$$$ into reloading

[corney]

I'm not tellin












My wife may be reading this

I'm with you not interested in incriminating myself. I'm in enough trouble for that already.

 

[t-star]

when i buy a new gun, i tend to allocate another 500-1k for a new press, dies, powder, brass, and shot- i believe in having a DEDICATED press for each caliber, so all i have to do is monkey with the powder charge as i'm doing my load development- i may have multiple guns in one caliber, but i sight them in using one load

 

[Jarlath]

Total invested in equipment?
3 Lee-Pro 1000's
1 RCBS Rockchucker
Chargemaster Dispenser
Over 2 dozen die sets
Scales, trimmers, tools etc...
Total spent roughly $1250 (I love sales & auctions & the EE).

Reloading Bench - Roughly $500 in lumber and the $100 1/8" thick lexan sheet on top (Prevents dents )

Containers for my reloads - $500
10-20K of brass for all calibres - $500 (Again, love auctions & sales & donated brass)
Powder, bullets & primers - Continuous & ongoing. Probably spend $1-2K a year or so.

 

[sbtennex]

And not to out-do myself I added a new Lyman 1200 version 3 of their powered powder dispenser couple of days ago. Awesome. Stays within one or 2 granules of consistency and it's fast. "Only" $400 or so, so I needed more powders and decided with the dollar in the tank again a few thousand primers and bullets were in order, "only" another 2K. Ain't it fun though?

 

[dan belisle]

Including components -> lots.

But if I look at how much I would have spent on factory ammo over the years I am probably ahead.

Ditto, I think. - dan

 

[legi0n]

about $500 not including supplies

 

[brutforc]

Let's see...Off the top of my head...

2 RCBS Rockchuckers/25 shellholders
2 Hornady Projectors/8 shellplates
1 Lee Challenger/15 shellholders
Die Sets/32 RCBS,12 Hornady,4 Redding,2 Bonanza Benchrest...assorted neck dies...30 or so Lee Facory Crimp Dies
1 Hornady Apex 12 ga gas assist/lots of powder and shot bushings
1 MEC Sizemaster/lots charge bars and powder bushings
1 Lee Load-All 12ga/20ga conversion
1 RCBS Chargemaster Combo
1 RCBS Electronic scale
3 Scales (beam type)/RCBS 5-0-5 Scale,Hornady,Lee
1 RCBS Little Dandy/24 rotors
3 Powder drops/RCBS,Redding,Hornady
3 Lee Auto Disk Pros
2 Lyman 1200 tumblers
3 Case trimmers/Forster,Wilson,Lyman
3 Lee Hand primes/shellholders
2 Benches

...Ancillary equipment/Components...Too much to even think about

 

[delta1]

I am probably in the 4-5 thousand range. And soon will be giving it up except for a few dedicated caibers. Age is getting on up there along with health and the patience is not what it once was.

 

[stubblejumper]

My total investment in tooling would be in the $2500 range,and I quite often had $3000 to $5000 on hand in components.

 

[TheFrenchCanadian]

... I used to buy a couple of hundred bullets at a time, and have a thousand primers max in my cabinet. I now have roughly four thousand bullets ready to load, 12 different types of powder, 8 boxes of primers (1000s), etc...

Ditto! Been reloading for just under two years, & that's exactly the boat I'm in:

Pails & pails of brass (some in calibers I don't own...)
8500 bullets
10,000 primers
18 lbs of powder (9 types)
1 Lee Loadmaster progressive press
1 Dillon 550 semi-progressive press
1 Lee Classic Cast single stage press
6 sets of dies
1 beam & 1 electronic scale
Calipers
+ a whole pile of odds + ends...

Two years ago I started with a budget of around $500 to $600

I keep telling my wife I'm saving money, but sooner or later, she's bound to figure it out!!

TFC

 

[Onagoth]

Just about to get into it,

Projecting my startup costs to be around $500, not including supplies. Hopefully the costs stay under control as I will only be loading one caliber for the near future.

 

[Daruce]

It dont mader every time you walk into the store you need more lol