Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Ask The Gunwriters What got you into reloading your own ammo?

I was a high school kid, liked to shoot and had very little money. I scrounged wheel weights, cast my pistol bullets. My first handgun was a K-38, 6" and I still have it. That S&W cost me $80 of hard earned pecan picking money. I added a 340 Savage .222 and it went from there. I finally sold the Savage, replaced it with a M-700 ADL, .222. Shot the barrel out over the years. It now wears a .204 PacNor and still shoots lights out.

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Another reason I wanted to get into reloading was to try different bullet weigts in my 308win, particular 165gr.


Plus 5.56/223rem ammo was only cheap if loaded with 55gr fmj (and sometimes in steel cases).

So wider avaiable bullet options was another consideration for me.

Was impossible to buy loaded 223 ammo with 90 jlks seated the correct length from any factory