Started in 1989. My StepFather gave me a Lee Turret Press for Christmas. I still use it today. He had sold me a Ruger 77 30.06 several years before that he had glass bedded, and supplied me his reloads for a few years, but encouraged me to start. Once I began to shoot factory ammo side-by-side with his reloads, I was hooked. This was about the time that the ammo companies started offering the 'premium' loads (for a premium price). I was always interested in handguns, and once I started reloading for them, that was it.