When I went down the competitive pistol rabbit hole...reloading was a must because they didn’t make factory major 38 Super. Then onto 40 S&W. Lotsa rules changed since those days and a fella with a G34 and bucket of ammo has little to monkey with. Same as a fella with a 1:8 223 Tikka and another bucket of 75’s.
90% return on 20% effort.
Handloading rifles certainly lets you learn the guts of ammo...but never bought me more time to do anything and nickels and dimes you to death. Don’t miss it one bit.