gamestalker
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From the very beginning I've always reloaded for my weapons, something that has lost popularity it seems. Maybe its amatter of convienence or economics, either way its just not the thing to do as it was when I started into the shooting sports. I've been shooting for a god 40 years or more and have bought and shot a ton of factory ammo. After a couple of years of dealing with mis-fires and other quality issues thatgenerally effected the reliability, and theperformance of my weapons, I decided to start reloading and have never gone back. Over the years I have been forced to purchase factory ammo one occasion so to aquire the brass. Each time I purchase factory I weigh the powder charges to see just how consistent, or more the case, inconsistent they are. And honestly, things have, if anything, only become worse in terms ofboth powder chages being inconsistent, and in the area of cartridge assembly. I've had name brand ammo that has stove piped, mis-fired, produced extraction problems, seating depth issues, extremely inconsistent velocities, and preasure warning signs. On the other hand I've never had one, not one single failure, or unexpected result from my reloaded ammo. I've shot 5 or 6 times more reloaded ammo in the last 40 years than factory too, probably in the hundreds of thousands of rounds. Another positive factor with reloads is the controlled and obtainable velocities, and choices of projectiles. But so far as reloading is concerned, I'm probably at the upper end of extreme regarding my methods as I weigh every charge except shotgun ammo of which I check the charge thrown before starting,and use a chronograph to achieve precision results, a process most reloaders don't really prefer to do. Most reloaders use the most efficient presses to save time, and powder measures, better known as volmetric measuring. In most instances these manners of reloading are safe and reliable, but for the most part its just a cost saving measurethat produces about the same ammo as factory.I've fixed jamming issues for many friends with auto loaders over the years just by reloading for them.
Gamestalker
From the very beginning I've always reloaded for my weapons, something that has lost popularity it seems. Maybe its amatter of convienence or economics, either way its just not the thing to do as it was when I started into the shooting sports. I've been shooting for a god 40 years or more and have bought and shot a ton of factory ammo. After a couple of years of dealing with mis-fires and other quality issues thatgenerally effected the reliability, and theperformance of my weapons, I decided to start reloading and have never gone back. Over the years I have been forced to purchase factory ammo one occasion so to aquire the brass. Each time I purchase factory I weigh the powder charges to see just how consistent, or more the case, inconsistent they are. And honestly, things have, if anything, only become worse in terms ofboth powder chages being inconsistent, and in the area of cartridge assembly. I've had name brand ammo that has stove piped, mis-fired, produced extraction problems, seating depth issues, extremely inconsistent velocities, and preasure warning signs. On the other hand I've never had one, not one single failure, or unexpected result from my reloaded ammo. I've shot 5 or 6 times more reloaded ammo in the last 40 years than factory too, probably in the hundreds of thousands of rounds. Another positive factor with reloads is the controlled and obtainable velocities, and choices of projectiles. But so far as reloading is concerned, I'm probably at the upper end of extreme regarding my methods as I weigh every charge except shotgun ammo of which I check the charge thrown before starting,and use a chronograph to achieve precision results, a process most reloaders don't really prefer to do. Most reloaders use the most efficient presses to save time, and powder measures, better known as volmetric measuring. In most instances these manners of reloading are safe and reliable, but for the most part its just a cost saving measurethat produces about the same ammo as factory.I've fixed jamming issues for many friends with auto loaders over the years just by reloading for them.
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