easy desperation reloading?....... :(

[Bic]

I'm a HORRIBLE knife sharpener, I lack the patience and skills. I have no doubt that I would also be a HORRIBLE reloader....oh wait what's that bright & shiny thing over there.....now...where was I?

Anyway.....that's why I have 3 pistols in the same caliber and much ammunition, and an AR with stores likewise.

BUT!  should TEOTWAWKI last long enough to exhaust these supplies AND I was fortunate enough to obtain a revolver, which used cartridges big enough for my fat fingers to play with, [ruger44mag/45colt?] and matching caliber H&R single shot rifle? AND a Lee Load All hand loading tool with the appropriate dies....is there a load which even I could put together without endangering myself/others with no other equipment?
 I'm thinking perhaps of compressed loads so as not to have to weigh/measure powder. Black powder?, Shotgun powder to play with on those electricity free candle lit evenings .....all opinions appreciated, Ta

MP

[jaybet]

Ahhh...You ok over there, Bub?

[CJS3]

Don't set the candles too close to the powder

Pick up a reloading guide. Plenty of delicious recipes inside. If your going to be loading one "all purpose" bullet, once you set everything up, you won't have to change anything.

[TAB]

a powder dipper set...

[Bic]

Ahhh...You ok over there, Bub?

Just a couple more and I will be......

MP

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[sledgemeister]

How much do you shoot?
If your throwing a couple hundred down range a week then yeah reload. You wont save any money you will just shoot more 

If your only throwing a few doz down the range buy em, ammo prices are dirt cheap in your neck of the woods.
It costs me to reload about 18.00 aus per 50 44rem mag to reload (including pill price) If I cast it would be 50% of that.

IMHO You will need a minimum: powder measure, scales, press, dies and a good reloading book.
and time, depending how much you have will also affect your decision to reload.

[Bic]

How much do you shoot?
If your throwing a couple hundred down range a week then yeah reload. You wont save any money you will just shoot more  

If your only throwing a few doz down the range buy em, ammo prices are dirt cheap in your neck of the woods.
It costs me to reload about 18.00 aus per 50 44rem mag to reload (including pill price) If I cast it would be 50% of that.

IMHO You will need a minimum: powder measure, scales, press, dies and a good reloading book.
and time, depending how much you have will also affect your decision to reload.

It's not about that stuff Sledge, I was envisioning an 'End of Civilisation' scenario where this might be a last, desperate resort for self defence and foraging, having run out of all other options.

Maybe I'd be better off just stocking up on a shootload more .22lr 
.

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22lr can take any game animal in north america. 

[tombogan03884]

 Go with black powder calibers then, under those circumstances you may wind up having to make your own.

[PegLeg45]

Go with black powder calibers then, under those circumstances you may wind up having to make your own.

+1
With black powder, you can compress it (some smokeless can be compressed, but it is rare) so that would eliminate the need for precision measurements. With the BP, you do have to maintain the cleanliness more stringently after shooting, but that can be done with dish soap and water, followed by kerosene or lamp oil in a pinch.