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Rifles, Reloading, Optics, Equipment
Reloading
When reloading becomes the best option
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<blockquote data-quote="rclouse79" data-source="post: 404919" data-attributes="member: 24542"><p>I am in the same boat right now. I just bought a new rifle and I want to become proficient with it. With the two rifles I sold to buy my new one I would just sight them in at 100 yds and call it good. I really want to get out and shoot every month from varying distances. I bought one box of ammo for $31, and everyone always says to shoot different types of factory stuff to see what your gun likes. The next brand I wanted to try was $45 a box. . . OUCH! Right now I am not shooting at all because I am researching reloading, and don't want to sink anymore money into factory ammo if I am going to make the switch. I have been guilty of making impulse buys in the past so I made up a spreadsheet comparing the cost of equipment (not the hight end stuff) to just buying factory ammo. I figured that after buying 7 to 8 boxes of factory I could have payed for the basic stuff to start reloading, and from then on I would be paying $8 to $15 bucks for a box of shells instead of $30 to $50. If I really wanted to save money I could just say my rifle is sighted in for shots under 300 yds and from now on I will only shoot factory ammo at game at those ranges. It seems worth the extra money for me because if I start reloading I will shoot a lot more and will hopefully become a better shot which will make me a better hunter. Plus it seems like the reloading and testing ammo will be fun.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rclouse79, post: 404919, member: 24542"] I am in the same boat right now. I just bought a new rifle and I want to become proficient with it. With the two rifles I sold to buy my new one I would just sight them in at 100 yds and call it good. I really want to get out and shoot every month from varying distances. I bought one box of ammo for $31, and everyone always says to shoot different types of factory stuff to see what your gun likes. The next brand I wanted to try was $45 a box. . . OUCH! Right now I am not shooting at all because I am researching reloading, and don't want to sink anymore money into factory ammo if I am going to make the switch. I have been guilty of making impulse buys in the past so I made up a spreadsheet comparing the cost of equipment (not the hight end stuff) to just buying factory ammo. I figured that after buying 7 to 8 boxes of factory I could have payed for the basic stuff to start reloading, and from then on I would be paying $8 to $15 bucks for a box of shells instead of $30 to $50. If I really wanted to save money I could just say my rifle is sighted in for shots under 300 yds and from now on I will only shoot factory ammo at game at those ranges. It seems worth the extra money for me because if I start reloading I will shoot a lot more and will hopefully become a better shot which will make me a better hunter. Plus it seems like the reloading and testing ammo will be fun. [/QUOTE]
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