Remington1911
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I was cruising the forum and a current thread is a what did the last box of X cost you. And really the prices shocked me. The most inexpensive came in at over $1 per bang, with the average being well over that and touching $2 per bang. This was for a very popular cartridge.
I walked away from that thread thinking why don't these folk reload? It ain't that hard, if you can read directions and know how to measure you can do it. It is not far off from baking a cake.
In my years of poking around the forums I have seen many excuses....or reasons ranging from well I live in a 1 bedroom apt and there is no room, only to be followed by someone that has a press bolted to a basic 4 leg stand in the corner of a living room. To well life is just too busy, to be followed by a single parent with 4 kids and is always running one to this activity to that and finds time to reload a few rounds in the evening.
I have a friend that is just flat afraid of it, and thinks he will blow his hand off. And who knows he might, not all people can do all things, some stuff we do just comes easy to some of us while others have to work very hard to get to that same place.
I have been reloading for over 20 years, when I went in I was a bit leery thinking I would "blow my hand off", but that feeling did not last long. Personally I am dyslexic as all get out, so bad it is not uncommon for me to take 3 tries to dial a phone number.....letters and numbers just move around in front of my eyes. If I can do it I would think anyone can. I am likely VERY slow at the process over most people, I weigh everything.....and when I say everything I mean everything, this case with primer weighs X, the powder weighs Y, so after they get together it should be Z, then add bullet and that weight should be A, and into the box it goes.
I have said that 50 rounds is a large run for me, I would bet it takes me several hours to load 50, but that is me with my not quite normal brain.....you guys knew I was half a bubble off plumb.
So aside from shortages from everything primers to press what is the reason you don't reload.
I posted this here and not in the Reloading section as I figure the people that visit that area likely already reload.
I walked away from that thread thinking why don't these folk reload? It ain't that hard, if you can read directions and know how to measure you can do it. It is not far off from baking a cake.
In my years of poking around the forums I have seen many excuses....or reasons ranging from well I live in a 1 bedroom apt and there is no room, only to be followed by someone that has a press bolted to a basic 4 leg stand in the corner of a living room. To well life is just too busy, to be followed by a single parent with 4 kids and is always running one to this activity to that and finds time to reload a few rounds in the evening.
I have a friend that is just flat afraid of it, and thinks he will blow his hand off. And who knows he might, not all people can do all things, some stuff we do just comes easy to some of us while others have to work very hard to get to that same place.
I have been reloading for over 20 years, when I went in I was a bit leery thinking I would "blow my hand off", but that feeling did not last long. Personally I am dyslexic as all get out, so bad it is not uncommon for me to take 3 tries to dial a phone number.....letters and numbers just move around in front of my eyes. If I can do it I would think anyone can. I am likely VERY slow at the process over most people, I weigh everything.....and when I say everything I mean everything, this case with primer weighs X, the powder weighs Y, so after they get together it should be Z, then add bullet and that weight should be A, and into the box it goes.
I have said that 50 rounds is a large run for me, I would bet it takes me several hours to load 50, but that is me with my not quite normal brain.....you guys knew I was half a bubble off plumb.
So aside from shortages from everything primers to press what is the reason you don't reload.
I posted this here and not in the Reloading section as I figure the people that visit that area likely already reload.