Do you reload?

[USAF_Vet]

No. I'm only set up to reload 12 gauge shells.

 

[witchhunter]

Yup, something like 40 sets of dies on my shelf. And Yup, that is well over half of my calibers. Oh, and nice bass JohnBT!

 

[03fatboy]

Yes I do and love it

 

[threefeathers]

absolutely! I reload both for convenience and for relaxation.

 

[vongh]

Absolutely. For .223,30-06,9mm,.357mag. I also cast a lot of my bullets

 

[gamestalker]

I shoot upward of 90% my reloads. In fact, about the only factory I shoot any more is if someone gives me a box of this or that, which doesn't happen often. A week or so ago someone gave me a full box of factory .223 Gold Dots LE.

And I also usually shoot factory bird shot loads for dove and quail. Lead has simply become to expensive, so about all I load in the way of shotgun any more is for turkey, pheasant, and some SD magnum stuff, the rest of factory unless I stumble on a good deal for lead, which still happens from time to time.

GS

 

[aladdin]

Yes 38spl. and 45 colt. Because I shoot these the most.

 

[CHEVELLE427]

i reload ALL my center fire ammo except for my personal protection carry ammo

 

[forindooruseonly]

I reload the vast majority of what I shoot. Aside from rimfire and a few calibers that don't interest me in reloading, like mil-surp calibers, I generally reload it.

It's the only way to get an economy of scale that allows me to shoot as much as I want. It also allows me to control my loads, and work up specific ones for my guns. You know, the usual reasons.

 

[montanaoffroader]

I reload over half the ammo that I shoot in a year. I don't reload for my shotguns, and I don't yet have dies for a couple of my other guns. But I load for all of my hunting rifles and most of my handguns.

I do occasionally buy a box or two of factory ammo when I find it on sale somewhere, mainly for the brass. I try to keep a few years supply of components on hand, mostly because I hate having to run to the store every time I want to load something.

 

[Twiki357]

Absolutely. The only time I buy factory ammo is when I acquire a “new to me” caliber.

 

[Inebriated]

If we're counting total cartridges, no, most of my ammo is imported surplus, or shotgun ammo that I don't reload. But, of the ammo I shoot that ISN'T shotgun, surplus, or rimfire, it's 100% reloaded.

 

[blarby]

I looked.

I have exactly 14 factory cartridges in my house- and 2 of them are 54r for my buddies hunting rifle from last season.

.357, 44, 45, 30c, .308 win( gas guns and bolts), 7-08, 7 rem mag, 300 win mag, .410, 20, 12, and hopefully soon, 10.

Casting for 24 caliber to 1.5 oz slugs.

Casting 24 caliber roundballs is a major PITA. I'm not doing that anymore.

 

[Lj1941]

I reload 90 % of my ammo. The only caliber I have but don't load is 7.62x38R. I don't shoot that enough to make it sensible.I have a large stock of 7.62x54R surplus but have dies for it and also 762x39. I shoot mainly 38SPL and 45ACP and that is my main focas in loading.

 

[skiking]

Been reloading for 5 years. Probably 95% of the ammo I shoot. Only buy shotgun shells but that is gonna change this spring.

 

[DSAPT9]

Yes ,for more than 25 years.
I reload but because of stuff not always being available not as much as I would like.
9mm and .308 are the main ones

Also 30-06, 5.56, 45acp,38/357, 6mmTCU, 7mm mag and 375H&H but haven’t done much with them in the last few years as I have been focusing on 9mm and .308.

 

[chris in va]

223, x39, 9mm, 45 and 30-06. I also cast three of those.

The only factory ammo I bought in the past three years was a box of Golden Sabers for my 9.

 

[tuj]

No I don't, mainly because the wife has seen what a double-charge can do. I'm well aware of powder cop dies and the like, but that risk has her preferring for me to have a professional loader load up my ammo for me as per my specs. But we also shoot mostly rimfire so this isn't a big problem.

 

[bannockburn]

If I reloaded rifle ammo then it was the would be more than half. As it is though I only reload .38 Special, 9mm., and .45 ACP.

 

[CHEVELLE427]

No I don't, mainly because the wife has seen what a double-charge can do. I'm well aware of powder cop dies and the like, but that risk has her preferring for me to have a professional loader load up my ammo for me as per my specs. But we also shoot mostly rimfire so this isn't a big problem.

this is what got me to start reloading caught a dbl charge in a 45acp 35 years ago figured i could do as good of a job as them

 

[herkyguy]

just getting started, but i do meet your criteria.

 

[dodge]

Been loading for the past 40+ years. The only thing I don't load for is rimfire and shotgun. I don't shoot enough shotgun to warrant reloading for them. If you looked into my ammo supply you would see very little store bought and that is usually self defense loads.

 

[On An Island]

No. Well not yet. I'm still reading/absorbing so I won't be too ridiculous with questions once I start (this summer I hope).

 

[Grassman]

No. Well not yet. I'm still reading/absorbing so I won't be too ridiculous with questions once I start (this summer I hope).

You just gotta jump in, there is a wealth of knowledge on this board that is glad to help you out. I know, because I've only been loading for 5 or 6 years now, and boy did I have some stupid questions in the beginning. Heck I still do.

 

[targetshooter22]

Yes, the only centerfire I don't reload is 9mm and 12 gauge smokeless. All others are my own, and several rifles have never fired a factory made round.