[seattledave]

So I took my second batch of handloads to the range today and I am having more fun than I imagined possible. I am currently loading .357, but reading about the flexibility of the .44 magnum has me eyeing a Ruger Super Blackhawk at my lgs. So am I alone in my sickness here or has anyone else ever bought a gun just so they could reload more? Let's hear it!

[faire bien de...!]

Funny you should mention that, I'm looking for something 44 magnum also. I have a few thousand lead gas checked bullets that someone gave me, some brass, a new set of dies, and nothing to shoot it out of!

[Redd Orion]

:o Yipes! Caught in the act......... I'm actually looking for a 221 Fireball just so I can reload it

[orionengnr]

Yep. One day while gathering 45acp brass at the range, I happened upon some 45LC. Wow! That looks like a fun cartridge.
So I bought a S&W M-25. Eventually, I owned three of them.
I'm down to just one now. :)

[BigN]

Hahahaha....this sickness is much more widespread and contagious than you might think. I buy reloading equipment for a particular caliber before I even have the gun. I then figure, well, I have the dies, may as well get the gun :-)

[Walkalong]

.44 Spl. I got the brass in a trade, and it was just too cool looking. :)

[animator]

Currently, no, but I have been considering a nice bolt gun to load with .308. All my .308s are semi-auto military rifles...

[Kawabuggy]

Normally the opposite way for me.. I'll buy a package deal of used loading equipment and supplies (brass & bullets) and then have to buy the gun to go with it all. I've bought more rifles that way, than any other way.

[Romeo 33 Delta]

Holy Cow ... you mean there's another way?:banghead:

[Ala Dan]

The only caliber that I previously owned that I did not load for was the .40 S&W
as I just could not warm up too it~! :scrutiny: :uhoh: :eek:

[crracer_712]

Exactly, was thinking the same, am looking for other caliber guns to expand my die set, maybe a caliber that isn't as ecomical to shoot with over the couter ammo.

[ColtPythonElite]

Yes...handloading was the only reason I ever bought a 1911.

[J_McLeod]

Not yet, but getting close.

[BossHogg]

No,not yet. I load for 9mm-38/357 - 45 acp- 45 colt so I stay pretty busy in the platforms I have. They're so much out there in these I stay broke.

[Old krow]

Yes, once. It worked out pretty well so I'm sure that I'll do it again. At least that way I don't have to wait for dies and such to come in.

[amlevin]

Sure did. A S&W 686 with 6" Barrel. Someone had left a 3# coffee can full of .357 Brass at the range. I took it home and the next day went looking for something to shoot this caliber.

Was one of the finest pistols I've ever owned. The Gunsmith at the Store I bought it from had done a trigger job on it and it was one of the smoothest shooting revolvers I ever owned.

In a fit of stupid I sold it, thinking all I'd ever want in a pistol going forward was a semi-automatic. Sigs and CZ's now occupy space in my safe, alas no 686:banghead:

[UpTheIrons]

Yup! I've been collecting .45 Colt and .44 Mag brass for just that reason. Don't have either, nor a real 'need' of either, but they sure look like lots of fun. Hunting...SASS matches...plain ol' fun... :)

[Seedtick]

:o Guilty. :o

Seedtick

:)

[Fishslayer]

Well, I'm looking for a .44 Magnum but it's because I want one. :D

I do have a large box of .40 S&W brass that is incidental bycatch from policing my .45 brass. Though the caliber really holds no fascination for me I've been seriously considering getting a .40 so I'll have an excuse to load it up.

My LGS has a used P944 in the case...:D

[Rodentman]

I thought it would be cool to shoot .45 acp from a revolver so I bought one. Now I have some .45 AR brass (and the proper shellholder) on order.

[Arkansas Paul]

Not yet, but I'd love to have a .280 AI or a .308 Norma Mag for that very reason.

[ljnowell]

I bought my Ruger solely so I could load hot 45 colts. That and where else can you get a grat big gun with a 7.5" barrel that makes that much noise and recoil(when loading ruger only loads) for 400 bucks brand new in box?

[CHALK22]

I bought my .40 cal dies, bullets, power, primers, and loaded up around 300 rounds before I even bought a .40 Glock 23, cause I know I will buy one soon. I have shot plenty of them through my BILs XDm .40C, just to make sure they work...

[trapper500]

Guilty as charged iam buying a 500 S&W in the NEF Handi-Rifle because I need it for hunting & i just love loading for the 500 S&W Magnum had a S&W Performance Center 10.5" 500 but that didnt turn out to good had lots of problems just using factory loads the cyclinder kept locking up sent it back to S&W twice for the same problem it happenes the third time sent it back again they fixed it again the screw that holds the cyclinder in place kept breaking & jamming it up but this time i took it & sold it & lost my rear on it paid $1,150 +tax

[FROGO207]

So at the range I am just like a crow. If it is shines of brass or nickle I add it to the recovered brass bucket. Then when I have 500 or so empties I get the dies and such. After reloading a series of test ammo I go and find a firearm to shoot it in.:D HOO-BOY am I a sicko.:banghead:

[Caliber]

No. But I bought one to use up ammo that did not work in my AR. I had 1000 rounds of Russian .223 that my AR did not like so I bought a Saiga .223 and it eats it all.

[Funshooter45]

Yeah, there have been a few like that. I bought a .480 Ruger just to load for it. That was so much fun I bought a .454 Casull. Likewise, my .270 WSM was a super great buy because of the expensive factory ammo. But it was so fun loading for it, I went out and found a .325 WSM to load for it as well.

[swiftak]

No, but everytime I buy a new caliber, I buy the dies for it.

[diananike]

I bought a .357 Marlin 1894 just because I thought it would have some versatility in Handloading.
Eventually I discovered the change in impact of different loads led me to stick to the full power 158gr magnum loads and leave all the light bullet or .38 power levels behind

[matworz]

For some reason I'm dying to load and shoot 10mm. I can't even explain why. Course, i don't have a 10mm weapon. Anyone here load 10's?

[Lever30]

Just started in the world of reloading, a little overwhelmed at first, but Im slowly getting it figured out. Bought a model 94 Win. in .32 WS. Can't wait to reload for this gun.

[R.W.Dale]

I bought a .357 Marlin 1894 just because I thought it would have some versatility in Handloading.
Eventually I discovered the change in impact of different loads led me to stick to the full power 158gr magnum loads and leave all the light bullet or .38 power levels behind

Same experience here. What the folks harping about a 357 carbines versatility fail to mention is that POI can shift several FEET at even 50yds depending on load.



As to the original question I've bought every non levergun 30/30 made just for the pure fun of loading for it. These include two savages one rem788 and a BFR revolver


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[Iron Sight]

"Ever buy a gun just so you could load for it?"
I have just because I felt it would be an easy transition.

44 magnum now that's some fun! Have not fired anything but reloads. Bunny fart to 1200 FPS Mag.