why reload?
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Oldrifleman
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If I had to shoot factory ammo, I could not afford to shoot. Factory 38 ammo is like $14/50, I reload for about $4.25/50.
TwoPoundPull
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Yes..........
Pinger4186
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There was a day when I thought that I would save a ton of money reloading. That's a total misconception! Ammo IS cheaper, but we always just end up shooting enough to offset what we save.
Anyway, reloading and casting are hobbies themselves. To me they are just as enjoyable as shooting, not to mention all of the benefits and advantages.
Anyway, reloading and casting are hobbies themselves. To me they are just as enjoyable as shooting, not to mention all of the benefits and advantages.
MrPhil
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+1
What Pinger and others said. For example, tonight I had planned on meeting a friend at the local outdoor range after work, as both our wives are out for the evening. However as the rain seems to have set in for the evening we'll reload instead.
Sputnik
Member
Why NO.1
Before taking up reloading we would stop shooting when I ran out of bullets
,(one or two boxes) Now we stop shooting when we get tired.
(500 to 750 rounds)
Why NO.2
I can set the power level of the ammo to my comfort level. The .44 mag full power load is not fun to shoot but my hand load is just right. Light .38spl for the wife mid loads for me.
Why NO.3
Relaoding can be fun. Turns a dull rain day into a productive day.
Before taking up reloading we would stop shooting when I ran out of bullets
Why NO.2
I can set the power level of the ammo to my comfort level. The .44 mag full power load is not fun to shoot but my hand load is just right. Light .38spl for the wife mid loads for me.
Why NO.3
Relaoding can be fun. Turns a dull rain day into a productive day.
Vulcan Bob
Member
Both reasons are good for me. I enjoy reloading and it keeps the winter doledrums at bay. Also some caliber's such as the .44 Special and .45 Colt really shine with reloads.
shovelwrench
Member
I reload, so I can shoot more, so I can do more reloading, so I can shoot more, so I can do more reloading..........
Anyone else remember that commercial?
Anyone else remember that commercial?
bloo
Member
Better quality ammo tailored to my guns. Cheaper ammo.(I shot 200rds of .45colt today)
Relaxing way to spend spare time.
+1Originally posted by bloo:
Better quality ammo tailored to my guns. Cheaper ammo.(I shot 200rds of .45colt today)Relaxing way to spend spare time.
And CONSISTENT ammunition year after year, regardless of changing availability of different types of commercial ammo.
socal s&w
Member
Reloading is a hobby unto itself. I really enjoy cranking out some rounds that not only go bang, but hit the bullseye.
It is a little frustrating at times when developing a specific load for one of my guns, but those are few. Overall, it is very gratifying.
It really enhances my shooting experience as well as being a great past time.
It is a little frustrating at times when developing a specific load for one of my guns, but those are few. Overall, it is very gratifying.
It really enhances my shooting experience as well as being a great past time.
I originaly started to save money as ammo was getting to expensive.
Now, so I can pass the time searching the internet and making phone calls to try and find components to actually reload something.
Now, so I can pass the time searching the internet and making phone calls to try and find components to actually reload something.
NFrameFred
Member
Like has been said, allows me to shoot more than I otherwise could afford to. I spend more, but not in proportion to the rounds I have launched had I had to purchase factory fodder in the same amounts.
And in times like these I don't have to worry because there isn't any ammo on the local store shelves.
I don't care if it's swinging a golf club, throwing a horseshoe, or kicking a football . . . if you want to do something well, you have to do it a lot - practice, practice, practice.
I know of too many folks who buy a gun and one box of ammunition, shoot a couple of cylinders or magazines, and store the rest thinking that now they're "protected" because they own a gun. Dangerous and faulty mindset, to my way of thinking.
And in times like these I don't have to worry because there isn't any ammo on the local store shelves.
I don't care if it's swinging a golf club, throwing a horseshoe, or kicking a football . . . if you want to do something well, you have to do it a lot - practice, practice, practice.
I know of too many folks who buy a gun and one box of ammunition, shoot a couple of cylinders or magazines, and store the rest thinking that now they're "protected" because they own a gun. Dangerous and faulty mindset, to my way of thinking.
acl864
Member
Tough to really answer that question. I use a single stage press and load 50 or 100 rounds at a time. I enjoy the process of loading and take my time doing it- sometimes I'll sit in my shop and look at different load data and my reloading notes for an hour before I decide what I'm going to load. I have a 50 ft. pistol range set up in my backyard and usually shoot 25 to 50 rounds a day if the weather allows- sometimes I'll shoot several hundred rounds at one time- but only about once a month or so. Again, it's something I take my time doing. Whether I'm deciding what gun and load to shoot or spending time setting up the chrono, it's not something I rush through. I enjoy reloading and shooting about equally. So, in my mind they're really not separate hobbies but one continual process that integrates together.
Finding a supply of lead, smelting the lead, making the ingots, pouring the lead into the boolit molds, sizing and lubing the boolits, developing the load, loading, shooting, and then doing it all over again. It's all a hobby to me. That doesn't even cover using store bought rifle bullets to develop loads for bench shooting or developing lubes for cast boolits or roundball flintlock shooting. I do it 'cause I thoroughly enjoy every aspect of it.
rewster
Member
I like to - it's fun
Skip Sackett
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Casting, you gotta get into casting!
I like to re-load/hand-load as much as I like to shoot.
I like to cast even better than that!
Plus, I don't have to wait for a delivery of bullets if I run out. I just go to the garage and turn the pot on and in about 20 minutes.............boolits, I mean, bullets.
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I like to re-load/hand-load as much as I like to shoot.
I like to cast even better than that!
Plus, I don't have to wait for a delivery of bullets if I run out. I just go to the garage and turn the pot on and in about 20 minutes.............boolits, I mean, bullets.
Slipped there!
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