9mm: buy vs reload?
Just curious your guys' thoughts on reloading 9mm as prices have come back down. Specifically range ammo, not any match type stuff.
When 9mm is $13/50 rounds it makes sense to me to reload. (And I always reload 38 & 357 mag.) I recently picked up 1000 rounds of Tula 9mm for $170 delivered...Also recently got some 9mm 124gr lead for $28/500. Thinking I'll save the Tula for my local indoor range that doesn't allow reloads.
Got me wondering what every one else thought...When do you buy vs reload?
When 9mm is $13/50 rounds it makes sense to me to reload. (And I always reload 38 & 357 mag.) I recently picked up 1000 rounds of Tula 9mm for $170 delivered...Also recently got some 9mm 124gr lead for $28/500. Thinking I'll save the Tula for my local indoor range that doesn't allow reloads.
Got me wondering what every one else thought...When do you buy vs reload?
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Reload when experimentation with various loads produces one that the gun "likes" better than factory rounds: i.e., improved accuracy. 0 -
if you put the reloads back in factory boxes, how would the range know they were reloads????? 0 -
Reloading to me was always a balance between cost, time, technical interest and personal satisfaction. Any one factor could predominate at some point in time. If I see a good buy on ammo to just shoot in the dirt or hunt with, I buy it. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by hillbille
if you put the reloads back in factory boxes, how would the range know they were reloads?????
Yep, I do that on 38 & 357. For the rare times I go to an indoor range I usually have some factory 9mm on hand.0 -
I reload, thus I never buy factory. 0 -
The factory ammo I shoot is shotgun and 22LR. Almost everything else is reloaded. I do have milsurp 8mm and 7.62X54R that was purchased years ago dirt cheap that is my burner ammo for plinking. However, I still load both calibers for other shooting much of it with cast bullets. 0 -
I reload all of the stuff I shoot not to save money but because I just like reloading and that includes shotgun shells. It's also more convenient to be able to make what you need and not have to go shopping for it. 0 -
If I stuck with factory my Ruger, most likely, wouldn't have cost the company money to ship plus some parts. I hope to figure why my cast bullets fail to fire...rarely. 0 -
I reload all my ammo. I even learned to cast so my cost for 9mm with free wheel weights and Free range pick up brass is about $0.06/round. Of course, there is your time, but I'm retired and have plenty of time on my hands. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by papernicker
If I stuck with factory my Ruger, most likely, wouldn't have cost the company money to ship plus some parts. I hope to figure why my cast bullets fail to fire...rarely.
Don't want to hijack this thread but what Ruger do you have? I have a GP-100 in 44 Spl.with the same problem. Also have grossly off center primer strikes in 2 chambers.0
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