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#157249 - 12/05/08 04:50 PM Re: $85 or $25 per 20 rounds and why handload? [Re: Desperado]
unimogbert Offline
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Originally Posted By: Desperado
Ouch. Maybe reloading will be a good idea. Or a good Ruger 10/22 for practice. And I complain when purchasing 7.62 NATO Match rounds for about $30.00.



I strongly agree with shooting .22 for practice more than centerfire. When you can report on the accuracy differences between brands of .22 you're starting to gain skill.

I was Range Officer for a pistol club's weekly shooting night for a long time. From that experience my thumbrule for pistol is that one should shoot 100 rds .22 for each 10 rds of centerfire. And shoot them all with maximum concentration.
I saw .22 shooters who were starting to show real skill develop terrible flinch with their first magazine of 9mm. A box of .22 would be required to cure the flinch.

Similar principles for rifle.

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#157259 - 12/05/08 05:51 PM Re: $85 or $25 per 20 rounds and why handload? [Re: unimogbert]
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BTW, I've found you never ever save money reloading - you just shoot more to make up for it
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#157298 - 12/05/08 11:11 PM Re: $85 or $25 per 20 rounds and why handload? [Re: KG2V]
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kc2ixe

That is the conclusion I am drawing.

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#157323 - 12/06/08 02:31 AM Re: $85 or $25 per 20 rounds and why handload? [Re: KG2V]
unimogbert Offline
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Originally Posted By: kc2ixe
BTW, I've found you never ever save money reloading - you just shoot more to make up for it


And don't forget that there's just one more tool, one more set of dies, a better powder scale, different powder, a different bullet..... just an endless series of "one more thing and it'll be perfect."

Kinda like all survival stuff :-) Er, kinda like all stuff.

Aren't we humans funny?

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