I'll take beer brewing or distilling first. Haha.A most excellent skill to pass on. Slightly more important than brewing beer, Just a smidge less important than basic auto repair.
I see you have a Lee press. Love mine.What a great feeling. My son reloaded his first 50 rounds of .45 acp. Nice skill to pass along.
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You could try introducing him to a progressive press.He enjoyed learning it and can make safe, functional ammo...but he doesn't like to. Not old enough to buy his own ammo yet though, so maybe he'll come around.
Crawl, walk, run...You could try introducing him to a progressive press.
There's a different sense of accomplishment having a completed round pop out with each lever pull
It's come to pass that any auto repair has become beyond my skill level. I used to be the world's ace starter replacer, at least on Chevrolet station wagons. Now anything under the hood is mysterious at best and otherwise impossible. Ya can't beat a '61 Impala for simplicity. It would take longer to expose an engine than to extract it. Such is progress.....less important than basic auto repair.
Be sure to teach him to look in every case after powder is added to make sure it has powder. When our club held PPC matched one reloader blew up 3 guns.What a great feeling. My son reloaded his first 50 rounds of .45 acp. Nice skill to pass along.
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This is a big reason I switched to wet tumbling. I only use dry for extra polish with clean brass now.This is a great thread.
One thing I taught my daughter to do when she was helping me was to wear nitrile gloves and a dust mask when handing brass and cleaning media when emptying the tumbler. It’s protection against the dust from the cleaning process and I am sure there is lead in that dust.
Also I had her wear the gloves when handling bullets until I switched to Bear Creek Supply lead bullets. They have a Moly and wax coating on the lead. You do get moly on you when handling them.