Has anyone here quit reloading? Why?

[roc_my_tims]

Reloading is a hobby/ obsession for me right now sadly. I save no money because i buy anything i see that looks interesting at the time. I do enjoy going to the range with freinds i see them buy w boxes of range reloads for $38, while i drag in 800 plus rounds of ammo and blast away without a 2nd thought. I usually let them fire off my guns and ammo (so they dont leave me lonely at the range) and because they seee it as i gave them $20, i really let them shot $4 which i can afford.

All that to say i told myself i would never quit reloading just put stuff to the side until i decide to pick it up again. You cant wear out 90% of the gear and most doesnt loose value.

[Mayor McRifle]

[bazineta]

It's a very enjoyable hobby for me; I actually like making them as much as I like shooting them. What I find is that it my setup, a Redding turret, lends itself well to fitting into whatever time you might have available.

For example, if you're married, chances are you spend a lot of time, well, waiting. . Instead of being steamed during these intervals, it's handy to have your bench set up so you can sit down and size 10 cases or so until your Lovely Wife is ready for whatever appointment awaits you. These really add up, and the plus is that you're not doing so much at a time that it becomes drudgery.

Via this technique, I just gradually accumulate cases that are sized, trimmed, uniformed, etc., into MTM 100 boxes. Once I have 100, I'll prime them all in one go so as to open and completely use the primer tray; nothing worse than a half-empty tray of primers. Those then hang around in the MTM box, primed and ready, until I'm ready to load them. Since all the pre-work is already done on them, charging and seating bullets goes very fast, and that's the one thing that I want total focus on, so it's nice that it can go so quickly.

I guess this is one reason I've never really looked at progressives; this technique of filling otherwise unused time in small stretches works well for me.

[farmerjoe]

I started reloading back in my mid 20', when I was down for a few months with a broken foot. I reloaded everything I could get my hands on for about 30 years now and I've stopped because I have a ton of ammo stashed and doubt I'll need to reload for a few years. Thinking about cleaning my equipment up and putting it up for sale.

[cudakidd]

Depends on what kind of reloading too. I load Shotgun for Sporting Clays, Skeet and Cowboy Action Shooting. Each has specialized needs that only reloading can fulfill. Try to even find Blackpowder 12 Gauge loads!��

My wife loads her own 20 gauge, low recoil loads due to a old Shoulder injury.

Now that I'm retired with more time I sold my Dillon SL900 and have a MEC JR in each gauge and lee handloaders for Blackpowder. I find it all fun and relaxing.

I load pistol, again for hard to find loads, 32 S&W Short, long and Magnum for the Wife. Blackpowder 38 for me.

I load those at about 1000-1500 at time on a Dillon 650. Wonderful Machine and customer Service second to none.

I even cast my own bullets at Huge savings, all it costs is time, of which I have plenty.

[Johneracer]

I only load expensive rounds. 9mm, 45acp or 223 is not worth it. I don't want to bother with picking up the brass. It's nice not to care where the brass goes.
I do load 308, 45 super, 45-70, 475 linebaugh, hot loaded 45 colt and 450NE. I started loading because hot loaded 45 colt was super expensive. It also allows me to load copper hunting loads. I really enjoy it and it is one of the more relaxing activities. I have a Lee classic turret press and once the dies are set it is super easy to swap them. I load everything on this little press including 450 nitro that is 4 inches long. Once I started loading, I understood true power of different calibers. 308 win 168 grain uses 42 grains of powder while 500 grain nitro uses a 100. Big boom

[racinjason233]

If anyone wants to learn how to load ammo swing by my garage, I'll be at the loading bench trying to keep up with the wifes demand! (and mine)

[HighWildFree]

I stopped, but only because it gets hot in the garage during the summer. But I have actually slowed way down on reloading, but have increased buying components. I'll reload again when prices increase again.

[ElvenSoul]

Hell ya I quit. The kids are real good at it now. I just shoot the stuff. My credit card that buys the supplies.

[Dooder]

Ive cut down on somethings. And it depends on the quantity you're doing.

Blaster 5.56 isnt even worth the effort anymore. If you shop smart you can buy 5.56 then sell the brass and come out way on top over processing 223 and loading.

Also quantity. When I load I'm doing 5k at a time. And that floats be by for a while. And there's no way I can buy 5k of factory in all the calibers I shoot haha.

Basically it came to continue loading match ammo and just buy blaster. And cut down on rifle cause processing is just a time sucker. But match ammo a must.

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[alpha_romeo_XV]

I cut back a few years ago when powder and primers were hard to get due to hoarding. Last gun show I was able to buy all the powder and primers I wanted.

Emotional aspects: yes, I enjoy reloading. Is it detail focused and results of a mistake dangerous? Yes, but less so than what I do for a living 8+ hours a day.

Factual aspects: I can make a match grade 5.56 77g for 0.35 or pay Black Hills $1.00+ for same thing. I can reload 357mag for 2cents more than 38spl and same difference for 357sig vs 9mm. Cam make cheap low recoil ammo for bolt action mil surps that are impossible to buy.

[xrMike]

Accuracy requires that you reload. That is the only reason I reload (OK it's fun also).

Same here, at least with rifle rounds...

I can't get ANY expensive, match-grade ammo (like Black Hills blue box) to match the accuracy I get from my .223 reloads.

[2meterB]

I've loaded 8 rounds of .45 since the baby came a year ago.

[diverwcw]

I used to reload everything I shot. It just became too time consumptive and at that point, it was no longer fun. However, I may start up again and limit it to 30-30, 30-06 and 7mm Magnum. I've also thought about reloading 12 gauge rifled slug.

[Webologist]

Never quit.

I do it in batches, an hour at a time, over the course of month.

After I'm done I'm usually set to shoot a couple month's worth of ammo (1000's of rounds).

This is how I do it as well. An hour a day helps keep my attention to detail sharp.

It's a little extra work filling/emptying the powder drop, but rechecking charge weight and COL before every hour of reloading is a little extra quality insurance.

I usually keep my press set up for one caliber for a month or so and do a Year's worth, especially for labor intensive rifle cartridges that have multiple off press operations. In between I load 1000s of 9mms.

I shoot very little non-shotgun centerfire factory ammo. Perhaps 100 rounds out of 8,000 a year...