[IMR 4350]

The only center fire rounds I shoot that I don't reload for is the .380 and shotguns.

I shoot some surplus in the .30-06, 8MM Mauser, and .308, but that's about it.

Everything is pretty much handloads and I'm looking to get back into casting my own handgun bullets since I shoot mostly cast anyway.

[Old Sarge]

I had a real education today. I stopped into a local gun shop, run by a retired vet who has training with the Vegas PD, and is an instructor for local LEO’s.

He stocks both factory loads and reloads of specific calibers, mainly .38, .308 and .40 for reloads; factory loads for everything else. He explained to me that .22LR can be reloaded, but there’s a point of diminishing returns on labor and investment. He strongly recommended buying bricks of factory load .22LR and be done with it.

On the subject of .22’s, I saw the Ruger .22 handgun with a retrofit red-dot sight that I might get for my girls, an AR-7 rifle for plinking, and for The Bride, a Mossberg .22 short-stock. All can draw off the same ammo pool.

Of course, my baby will most likely be a Mossberg 500 Zombie...