You guys have ruined my life!

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baddarryl

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Before I stumbled on this forum all I had was a single pistol and had never even heard of minute of deer, trigger pull, developing loads, blah blah blah. I had hunted some and considered myself a decent shot. What little did I know. Now nothing is good enough and I think too damn much! A big fat thanks 'yall! :)
 
I failed to mention also that I am now looking for a 2nd safe as well! Lol!
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Well then, you are well on your way!! On your way to what, I dont know, but you are well on your way.
 
Well then, you are well on your way!! On your way to what, I dont know, but you are well on your way
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Could be on your way to:
1. Divorce or breakup
2. Poverty
3. Reloading to feed the shooting habit
4. Shooting to feed the reloading habit.

:D:D:D:D:D:D
 
I would be the guy riding off in the GEICO commercial.
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The girlfriend says if I ever do that, she's gonna let me lay in the pasture until the coyote comes and then shoot them with my AR-.

I told her since it just had iron sights, and based her most recent traumatic experience with yearly rifle qualification, she'd miss. She did not miss when assaulting me with the TV remote.

What was that about on my way to break up and poverty?:D
 
The next inevitable step is reloading.

Do not believe that you will spend less money by reloading. You will have a lower cost per round, but you will shoot way way more.

I always bring about 1000 rounds to a range, indoor or outdoor. That's equivalent to 20 boxes of factory ammo; and I've never seen a person bring 20 boxes of factory ammo to a range.

You will be the same way, and you will love it.
 
Machinguntony said:
Do not believe that you will spend less money by reloading. You will have a lower cost per round, but you will shoot way way more.
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Tony only scratches the service on that particular beast.

Once you start reloading, you'll deem yourself the best ballistician around and start wasting hours of time and hundreds of dollars on hand crafting individual loads for your guns, your girlfriend's guns, your sisters' guns, etc. etc.
 
Once you start reloading, you'll deem yourself the best ballistician around and start wasting hours of time and hundreds of dollars on hand crafting individual loads for your guns, your girlfriend's guns, your sisters' guns, etc. etc.
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What's the point of reloading if I don't have a precise pet load for each and every gun I own that I spend a painstaking amount of time on measuring each charge down to the tenth of a grain (for rifles at least)?

Then you need a different pet load for punching paper and for hunting... Then you need a different load for a heavier bullet to buck the wind better... Then you need a different load for less recoil for when small kids/your recoil sensitive wife want to shoot the gun...
Then you just get plain bored and try a new bullet or powder just in case it can give you .1 MOA more accuracy...
Then you need a backup load in case another shortage hits and you can not get your favorite powder...

Seriously, do not start reloading.
 
Lol... This is awesome....

I have never reloaded for one simple reason....
I get obsessed with activities.... Therefore, if I started reloading, it would become an obsession....

I already have bids out on five firearm related items that I don't need at all lol

I have considered reloading for plinking ammo that mimics factory ammo
But I'm trying to resist
 
Seriously though, sometimes I wonder if I reload to shoot or shoot to reload.

I once bought a new gun because someone gave me a brand new die set for a caliber I did not own.

IMO, reloading is a hobby all by itself separate from shooting. The quest for one hole measuring the same diameter as the bullet I am using after 5 shots is what drives me (even though it will never happen).

It is the same reason golf is my other hobby. No matter how well I played, until you shoot an 18, you can always improve.
 
Oh, I'm just bad with golf and fishing, too. Always striving for that perfect ball/club combo. I could spend the same amount of time reading the back of golf ball boxes as I do looking at reloading manuals.

I may have, once upon time, bought a die set at Bass Pro from the discount rack and later bough a rifle for that cartridge. Don't judge me!
 
I will simply say your welcome and let me know when the divorce papers are filed and I will help liquidate you gun collection.
 
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