On Thursday, April 17, 2014 11:35:02 AM UTC-4, F*O*A*D wrote:
On 4/17/14, 10:22 AM, wrote:

On Thu, 17 Apr 2014 08:19:19 -0400, Poquito Loco

wrote:



On Thu, 17 Apr 2014 01:59:55 -0400, wrote:



On Wed, 16 Apr 2014 21:50:12 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:



Why reload if you "shoot little"?



I tend to agree but back in the olden days people reloaded because

there was not much in high performance ammo loaded commercially. Now

that is not really an issue in the popular calibers.

You can still load a performance cartridge for about 50 cents less

than a commercially loaded one.

It still might make sense in rifle calibers too.



Other than that, reloading is a way to shoot relatively cheap if your

time is worth less to you than your money and you don't mind cast

bullets.



Keep in mind that 'when I started shooting', for someone with Krause's knowledge and experience, was

probably about 45 years ago. Ammo was a bit cheaper then.



A box of .38 or .45 was around $6.95 in the late 60s, early 70s when I

was shooting a lot. That was the retail price. I got a much better

deal at the distributor in Lanham when I was buying a pallet of

shotgun shells for the skeet league but I needed to buy a case.

I split a case of .45 a few times. I seem to remember that was 20

boxes.

The real deal was .22rf by the case (20 bricks). They were less than a

penny a round. We split a case between 4 of us and I bet some of the

guys still have some ;-)





I'll have at least six 50-round boxes of .357 MAG ammo here by the

beginning of the week, and I'm still shopping for a few more boxes of

.38 Special. I don't like the prices, but if you shop a handful of mail

order sites/spiders, you at least can find the lowest of the rip-off

prices. I'm not a hoarder, so that amount will do for a while.



I did buy a lot of .22LR CCI Mini-Mags when they were cheap. In addition

to what was in my ammo box, I found six mini-cartons in the basement, so

I probably have around 5,000 rounds of decent quality

.22LR ammo on hand.



Now that there are signs of the weather warming up, I'm planning a trip

out to the river to shoot up empty cans, bottles, and zombies.

NO ONE CARES, YOU LYING ****.