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I know for those of you who live in the barracks, I doubt there are too many First Sergeants who will allow this to happen. But how many of us reload our own? I do a variety of pistol and rifle rounds. I got into it when I could not find ammo for my vintage rifles. I have a sporterized Krag that I could not find .30-40 for, and an AR Rifle in .458 SOCOM which is not cheap to feed. So I am curious if any of you do?
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Not I. I'm mainly a shotgunner, and reloading shotshells is comparatively easy, but it has never been something I wanted to get into.
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It's like changing your own oil. There is a sense of independence, but out of cost/necessity and ACCESS if I had unlimited funds I probably wouldn't do it myself.
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I reload every time the magazine is empty.
(Actually, my rifly is single shot bolt action, so I reload after every shot, but that doesn't sound near as funny).
(Actually, my rifly is single shot bolt action, so I reload after every shot, but that doesn't sound near as funny).
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I got into reloading when the wife and I became a part of a re-enactment old west and civil war group. Loading blanks was part of my learning experience. Since then I have picked up the equipment and dies to reload all of my weapons. I have a recipe for turning poop into black powder. I also have a 50 caliber flintlock that when all else runs dry I can still hunt food.
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Never been much into reloading rifle or handgun but have done lots of shotgun over the years. Shot in the ATA before I enlisted and am slowly getting back into trap and skeet shooting with our local Sportsmans Club, but right now only have a 12ga reloader myself. My father recently acquired some reloading equipment dirt cheap so we plan on loading some .45, .270, and 30-06. Hope those go well.
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I’m just getting started. Various pistol and rifle calibers. It seems like a good thing to learn and do in my retirement years.
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I'm getting my reloading kit together as we speak. I need to start getting the powder, bullets and primers as well. I also have a .458SOCOM. Big money!
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Been reloading about 43 years now for rifle and pistol. If you don't intend to use more than several boxes in a year then reloading for cost savings makes no sense. There are other reasons to do it though and I have definitely drank the Koolaid. I have learned to anticipate the political situation and buy things accordingly. Not running a business but I just don't like the idea of placing myself at the mercy of the market. Going to pick up some more lead for the smelting pile today. Made these .40 cal. 180 grainers in the last couple of weeks.
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I've often looked into it... I usually end up talking myself out of it. For shotgun hulls, it's a no-brainer, and makes sense. For rifle ammunition... it seems the costs/risks sometimes outweigh the benefits. Currently, the main problem is that even if one has the gear... the components are difficult to acquire. I guess one could start casting their own, but primers are getting scarce, and I personally wouldn't want to start playing around with mixing powder.
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CW3 Kevin Storm
Actually I online order the majority of things, except for powder and primers. The HAZMAT shipping chargers really just make those a local purchase item. The intial expense can make it less desirable, but I have found for the 38-55's and 30-40's it a cheaper way to go. Used equipment from the major companies sell on ebay, and other places for about half of what they sell for new.
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LCDR Joshua Gillespie
CW3 Kevin Storm - Have you checked availability over the last couple of months? You're reloading different calibers than I (.223, 5.56 and .40), so I could be very wrong... but CCI stuff is getting sparse, to include primers.
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LCDR Joshua Gillespie - Now is not the time to get started in Reloading. Larger Pistol primers can be had, Rifle primers can be had (and all that continues to dwindle). Choice of powder is limited. Those trying to get started are going to have to take what they get, and that's not ideal when learning how to reload.
Everything can be found via GunBroker.com (eBay for guns) but the prices are insane and it looks like the market will bare $0.10/primer.
Everything can be found via GunBroker.com (eBay for guns) but the prices are insane and it looks like the market will bare $0.10/primer.
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I started about 20 years ago reloading for .30-06 for deer rifles. Since then I got into competitive shooting so buying new cost too much so I started reloading for that too. Now, I reload all my rounds. From 9mm all the way to .577 Snider and .577/450 Martini Henry.
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SSG Paul Headlee
Got the fixer kit from Dave Corbin. Puts a rebated boat tail on surplus M80 bullets and makes them round.
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