one doesn't save money reloading, they just shoot more
I think I've saved a lot of money reloading. Especially on ammo like 45LC and 44 Mag which is ridiculously expensive.
one doesn't save money reloading, they just shoot more
I think I've saved a lot of money reloading. Especially on ammo like 45LC and 44 Mag which is ridiculously expensive.
So you reload expensive ammo to make good and better less expensive ammo. I have done so for years. NOW THE QUESTION...are you shooting more ammunition with the savings on each box of brass you reload? Are you actually socking away the savings...or shooting more?
Hence my statement. If you reload to still shoot a box a month of one or two calibers, that's cool. Most enthusiasts shoot what their budget allows, so factory or reloads, I still shoot $XXX per month.
I feel I am proficient with a pistol. I would have never gotten to this point without reloading and being able to increase my shooting volume. But as before, I am always "play money" broke because this is what I spend my recreation money on. I just shoot more by reloading.
So you reload expensive ammo to make good and better less expensive ammo. I have done so for years. NOW THE QUESTION...are you shooting more ammunition with the savings on each box of brass you reload? Are you actually socking away the savings...or shooting more?
Hence my statement. If you reload to still shoot a box a month of one or two calibers, that's cool. Most enthusiasts shoot what their budget allows, so factory or reloads, I still shoot $XXX per month.
I feel I am proficient with a pistol. I would have never gotten to this point without reloading and being able to increase my shooting volume. But as before, I am always "play money" broke because this is what I spend my recreation money on. I just shoot more by reloading.
I do 3.4gr Titegroup and a 147gr Xtreme. I use the Lee dies and the seater can be set to do enough of a taper crimp to remove the flare. It came with a Factory Crimp Die, but I've never used it. I'm going to try some loads with Longshot to try to get some more recoil impulse since the Titegroup has none. Brass is free for me, since my range is basically paved with it.
I'm also doing about $0.12 a shot. I stock up for the year on my Xtreme Bullets at Great American Outdoor Show when they're 20% off, or during their Black Friday sale when it's 15% off.
I've been loading the same thing in all my coated bullets and so far I have no complaints. I tried the seater die crimping and it works ok, but it does seem to mung the case mouths a little. I've got some 147gn Xtremes on the way.
Maybe it's because I only bell the case just enough to start the bullet.
I have loaded at least 1000 rounds of 9mm with Hornady 115gr FMJ and 115gr HAP bullets and didn't crimp any of them. I've yet to have any bullet set back or issues. I've performed the "bench test" and haven't been able to push the bullets in. Maybe it's because I only bell the case just enough to start the bullet. Not promoting what I do, just sharing my experience
"I do 3.4gr Titegroup and a 147gr Xtreme."
Have done accuracy comparisons to 115 grain bullets with this load?
Nope, but the load with 147s is stupidly accurate. I've done 4" groups at 50yd with my Glock 19 using it when I'm doing my part. Since it's a slow heavy bullet, it prints decently high too. It's a perfect 6 oclock hold on a 50yd competition target and dead on at 100yd with my OEM Glock night sights. It shoots okay with 3.6gr, but not as accurate as 3.4gr. Also, it's subsonic and it has stabilized in the suppressors I've tried with no issue. It's cool shooting at a tree over 100yd away and hearing the bullet smack the tree clearly.
Practical pistol shooters tell me that 3.6gr with a 124gr is their go to load.
for 124 gr i found 4.1 grains of titegroup to be perfect. If I can dial down to 3.6 i will try that
Those seem to be the min-max recommendations. I would work down from 4.1 and see what happens?
I have loaded some 124gr Xtreme slugs with 4.1gr on a friend's press before I got my own 9mm dies. The accuracy was decent and the recoil was still light as expected with Titegeoup. I didn't do any comparisons with my current 147gr load.
Those seem to be the min-max recommendations. I would work down from 4.1 and see what happens?
I was talking to a professional loader the other day and he told me Titegroup is his #1 powder for 9mm.