fair price for a RCBS press, cost of reloading

[Jahred.F]

i don't shoot my centerfires much because of cost. this includes 22-250 and 45-70 mainly, and the potential for handgunning, likely 45 or 357... probably others when i get there.

the girlfriends uncle unfourtunatly passed (he was one heck of a guy, and went too soon!). he had a RCBS rock chucker supreme press, and some related hardware including some dies (duh!).

i would like to purchase this from his widow, at a fair price? i don't want to rip her off with a low ball! the only cartridge we had in common was 22-250 i think... i don't know how many sets of dies, how many bullet or in what calibre, how many primers, how much powder or what brass he had with it.

what is the cost of reloading? as i said first, i don't shoot centerfire much because of cost! calibres i'm interested in are 22-250, 30-30, 45-70 for my rifles, and whatever handgun calibres i get into... probably 45ACP, 9mm, 357, 45 colt...

help guys, i don't know much about this stuff!

EDIT:

i will also be interested in bullet casting, can someone enlighten me on this, or give me a link to some good info?

 

[ipscgraz]

Without doing the search for you find the price of a new one from online ads & give the widow 45% of new. A rockchucker will last for generations.

You can buy & sell the dies you don't want. You can sell the bullets & etc you don't want & give the widow 100% of what you get for them.

Casting? get a handle on reloading first; one step at a time.

 

[blacksmithden]

I'd give her $100 bucks for the press and 20 bucks per die set you're going to keep. Offer to try and sell everything else for her if you're never going to use it. Just give her the cash for it.

I did this for a friend of a neighbour a while back. I kept his Texan press and a box full of misc bit's and pieces. I managed to get rid of all of his guns except 1 in a single day. The remainder of the dies took a week. Nobody wanted this 12 gauge he had, so I wound up just buying it myself......like I needed ANOTHER 12 gauge

 

[Slipery]

Is it just the press, or is it the whole kit?

I am not sure what the all has, but I imagine if you give her $150 for all of his components, and maybe $200 if he has the entire master kit, that would be pretty good. You would certainly get 50% off, and I wouldn't call it a lowball offer.

 

[HKMark23]

Without doing the search for you find the price of a new one from online ads & give the widow 45% of new. A rockchucker will last for generations.

You can buy & sell the dies you don't want. You can sell the bullets & etc you don't want & give the widow 100% of what you get for them.

Casting? get a handle on reloading first; one step at a time.

Good and fair !!

However "The road to hell is paved with good intentions". Bearing this in mind, I'd forget about making deals where you rebate the widow for parts and bits you sell off over time. Do this and you'll be accountable to the lady, and members of the extended family, until every last screw is sold at a price they all agree on (years,, forever,, ??). Make this a clean cut deal with no strings attached and everyone should be happy.

 

[rommelrommel]

45/70 you simply have to reload, 2 bucks a round for wussy factory loads gets old really fast.

I agree, buy everything at 50% or so of new, she gets more than she ever would at a garage sale, and you get a good deal and lots of trade bait RE the dies and bullets you don't want.

 

[Jahred.F]

well, it sorted itself out. it's going in the auction, so i'll just buy it at the auction for whatever price it goes for...

what is the cost per shot to reload 45-70 and 22-250 on average?

 

[rommelrommel]

For 45/70 mainly depends on the bullet, can go from nearly free to cast your own, or 2 bucks a bullet for some of the DG solids and such.

I would suspect that 22-250 is the same, although you wouldn't cast for it. Anywhere from 15 cents to a buck a bullet.

 

[rnbra-shooter]

Just to pile on, I think that $100 for the press is a good fair price (to both sides).

I wouldn't value the dies quite at $20. They definitely sell for $10 at gunshows, a price which I am willing to pay. At $20 for used dies at a gunshow, unless you're desperate or the die is quite unusual or rare, you start getting pretty picky about as-new condition etc.