Originally Posted by okie john
Originally Posted by Crow hunter
I can't imagine enjoying shooting half as much with factory ammo. I cringe every time I walk into a place and look at the price of factory ammo. Pulling the trigger at $2 a shot would suck all the enjoyment out of it for me.


I cringed too, until I found http://ammoseek.com. Some pretty good deals come up there if you keep an eye on it. For instance, right now they have American Eagle FMJ 30-06 for $0.68 per shot. That's about the cost of components, plus you don't have to sit there pulling a lever all night to get it.
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Finally, you'll never enjoy anything if you focus on the cost. Even handloaded ammo is expensive if you do that. I believe that the money I spend on factory ammo buys me extra time to spend on the millions of other things that people expect me to do and need me to do. I realize that may not work for everyone, but it's working for me for the moment.


Okie John


But I enjoy pulling that lever, it's my hobby. It has nothing to do with cost, handloading has cost me a lot more than it's ever saved, I just shoot 20X what I would if I had to buy factory ammo. You seem to have other things you'd rather do than shoot and load, that's fine. To me those are relaxing, I work away and that's what I do for fun when I come home.

I'm glad you enjoy shooting the FMJ stuff but that has no interest to me, I'm not interested in shooting junk ammo just to hear it go bang. What I get a kick out of is consistently ringing my 1000 yd gong on the pipeline behind my house or hitting a prairie dog at 880 yds (my personal best). It takes good ammo tuned to good rifles to do that and you're not likely to find it out of a box of american eagle FMJ's. You're not likely to find it out of any ammo at any price unless you just get lucky and find something your rifle really likes.