Canada ammo reloading 223?

VinnyQC said:
I was going from memory. I have roughly the numbers you have, so about 70%. For 9mm it's about 50% and for 44magnum it's about 30% (the calibre I save the most on by reloading). If you count saving per round, it's about 14¢ for 223 and 9mm (so 140$/1000), and 70¢ for 44magnum. Considering that case prep is longer for rifle rounds than straight wall, it's a lot more time efficient to spend your reloading time on pistol rounds.

You also need to count the price of brass. If you need to buy it, it's gonna cost you and extra 6-8¢/round. If you have a stash, you could sell it for 4-7¢ a piece and get some money back. That's between 1/3 and 1/2 of the 140$ you save by reloading.

Case prep is a real pita if you don't have a giraud trimmer or a lyman/francfort case prep center (then it's just time consuming). The first 3000 cartridges you reload will merely pay for a prep center. I can't believe anyone would try to trim thousands of case witha hand trimmer. Even with a drill unit it's a pita to trim >100 cases...
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Yah I also load 9 and 44 aswell as 45acp and 357. The revolver rounds are some of the best reloaders.

Ive been looking at the lymans case prep, just doesn't come with a trimmer. I've seen setups jimmy rigged with a trimmer but not sure how well that'd work. Frankford looks decent don't know about the price.

Could you let me know best places to shop for these and best prices. Can't find the giraud in Canada, I'm guessing the bit you use on a drill? Aswell any info on other trimmers and prep in the same price range or are these two really only the decent options?

Like a $300 trim and prep center all inclusive would be nice.
 
Liberty.357 said:
Yah I also load 9 and 44 aswell as 45acp and 357. The revolver rounds are some of the best reloaders.

Ive been looking at the lymans case prep, just doesn't come with a trimmer. I've seen setups jimmy rigged with a trimmer but not sure how well that'd work. Frankford looks decent don't know about the price.

Could you let me know best places to shop for these and best prices. Can't find the giraud in Canada, I'm guessing the bit you use on a drill? Aswell any info on other trimmers and prep in the same price range or are these two really only the decent options?

Like a $300 trim and prep center all inclusive would be nice.
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The frankford at cabelas is a bit less than 300$, with free shipping.

If you want to know more about case prep and case prep equipment, feel free to ask in the reloading forum. At this point we're kind of hijacking this thread so I'll leave it at that.
 
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