scrat
Member
Hell ya. bp and smokeless. Cast my own as well.
Well, looks like the results here are about the same. 75% yes.I know there is a forum specifically for handloading, but I figured that asking this question over there would seriously bias the results
I've always wanted to get into it, but I always blanch at the initial investment.
I still suspect that only the handloaders are answering the poll, though... even on a gun board, I doubt that 82% are handloaders.
That's one issue. But I also blanch at the fact that I have little clue as to what I'm doing and have nobody to help me learn in person. I wonder how many of you who handload, which is most of you, were forced to learn on your own using books & the internet for information vs how many of you learned to handload as a kid from your father who learned how to handload from your grandfather who in turn learned from your great grandfather and so on.
Handloaders tell me it's easy. Well, driving a stick shift is easy too with experience, but do you want to teach somebody to drive on your own manual transmission car as they grind your gears? Everything is easy to those who have sufficient experience with it. Not so easy if you've never done it before.
It would be nice if I was friends with a handloader in the area who'd enjoy showing me all the details of how it's done. I suspect there are some gun guys out there who'd love to spread knowledge on their favorite subject, just as I quite enjoy answering questions about investments as finance is my area of expertise. Reloading, sadly, is definitely not my area of expertise.
It would be nice if I was friends with a handloader in the area who'd enjoy showing me all the details of how it's done.