Purchase Reloading Equipment or another gun.

[navyretired 1]

Buddy you need a plan:

1. What are the guns for?
2. How much are $200-$300 guns worth in the future?
3. Will they serve a purpose,Is it as a club?
4. If you like um fine, so do we but ya gotta feed them something or they're just clubs with steel handles.
5. Everyone needs a 45 auto, While your coming up witha plan put one on lay-a-way, and maybe add 2 boxes of shells in the package deal to protect the 45 with.

 

[mcdonl]

Eagle and Shooter, you are both right. I have got the bug and I am all ready shooting more!

navryretired. I "needed" a plan, how I have a plan. And, I will more than likely put one on layaway but instead of 2 boxes of ammo I will get the dies and molds. I will no longer get a firearm before I can load for it, unless it is one of those two good to pass deals.

 

[Fatelvis]

Getting into reloading is opening a whole other "hobby", that is just as fun (to some) as shooting. Besides, it gives you something to do when you're not shooting!

 

[halfded]

I saved around $1,000 my first few months of reloading; and that includes the cost of equipment. Scrounge brass, build your own bench, and don't buy into all the high end, fancy equipment right away. Start simple. My whole setup cost around $300 and I turn out 50 individually measured, better than I can buy at the store (cause there aren't any there) rounds in about 45 minutes.

I wash my brass in vinegar and laundry soap, followed by a trip to the washing machine. No cost for a tumbler or media, no mess, and no broken pins on my dies from clogged flash holes.

Cost to buy 50 rounds of .38 special around here: >$15 each
50 rounds of my reloads: around $5
Bear in mind that the store bought stuff at $15 a box is bottom shelf plinker stuff. I like to think my loads are at least 2/3's of the way to the top of the shelf.

Best of all is load customization as other's have said. I had 3 45 colt loads for my new vaquero: regular, spicy, and extra crispy; all depending on who was shooting and what's being shot. I like heavy loads, Mrs. Halfded doesn't; I shoot extra crispy, she shoots regular.

Probably the closest I'll get to being a mad scientist anyway.