Why do you reload.

WHY DO YOU RELOAD?

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WHY DO YOU RELOAD?

(1) To save money?

(2) To get tighter groups on your target for your firearm?

(3) To have ammo that is no longer manufactured.

(4) All of the above.
 
To make premium hunting ammunition tailored to my rifles, and to make inexpensive practice ammo, also tailored to my rifle.

Also, to make reduced loads for my rifles for grouse and subsonic rounds for quiet pest control.
 
I thought I could save money in the start.....I just shot more. I find it nice to be able to load mild to somewhat wild (within min-max load data), as well as accuracy.

But the crazy thing is, I enjoy doing it. I don't pump out a bazillion rounds an hour either.
 
Match grade ammo, that is totally controlled by me down to the hundredth of a grain, at .66 cents a piece versus loaded match ammo, at 2 bucks a shot and rising. 1/4 inch groups. If I miss, I know it isn't the gun or the ammo it was me screwing the pooch.
 
Hey Bobby ironsights saying weak means squat to me.
Most shooters that I know that get into reloading is to save money. if they been shooting for some time. If they don't, they think it's too dangerest or they have deep pocket's or they just don't have the time to do it. 2nd answer precission shooter do it, because factory ammo dosen't give them the groupings they want. No need to tell you about the 3rd answer if you want to shoot that firearm. So saying that every thing is geared to answer 4 is not always the case. Every shooter out there has their reason for reloading.
 
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I started reloading because bullets like Nosler Partitions weren't generally available in factory ammo. Now I reload just because I enjoy the hobby and the sense of satisfaction it give me. I like harvesting game that I've handloaded the ammo for.
 
I initially got into handloading so that I could make ammo that wasn't commercially available, thus making my guns far more versatile. The fact that it allows me to shoot more is a great perk, but to me making specialized ammo is still the primary reason I handload.
 
I originally started handloading to get good accuracy and so I could use premium ammo at a cheaper price. I have never figured it out if I really save a lot .Because it seems that I do a lot more shooting .Mostly important it will give me something to do when I retire.


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GSoD said:
Winter is a long time in Manitoba.

Great excuse to hunker in the basement and wait for thaw.
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I use this time to make enough loads for the first two months of gopher season. Hopefully Santa brings me an automated powder measure this year:)
 
try to buy high speed 44 mag ammo for your marlin rifle. factory loaded does not have the hitting power for deer and not much of a bullet choice.
 
I do it to get better ammo that is readily available and save money doing it.

I can get precision ammo for mine and have shot with it. It is as good as I can reload but at a cost of $200 / 50 rds. I think i'll keep reloading.

M.
 
i like ai cartridges as well as ones like rem 8mag , 7 stw, 375h&h. there is limited or no factory ammo for those type of rounds. or its very high priced.
 
In some cases, I reload to produce ammo that was never produced commercially.

But for the most part, #4.
 
To make me shoot more. Practice is not fun at $75 or more a box. Load development for all your rifles is very interesting, frustrating, educational and once in a while remarkably easy. Nothing like shooting a lot to be simply a better rifleman. Offhand practice is very enlightening and sometimes humiliating.
 
I'm interested in saving money, as well as loading for the no longer available .41 Colt CF.
 
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