Why do you reload?

[300WSM]

Why do you reload?

 

[Richracer1]

When you have all four Rem Ultramags and a Nosler 30 & 26, I can't afford to buy ammo for them. That is of course if you can find ammo for any of those calibers. The other calibers I have, finding ammo with the bullet I want to use is dang near impossible.

 

[flyingagg]

Why do you reload?

Same reason as you I guess. I started in 1986 when I bought my first rifle, a German MKV 300WBY. The "most accurate" load in the 46th edition Lyman Reloading hanbook turned out to be what worked in mine. (Back then OCW was the method).
I have been reloading for every rifle ever since.

 

[michsteve]

Reloading has virtually unlimited selections compared to having to settle for what a manufacturer is wiling to make.

 

[nhenry]

Reloading has virtually unlimited selections compared to having to settle for what a manufacturer is wiling to make.

this is a big part of it.

Sometimes I just want a rocketsled and sometimes I want a mack truck with the same case.

Also, I could not afford to shoot if I didn't handload.

 

[RL338]

W-E-A-T-H-E-R-B-Y
And my preferred selection of bullets.

 

[Guy Miner]

I handload because I'm fascinated by the process. Started when I was a little kid "helping" Dad & Grandpa when they'd load for their rifles. That was 60+ years ago.

I enjoy finding good loads for my firearms.

Regards, Guy

 

[ReloadKy]

Because every hobby I have revolves around the outdoors and I thoroughly enjoy the "black magic" of finding the perfect rifle load, and then trying to find it again.

 

[hunter24605]

I just like to have a hand in as many aspects as I can. Same way I ended up tying flies, building arrows, and making turkey calls. I think it ads something special when something you made contributed to taking game/fish. And somewhere along the line curiosity ends up an obsession.

 

[Guy Miner]

I don't make turkey calls, but I make my own arrows and tie my own flies.

Good stuff.

 

[Blkram]

Because I enjoy it, and the satisfaction it brings when I develop a load that performs well in my firearms!

 

[cloverleaf]

Necessity- 250 Savage loaded ammo is ALWAYS hard to find. And 'cause Dad did. CL

 

[300WSM]

And 'cause Dad did. CL

Best response yet.....

Perfect

 

[KinleyWater]

Started because it was cheaper, kept it up because I could customize. Then I did it because it put me in control and it made me responsible for success or failure. Now, I suppose it's a little of all of the above, plus it means I can find the ammo I am looking for (unlike on the shelves).

 

[gbflyer]

I enjoy it and it brings me back to simpler days.

 

[Wolfshead]

My father hunted (I believe rather briefly) but never that I know of after I was born.
My family was not a family of hunters. I think my Mother’s Brother did occasionally but not a lot.
My Brother is a big hunter and has been hunting 40; years or more?
I was a high school Football coach and my fall’s were consumed with coaching and all that goes with it.
So, I’m a late to the game hunter who has always like firearms but never owned one until about ten years ago.
I started because I wanted the most accurate cartridge I could possibly get and to “save” money.
I have found I like it too.
And I’m very confident in where my bullet is going and how it is when it gets there, if that makes sense.

 

[NYDAN]

Because I enjoy it, and the satisfaction it brings when I develop a load that performs well in my firearms!

This! And other's firearms that I develop loads for.

 

[George Foster]

I reload because it is something that I enjoy doing. Also working to get the most accurate load with different bullets for my rifles.

 

[Charlie-NY]

Simply stated - reloading is highly addictive. I get as much satisfaction from producing high quality reloads as I do in actually shooting them.

 

[PJGunner]

I started handloading when I was 16. Friends who were several old gentlemen mentored me through the early stages with a Lyman 310 tong tool and a couple or three sets of dies, 30-30, 30-06 and .38 Spl. to be exact. They also gave me a casting pot that went on a stove, dipper and a couple of molds. Every once in a while one of them would stop by and drop off some power. or maybe 100 primers and many times raw uncleaned wheel weights to make more bullets. Life was good. I still have most of those old tools, the exception being the diis for the /38 Spl. I still have part of the set but am missing some of the set.Every once in a great while I'll fire up the Coleman stove, cast up a few bullets, lubing and sizing and doing the gas checks is probably cheating some but then I load those bullets, usually 40 into 30-30 brass and take off into the desert to unwind and harass a few jackrabbits. It's kind of like passing back in time to when we thought things were better. Rifle is an old Winchester M94 carbine that originally was owned by my Great Grandfather. He gave it to my Grandfather as a wedding present. Pop passed it on to my dad who finally gave it to me. I'm almost positive neither pop or my dad ever shot the rifle. They just weren't interested. I took my first deer at age 11 with that old rifle. I'll never sell it. These days when I do any reloading it's more working up experimental loads to see the results. It's all fun.
Paul B.