What % of your ammo do you make yourself? - Page 4

bt380 · September 25, 2013, 03:12 PM

Some times the cost of reloading vs purchasing already made ammo is a consideration if your just going to punch holes in paper w/ a pistol at a gun range. For instance, take those aluminum Teflon coated rounds bought in a store vs making HP rounds.

Geezerbiker · September 25, 2013, 04:14 PM

Once in a while I will buy some new rounds back when I could get them on sale so I could get more .223 brass. I've just bought new brass for most of the other calibers I shoot. for the most part other than rimfire, I load about 98% of what I shoot.

Then I got this .17 Hornet. The dies I want are going to be out of stock until next year so I buy loaded ammo when I find it. So far I haven't found much...

Tony

Crankylove · September 25, 2013, 09:44 PM

Aside from rimfires and 20 gauge shot shells, I would say probably 95% of my ammo is handloads..............only way I can afford to keep shooting.

allaroundhunter · September 25, 2013, 10:17 PM

Probably about 15%.

My 9mm and .223 is sponsored and that is what I shoot most. My .308, .30-06, .243 and .270 WSM are hand loaded and don't get shot quite as much.

Don't reload shotgun yet, so I buy it.

Also, .223 and 9mm defensive ammo is factory.

rclark · September 25, 2013, 10:52 PM

If I don't load it, I don't shoot it.... 100% ... Exception of course is rim-fires.

Unless you are talking about making the cases, primers, and bullets... Then I guess I am a 100% 'assembler' of the components into a product that I use

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September 25, 2013, 09:44 PM	#78
Crankylove Senior Member Join Date: July 8, 2008 Location: 8B ID Posts: 1,753	Aside from rimfires and 20 gauge shot shells, I would say probably 95% of my ammo is handloads..............only way I can afford to keep shooting. __________________ The answer to 1984 is 1776

September 25, 2013, 10:17 PM	#79
allaroundhunter Senior Member Join Date: May 6, 2012 Location: Southeast Texas Posts: 1,670	Probably about 15%. My 9mm and .223 is sponsored and that is what I shoot most. My .308, .30-06, .243 and .270 WSM are hand loaded and don't get shot quite as much. Don't reload shotgun yet, so I buy it. Also, .223 and 9mm defensive ammo is factory. Last edited by allaroundhunter; September 26, 2013 at 12:21 AM.

September 25, 2013, 10:52 PM	#80
rclark Senior Member Join Date: February 12, 2009 Location: Butte, MT Posts: 2,619	If I don't load it, I don't shoot it.... 100% ... Exception of course is rim-fires. Unless you are talking about making the cases, primers, and bullets... Then I guess I am a 100% 'assembler' of the components into a product that I use . __________________ A clinger and deplorable, MAGA, and life NRA member. When guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns. Single Action .45 Colt (Sometimes colloquially referred to by its alias as the .45 'Long' Colt or .45LC). Don't leave home without it. That said, the .44Spec is right up their too... but the .45 Colt is still the king.

September 25, 2013, 03:12 PM	#76
bt380 Senior Member Join Date: December 14, 2012 Posts: 331	Some times the cost of reloading vs purchasing already made ammo is a consideration if your just going to punch holes in paper w/ a pistol at a gun range. For instance, take those aluminum Teflon coated rounds bought in a store vs making HP rounds.

September 25, 2013, 04:14 PM	#77
Geezerbiker Senior Member Join Date: March 20, 2011 Location: Willamina, OR Posts: 1,908	Once in a while I will buy some new rounds back when I could get them on sale so I could get more .223 brass. I've just bought new brass for most of the other calibers I shoot. for the most part other than rimfire, I load about 98% of what I shoot. Then I got this .17 Hornet. The dies I want are going to be out of stock until next year so I buy loaded ammo when I find it. So far I haven't found much... Tony