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Wondering how many reload now many use factory. | ||
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I reload some calibers and use factory ammo for others. So, I can not participate. NRA Life Benefactor Member, DRSS, DWWC, Whittington Center,Android Reloading Ballistics App at http://www.xplat.net/ | |||
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I reload for every caliber I have. | |||
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I reload all I shoot from .223 Rem to .416 Rigby. A 30-30 Win I shoot I do not reload for because of the crimping. I enjoy every minute of it and will pass all on to the grandsons and great grandsons. Good Shooting. phurley | |||
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This . . . including for my .380s. | |||
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Also reload every caliber I have including 7.62 x 45 and 380. Steve...... NRA Patron Life Member GOA Life Member North American Hunting Club Life Member USAF Veteran | |||
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everything but the 22LR. I even make my own bullets... both lead and copper wrapped. | |||
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Been reloading for 40 years.Really enjoy it. Many good times in the reloading room with my sons. Now days you can get premium factory ammo,bullet, combos but you pay premium prices too.I like being able to fine tune the load to the rifle with reloading. Scott | |||
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I reload for every cartridge I own. About 25 different cartridges to date. If it cant be Grown it has to be Mined! Devoted member of Newmont mining company Underground Mine rescue team. Carlin East,Deep Star ,Leeville,Deep Post ,Chukar and now Exodus Where next? Pete Bajo to train newbies on long hole stoping and proper blasting techniques. Back to Exodus mine again learning teaching and operating autonomous loaders in the underground. Bringing everyday life to most individuals 8' at a time! | |||
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I reload for the centerfire metallic cartridges I shoot, and cast bullets for most of them also. If ignorance is bliss; there are some blissful sonofaguns around here. We know who you are, so no reason to point yourselves out. | |||
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Reload for 30+ cartridges---will be doing it for 60 yrs. in a couple of months! Cast also. Hip | |||
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7mm Remington, 6x45mm, 6mm-284, 223. Variety is the spice of life. Nickel cases for 6x45mm so as not to mix up with brass 223. Sometime, one of these days maybe, 25-20 WCF and 22 Cooper Centerfire Magnum. TomP Our country, right or wrong. When right, to be kept right, when wrong to be put right. Carl Schurz (1829 - 1906) | |||
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Between factory and wildcats, including our own, I think we reload for several hundred cartridges. Cast our pistol bullets, and make our own rifle bullets. I have programmed our CNC lathe to make bullets from 0.12 caliber to 0.700 caliber. We do not have rifles for the .12 and .14 yet. But we do have barrels. We do have .700. | |||
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I reload for 39 different calibers. Guns and hunting | |||
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I would have said 100% of AR members reload. After all, theme of the forum is literally "Reloading". Why would anyone who does not reload even be reading this? (I know, it's more than reloading, but why did they come here in the first place?) Anyway, I don't trust people who don't reload. | |||
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Since you've posted this under the "Reloading" topic very few members who do not reload will ever see it. It's like doing a poll among people in a British pub asking how many of them drink beer. Well, duh, what do you think the answer will be? Post this question under some topic like "American Hunting" and you'll get a better representation of what members actually do. | |||
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I agree. But - Here's my answer - The ONLY reason to buy factory ammo is to get brass for reloading. If I don't make it, I don't shoot it, 22 rim and 17HMR excluded. Pancho LTC, USA, RET "Participating in a gun buy-back program because you think that criminals have too many guns is like having yourself castrated because you think your neighbors have too many kids." Clint Eastwood Give me Liberty or give me Corona. | |||
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I've been reloading since I got my first centerfire rifle, a .30-06, back in 1967. I'm currently reloading for 12 rifle cartridges, 6 pistol cartridges that I also cast the bullets for, and 4 shotgun gauges that I also make my own shot for. My greatest quantity of reloading has been for shotshells when I was competing in Trap and Skeet and shooting over 10,000 shells per year. I also buy my rifle and pistol reloading components like primers in lots of 1,000 and powder in kegs of 5 or 8 pounds (when I can find them). NRA Endowment Life Member | |||
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Started reloading 12ga in late 1960s. Load four gauges now. Started metallic in 1974, load about 25 different cartridges today. I’ve not bought any factory metallic in decades, and only an occasional non toxic for waterfowl and a few boxes of 410, in shotguns. NRA Patron member | |||
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I started reloading 2001-2002 after I found this forum. I reload 4 cal between .30-.50cal, I just beguinn to cast some bullets for my blackpowder rifles. I only load my percussion revolver and my muzzleloader PH 1858Enfield. | |||
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I started reloading for my first real rifle, a Winchester model 94. Using a Lee Loader I assembled 30-30 ammo with bullets from 110gr to 180gr. My favorite load used the Sierra's 125gr spitzer bullet. It was extremely accurate but I could only shoot them two at a time because of the tubular magazine. . | |||
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Hey, that is my story! Started reloading for my 94 with a Lee Loader; used the half jacket 110 grain bullet because they were like $3 a box. That was in 67. Pre 64 94 cost $60. I still have it. | |||
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Well, dpcd, I bought mine a little later than you and had to pay the outrageous price of $79 to JC Penny for it. . | |||
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I started reloading in 1964 with a Lee Loader when I bought my post 64 Win. Model 70 in 243 for $125 at the local gun shop. Here's my dumbass story. Ignorance is NOT bliss. The dealer was selling his old stock pre=64 Mod. 70s for $119. I opted for the post 64 to get the new and improved model. I still regret my decision. Shooter | |||
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This would be a text book example of what is called population bias. Mike Legistine actu quod scripsi? Never under estimate the internet community's ability to reply to your post with their personal rant about their tangentially related, single occurrence issue.  What I have learned on AR, since 2001: 1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken. 2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps. 3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges. 4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down. 5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine. 6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle. 7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions. 8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA. 9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not. 10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact. 11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores. 12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence. 13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances. | |||
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I have three firearms that I don't reload for. But they are all .22LR's.  | |||
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Considering the options locally. It's reload or go without. --------------------------------- We unfortunately will vote our way into socialism. The end result will be having to shoot our way out of it. | |||
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I have not fired a factory loaded cartridge since 1968....so yes, I reload.... like 23 centerfire cartridges and 3 gauges. The only things I don't reload are steel waterfowl ammo and 22 LR. Zeke | |||
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Typically I reloaded all my rounds. The past few years, I have found some decent deals on "clearance" ammo (typically discontinued Federal Premium) from Academy. But I have dies for every centerfire cartridge I own for when I am not so lucky. Auburn University BS '09, DVM '17 | |||
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I reload for every cartridge I shoot + many that I don't. My 1st "real press" was a Lyman Spar-T rotary head in the early 70s. Prior to that being a poor college kid, I made do with the Lyman caliper tool. We would prime cases + push the case mouths into parafin (ala cookie cutter) + use these in house loads to keep our hand in. The prey were flys attracted to a line of honey on a copy of Moby Dick propped against the opposite wall. Never mistake motion for action. | |||
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Started reloading about 1969, in high school, for the Marlin .30-30, then added the Lee Loader in 16 gauge for my ancient Model 12. Started bullet casting about 25 years ago. I am horrified by the idea of shooting factory ammo except with the rimfires, of course. Tie my own flies, too ...  There is hope, even when your brain tells you there isn’t. – John Green, author | |||
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Started in the mid 70's, currently load 24 rifle cartridges, 12 handgun cartridges and 5 shotgun chamberings. I also have bullet casting equipment for every chambering I load. | |||
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Reload for everything I shoot from .223 to 458 Lott except for 22 LR | |||
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I reload for everything but the .22 LR. I shoot a LOT. Wouldn’t be able to if I didn’t reload. I find reloading to be very rewarding and can really help one get the most accuracy out of a rifle. | |||
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I've been reloading since I was a teen back in the late sixties. Grizz When the horse has been eliminated, human life may be extended an average of five or more years. James R. Doolitle I think they've been misunderstood. Timothy Tredwell | |||
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Interestingly enough Dillon now offers in their catalog a set up to reload 22 L.R. It's under $100.00 Never mistake motion for action. | |||
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Nah, really? You mean like taking a poll of Holland and Holland shotgun owners and asking them if they prefer the Mossberg Model 500? | |||
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I have been loading for 40+ years most of my firearms have never shot factory ammo I have even reloaded 22LR by hand but it is time consuming and APITA to do LOL. Do you have a link or a model # for the Dillion dies I would like to see what they consist of. Ray NRA Life Member NAHC Life Member NRA Patriot Endowment Life Member | |||
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seems like reloading isn't the money saving activity that it once was. KJK | |||
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It was never a money saver----it just let you shoot more for less money! The average reloader keeps and keeps on spending more money!  Hip | |||
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