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View Poll Results: What is the MAIN reason you reload
I think its pretty cool that I can make my own bullets 16 18.39%
My Pappy/Granpappy/Uncle/etc reloads, so I do it with them 1 1.15%
I want to save money for the same number of factory bullets I would have bought 10 11.49%
I want to save money so I can shoot more on the same budget 47 54.02%
I need a hobby away from the wife/girlfriend/kids/dog/cat/etc 1 1.15%
I think its both vital equipment and a vital skill to have should the SHTF 12 13.79%
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Old October 9, 2001, 05:19 AM   #26
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I reload because I can make little holes in paper far away with my (cheaper) loads.

BUT...


I'll admit it...I HAVE CONTROL ISSUES!!! If I bust my butt on the case prep and the round doesn't perform, it's not the round's fault, so I have to look at something else.
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Old October 9, 2001, 07:14 PM   #27
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I know it's impossible to reload and save money..

'Cause it said so on the other thread, and obviously that feller is way smarter than us boys.

Let's see...I reloaded 100 rounds of 45 LC at $4.10 per 50. Factory rounds at the local dealer run $24-$26 per 50. If'n I can cipher this up, I'll figger out how much money I wasted......while I'm workin' it out, me and Uncle Jed, Ellie Mae, Jethro and Granny will head out to the cement pond and go fishin', or maybe fetch up a possum.....
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Old October 9, 2001, 09:00 PM   #28
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Because my wallet couldn't keep up with the voracious appetite of my Browning Gold Hunter 20 ga. at the clays range!

Also it is relaxing and it keeps me from getting myself into trouble.

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Old October 12, 2001, 04:17 PM   #29
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So after 73 votes (a damn fine sample if I do say so myself!) on a biased poll (I freely admit I was grinding an axe), we end up with:

47 reload to save money

26 reload for other reasons

The prosecution rests.

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as usual, IMHO, FWIW, YMMV, and all that....
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Old October 12, 2001, 10:28 PM   #30
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Simple. Our FedGov makes everyone have a permit to buy factory loaded ammo. It's recorded and then will probably be cross referenced with your registered long arms to see if everything you've got is registered. Zero checks or permits, so far, on reloading components. Plus it is considerably cheaper.
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