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Well finally did it...sold all my reloading stuff !! Anyone else shooting factory ?
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<blockquote data-quote="Joe-boy" data-source="post: 1874275" data-attributes="member: 113266"><p>When I started, I tried to avoid reloading. I have small kids, a house that needs renovations all the time, an old car that needs to be serviced and fixed all the time, a pretty demanding job, I live in a relatively small house with limited storage and hobby space, so I really wanted to keep it simple and just buy what I need.</p><p></p><p>When I couldn't find a factory ammo that would shoot even 2 or maybe even 3 MOA consistently, I thought I must be a terrible shooter, the rifle I bought must be junk, or I need to start reloading. A friend of mine is a reloader and we just guesstimated a reasonable load, and I went to the range. I didn't expect much, but the group size sank to something like 1/4 of what it used to be with factory ammo. I ordered a reloading set the same day.</p><p></p><p>If I could find a hunting round that has a premium bullet and that would shoot in my rifle, I'd be happy, almost no matter what it costs. I've spent hundreds of dollars on equipment, gunpowder, bullets and fuel driving to the range and back, so if I could buy a box of good stuff for 50 bucks it would be almost cheap. Plus it would save a lot of money and hassle. I completely understand that the situation might be different if you're a pensioner with an endless supply of time or if you're a student trying to make the ends meet, but at the moment I'm going through a phase in the life where anything you can buy with money is cheap, but you don't have enough hours in a day or days in a week.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Joe-boy, post: 1874275, member: 113266"] When I started, I tried to avoid reloading. I have small kids, a house that needs renovations all the time, an old car that needs to be serviced and fixed all the time, a pretty demanding job, I live in a relatively small house with limited storage and hobby space, so I really wanted to keep it simple and just buy what I need. When I couldn't find a factory ammo that would shoot even 2 or maybe even 3 MOA consistently, I thought I must be a terrible shooter, the rifle I bought must be junk, or I need to start reloading. A friend of mine is a reloader and we just guesstimated a reasonable load, and I went to the range. I didn't expect much, but the group size sank to something like 1/4 of what it used to be with factory ammo. I ordered a reloading set the same day. If I could find a hunting round that has a premium bullet and that would shoot in my rifle, I'd be happy, almost no matter what it costs. I've spent hundreds of dollars on equipment, gunpowder, bullets and fuel driving to the range and back, so if I could buy a box of good stuff for 50 bucks it would be almost cheap. Plus it would save a lot of money and hassle. I completely understand that the situation might be different if you're a pensioner with an endless supply of time or if you're a student trying to make the ends meet, but at the moment I'm going through a phase in the life where anything you can buy with money is cheap, but you don't have enough hours in a day or days in a week. [/QUOTE]
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