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Reloading worth it?

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Just shot the hell out of my new LMT 5.56
What a blast
So now the question of $$ comes into play?
Does it pay to reload
BTW I just picked up a DPMS .308 as well
 
Re: Reloading worth it?

If you are doing it to save money, nope you will not save any money. As a matter of fact, your ammo cost might even go up.
 
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It really depeneds on if you want to just reload to save or if you want to reload to shoot more accurate/consistent and precise.
 
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I started reloading to save money, and have since gotten more into it as I enjoy it as a separate but related hobby.

It made it much more fun when I quit trying to do it cheap, and bought good tools, and separate presses, a progressive for pistol and single stage for rifle.
 
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Your cost/round goes down. Save money? Probably not. You'll just shoot more.
 
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My reloading rule-of-thumb is that my reloads cost me between 25% and 50% of what any factory brass cased ammo costs, whether it's plinking rounds, match ammo, or premium hunting ammo.


Save money? Probably not.

Shoot 3 or 4 times as much? Absolutely.
 
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you can reload for one third the cost and make better ammo so you can shoot two thirds moor
 
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If your talking to the wife........ Saving money absolutely!! The rest of us that know better.... shoot 4X as much. LOL!
 
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Robot Doc</div><div class="ubbcode-body">If your talking to the wife........ Saving money absolutely!! The rest of us that know better.... shoot 4X as much. LOL! </div></div>

"Honey, what are these charges to someone named Doug Giraud in Texas?"

"Savin' money babe."

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if you don't factor in the equipment costs and your time, than it saves money. If you enjoy doing it and treat it like a hobby (like most of us do) than it is worth it. You can definitely make better ammo than factory bought, and customize your loads to your liking. The longer you reload the more money it saves you.

I reload because it allows me to shoot 2-3x as much for the same cost as one time buying manufactured.
 
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It's barely worth loading 223 carbine ammo. Brass 223 ammo can be had for less than 30¢ each. If you don't reload, just use Wolf steel case, and its much less.

It's barely worth loading precision 308 ammo, when you can get FGMM 175 for $19/box...
 
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: turbo54</div><div class="ubbcode-body">It's barely worth loading 223 carbine ammo. Brass 223 ammo can be had for less than 30¢ each. If you don't reload, just use Wolf steel case, and its much less.

It's barely worth loading precision 308 ammo, when you can get FGMM 175 for $19/box... </div></div>

Turbo, where are you getting FGMM for $19 a box? I haven't seen it for that price for about 10 years, at least where you don't pay shipping. More like $30-$33 for most people.

Ok, to the OP everyone else was right on. You get to shoot a lot more than you would. With a great deal on components though, and with a progressive press I have payed off my whole press and loading setup within 1000 rounds of precision .308 plus some 223 and a lot of pistol.

After paying it off I am saving a lot more and I really enjoy it. The best will be having some new loads custom tailored to my several .308 rifles and then stocking a BUNCH of them.
 
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On a per round basis, a reloaded rifle round is certainly cheaper. For .308, you save about $.50 a round. As far as equipment goes, you can certainly purchase equipment that will make your payback period last forever... like a Prometheus "thrower", custom dies, a Giraud trimmer, etc, etc.

You can save money, but if you go after accuracy and efficiency, you might not.

Compare that to pistol ammo. A purchased pistol round costs about $.40 a round. A handloaded round costs about $.10 a round. The payback period, even on a Dillon press with all the works is very fast.

I handload rifle for accuracy. I handload pistol for economics. You could certainly reload rifle for economics... it takes quite a few rounds to get payback on the equipment, but you will eventually pay yourself back if you don't go crazy.
 
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Depends on what you shoot. If you shoot Black Hills 77 grain match ammo yes you can save money. If you shoot XM193, no.

Currently I'm loading 77 gn Sierras at 32 cents a round, 96 cents a round for new BHA and 74 cents a round for BHA Remanufactured.

$330 for components to make a thousand rounds.

As for the time involved, if you are not getting paid for your time your there's no expense. I see people try to claim it's not worth their time to reload but then they'll watch TV or post and not worry that "cost". (johnsta, this isn't at you, there are some posters who say they make too much per hour to reload. Unless you are taking paid time off to reload it doesn't count.) I'd say less than 25 hours to load a thousand rounds spread out over a couple of weeks. Half of that is in the living room sitting on my couch still watching TV.

I maintain that you can pay off your equipment in a thousand rounds of rifle ammo and have guality ammo to match your rifle. Most of us reload as a hobby also so we end up buying more equipment and end up spending any future savings.
 
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Gunsnjeeps</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Depends on what you shoot. If you shoot Black Hills 77 grain match ammo yes you can save money. If you shoot XM193, no.

Currently I'm loading 77 gn Sierras at 32 cents a round, 96 cents a round for new BHA and 74 cents a round for BHA Remanufactured.

$330 for components to make a thousand rounds.

As for the time involved, if you are not getting paid for your time your there's no expense. I see people try to claim it's not worth their time to reload but then they'll watch TV or post and not worry that "cost". (johnsta, this isn't at you, there are some posters who say they make too much per hour to reload. Unless you are taking paid time off to reload it doesn't count.) I'd say less than 25 hours to load a thousand rounds spread out over a couple of weeks. Half of that is in the living room sitting on my couch still watching TV.

I maintain that you can pay off your equipment in a thousand rounds of rifle ammo and have guality ammo to match your rifle. Most of us reload as a hobby also so we end up buying more equipment and end up spending any future savings. </div></div>

I agree with you Gunsnjeeps, on .223. I was replying to the comment above though about it almost not being worth reloading for 308 precision. You can save even more with 308 than with 223.

I have not reloaded a TON of 223 though, as I am lucky to have an AR that shoots even non-match commercial ammo between 1/2 and 3/4 MOA on average.
 
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To me, reloading is taking your shooting to the next level. Its more than cracking a seal on a box and squeezing the trigger. You are more involved how your rifle shoots, you are in control of the velocity, you are the quality control and you collect the data.

Sure, rolling up a box of FGMM clones for $8 a box is a benefit, but shrinking a group by 1 moa is more rewarding.

Sure there are times when you just want to plink, so a box of HSM or other cheapos will do the trick.
 
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I might have saved some money when I just did it for hunting rifles. When I realized that 1moa wasn't going to cut it, it probably past the point of no return. I never in life thought I would care about measuring something to the .0001 and weighing to .02 grains...
 
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I haven't priced .308 this year but, last year to buy Blackhills loaded with 175 Sierras, it was 500/$722 or $1.44 each. To load your own brass the same round was 46 cents each.
 
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You will save money if you shoot in the same volume as you do now, but obviously that will change if you begin to shoot more, and if you reload, you WILL shoot more.

an example of the savings, I buy factory ammo for a wide assortment of calibers, and to get 40 rounds of lead free bullets for each of the rifles my family hunts with (30-06, 300 wsm, 270 and 7mm-08) costs me about $400 dollars here where I live. to make 40 rounds of for each (starting from scratch) would cost me about $120 for bullets, $90-100 for brass, $90 for powder and $35 for primers. that adds up to about $345 dollars, now that doesn't sound like I'm saving much, but keep in mind that I can reuse a lot of what I bought initially (brass, primers (box of 1000) and powder). On the second run, my only expense would be $120 for bullets again, whereas if I didn't reload, I would have to pay a full $400 dollars more for 40 more bullets for each caliber, thats where you start to see the savings in reloading, when you reuse the brass and buy in bulk.
 
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I'm still looking to save money by handloading. Hasn't happened yet.

But, am I a more knowledgeable shooter? Is my ammunition custom made for my rifle? Can I shoot loads that I cannot buy anywhere else? The answer those those and several more question is: yes. Therefore, it's worth it, even if my time counts for nothing. And, this is why I will not load for someone else, even as a favor. They couldn't afford me, and it's too much work, the way I do it. BB

There is an answer there, somewhere? To spell it out, you must enjoy it. You won't save money, I don't care who tells you otherwise.
 
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It's a labor of love, for sure. I had been looking for a more regular hobby than shooting - something I could do when I got home from work and reloading has filled that hole (much more rewarding than video games). I usually turn on some music or netflix or a baseball game and get lost in my reloading bench.

You have to have a lot of patience to reload. Brass prep is extremely tedious when you have been at it for 3 hours and you only have 150 prepped cases to your credit.

If you are reloading only to save money than I think you need a .22lr to supplement your other toys. You would only really save money if you shoot a lot of .45 or .38 pistol because when you handload you always end up shooting more.
 
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I shoot 77 SMK's, 300gr,230gr & 175gr Bergers,etc. Lapua brass and CCI primers in most cases.

Many don't do it for the money. It allows you to pick particular components and to fine tune the round to your rifle's caracteristics and your needs.

Seating depth,powder type and charge,bullet selection,etc.

It's incredible how much shooters grow from reloading too.
 
Re: Reloading worth it?

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: verdugo60</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: turbo54</div><div class="ubbcode-body">It's barely worth loading 223 carbine ammo. Brass 223 ammo can be had for less than 30¢ each. If you don't reload, just use Wolf steel case, and its much less.

It's barely worth loading precision 308 ammo, when you can get FGMM 175 for $19/box... </div></div>

Turbo, where are you getting FGMM for $19 a box? I haven't seen it for that price for about 10 years, at least where you don't pay shipping. More like $30-$33 for most people.

Ok, to the OP everyone else was right on. You get to shoot a lot more than you would. With a great deal on components though, and with a progressive press I have payed off my whole press and loading setup within 1000 rounds of precision .308 plus some 223 and a lot of pistol.

After paying it off I am saving a lot more and I really enjoy it. The best will be having some new loads custom tailored to my several .308 rifles and then stocking a BUNCH of them. </div></div>

The Cabelas in Dundee Michigan carries the FGMM 175 7.62x51 for $18.99/box. There IS a difference between the FGMM 175 308Win and 7.62x51, though I don't know what it is. I can say the 7.62x51 stuff will shoot into one tattered hole @ 200 yards from my friend's Les Baer 308 AR.
 
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Reloading precision ammo will save you money. Lots of money, not just that but your loads will produce even more accurate rounds than the factory.

For plinking ammo, it's not worth it. True reload time for rifle is 10 hours+ per 1000 rounds (using Giruad Trimmer, Dillon Swager, and a progressive press). Rifle reloading is a pain because of the case prep that is involved. If you do not count the brass, and you price out the latest component prices from Powder Valley, you will see your reloaded per round cost will cost you almost the same price as Wolf (not counting the price of cases). If you factor in the brass price, it might be even more.

True reload time for pistol is about 3 hours per 1000 on a progressive press. No case prep involved in pistol. .45 factory ammo is about $350 per 1000. You can reload .45 it for 15 cents a round. So for pistol it is worth it.

The longer you stay in the game, the more you will spend on reloading equipment. Customizing your reloading set up is a never ending game. Getting "match dies", shooting a new caliber, or adding an extra progressive press all costs money.

I really truly believe you do not save any money reloading. Heck, you might even spend more. Even if the equipment costs nothing, you still have to ask yourself "how valuable is your time?" For me Reloading is a hobby and nothing more. To me hobbies are suppose to cost time and money. I do NOT reload to save time or save money. I do it because I enjoy the hobby, and I like knowing that I am taking my shooting hobby to another level.
 
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 1SMALLJOHNSON</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I have run numbers for 9mm, .45, .223, .308 and 12 gauge. When you take into account shipping costs (Hazmat fees, drop ship fees, regular shipping)... or paying retail for reloading components at a local mom-n-pop, the numbers don't add up. Makes no economic sense to reload.

However, if you live near a distributor and they sell to the public, then the value's there.

Example: If you buy 55 grain projectiles, powder and primers at retail pricing for .223, you'll save about $1.00 per 20 rounds over "off the shelf" Walmart ammo. Is that worth your time?

So, why do we reload? We do it because it's more convenient to make good ammo than try and find it on the shelves. We do it because we KNOW we can make good, accurate, repeatable product, from our own hands.

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If you only buy enough components to make 20 round this might be true.

This is my cost for .45

I order lead bullets from missouribulletcompany.com

$43/500 and $13 flat rate shipping. $99 for 1k.
Primers $30
Brass - Free pick it up at the range (or buy it..$10/100 once fired)
Powder - $23 per pound

Run the numbers in my nifty Droid Reloading Cost Calculator. This turns out to be $ .14 a round or $7.14 a box of 50. Where are you buying 45 ACP for that price? Even if you buy brass at $10 per 100 you will be at $12.14/50 the first time you use the brass then you are back to $7/50 after. .45 ACP is $20 a box around here.

My .308?

178 AMAX $30/100
Once fired Brass $100/500
Powder $140/8 pounds
Primers $30/1000

$.64 per round
$64.25 per hundred!!!!

Again if you factor in you get more than one shot out of a piece of a brass it's cheaper still. There's no way you can buy ammo at these prices. And I buy almost everything locally. If I got together with some friends and bulk ordered a crap ton of powder and primers the price would go down even more.

I won't factor in people's time. That's different for everyone and is only relative to the individual.

Maybe I'm missing something but that's pretty damn cheap shooting to me.

Like I said in my first post. I don't save any money. I just shoot a LOT more!





 
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Now, the previous post starts like this:

"Reloading precision ammo will save you money. Lots of money"

and concludes with this:

"I really truly believe you do not save any money reloading"

...which really sums it up. There are many qualifiers but the bottom line is, if you think you will begin handloading to save money, reality will eventually sink in.

YES YOU CAN, AND NO YOU WON'T.
BB
 
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: BuzzBoss915</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Now, the previous post starts like this:

"Reloading precision ammo will save you money. Lots of money"

and concludes with this:

"I really truly believe you do not save any money reloading"

...which really sums it up. There are many qualifiers but the bottom line is, if you think you will begin handloading to save money, reality will eventually sink in.

YES YOU CAN, AND NO YOU WON'T.
BB

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Yeah man! Reality sucks!

LOL, also I should have clarified. Yes you will save money per round, but "overall" you will NOT save any money because you end up spending more
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Another thing, accuracy gains costs money. I see guys paying $4000 for a custom rifle yet they shoot factory ammo at $1.50 per round
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. Why pay so much for a gun and NOT reload? Reloading fireform brass is one of the single biggest accuracy gains you can make to your gun. Not just that, but your reloads will only cost about 50 cents per round instead of $1.50
 
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Oops! I didn't add the $$ amount in my fancy calculator for the .308 calculations. I'll fix that now. Should be $64/100 vice $34/100. Still $13 a box.
 
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Prices are rounded estimates from Midway, but thats not to say you cant get it better elsewhere. Components are for my 30-06 100 match rounds.

100 pcs Winchester brass/ $46
100 Federal GMM Primers/ 4.00
100 Sierra MK 175gr/ 30.00
1 lb H4350 powder/ 24.00
Total= $104 (around about)

It takes me about 2-3 hours to load up it all.

Looking at average prices of similar loaded ammunition.
$93 for 100 rounds of the really cheap shit or $280 for the really high end stuff. You do the math.

If you want to load plinking rounds, just for something to shoot, then the cost difference is clear. Most high volume shooters load.

Also, you can usually get multiple reloads on brass, and a pound of powder can get me about 150 rounds. There are other means that make loading your own more economical. Buying components in bulk can save money too.


I look at it this way. I am going to shoot 1000 rounds. Whether I buy the stuff to make it, or I buy 20 at a time, or I load up 20 at a time, or whatever method suits your consience, I dunno about shooting more, but I am buying ammo less.
 
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Apparently, some people just don't get it?

Rather than adding up powder, primes and bullets, etc. you should factor in the case trimmer, the press, the dies and all the special tools required. You won't reach equilibrium until several years down the road. If ever? BB
 
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I can't factor in the price of your reloading tools. I could factor in mine, but that wouldn't be relevant to you. So I factored in the cost that are generally the same for everyone. Maybe I get it. Maybe I don't.
 
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Nor has time been mentioned, directly anyway.

If you love to reload, and enjoy it as a hobby/activity in and of itself, great. But as a means to an end (having ammo), it really adds up. Including ALL work associated with loading 20 rounds of rifle ammo, 30 minutes is a CONSERVATIVE estimate. I value my enjoyable freetime at twice my hourly labor rate. Even at $20/hour, that means labor costs for a box of ammo is AT LEAST $10.
 
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since I started reloading, my ammunition funds doubled and shooting quadrupled, that is including pistol and rifle cal.
 
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With factory .308 FGMM/Southwest/Black Hill ...etc, for ~$1 a round, my accuracy averages ~0.85 moa at 100yds.

With my .308 reloads using match components, for $0.58 a round, my accuracy averages ~0.4 moa at 100yds.

At 300yds, my reloads averages ~0.6 moa

moa averages are from at least 5 x 5 round groups.

Is reloading worth the efforts? It sure is for me!!
 
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Several months ago maybe more I priced out the break down for 308 for a friend who was just buying ammo to show him how it can save him cash.

I priced out a good reloading kit with dies and shell holder plus reloading components to reload 1000 rds (only 100 casings) Then compared it to Federal 175gr match. It only took 780rds before you were at the same cost with buying a reloading kit. Then for shits and giggles I figured it out with a new Winchester casing for each shot and at shot 1233 they were equal. So now you have all your reloading kit plus reloading knowledge and 1233 spent casings. If you were just buying factory ammo you just have 1233 empty casings and no reloading kit or reloading knowledge.
 
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I don't think anybody said reloading was not worth the effort. But don't kid yourself about saving money. I don't do it to save money, and I couldn't do it for $10 an hour.

I load 357, 38spl, 44Mag and 45ACP. The revolver loads are cheaper, if I had a progressive it would be a lot faster too. But, I have to buy factory 45's, save what I can and reload them but don't waste my time until I have at least 700 saved up. And, that's the problem. Try as I might, I only recover 75%, on a good day. So, 45 is not very economical because of the attrition. I imagine gas guns and 308's are in the same boat? Therefore the thrift angle loses credibility when your brass is thrown all over the range. Where I shoot, it's a private range behind a locked gate and on any given day, I can police up my brass pretty good, without interference. but I assume those that shoot at public facilities, and have to put up with line breaks, etc. will not have the same opportunities. And, they lose valuable (fireformed) cases. Those are the only conditions that I can think of where you might save a little money over factory ammo and that's if you selectively add up the costs without considering the capital outlay. And, capital outlay is not static. You keep buying shit, like....(wait for this)

Stainless steel ultra polishing equipment and other stuff that is totally unnecessary. lol
BB
 
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Hobbies are never worth it.
You have to want to do it.

Rather than build rifles and load ammo, it would be cheaper for me to buy a factory rifle and buy factory ammo and shoot a deer.

Even cheaper, I could just buy meat at the grocery store.
 
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Jacklulu</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Just shot the hell out of my new LMT 5.56
What a blast
So now the question of $$ comes into play?
Does it pay to reload
BTW I just picked up a DPMS .308 as well </div></div>

By the time you have loaded up your 600th round on your new press and other reloading tools, you will have paid for everything. From then on, you will be loading at 40%-odd of factory costs.

But I would caution you that you will not save money--you will shoot more, just don't expect to save any money.
 
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 1SMALLJOHNSON</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I have run numbers for 9mm, .45, .223, .308 and 12 gauge. When you take into account shipping costs (Hazmat fees, drop ship fees, regular shipping)... or paying retail for reloading components at a local mom-n-pop, the numbers don't add up. Makes no economic sense to reload.
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Compared to Federal American Eagle, my reloads are far far cheaper for 45 ACP and a bit more accurate. As a matter of a fact, I got my Dillon 650 XL for Christmas and I am darned close to paying it off, which includes the dies. The break-even point is about 5,500 rounds. For pistol, that is really not a lot.

BUT... yes, you have to be smart and buy the primers and powder at the same time to reduce the HAZMAT fee and you have to consolidate vendors to reduce shipping, but it can be done and done for cheaper. Also, I am using LSWC as opposed to the hardball, which is a jacketed bullet and more expensive.

There aren't a lot of manufacturers who do LSWC. All I can say is that I am saving money and if you say you are running the numbers, I would like to see them.

I get (including shipping and taxes)...
$.088 for the bullet
$.008675 for the powder
$.031 for the primer

For brass, I am calling that free because I am using the old American Eagle brass and I pick up stuff at the range (something I don't do with rifle brass).

This comes to $.128 per loaded round. I dare you to find a source for 45 ACP even close to that. American Eagle is $.40-ish a round if you buy by the case. The savings is dramatic... but you have to be shooting thousands of rounds in a year, which I do easily.

For those who are low volume shooters, of course, reloading makes no sense. But that is kind of a given.
 
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: BuzzBoss915</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
I load 357, 38spl, 44Mag and 45ACP. The revolver loads are cheaper, if I had a progressive it would be a lot faster too. But, I have to buy factory 45's, save what I can and reload them but don't waste my time until I have at least 700 saved up.</div></div>

If I didn't have a progressive, I would not reload for pistol. My time is way more valuable than that. I can churn out 500 in less than a couple of hours with my Dillon. I have to supplement my rifle reloading because it takes me so damn long, but never pistol.

You can scrounge for range brass for pistol. I used to have a low recovery rate until I started doing that. Now my brass collection is growing. I am even picky about which headstamp I pick up. And I consider that anal.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: BuzzBoss915</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
Stainless steel ultra polishing equipment and other stuff that is totally unnecessary. lol
BB </div></div>

Really?
 
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I've bought so much reloading stuff that no, it's definitely not cheaper. It is however a great hobby that I enjoy if I can't break away to make it to the range and can only go downstairs.

It's a great hobby and you can definitely reach a level of zen while doing it because you have to think so much about what you're doing you don't have time to think about other things.

So, unless you can keep from buying all the expensive gadgets and getting completely anal about it, you will not save money or likely even break even for a long long time.
 
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Absolutely worth it. How it actually becomes worth it is up to you. You can make it worth it in absolute $$ saved, you can make it worth it in value for the $$, you can make it worth it in increased enjoyment of your hobbies. If you shoot enough you might even make all 3 come true.
 
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OP,

Here's the rundown:
1. Reloading saves you money. The amount of money saved depends on the what you are reloading for, and also the type of firearm you are reloading for. Relaoding .45ACP Pistol will save you more than doing so for 9mm, reloading .308 will save you more than for .223/556, etc. You can't save money reloading for shotguns.

2. Even with purchasing the top shelf items such as Giraud trimmer, and progressive presses, you WILL still save money. The payback period is longer if you buy top shelf items, but You will save money.

3. Because of the money you have saved, you will shoot more. Most people, will shoot so much more that they end up spending more money on shooting.

4. Your free time is NOT worth anything. Let me repeat that YOUR FREE TIME IS NOT WORTH ANYTHING. To all those people here who say "my time is worth $X or $y/hr," I say Bullshit! Nobody will pay you to watch bachelorette, American Idol, play guitar hero, or do anything you feel is "worth your time". If you dint waste your time reloading, you'll find someother way to piss it away.

5. If you wanna spend the same amount of money or a little bit more to shoot 2-4times as much, then by all means become a reloader.

Best
 
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Tx_Flyboy</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> Your free time is NOT worth anything. Let me repeat that YOUR FREE TIME IS NOT WORTH ANYTHING. To all those people here who say "my time is worth $X or $y/hr," I say Bullshit! Nobody will pay you to watch bachelorette, American Idol, play guitar hero, or do anything you feel is "worth your time". If you dint waste your time reloading, you'll find some other way to piss it away.</div></div>

This is the best quote I have seen on here in awhile! I also agree with the sentiment that you will shoot more when you start to reload. I like to think of it this way, the more I shoot the more I spread out the cost of the equipment per shot!
 
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: DCR</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Your cost/round goes down. Save money? Probably not. You'll just shoot more.</div></div>
Thats no shit, best side hobby I ever started.
 
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Jacklulu</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Just shot the hell out of my new LMT 5.56
What a blast
So now the question of $$ comes into play?
Does it pay to reload
BTW I just picked up a DPMS .308 as well</div></div>
Box of remmington 250 scenars $124.99 (20 rounds)for 338 Lapua. Price per shot about $6.25, reloading pricless.
 
Re: Reloading worth it?

I dont reload, but here is food for thought.... You guys are counting how many rounds you need to break even with reloading equipment costs, but thats really a faulty premise. The only thing money is good for is buying stuff you need, so when your asking how much something costs, as long as you have the money, the most important cost is loss of value. For example, if you take your $100 and buy a block of gold with it, did you just spend money? You now have $100 dollars worth of gold, and really the same value in your possession. Sell that gold for $100 and your back to square one. Unfortunately most things lose value once used. BUT I have seen that in the shooting world, that loss is minimal. I've noticed shooting things never lose more than 25% of their new value.

SO, What you should be calculating is how long it will take to recoup diminished value. So if you spend $1000 on a reloading setup, and you see used ones easily sell for $800, then you should be calculating how many rounds you have to load to save $200. This is since you still have that $800, just in a different medium.

Clear as mud? figured I would throw that out there, and probably confuse half of you all.
 
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