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blood hound said:christos...i totally agree...i wanted to start reloading but read too many stories of guys blowing up their guns with accidentally over charged reloads...granted it may happen 1 out of every 10,000 rounds...id rather not take that chance...plus if factory ammo blows up at least you can get some heavy compensation...provided you live through it
ChristosX said:I shoot .22, 9mm, .40S&W, and .223. I can buy all of these cheaper than I can reload. Sure, I might be able to bake up a smoother or softer round, maybe something more accurate, but for the shooting I do, about 200-250 rounds a week, factory ammo is for me.
Chris
derek said:Reloading is safe.
ChristosX said:I shoot .22, 9mm, .40S&W, and .223.
dwarven1 said:Well, 9mm is probably cheaper to buy, but I think that once you're past the initial outlay, you'll find that the .40S&W is cheaper to reload. I did the numbers some time ago on .45 and found something like 50% savings on jacketed ammo if I reloaded.
Martlet said:I've only been reloading for what, 2 weeks now? I don't know where you guys are buying your 9mm rounds, but I'm reloading for cheaper than I've found a place to get them. Let me know where you buy your ammo.
A box of 9mm (50 rounds) costs me about $4.30 to reload (if I've done my math right), depending on how long the brass lasts.
Speaking of which, how do you tell when the brass is no longer good? When it defects or just looks bad?
ChristosX said:Not all that much more than $4.30. Martlet, you also have to amortize the cost of your reloading equipment over time so that $4.30 is acutally higher.
derek said:Reloading is safe.
Round Gun Shooter said:Reloading is only as safe as the person performing the act.
I reload several calibers. I feel reloading is part of shooting. It requires the same attention putting the bullet into the case as it does making it exit.
derek said:That kinda goes with out saying. Just like Sex, Drinking, shooting are all safe as the person performing them.
Round Gun Shooter said:I don't remember