thankyou.... now i get to see if it like's being crimped or not.... and try some winchester primer's just for ####z&giggle's.....
this reloading thing is kinda fun.....
let me just break this down for anyone who's looking at getting into reloading as i have my recipt from WS handy....
$129.95 Lee Anniversary Kit
$29.99 Lee 3 Die Set
$4.99 Lee Case Length Gauge
$57.00 Digital Caliper (a caliper is a very important thing to remember!!!)
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$221.93 For the equipment
$25.99 1lb H414
$29.99 100 sierra 150gr spitzer's
$3.19 100 CCI LR Primer's
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$59.17 For the component's
The way i worked it out to justify it to myself is as follow's
$23.50 (approx) for winchester 180gr 20rnd box CXP-3 .303 ammo from wal-mart.... That's $1.17 Per Cartridge For Winchester Ammo
$60.92 Get's me 150 Sierra's, 150 LR Primer's, 1LB Powder (that's broken down of course by halfing the primer price and the bullet's to get to the 150rnd's i got from 1LB of powder)..... That's $0.40 Per Cartridge For Handloaded Ammo
In an easily understandable format that is 3 handload's to 1 store bought cartridge....
i shoot about 100rnd's a month (time permitting it's more)
$40 Per Month For Handload's
$115 Per Month For Store Bought
.....that work's out to....
$480 Worth Of Handload's Per Year
$1380 Worth Of Store Bought
That's a Saving's of $900 PER YEAR
The Equipment Cost Of $221.93 Is Recoverd In Just Over 3 Month's.....
And if you shoot at a range and reload a common caliber then you will probably never need to buy new brass.... even if you do.... $900 a year buy's a ton of brass.... this say's nothing of having tailor made load's for your gun and i'm sure other caliber's are more costly but do the math yourself and you might be surprised.
