So here is my question -
I have a deer rifle in .270 Win. Haven't had the chance to use it yet because of a couple of factors (first being we live in a no rifle caliber state, second, as much as I would love to go deer hunting, never done it before and don't have a mentor. I HAVE shot the gun though ). There are plenty of options for purchasing rifle ammunition in stores (well, at least Cabela's, Gander, etc., most of the smaller gun shops have not had the variety if they carry it at all).
For the hunters who use rifles (obviously in other states), how many rounds do you typically run through in a year? If you don't have any of the equipment to reload yet, is it worth the investment (especially since I don't see a whole lot of bulk buys on .270 brass or bullets on INGO)? I'm not sure how many weekends I'll be able to go shoot (not a whole of reasonable open-to-the-public options within 30-45 of NW Indy, if there are any at all), so my number of rounds probably wouldn't be higher than average.
Would the best option to supply the materials and let someone else load for me (i.e. I buy the brass, bullets, pay loader for powder/primers and labor costs to load)?
Also shoot 9mm, would rather work on checkering skills than reload thousands of rounds per year, so I probably won't need to scale up to a turret or anything.
I have a deer rifle in .270 Win. Haven't had the chance to use it yet because of a couple of factors (first being we live in a no rifle caliber state, second, as much as I would love to go deer hunting, never done it before and don't have a mentor. I HAVE shot the gun though ). There are plenty of options for purchasing rifle ammunition in stores (well, at least Cabela's, Gander, etc., most of the smaller gun shops have not had the variety if they carry it at all).
For the hunters who use rifles (obviously in other states), how many rounds do you typically run through in a year? If you don't have any of the equipment to reload yet, is it worth the investment (especially since I don't see a whole lot of bulk buys on .270 brass or bullets on INGO)? I'm not sure how many weekends I'll be able to go shoot (not a whole of reasonable open-to-the-public options within 30-45 of NW Indy, if there are any at all), so my number of rounds probably wouldn't be higher than average.
Would the best option to supply the materials and let someone else load for me (i.e. I buy the brass, bullets, pay loader for powder/primers and labor costs to load)?
Also shoot 9mm, would rather work on checkering skills than reload thousands of rounds per year, so I probably won't need to scale up to a turret or anything.