did some reloading this week

[VINCENT]

i've finnaly had a bit of time, and weather permiting allowed me to go out to the shed for some me time. reloaded a couple hundred rounds. .38 spec lswc-hp 158grn with 4.4grns of bulleye

and then some .357 158grn JSP w/14.7grns of win296, and .357 158grn JHP w/14.4grns of win296.

the 38's should do about 890FPS, and the .357's should run at 1100+
wish i had made more, but using a single stage press is SLOW.

[VINCENT]

oh, some of the JSP's are already missing because i just brought home my new taurus 608 tonight so i had to fire off a few.

[qrprat77]

Cool! What other manner of reloading do you do?

[Matt In Oklahoma]

There are few pleasures better than knowing that I just created that and it can do this and that is cool - ya know

[Klayton]

Mrs got a box of Winchester [ 115gr :( ] 9mm that was on sale at Wally World.

Wish I knew the ins-and-outs of reloading and how much savings I could get... :)

[golfroot]

Mrs got a box of Winchester [ 115gr :( ] 9mm that was on sale at Wally World.

Wish I knew the ins-and-outs of reloading and how much savings I could get... :)

The old saying is that reloading doesn't save you any money, it just makes you shoot more. I've found this to be true.

[VINCENT]

Cool! What other manner of reloading do you do?

all i reload at this point is .38 spec, and .357 mag. i have 2 single stage presses. both are at least as old as i am.(nearly 40) i really want a lee 1000 progressive, but at this point i'm gonna need to stop buying new guns before i can buy a press. and thats a hard habit to break

[VINCENT]

The old saying is that reloading doesn't save you any money, it just makes you shoot more. I've found this to be true.

that is so true. but i try to load in batchs of 100. 50 i put away for stock, and 50 to shoot.

[PerryJeff]

The old saying is that reloading doesn't save you any money, it just makes you shoot more. I've found this to be true.

I couldn't agree more golfroot... If I would have spent the money on Ammo that I spent on reloading supplies I would have one hell of a stockpile. But doing load development and testing plus quality control takes me to the range a lot and while there you might as well shoot a couple hundred rounds... ;o)
One thing that reloading as really made me keep to certain calibers for stockpiling purposes. I keep everything in 22 or 30 cal for rifles and pistols 45, 38-357, I also have a couple 9 and 25 pistols but the 25's are small carry guns and just have 300 rds. stockpiled no plans to reload. So many buddies have 9 mm I bought a couple just because of that.
As to the 30 cal I can use same projectiles in 308, 3006, and 300 win mag's the 30 carbine is diff but is a fun great for kids and anyone not familiar with guns rifle... I buy 8 lb. kegs that can cover the spectrum usually 6 at a time. As to projectiles 1000 is a test batch 5000 is for stocking up
The biggest advantage is the versatility. Sometimes you can pick up AP pulls and tracer pulls for next to nothing in 1000 -5000 batches that are nice to put in ammo cans for a snowy day...
I have Dillion 550, rock chucker, a couple small Lee's for taking to the range. Lead and molds with gas checks for rifles and hundreds of lbs. of wheel weights.
Saving money no way. Something to do to give you more control over your shooting a big yes!

[ssonb]

The only way you save is in the brass cost, the prices of components have gone up so much that there are some reloading outfits like Georgia Arms, Alabama Ammo ect...that the price is sometimes cheeper than if I loaded it myself. I still scrounge around for brass and load my hunting and specal loads. Having this skill and tools can and will be a real good barter item in the future. BTW..scout estate sales and look around at the sale sites and you can pick up clues that someone was into guns or reloading and ask. The items may be removed from the home by a relative but the person may not have the skillset or interest to use a reloading set or know what to do with a large pile of heavy bullet,brass,powder,dies.... I have bought a couple of setups sometimes not more than a half dozen heavy plastic totes full of supplies to a whole truck bed load that in todays market bought new would cost two to three thousand dollars for less than $400. The trick here is to buy the whole pile the great,good,fair or ugly. You will get more than your monies worth.

[brokedownbiker]

I just started reloading this year. I wanted to learn the skill in order to be able to do it if the time ever comes that ammo sources dry up. I try to buy the dies, bullets, primers, and powder to reload every caliber that I have on hand just as a back up. I haven't found any cost savings but my .223 shooting is much more consistent with my hand loads than the cheap ammo I buy at Wally World.