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Thread: Is it worth reloading 9mm yet?
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December 4th, 2006, 03:41 PM #1
Is it worth reloading 9mm yet?
In the past, many said that reloading 9mm wasn't worth it because it wasn't cost effective. For the cost of materials, time, and trouble, it was cheaper to just buy rather than reload.
Now that ammo prices are on the rise, I was wondering if all you reloaders out there have reconsidered reloading 9mm. Is it worth it yet?"Political Correctness is just tyranny with manners"
-Charlton Heston
"[The Constitution preserves] the advantage of being armed which Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation...(where) the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms."
-James Madison, Federalist Papers, No. 46.
"America does not go abroad in search of monsters to destroy." [sic]
-John Quincy Adams
"I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies."
-Thomas Jefferson
Μολών λαβέ!
-King Leonidas
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December 4th, 2006, 04:01 PM #2
Re: Is it worth reloading 9mm yet?
I reload 9mm at a cost of $3.17 per box of 115gr FMJ, $2.85 for 124gr LRN. Now that is without the cost of equipment and casings.
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December 4th, 2006, 04:05 PM #3
Re: Is it worth reloading 9mm yet?
"Political Correctness is just tyranny with manners"
-Charlton Heston
"[The Constitution preserves] the advantage of being armed which Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation...(where) the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms."
-James Madison, Federalist Papers, No. 46.
"America does not go abroad in search of monsters to destroy." [sic]
-John Quincy Adams
"I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies."
-Thomas Jefferson
Μολών λαβέ!
-King Leonidas
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December 4th, 2006, 04:18 PM #4
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December 4th, 2006, 04:41 PM #5
Re: Is it worth reloading 9mm yet?
Well, you gotta figure out whether its worth your time to even reload this caliber at all.
If I can save $20 an hour on ammunition by reloading, or I could do contract work for that hour at $75, then it is not worth for me to reload. Since I'd be losing $50 in the process.==============
“If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquillity of servitude than the animating contest of freedom, — go from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen!”
~Samuel Adams
"I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it."
~Thomas Jefferson, 1791
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December 4th, 2006, 04:44 PM #6
Re: Is it worth reloading 9mm yet?
Bill USAF 1976 - 1986, NRA Endowment, USCCA
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December 4th, 2006, 04:44 PM #7
Re: Is it worth reloading 9mm yet?
Part of the reason I load is because I enjoy doing it so I don't think of the time I may be "wasting" loading. To me it is almost as much fun as going out and shooting, but I can see your point about the time if you don't enjoy the process of loading your own ammunition.
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December 4th, 2006, 05:00 PM #8
Re: Is it worth reloading 9mm yet?
I personally don't and won't load for 9mm. I'm actually thinking about getting rid of my 9mm pistols...they are fun to shoot...but it's not like I'd miss them if I sold them.
The 9mm casing is rather small and is a PITA to load...I know some will say it's not a big deal, but for me...I don't need to load for 9mm, so I won't.
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December 4th, 2006, 08:47 PM #9
Re: Is it worth reloading 9mm yet?
I hummm..... mmmmm...... I was taking into account Uncle Sam's Share.
I usually devote more time to my posts, and make sure I read twice before I submit. I posted while at work, so it had to be a quickie. I realize now that my post might have been considered denigrating in some aspect, so I didnt mean to do that. Eventaully I think I'd like to start reloading, right now I dont have the time nor the space, and reloading seems to be a time expensive hobby, and I already have plenty of that.
So to more properly address the main point of the thread, until the price of ammo truly goes astronomically through the roof, I think Ill be playing my guitar, or fragging some noobs on the interwebs.==============
“If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquillity of servitude than the animating contest of freedom, — go from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen!”
~Samuel Adams
"I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it."
~Thomas Jefferson, 1791
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December 4th, 2006, 09:30 PM #10
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