Reloading 50 BMG

[@BZARZAGZA]

If you're going to shoot 50 BMG ammo you better learn to reload it. Nicely done!!

[@StepOneSurvival]

BZA RZA GZA For Sure! I'm saving 3 bucks a round. just reloading one ammo can paid for all my supplies for every caliber I own.

[@StepOneSurvival]

maybe everything but my dies, I'll say that.

[@title1091]

So instead of a 10 plus dollar per round, it's 7. That's almost a small box of shells

[@Cryton12345]

@@StepOneSurvival Dyes :)

[@alexmaclean1]

@@Cryton12345 nope, it's a die.

[@bilbo_gamers6417]

Imagine shooting .50 BMG so much that you need to reload your ammo.

[@trbig67]

LOL. At the price for new ammo, it doesn't take a lot of rounds to start. New, I can get for $2.50-$3.00 per round. (A bit more for tracer or incindiary rounds) I can reload for @ 80 cents a round and a lot more accurate.

[@Aldenco99]

@@trbig67 how much is a good reloading setup? Not discouraging your frugalness just wondering just how much I need to shoot before I start to see a return on investment. P.S. I know reloading is half the fun!

[@trbig67]

@Guitargreat As stated, that is what I pay to reload my ammo. BUT... I had to buy in bulk to get that price. Several thousand bullets. I had to buy the powder 48 lbs at a time. It's reclaimed military powder for $8 a pound. I saw 3 auctions on a gun site for the primers. Each auction was 1250 primers, which are normally @ 35 cents a piece, but are now closer to 50 cents. We were headed out on vacation so I put a ridiculously low bid on all 3 auctions. When I came back, I found out I won all 3, so 3750 primers for 8 cents a piece. So, that's how I have the price so low.

[@trbig67]

@@Aldenco99 I don't even remember. I just bought a piece here, a piece there. I have been reloading for most of my adult life, but when I bought the 50 cal, not a single thing I owned would work on the 50. But on the flip side, the 50 cal press has an adapter so I can use it to load everything else I have. Right now, everything is gone into the insane price range. I just saw 2 boxes of 525 count Remington Golden bullet .22 rimfire bullets go for $315. Small pistol primers are unobtainium right now.

[@yourface3154]

@@trbig67 He meant where are you getting new rounds for 2.50-3, not how much your reloads cost.

[@patriciarose7328]

i will have husband watch this,,i know he will save money...50,s are very costly to shoot..i know they are pricey i bought him one...he loves it..yes it is fun too shoot..

[@Dante-lo6js]

and the award for coolest wifey of 2019 goes toooo.....

[@efirizaki5656]

YOU ARE A GOOD WOMEN:)

[@DEATH_TO_TYRANTS]

He's a lucky man.

[@Tucher97]

This is a woman that knows what their man wants however I bet at some point she be gifted a tank

[@Soonerfrk11]

What a badass woman

[@kotaboy32]

Dude, that was awesome. Thanks

[@DylanousCroft]

Reloading brass, the freedom present that keeps on giving.

[@klntym]

I hope you don't buy your 50 bmg powder in one pound containers all the time? I load 5.56 and I go threw a pound in a heart beat and your going threw it near 10 times as fast!

[@StepOneSurvival]

It's much easier to set on the counter what I'm making a video

[@casinc.2138]

@Toxic Gaming your name really is you huh? Toxic

[@casinc.2138]

@onions ?

[@StepOneSurvival]

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[@kellymks6065]

Step One survival I enjoyed the video. Thank you

[@theyeetshiba893]

No. Edit: I’m sorry I will 😢

[@thatmicklowkid5299]

Yea now that you mentioned it I watch one of you reloading 12 gauge buckshot one time

[@codybaker1255]

Would you reload them in that exact order? Or would you set your tools and dyes up for de-priming, and de-prime all your rounds, then your re-priming, etc?

[@justinvelasquez761]

Can u tell me how to take a live primer out with no tools at home i wan a make key chains of my own please help me

[@landen2934]

The number of people who own 50’s just in this comment section just warms my heart. (Shoot some for me too!!)

[@JSound713]

27 rounds per 1lb of powder, man o man...

[@kpe_lord9461]

is that a lot?

[@ahuman2695]

@@kpe_lord9461 yes. Very

[@merrittmcdowell8675]

Gotta buy the 8Lb jugs it saves a lot more

[@trey2810]

0:00 Your uncle after he tells his 'Nam stories..

[@RosieSapphireMusic]

You look and sound like my uncle, Bryan, who also has a fuckton of guns. Great guy, nice to see somebody who reminds me of him. x3

[@2541968joey]

Well done video thanks. I reload .380s/.38spl/9mm &.44 magnums. Using a Forester single stage press I weigh each & every load, sure it takes more time but I know exactly what I've got using a digital scale. Might have been interesting to know your cost for components versus factory loads.

[@upholdthesecond92]

7 years later, still a great video. I wonder what it cost in 2024 to load a 50 bmg cartridge

[@ImNotADeeJay]

one second to shoot it, ten minutes to reload it.

[@National757]

Thanks for doing such a great job "splainin" for us rookie reloaders! My Barrett and I thank you! :)

[@shortcircuit161]

Seems like a bit of a long process but also looks like a ton of fun. And hey, 50 BMG, what more do you need to say... I save all my brass and hope to get the equipment to start reloading one day. Thanks for sharing!

[@StepOneSurvival]

shortcircuit161 thank you

[@Huma270490]

One question: In order to reload faster, did you think about looking for a small container that holds the exact quantity of gunpowder that you need to reload the round instead of using a scale to do that? I mean: You got the container for the gunpowder that if you fit it to the edge you have the exact g of gunpowder that you need, you clean everything that is over the edges with a rod, etc, a quick test on the scale for security and it is done. On this try you spend 25s with the measurement, with the other system ( if it is possible, maybe there is another issues) you could do it in like 5-6 seconds. A big difference. greetings!

[@Robert-qm7yi]

HumA As I understand it you only measure black powder by volume, not smokeless. I hear that it isn't nearly as accurate as going by weight, then again I've never tested it

[@Huma270490]

That is why I add the "quick test on the scale for security". There is a couple of physical factors, like the quantity of air between the grains, that can affect the measure so a quick test can prevent for that problem.

[@samhouston1288]

You can measure smokeless powder by volume. Most powder measures such as those found on progressive presses measure by volume. You just keep adjusting the volume of powder it drops until it drops that weight (charge) you were wanting. Lee even sells yellow measuring spoons that are marked in CCs, and are used for powder measuring based on their data. You could absolutely make a tool like what you're describing (you basically described a custom Lee measuring spoon). It would take a little messing around with to get just right, but it's certainly doable. You could not use it with different powders because they have different densities and would give you different powder charges than what you originally wanted, but if you have ONE powder and ONE charge weight that you want to use, you could do it.

[@xenonram]

@@samhouston1288 Yes, I don't know where he got that, but progressive reloading presses use volumetric measurement. Once I set the powder bar, I test it 10x, and if I've got it set to 5.40 gr, it will stay within +/-0.05 gr. (5.35-5.45 gr.)

[@Tripp426]

You are one awesome dude. Here I thought only gods among men could reload .50 BMG but you make it looks easy. Thanks for sharing.

[@UngluedModeler]

Excellent thanks! Gettin this exact setup. I have everything 50 BMG related except the dang press lol. Currently I reload all my other calibers on the Lee Classic Turret but it won't do 50 BMG!

[@trbig67]

I've been reloading for over 30 years, I bought a 50 and THEN realized... absolutely nothing I had been using for reloading will work with the 50 BMG. It's just too big. All new stuff. I had to buy powder/primers/bullets in bulk, but I can reload at @ 80 cents per round, with 220gr of the powder I am using, but that's pulled/sized API (Armor piercing incindiary) bullets. New M33 ball FMJ (Full metal jacket) bullets are a bit more. But it's not too bad since you don't generally go to the range and shoot hundreds of times like an AR. I think the most we've ever shot at one time was with several people that wanted to shoot it a time or two. Maybe put 25 rounds down range. I now have an annealing machine for the case necks and only neck size the brass for reloads. (Bolt action rifle). This lets me get a lot more re-uses out of the brass. Brass alone for the 50 can be expensive. Thank you for the videos.

[@JD-hy6yc]

How many times can you re-use brass? Just once or maybe 2-3 times? I know if it’s cracked it’s worth nothing but scrap.

[@pulldeauxduck2480]

Use RCBS they sent longer rods for the press ,, The neat thang is ,with a single shot bolt gat the oal can be played with , Did a study and found the best oal. ,for My barrel ,was told by the previous Owner that orbration ( nose wobble ) wouldn’t go to sleep till 400 yards . Not true ,I only have 100 yard range . Before I tweeked this setup it was Shooting 3 inches at 300 yards ,this equals 1 moa @ 100 yds. K . Now it’s One hole at 100 yds ,,boring ha .cant wait to stretch it out 🦆🦆

[@LoserJJA79]

Just bought a Barrett 50 here in Tennessee. No better reason to get into reloading. Thanks for the video.

[@Jeremy-iv9bc]

Definitely don't wanna jam it in there dry.

[@MrSanmanbob]

what was your OAL on the finished round with the 650 gr Bullet ?

[@blackjack3599]

You're just one of those dudes that reload. While listening to music.

[@StepOneSurvival]

What more should I do while reloading?

[@jonjohnson102]

Step One Survival reload

[@vasilybulochkin4622]

@@jonjohnson102 pimp my press. So we installed reloading press on your reloading press so you can reload while reloading. LOL

[@chrischiampo8106]

So I’m Guessing Staking the Primer is Unnecessary unless is is Being Shot Thru the M2HB 😎🇺🇸

[@fishomobile7196]

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[@aliozanerbektas]

That was one of the most american video I've ever seen in many years, if not the most.

[@StepOneSurvival]

Thank you

[@trashshinobi5758]

Just got an ad for school...

[@cannabischronicles8539]

Manly asmr because was bored nice video tho

[@walterwilliams268]

God Bless Ted Nugent and his familia 🐕🇺🇲👊

[@adventurebeyondlivelife8072]

I have the same canteen weird

[@crazytd9536]

You deserve more fhan 87k subs, heres one more!

[@StepOneSurvival]

Thank you

[@HarshmanHills]

Some you’re doing all the reloading videos, I figured I’d watch this again

[@StepOneSurvival]

I really appreciate it. I had to remove them last year and happy im bringing them back.

[@gixxerrydder]

I kept watching because of the Tshirt. Semper Fi bro.

[@StepOneSurvival]

Thank you Semper Fi

Thank you man. When I see your video I feel that I may buy a press, matrics and just start to learn reloading from scratch. Really thank you for peaceful and extremely helping video :). Loving it. I will also reload but will start with smaller calibers. But yours .50 its extremely money saving and also pure "man" mechanic work.

[@tscjsc3519]

Thank you very much! Very helpful and informative!

[@StepOneSurvival]

Glad it was helpful!

[@GUNTHER-lx6vu]

I love that song

[@anikiikardia8279]

Stumbled here, reloading .50 seems like quite a ways away from "step one"

[@StepOneSurvival]

Definitely

[@johntaylor8582]

Awesome Your are Tha Man

[@cs7285]

Geez one of those lbs gets you like 25-26 rounds😅 crazy

[@StepOneSurvival]

Yelp

[@acorgiwithacrown467]

Lols try making incendiary rounds.

[@drTERRRORRR]

Damn,brother. Your channel is a toy store for big boys and I fucking love it! P.S.: .50" AP...just in case we're fighting terminators, or an armored vehicle...or some dudes hiding behind that granite mountain.

[@mikemcniel3086]

Lol 260grams of powder? Most rifle rounds are under 30

[@joemoment-o1275]

7mm Rem Mag I like uses 62grains.

[@hpohpo1]

Can you save any money on reloading compared til buying new rounds from a shop ??

[@StepOneSurvival]

Definitely brother I save about 30%-20

[@Javs588]

I feel like if America had a face it would be you my friend! Keep living the dream

[@StepOneSurvival]

Thank you brother

[@jasonzee4561]

That's one round I will not reload!!. It cost to much dies,powder primers and bullets

[@JD-hy6yc]

Jason Zee it’s worth it if you frequently buy 50 BMG for $3-6 per round

[@christopherlillard7499]

I love your videos

[@s.o.f.fpatriotsforlife414]

I have some old red tip (tracers) from 1943

[@StepOneSurvival]

They'll still fire too those primers are sealed.

[@SamCardwellOutdoors]

What kind of .50 cal do you have

[@spencerwells1328]

It's a NUNYA 1050

[@Barefoot-Hunter]

Great video brother, Thanks! Where do you get you projectiles from? Semper Fi

[@StepOneSurvival]

From whoever has them now everything is hard to find. Semper Fi

[@Barefoot-Hunter]

@@StepOneSurvival Thanks brother!

[@FirearmTutorials]

Do the LC or PMC cases have the primer crimped in the case like a 5.56?

[@scarmenl]

Dang that is a lot of powder! Sweet shooting though.

[@pewpewTN]

What part of TN you from? I'm also a TN guy.

[@StepOneSurvival]

East Tenn

[@annekedebruyn7797]

I don't even own a gun or have a license for that matter but for some reason you made it interesting enough that I still wat ched the entire thing. Curious tho, how much money are you saving per bullet?

[@StepOneSurvival]

About a $1.50 a round

[@lygerzer0]

A 10 or 20 round box of .50 is around $50 USD depending on the brand that makes them. And the price in the components that you purchase at the same price as one box can get you about double or more the quantity if reloading. Just like buying food.

[@12pharro]

License? Bwahahaha. What commie state you live in?

[@annekedebruyn7797]

@@12pharro I live in another country literally next to a police station. So yeah

[@rylanleeper4456]

Don’t want that primer to explode while seating it those primers are no joke.

[@96_stars22]

Now this is entertaining

[@Maximos75]

Damn man you got a great hobby there. In my country it is forbidden to do that stuff .

[@StepOneSurvival]

Thank you brother

[@fanisandilya3468]

@The Weapon Collection. Where I live its illegal even to own guns!

[@patrickbobbin9789]

Thanks

[@daveogle3614]

Thanks

[@RadDadisRad]

Lol, going from 9mm to .50BMG is funny. 5.5gr starting weight on one and 232gr of starting weight for the other. Like making koolaid for yourself and then for the whole the town.

[@landen2934]

You look like the janitor at my old school, not that that’s a bad thing. He was one of my favorite people at that gosh forsaken school. He was one of the nicest, most understanding, down to earth, and chill guys.

[@balabak]

Ball

[@randomdude2546]

I mainly subed for reloading videos but holy shit this channel has so many different stuff how tf u only have 97k subs you should have way more

[@M2THE49sGamingZone]

Do they make a DEpriming tool to turn a live round into a dummy round?

[@StepOneSurvival]

Yes from Franklin Arsenal I believe.

[@M2THE49sGamingZone]

@@StepOneSurvival will look into that! Thank you!

[@txrick4879]

Now all I need is a rifle in 50 BMG . Even a single shot will do . LOL the size of the die it's big really big .

[@scottrussell8139]

I have and still do loaded MANY calibers but never 50 bmg... good vid...good job

[@rb67mustang]

Great video!!! The 50 bmg is the same as loading any rifle ammo I've ever loaded. It just requires a bigger press and whole lot more gun powder. I see you measuring out the powder with a scale, isn't there a mechanical powder measure that will handle a 50 bmg charge?

[@highoctain113]

This is actually something I needed to know. I just picked up a barrett and will more than likely be reloading my own rounds.... that's about the only way I'm going to be able to afford to feed this thing.

[@phillipsam2869]

How long do you need to reload, lets say, 50 rounds of 50bmg?

[@StepOneSurvival]

2 hours per 100

[@oldgunnersmate2100]

Never had to reload any 50, but I sure shot the shit out of it on the ship. We had pivot points around the ship, so that wasn't to bad. We would get 5 gal buckets, orange crates, anything that would float. Man, was that fun!!!

[@StepOneSurvival]

Old Gunners Mate I remember that on a ship. 😉

[@mbee1337]

just to save some lifetime, I'd buy 6 of these presses for each step. that must have take ages to fill the ammo box of bmg's ^^

[@ChefofWar33]

He can do each step in batches of 50 or more. Would be much much faster.

[@DerekRC]

Awesome. Thanks for posting.😎👍🇺🇸

[@gregboss6599]

SSGT Badass, with the help of a buddy, I have started to dabble with reloading. So far, only have the means to reload 5.56. But, would love to eventually expand to 9mm, .357, and 45 acp. Have to admit, the 1st round I reloaded and shot, I was a little apprehensive. But, the Ar-15 did not blow up, so I must have done something right. Enjoy your daily( well maybe not the canning videos, lol) videos. Kidding aside, do love the channel.

[@StepOneSurvival]

Greg Boss yeah its a verity channel for prepping. I try to mix it up so it's not all about one thing. lol thanks brother

[@galacticdonkey5876]

you have to slow down on these reloading vids my liberal tears storage for weapon cleaning is overflowing. semper fi

[@greedfox7842]

this might actually be worth it... but I still would trust them for anything other than target shooting, there still is that few that fail to fire or squib in you barrel... 50. bmg rifles are no less than $2k, usually $5k+... it's like buying a bugatti and then cutting your gas with water to save money...

[@nickalsager]

How much of the US869 would you suggest using on a 643 grain Incendiary

[@rohana351]

I don't understand guns. Pressure applied while setting up bullet looked kind of low. I mean does it fit tightly that much easily?

[@DEATH_TO_TYRANTS]

The idea of hand loading .50 big is a little intimidating. Thanks for the video.

[@danialnajmi6301]

Im curious with all of reloading things. Do you buy the .50 bullet or you can just recycle it? Or only recycle the case? I dont own guns but youtube brought me here.

[@ЭрикАйрапетов-г8ч]

hae reloding 375 chae tak plis hae 408 chaetac h 896 hodgdon ok

[@PointyTailofSatan]

Why would anyone need a .50 AP round? Worried about your neighbor's APC? lol

[@suhdude5237]

When you try to look manly and have a beard but play with it more than your wife plays with her hair, you're like 1/10 million of these dudes that think theyre bear grylls

[@2BitSlow]

Had a buddy who wanted a 338 lapua rifle. Told him he better learn to reload cause ammo aint cheap. He didnt believe me until I showed him some prices. He decided he didnt want one.

[@mushroomgoblin7121]

thank u for sharing!

[@StepOneSurvival]

Your welcome

[@thetobaccoguy1751]

Biggest negative to 50 BMG. Where the fuck to shoot it! Around here, You better own at least 50 acres or its just not happening. No clubs allow them.

[@StepOneSurvival]

Yeah that's a great point. Ours allows it.

[@astroguy8210]

Reload 50 BMG in black just for the Lols

[@SDrednas]

Golden Earing The Netherlands LoveYou

[@537R4HC]

good video do you mind can i ask question ? how much for the whole setup? to reload 50 bmg ? press and other stuff that needs only the tools

[@StepOneSurvival]

It wasn't but around 200 for the majority of the tools depending upon what you are reloading. 50BMG components may have gone up since this video.

[@ИгорьНиколаенко-з5п]

Haw mach need US 869 under 855 grn bullet?

[@HarshmanHills]

Watching this again just to say screw your to the Man

[@michellawrence2990]

Thats a painfully long process for 1 shot. When i reload i do 50 at a time. But im not reloading 50 bmg! Lol

[@StepOneSurvival]

well its longer to load just one but its a video.

[@zanpekosak2383]

Not really. If he does 50 rounds with one die its very fast. He doesnt need to replace the die for every round. For instance you can resize 50 rounds first,replace the die and prime 50 rounds and so on. Not a hard work its just a lot of doing the same stzff to a lot of shells...

[@xenonram]

He doesn't do it like that normally. He deprimes/sizes a group, switches to the priming fire, primes the whole group, switches to the bullet seating die, seats the bullets in the whole group, and so on. He did one because it's a video.

[@bartvanriel6767]

How can anyone dislike a video with Dutch intro music?

[@bencefarkas1793]

damn I want such Mancave :DD

[@12pharro]

Noga deburring tool. Worth every cent.

[@zaz09loh09po]

bro this dude would be you typical vietnam soldier

[@dsando26]

your awesome!

[@avikatronakaavi1775]

Time to reload 6 inchers! :D That would that would be actually be pretty cool but hard. Just an idea. Love the vids!

[@StepOneSurvival]

Thank you

[@ЭрикАйрапетов-г8ч]

hae 408 chaetac ok h 869

[@sethmorton8539]

Not a a lot of powder in those cases what pressure are you pushing do you know