Choose Your
DownloadGet a digital revolver magazine when you sign up for our FREE email newsletters and store specials.
Don’t Be Fooled: Reloading Will Not Save Money (Book Giveaway)
Categories:: Blogs • Handguns • Inside Gun Digest Books Blog • Reloading • Reloading Data
Corrina Peterson | Apr 18, 2012 | Comments 187
Add to favorites** The giveaway has ended, but be sure to check the Inside Gun Digest Books blog often for more chances to win great Gun Digest books.**
It’s often said that reloading your own ammo will save money. Patrick Sweeney, Master Gunsmith and certified armorer instructor for police departments nationwide, has a different view of that idea. In Reloading for Handgunners, Sweeney says this:
One thing we have to get clear right away: you are not going to save money by reloading. Oh, don’t get me wrong, you will recoup your capital investments (whatever they may be, over whatever period of time you spend) but you will not save money. You will not save any for the simple reason that, if you are like the rest of us, any potential savings will be plowed right into shooting more.
That is, if your “ouch” limit on shooting fun for the weekend is $100 of ammo, you will spend up to the point it begins to hurt. With factory ammo, that could be 100 rounds. With reloads, it could be 1,000 rounds.
So why bother reloading? He goes on to say:
Why reload is simple: control. If you wish to shoot and you depend on factory ammunition, you are dependent on: 1) what the ammo companies make; 2) what the store stocks; and 3) what your budget can afford. If any of those three do not fit your needs or desires, you will have a less pleasurable experience at the range. If two fail, you might well not be shooting at all.
In addition to shooting more, reloading also allows you to shoot some firearms at all. There are firearms for which one cannot purchase ammunition, but for which ammunition can be loaded.
If you are interested in reloading for any of these reasons, Reloading for Handgunners can help you get started. In addition to the basics of brass, bullets, powder, primers and dies, the book includes chapters and reloading data for the following calibers:
Police departments do not reload. If you have an “in” you can quickly acquire a lifetime supply of brass.
- 9mm Parabellum
- 10mm
- .32 Auto
- .32 Revolvers – Short, Long, Magnum, .327 and .32-20
- .38 Special
- .38 Super
- .40 S&W
- .41 Magnum
- .44 Magnum
- .44 Special
- .45 ACP
- .45 Colt
- .357 Magnum
- .357 Sig
- .380 Auto
- .38-40
This week, we’re giving away a copy of Reloading for Handgunners. To enter the random drawing, just post a comment below telling us what cartridge you’d like to reload (or are already reloading). Or, you can just say you’d like to win the book.
Entries will be accepted until midnight Monday (April 23, 2012) and we’ll announce the winner Tuesday (April 24).
Good luck!
THE RULES
One entry per person, please.
Entries accepted until 11:59 pm Central Time Monday, Apr. 23, 2012.
Winner will be selected at random and announced Tuesday, Apr. 24, 2012.
F+W MEDIA/ GUN DIGEST Book Giveaway OFFICIAL RULES
No purchase necessary to enter or win.
A purchase will not increase your chances of winning.
Offered only to legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia (“U.S.”), aged 18 years or older.
1. ELIGIBILITY: Open to legal U.S. residents who are 18 years of age or older. Employees, officers and directors of F+W Media, Inc. (“Sponsor”), its subsidiaries, affiliates, advertising and
Pages: 1 2
Related Posts:
About the Author: Corrina Peterson manages book acquisitions and production at Gun Digest Books, the leading publisher of books covering everything there is to know about guns, ammo and knives. Corrina's interest in firearms began as the result of a close relationship with an M16 during active duty military service and went on to include trap shooting, upland bird hunting and wilderness elk hunting.
.45ACP, .45 Colt, .454 Casull, .50 S&W, .38/.357, 9mm, .380, .32′s. That’s one book that would really be useful
I load for six pistol calibers and one rifle caliber. There are a few more pistol calibers that I’d like to load for and they are in this book.
I’d like to have this book.
I need to reload .45 ACP because I can’t afford my habit!
I reload .45ACP to shoot and I have a growing stockpile. Also have reloaded .40S&W. Will soon be reloading .223/5.56.
Reloading is not only a way to save money, but also learn more about the caliber you shoot.
I shoot most handgun rounds and have reloaded 38,40,45,380 so far and will add more. Sign me up for the book!
I would be reloading 9mm & .40S&W
I’ve been reloading for all my weapons for the last 16+ years. It’s long list of pistol and rifle calibers. I have 5 different reloading manuals. Each one has added to my reloader knowledge base. I would like another reloading maual since all the others actually offered some info that the others did not.
Just purchased a handgun that uses .45 long colt. I am sure that the book will be very informative.
.45 Colt and win book
Just purchased a 1911 in 38 super. Ammo is not readily available in my area. Need to reload to insure adequate ammo supply. Also shhot 45 acp and 38 special. Interested in getting into competitive shooting.
I would love to have your book I reload for: 9mm, 40 S&W and 45 ACP pistols.
More abject ignorance from Sweeny who is too impressed with himself to realize people believe his words without reading into them. The fact is YOU WILL SAVE MONEY RELOADING if you are smart about it, Sweeny IMPLYS you will just shoot more and burn up the savings, but the horses backside has no clue how much shooting you do to begin with so ignore his “witless humor” and reload. it makes sense. The fact that this idior is given a forum for his uber ego which has been proven wrong way too often is why I dont subscripe to the paper version. I wont help add to his undeserved payroll.
38special for cowboy action
I have been thinking about getting started with reloading, and would start with the 9mm and .45acp. So, this book would come in verrrry handy for me to win
!
I love to reload .45ACP, followed by the .38 Special, because of the years of enjoyment they have provided me.
I would like to reload .40 S & W
Reloading is informative, rewarding and a great way to get in more shots! However, there are many lessons to be learned and this giveaway book will be most beneficial!!
I reload a long list of rifle,pistol and 12 ga shotgun shells. True I don’t save any money, but I shoot a lot more than if I wasn’t reloading.
Would love to reload 9mm for my glock…
I reload 44mag and would like to start reloading the 45
I have long agreed – Reloading just let’s me shoot more, for the same money! Would love a copy of the book.