Ammunition & Hand Loading > Cartridge and Shotshell reloading
Research on Reloading 9mm
OnTheFly:
NEBull,
That is one thing I thought of, but forgot to include with my post. My friend with the reloading equipment is very good at finding the best round (case weight, bullet weight, grains of powder, overall round length, etc.) for a specific rifle.
I can see how critical it is with your short barreled revolvers. However, for the pistol shooters, the accuracy consideration does not seem to be brought up. I don't ever get the advice, "You should reload so your rounds are über accurate". It is always about the cost.
I would be curious to hear from J. Thomas Howard on how much effort he puts into designing his loads. When/If I ever get to his level where everyone comes to a match just so they can watch me win ;D, then I will likely start hand loading. The way I look at it right now, what I need is time to shoot (which means the least amount of time doing other things such as reloading) and as much practice as I can get. Hopefully, as Thomas preaches, dry firing will improve my skills without having to spend a lot on ammunition, but there are just some things that you can not do with dry firing.
My shooting has improved considerably in the last couple of months. Some of this is due to the classes I have taken with Precision Response Training, but some of it is due to the sheer number of rounds I have fired over the last couple of months. It is probably over a thousand. That has got me over the initial hump of cringing every time the gun went "BANG" and the basic instinct to manly control the recoil to the point of being too tense in my stance, grip, and everything else. I can actually watch the front sight during the entire firing, muzzle rise, trigger reset, trigger prep, and bringing the front sight back on target. That is definitely something I could not have gotten used to with dry fire alone.
Fly
Dan W:
No way you are going to load 1000 rounds per hour
OnTheFly:
--- Quote from: Dan W on May 25, 2012, 04:37:30 PM ---No way you are going to load 1000 rounds per hour
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That is what some Walmart guy told me. That sure sounded high to me, but I thought I would use that as a high end, pie in the sky, best scenario figure. Thanks for confirming that is unrealistic. It is pushing me further towards buying commercial ammo for the time being.
Fly
sparky0068:
I used to load for 9 with a progressive. Reloading ammo equates to more shooting, not necessarily saving money, also you can dial in the load for the gun exactly how you want it. I can load about 4-500 per hour. I am currently without anything in 9 soooo........
OnTheFly:
--- Quote from: sparky0068 on May 25, 2012, 05:22:59 PM ---I used to load for 9 with a progressive. Reloading ammo equates to more shooting, not necessarily saving money, also you can dial in the load for the gun exactly how you want it. I can load about 4-500 per hour. I am currently without anything in 9 soooo........
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Sparky...Your statement "Reloading ammo equates to more shooting, not necessarily saving money,..." is exactly what I have heard from others, but from what I have found the savings is minimal for the time invested. The reason I asked for prices on supplies for reloading is I want someone to prove to me that I will be able to shoot more. As I described above, I can save a few dollars, but is 6+ hours of reloading (using the high end of your round per hour estimate) to load 3,000 rounds worth saving possibly only $90?
So what I am saying is, the canned statement "You won't save money, but you'll shoot more" is not computing. It may look even better when I don't include sales tax or shipping for the components, but I'm way too detailed of a person to do that. The accuracy of custom loads, would be the biggest benefit in my mind.
I don't mean to burst anyone's bubble, but PROVE it to me that you are saving and able to shoot that much more with 9mm.
By the way, when I was doing my calculations for the numbers above, I was buying bulk everything. 5,000 bullets from Berry's, 1,000 primers, 1,000+ cases, and the biggest container of powder I could find.
Fly
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