When is enough, enough.....

[Mike Matteson]

From all the reading I've done on different items to use for reloading, I am stepping up. I have always worked on getting the most accurate load I could develop from any rifle that I was or using. I have kept my ranges down to about 500yds. I am stepping up and adding steps to my reloading practices. To me it's a learning curve. I have pet loads for each of my rifles, and that's all I use for that rifle. I figure out what I need for bullets, weights, velocities, and shooting yardages, that I am going to shoot. Stay within those limits. I know that shooting at longer yardages takes more work to develop an accurate load, with velocity, FPE, wind drift, and equipment to figure it out for you. I have the equipment to do all that. Setting up to create the round is the biggest job. I have learned a lot over the past few years on what the long range shooter are doing in F class. I see the need for better equipment to achieve those goals. So the last year I have been upgrading my equipment. You do get into spending thousands of dollars to acquire those items. It's a quest to build that more accurate round. That's what I love about reloading. It's you and what you can achieve. Knowing that the round going down range is going to hit it mark. You have to do your job to do that.

 

[floyd kittrell]

When the Lord calls me home I will quit !

 

[Bullitthead]

After careful consideration I have come to the conclusion my personal enough is enough will occur when I wake up on the wrong side of the grass.

 

[Paulstarr]

Rick Richard,buy the the AMP,you will find it's the best purchase you have ever made and use it every time you recycle your brass.As for the comment about there is not being an animal that can't be killed with factory ammo,that's fine as long as not above 600 yds.If it is forget factory ammo,you will be dis-appointed so will the animal you are trying to hunt

 

[basinman]

I don't think it is ever enough. New things come along and after reading good reviews, the temptation is too much!

 

[Varmiter71]

Like a crack whore you will quit when you OD

 

[skipglo]

Hello everyone,
Long time listener, first time caller.
Question...where does a guy stop reaching for more stuff to buy, more equipment to try etc ect. I started reloading in an effort to try to create better ammo than the factory **** on the shelves. I consider myself an intermediate reloader who shoots factory rem/win/brn rifles...nothing fancy- certainly not a target or bench guy.
Where do you draw the line for a hunter/plinker? I started out adding a digital scale, then a bullet comparitor to up my odds for improvement. Now I'm waiting on bushing dies, micrometer seater dies, shoulder comparitors and am about to dive into more stuff to measure concentricity....having not fully mastered the bench full of items I currently own!

Where's a decent stopping point for a hunter and casual shooter? I feel like a crack whore jonesing for her next hit.....I can barely find enough components to complete a cartridge let alone think about getting into serious reloading.

Thinking I should have taken the blue pill...

Stop now!.. .you have already gone too far as a casual shooter/ hunter! What comes next....you start making bullets that a counter gun can't handle. You obsess about groupings 1.5" that were previously more than good enough for what you do.....are never happy again! AND THEN.....all it takes is LARGER BUCKETS OF MONEY...FOR THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS and the cloverleaf or better Five shots in One hole...that you might see once in your lifetime....if you don't invest 20,000.00 and thousands of bench hours! Quit now...live longer and happier!

 

[762x51]

i've been asking myself this question alot since the pandemic hit and stuff started getting scarce and prices went up. i'm trying to get away from building/buying guns and trying to outfit each one the way i want. whether that be the optic i want, the grip, a flash light, bipod, etc. i think that may be a good way to approach it. figure out what you want to do and then outfit yourself to meet that goal. then when it changes in 6 months, you can do it all over again. so to answer your question, enough is enough when you figure out what you're trying to do. then you'll need more when that changes and you want to do something else. it's just money, you can't take it with you. might as well buy stuff you want/like.

 

[griz375]

Just wait until the cast bullet bug bites. I was into all the long range, hyper velocity stuff long before it became the latest fad; then the big bore bug crawled up under my hide followed by the notion I need to make my own bullets. I've spent more money on reloading stuff than I care to admit only to find myself using my 40 year old Rock chucker press, 40 year old 10-10 scale, and 70 year old Belding & Mull powder measure more than anything else on my bench.

 

[capona]

You could spend it on crack, whores, whiskey and Vegas.

There's worse things out there than reloading.

Ok, I'll take whiskey off the list above.

 

[Muddyboots]

I tie flies, fletch my own arrows, make lures, and the only reason is the self satisfaction of catching a fish on my own creation, arrowed a deer or in reloading punched targets or killed a nice game animal. So buying reloading equipment to improve is just a normal extension of my personal "need" to get better.

I am in the same race everyone else is: whoever dies with most toys wins.....

Now for that annealer.....

 

[skipglo]

I thought I had everything I needed, but NO. Last week I purchased an A&D scale. Said to myself "got everything I need". This week I am now trying to talk myself out of purchasing an AMP annealer. So, not sure it ever ends. Good luck

It ends! As we draw our last breath!

 

[436]

Hello everyone,
Long time listener, first time caller.
Question...where does a guy stop reaching for more stuff to buy, more equipment to try etc ect. I started reloading in an effort to try to create better ammo than the factory **** on the shelves. I consider myself an intermediate reloader who shoots factory rem/win/brn rifles...nothing fancy- certainly not a target or bench guy.
Where do you draw the line for a hunter/plinker? I started out adding a digital scale, then a bullet comparitor to up my odds for improvement. Now I'm waiting on bushing dies, micrometer seater dies, shoulder comparitors and am about to dive into more stuff to measure concentricity....having not fully mastered the bench full of items I currently own!

Where's a decent stopping point for a hunter and casual shooter? I feel like a crack whore jonesing for her next hit.....I can barely find enough components to complete a cartridge let alone think about getting into serious reloading.

Thinking I should have taken the blue pill...

Well, it kinda comparable to fishing, that is..., shooters buying reload gear, do you really believe all the bright colors and shiny lures on the store shelves are for the fish, nope... it's for the fishermen, shiny! Oooh... monkey-like shiny. Don't fight it there's no use.

 

[skipglo]

Well, it kinda comparable to fishing, that is..., shooters buying reload gear, do you really believe all the bright colors and shiny lures on the shore shelves are for the fish, nope... it's for the fishermen, shiny! Oooh... monkey-like shiny. Don't fight it there's no use.

SHORE SHELVES...IS that like a flea market on the beach? Did you hear that the fella that invented SPELL CHECK died Monday? His funeral will be held Tomato!