Who shoots factory ammo?

Why do you shoot factory ammo?

  • Dont know how to get started reloading

    Votes: 23 18.7%

  • Dont have time to reload

    Votes: 35 28.5%

  • Dont shoot enough rounds to warrant all the equipment to reload

    Votes: 45 36.6%

  • I like overpriced shells

    Votes: 20 16.3%
  • Total voters
    123
well between the fact that i never have enough $ to buy reloading equipment at the same time and well i get out to shoot maybe 4 times a year and use up maybe 100 rounds a year in .303,20 rounds of .308, 200 in 12g and 2600 rimfire 22
its far easier for me to just buy factory as and when i need it LOL
 
I started reloading to save money.....yes I used to shoot a few thousand rounds a month:redface:
Now I primarly Hunt so the reloading has slowed down somewhat but I still really enjoy it.......Kinda goes with gun tinkering;)
 
I reload everything except rimfire and steel shotshells and once I lay in the supplies for steel even that will be home-rolled. ;)

Yes shotshells are cheap but good luck in finding uncommon loadings on sale at walmart. High velocity 1 1/8 os load of #6 shot for blues and sharaptails are easy to make as are light 3/4 oz loads for gravel-pit clays. If you want cheap slug loads all you need is a Lyman or Lee mold and some wheel weights. Want duplex loads? Then all you need is a bit of time at the reloading bench.
 
ninepointer said:
Reloading is for life-long bachelors who still live in their parent's basement.
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I don't shoot a lot of factory rifles, so I can't see shooting factory ammo.
My Snider and Martini have to be handloaded, as do all my wildcats.
Come to think of it i don't shoot factory ammo in my Enfields either.
Cat
 
If you can find me affordable & good ammo in 25-20, 8x57 and 303/25 then bring on the factory stuff.:confused:
Presently I only shoot .22 factory stuff.
Besides, shooting generic stuff would be so boring!:(
Just imagine all the crazy things I couldn't try if I was restricted to what the eggheads & beancounters thought were sensible loads. :D

ninepointer said:
Reloading is for life-long bachelors who still live in their parent's basement.
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Yeah RIGHT!! :rolleyes:
How do you think I convinced my wife I could get cheap ammo. :p
 
ninepointer said:
Reloading is for life-long bachelors who still live in their parent's basement.
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Hey, that's nothing to be ashamed of.
I'm sure you put your bed right next to the furnace, there's plenty of room for your Star Trek collection and your mum's cooking is second to none. :p
Some people aren't meant to reproduce........like you!:D
 
I buy factory. I don't know where to start reloading and I don't want to read any books to learn how to. I think you just buy a Lee's loader kit and go from there but it's always harder then that
 
Factory ammo has it place, as a rule I'll run at least one box though as a benchmark for which to compare to my reloads. SO normally I have reloaded all my centerfire rifle, but the 270 I bought last year has yet to see a reload.

I have dies for it but time and other money priorities has delayed load development. But it is a deer only gun that does not see a high volume of rounds per year. And since in that application preimium heads are not needed so just about anyfactory would work and since it is one of those mundane rounds good deer hunting ammo is cheap $20 and reloads are ~$14 so for the 3 boxes I would go though in a year I am saving 18$, not really woth the time,even though load dev would be fun. Now my 338 is another story reloads are less than half the price of factory, my dies are paided for 10 times over. The hornet I just put money on is in the same boat as the 338 factory ammo is expensive compared to reloads.

I keep thinking about getting back into waterfowel but I found reloading for goose loads made sence, and now it seems to make more sence either you have crapy steel or bankload priced Bismuth/ heavyshot.
 
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