Ever buy a gun just so you could load for it?

[seattledave]

So I took my second batch of handloads to the range today and I am having more fun than I imagined possible. I am currently loading .357, but reading about the flexibility of the .44 magnum has me eyeing a Ruger Super Blackhawk at my lgs. So am I alone in my sickness here or has anyone else ever bought a gun just so they could reload more? Let's hear it!

 

[faire bien de...!]

Funny you should mention that, I'm looking for something 44 magnum also. I have a few thousand lead gas checked bullets that someone gave me, some brass, a new set of dies, and nothing to shoot it out of!

 

[Redd Orion]

Yipes! Caught in the act......... I'm actually looking for a 221 Fireball just so I can reload it

 

[orionengnr]

Yep. One day while gathering 45acp brass at the range, I happened upon some 45LC. Wow! That looks like a fun cartridge.
So I bought a S&W M-25. Eventually, I owned three of them.
I'm down to just one now.

 

[BigN]

Hahahaha....this sickness is much more widespread and contagious than you might think. I buy reloading equipment for a particular caliber before I even have the gun. I then figure, well, I have the dies, may as well get the gun

 

[Walkalong]

.44 Spl. I got the brass in a trade, and it was just too cool looking.

 

[animator]

Currently, no, but I have been considering a nice bolt gun to load with .308. All my .308s are semi-auto military rifles...

 

[Kawabuggy]

Normally the opposite way for me.. I'll buy a package deal of used loading equipment and supplies (brass & bullets) and then have to buy the gun to go with it all. I've bought more rifles that way, than any other way.

 

[Romeo 33 Delta]

Holy Cow ... you mean there's another way?:banghead:

 

[Ala Dan]

The only caliber that I previously owned that I did not load for was the .40 S&W
as I just could not warm up too it~!

 

[crracer_712]

Exactly, was thinking the same, am looking for other caliber guns to expand my die set, maybe a caliber that isn't as ecomical to shoot with over the couter ammo.

 

[ColtPythonElite]

Yes...handloading was the only reason I ever bought a 1911.

 

[J_McLeod]

Not yet, but getting close.

 

[BossHogg]

No,not yet. I load for 9mm-38/357 - 45 acp- 45 colt so I stay pretty busy in the platforms I have. They're so much out there in these I stay broke.

 

[Old krow]

Yes, once. It worked out pretty well so I'm sure that I'll do it again. At least that way I don't have to wait for dies and such to come in.

 

[amlevin]

Sure did. A S&W 686 with 6" Barrel. Someone had left a 3# coffee can full of .357 Brass at the range. I took it home and the next day went looking for something to shoot this caliber.

Was one of the finest pistols I've ever owned. The Gunsmith at the Store I bought it from had done a trigger job on it and it was one of the smoothest shooting revolvers I ever owned.

In a fit of stupid I sold it, thinking all I'd ever want in a pistol going forward was a semi-automatic. Sigs and CZ's now occupy space in my safe, alas no 686:banghead:

 

[UpTheIrons]

Yup! I've been collecting .45 Colt and .44 Mag brass for just that reason. Don't have either, nor a real 'need' of either, but they sure look like lots of fun. Hunting...SASS matches...plain ol' fun...

 

[Seedtick]

Guilty.

Seedtick

 

[Fishslayer]

Well, I'm looking for a .44 Magnum but it's because I want one.

I do have a large box of .40 S&W brass that is incidental bycatch from policing my .45 brass. Though the caliber really holds no fascination for me I've been seriously considering getting a .40 so I'll have an excuse to load it up.

My LGS has a used P944 in the case...

 

[Rodentman]

I thought it would be cool to shoot .45 acp from a revolver so I bought one. Now I have some .45 AR brass (and the proper shellholder) on order.

 

[Arkansas Paul]

Not yet, but I'd love to have a .280 AI or a .308 Norma Mag for that very reason.

 

[ljnowell]

I bought my Ruger solely so I could load hot 45 colts. That and where else can you get a grat big gun with a 7.5" barrel that makes that much noise and recoil(when loading ruger only loads) for 400 bucks brand new in box?

 

[CHALK22]

I bought my .40 cal dies, bullets, power, primers, and loaded up around 300 rounds before I even bought a .40 Glock 23, cause I know I will buy one soon. I have shot plenty of them through my BILs XDm .40C, just to make sure they work...

 

[trapper500]

I Did To

Guilty as charged iam buying a 500 S&W in the NEF Handi-Rifle because I need it for hunting & i just love loading for the 500 S&W Magnum had a S&W Performance Center 10.5" 500 but that didnt turn out to good had lots of problems just using factory loads the cyclinder kept locking up sent it back to S&W twice for the same problem it happenes the third time sent it back again they fixed it again the screw that holds the cyclinder in place kept breaking & jamming it up but this time i took it & sold it & lost my rear on it paid $1,150 +tax

 

[FROGO207]

So at the range I am just like a crow. If it is shines of brass or nickle I add it to the recovered brass bucket. Then when I have 500 or so empties I get the dies and such. After reloading a series of test ammo I go and find a firearm to shoot it in. HOO-BOY am I a sicko.:banghead: