Trump Jr. On Trump (Q&A - interesting)

[Gingersnap]

He's a reloader and has 5 kids, who knew? Long but interesting:

[Michele]

He's a reloader and has 5 kids, who knew?

I did. His three older kids are great. If any of them were running, they'd probably do a whole lot better than their Dad.

[phillygirl]

What's a reloader? I didn't watch the whole thing, but he's a very accomplished speaker. His father would do well to take more of his tone.

[Michele]

What's a reloader? I didn't watch the whole thing, but he's a very accomplished speaker. His father would do well to take more of his tone.

Reload ammo. You know, what you'll be doing when you add on to your lake house.

[phillygirl]

Reload ammo. You know, what you'll be doing when you add on to your lake house.

Again...because I'm slow. As in use the same ammo twice? Or just that he's a shooter? I knew that he was a shooter (didn't know about the 5 kids, though).

[Hondo]

Again...because I'm slow. As in use the same ammo twice? Or just that he's a shooter? I knew that he was a shooter (didn't know about the 5 kids, though).

Maybe you shouldn't have a gun just yet.

You shoot the ammo. Then, because buying ammo at the store is expensive, you decide there has to be a cheaper way. So you collect up all of your spent casings (you probably refer to them as the "gold thingies") or you buy some in bulk. Then you use the reloading equipment that you have bought to clean up the casings, put more gunpowder in them, and add bullets that you have bought to create more ammo. It is kind of a labor intensive process unless you get more expensive equipment, but in the end you can have more control over bullets as far as muzzle velocity, etc. I don't think it is hugely less expensive than just buying the ammo, but many shooters get into reloading, particularly those that do a lot of long range shooting.

[phillygirl]

Jayzus. It's not 1884 anymore people. Just buy new ammo!

[80zephyr]

Maybe you shouldn't have a gun just yet.

You shoot the ammo. Then, because buying ammo at the store is expensive, you decide there has to be a cheaper way. So you collect up all of your spent casings (you probably refer to them as the "gold thingies") or you buy some in bulk. Then you use the reloading equipment that you have bought to clean up the casings, put more gunpowder in them, and add bullets that you have bought to create more ammo. It is kind of a labor intensive process unless you get more expensive equipment, but in the end you can have more control over bullets as far as muzzle velocity, etc. I don't think it is hugely less expensive than just buying the ammo, but many shooters get into reloading, particularly those that do a lot of long range shooting.

When you cast your own slugs, you can save a bundle.


Mark

[scott]

Jayzus. It's not 1884 anymore people. Just buy new ammo!

It's terribly wasteful to do that when the shells are effectively free if you pick them up at the range, rounds, gun powder and primers are very cheap to buy in bulk. Plus, when you reload you have more control over the process. Cheap ammo sucks, cheap reloads done properly are great.

Oh and there's that special ammunition tax which we all pay for production ammo but don't pay for supplies - normal taxes are still embedded into the cost, but not the sin tax on ammo.

It's a lot like baking your own cupcakes. Sure you can buy them for $1 but why if you eat 400 of them each weekend and half the cost is the reusable wrapper?

[Hondo]

When you cast your own slugs, you can save a bundle.


Mark

I hadn't thought about casting. I keep thinking about getting into reloading but have honestly never broken down what all the costs involved are in the process. The attraction to me is the quality control over the final product, and perhaps the ability to more easily get some calibers of ammo that are currently hard to find. I have a Czech variant of the Makarov 9mm which I love to shoot, but finding ammo for it (at least locally so far) has been impossible to find. 9mm Luger is plentiful, but 9mm Makarov has vanished. Ordering it online may be the only way to get it.

I'm starting to apprentice with one of the local gunsmiths next week and he does a lot of reloading, so maybe then I'll get a better feel for the costs involved in the process.

[Hondo]

Jayzus. It's not 1884 anymore people. Just buy new ammo!

How many boxes of ammo have you actually bought, Hoss?