I am not a reloader and only buy factory ammo. This is my first time posting on the Reloading subforum.
I would love to save some money on shooting my guns, but I don't have much time for another hobby - of which reloading seems to be. How much do you need to know to reload? Can I just buy X,Y,Z, follow some basic instructions and go to town? Do I need to buy several books just to get started?
I am not interested in reinventing the wheel or making some custom loads. I'd be happy with the recipe that duplicates any given factory ammo. My problem is I live in the city and ANY shooting I do involves driving to a range and spending money for the privilege of shooting at some paper targets. For that reason alone, I don't think I would have the time or money to "test" each of my reloads and see if they were accurate, then make more, test more, rinse & repeat. By then, as you can see, it's just cheaper to buy a known good product - factory ammo.
However, I am not adverse to learning a little and spending some money. You could say I have less time than money. I'm willing to spend a bit if I can make the process easy and foolproof.
I would be interested in reloading 9mm, 38sp, 45ACP and maybe a couple undetermined rifle calibers. It's those rifle calibers which is making me look into reloading for the first time as factory loads seem to be very expensive. (Because of those prices, I would normally only buy a .223 or .308 rifle, but I am really interested in something in the middle).
How much time and practice must one invest into reloading? Thoughts?
I would love to save some money on shooting my guns, but I don't have much time for another hobby - of which reloading seems to be. How much do you need to know to reload? Can I just buy X,Y,Z, follow some basic instructions and go to town? Do I need to buy several books just to get started?
I am not interested in reinventing the wheel or making some custom loads. I'd be happy with the recipe that duplicates any given factory ammo. My problem is I live in the city and ANY shooting I do involves driving to a range and spending money for the privilege of shooting at some paper targets. For that reason alone, I don't think I would have the time or money to "test" each of my reloads and see if they were accurate, then make more, test more, rinse & repeat. By then, as you can see, it's just cheaper to buy a known good product - factory ammo.
However, I am not adverse to learning a little and spending some money. You could say I have less time than money. I'm willing to spend a bit if I can make the process easy and foolproof.
I would be interested in reloading 9mm, 38sp, 45ACP and maybe a couple undetermined rifle calibers. It's those rifle calibers which is making me look into reloading for the first time as factory loads seem to be very expensive. (Because of those prices, I would normally only buy a .223 or .308 rifle, but I am really interested in something in the middle).
How much time and practice must one invest into reloading? Thoughts?