I was wondering if any of you have reloaded 22lr and is it cost effective.
I read online you can reload at about $8 per brick.
I read online you can reload at about $8 per brick.
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Reloading 22lr ammo
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Price out the components. A quick search will prove you aren't going to be loading 22lr at $8 a brick
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I do want to load some of the new Cutting Edge bullets though. Cost effective, it is not.
I’ve been shooting 22lr into rubber mulch filled boxes just to recover the lead...
Plan to melted down into .356 and .452 projectiles and load those up
Plan to melted down into .356 and .452 projectiles and load those up
I have a 22 reloader kit. You can cast your own bullets. You can use strike anywhere matches or caps is the primer. If you load it just using the primer material it'll still make about 600 ft per second with the smaller the two bullets. It's called 22 reloader.com check it out it's a cool little setup everything you need.
Welp, this about does it... American society is now completely gone!
I watched/read a pile on the subject, between using matches... roll caps... making your own priming material or buying a kit. The process. Getting a mold to cast those bullets. I like reloading and casting a bit but for the volume I’d want to shoot and the labor you’d put into it... it seems more tedious than relaxing. I could probably get a part time job to earn extra cash to pay for gouge price .22 and come out with more rounds than what I could reload.
While I do have a pile of .22 LR, it’s lack of availability (and it is still out there and I on occasion still get it from stores) I’d just assume to buy pellets by the thousands that are still sitting on the shelf and shoot my .22 PCP. Plus, if 600 FPS is what is being experienced by the reloads, a PCP/springer/gas piston gun is going to have a much nicer trajectory and let you keep pulling the trigger. For the volume many of us would want to shoot .22 LR and the slow process hand loading .22 LR would be, I’d choose more trigger time on a pellet gun over trying to reload and shoot a little .22 LR every time and just shoot factory loaded .22 LR as it comes up. My daughter probably shoots it more than me but other than CO2 guns or weaker pumpers, she’s just too small for PCP/springers. So she has a few cases set aside for her continued use in her Rascal through the current drought.
While I do have a pile of .22 LR, it’s lack of availability (and it is still out there and I on occasion still get it from stores) I’d just assume to buy pellets by the thousands that are still sitting on the shelf and shoot my .22 PCP. Plus, if 600 FPS is what is being experienced by the reloads, a PCP/springer/gas piston gun is going to have a much nicer trajectory and let you keep pulling the trigger. For the volume many of us would want to shoot .22 LR and the slow process hand loading .22 LR would be, I’d choose more trigger time on a pellet gun over trying to reload and shoot a little .22 LR every time and just shoot factory loaded .22 LR as it comes up. My daughter probably shoots it more than me but other than CO2 guns or weaker pumpers, she’s just too small for PCP/springers. So she has a few cases set aside for her continued use in her Rascal through the current drought.
