Just a reminder to why we reload.

[Nature Boy]

I've just started reloading (close to my 1 year anniversary).

I did cursory inventory this weekend and I have over $2k in just powder, bullets and primers and I'm only reloading 3 calibers, with 95% in .308

Take that x1.5 in equipment and there's no practical reason for me to do it.......except.......

 

[Reloadron]

I've just started reloading (close to my 1 year anniversary).

I did cursory inventory this weekend and I have over $2k in just powder, bullets and primers and I'm only reloading 3 calibers, with 95% in .308

Take that x1.5 in equipment and there's no practical reason for me to do it.......except.......

And that would be my thinking.

Ron

 

[armoredman]

This one irks the liberals.



Those are the Lee TL356-124-2R mold, powder coated in a mix of John Deere Green and Traffic Yellow. The lead I get from a buddy who acquires it from various sources. When we want to cast certified for rifle bullets, we have a Doe Run smelter nearby, Seafab Metals Company, runs between $1.40 to $1.75 a pound for Lyman #2. If you're in the Casa Grande area, they are some very nice people.

 

[gonoles_1980]

I like to be self-sufficient, though I haven't gotten into casting. It's cheaper and I can make the bullets the way I want them. For example, I can make light 44spl for my wife to shoot the 44 mag. I can make the 357mag to just below I feel it in my hand on my snubbie. My ammo is always consistent, I don't get the variations you get when buying the cheapest available. I enjoy the hobby, use a single stage, since I will be retired soon, no need to rush it.

 

[dodge]

Like some of you I started to save money as at the time I was in the military. It gave me ammo to shoot whenever I was home but unable to get to a store to buy ammo. It has now grown to a very enjoyable hobby that I do when foul weather or winter has set in and I'm unable to get to the range. I keep enough loaded ammo on hand so when someone wants to go shooting then I'm ready especially on Sundays when the local shops are closed. The nearest Walmart is a 30 minute drive and sometimes a shoot will pop up at the last minute so I don't want to drive the 30 minutes to go shooting. It just puts a damper on the day.

 

[mdi]

Well, I may be going against the grain here but, I have no idea how much my reloads cost, and I don't care. I reload because I like to, because I can customize ammo for a particular gun, I have fun reloading, I reload for guns that ammo is hard to find, and I like to reload. Just wondering, is there any other hobby that cost/money is questioned? Does anyone ask a fisherman to compare the cost of salmon in the fish market to the cost of his rods, reels, line,baits/lures?

 

[ColoradoShooter77]

I'm not saving anything money wise and that's ok with me. I can shoot twice as many reloads for the same cost as factory rounds and my ammo performs better.

I enjoy the activity and the satisfaction of producing my own ammo.

 

[rdtompki]

If our next California governor has his way ammo purchases will be through FFLs only, even online sales. Lots more folks will be getting into reloading. I've got my fingers crossed that even the progressive nuts in the California legislature will understand the impossibility of extending this sort of thinking to reloading supplies.

 

[DRAINSMITH]

My reloads cost me about three times what factory would cost. First me and my brass monkey (4 year old grandson 14/14) collect the brass from an out door range. I pay him a dollar a pound. His dear sweat Nanny told him if he filled them up with mud they would weigh more.
Second grandson 3/14 (15 year old) deprimes and swagges military crimp. Cost a dollar a pound.
Third granddaughter 6/14 ( 14 year old) trims and inspects brass. She has an eye for detail, two dollars a pound.
Worth every cent!

 

[drband]

My reloads cost me about three times what factory would cost. First me and my brass monkey (4 year old grandson 14/14) collect the brass from an out door range. I pay him a dollar a pound. His dear sweat Nanny told him if he filled them up with mud they would weigh more.

Second grandson 3/14 (15 year old) deprimes and swagges military crimp. Cost a dollar a pound.

Third granddaughter 6/14 ( 14 year old) trims and inspects brass. She has an eye for detail, two dollars a pound.

Worth every cent!

Makes perfect sense to me! You sir, win the Internet!

 

[deadeye dick]

Started loading paper shotshells in the mid 60s. Did a lot of trap shooting in those days. The cost of a round of trap was $1.50 for the use of the pull boy and field, and 1.50 for a box of lo brass 7/12 shotshells. A lot of money in those days. That was in N.Y.s long island. Fast forward to 2010 when I retired to S.C. and I could own a handgun. I reload for .45ACP 9MM .38 sp 357mag and .32ACP etc. It's still a blast (no pun intended) to do and I can do a lot of shooting for a decent price.

 

[Wreck-n-Crew]

For me it was a means to reduce cost and it ended up being an extension of the shooting hobby.

From shooting to repair and trigger jobs. Then to reloading. Then to casting.

I would love to make my own pistol frame and slide...i need help!