One can do stupid things without being stupid. BTDT. There are a lot more hazardous things done regularly than reloading. Implying reloading is hazardous is not the way to entice people interested in reloading. It makes it sound like one is making sensitive landmine or something. Clearly reloading is safe as many reload daily, but with anything, things can go wrong if one is careless.
Cost to reload .45
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Well, obviously not JUST my perspective since at least one other person took it the same way, and a couple of more have "liked" my post.
Guess it is all is how someone interrupts a post on the internet.
Maybe it is like Twitter or something, and some Millennial left their safe place and was offended over nothing.??
Nowhere did I read SMSgt post as condescending towards anyone and not calling anyone stupid??
Just Another Mountain out of a mole hill and a Nit to Pick.
"Stupid is as stupid does" is a phrase that is generally used to say that someone did something stupid because, well, they ARE stupid.
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Mitigate the cost of the bullets & it gets cheap to reload real quick. Even if you don't cast your own bullets, free/cheap lead will get you all the free bullets you can handle.
Funflyer
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I'm new to reloading and keep a log of how much each caliber is costing per round, along with the # of rounds loaded, just to see when the equipment cost will be paid back. My 45ACP cost is exactly 15.4c per round.
I got a good laugh when I read the "hazardous" comment. I find it much more hazardous just driving to the range.
I got a good laugh when I read the "hazardous" comment. I find it much more hazardous just driving to the range.
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fredj338
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I'm new to reloading and keep a log of how much each caliber is costing per round, along with the # of rounds loaded, just to see when the equipment cost will be paid back. My 45ACP cost is exactly 15.4c per round.
I got a good laugh when I read the "hazardous" comment. I find it much more hazardous just driving to the range.
Yeah, like shooting at an indoor public range with street dummies isn't hazardous??
I detest empty cases. When I shoot, I have empty cases. When I have empty cases, I feel compelled to reload them. When I have reloaded cases, I feel compelled to shoot them. When I have empty cases . . .
It's a vicious circle of life.
It's a vicious circle of life.
For the record, Hobie 11 and I have settled our differences. I used less than clear wording; he misunderstood my intent. We're good.
That discussion is over . . . Carry on!
Thanks for the update. Glad there are no hard feelings on any side of the discussion.
As we all know, in a text format like this, so much of the communication cues we all rely on are missing. Without inflection, tone, facial expression, or body language to clarify intent, what one says, and what another perceives to have been said are often two entirely different things.
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You won't save money,....you'll just shoot a lot more
Wee Hooker
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Reloading doesn't really save me any money. Sure I can reload 45 for $7 /box but that just provides justification and cash to buy more 1911's....38's are even worse
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I always hear people say that, but for me the two aren't mutually exclusive.
Since I can reload everything but 9mm for about 1/3 the price of factory ammo, I can shoot two boxes of reloads and still save about 1/3 of what I would have spent shooting one box of factory ammo.
With 9mm I just get to shoot twice as much for the same amount of money. Or shoot the same amount and save half.
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The only drawback from Auto form revolvers, is............
you have to chase down your brass or buy new cases.
My outdoor range does not let you pick up any brass that hits the "Deck".
Some indoor ranges let you sweep up "your area". So free"Range brass"
can be a challenge in some areas.
Just a heads up.
you have to chase down your brass or buy new cases.
My outdoor range does not let you pick up any brass that hits the "Deck".
Some indoor ranges let you sweep up "your area". So free"Range brass"
can be a challenge in some areas.
Just a heads up.
So if you drop your gun, they get to keep it? My brass is mine unless I give it away or sell it. That range policy is just taking what is not theirs.
Sounds like a bs policy. I would find someplace else to shoot
kbm6893
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Reloading is only hazardous if you don't pay attention. While nobody is perfect, unless I change my technique, and I don't intend to, I will never have a problem. I load on a single stage press and weight every charge. No chance of a light or heavy charge. I load in batches of 50 so I never get fatigued.
Maybe careless is a better word than stupid, but I've never done any of those things in 35 years of reloading, so I don't consider it a risky proposition. But I will say, if you take the recommendation of a "gun shop regular" without doing the due diligence of cross-checking that load in a reputable reloading manual, you are in fact stupid with a capital S.
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fredj338
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This gets tossed out all the time & is just wrong. Yes you save per round, every round over factory. Whether you shoot more or less will depend on other factors besides cost. I have to drive an hour each way to shoot. That has more influence than ammo cost.
fredj338
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Yeah find another range. My brass, my property, it gets picked up. I could care less about the range policy. If they kick me out, fine too, I wouldn't want to pay for the privilege of leaving my brass on their floor.r
