Sounds like under your circumstances owning a gun is just too expensive. Have you considered selling everything firearms related to pay for cancer treatments and/or another soccer camp? It's the only reasonable thing to do under your circumstances.
Sounds like under your circumstances owning a gun is just too expensive. Have you considered selling everything firearms related to pay for cancer treatments and/or another soccer camp? It's the only reasonable thing to do under your circumstances.
For me, the time spent loading is a debit, not a credit. That time pays well, with dividends.
See? It al depends on your individual circumstances.
I work a 40-50 hour week, have a 1-hour commute (in good traffic) and spend at least half-an-hour each morning and again each afternoon walking from the parking garage to my office building. During the day I'm in a concrete building with no windows, no fresh air, sitting at a computer. I get paid fairly well for what I do but, to me, handloading is pure enjoyment, especially when I can work outside in good weather.
You just said you didn't.
No thanks. I'd rather block you. Easier and avoids hard feelings. Have a nice life.
Please don’t take my arguments about time as insensitivity with your personal situation. I know all too well the emotional toll that having a loved one with cancer can have on a person. The day before my father died of pancreatic cancer, my wife told me she had breast cancer. That never ending worry and knowing that there is nothing you can do to make it better beats you down like nothing else in this world. In my case, I never reloaded a cartridge, fired a single round, or even picked up a gun for over a year. Now that my wife has recovered I’ve just started back into loading and shooting, but it doesn’t hold the same luster that it once did. I hope that your parent recovers and doesn’t suffer from this awful disease.
I’m happy your wife is well and back to living life!
Do you also count your time spent washing, drying and loading the coffee pot into the cost of your morning coffee?
Sounds like a decent idea. But it won't work for me. All the firearms I have for .22 caliber are already adapted to .22 long rifle - from birth. Except for a .22 Hornet' which would be quite difficult. All most all the other arms I own, if adaptable to a smaller cartridge the smaller cartridge would be a centerfire as well. Expensive. Hypothetically .25 ACP in a .257 Roberts. (I don't think that adapter is made.)
Checkout a Peterson device. It made an 03 Springfield fire a 32 auto.
I don't get your point. Are you saying we should never spend money outside of basic goods, and always invest any thing above that? If so, I've known those kinds of people. They died rich, but unhappy.
I have a motorcycle and a boat, reloading is my least expensive hobby.
My point is stated clearly, no? Would you…It’s a simple Q. Not should you or shouldn’t you, just would you?
I have a motorcycle and a boat, reloading is my least expensive hobby.
Maybe I should tell my wife to invest her manicure and pedicure money.
Coffee is the source, I swear... it'll change your life.Me too (three cups/day) and before the pandemic, an additional two per week Starbucks Triple Vente Lattes w/three raw sugars. Never any spirits, wine and beer infrequently, but I’m curious what is “wheat grass?”Well... life isn't over yet! There is always tomorrow!
Among my hobbies... coffee drinking is on the list. Some people drink bourbon, some wine, some wheat grass... or whatever... I drink coffee.
In all seriousness, many of you are talking in absolutes. If you look at the absolute figures, because (true) numbers don't lie, reloading typically wins, hands down, but there are always other aspects to consider, including each persons individual circumstance and desire.
