Is Reloading Costs down ??

[Russ-T]

It's pretty easy to make good ammo, start with the best components and keep everything the same. A digital scale is a game changer, weigh the bullets, case and powder as components and then weigh them after assembly. Keep everything within a grain or 2 separate and use them for keeps, practice with the others. Truth be told you probably won't see any difference especially when using a hunting rifle.

For me, tuning the loads to the rifle makes all the difference. Especially for hunting rifles. I have a Win mod 70 that my dad couldn't get to shoot. I worked through the loading process and now it's a 3/4" gun. Totally confident in that rifle and would take it on any hunt.

The Copper bullets work great, but they're $1 each.

 

[Whiskeybear]

If you are reloading the major chamberings to save money it’s hard to justify. It’s gonna be cheaper but not by much. Really the advantage is in more obscure stuff.

Brass cost could be averaged out over the multiple firings, dropping total cost per round. However, don’t forget all the money spent in equipment and necessary widgets to get fgmm level ammo.

Of course I’m still rolling my own 9mm so what do I know…

 

[TrueGrit]

I've reloaded for years, it's just been years since I've reloaded.. I'm just comparing prices vs time at this point

Well I bought 10 cases of Hornady 6mm CM match ammo....and I feel Hornady brass sucks. For the little I saved in price and gained in accuracy it wasn't worth it to me.

 

[41mag]

I cast and reload almost everything I shoot.
.22 , shotgun , stuff like that I can’t/don’t reload of course. But all my handgun and just about all my rifle rounds I load and cast for.
Some of the stuff I buy projectiles for. But I am blessed my father showed me when I was young how to do all this and I have a good amount of equipment and all built up.
I could not afford to shoot otherwise. It has just gotten way too damned expensive !!

 

[bearring0]

Well I bought 10 cases of Hornady 6mm CM match ammo....and I feel Hornady brass sucks. For the little I saved in price and gained in accuracy it wasn't worth it to me.

Right Ive got 6.5 CM's and 308's that love factory ammo .. if price isnt there for me to save much ....on reloading it wont be worth it.. I have small children so time is more valuable. Now if i was a benchrest shooter and loved super accuracy i could understand.

 

[Torn]

I reload .300AAC and .308 Subs for half the cost of what it would be to buy commercial. .45ACP .357mag cost a little less than commercial but I like to make my own loads for different pistols and I’m retired so I have plenty of time to spend in my reloading room.

 

[BHPSteel]

My primary purpose in reloading is for subs and specialty ammo.

I also load a lot of 'light' plinking loads using some really inexpensive supplies I have managed to get hold of, so for my 9mm I really can build a 9mm training round for about 16 cents.

Plus I value my reloading time at $0/hr.

 

[TrueGrit]

Right Ive got 6.5 CM's and 308's that love factory ammo .. if price isnt there for me to save much ....on reloading it wont be worth it.. I have small children so time is more valuable. Now if i was a benchrest shooter and loved super accuracy i could understand.

The accuracy of some of the guns being built today makes the accuracy in factory ammo look good. I shoot that Hornady factory 6mm CM ammo in my specialty pistol at matches out to 1662 yds. Sometimes you get lucky and find something that works.

 

[bearring0]

The accuracy of some of the guns being built today makes the accuracy in factory ammo look good. I shoot that Hornady factory 6mm CM ammo in my specialty pistol at matches out to 1662 yds. Sometimes you get lucky and find something that works.

I wish there was somewhere in West GA/ East Alabama to shoot that far..

 

[BHPSteel]

I wish there was somewhere in West GA/ East Alabama to shoot that far..

There are plenty of places you can shoot that far.

Until someone turns up and stops you doing it because people have complained.