Do you hunt with your hand loads?

Absolutely. I can typically take a particular bullet and Taylor it to my gun and make it more accurate.

Yep

yup

Of Course ...it's one of the reason's I reload .
Gary

Absolutely yes.

For the pure joy and accuracy. Its just all part of the process

Yes, have not bought any factory ammo in 40 yrs, except 22LR.

Yep. Nothing but handloads for all rifle and deer hunting here.

Since I hunt with milsurp rifles, 303 British and 7.5 x 55 Swiss, reloading not only allows me to squeeze the most accuracy from the old rifles, but also practice and plink during the off season without going broke.

Dust, please be carful those old 303s have far to many case head separation issues and people can get hurt.... good luck and have fun

You betcha! 357 Herrett in TC Contender, no explanation needed there, & am starting too work up 30.06 loads.

The only factory loads that I have used in the last 45 years were because I had moved and had my loading stuff boxed or I had a box of factory for the brass. When I bought my 243 I purchased a box of Fusions to get me through our first doe season. Took several deer with them and then reloaded the brass when the box was empty.

1976B.L.Johns. said:

You betcha! 357 Herrett in TC Contender, no explanation needed there, & am starting too work up 30.06 loads.

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Same with the 7mm TCU.

Oh yeah. Since I started handloading in '09, I have not hunted with factory ammo.
It feels good to kill deer with your own loads.
Now I'm looking forward to my first handgun deer, with loads that I not only loaded, but also cast.

Almost exclusively.

Of course! It all tastes better when you built them yourself.
30-06 for mule deer, .243win deer, 'yotes, 12ga duck and goose, 16ga duck pheasant and grouse and 20ga doves, grouse and rabbit.

Out of the last forty five years of hunting deer I have killed only one deer with factory ammo and that was with buck shot the rest has been with reloaded pistol or rifle ammunition anywhere from two-five deer a year with reloads. I enjoy trying different types of bullets and rifle rounds if I didn't use my reloads for hunting it would take half the joy out of my hunting. Lol

My son was happy with his new 30-06 and factory rounds ...
... then I laddered 20 rounds for him to try.

He’s happier now.

a kill with a hand load gives u a nice warm felling and does make them taste better lol.

I hunt with a revolver and only use handloads when hunting,

Most of the time. Last year it was all with factory 6.5 ammo so I could get some brass to reload with after acquiring a new rifle...

Mark

I'm sure everyone on the Handloading forum does.
What's even better is using your own cast bullets.

Yes! Have not bought factory ammo in a long time.

I own lots of firearms that have never fired factory ammunition during my ownership. Most of the centerfire calibers I own I don’t even have any factory ammunition for them, just reloads. A few of them one couldn’t even buy loaded ammunition for them. Not that most stores don’t stock it, rather it doesn’t exist.

Yeah, I’ve killed lots of stuff with ammunition I have assembled.

Almost always,......
12, 20, 28, and .410 for all my upland activities.
.45, and .54 black powder for deer hunting.
.357 and .45colt for handgun deer.