Guns, Dogs and Blades QnA

gzig5 said

Loading your own ammo will typically save quite a bit over the cost of the same loaded bullet in commercial form. BUT, you have to amortize the cost of the equipment and reused brass into the price over time. I don't care though. I also find it therapeutic, and being an engineer treat each load development as a DOE (Design of experiments), tweaking parameters to optimize the desired performance. Most of my long range ammo is loaded on a single stage and any high volume work gets developed on the single stage before it goes over to the progressive once I'm satisfied with it. Progressives are great, once they are dialed in.

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Well said!
I too do any precision work or experimentation on my single stage. And also any “odd” (38-55/45-70 etc) calibers. For me, and just my opinion, that no reloading bench is complete without a single stage. I guess you could argue a guy that shoots USPSA or something and only reloads 9mm for one pistol could get away with just a progressive? But man there is just no better day than having a box of ammo comprised of small runs of incrementally changing powder charge or bullet weight and spending the day shooting them all and analyzing the data to decide on a recipe. That is just plain fun! with All the recent technology advancement from manufacturers there has been a resurgence in precision rifle shooting across the board. It is regaining in popularity. that sport begs for creativity from the shooter to establish a load that works best for their individual rifle.