reload newby

[loosend]

Hi, I'm considering reloading when i get my 223 late this week. I see i can buy 100 rounds for between £48-75 . To reload

it will br costly , with a press, dies, little tools, 100-heads, 100-primers, 100-brass cases & 1-1lb bottle of powder. That add to £190+ afew hours of time, going by what the shop think . Is it worth all the work in the long run ?

[Doggone]

Hi, I'm considering reloading when i get my 223 late this week. I see i can buy 100 rounds for between £48-75 . To reload

it will br costly , with a press, dies, little tools, 100-heads, 100-primers, 100-brass cases & 1-1lb bottle of powder. That add to £190+ afew hours of time, going by what the shop think . Is it worth all the work in the long run ?

 

Not if Privi Partizan will group well in your rifle. Reloading starts off as a cost saving thing, but it soon turns into a quest for the perfect round for your rifle, which is when the cost savings start to evaporate.

Andy

[harv]

initial outlay soon pays for itself without a doubt :(

[Vipa]

Reloading is a passtime in it's own right, I enjoy it as much as I enjoy shooting

[Redgum]

I was asking myself the very same questions afew months ago but I came to this conclusion.

The kit to start ( not including consumables) would cost around £150 if you use lee gear which does seem to have its fans, if you look at ebay prices you will probably get over half that back if you give up after a year. Decent cases ( privi are good ) will go as much as 10 reloads if your not turning out barrel burners.

If your gun shoots holes with privi then your sorted but what about range of weights in these, my gun doesnt shoot privis well and its hard to believe that any gun can. I tried 243 90gr and some were loose in the chamber, others tight and they all made differant noises, seems that quality control in Croatia maybe isnt the best, but if it works for you.

You may want to load differant calibres, I want a Hornet some time to replace the hmr and apparently home loading this calibre is the only way.

My Remmy 243 likes Rws and Norma, the later currently being £34 for 20, not great for zeroing really. You can find yourself a good recipe and by the ingredients for a couple of hundred without breaking the bank.

But the main reason that swung it for me was the pleasure, I have a £80 fly tying kit but it probably wont save me much but the fun in it and the satisfaction of catching a 8lb rainbow on your own conconction when everyone else is catch 1lb ers on cats whiskers.

If you go to shoot the odd deer on an arranged stalk a few times a year then maybe its not worth it but if you like crawling through brambles, making dodgy high seats, being covered in blood and guts and generally smelling of dead deer and need to spend long periods in the shed because the wife isnt speaking to then go for it, just do it safely. :(

Edited June 20, 2010 by Redgum

[seeker]

apart from the fun of learning about balistics and your gun there is as mentionned the satisfaction factor.

Also depends on how often you plan to shoot ... if rarely buy the best ammo for the job. If often then consider reloading.

Check out 2nd hand kit, or even The Lee Classic + Safety scales around £50 ish... a friend loads for 6 different calibres with a set for each and turns out some excellent results - its about consistency and safety not speed.