Reloads vs. Factory Ammo

[BAT1]

Factory loads for home defense. Looks better in court. Hand loads for everything else. My accuracy went thought the roof when I used them. My Stevens 200 will get touching holes with 150 gr Corlockt's with 42 gr of Varget at 100 yds. Also, you can tune your loads for less barrel erosion, using hand loads.

 

[Jason M]

I've seen hand loaded .22-250 punch a .360" equivalent 100 yard group with home-brew ammo. He has put a few different factory rounds through the gun with nothing remotely close to that sweet group.

My .243 is the same way. Hand loading tightened up my groups two-fold.

-Jason

 

[jbech123]

There is a stark difference between hunters and shooters. Shooters don't buy factory ammo. They roll their own. It's a subculture within the gun community.

I think that oversimplifies things a bit. I like to shoot alot. I try to get out for a couple hours at least twice/month. I have a job that demands alot of my time, so leisure time is limited(my choice, I know.) In exchange for the time intensive job, I do make a pretty good living. SO I like to shoot, but don't care as much about the "hobby of reloading", or even so much the cost savings(although I am not rich for sure.) So if I can spend 4-6 hours per month on my shooting hobby, I'd personally rather have it be range time. Factory black hills ammo gives me sub half moa accuracy, and honestly my abilities are probably the limiting factor there.

 

[JNewell]

There is a stark difference between hunters and shooters. Shooters don't buy factory ammo. They roll their own. It's a subculture within the gun community.

Huh???

 

[Oldcoyote]

Big Bores Even More So

What prompted me to start reloading recently was the huge cost of .375 Weatherby and .416 Rigby - over $100 per box of 20. Also, the choices of bullets was a bit limited.

Once I started, I quickly added .30/06 because I was having so much FUN!