Tubby45

They like me too. I think I'm up to about $3K so far this year from them.

Miggy

Cost mostly and now I actually find it a relaxing hobby.

My wife hates Mr. Potterfield

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friesepferd

1. cost
2. needed a good xmas gift for my guy
3. some ammo that isnt necessarily hard to find, but noncorrosive decent stuff is way to costly (7.52x54r)

blueyedevil

Well my Dad is a reloader, so I learned how from him when I was in my early teens. Did mostly shotgun until I got out of high school, then I started really getting into rifle and pistol shooting (on top of still being a pretty serious shotgunner), Fast forward to now and I spend at least a couple hours a week at the bench doing something or other, pickin' up new stuff and learning new techniques. Now it's like reloading is as much as a hobby as the shooting.

fatboy97

Mostly money and also a hobby for those long winter nights in Minnesota.

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Current Collection: Glock G26, G19, G23C, SIG P226-40 TT, Ruger GP-100, and 22/45 MKII
Former Collection: Taurus 92SS, SIG P220 TT, S&W 360, SIG P239-40

bmcgilvray

For the curiosity of it. Proved to be fun, economical, and the product is superior to factory.

farronwolf

The darn 44-40 cartridge. Never buy a gun with out first finding out how much the bullets are. After I paid almost 40 bucks for a box of full (non cowboy) loads, I said forget this, ran the figures and started to reload.

I have done 5 pistol calibers for a couple of years, getting ready to order 1 more pistol caliber and 6 rifle calibers tomorrow. The ammo is just to darn expensive if your going to shoot very much.

And yes, it is a very relaxing time consuming hobby. Problem is now, I have to split the money between building bullets and building on the Jeep. I guess it isn't bad to have two hobbies to keep you out of trouble.

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HotGuns

I started doing it when Politicians thought that it was cool to be against guns and ammo.

Back then, the communists like Kennedy,Shumer and all of the other United Nations worshiping heathens were proposing a 1000 per cent tax on ammo, I thought that it might be prudent to reload my own ammo and to cast bullets.

Every time some elected official lamented about guns or ammo, I would either buy a gun or some reloading equipment...you know, to make myself feel better since the general population seemed always to elect folks that were hell bent on destroying this country and everything it stands for.

I beleived then and still beleive today, that one of these days this country will face hard times like it has never before seen and ammunition will be the preffered currency.

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To achieve world government, it is necessary to remove from the minds of men, their individualism, loyalty to family traditions, national patriotism, and religious dogmas.'
Dr. G. Brock Chisolm

Mr. Chitlin

I have said for several years that I feel that in the future the only person that will be able to afford to shoot will be the guy that reloads.

Now, back on topic: The reason I started reloading was that back in the early 80's I bought a 41 magnum revolver. Ammo was $25 per box of 50 rounds, when I could find it. I could reload 210 grain hard cast bullets for ~$3 per box of 50. Then I got into USPSA pistol, then AR's...

Ram Rod

Cost savings mainly to begin with. When I started with the 6.5x55 in a Swedish Mauser sporterized by Kimber, the main line for ammo came from Norma. Anyone ever checked price on a box of Norma Mauser ammo? . Needless to say, I don't even rely on factory ammo for that rifle any more. As I progressed and currently, it's all about accuracy. I do .308 and 22-250 also. There is nothing like creating 20 brand new, homemade cartridges for my (then) brand new Remington 700 in 22-250 before I ever fired the first round through that heavy barrel! Awesome!

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