thinking its time to start reloading.

[jasnt]

Rcbs rockchucker supreme

[Fl0und3rz]

You can recoup your "savings" faster by shopping craigslist for the deals.  Chargemaster is a luxury IMO.  Save your money and get a good trimmer and scale.  Otherwise, Lee dies are a bargain. 

[mountainman]

Mirror comments for the Rockchucker. Many thousand thru mine

[eastcoastguy]

Awesome.  Love the inputs. Was actually looking at the rock chucker.

[Oh Mah]

I love my Hornady lock&load weve done well over 3k in loads and never any issues.Dies i have both HORNADY AND RCBS. 

[Taco280AI]

  It's cheaper if you settle on a load (not counting the initial cost of equipment). If you're like a lot of us, you'll try load after load after load trying to find the perfect one. Different bullets, different powders. It isn't cheaper 

But... if you find that one load and stick with it, then it gets cheaper

[Jason]

It's cheaper if you settle on a load (not counting the initial cost of equipment). If you're like a lot of us, you'll try load after load after load trying to find the perfect one. Different bullets, different powders. It isn't cheaper 

But... if you find that one load and stick with it, then it gets cheaper

Is there even a such thing as a cheap hobby??

[JJB11B]

It's cheaper if you settle on a load (not counting the initial cost of equipment). If you're like a lot of us, you'll try load after load after load trying to find the perfect one. Different bullets, different powders. It isn't cheaper 

But... if you find that one load and stick with it, then it gets cheaper

Is there even a such thing as a cheap hobby??

I can think of one, course its not family friendly

[jasnt]

It never gets cheaper, because you'll just shoot twice as much

[Buzz2401]

I find that the real cost savings is in reloading premium bullet large rifle calibers.  It is a lot harder to recoup money loading pistol and 556.  But man I find it super fun loading pistol ammo.  Just get it set up and roll.  I can do about 500 rounds/ hour once my lock n load is set up.

[Fl0und3rz]

 
.45-70, .45 LC, .410, premium hunting/shooting ammo, for example.  Sometimes, .223 Rem/5.56, for example, depending on the political climate, reloading is the only way to get ammo. 

It never gets cheaper, because you'll just shoot twice as much

We're still talking reloading, right?  And the other one is NOT cheaper.

[JJB11B]

It never gets cheaper, because you'll just shoot twice as much

yeah the laundry bill would add up fast if you don't do your own laundry

[BigGoonTuna]

i bought a rock chucker just about a year ago and it's been a fun hobby since.  i've got a couple rifles that are really expensive to buy ammo for(a 264 mag and a 45-70) and i think i'll start breaking even pretty quick.

just way too many cool toys and accessories you can buy.  next step for me is a chronograph, bullet comparator and headspace gauges...

[quarterstaff]

Due to moving around alot and too many other hobbies I didn't start reloading until a couple of years ago  But the smartest thing I have done is I have been collecting gear for 25 or so years and my RCBS R/C II cost me 20$ and my RCBS jr. cost me $5 at garage sales and I get all my dies used, mostly on here actually but sometimes on Ebay or hole in the wall guns shops which I love almost as much as junk yards, the point being there is alot of good gear out there cheap and don't wait do it now. Oh and by the way the day reloading becomes obsession is when you find a neat old rifle (Swiss Vetterli) in an obscure caliber( .41 Swiss made from 8mm Lebel) and are quick to justify the trip down the rabbit hole by thinking oh no biggie I reload.

[quarterstaff]

Due to moving around alot and too many other hobbies I didn't start reloading until a couple of years ago  But the smartest thing I have done is I have been collecting gear for 25 or so years and my RCBS R/C II cost me 20$ and my RCBS jr. cost me $5 at garage sales and I get all my dies used, mostly on here actually but sometimes on Ebay or hole in the wall guns shops which I love almost as much as junk yards, the point being there is alot of good gear out there cheap and don't wait do it now. Oh and by the way the day reloading becomes obsession is when you find a neat old rifle (Swiss Vetterli) in an obscure caliber( .41 Swiss made from 8mm Lebel) and are quick to justify the trip down the rabbit hole by thinking oh no biggie I reload.

This is what I mean.