If she's boxing your ears over a few boxes of ammo, she's going to tear your ass out of the frame if she ever sees the entirety of costs associated with reloading. LOL!
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Minimalist reloading
Ive given away 3 gallon zip lock bags full of dead soldiers this year on the agreement that I would get back 20% reloads and ive yet to see a single round.
77 and 75 grain .223 is worth reloading.
Agreed, time invested vs minimal money saved is not worth it. I primarily only reload 44 special / magnum now. Some 223 in the heavier weights for accuracy control. 9mm is definitely not worth it. Imagine moving a pile of gravel with tweezers to save $20, that is what reloading 9 in a single stage press feels like.
I trust your opinion completely on things of this nature but im inclined to disagree about the ammo situation stabilizing. Wally and Dicks are done with the black rifle rounds. Academy is sketchy at best(their AR parts section hasn't even been restocked in months). E'erbody hatin on mah thang right now.
So whats the outcome...? no matter which side wins the other will keep stockin up...
And like I said I'm bored.
This is all an inevitability.
This is all an inevitability.
It'll stabilize soon enough. There's a bit of a "mini-panic" going on right now but I doubt I'll be selling 5.56mm milsurp for $1 per round like I did in February 2013. If you can hold tight, do that. If we get into another full blown neckbeard stampede? When primers hit $100 per thousand (they've done that and higher) and powder is $450 for 8 lbs.? Reloading sux sweaty orbs.
Totally with you on that also. The 9mm thing is way down the list unless you can reload PD, haven't looked yet.
Also, some of my gun purchases are entirely motivated by availability/cost of ammo and replacement parts. Thats why i was never heavy in the milsurp game. And why i shoot AR's and glocks...
If I had access to reloading, maybe I could get some cooler stuff eventually.
