Interesting read ( as is all VC awards) thanks for sharing'Tis like catching a trout to your own fly indeed. Or Colonel Fosbery who won the VC using a weapon of his own design. But not his revolver, but his bullet.
George Fosbery bio | steve-test
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Does reloading save money?
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Morkai
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That doesnt sound too bad.
I wouldnt reload for cost, more for tinkering but I dont have the room to do it where I am.
If you have a sturdy table/worktop, you can store everything in a 80litre container and pack it away when not needed.
I use the kitchen table for the hour or two I need, then pack it all away in a box until the next time.
But I know what you mean, I wish I had the permanent space to have it all set up.
Morkai
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Ive just had to box up a load of other hobby equipment and store it as we are about to put the house on the market.
If/when we move I'll have a bigger, dedicated area.
Jesus someone really had your pants down if that's what they charged
wabbit warren
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I've just started to reload
yes the press, dies and all the other bits i needed came to about £160ish
the powder was a shock at £105 for 1kg
and bullet heads at around £26 per 100 for my cal (.223) about right
as someone else said its like catching a trout on a fly you've tied yourself
i look at it as a hobby within a hobby
and if i can get a better group from home loads it can only be a plus
also I'm not reliant on my local gun shop have the rounds in when im running out (his been nearly 2 months without my round)
yes the press, dies and all the other bits i needed came to about £160ish
the powder was a shock at £105 for 1kg
and bullet heads at around £26 per 100 for my cal (.223) about right
as someone else said its like catching a trout on a fly you've tied yourself
i look at it as a hobby within a hobby
and if i can get a better group from home loads it can only be a plus
also I'm not reliant on my local gun shop have the rounds in when im running out (his been nearly 2 months without my round)
It depends how you want to do it? Go out and buy a load of fancy kit then try to make ammo that can shoot a gnats cock off at a mile, then it'll take years to make it pay. Buy a Lee Loader and sling together some ammo that can shoot sub MOA, yes you will save money, and quite quickly.
samdk
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I assume you bought the components many moons ago as most bullets are £30+ per 100!
wabbit warren
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i bought 200 from wildcat @£25 a 100 and 200 from sportmansguncentre for £25.45 a 100
the end of last month
the end of last month
Something that has been glossed over;
You can buy factory ammunition (notably, ADI- Australian Defense Industries, and Hornady) who load with lovely REACH-banned powders.
Find somewhere selling it for a decent price and you are sorted.
Got some Hornady Precision Hunter for £35 a box, during the CV19 madness, and it shoots so well that I won't bother reloading till it runs out (which will be frighteningly soon...
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You can buy factory ammunition (notably, ADI- Australian Defense Industries, and Hornady) who load with lovely REACH-banned powders.
Find somewhere selling it for a decent price and you are sorted.
Got some Hornady Precision Hunter for £35 a box, during the CV19 madness, and it shoots so well that I won't bother reloading till it runs out (which will be frighteningly soon...
)Bavarianbrit
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Curious, how do you know which powders they use? Is that not private to the manufacturers and not given out?Something that has been glossed over;
You can buy factory ammunition (notably, ADI- Australian Defense Industries, and Hornady) who load with lovely REACH-banned powders.
Find somewhere selling it for a decent price and you are sorted.
Got some Hornady Precision Hunter for £35 a box, during the CV19 madness, and it shoots so well that I won't bother reloading till it runs out (which will be frighteningly soon...
ADI's bread and butter range of powders (Varget, H4895, H4350, H4831) that contain 2,4-dinitrotoluene are banned.
The stuff they are loading in 223, 243 and 308 look awfully like these powders. Their 'Outback' range of ammo using temperature insensitivity as a selling point... why are the banned powders so sadly missed?
Hornady has included load data in the past on their boxes. Looking at their load data in their manuals, the REACH banned powders produce very simillar results...
mike243
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it depends on your motivation, if it is solely to save money, unless you are a prolific target shooter or want to single handedly put an end to the uk's so called deer problem you will be an unholy amount of time getting your money back, if like me you see it as an extension of your hobby the pain of the financial outlay is like the pain a woman feels during child birth, as soon as the kid is squirted out the pain is forgotten and as soon as you grass your first beast with your own hand loads that financial pain is forgotten and just like the new mother you will have the same silly grin plastered across your face
Bavarianbrit
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Plus availability of that round when you need them.
Reloader708
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Fitted and proofed? Seems to be the going rate!
Scotty99
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Indeed, added to the confidence that it’ll consistently go where I intend it to if I do my bit. That confidence is worth a lot when out after live quarry.
I'd love to see a breakdown of the invoice and how over £1000 was justified for a regular old rebarrel job
Personally don’t find Dauntseys that reasonableI’ve recently revised my reloading costs per round using today’s prices. My main round is a .308 TTSX 130gr. A box of factory loaded ones are now a staggering £89 (or £4.50 a round) from my very reasonable and local gun shop (Dauntsey Guns). Using their current consumable prices, my home loads are £1.54 for the same equivalent round. Yes, I’m not including my sunk capital costs but in the 6 years of reloading, I reckon I have now amortised those. As for my time, I find it very therapeutic and then there’s the convenience of being able to produce a box of 20 in approx 30 minutes whenever I need to. I don’t target shoot per se but I routinely practice at a range and I re-qualify my marksmanship test roughly every 3 months, all using the same loads I use on deer so the cost saving to me is very real, plus I have the luxury of knowing that I have many years of consumables tucked away to keep me going through supply difficulties. For me, reloading works
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Not necessarily, rebarrel may have been 8-900, add fluting, ceracote etc and you can soon get up there.
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