Why DON'T you reload......

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__steve__ said:
I don’t reload at the moment. It’s because I can’t find LRM primers. Will they return when biden is in the past?
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The current component shortage started long before the change in the administration. The shortage is our fault, thanks to unfounded fears and internet hype, huge increases in firearm possesion and a product of the stoppages in workplaces during Covid along with the corresponding current distribution issues. I have a feeling that components will only come back to normal availability, when production and distribution catches up with demand. Neither political party has anything to do with that.
 
buck460XVR said:
The current component shortage started long before the change in the administration. The shortage is our fault, thanks to unfounded fears and internet hype, huge increases in firearm possesion and a product of the stoppages in workplaces during Covid along with the corresponding current distribution issues. I have a feeling that components will only come back to normal availability, when production and distribution catches up with demand. Neither political party has anything to do with that.
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No… it started Exactly on November 4th at 12AM EST 2020 ! and will end Next Month with the 3 primer factory that was supposed to open 2 years ago
 
I was a very active reloader for years-I had my S&W M-57 for 10 years before I fired a factory round through it I got into reenacting-Civil War then Revwar in the '90s, I was doing lots of reloading but wasn't worrying about accuracy or load development. For a variety of reasons I was doing little shooting until 6 years ago or so, when I started back I limited myself to 22LR till I got my shooting eye back. Bought Ciener units for my Browning HP and M1911s, fired my HP more with the Ciener than I ever did centerfire. Reloading is like baking or preserving food, a good miserable icy, rainy, stay at home day activity .
 
Mark_Mark said:
No… it started Exactly on November 4th at 12AM EST 2020 !
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Where the 'ell were you before that? Certainly not trying to buy reloading components. Maybe it's because you didn't join a gun forum till January of 21 and had no knowledge? Shortages were going on for more than a year before that.

Mark_Mark said:
and will end Next Month with the 3 primer factory that was supposed to open 2 years ago
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........ah, now you are starting to understand supply and demand, and the real reason for component shortages. Doubt very much of we will see the shortage end and prices drop in one month.
 
I don't go through enough really to make it cost effective. I can reload a bunch of different cartrdiges, but it takes me forever. Eventually, I'll load some more, but - if I want to shoot, I'll just practice with .22 LR until I'm blue in the face or sick of it and then put some rounds through guns that shoot more serious cartrdiges ... then put those guns away and just enjoy some target shooting with the .22s again for a while and call it a day. If prices ever come down, I'll buy some more factory ammo. If they never come down, I'll probably buck up and spend some real time reloading this winter or next, but for now - meh, if you've never reloaded and don't shoot that much, you're not going to save money by reloading with expensive components you can get now. You're still barely coming in under buying factory ammo, so - many years is what it would take a casual shooter to load enough to even break even, plus - all your time.
 
buck460XVR said:
Where the 'ell were you before that? Certainly not trying to buy reloading components. Maybe it's because you didn't join a gun forum till January of 21 and had no knowledge? Shortages were going on for more than a year before that.



........ah, now you are starting to understand supply and demand, and the real reason for component shortages. Doubt very much of we will see the shortage end and prices drop in one month.
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1000% agree!
 
I make no "excuses" for why I don't reload. And why would I have to make an excuse to do something that for me, would be recreational in nature, and cannot be "required" of me. I did reload, once upon a time. Maybe will again someday, never say never.

I grow weary of the same old holier-than-thou chastising coming from some reloaders.

Money spent on factory ammunition isn't a factor, as we have put our kids through college, have no debt, sufficient savings and still a lot of disposable income.

My time is worth something to me. That's the biggest thing. Also, I want way cooler stuff in my man cave than all my reloading equipment and supplies. Now that I'm retired (again), I wish to spend my time doing things that I find enjoyable. And frankly, I never really enjoyed reloading to begin with. I haven't shot any competition in years, and I'd rather spend time shooting that getting ready to shoot. And my current stockpile will see me and mine through the zombie apocalypse.

In the immortal words of Peter Gibbons in the classic motion picture Office Space,"It's not that I'm lazy, Bob, I just don't care."
 
Time, I simply don’t have enough of it.

I guess the expense of start up would make the list also, but really if I had the time the expense wouldn’t be a problem.
 
Old Dog said:
I make no "excuses" for why I don't reload. And why would I have to make an excuse to do something that for me, would be recreational in nature, and cannot be "required" of me. I did reload, once upon a time. Maybe will again someday, never say never.

I grow weary of the same old holier-than-thou chastising coming from some reloaders.

Money spent on factory ammunition isn't a factor, as we have put our kids through college, have no debt, sufficient savings and still a lot of disposable income.

My time is worth something to me. That's the biggest thing. Also, I want way cooler stuff in my man cave than all my reloading equipment and supplies. Now that I'm retired (again), I wish to spend my time doing things that I find enjoyable. And frankly, I never really enjoyed reloading to begin with. I haven't shot any competition in years, and I'd rather spend time shooting that getting ready to shoot. And my current stockpile will see me and mine through the zombie apocalypse.

In the immortal words of Peter Gibbons in the classic motion picture Office Space,"It's not that I'm lazy, Bob, I just don't care."
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Also, I don’t try to convince people to reload. Don’t tell them the benefits and the relative safety of reloading. If they want to… I’m all help, but they need to take the 1st step and buy gear
 
For me it is time commitment and opportunity.

I have everything to do it, I just am not using my components at this point for what I can afford to buy at thus point. (rainy day what if)

I can afford to buy 9mm at $280 per thousand at Buds, I ration it out and replace as I use.
 
I’ve been collecting reloading equipment and components for 15 years and have only loaded maybe 500 rnds. I have enough components for a few decades of my type of shooting though.

Right now I have more money than time so I buy ammo. I’m prepared for problems though.
 
I Did, a few years ago: .303 & .308.

However, my only targets were plastic bottles at 50 yards. Let this sink in….;)

Using the single-stage Lee gear, especially weighing the powder, wasn’t worth the time required. Two hours carefully spent, to make bottles “dance” 50 times?

With 7.62x39 commercial ammo Then at approx. .25 per Round (no internet tax) …..why bother with .303 & .308?o_O

I steadily stocked up with Cases of 7.62x39. Initiative, which allowed total relaxation during Ammo Paniks over the years.
 
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About 1965 I discoved I liked shooting my Dad's handguns but didn't have enough money to buy all the ammo I wanted to shoot... High School kid no job and got $3.00 week if I mowed the lawn for my Dad .
Read about the Lee Loader ...$9.95 and a plastic mallet would let you reload all them empty cases I had been saving ... So I show the article to my Dad and tell him " Dad if you lend me 10 dollars I can buy this tool and reload all our ammo ... " He looked at me like his first born son had Lost his mind ... then say's why would you want to do that ... they sell all the ammo you want down at the store ... " So I come back with the classic line ... " Think of All the Money I can Save You !!! " and he fell for it ... The old Man gave me a $20.00 and a $5.00 and says ... I know you going to need extra stuff , so take $25.00 ... Whatever You do ...Don't tell your Momma I gave you the money ... just leave my name out of this deal and I'll call it square !"
When mom found out I was into doing something that could blow the house up ... I didn't rat Dad out ...
I had a story ready and Dad didn't catch any flack !
Gary
 
I spent a lot of time, energy, and money raising 2 daughters, snowmobiling during the winter, and playing with my Jeep YJ in the summer. The girls got older, the snowmobiles went away because of time demands, and eventually the Jeep was sold to finance other more drivable cars and college. I never reloaded a round nor bought a new rifles in probably 15 years.

I started reloading because my hobbies were taking a turn. I had some free time as the girls started college. I've bought more firearms in the last 8 years than I can remember off the top of my head. I reload so I can shoot when I want. It's not about saving money thats for sure. You buy more firearms or shoot the difference because you can. :)

-Jeff
 
I would love to reload, but just don't have the time.
I have most of the equipment I need, but being on the road 40+ weeks of the year kind of prevents me from pursuing it.
Seems to me you had better have the time to focus on what you are doing and I just do not.
 
I used to reload almost all of my shotgun rounds (a lot of performance-related benefits to working up your own shotgun loads, aside from the $ savings), and most centerfire rifle and handgun. These days it doesn't make financial or time-investment sense for me given the limited opportunities that I have to shoot. Plus, I'm still shooting ammo purchased pre-pandemic. I found factory target ammo that would shoot outstandingly well in my .223 and .308 target guns (.2 - .3 MOA at 100 yards), so that negated the benefit of "working up a load" for those rifles.
 
I don’t trust myself to not make a mistake loading. I have adhd. And will get off task easily. No I don’t take meds for it. No legal meth for me. Also the price of primers is insane. Should have bought pallets of them a few years back. When the price comes down I might make a investment. And take a chance.
 
I don't reload because it does not seem like it would be something I would enjoy and would take time away from things that I do enjoy.

I have tried reloading. I probably have way too much ADHD to be a good reloader. Instead of making hog hunting videos, I would be making gun kaboom videos.
 
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