my uncle (my primary childhood mentor for all things gun/hunting) told me once: “when i finally saw a return on my investment in hand loading equipment it was not a cash savings. i was just able to shoot more for my money.”
As a person who has considered hand loading but never took the leap, your information to me is, PRICELESS!!! My favorite rifle is my Thompson Center ICON by S&W chambered in .30TC. Hornady in the beginning had three cartridges in two (2) weights if my memory serves me correct. (150gr. and 165gr.) Now Hornady only produces the 150gr. in small quanities AND that ammo is hard as heck to find. No other ammo company offers ammo in this cartridge, other than a remanufacturing company somewhere up in the Northeast around Maine I think. I'm not buying reman ammo... Anyway, Thank You for All You Do!😅
I really enjoyed it and learned a lot. I sure agree you won't save a lot of $$ if you factor in the equipment cost. I just like doing it and have got a couple of 1" groups. Now if I could only find my notes. Ken Sawin
My adventures in reloading..... I've found that I can reload 62 gr fmj for my ar that won't destroy my steel target. The bullet maintains groups at distance slightly better than 55gr. This is where reloading pays off for me. This round doesn't group any better than factory but I can customize my experience. Additionally, I can mimic a great shooting 30 cal round, potentially reducing the cost by about half. If I discount the time it takes to work the load up. Lol Don't reload unless you either enjoy it or have some older rifles that don't have reasonably priced rounds.
I'm surprised you didn't have better luck with the Hornady SST's. I'm always looking for the best accuracy in the military surplus rifles I shoot and my 81 year old Lee Enfield No. 4 Mk I* absolutely loves the .311" 150 grain SST's. I get 1" groups off my lead sled at 100 yards....with iron sights. The only problem? Hornady stopped making them in that caliber!
Historically speaking I've had very good results with SST's in a variety of weights and calibers. That old Winchester is harder to please than my freshman English teacher. Thanks for watching 👍
I kind of disagree on the accuracy thing. I have had 2 rifles that reloading made a huge difference with. They are both cheap guns. One is a Mossberg .308 bolt gun I bought for whitetail. I tried several factory hunting loads and it wouldn't shoot under 1 1/2" group at 100yrds. Most were bigger. The worst being just over 2". Those were 3 shot groups. I worked up a load that shoots 1"- 1 1/4" 5 shot groups. The other was a cheap 300blk that I put together for my daughter to use for whitetail because how soft they shoot. She was 11 at the time. I couldn't find anything that gun liked but I was pretty limited on what was available in my area. I had basically the same result as the Mossberg. I said kind of disagree because for the most part you are correct. I have more than 10 rifles and have used others that factory loads are just as accurate as the best loads I worked up.
I agree and that kind of the point I was driving at. I mean I've seen some impressive improvements with handloads over factory in a handful of cases, but it's not going to work like that every time. I've spun my wheels on handloads in the past on a couple of projects. Thanks for sharing brother 👍
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my uncle (my primary childhood mentor for all things gun/hunting) told me once: “when i finally saw a return on my investment in hand loading equipment it was not a cash savings. i was just able to shoot more for my money.”
You're not wrong.
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Uncle Rico
I’ve been told even with “match grade” speeds can very significantly compared to reloads with a good electronic scale. That’s what I’m looking for
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Man what a good UFO episode Brother! Hope all is good out your way.
Thanks B! I've been busy, but plan to reach out.
Good information 👍. Thanks and have a blessed day 🙏.
Thanks Keith!
As a person who has considered hand loading but never took the leap, your information to me is, PRICELESS!!! My favorite rifle is my Thompson Center ICON by S&W chambered in .30TC. Hornady in the beginning had three cartridges in two (2) weights if my memory serves me correct. (150gr. and 165gr.) Now Hornady only produces the 150gr. in small quanities AND that ammo is hard as heck to find. No other ammo company offers ammo in this cartridge, other than a remanufacturing company somewhere up in the Northeast around Maine I think. I'm not buying reman ammo... Anyway, Thank You for All You Do!😅
You sound like me and my 450 Marlin.
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Great video, thanks.
Thanks for watching, stay tuned for more on this series.
I really enjoyed it and learned a lot. I sure agree you won't save a lot of $$ if you factor in the equipment cost. I just like doing it and have got a couple of 1" groups. Now if I could only find my notes. Ken Sawin
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Cram something into something, lol. nice graphic haha! I love it.
Thought it would get the point across.
It's cheaper, but you will probably shoot more, I seem to.
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One of my favorite topics :). All good points, Jay. Now come get your 375 H&H crap out of my garage already!
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My adventures in reloading.....
I've found that I can reload 62 gr fmj for my ar that won't destroy my steel target. The bullet maintains groups at distance slightly better than 55gr. This is where reloading pays off for me. This round doesn't group any better than factory but I can customize my experience.
Additionally, I can mimic a great shooting 30 cal round, potentially reducing the cost by about half. If I discount the time it takes to work the load up. Lol
Don't reload unless you either enjoy it or have some older rifles that don't have reasonably priced rounds.
Great comment!
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I'm surprised you didn't have better luck with the Hornady SST's. I'm always looking for the best accuracy in the military surplus rifles I shoot and my 81 year old Lee Enfield No. 4 Mk I* absolutely loves the .311" 150 grain SST's. I get 1" groups off my lead sled at 100 yards....with iron sights. The only problem? Hornady stopped making them in that caliber!
Historically speaking I've had very good results with SST's in a variety of weights and calibers. That old Winchester is harder to please than my freshman English teacher.
Thanks for watching 👍
Holy crap. U killed the war wagon
Open ❤️ surgery.
I reload not to save money but because I can't buy off the shelf what i need.
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I kind of disagree on the accuracy thing. I have had 2 rifles that reloading made a huge difference with. They are both cheap guns. One is a Mossberg .308 bolt gun I bought for whitetail. I tried several factory hunting loads and it wouldn't shoot under 1 1/2" group at 100yrds. Most were bigger. The worst being just over 2". Those were 3 shot groups. I worked up a load that shoots 1"- 1 1/4" 5 shot groups. The other was a cheap 300blk that I put together for my daughter to use for whitetail because how soft they shoot. She was 11 at the time. I couldn't find anything that gun liked but I was pretty limited on what was available in my area. I had basically the same result as the Mossberg. I said kind of disagree because for the most part you are correct. I have more than 10 rifles and have used others that factory loads are just as accurate as the best loads I worked up.
I agree and that kind of the point I was driving at. I mean I've seen some impressive improvements with handloads over factory in a handful of cases, but it's not going to work like that every time. I've spun my wheels on handloads in the past on a couple of projects.
Thanks for sharing brother 👍