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Posted: 6/25/2012 6:50:14 AM EDT
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Looking into reloading some rounds to save some money. I've reloaded shotshells and did some rifle loads once. But that is it for experience
1. how much are you able to get the round count price down to? 2. do you differentiate between brass manufacturers? i.e. Federal, Win. Aguilla, or 5.56 vs .223 stamp Any tips that you can offer up would be appreicated |
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Quoted: Looking into reloading some rounds to save some money. I've reloaded shotshells and did some rifle loads once. But that is it for experience 1. how much are you able to get the round count price down to? 2. do you differentiate between brass manufacturers? i.e. Federal, Win. Aguilla, or 5.56 vs .223 stamp Any tips that you can offer up would be appreicated There are too many variables for a single answer to question 1, but here are some examples. I load .223 standard 55grain bullet loads (think cheap plinking ammo, M193 style) for about 18 cents each. You could probably make it slightly cheaper with cheaper components. 30-06 for my Garand would run me over $1 per round for commercial or >50 cents per round for surplus ammo, I load it for around 35 cents each. Commercial 45acp is about $20 for 50 rounds in the store. I load my cast lead rounds for about $4 for 50. High end 45acp is about a dollar a round, I load high end 45acp for about 25 cents each. Hope that helps? One thing to note, I didn't save any money by reloading, but I shoot a lot more than I would otherwise. For example, it's not unusual for me to put 300 to 500 lead pistol rounds down range in a session. No way I would do that with Remington white box ammo that cost me $40 per hundred. But at $8 per hundred, it's no big deal. |
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How much do you shoot? What calibers are you wanting to reload? If you don't shoot much (400-500 rounds a month) or shoot common calibers (.223, 9mm etc.) then reloading might not save you any money.
If however, you shoot something exotic (.435½ wowitsexpensive) that the ammo is several dollars a round, then you will save money. My reloaded .223's are running me about 9 cents a round. I am using components that I bought over 10 years ago, that I bought in bulk (I went in with a few guys at work and we bought 50k bullets). Back then primers were $12/1k when bought in a sleeve of 5k and surplus WCC844 was $68/ 8lb jug. Those prices are long gone. For .45 acp and .38 spl, I load my own cast boolets so the price of those rounds are costing me less than 10 cents a round. Again, that's doing a lot of buying in bulk. As far as separating brass, The only separation I do is between the times I've reloaded the brass, not by manufacturer. Some do, I don't. |
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Quoted: Looking into reloading some rounds to save some money. I've reloaded shotshells and did some rifle loads once. But that is it for experience 1. how much are you able to get the round count price down to? 2. do you differentiate between brass manufacturers? i.e. Federal, Win. Aguilla, or 5.56 vs .223 stamp Any tips that you can offer up would be appreicated 1. Depends if you buy components in bulk. Bullets, primers, powder. Reuse your cases. You need to name caliber for a better answer. 2. Yes. I perfer Win, PMC, RP, LC, WCC, I don't use Fed in 223. |
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