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    G'day from the Hutt

    Hi,

    Long time lurker, first time poster. I finally got organised enough to register and introduce myself.

    I'm a hutt dwelling govt wage slave, dad of one gorgeous little girl, and a long suffering and misunderstood husband...

    When I get a little bit of time to myself,I spend way too much of what little time I do have burning ammo at the range, or reloading ready for my next range session.

    I'd like to get out and wander the hills more, but free weekends are fairly rare nowadays. Still maybe one day soon I'll be able to get back out there....

    Looking forward to learning new things, and to settling in to what seems like a pretty cool forum.

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    Good on ya mate, welcome to the forum. As you will have seen, plenty of Welly dudes on here that can shout ya a lift to the hills!
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    Thanks

    I had noticed the pretty high concentration of Welly members, it is pretty impressive!

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    Welcome to the forum

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    Cheers! Thanks for the welcome, it makes a big difference from a lot of other forums.

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    And thats the problem with the other forums, were not on them

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    Welcome Scaggly!

    What do you shoot? And how long have you been reloading?

    You probably know how much time this place can drag away from a busy fella, with quite a bit to learn and read. Nevertheless bloody good to have you here
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    I shoot tend to shoot all sorts, to be honest. At the moment, I've got a few .22's in the safe, .303s of various makes and models, some 8mm and .308 mausers, a couple of ARs, an sks, and the good old shottie.

    I have been reloading for probably 8 or 9 years now. I reload for .223, .303, .308, and 8mm mauser. Have recently moved from a single stage press to a progressive for .223 loading, and have found my reloading speed (and reloading costs) just went through the roof!!

    You're dead right, this forum could easily soak up a lot of anyone's free time, there is a ton to read, and trying to absorb even a bit of it will be a real challenge.

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    Whats your load for the .303? I think its VC that wanted to know

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    Greetings scaggly, fellow Huttite here

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    Quote Originally Posted by Toby View Post
    Whats your load for the .303? I think its VC that wanted to know
    Hi Toby, this might not be much use to you but my pet load for .303 is 34gr of ar2206 under a 174gr RN. I'm down to my last kg or so of 2206, and will at some stage have to work up a new load with a new powder.

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    Greetings scaggly, fellow Huttite here
    G'day ebf. Cheers for the welcome, glad to see a few hutt-dwellers on here, us huttites got to stick together!

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    G'day from the Hutt

    Quote Originally Posted by scaggly View Post
    Hi Toby, this might not be much use to you but my pet load for .303 is 34gr of ar2206 under a 174gr RN. I'm down to my last kg or so of 2206, and will at some stage have to work up a new load with a new powder.



    G'day ebf. Cheers for the welcome, glad to see a few hutt-dwellers on here, us huttites got to stick together!
    You two valley dwellers can get together and compare ugg boots



    Tim

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    Quote Originally Posted by scaggly View Post

    I'd like to get out and wander the hills more, but free weekends are fairly rare nowadays. Still maybe one day soon I'll be able to get back out there
    I feel your pain(Insert man hug smilely)

    Welcome scaggly

    I too have a young family(and a wife that works most weekends) so I know how hard it can be to get out,but i do,whenever I get the chance
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    Quote Originally Posted by kiwi39 View Post
    You two valley dwellers can get together and compare ugg boots
    Tim, guess what you're getting for a house warming gift mate

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    G'day from the Hutt

    Are you allowed to bring them out of the valley ??

    Stir stir


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