Who here has bought a new gun just to reload for it?

[davestarbuck]

Man reloading is a sickness...

I bought a XD/M 40 and a Ruger LCP JUST because I found lots of empty brass in .40 and .380 at my range... Now I've just purchased a 6.8 SPC and a 7.62x39mm upper from AR Performance, just so I could play with those 2 cartridges.... And I've been eyeing a Ferrett 50 upper for a while now... I'm doomed.....:

Is this normal or am I just deranged?

Dave

 

[Doug b]

Perfectly normal Dave.BTDT

 

[AMBASSADOR]

Reloading Fettish

I am about to just that,I will soon be the owner of a Stoeger 8000 9mm.I already bought the dies,salvagegd 83 rounds from the range and bought 700 9mm ammo of various mfg.Just waiting for the permit to arrive.Boy do I love to reload.

 

[AMBASSADOR]

Reloading Fettish

Don't own a 9mm as of yet,but I just bought Lee 4die set 9mm,700rounds of ammo(to reload when empty)east prime adapter for my press.Waiting for permit to purchase.

 

[broham]

I just bought a conversion for my EAA Witness 9mm. Had the dies and most all components before the upper arrived.

 

[Claude Clay]

guilty...but sometimes i have the dies and than got the gun

32 Long Colt.....and than a short

since i had 32 magnum dies i got a 32 long pistol.....and than a short

and if i had 30 m1 dies i can load for the Nagant
or was it the 32-20 dies? so i got a S&W......and than a Colt Police Positive

 

[HuntAndFish]

Guilty. .40 S&W

 

[jr_roosa]

Got into reloading to feed my 1911. I got a whole pile of gear from my dad who doesn't shoot much anymore, and there was a bunch of "extra" stuff.

Had a pile of .38 special components, guess I should pick up a nice Model 19. The worst thing was that I didn't like the dies I had, so I ended up getting new dies anyhow.

Geez, that .30-06 die set looks lonely, guess I should get a Garand to keep it company. Now I shoot it more than anything else.

I think the next toy will be an AR, which seems annoying to reload for. I will anyway. The 6.5/6.8/or 45 cal upper might be just so I can reload for it. We'll see.

There's really no hope.

-J.

 

[cottonmouth]

This is one reason I got a 500 S&W.

J.B.

 

[calaverasslim]

I plead guilty. I did all the pistols and now I am stuck on rifles. Last one was a Win. M70, 30-06. Figured ok, this will last me for several months to work up a load for it. HA!

Second load I tried, I got 1/2" groups at 100 yds and now I am bored to tears and need to buy another caliber to load for.

This is a sickness.

 

[the_right_reverend]

Bought a 25-06 Varmint rifle because i had a few thousand LC Match 30-06 case that need to be converted

 

[GMFWoodchuck]

Guilty. My savage 12fv chambered for the 22-250.

 

[Offfhand]

I've never bought a gun just to reload for it, but put another way: I have a lot of guns that I would not have bought if I could not have loaded for. I think this is true for many gun owners who are reloaders.

 

[jr_roosa]

How about not buying a gun because you didn't want to reload for it?

That's what's keeping me from picking up a CZ RAMI...what's the fun in shooting bulk ammo?

-J.

 

[buck460XVR]

Oh yeah............I figure reloading for guns is like raising kids. After the first couple, you don't notice any more.

 

[kelbro]

I have bought rifles because I found a great deal on a set of dies. Yes, it is a sickness

 

[Walkalong]

Early on I got some .44 Spl brass in a trade for some reloading stuff. No telling how much that $5 or $10 worth of brass has cost me since then.

But it was such cool brass.

 

[medalguy]

I like to shoot largebore on BLM land not far from my home. There are also a lot of scattergun shooters out there and I'm starting to look kinda funny at all the shotgun hulls lying around ....

 

[dagger dog]

I bought the die set, brass and bullets and had the ammo loaded and waiting for the gun to get to the dealer!

 

[sgte5]

I'm guilty of buying about half fo my gun's and barrels for my TC Contender so I could reload some different calibers. Reloading is nearly as enjoyable as shooting.

 

[gdcpony]

Does building one count? I just found another Mauser action to build on. 7x57? 243? an Ackley? Which would be more fun?

 

[RustyFN]

You're normal. I picked up around 1,500 pieces of 45 auto brass at the range and had nothing to shoot it in so I had to buy a 1911. Makes perfect sence to me.

 

[PCCUSNRET]

I just purchased a 7mm Magnum and have absolutely no need for this gun other than I just happen to have a couple hundred pieces of brass for this gun that I couldn't sell or trade. I like to think I bought this gun because it was a great deal and besides they did just open up a 300yd range where I shoot, but I know deep down it was because I couldn't stand to see that brass just setting there going to waste. Now the search begins for magnum primers, a set of dies, powder............

 

[7.62 Nato]

Not exactly, but I am rebarrelling my Sav. 110 to .300WM because I will be reloading for it. I am looking at a couple barrelled uppers that I would reload for. Reloading makes more things possible/affordable.

 

[swampboy]

Funny this thread should come up now. For the first time in my many years of firearms involvement, I, for the first time, bought a gun mostly for the purpose of reloading for it.

Just yesterday, I bid on and won a Glock 20. If not for the reloading hobby, I would have never considered any gun chambered in 10MM.