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Why Reload .338 Lapua?
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<blockquote data-quote="pods8" data-source="post: 1056363" data-attributes="member: 83233"><p>Typically a reloader would not buy 1000casings. The average plinker may run a set of 100, if you're needing a supply a 200 or 300 to feed shooting that much each weekend okay but still no need for 1000casings.</p><p></p><p>Per your numbers it takes $.715+$.0035+$.39 (note though if reloading en mass you'd buy 8lb jugs NOT $35 individual pound jars so really your power price would be more like $.20 after shipping fees). So $1.1 per your numbers or $0.92 in reality to RELOAD (not fresh load) a brass.</p><p></p><p>If you like shooting commercial ammo do so and stock pile up your own once fired, per you that will take all of 3weeks to have a nice 300rd pile of brass and every 2weeks you can sit down to reload IF you want to. At that point the brass was free in comparison to any new commercial rounds going forward. So from there on out each commercial round fired is a $1.75 premium over a reload ($2.67-$0.92).</p><p></p><p>If you have more money than time and are happy with the commercial stuff then carry on no one is forcing you.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Most of us reload for a combo of reasons: </p><p>1) It does save money once the brass is acquired</p><p>2) a particular bullet may not be available in loaded ammo or is very expensive in loaded ammo or the way that manufacturer loads it doesn't work in your gun</p><p>3) you can tailor a round to complement your gun, sometimes commerical rounds will do so, sometimes they won't. In seeing how seating depth/powder charge, etc. can vary performance its easy to see some guns really may have a hard time finding a good commercial match, luckily you did.</p><p>4) Some folks like being connected to processes in life, be it hunting (vs buying meat), etc. hard to quantify if that doesn't click with an individual.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pods8, post: 1056363, member: 83233"] Typically a reloader would not buy 1000casings. The average plinker may run a set of 100, if you're needing a supply a 200 or 300 to feed shooting that much each weekend okay but still no need for 1000casings. Per your numbers it takes $.715+$.0035+$.39 (note though if reloading en mass you'd buy 8lb jugs NOT $35 individual pound jars so really your power price would be more like $.20 after shipping fees). So $1.1 per your numbers or $0.92 in reality to RELOAD (not fresh load) a brass. If you like shooting commercial ammo do so and stock pile up your own once fired, per you that will take all of 3weeks to have a nice 300rd pile of brass and every 2weeks you can sit down to reload IF you want to. At that point the brass was free in comparison to any new commercial rounds going forward. So from there on out each commercial round fired is a $1.75 premium over a reload ($2.67-$0.92). If you have more money than time and are happy with the commercial stuff then carry on no one is forcing you. Most of us reload for a combo of reasons: 1) It does save money once the brass is acquired 2) a particular bullet may not be available in loaded ammo or is very expensive in loaded ammo or the way that manufacturer loads it doesn't work in your gun 3) you can tailor a round to complement your gun, sometimes commerical rounds will do so, sometimes they won't. In seeing how seating depth/powder charge, etc. can vary performance its easy to see some guns really may have a hard time finding a good commercial match, luckily you did. 4) Some folks like being connected to processes in life, be it hunting (vs buying meat), etc. hard to quantify if that doesn't click with an individual. [/QUOTE]
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