest they had at the time if I remember right because I saved for a few years to buy it. Dillon must have reduced their prices at some time because my gunsmith friend bought one for around $6000 to $8000 with all the bells and whistles in the early to mid 80s.
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loved this video I'm a huge gun guy myself was new to reloading but my buddy got me into it via helping him still don't have my own really wanting one and I'm loving how ur family is into it as well nice to see the family taking time from phones and tv and the internet doing something productive very wholesome entertainment u got a new subscriber my friends thanks for the entertainment love it keep it going
Cleaning out the primer pocket is essential. If the primer doesn’t seat properly then it causes a complete stoppage. I tumble my brass in walnut shells, deprime and resize, trim the cases and then put the brass in an ultrasonic cleaner which helps with the primer pocket and then I manually clean out the pocket. I’ll never get a thousand a day done but I also don’t shoot like crazy either.
There’s an old saying in racing.. Speed costs money, how fast do you want to go? Same applies.. Nothing is hard when money isn’t the problem…. I know guys that buy brand new brass, prime, load, shoot.. repeat.. never using 1-shot brass… then others that only use range brass and spend half their waking hours sorting, sizing, cleaning brass… this guy obviously saves money at the cost of time.. I don’t knock either.. but I will say, I love my friend that only shoots new brass! I love one shot brass! 😂
4 very impormant things to keep in mind : 1 - make sure you got exact amount of powder in every shell. 2 - make sure you have powder in every round before placing bullet. 3 - you gotta have the right amount of belling of the mouth so bullet won't crush shell. 4 - the decaping pin should only be 3/16 's of an inch to 1/4 inch exposed, just adjust 1/16 " at the time , until spent primer falls freely, otherwise you will crush inner webbing and weaken shell to an unsafe level and break or bend pin. Happy shooting 🎉
No, they probably had berdan primed cases. The only upgrade for that machine is to run a bullet feeder and then an automation system to cycle the machine. They already bought the best reloading press made for individuals and even some small ammo companies use them.
Yes, I'm very serious, but did see the humor but also a real problem they seemed to be having. Hornady One Shot is the best lube I have found for a progressive machine with pistol brass. Throw brass in a coffee can and spray with that lube, mix, and dump in the press. No need to clean the lube off. Dillon lube, which is just lanolin and alcohol, is best for rifle brass because it can be sprayed on the same way. The downside is that it is sticky. On the dillon, I lube and size rifle brass, then tumble it again in corncob media (buy it from a feed store or abrasive supplier and add your own polish to save money over small containers made for reloading) and trim then load back into the dillon press.
The actual reason is you are trying to force out staked primers, which is something the person who posted this video would know if he actually knew anything about reloading.
You can push those primers back out and use them. No need to waste them. Be sure to look at the powder load to kind of make sure it stays consistent. Check the powder weight every time you add more primers just to be sure. Try pressing the ones that don't fit further into the gauge. Or see if they will chamber in your gun. Rim damage can keep them from fitting the gauge. Also look into "SQUIB"rounds so you are aware of that potential disaster.
The world needs more girls like that, straight up. Girls wearing dresses shooting guns ❤. I haven't reloaded since I was a teenager but still have all of dads reloading equipment. Old brass was always a problem, we always deprimed them before cleaning which helps.
Dillon is such an awesome group of folks. Always fun visiting their place. You're gonna need to pull a Miculek and use a cement mixer for that much brass. lol
Jeff, heat that priming pin up first with a simple propane torch, then bend it. It can be hardened and tempered from there (very easily) if required. Mild steel? Then, no need for the latter.
Several foreign brass and those from .mil have crimped primer pockets, some will have pretty small flash holes as well. It really needs to be sorted by what you know to be usable. Most of your issues will be resolved by tracking which are not worth the trouble.
Quick everyone! Start telling on each other instead of minding your own darn business. I've lived within miles of the PNW Canadian border my entire life, and after reading that comment about the you tube police, I'm one again grateful for the 49th parallel... Excellent video Aye, and very beautiful country too.
Awesome kids, funny Dad,. great Mom and lovely property. it's such a blessing when you have kids who share your passion. More power and more ammo i guess.
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@Gridlessness Or everyone could start Binge Watching Gridlessness on each and every weekend!
Or buy Julia's Leather goods or Christina and Keziah's Spoons.
There has to be other honest and legal ways to support Jeff, Rose and the young women that they have raised?
Well, your making bullets... So ya that checks out.
the EU will prob give you a nice contract - they are too stupid to do what you do! :)
Oh no self reliance. You should be watching something healthy instead like a man teaching you how to put on make up.🤡
For people new to reloading, I would NOT recommend starting out by setting a goal of thousands of rounds. That can be dangerous and expensive.
Make a few rounds, check them, shoot them. This is how you learn and also find any mistakes. Repeat this until everything is going smoothly. Then make more but take your time. The last place you should be in a hurry is when making tiny devices designed to explode.
Yeah, but you knew they were going just jump in with both feet on the first day.
100% correct! Make them perfect, make them safe and speed will eventually show up.
Yeah, starting with a progressive is a lot , I would recommend a single stage press and going slow to start. Much easier on the wallet.
@@pauldavidson9267 I started with a turret press, that I still run single stage. Until I get ALL the kinks out of the system, and a decent deal on components, I won't even setup the indexer.
Good advise, I tried telling my friend that when he got a new Dillon. I told him I run a 100 rounds and check to make sure it's still good to go. He ran over 500 rounds that was out of spec and couldn't use it other than pulling all the bullets and starting over.
Bro!! 😮 if you EVER pull a trigger and ask yourself, "Did that shoot!?!!? DO NOT KEEP SHOOTING!!! If there was a squib load stuck in the barrel, that next round would blow that gun up in your face! Take 2 minutes, take the gun apart, and look down the barrel to make sure it's clear. The next round you shoot, move closer to a paper target so you can actually see the hole in the paper so you actually know the round is clearing the barrel. Man, that shit was sketchy. Please be safe. Shooting is awesome and fun, but I've learned some hard lessons because i didn't have anyone to teach me. Ive had two different guns malfunction and blow up in my hands.
Especially easy to check with an AR style rifle. Pop one pin and pull the bolt. 10sec check so your gun doesn't explode.
@anthonys7311 did you ever see that picture of the .357 mag that had about 6 or so squib rounds and they all just staked up inside the barrel? If not you should check it out. That barrel is amazingly strong.
@@anthonys7311 search .357 squib. 8 rounds packed into that barrel 🤣
@@Chillin-fpv Revolvers wont explode because the chamber isnt sealed to the barrel, but any sealed chamber would go kaboom as soon as you shoot your second round after a squib.
The dude in the video is playing dangerous games.
I'll be honest, I'm stupid and ignorant about guns, and almost all of what you said makes sense. But I gotta admit, looking down the barrel does not seem like a good idea.
Edit: Oh right take it apart and THEN look down the barrel. Yea nevermind it makes sense.
This guy.... the epitome of "hold my beer n watch this." 😉
As someone thats reloaded all calibers from 25cal to 10 Ga. over 50 years, get some spare parts, some Ballistol, decent lighting, and do frequent checks for grain wt, crimp adjustment, Bullet/case height, total bullet wt, ragged case edges, etc. Until you qualify as expert with it, you will be amazed at how things can change in a stroke. Keep the slides , dies, pins etc, clean and lubricated. If you're getting ejects from a range, it wouldn't hurt to get a vibra cleaner to clean the trash out of the empties.
Even just using a bucket, detergent and a strainer, you can get brass pretty clean. Clean enough, anyway. But if using random collected brass, you have to be very careful inspecting and prepping the brass. You wanna be resizing it and then trimming it to a consistent length. It is best if you chamfer your case mouths both before resizing and after trimming.
I generally sort cases by manufacturer because I like consistent ammo and if you have a bunch of different headstamps in a batch, your velocity will vary a lot due to subtle variations in case volume and your ammo will be inconsistent.
What they're doing will produce garbage ammo and potentially produce some dangerous rounds due to lack of experience. You don't start out on a progressive press and there is a lot they don't know about what they are doing, which is dangerous.
My daughter loaded thousands of rounds before firing a single shot. Understanding ballistics, bullet type, burn rates, pressure vs. OAL and everything else learned from reloading has made her a better shooter and more confident. Amusing watching you guys learn the common problems that happen when reloading. God bless you sir!
I cant understand anyone loading 1000s of rds before checking if that particular load (powder weight, bullet weight etc) is even cycling the firearm correctly much less grouping good. That's a good way to waste time. No one who knows what they are doing would do this. You load 4 rds of different powder types, weights etc. Shoot those, see whats grouping the best THEN you zero to THAT round and make those as your load.. Just loading 1000s willy nilly guessing is wild.
@@johnwalter6410 I have a standard load that works in all my 9mm's. Ladder testing is great if ur shooting competition and want to tailor a certain load for a specific pistol. It gets cost prohibitive for range ammo.
@@Robert-b9p2n So did you at least test the round for her? Cause you can't go around making rounds without testing them.
@@nothingthatinteresting What my kid loaded was a load I had worked up years before and it functioned in all my .45s. These folks bought all their equipment from a reloading shop. I'm sure the dealer gave them tips and possibly loads to try in their guns. If you noticed they did test some rounds before cranking out the rest. So many powders work for 9MMS who is going to spend the money for 4 powder types, 4 bullet weights and primer brands for range ammo? Their plinking in their yard. Ammo that chambers and groups decently out to 15 yards is good enough.
This is sooo cool. I wish i can teach my daughters these crafts one day ❤
My daughter is 11 and almost as good a shot as I am. She was getting burned out and I showed her your daughter's getting in range time and now she wants to get back at it. Thanks girls! She wants to be just like you guys.
"She wants to be just like you guys." Your a very liberal father
@@zeroxception don’t be a troll you know what he meant by that
@@zeroxceptiontroll face
@@thediddy8117what he meant by it? Can’t tell through a text
The real reason for all that ammo, is that Jeff needs an armoury to keep all the potential suitors at bay. Outstanding.
The secret is out…
@@Gridlessness I just figured out your plan...thats your retirement strategy too - Freedom 35 on steroids.
@@Gridlessness No.. that's been known for a while now.. this just confirms it.
What a amazing Canadian family
🤣🤣🤣
Love the fact that the whole family got into this and the excitement of reloading together!
Yes, that"s pretty awesome!
'Can-do attitude' and good people to live around make for smooth sailing and good times.
I wish my family was like that….
You have no idea how much this episode warmed my heart, seeing you and the whole family getting in on the reloading together. That is my dream. Such a fun hobby.
The girls are definitely the stars of this show. Making a bench and reloading and they made the bacon? I applaud you all 👏👏👏
I grew up helping my dad reload. 50 plus years of cranking out ammo now. From shotgun to high powered rifles, wish I had a nickel for every round we put out over the years. Shooting trap, with 3 of us shooting, we were having to crank out 500 plus rounds of 12 gauge a week. Good memories. That's a sweet setup you ended up with. Only got to play with that type at one of the police departments I worked for. My setup at home, each stage probably takes 30 seconds per round, so I spend a LOT more time than y'all. I'm old, so not in a hurry anyhow.
But you already got a nickel per round - at the time you were reloading. 😉
About 25 years ago my son and I started shooting and then about a year later or so. I started teaching him to reload 44 magnum 41 magnum 44 special that’s pretty much all he shot. He didn’t reload rifle rounds. He didn’t really fully understand that yet but I’m sure he would be able to now.Unless you shoot a lot it would be a lot of start up to start with moneywise for 9 mm outfit like that not sure that it would be worth your time or your money unless you have money to burn !
This is the Dillion ammo plant and they are awesome for things like pistol ammo! I shoot long range competition so I use a single stage press for my reloads and that’s how you get consistency. Consistency is key for long range shooting!
Any reason you restore your son in the past presence @@randallstephens78
You're a good dad for teaching these girls self reliance and security skills. These are going to be awesome stories these girls get to tell their children and grandchildren.
its always a good thing to teach your kids ,how to shoot even better to teach them reloading skills ,its always good to spin time with your kids
@@terrygannnon6545 the end is near.... More thank ever...
Psycho dad, psycho dad, psycho daaaad
@@sungazer454bro you are the psycho
@@sungazer454psycho for expressing rights
The case you are holding at 17:30 has a crimped primer pocket. The indent around the pocket is the crimp. Sometimes there might be stake marks. This is for military spec ammo to ensure primers don't loosen up during full auto fire. These cases are sometimes stamped 9x19 vs 9mm but not always. If there is a plus sign with a circle around it it is a NATO stamp and definitely crimped. You'll probably need to swage or ream these primer pockets to make the primers seat properly. Or sort them out. Have fun learning about handloading lol.
Man after my own heart. I used to swage pocket, ream flash hole interior, size, cut to length, lathe neck OD and sort by weight for empty cases shooting 762x51. We are all autistic, just to differing degrees. My friend in the armory would sort first run ammo by seating depth, and then give me 1k at a time to weigh for deviations. We both could do the rapid fire and have 10 rounds within the smallest marker. Tower would yell "I said mark ALL shots" to the pit and they would run it down and straight back up to say FU tower.
This is awesome. It's so strange and bad that we now have to worry about backlash from people about making ammo and shooting. My husband told me that making your own rounds used to be normal, but then the world turned upside down.
Keep on keeping on, you smart and precious family!
That reloading press automatically swages primer pockets........they just don't have it set correctly if it is still a problem for them. That is one of the big advantages of the Dillon 1050 and newer version. Mine has a Mr. Bulletfeeder so I don't have to feed bullets. Just pull the handle.....every pull of the handle is a winner.
First comment: it’s great to see you and your family reloading. Second comment: be very careful and do not deviate from the reloading recipes. The consequences could be very dangerous.
Range brass & Primer pocket crimps: Check with Dillion’s customer service about setting up the press. They should be able to tell you how to set up the de-priming / primer pocket swaging step. Or, you can purchase a separate manual primer pocket swaging tool. The one I have is from RCBS.
@@BR-o6y yep… there is another step needed in brass prep… to ream out the crimp
RIP Mike Dillon. He flew that Heuy to New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. Supported the local LEO, rescued stranded citizens, on his own dime, without any fan fair.
Hobby of a lifetime handloading is ! I’ve got 64 years into it ! I’ve never not enjoyed it !
One thing is CRIMPED PRIMERS , military cases have always CRIMPED primers ! Several companies make tools to remove the crimp , Dillion , RCBS . Lyman , Hornady ! It’s done one case at a time !!
If you own a rifle that is chambered in 7.62X39 and or 5.56 which are the most popular rounds , military surplus ammunition has CRIMPED primers !
LC Lake City is always CRIMPED !
Your decaping die well expel the spent primer but to seat a fresh primer no you can’t until you remove the crimp !
You have a great start on your new hobby ! Handloading is a lot of fun !
Here to watch before YT takes this down 😂❤
Before Trudeau seizes it
@SC-mf1gc yeah I heard that "aboot" and said to myself oh no anti gun Canada, poor fellow. 😂 brothers in arms in hostel territory. 😂
We love what you are doing and we know it is perfectly peaceful and legal. It's too bad that in the current state of politics the heat will be on you.
Same
Right?
You have raised some truly talented young lady's that are willing to learn anything you throw at them. You must be so proud of them!
Dillon reloading is the top of the pile when it comes to reloading machines. Their customer service is great, anytime I’ve needed parts for my Dillon press it was no questions asked and parts sent promptly.
That has been my experience also. I bought one of their SL900's more than 20 years ago and have reloaded more than 100K rounds. If I need a part then a simple email to them and its in my mailbox within a few days. No charge, no questions, no BS. They don't care if you broke it or it just wore out. My best production marathon ( alone) was 13K over a two day weekend.
@@joe533want to not sell some of it to a dumdum like me?
At the risk of repeating others comments my suggestion to you is separate you brass and take out all the brass with crimped pockets, crimped primer pockets will shut you down over and over. Next get an automatic primer tube loader. I can't believe Gary didn't suggest one. Gary and I have been friends for 40+ yrs and because of him I've loaded well over a million rounds of ammo, mostly on Dillion equipment. Dillions no bullshit guarantee kept me in the loading business for over 25 yrs. When my vibrating tumbler self destructed I called Gary at home to rag on him a bit for his "junk" tumblers, he laughed and explained the issue I got delivery of my new one 4 days later, 30 yrs later it's still in service. 👍
We love our Gary! Don't worry old friend, he has primer filler now. 🙂
I cant describe how much I adore seeing this! A man and his family living the dream. God bless you guys!
You're the opposite of what's wrong in North America. Keep showing the self-sufficient life.
Jumping head first into something you know nothing about, that is often dangerous... No they need to read the book first.
@@LupusMechanicus they always do thorough research. The most dangerous thing right now is Liberals.
Literally.... 16:16 Either respect people for having the intelligence to figure things out or just act like everyone's incompetent and keep quiet.
The opposite of what’s wrong with America would be a born again Christian evidently, you never figured that out.
@@realmstupid-on8df It's all fun and games until someone loses a finger or an eyeball.
I had a Dillon 650 for a couple of years, I would make around 300 rounds on a Saturday before going out to the range on Sunday.. It was like yoga, it's a very calming thing to do..
You have to be aware of all the stage at all times though, as every mistake has the bad habit of mucking up several things at one.
And measure, measure, measure everything, all the time, every time...>
Great video, brought back a lot of nice memories.
Jeff you have an amazing family. Your girls are hard working and very talented youd be in serious trouble without Ms.Rose and the girls. Great job ladies. Will we ever see Sara again?
That helicopter alone could seal the USA invasion point.
Still missing Sara, with her smirks and eye rolls at her Dads antics.
@@DarkRumAgain sorry what happen?
@@areyouok-j9i She was old enough to run. The rest will follow.
@@sungazer454 *Evil intent eventually returns to you.*
first time watching your video from italy , i really appreciate that your daughters are growing to be independents, doing woodwork , making bullets , learning how to do stuff , awesome work both you mom and dad
Recommendations: The Lyman Reloading Manual to explain the process; very important! And a Kinetic Bullet Puller for breaking down those "not-too-perfect" reloads! I'm also a bullet-casting fiend, which is another step closer to independence... Loved your video, Have FUN!
What do you lube your cast bullets with? I used to cast and used chromolly and also experimented with powder coating.
@@ryanmackin8346 some guys I know swear by lanolin (found in some nipple creams for use during breast feeding) dissolved in isopropanol, but I haven't tried it myself. I think you are supposed to make a saturated solution and put it in a small spray bottle.
Can't decide...reloading or the food being made...so much FUN...you guy and girls are a great team!!!😂
Food 🤘
Yeah.. bullets or BACON.. tough choice.
There were actually two guys in the loading section of the video.
That whole ‘is it shooting’ bit had me big eyed! 😮 All I could imagine was bullets stacking up in the barrel… favor follows the reckless for sure!
I aswell
Same ! I squinted and the next pull !
My man would end up be one of these cartoon gags. banana barrel
Where does one even buy primers???
Please look up "squib round" and read about it!
One badass family. It's amazing to see the children growing up & living the life of Freedom. Cheers mate from Australia.
When your redneck prepper lifestyle is dictated by fear - you're definitely not free.
Look closely. None of these girls look in any way happy at any time with anything they’re doing here. They have the hostage look in their eyes.
They probably know to better just follow the rules of their psycho father until they’re 18 and they can run from all that craziness.
Also the pain in wifey‘s face at 28:45 following: OMG I married a weirdo and have a family with him 😂
She’ll run with the girls I guess.
@@sungazer454are you a little kid or what? Why are your last three comments so childish? Or do you just hate Americans and their attitude towards guns?
@@sungazer454 you are insane
Tell me you have not watched any videos of this family without saying you have not watched any videos of this family.
It’s very refreshing to see such a good family learning handy skills together! It reminds me of the good ol’ days when I was growing up. It’s so sad that this is rare these days but thank y’all for sharing.
It’s the human manual! 2:38
Honestly you’re a good man bringing the family together like this and including everyone in the process. Starting out with pistol is the best way, and going with Dillon (if you can affford it) is the best advice. For rifle and precision I recommend the Dillon 550 with a funnel and a scale for powder charge testing.
A Lee factory crimp die at the end will make your rounds chamber effortlessly, washing your brass with a wet tumbler before putting it on the press will avoid most of these issues seen in the video. Another technique we like to use is getting a Lee APP to handle certain brass prep operations quicker than anything else
Recommendations: 1) Case preparation is important - Recommend de-prime first, Then tumble using walnut shell media and Dillon's case polish, then clean and uniform the primer pockets, then check case length and trim to recommended trim length, if necessary. 2) set up your resizing die so that the resized test case passes the case gauge test. 3) Keep your powder hopper at least 1/2 full. 4) Check your powder weight at least every 100 rounds. 5) Do not mix bullet types in a batch. 6) Throw away the aluminum casings. 5) Watch out for 45ACP cases with small primers - they can be reloaded, but not in the same batch as those with large primers. 6) Do not confuse/mix pistol primers and rifle primers. BTW - excellent choice on the Dillon progressive reloading press. With its no BS lifetime warranty, you can not go wrong.
also case lube
For bulk reloading like this your first 3 recommendations aren’t necessary
Maybe if you’re making match ammo
Yeah brother you right 👍 if they read your comment then he will be on track .
Do not throw away the aluminum casings set them aside in their own bucket to run in a small batch and use them for match or range shooting where you lose the caseings.
Safety, safety, safety....glasses. Well done! Dillon progressives rock!
welcome to the world of reloading! One thing I learned early on, you must keep a diligent eye on every station of the process... particularly the decapper. I physically confirm every used primer drops into my bucket, cause there will be those that don't from time to time, especially if they're crimped. In time you'll learn to "feel" when something isn't right...
Seems to me a massive progressive press like that isn't going to provide much feedback with respect to 'feel'. All the more reason to keep a diligent eye.
For a family who LOVES the sport of shooting, I couldn't think of a more wholesome way to spend quality time with one another. As a dad, I would LOVE to sit there and watch my children have fun shooting. One of the fondest milestones was watching MY sons teach others how to handle and shoot firearms. It was SOOOOOO satisfying. Since I grew up shooting, I've had my share. I absolutely love watching THEM do it now. I could watch kids shoot all day! Well done reloading 10,000 rounds!
The fact that the this family is aware of the importance of safety in today's world, It amuses me by thinking about making my own bullets which means you will never run out of bullets in your whole life. You guys are doing amazing 👍
You still need the components and or lead to make bullets, you can't make your own primers, brass cases or powder easily.
In England we teach our children how to make knives 🔪
Huh Safety?? If you mean owning guns and ammo as safety then okay fine. They clearly are NOT aware of safety tho, no ones wearing eye protection, then the guy fires his test rounds "did it shoot". If he really thought that then he should have immediately stopped what he was doing as it could have been a squib fire, and then next one down the chamber would have exploded his gun possibly injuring him pretty bad.... Not the safety police, but def some major fails here in this video.
@@tylerhall6455 100% where's the safety glasses? even filling the primer tubes. Friend lost an eye due to an anvil projectile from a primer glitch in a 1050.
I see this video being taken down by TH-cam sooner or later. Showing the process is a no no for the TH-cam police. Looks beautiful to me though.😊
And if TH-cam doesn't I'll expect hear about a visit from the RCMP or CSIS. Sometimes this country sucks.
I think you have to show the process start to finish, which he was careful not to do. He should be ok, although he might end up having to fight them for it.
Making ammo is not illegal, but you do have to have your PAL in Canada to buy the powder. No reason for this video to be taken down, even if they showed everything. There are already hundreds of reloading videos on the internet.
Just because TH-cam takes it down, doesn’t mean the art will die. Don’t let them cramp your freedom.
Making ammo is so relaxing to me.
its the repatative motion thats the relaxing part. when you have it set up right and can just keep on cracking
I feel like I accomplished something made some for my dad 80 rounds of 223 load to factory spec
My wife knits, I reload!
Totally… I’ll just sit and make ammo and try to watch movies for hours and hours
I like makin meth..
A little tip for cleaning your brass. I use the same tumbler but I add 4 teaspoons of dish soap and a 1/4 teaspoon of Lemi Shine (don't add any more Lemi Shine than that), fill with hot water and tumble for about 2-3 hours. The brass comes out looking brand new.
The Family that Reloads together, stays together ❤
Man yall are amazing made the ammo, made the table, killed the pig,made the bacon. What a great family. Keep up the good work dad and mom.
I've been reloading for over 50 years and am here to tell you there is nowhere in reloading for speed. It only takes that one mistake and things can get horrible. Go back to basics and have fun. I run 5 single stage presses with 3 granddaughters and 1 grandson. If there is a bad anything, one of us will catch it before it gets shot. We get everything prepared and run about 500 an hour with ease for straight walled pistol and about 350 an hour with most necked rifle rounds. So slow down and enjoy!!!! P.S. I use all Lee presses and carbide dies. Dillon copied Star Manufacturing's press and equipment and added some good features so once you get all the kinks worked out you're good to go--- until you have to change calibers--- then you have to do it all over again.
The best Dillon presses make it pretty darn hard to make a mistake, just stay focused on the task.
I like this comment and people should not over look it bless you brother
Best advice ever. Thank you for sharing.
Love your family cooperative unity, the young ladies are very capable of figuring out the mechanics and using common sense to make changes.!!!your whole family should be proud!! Stay grounded with both planted firm, God bless you and yours!!
You all should be checking your brass before putting it into the hopper... anything that doesn't have a perfectly round lip should not be run through a progressive reloader. That's one of the reasons why you are getting crushed cases. The other thing that you need to look for are crimped primers. Some primers (especially military surplus rounds have crimped primers, These will easily cause you to bend or break a de-priming pin.
Another thing that you should do is have a control round. Which is usually a factory made round that you are trying to reproduce. And along with checking headspace, you should also be checking the weight of the entire round this will tell you immediately if a round has been overcharged or undercharged with powder. Both of which could have serious consequences if fired.
as someone who has 7 automated 1050s, and processing 15-20k pieces of brass a day, this makes me happy! good luck, you have a lot to learn .. hahaha
These kids are going to have so much respect for the work force, they'll make exceptional leaders. I wish you and your family all the best.
Range brass it's wise to check all brass before you begin (all brass is not the same) Safety 1st please wear safety glasses at all times when reloading. Get your reloading manuals out and study them. Did Dillon teach any classes on reloading? I did see you checking your powder loads how often are you checking them? Please find someone that has reloaded before and work with them and slow down and remember one bad reload can change someone's life for the worse. But safely done it's very rewarding.
Please just let Darwin do the work.
I really enjoy how the young people in the video have a very close attention to fine details and to perfection. And to hard word. You do not see these qualities in most younger people these days. I also really enjoy how your team works together
0:53 this dude looks like jake gyllenhaal lmao
Worshipping a male God makes you gay
That's brilliant how you all came together and learned, plus got it done. Great work on the team work.
Make sure everyone knows what a "SQUIB" is and what to do if it occurs... First time viewer here.
There is nothing these girls can't do. They are fantastic!
A family that can put out 10k rounds in 15 hours is a family I want on my side of the battle.
The company needs to work on that pin to push out the old primer. You shouldn't break 2 in 15 hours. Contact the man and see what they can do. The rest of the machine looks like its working great. Congratulation, Girls!
they probably had berdan primed cases, with two flash holes. It isn't the fault of Dillon.
I've manufactured well over fifty thousand rounds over the past 30 years with my Dillon 650 and to this day i've never bent a de-caping pin
"I think we should use the cheap gun"
I felt that
I often deprime on a single stage press, then clean my brass, keeping the Dillon nice & clean.
I seriously appreciate showing the failures as well. It’s a learning experience for all of us and not just the family. Nothing ever goes to plan
Got to be the best dad in the world, you sure do the best for those girls. What a wonderful family.
Prettiest and most likely toughest reloading crew up that way. Those gals are incredible!
20:40 that "here's breakfast" smile was just adorable.
The ones with the ring around the primer. When you knock it out, are military brass.
You can remove the crimp, that's what the ring is.
With a swedging unit. I believe the unit you have got is 1100.If i'm not mistaken , it should have the swedging unit right on it
Yes, finally someone else knows what they are looking at. It seems they don't have it adjusted properly. It takes some trial and error to find the sweet spot.
Dillon is the best when it comes to reloaders. I've owned 2 Dillon presses for years; a Square Deal B for pistol and an RL550 for pistol or rifle. I've made tons of ammo over the years with only minor normal wear and tear issues. Dillon's customer service is second to none and will be happy to help if you ever have any issues or questions. You can't go wrong with Dillon.
You are truly blessed with such a family!
I hope my teenage boys are lucky enough to find ladies as smart & hard working as yours someday.
WOW!!!! You folks are awesome!! That one young lady pumping that press is an absolute MACHINE!!!!!👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸
I gave my brother a Dillion 650 for Christmas 1 year. Best Christmas gift ever.
I'm sure you are still reaping the benefits of that. 🤣🤣🤣
Just wondering if you borrowed it and haven’t returned it 😂
I keep on gifts from it every year@@Dwade689
Having spare parts IS IMPORTANT !
Welp, that’s what we buy tabletop metal lathes and milling machines for…
This is great! I’ve been reloading for about 15 years, and I’m still using my original single-stage press.
You as a family have such fun making + doing stuff, great to watch. They don't realise what a great mom + dad they have. Hope they can find guys later as fun as dad. 👍🙏 I will not try to trespass there folks, those girls shoot! 😳😳
Yes sir. So awesome and beautiful to see the relationship that you have with your daughters. So awesome.
Now that’s my definition of a family 🙏🏻🇺🇸💯🤙🏻💪🏻🫡
Dillion rocks. I got to watch the old man set up his quad 50 at Vegas and he set a solid rock face mountain side on fire at night! Spectacular!
I've had a Dillon 550b for over 35 years. I have jumped out of bed on a sunday morning only to realize the pistol match is today in a couple hours. I loaded up ammo grabbed a bite to eat and ran out of the house to the gun club.
It is so awesome to see how involved your kids are in a family activity and how interested they are. Great parenting.
WOW!!!
Dass, ist eine Menge Munition. Hergestellt in 24 Stunden.
Einfach WOW!
Ich bin sehr beeindruckt!
@@bayermarcus1974 Entschuldigen,
Americans sprict Deutsch nicht.
A reloaders dream right there, but hot damn that's a hell of a way to breaking in a new press though 😂
That case you were holding and then showed one with a side ways primer, those cases have a military crimp. Get an RCBS primer pocket swagger tool. I’ve had others but that ones the best
They already have a swagging tool....it is built into the machine they have. The 3 rd station has a swaging rod, but they must not have it adjusted properly.
what a down to earth wholesome family. I'm jealous. thank you for sharing, bless you and your family and friends.
09:42 sounds like Pink Floyd "Money". Wait. This is money! Time to go out my Dillon reloader and make some money! You're inspiring!
A family that reloads together, survives. God bless.
Welcome to the rabbit hole of reloading.
Most people think its cheeper but it is not and the quality sucks with a Dillon.
@@kevchard5214 That is funny, many, many people reload for less than buying factory ammo and Dillon is very popular. The quality is actually great. I have the same machine on my bench, maybe the previous version but with a bulletfeeder as well and it has made 10's of thousands of rounds. Another dillon press on my bench had tons of ammo run through it before I bought it used and then I used the crap out of it. I sent it back to dillon and they rebuilt it for $65 and shipped it back. It works great. Last weekend, I won a silhouette match with 357 ammo I made on my Dillon 550. Today I won again, but it was a rimfire silhouette match, so CCI Standard Velocity is what I used. I have won the match numerous times with my 30-30 lever action. The bullets for the 30-30....cast by me......well, by the automated bullet casting machine that I built. Price out 30-30 ammo or 460 magnum, 45 colt, and all the way down to 9mm. Now, tell me where to find mid power loads for 30-30 and 460 magnum that are ideal for silhouette shooting. Full power beats the crap out of a person and is damn loud, and in 460 does too much damage to steel. By reloading, I can shoot these guns for no more than what new 9mm would cost, and sometimes less. You don't offer anything to base your simple opinion on, so you sound like a liberal or bot. Now, if you had said that the quality on Lee progressive presses sucks, I would have agreed. Dillon is the other end of the spectrum, yet people still use Lee and save money.
@@CGT80 I may have had a Lemmon and I agree the LEE progressive is not the best but in the early 80s at 20 years old I couldn't afford a $4000 press and the LEE dropped more consistent rounds than my Dillon but a lot slower.
@@kevchard5214 I started on a Hollywood gun shop 12 station turret press that we used in single stage mode. A cast iron monster that my dad's dad used and he used. I don't know exactly what dillon had to offer back then, but I think it was something like the RL400, the early version of the 550. Are you saying they have a $4000 press back then? Their most expensive one is around half that now, as shown in the video, but it didn't exist back then. I bought my dillon 550 used at a great deal. They sell for something like 500-600 dollars last time I looked. If the same thing worked for everyone, they wouldn't have so many options.....different strokes for different folks.
@@CGT80 The one I had was around $800 the cheapest they had at the time if I remember right because I saved for a few years to buy it. Dillon must have reduced their prices at some time because my gunsmith friend bought one for around $6000 to $8000 with all the bells and whistles in the early to mid 80s.
Again a completely original / interesting video about a very own topic in the style of Gridlesness women's cartridge factory. You will never run out of creative ideas. Really entertaining to watch. thanks for sharing .
For those playing along at home, they are making cartridges. Bullets are the pointy part that make a hole in paper.
Rounds, ammo will work also
loved this video I'm a huge gun guy myself was new to reloading but my buddy got me into it via helping him still don't have my own really wanting one and I'm loving how ur family is into it as well nice to see the family taking time from phones and tv and the internet doing something productive very wholesome entertainment u got a new subscriber my friends thanks for the entertainment love it keep it going
Cleaning out the primer pocket is essential. If the primer doesn’t seat properly then it causes a complete stoppage. I tumble my brass in walnut shells, deprime and resize, trim the cases and then put the brass in an ultrasonic cleaner which helps with the primer pocket and then I manually clean out the pocket. I’ll never get a thousand a day done but I also don’t shoot like crazy either.
I love your channel, and your beautiful family. Why you don't have 3 million subscribers is beyond me. Way to go mom and dad!!
Dude I freakin love your family. My daughter loves to shoot but gettin her to collect her brass and reloading, she's lazy. Love it dude. Subbed
There’s an old saying in racing.. Speed costs money, how fast do you want to go? Same applies.. Nothing is hard when money isn’t the problem…. I know guys that buy brand new brass, prime, load, shoot.. repeat.. never using 1-shot brass… then others that only use range brass and spend half their waking hours sorting, sizing, cleaning brass… this guy obviously saves money at the cost of time.. I don’t knock either.. but I will say, I love my friend that only shoots new brass! I love one shot brass! 😂
Best reloading video on YT!!
4 very impormant things to keep in mind :
1 - make sure you got exact amount of powder in every shell.
2 - make sure you have powder in every round before placing bullet.
3 - you gotta have the right amount of belling of the mouth so bullet won't crush shell.
4 - the decaping pin should only be 3/16 's of an inch to 1/4 inch exposed, just adjust 1/16 " at the time , until spent primer falls freely, otherwise you will crush inner webbing and weaken shell to an unsafe level and break or bend pin.
Happy shooting 🎉
One of the most underrated TH-camrs of all time
Gems are to be hidden lol
You are living the life!! Beautiful house, beautiful family, beautiful set up.
The reason the pin keeps breaking is those girls arms are too strong for that machine , you may have to upgrade 😏
Use a sonic it will clean the brass much better there are some really nice hand deprimimg equipment and you won't have to buy pins
No, they probably had berdan primed cases. The only upgrade for that machine is to run a bullet feeder and then an automation system to cycle the machine. They already bought the best reloading press made for individuals and even some small ammo companies use them.
@@Dwade689that would require humor and this is TH-cam there's no humor but millions of know it all's
Yes, I'm very serious, but did see the humor but also a real problem they seemed to be having. Hornady One Shot is the best lube I have found for a progressive machine with pistol brass. Throw brass in a coffee can and spray with that lube, mix, and dump in the press. No need to clean the lube off. Dillon lube, which is just lanolin and alcohol, is best for rifle brass because it can be sprayed on the same way. The downside is that it is sticky. On the dillon, I lube and size rifle brass, then tumble it again in corncob media (buy it from a feed store or abrasive supplier and add your own polish to save money over small containers made for reloading) and trim then load back into the dillon press.
The actual reason is you are trying to force out staked primers, which is something the person who posted this video would know if he actually knew anything about reloading.
Yes Sir ! What an awesome video, and around 13:35 I could swear I was listening to Pink Floyd's song MONEY !!! Keep up the good (hard) work.
Congrats on the next step to self sufficiency! and on the HOME RUN video!
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Very cool, those girls can do anything they set their mind to. I'm kind of amazed you had 10,000 empty shells lying around the property.
They were sorting out the empty brass that they collected from the gun range.
You can push those primers back out and use them. No need to waste them.
Be sure to look at the powder load to kind of make sure it stays consistent.
Check the powder weight every time you add more primers just to be sure.
Try pressing the ones that don't fit further into the gauge. Or see if they will chamber in your gun. Rim damage can keep them from fitting the gauge.
Also look into "SQUIB"rounds so you are aware of that potential disaster.
The world needs more girls like that, straight up. Girls wearing dresses shooting guns ❤. I haven't reloaded since I was a teenager but still have all of dads reloading equipment. Old brass was always a problem, we always deprimed them before cleaning which helps.
Dillon is such an awesome group of folks. Always fun visiting their place. You're gonna need to pull a Miculek and use a cement mixer for that much brass. lol
Jeff, heat that priming pin up first with a simple propane torch, then bend it. It can be hardened and tempered from there (very easily) if required. Mild steel? Then, no need for the latter.
Or buy multiple packs of 10 now.
Lol nice Jake Gyllenhall doppelganger at the dillon factory
🤣🤣 thinking the same
Man, I thought times were tough becuase I saw the SAME thing!
Several foreign brass and those from .mil have crimped primer pockets, some will have pretty small flash holes as well. It really needs to be sorted by what you know to be usable. Most of your issues will be resolved by tracking which are not worth the trouble.
Quick everyone! Start telling on each other instead of minding your own darn business.
I've lived within miles of the PNW Canadian border my entire life, and after reading that comment about the you tube police, I'm one again grateful for the 49th parallel...
Excellent video Aye, and very beautiful country too.
Awesome kids, funny Dad,. great Mom and lovely property. it's such a blessing when you have kids who share your passion. More power and more ammo i guess.