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How many of you reload every day or two?

How many of you don't do any reloading for stretches of time and then do a marathon reloading seccesion?

I'll go weeks without touching any of my reloading stuff. Then I'll do a bunch of reloading over a couple of days. I spent this past weekend reloading for many of my guns.
 
I reload based on my actual ammo needs. I don't get to go shooting that often, so I don't reload that often.
 
I don't reload every day or two, but I'm out there every day or two, sorting brass or prepping it. I have cigar boxes that contain processed brass. It's sized, tumbled, and trimmed. When I want to load, all I have to do is get the brass and go to town. I'll go trim 100 cases or so when I get bored and put it away for future use. I love working with it though.
 
When I'm working, I'll spend a couple of evenings a week at the reloading bench. Fortunately, I have enough brass that I don't have to prep the same brass that I just shot at my last range session. When I get 500 or so of my most reloaded brass ( .223, .22-250, .38Spl, etc), I'll spend a rainy day off prepping it so I always have brass that is clean, trimmed, and primed.
I've been reloading since 1974 and have found it to be as enjoyable a hobby as shooting.
 
If "reloading" means seating a bullet, crimping, and test chambering a round, then I'd say once or twice per week. Sometimes that means 10 rounds; sometimes 100.

I made it a goal for 2012 to do something shooting/reloading related each and every day. That could be cleaning dies, prepping brass, priming, getting range time, or purchasing a needed item.

I think I'm still good on that. And I don't count checking new posts on THR.
 
On average, I do something related to reloading in my reloading room several nights a week.
 
Sometimes I'll go years. Once went 12 years without loading anything as I just had enough ammo to last. Last year I thought I'd wear the press out. Depends on how my empties are.
 
I'm like Chuck, I do something regarding reloading several times per week. I may go several weeks without accually reloading ammo, but I do something several times per week (case prep, casting, etc...).

PS - since I am now retired, the frequency has become more frequent.

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I reload based on my shooting needs, which drops significantly in the winter since I shoot outdoors on State Forest land. Maybe once a month?

In the summer, it's more like once a week.

I have a single-stage press, and still take things pretty slow, so I've never reloaded more than 50 rounds in 1 sitting. At this point, my reloading is still an experimental process, slowly and carefully developing new loads with new bullets and powders. I haven't gotten to that "economy" phase yet.
 
It just depends on what I reload and how often I shoot it. With rifle cartridges used for big game hunting, I don't care to shoot a lot of them anyway. Once I find the best load (or the good enough load if the recoil is harsh), I make enough to last several seasons. When I run low, it's time to load up. Some of these loads, I haven't messed with in 5 years.
For pistol calibers, or something I expect to shoot a lot, it's always good to have a stash in case the rigors of life keep me from being able to reload.
A lot of times if I'm working on a load, reloading frequency depends on if I can get to the range and test the loads I've got - there's no sense in making a ton of cartridges without having a load tested.
In the end, I would say I do something reloading related on average every two weeks, but there have been times when it's been a month or more without working on anything.
 
I haven't reloaded in a few months. Of course, I haven't shot more than 200 rounds in the past few months either. So my ammo reserves are in pretty good shape.
 
I have a Dillon 650 and try to purchase in bulk, so I load in spurts.

I set the machine up and pull the handle when I have time. The last week I've loaded 4k 9mm, 3k 40, 1.5k 223, 100 338 LM and 200 243 AI. Of course I'm moving next week and wanted to increase the supply a bit.

Most of the time, I get on a machine 4-6 times a week....but I have 3 machines so it varies what I'm loading.
 
I'm not a high volume reloader and it's mostly 45ACP that I reload on a turret press lately. I'll go in steps. Get home from the range and dump the cases in my coffee can tumbler, set the timer for 4 hours, and call it a night. The next session I'll do a batch sizing, expanding, and priming them. And the final session is charging and seating the bullet. I have plastic containers with the brass in two stages - cleaned, and primed ready to load.
 
If I have bullets, powder, primers and such, I will be reloading. Most of the time I will do it. Almost everynight. Still new to it so the addiction is still very strong.
 
If I'm not reloading or getting brass ready to load I'm reading reloading atleast 3-4days a week, sometimes more.
 
I'll go months without loading a single round, then spend 3-4 evenings or a whole weekend cranking out hundreds of rounds, or casting and sizing bullets. At one particularly busy time in my life I probably went nearly a year without loading a round, and last year was the first time I've cast any bullets in over five years.
 
I reload based on my needs and time. Sometimes I've gone a couple years without reloading. Other times I'm reloading as often as I can.
 
Well, I'm on the press at least every 2 weeks during the "season." I shoot 2 multi gun leagues and need to press ammo for the shoots almost every time. I don't know WHY I keep running low, but I think it has something to do with the fact I can now shoot out in my own yard.....;)
 
I go to the range 3 times weekly. While I keep a supply of all calibers loaded, I will reload by brass each time I get back from the range after cleaning my gun. With a progressive loader, it only takes 25 minutes to load 100 rounds including changing press to the correct caliber.
 
Still new to it so the addiction is still very strong.
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Don't know how new you are, but in 2+ years, it has only gotten stronger. I'm about to delve into casting my own bullets for .45 Colt. Must......feed........addiction..........
 
I shoot twice a week or more, so I at least process brass twice a week. I usually load ammo at least once a week. When the weather turns crappy, I reload a lot of ammo done in short sessions all day.
 
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