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Depends on the gun. Loading is a chore to me, so I have no issues with factory. Some of the sh*t I shoot I have to load for.
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.223 is a mix because before I had dies I bought a lot of factory match ammo. Now I hand load for varmints and use factory black hills 62 TSX for my son to use on deer.
6mm Creed I started buying ammo before I had the gun. Bought all kinds and hunted with Hornady Precision Hunter this year. Have 50 left of that and about another 50 of HSM and Gold Medal 107 Matchkings. I have powder dies and bullets.
7 Rem Mag, .30-06, and .300 are all reloads.
.25-06 is using Hornady American Whitetail I bought for my son to practice. Gun shot so well I bought 3 more boxes as soon as I could find them. This was also during Covid when you couldn’t find anything. Got lots of brass and planning on loading the Barnes 101 LRX for him this year.
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Have not shot a a factory load on a animal since 1993. Enjoy the load development and field testing of bullets.
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Only rifle I have that I don't have any plans to reload for is my 30-30. Tried several handloads and nothing shot that well. Had a couple of boxes of factory stuff loaded with Barnes bullets that I'd traded into. Decided to try them and got a perfect 3/4 inch triangle at 100yds. Caught a few more boxes on clearance and bought enough to last me at least the rest of my life, considering how little I use that rifle.
Got a couple of others that came with some factory ammo when I bought them. The factory stuff shoots so well in those two that I plan to hunt with it until it's gone, then reload at that point.
Everything else I load for.
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Factory, not fu.cking around loading 308 or 30-06 to shoot a whitetail under 200 yards (likely under 75)...laid into a lifetime supply of Leverevolution for the 35 Rem. before things went full retard on that front.
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TB, CWD and Covid-19 , free so far.....
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With rifles and handguns I use mostly handloads. I do try to carry factory for CCW but duplicate them with handloads for practice.
I tend to try to match a factory loading at first. Then I load a cup and core(usually Hornady) bullet for practice and deer. then a quality premium bullet if hunting sheep, elk and antelope with the rifle.
For example with my '06 load I use 180 Hornadys for practice and deer, Partitions for everything else. It copies the 180 C/L PSP for trajectory. It is used in all my families '06 rifles.
In .338 I use 225 Hornadys for most things but factory TBBC's for bulls (I have a stash).
I haven't loaded shotshells for a while. I still have the Sizemaster but I don't shoot enough shotgun to bother. I have never loaded slugs but I would like to learn.
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Handload everything centerfire. Ever try to buy a box of 40-90 2 5/8" sbn or 50-140 Sharps?.sure would hate to ever rely on American ammo production for the loads I use. Boy that sure would be pissing in the wind.lol lol . I am sure left to the left reloading would be done away with...mb
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I reload all my centerfire rifle for the last 25+ years but shoot factory shot shells and pistol ammo....Hb
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"Aim right, squeeze light" " Might as well hit what you're aiming at, it kicks the same whether you miss or not" NRA Life, GOA
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All of my deer rifles shoot hand loads. When it comes to accuracy, "good enough" is not good enough for me.
Plus, for a couple (7X57 and 6.5X55, both "modern" rifles produced since 1980), I'm not willing to give up the 200+ fps MV that factory loads would limit me to.
Years ago, I even fired some Federal Premium ammunition through a 7mm08 Rem that chronographed over 200 fps slower than advertised. AND it was nowhere near as accurate, in my rifle, as what I can put together at home.
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Reload for myself and two of my hunting parners. Some view it as a chore, I enjoy it. Been at it for 50 years.
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I haven't shot anything but my handloads at deer since I started loading in 2000.
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Prefer handloads but component availability is about as bad as the ammo availability. I use what is "at hand". Handload or factory.
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reloads for all hunting and general shooting. I do buy ammo for pistol carry and for 20ga and 22rf
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Handloads. Like most here, I enjoy crafting and tuning the best possible ammo for optimal accuracy and performance, in specific rifles. Also, the satisfaction is akin to fooling a 26" brown or rainbow on a dry that I tied.
My heart's in the mountains, my heart is not here. My heart's in the mountains, chasing the deer.
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Both although most of the factory ammo has been slugs.
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I thoroughly enjoy loading my own hunting ammunition for deer, antelope, elk, bear, coyotes and varmints as well.
Mostly I load for 6mm Remington, 25-06, 7mm Rem Mag, 30-30, 308, 30-06, 375 H&H & 45-70. Haven't used the 375 on deer yet, only bear. I have used those other cartridges for deer hunting.
Someone else stated that it was like catching a fish on a fly they'd tied themselves. Yes it does. At times I've also made my own bowstrings and arrows. There's a certain satisfaction in all that.
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What is this "factory ammo" you guys speak of?
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