A thread in the Precision Rifle forum got me thinking about this. Just what are the cheapest and most expensive calibers to reload and maybe some whys as well.
For myself if I reload it will be 9mm, .303 and either .223 or .308. I know these are very standard and probably cheap as borscht but just how do these common calibers fair against other calibers?
I know there are price ranges rather than a specific price..ie itll be cheaper if you buy a 1000 rounds worth of components vs 500 or even 100. Yeah, yeah I know probably noone reloads a hundred rounds but its just an example.
So maybe in the responses you guys can give the rough estimates of price drops lets say per 500 round lots or so?
Id love to see a list of all the calibers and rough prices if I can to compare side by side. I think itd help a lot of guys get into reloading...namely me, if I can see it rather than just hear about all the savings. Especially since Id only start out small so the cost of a round immediately goes up for the equipment in my eyes.
Thanx guys, looking forward to some of the numbers.
For myself if I reload it will be 9mm, .303 and either .223 or .308. I know these are very standard and probably cheap as borscht but just how do these common calibers fair against other calibers?
I know there are price ranges rather than a specific price..ie itll be cheaper if you buy a 1000 rounds worth of components vs 500 or even 100. Yeah, yeah I know probably noone reloads a hundred rounds but its just an example.
Id love to see a list of all the calibers and rough prices if I can to compare side by side. I think itd help a lot of guys get into reloading...namely me, if I can see it rather than just hear about all the savings. Especially since Id only start out small so the cost of a round immediately goes up for the equipment in my eyes.
Thanx guys, looking forward to some of the numbers.