How much will reloading save me? How long before it pays off?

If you are thinking of starting reloading simply to save money I would not bother.I started loading over 50 years ago and the reason I started was I thought it was so interesting and you could customize you rounds.Still interested
 
I remember asking this question, with some answering you did not save anything, while other said you would save 50% or more. Then one sagacious soul told me the truth: You don't save any money, but you do get to shoot twice as much. :D

All levity aside, thanks for sharing that with us, ATOM
 
uberkermit said:
I remember asking this question, with some answering you did not save anything, while other said you would save 50% or more. Then one sagacious soul told me the truth: You don't save any money, but you do get to shoot twice as much. :D

All levity aside, thanks for sharing that with us, ATOM
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Yup, this be the point of reloading, yous does get to shoot more.

PS: you coulda just said "keen" or "discerning", this would be a good example of sesquipedalian loquaciousness...see I's to can use google :)
 
mdragon9 said:
Yup, this be the point of reloading, yous does get to shoot more.

PS: you coulda just said "keen" or "discerning", this would be a good example of sesquipedalian loquaciousness...see I's to can use google :)
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I've been itching to use the word sagacious for a while. Opportunity knocked. :p
 
I allways found reloading to be like getting married.What you paid for dates goes for something else and with reloading what you save per round just goes for more rounds.
 
LOL on saving money!

I thought the same thing when I started.

Just took a quick inventory of my supplies.
51 sets of dies
131 lbs of powder
41k of primers.

That buys a lot of ammo.

But then again have you seen what they want for a box of factory 416 Rem Mag?

I'm saving money I tell ya! ;)
 
131 pounds of powder is a bit insane ;)

lol for the saving money with reloading. You will spend money reloading, trust me.
It's hobby... it's fun, but it costs money.
I like it, it,s worth my money.

Personally I am a bit nuts about case prep. cleaning, trim, debur, anneal, polish, bla bla...
 
Pickles said:
LOL on saving money!

I thought the same thing when I started.

Just took a quick inventory of my supplies.
51 sets of dies
131 lbs of powder
41k of primers.

That buys a lot of ammo.

But then again have you seen what they want for a box of factory 416 Rem Mag?

I'm saving money I tell ya! ;)
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You're clearly out of control............. now for the fellow that no longer wishes to pay $47 for a box of 20 WSM rounds or the guy who has found the farmer with the never ending gopher patch and wants to shoot a bunch of hornet or 222 or 204 reloading is the only way to fly, unless of course you can easily afford retail pricing for factory ammo. FS
 
Avalonthas said:
The bigger and more uncommon the cartridge the more the savings
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Bingo.
If someone shot 243/308/30-06 then I think factory ammo would be fine.

Last time I looked I didn't see any factory ammo in 222 Rem Mag or 250 Ackley.

It's a necessity if you shoot the oddball stuff.
 
+- worth it if you shoot medium amounts of common stuff. (223, 308, 300 win mag).
Worth it alot of you shoot rare stuff.
My father in law has a 308 norma magnum, 100$ for 20 rounds locally.... 5$ a pop. better reload for 60-70 cents...
 
Ok true story. Been reloading over 40 years got out of rifle 12 years ago and sold off the stuff.
Got pissed off 2 years ago when I could not find any 280 or 260 rounds and paid 70.00 shipping for a couple of boxes out west. So said I am going to reload rifle again in 223, 243, 260 and 280.
Remember now I had scales etc from shotgun reloading.
Well today I am reloading rifle again and spent about 2300.00, I could have paid for a hell of a lot of shipping of factory boxes with 2300 so I will probally be dead before it pays me back but it is not about that. I can produce what I want , when I want and as many as I need over night. That is worth it for me. Good luck
 
trebor2880 said:
I started reloading to save money and it just ended up being another firearms related addiction.:)
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Amen to that!!It didn't take very long after I starting rolling my own to realise this was an activity that was here to stay.I've never looked back and I can honestly say that I enjoy handloading every bit as much,and possibly more at times,than shooting although in my opinion the two are tied to the hip.There are lots of occasions when I can't seem to be able to get any shooting in but I balance that out by spending some quality time at my loading bench.An addiction,oh yeah,but it's one that I won't be kicking anytime soon.
 
When I started reloading , stuff like the Federal Premium factory offerings were just new on the market. And at the time, in trying them, they were accurate, but way below published velocities in my gun at least, 200fps below on the 338wm. So, that was the original reason for gettiing into it, being able to use good bullets, and being able to get decent velocities. Then, as I went to gun shows, I saw guns in strange cartridges, like 300Rook or 450/400ne, that you either could not buy ammo for, or was very expensive.
Reloading gave me the ability to buy those guns and shoot them. The only question I ask myself now, when looking at something that turns my crank at a gun show, is where is the brass?, where are the dies?, do I need/want a new mould for bullets?
Reloading didn't save me a cent, it just upped the ante on what guns I could buy.
 
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