My dad and I have had the Hornady LNL for a few months now. After a small learning curve and some tinkering it's running very well now. I think I finally have this machine down. For pistol anyway. I shot the Central Jersey Steel match today. Last night I made up about 250 of the round I worked up for my Beretta 92. I used some info from Brian Enos forums and a chrono. For the gun games guys these make a power factor of approx 132. I gotta say it made shooting an even more pleasure than usual. What a difference between factory rounds and these. So much softer shooting, less muzzle flip, and less recoil. No squibs either. (Prob jinxed myself there).

 

In my squad of approx 12 guys there were only 3 of us reloaders. It's funny how so many guys will go out and spend over 200 bucks for a case of 1000 9mm but think the initial price of buying a reloader is expensive. A guy was telling me how he has shot reloads and they sucked. Also that he got his case of 1000 9mm for 229 so he doesn't think reloading will save money. I have been cranking out 9mm for 6.25 for 50 rounds. Granted I use once fired brass but at these matches its everywhere! Whatever, more brass for me.

 

If you guys shoot even a few hundred rounds a month a reloader setup will pay for itself in no time. I'm no pro yet but if anyone has any questions I'll try to answer them. If you are on the fence about reloading just send me a PM or PM any of the other guys who reload. I am sure everyone will give you rave reviews and good info. Seriously though, what a difference in shooting these vs regular factory ammo.

+1 Reloading is awesome! I buy all my reloading materials in bulk too, which saves me even more money. I've got enough primers, powder and bullets to last me a looooong time. Anytime I need more ammo, all I need to do is to spend a couple of hours at my reloading press. Like you said, the ammo is so much better than factory loads... Soft shooting, accurate and just a pleasure to shoot.

I have a full blown addiction. Wait till you get into rifle and doing caliber conversions. I am now loading up some 8mm mauser that I converted from 30-06 cases. Its a lot of fun finding what calibers you can make from another caliber. YAY! I like it because when I am off for 3 weeks straight I am always looking for something to do. When I'm bored I head down and load something up