Reloading

Now there's a "loaded" question.

Let's just say, it depends.

First, what are you planning to reload, how often do you shoot, how many cartridges are you wanted to load for......etc
 
I can shoot my 308 twice as much for same cost as factory match ammo. No you don't save any more money, due to the fact you keep hoarding components and keep buying equipment. I can say I have broken even about 1500 rounds ago in terms of equipment. You just get to shoot twice as much with extremely accurate ammo (if you like).
 
expensive to buy everything, but my equipment has paid for itself long ago. you will recoup the money if you shoot enough
 
reload if you shoot a lot, don't if you shoot less than 1000 rnds a year

My press has paid itself back 10 fold by now
 
If i didn't load I could not afford to shoot near as much as I do. $35-40 a box of 20 centerfire rifle ammo when it costs me $10 -15 to load 20 more accurate rounds.
I load for 7-mm08, 30-06, 243, 6x45(there is no factory ammo for that so if I didn't load wouldnt be shooting it at all). Used to load 308, and 223. Soon going to start 9mm as $330+ for 1k isn't to my liking
 
100 rounds of factory 45-70 at $50 per box of 20 is about $250

100 Starline Brass plus 100 405gr RNFP cast lead bullets plus 100 primers plus $28 worth of gunpowder used comes to about $138 for 100 rounds

Reusing brass and casting my own bullets lowers it to about $33 per hundred rounds!

Worth getting into reloading I'd say!
 
Kingjenky said:
Thanks guys. 9mm 45 acp and 762 x39. Do guys reload 762 x39 or it not worth it
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Those are precisely the three rounds I don't reload. Ammo for them is relatively inexpensive, and I'd rather not spend the time reloading hundreds of them. $ is one thing, time is the other. On the other hand, I don't mind reloading 338 Lapua Magnum. Each pull of the press handle saves me about $3.
 
The more you shoot the more you save. the larger or more obscure the cartridge the more you save, in some cases reloading is the only way to reload obsolete cartridges. I reload 9mm for my sig, it shoots most things accurately and the only way I have saved money is to buy in bulk and on sale. so buy 1000 projectiles (after you find out which ones your firearms like) 1000-10000 primers, and an 8 pound jug of the powder that works best for all your calibers (likely different for pistols and rifles). Keep all your brass, and all your buddy's brass. Range brass, if you are allowed to pick it up (ask), REQUIRES close inspection of every casing. I have has case head separations (2) from previously over pressured cases.

If you compete, or intend to, I recommend a fully progressive press to really crank out the finished rounds. if you have more time than money a single stage press is economical but depending on your process could end up being 6 strokes of the press per cartridge instead of one or two with the progressive.

I have a single stage press and have broken even on equipment cost but am still working to pay for the consumables 2 years and 2500 rounds later. its difficult because I still keep buying more.... shooting more... buying more....
 
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