So, yes it is worth it but it is a long term investment, as others have said, it can become addictive. I get a huge amount of pleasure from it, i also get a lot of sh1t from my pals who think i am quietly going insane hunched over my weighing scales obsessing about tollerances!!
Also, it is very hard to resist buying more kit, the further down the rabbit hole i go, the more reloading kit i see and want! Cant wait for Christmas!
You have the bug,,,
but you can handle it.
You know that it's the next tiny change that will give you the illusive one hole group at 100yds, then another tweak and you can do the same at 200 then 300 etc.
When it’s not quite there you just know that it’s the cases, it has to be, all the other things are correct.
So it’s an ultrasonic cleaner you need, with some wonder cleaning formula.
And when it’s done those shiny bling things are just going to be perfect,,,,
but they’re not are they!!
You can handle this…
You must have the wrong cleaner.
This Lidl one was never going to be good enough, how could you ever think it would be.
So out comes the flexible friend and in comes the £200 industrial jobbie.
But it’s all to no avail.
So it’s anneal everything and start again,
but still it’s not perfect.
You can handle this…
You read here and there that it’s the case weight,
so in come the best digital scales that weigh to .0001 of a grain.
You weigh the cases and group by weight then, using the £300 Mitutoyo calipers that you had to have as the normal digital ones were not up to the task, you group by size.
And there you go,,,
but it’s still showing groups of 0.5” at 200yds…
You can handle this as well…
change the powder to a double base,
start again and work up,,
and so it goes on.
Been there, done that, as have many others.
The best and worst thing about reloading is that it is only your time that is taken up.
Just shoot the rifle, you know it makes sense.