Stockpiling Premium Ammo the easy way by handloading: Pros and Cons
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- Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
- Today we take a look at the pros and cons of stockpiling handloaded ammo. It can indeed be the easiest way to stock but it can also be a major headache and time hassle. Lets look at the Pros and Cons of stockpiling handloaded ammo. #minutemen #shtf #prepared #preparedness #prepper #military #stockpile #stockpiling #ammostash #wrol #teotwawki #beready #minutemengear #preppingforshtf #preparation #gunfighter #gunrights #firearmstraining #firearmsinstructor #concealcarry #defender #homedefense
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Time to stay focused, I work 3rd so when I get home nobody is up yet. It's me and my press, my happy place. Production processes are my forte, until I get to loading powder. That I weigh every drop. Once I was just starting to load my grendel, got distracted by my grandson. Ended up first round in my brand new gun, blew up the mag and bcg. Wrong powder, won't happen again. If I can't commit the time to do it right, I just stop until I can. Great video, one I can fully relate to. Oh ya, and be careful out there.
Reloading is a labor of love. If you do it to "save" money, you'll never reload enough to make the investment back
Lol. I think it's safe to say that was one of the justifications every single one of us used to pull the trigger. Good news is now I go to the range a LOT more often than I used to. Bad news is the savings was a *LIIIIIIE.* 😄
The better the prep work the better the ammunition
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Details matters. Every detail matters! That is a good T-shirt idea!
When I was more actively competing, we often grouped purchased. One time it is an order for 2,100,000 pistol bullets. (I only bought about 30,00 in that buy.)
Once you have a load worked up, you can make quite good ammo in quantity.
Don't remember the writer but he was hunting ground hogs with friends and they were surprised he had so much ammo. So they asked when can you do all that loading. They had labored a few days to prepare for the hunt. He explained he did it in a few hours on his Dillon. He didn't weigh stuff, etc but found he could get 2 to 2/1 in groups at 200 yards and that was plenty good enough for the task at hand. He had good components he could trust and matched the load to his rifle.
Yeah i do this for plinking ammo or the stuff I use for shoothouses. I don;t need sub minute consistency there. But for anything I need to be sure of i trickle up every charge.
Love this I make those nickel plated v max 223 rounds as well and they rock!!
I did 5 inch gunnery work in the Navy. Humidity and temperature were averaged over 30 days vs 3 days to assess the actual velocity that had to be fed into the 17 mile ranging computer. It's irrelevant with self defense ammo at 100 yards. It makes a big difference with a 6.5 at 1200 yards
I've been shocked the past month hitting gun shows in NC the cost of components & powder. I hadn't bought any in 5 years or so.
Holy Jayzus!
I found the one good deal ever at a gun show. I ended up with 3 new, complete RCBS 3 die sets for $150. .45, .357/.38, and 10mm/.40 in February.
Just love your channel!! Great dope with hands on experience!! Be safe brother!!
With my current shooting situation it just doesn't really make sense to reload. I shoot maybe 2k 9mm and 1K 5.56, 5-10K .22lr, and maybe 100-150 12 gauge a year.
Hoping in the next year I'll have more funds to put towards stocking, but it's already enough of a struggle to shoot what I currently use.
If I shot more expensive stuff or lived in an area with more than 400 yards uninterrupted by woods I'd reload.
I have saved nearly all my brass for at least a few years though, probably 30 or so pounds in a shoebox, if I do ever get equipment.
I do have a solid casting setup if I wanted to do 9mm, but currently I wouldn't save money casting/loading 9mm if I paid myself $20 an hour and try to pay off the equipment.
Machining up some tungsten core .30 or 6.5 projectiles would be pretty sweet though, definitely can't get that stuff in a box
I wish I hand loaded. I am so picky with velocity out of 556, and so many 223 loads are watered down. Like I want a 55 grain Speer gold dot or federal fusion moving 3250 out of my 20 inch, but it’s going like 2700 factory (if I recall correctly, don’t quote me on that). I’ve seen people hand load federal fusion at 3200 fps and that bullet is absolutely insane.
Would be interested in a video about what kind of spare parts do I need to have stocked back. As far as handguns and rifles in particular. What kind of stuff may need replacing at a certain round count.
Actually a video on rifle and handguns goes live in a couple weeks
Been waiting for this video
Love my 750, mostly load pistol ammo for matches but also 223 for 2 gun and rifle matches. But I may start loading HP and effective rifle ammo.
I would also recommend watching Hornady's "Your Groups Are Too Small" to understand the amount of testing required to actually develop a custom load for a specific rifle.
Yep there's like 7 podcasts that'll really warp folks perception of accuracy
Starting Hand Loading in late 2023 made over 2,000 rounds.
Started hand loading hoping to save a buck or two, now I just playing around with it. Seeing what works, and when I have 500, rounds of a projectile that doesn't work, finding a way to make it work.
No more factory seconds for me.
Enjoyed hanging out.
Thanks for coming
Love your channel man. I would be interested in a cloning video of blackhills mark 262 77 gr. Sierra matching. Or even the particulars of how you load person self defense rifle ammo.
Johnny’s reloading bench did a whole series on mk262
yes he did we were doing it at the same time which was kinda neat because you could really see the difference between barrel companies I also developed using rhe same WOA barrel he was running in one of the guns
If I do that it may be on a patreon video because I'm a little sketched out putting data out on the UA-cam
I’ve started stocking up on the aac 77 grain otms. I know the price will go back up eventually but for 11 bucks a box, not too shabby.
How is it?
@@jcdenton4847 I’ve not tested at an outdoor range or gel tested yet as I don’t have access to that in my immediate area but want to shortly. Have heard good enough things about them to start the stocking process. I’ve used other aac ammo in my 300 and they cycle nicely and relatively low in killing your with shitty gases lol
@vitaminme4203 thought about getting few boxes for mainly just target shooting out at further distances see how my rifle likes em since they're on cheaper side but havnt looked much into aac ammo. Thanks. Made mistake of getting 1000 rnds of golden tiger 223 and the primers hardly go off in my ar after getting enhanced trigger spring or even my 556 ak so never by bulk again before testing lol
I think that I am well stocked on 5.56/.223, pistol, and shotgun ammo. I prefer store bought ammo, but I do buy new brass that can be reloaded.
First, I have to correct you on one thing. The President cannot dictate to private companies to stop making/selling ammo. He is violating the Second Amendment, and Congress would not allow this. I do agree on reloading. I have been harping about this for years.
are you referring to Lake City? If so that's a government production facility own by the government and contractually run by private companies. Federal ran it for years and now winchester does so he can shut down civilian sales of seconds or surplus as they're not a owner of the lake city plant
Just because they're allowed to doesn't mean it won't happen....
Interesting I really want to get into this and doing a business of making ammo. I want to know would certain measurements from other data books work together for example using a 556 round with a mix of a hornandy and winchester book to make a better 556 round ? Also what's your view on monolithic rounds ?
I shoot .65 inch groups at a 100 yards out of my 18 inch CHF barrel. Im using mixed brass , shooters world powder and version 2 55 grain bullets from everglades.
I have some dog town and barnes 52gr otfb and they are scary the 52gr over ar comp print consistent .36ish groups from one gun at 100
Nice! I recognize Heartland in the intro. Just few miles north of my house. How is it since Hornady took over management?
Indeed it is Heartland. The guy that took over running it is a close friend and former sheriff not to mention a phenomenal handgunner. He is an incredible person, and a real shooter if anything heartland is about to be better than ever. If you go see him tell him Freedom says hey and ask him to play with one of his Staccatos.
@@unclefreedom213ha! Tom. I went to high school with the guy. Good dude.
@@patriotsheepdog I love that guy even though he stomps my ass on the pistol range
I want to build consistent quality ammo with off the shelf manufactured quality. HOW?
Different brands of Brass weigh different and even within the same brand. I group LC Brass in 1/2 gn lots. Starline is heavier less case volume and changed the load drastically on my mk262 load
Were you using Starline 5.56 or .223?
Oh yeah though I will say my last 1000 pieces of starline have been much better
I have 223 from 5-6 years ago
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What do you think about TMK’s bs SMK’s for defensive ammo?
They work they are inconsistent in the manner in which they deliver that terminal performance which is a function of the round design. They deliver consistent terminal effects but deliver that consistent terminal in an inconsistent depth or penetration. As long as you understand that they are hard to beat if toure not shooting through barriers
What kind of magazine do you guys use for big 5.56 pills? Pmags do not like long bois. I live in Maryland so magazine are a hassle I don’t want to experiment
Ammosc . com or ASC magazines Stainless steel 20 round mags they have a slightly longer internal dimension because of how thin the stainless is compared to aluminum or mags polymer
Nice tatt!!! /G\
It's fun to see some of the comments about it. I'm always like we'll I know you're not a member lol. I love when they tell me I'm a member of a secret society lol like man we're the absolute worst secret society in history seeing how everyone knows about it.
@@unclefreedom213 We're taking over the world one ham dinner at a time. LOL
@@bones6258 😆 😂 😆 😂
@bones6258 what's crazy is the same folks love Shriners........ like bruh we're the same thing lol
Way too much work. It’s far easier to run to the store, order off of the internet, and get bullets in hand. Good enough is perfect. Hit target at 300 center mass vs hit target at 300 center mass pinpoint of where your aiming. Dead is dead and a hit is a hit. I’ve dealt with squibs from my buddies rifle, and his hand loads. I’ve never had one from the factory.
I bought some Scorpio 223 a thousand round case and am disappointed. I couldn’t tell if it’s annealed and it was wildly inaccurate. Once reloaded, with anything it was majority sub moa