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Posted: 5/22/2008 11:14:55 AM EDT
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Is this the place to discuss reloading? You reloaders, how much would you say it costs you per round? Where do you buy your stuff? How many times can brass be reused? I am new to reloading, just curious if I should take the plunge. |
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  If your intrested, this is a cost breakdown for the 2,350 rounds I finished loading the other day. A fellow on another forum, who like yourself, was intrested in reloading for his AR-15's had asked me. The brass was mixed headstamp. CCI, Remington, Winchester, Lake City, S&B, and a few others I'm forgetting. This brass was obtained from on line sources on the web. I processed it all the same. First I resized and deprimed all of it with a RCBS Small Base Sizing Die. Then I processed all of the primer pockets on my Dillon 600 Super Swage, because some of them were military with crimped primer pockets. I then trimmed all of them to uniform length on my Giraud Powered Case Trimmer. After that they went into the tumbler for several hours and received a polish with ground corn cob and Dillon Rapid Polish added to the media. The final step was to run it through my Dillon and crimp with a Lee Factory Crimp Die. They turned out very good. My total investment in this batch of .223 was: Brass---------$20.00 total. (It was free, but I paid the shipping). Powder-------$65.00 for 8 pounds of AA 2230C. (25.0 Gr. per load X 2,350 = 58,750 Gr. 58,750 divided by 7,000 Grains per pound = 8.39 pounds of powder total.) Primers-------$59.38 for 2,350 primers @ $25.00 per thousand. Bullets-------$172.21 (2,350 Winchester 55 Gr. FMJBT from Midway) Boxes--------$52.00 for 100 boxes and trays from Midway. (Actually $26.00 because I used only 47.) Grand Total = $342.59  By comparison the 1,000 rounds of Remington UMC FMJ in .223 pictured above cost me $371.00 delivered from Natchez. Reloading can be extremely cost effective but you must find good scources, and buy in bulk. Here are 2 very good scources for brass, bullets, and powder. www.gibrass.com www.patsreloading.com |
----$65.00 for 8 pounds of AA 2230C.
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