Originally Posted By: Tbone-AZ
reloading would save you a lot of money.. (haha theoretically)
what reloading does is allow you to shoot MORE for your shooting budget.
you can load a whole lot more for $500 than you can buy as loaded ammo for $500.
Quote:But, like others have said, I practice like I want to play.. I also keep several boxes of cheaper FMJs for those that want to shoot and don't really need the accuracy of the good stuff.
this is one of the big perks for me. At the price i load ammo for, i can shoot the same load for target practice and hunting.
with my blackout i have 3 different bullets that will shoot the same POI already. one is my Hunting load & the other two are close enough that within my effective hunting range with the load - i can use them inter changeably. I'm currently working on developing a plated plinking load that will come close to mimicking that loads performance as well. i think i should be able to drive them within 100 fps of my hunting load, and because they're a bit lighter match the POI for 100 yds easily - if i can succeed with that i will be able to shoot my blackout for nearly the cost of a 22 mag or 17hmr.
the other thing you can do to stretch your plinking load budget as a reloader - buy blems. the last batch of 55gr vmax i picked up on blem sale was about $0.11 each. i load the just like the "1st" grade stuff and really cant tell the difference, but i still hunt with the good stuff in case there's some kind of jacket defect or some nonsense.
these blem sales happen a couple times a year usually.
treat it like the "buy a box a week" plan - stash $10 or $20 every paycheck into a reloading supplies budget - by having a few $ set aside and be ready to jump and you can really score sometimes!