Why do you Reload?

[closetgunnut]

Good morning and Happy Thanksgiving!

I've been shooting and reloading for 2 years now and I love both parts of this wonderful sport of ours.

What about you?

Closet

 

[JDGray]

I reload for accuracy, #1, but I couldn't enjoy shooting at todays ammo prices, so reload to shoot was my choice

 

[dagger dog]

It's a recessive gene that was mutated by our forefathers contact with blackpowder, that causes the incessant quest for the perfect load

 

[loadedround]

I started reloading right after I got out of the Army through a very kind neighbor. I reloaded back then because I could reload ammo more accurate than factory for my one rifle and two handguns and then I found out how much cheaper reloadind was. I still reload for the same two reasons plus it is now a hobby of mine and I enjoy doing it.

 

[Offfhand]

Why? Let me count the reasons. But one big reason is because I'm paid to do it.

 

[tggdeer]

Started off so I could afford to shoot.Now , I love to reload,so, I shoot so I have empties to reload.

 

[fourdollarbill]

Therapy, I would rather load then shoot.

 

[luis7]

I love to reloadand cast my own bullets, but then i must to shoot it to empty all anmunition.
Reload is a best job than shoot.
Greetings from Spain.

 

[BsChoy]

Reloading is me time both at home and at the range. Plus I think I am pretty darned good at it! LOL

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

 

[azyogi]

I started by shooting BP a T/C Renagade then a ROA figured if I can load these a cartridge should be easier. Boy did I have a bunch to learn.

 

[Redneck with a 40]

Its fun, I get to shoot twice as much ammo for the same cost as factory, its rewarding and I get better accuracy.

 

[oldreloader]

I agree with fourdollarbill....Therapy. It's relaxing and enjoyable for me.

 

[10 Spot Terminator]

For me reloading has become the fun of the challenge to solve the riddle of what will work best for any particular firearm I happen to find "interesting"... trying to come up with what will fly faster, flatter, more accurate and with authority . Putting it all together and being able to print that 5 round cloverleaf on a target or getting your picture taken with game you have taken with your "special" handload. Helping to get others interested in this fettish and create more friends to enjoy one more part of the shooting sport rows my boat too. After all ,,,, isnt that what we are all doing here ??? 10 SPOT

 

[Speedo66]

Availability and price would sum it up.

The caliber I most reload, 38-40 (38WCF) is rediculously expensive and hard (almost impossible) to find locally.

The gun I shoot it in, an original Win. 1873, is a fairly weak action and I want to know what goes into it, so no other reloads but mine.

 

[lgbloader]

I handload because my Dad and his brothers handloaded. Back when there wasn't 3000 channels on TV, we would spend time tinkering in the garage or sitting around the fire pit in the back yard. Weekday nights after work (or for me, school) were for preparing for the weekend. Weekend was for family time, be it camping at the lake waterskiing & fishing, at the beach surfing, or at the range honing our skills for hunting.

I guess I still carry on the tradition.

LGB

 

[Devilfrog]

I Shoot my reloads 85% of the time at the range the rest is mil-surp. Can't afford to shoot factory ammo at the range at the rate I shoot. Besides its more accurate and loaded for each individual gun.

 

[wade rigsby]

I reload because it cheaper than factory. but if I went to the range as often as I wanted then price difference would be taking the other route. I like to develope loads for multipurpose shooting. I just can't leave well enough alone. I like to see the result of hard work (hard work LOL).

 

[qajaq59]

I just plain enjoy it. It's a great way to relax. And I shoot so much rifle ammo that I would be in the poor house without it. Plus, I like the better accuracy that I get with hand loads. Of course maybe now the factory stuff is better then it used to be. However, I really wouldn't know as I haven't bought any of it in better then 40 years. And I'm not about to start now!

 

[rcmodel]

I started reloading in 1962 so that I could cast bullets for free, and shoot mass quantities of .45 ACP & .357 Mag ammo daily back on the farm.

Since then, economy has continued to play a large part in some of the weird calibers I shoot (.218 Bee, 25-20 WCF, 32-20 WCF, .44 Spl., 25-06, etc.)
Some of that factory ammo costs more then I am willing to pay for it, when you can even find any.

But it is also a very enjoyable lifelong hobby as well.

rc

 

[Walkalong]

I started so I could shoot more, as many did. At the time that was a 1911 in .45. I came to really enjoy the reloading side of it as much as shooting. It just wouldn't be the same without reloading being a part of my shooting.

 

[ArchAngelCD]

I reload rifle ammo for accuracy and I reload handgun ammo so I can shoot as much as I want to.

 

[Gadzooks Mike]

Reloading is like being able to cook, sew on a button, change a tire, skin game, and grow a garden. Whether I do it or not doesn't matter, but these are some of things I *should* be able to do. And of course, to make sure I can do it, I do it.

 

[Vacek]

Its my functional equivalent of Yoga.

Relaxing, Therapeutic. a start and a finish

 

[kennedy]

my brother gave me his lee turent press, when he bought a dillon progressive, so I bought a rem 700 in .308 to reload accurate loads for, them bought a .40 smith to load handloads for and it just continues on and on.

 

[Joemyxplyx]

Nobody has mentioned making stuff you can't buy.

I shoot cowboy action for fun. Light loads with lead bullets and sensitive primers aren't particularly available. Wally World, Gander Mountain and the other stores don't sell cowboy loads so I have to roll my own. My next project is to start rolling my own shotgun loads.

When I get some time to spare. I want to work up a nice loads for my M1 and M1a. Tuning a bullet and powder load to a gun is just a nice thing to do.

Making your own ammo is like making your own computers. You just get stuff that works the way you want it to.