BPCR reloading costs?

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Was reading through another forum (practicalmachinist) and a fellow there was complaining that it was costing him nearly $5 a round to shoot his .50-140. He said he was using Pyrodex CTG.

Seems a lot on the high side of things.

Granted, it's a bloody great big case, but $5/Round to reload???

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Trev
 
$5 a round?

Is he shooting silver bullets? I shoot Snider enfields and that is a huge chunk of lead and about 70 grains of black powder and I did cost it out and I think it was something like $.35 to $.45 depending on powder and lead costs.
 
I must apologize!

Went back and looked and the poster says he is using Pyrodex Black Powder Cartridge Select.

Still seems like his numbers are way out to lunch.

Cheers
Trev
 
I shoot bpcrs and if you cast your own bullets it's very cheap.
I bought a sack of Goex cartridge grade powder, and you only need large rifle primers to ignite the charges.
The brass is what will cost you but, because of the low pressures reached in these rifles and if you anneal every 3 or so firings the brass will last a long long time.
This is where you'll pay the most but you want to get the best brass that you can because it will last longer and save you money in the long run.
We're talking hundreds of reloads here if you neck size and anneal.
A 50-140 uses a huge amount of powder the cases are nutz expensive and every bullet uses up over 700 grains of lead.
Don't buy one of those, get a 45-70 a 45-90 or a 45-110.
The 45-90 and 45-110 will shoot out to a mile accurately, but with the 45-70 you'd be pushing it at 1500 yards
 
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I doubt that he would be shooting more than 130 gr of powder so at $20/lb for black powder that is $.38 for powder, $.04 for primer and using a store bought bullet between $.20 and $.30 for a total cost of $.72 plus the wear and tear on your shell. Even if you bought the shell for $5 and rated it for 10 shots that still only makes a total cost of $1.22 Casting your own bullets and rating the brass cost at a more realistic $.1 or $.15 would bring that down do about $.65

cheers mooncoon
 
Yeah, Mooncoon,

That seems much more reasonable.

Dunno where the dude is getting his prices from, but I would not include the costs of brass, as it is not a consumable.

Even loading the stuff with a snow shovel, and shooting store bought bullets, I still cannot see $4.50 a shot.

I'll ask!

Cheers
Trev
 
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