Do you shoot out of the box or reload?

Do you reload ammo?

  • I reload practice ammo

    Votes: 138 47.1%

  • I do not reload

    Votes: 123 42.0%

  • other: please specify

    Votes: 32 10.9%
  • Total voters
    293
  • Poll closed .
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Dr_2_B

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I hear people talking about reloading their ammo and I'd like to know what percentage of you guys reload your practice ammo versus always buying it new or already-loaded.
 
Depends. For 8 years or so I reloaded for everything. Then I went through a 6 year period were I just bought cases of 9mm, .45 and .223 and stopped reloading (I don't really enjoy it).

Now with the cost of ammo sky high, I'm reloading again. As a matter of fact, I just ordered a brand new Dillon XL650 reloader tonight to replace my 15 year old 550.
 
With progressive reloaders I reload 9mm, .38 spl, .45 ACP. With Lyman turrent press I reload .223, 30/30, .308, .44 magnum, and if I want, .380 ACP.

I could load others but I don't shoot that many other guns. The only round I don't shoot and reload is .22 lr.
 
All I reload anymore is 9mm (I go through ALOT with 90% of my firearms being 9mm so it does make it a little cheaper for plinking) but I don't reload for personal/home defense.....I leave that up to Speer and Federal. I don't shoot my .45s enough to justify buying everything I need to reload it. If I could reload .22lr I'd try that out, but just to try to get more accuracy out of them.
 
IT makes sense to reload if you shoot alot. I pay about five dollers for a box of fifty. The down side is I shoot a lot more.:)
 
I reload .45ACP as over half my handguns are in that caliber and it's the one I shoot the most. I've got the gear to reload .38/.357 but haven't started yet. Saving my brass and squirreling away components for later.

I reload for .30-06 and will soon start for .243 and .223.

I really should be reloading for 12 ga. but I don't have the equipment for it. Will be investing in that within the next year though.

I do not reload SD ammo, only plinking/hunting ammo.
 
I reload most all my ammo, just got some 38 spl. because all my .38 cases were loaded to .357 pressures. I wanted something to shoot in my new 642, and when they're empty...it's back to the bench. Don't usually buy ammo unless I don't have enough brass for a certain caliber...just too much cheaper to reload.
 
I don't shoot reloads for .380 yet. I only shoot reloaded .45 long colt through my 1851 due to it being picky about OAL, I would shoot .45 Schofield through it if I could find it carried anywhere! I shoot factory .45 long colt through my 1873 due to it taking SAAMI spec ammunition, and making me new brass for my 1851. :D
 
I reload for everything bigger than .22LR

In fact, I've only bought two or three boxes of factory loaded ammo in the past decade. 9mm Luger, .38 Spl, .357 Mag, .357 AMP, .44Spl, .44Mag, .44AMP, .45 ACP, & .45 Colt in handguns, not counting .22 Hornet, .222Rem, & .30-30 Win for the Contender (handgun), as well as about 20 different rifle cartridges.

If it shoots Boxer primed brass, I'll reload for it!
 
I just got into USPSA and because of the benefiits, lower recoil/cheaper loads. I'm in the process of acquiring all of the equipment to reload .40 and 9mm. I'll be able to practice alot more with the same loads every time. But it will be tens of thousands of rounds before my equipment pays for itself in cost savings.
 
I used to reload shotgun/.44 and then came kids. Kids are now gone and I want to get back into it. No more shotgun but pistol and rifle.

The nearest gun shop has a ton of used press's on the floor but the morons working there don't have a clue, count me as an additional moron.
 
Well fellas, I'll tell you the trick to saving money for shooting.

Buying bulk doesn't do it.
Reloading doesn't do it.

What has worked for me is doing all my reloading on a single stage press. That way, I will only ever load a maximum of 200 rounds at a time. Then, I'm burnt out for a few days, and when I got to the range, I can't shoot up too much money at once.

I haven't started reloading yet for my 380, but I really need to. 380 around here is at least $16 a box. Ouch. Even 9mm is only $12 a box. (it was $6 a box when I stopped shooting a couple years ago; what happened?!) That, or get rid of it (much as I like it, I hate chasing brass and losing it amongst all the 9mm that is all over the floor)

It seems like the majority of us do reload, but that doesn't seem to equate. Folks around here talk a lot of buying ammo, so how can we outnumber the ammo-buying folks? Are they ashamed so they're not voting? :confused:
 
i don't have any reloading equipment, but i'll gladly shot up any reloaded ammo someone will give me.

i've been saving most of my out of the box ammo shells for when i start reloading, if i ever do.
 
I used to have a single stage reloading press but I always had problems with misfires so I stopped and sold everything.

Been buying boxes ever since.

I don't shoot that much anyway.

Enough to know where the guns hit and to keep me ready when I have to use them.

I used to shoot alot more but everything where I live has grown up so much with building and people it's simply unsafe to shoot outside like I once did.
 
I'm a single guy living in a one-bedroom apartment. I do not reload at this point, though I would like to.

I would reload if I had a dedicated reloading room by itself with a closed door where I could keep all the materials and tools isolated. I have two cats and myself to worry about, and between the three of us it just isn't wise to have a reloading bench set up in the living room.
 
I'm a single guy living in a one-bedroom apartment. I do not reload at this point, though I would like to.

I would reload if I had a dedicated reloading room by itself with a closed door where I could keep all the materials and tools isolated. I have two cats and myself to worry about, and between the three of us it just isn't wise to have a reloading bench set up in the living room.
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This is me, except I only have one cat, not two.
 
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