How many handload their deer ammo?

[ROVERBOY]

I've been a handloader since '87 and load, .30-06,.308,8mm Mauser,.30-30,.223,.357 Magnum,.38 Spl. .22-250, .30 M1 Carbine. Its more than I planned. A couple i load for a friend. I deer hunt with mostly a .308 and sometimes .30-06 and 8mm.

 

[East TN Hunter]

I have been for about 5 years.

 

[KPH]

I do that way I know they are what I need.

 

[Rackseeker]

I load for my .300 WM and 7mm-08

 

[mr.big]

I shoot custom tailored handloads in every firearm I use for everything,,except the rimfires of course.

 

[Deer Assassin]

I shoot custom tailored handloads in every firearm I use for everything,,except the rimfires of course.

ditto and shotguns

 

[EastTNHunter]

I handload for all of my rifles, save rimfire.

 

[FARMTOFIELD]

Handload for all my rifles just to save money and for my 10 gauge

 

[Kimberman]

I shoot custom tailored handloads in every firearm I use for everything,,except the rimfires of course.

Ditto except I don't load for my 32 Win Spcl. I have dies and brass, but I also have about 8 boxes of factory ammo for it as well.

 

[AllOutdoors]

I do.

 

[7mminatree]

Been handloading since 1974, Got several rifles that have never fired a single factory round. Every bolt gun I own will shoot sub MOA and if it don't and thats with bedding and trigger work and finding a good load, then I sell or trade them.

 

[GRAMPS]

I have been handloading my deer ammo since 1978. All my deer since then have been killed with handloads.

 

[bigtex]

I load all my ammo, .243, 260, 7-08, 30-30, .270, 30-06, 7mm Mag, and .38 and 357 mag. Never had a missfire [knock on wood] For me it just adds to the sport of hunting and my ammo always has out shot the factory stuff.

 

[Spikes Tactical]

I have just started handloading for rifle. I am loading 6.8 spc and 270 win.

Plan on hunting with my handloaded 270 win this year.

JP

 

[FULLDRAWXX75]

Haven't bought factory ammo in 15 yrs, rifle or shotshell
(with the exception of .22 lr)

FDXX75

 

[Model70Man]

Handload all of my ammo except my 460 S&W Mag.

 

[Hunter 257W]

I handload for everything no matter what the intended target is. But since my current deer rifle is a 257 Weatherby, I wouldn't consider factory loads because my bank won't loan me enough money to finance a box! It cost's nearly $30 a box to handload the Barnes TSX bullets on top of 73 grains of IMR 7828. Yeah, that's a ridiculously expensive bullet for deer but at those velocities, I figure I need it to not come apart on anything but a perfect broadside shot. Love that laser flat trajectory........

 

[Tiny]

I do

 

[Model70Man]

I do

Where have you been?

 

[PickettSFHunter]

Handload all deer ammo. Im about to work up a load for my Kimber .308.

 

[vonb]

Yup. However, plain ole Core-Lokts from Wal-Mart never let me down when deer hunting.

 

[DaveB]

Since 1984. 22-250 through 300 WIn Mag. No shotgun, no rimfire. Loaded for others-30-30, 270, 25-06, 300 Weatherby Magnum, 257 Weatherby mag. Loading for other people paid for my 'stuff'.

BTW, the reason I handload is Remmie core-lokts had (have?) some serious quality control issues. A zero'd Browning BBR was missing the entire target-falling short-and I lost total confidence.

 

[bjohnson]

I load for all my rifles.

 

[W.Seay]

No, my factory ammo shoots 1 hole 3 shot groups at 100 yards all day when I do my part.

 

[fairchaser]

All my rifles and some friends too. 243, 270, 300 win mag, 338 win mag.

 

[quigleysharps4570]

Load all my smokeless and blackpowder cartridges.

 

[WGK]

I do also started in 1976

 

[FARMTOFIELD]

No, my factory ammo shoots 1 hole 3 shot groups at 100 yards all day when I do my part.

Until you get a bad lot #...........

 

[Beekeeper]

I have loaded my own for about 15 years. .338 Win Mag, 30-06, .44 Mag, 6.5 X 55. .300 Mag and maybe some others that I can't recall right now.

 

[BigD_625]

Will when I get my man cave set up.