deaddogwalkin
Active member
The 243 that I have had since the early 80's had close to 3000+ rounds through it. Many trips to SD on the PD towns. I rebarreled it about 5yrs ago. You will NOT be able to save money reloading because as someone else said You WILL SHOOT MORE. But you will be able to make quality ammo for less. I would also say go with a variable power scope in the 3-12 or 4-16 range because sometime you will have a yote come running in to under 50yds and you won't be able to see anything but hair in the scope. Most all my guns have a 4-14 or 4-16x scope on them. When calling they ate at the lowest setting and if I need to I can crank it up. The other thing that you will need when reloading is to see if you can get a mentor and have him help you get things set up. Also when you read the reloading manual the second or third time you will pick up more and more. Also it is nice to have a second manual buy a different manufacturer. IE if you have a hornady then pick up a nosler as a back up. You will see that different manuals might have a different min or max load for the same bullet. Max are a guide line and all guns are going to react different to each load. I have been reloading for over 35yrs and I can tell you that I learn something everytime I read the manual or every year.