Jim's Browning '74C series 9mm

[Snarl]

The thing that's killing me is the rising costs of ammo.  I normally would buy 5.56, because I shoot so much of it, and the cost variance wasn't enough to warrant the time and physical effort of reloading it myself.

I am so glad I policed-up all of that brass.  

true dat, i always held back on reloading cause of the initial cost of the scales, dies, calipers, trimmers, press, vs the price of ready made in the box. now it might just pay to do some.

had a high school buddy that died years back, whose dad was into reloading big time. ran into his sister a month or so back and she said her mom still has all of his dad guns and reloading stuff. been thinking about going and seeing her. she was like my second mom back then. she might even give it to me.

You should.  She'll only get pennies on the dollar for the reloading kit.  OTOH, that stuff is good for generations of service.  A little cosmetic touch-up and most of it is as good as new.  You can pay her back by passing on some of your skill knowledge.  Get her out of the house from time-to-time.  She probably needs more company than she's used to getting.  I'd call that a fair trade.