Thread: Primer Shortage...to be continued???

Originally Posted by Simon

Keep a open mind, sometimes loaded ammo is cheaper than the components.

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I think a lot of people fail to factor in the time, fuel and effort taken for reloading.

Especially if you have to make a pilgrimage just to find components.

Then load development.

Sometimes buying factory saves you money, especially if you sell the brass on (general rule of value is 1 packet of 20 factory rounds= 5 packs of 20, once fired brass).

Originally Posted by caberslash

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I think a lot of people fail to factor in the time, fuel and effort taken for reloading.

Especially if you have to make a pilgrimage just to find components.

Then load development.

Sometimes buying factory saves you money, especially if you sell the brass on (general rule of value is 1 packet of 20 factory rounds= 5 packs of 20, once fired brass).

Thats all good if the factory stuff shoots well in your riffle or you can find heavy projectiles in factory loads.

Most people that reload either want super accurate ammo or do so because they can't get the weight of projectile they are looking for in a factory load.

Originally Posted by 7mm Rem Mag

Thats all good if the factory stuff shoots well in your riffle or you can find heavy projectiles in factory loads.

Most people that reload either want super accurate ammo or do so because they can't get the weight of projectile they are looking for in a factory load.

Yeah I am aware of that, I reload too.

And have plenty of consumables.

But someone buying all the gear (eg. Area 419 press, AMP Annealer, AutoTrickler V4) just to replicate Hornady or other factory ammo is pointless.

Some spend so much time at the loading bench and doing 'load development' that they barely get out.

I know for some that reloading is a hobby in itself, but I see it as a means to an end, not an end in itself.

Originally Posted by caberslash

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I think a lot of people fail to factor in the time, fuel and effort taken for reloading.

Especially if you have to make a pilgrimage just to find components.

Then load development.

Sometimes buying factory saves you money, especially if you sell the brass on (general rule of value is 1 packet of 20 factory rounds= 5 packs of 20, once fired brass).

Like saying talking about sex is more enjoyable than doing it. Nothing more satisfying than a beast going down to your own rollie.

Originally Posted by TeRei

Like saying talking about sex is more enjoyable than doing it. Nothing more satisfying than a beast going down to your own rollie.

Maybe if I cast the bullets, drew the case from a brass rod (or did some complex case forming), made the primer from a cap gun and strike-anywhere matches (now banned) and synthesised the powder from bat guano.

Saying ' I make my own ammo! ' with store bought components isn't quite the same achievement.

In fact, I'm very surprised that reloading is still permitted by the nanny state.

Plenty have displayed the aptitude to fuck up despite the plethora of 'how to's' that exist.