[Shooter973]

For me the least expensive round I load has to be the 9mm. The brass is usually free, and I cast my own bullets for it. (120gr TC Lee, Or 125gr Lee round nose.) The lead was scrounged a few years ago for free. I use some older primers that I got fairly cheap ($15 per thou.) And the powder charge is 4.2 gr of Bullseye for about 1700 rounds per pound. Old Bullseye for abut $16 per pound.
Makes for cheap shooting, but I don't really like 9mm. :scrutiny:
I figure that it costs me about 3-4 cents per round if I don't count my time for anything. Being retired I work cheap. :)

[koja48]

In a handgun, 9mm. In a rifle, 204 Ruger or 223 . . . likely the 223 is cheaper if I'm loading practice ammo.

[Shoney]

Today it is 9mmMak, only because I bought 20,000 bullets 8-10 years ago for around $15.00/M with load of 2.7gr RedDot from keg purchased in the mid 70's. No Idea of costs.

[R.W.Dale]

35 whelen

158grn .357dia win HP

a few grains of re7

and some leftover cci#34 primers

I currently don't reload for handguns

[kildar]

.38 Special, 148 gr lead wadcutter over 2.8gr 231. Powder puff load but accurate as hell. Wadcutters are Remingtons purchased in bulk. Powder purchased in bulk also. Most cases I use are once fired from an indoor public range. The most inexpensive round I load but also the most fun and satisfying.

[MMCSRET]

32 S&W, 1.2 gr. bullseye and a handcast 85 gr. Lyman RN lead bullet of 50/50 lead/ww cast from free material and loaded in free cases. Cost of primer and powder.

[GunTech]

Handgun - 38 spl, for reasons already cited

For rifle, 22 hornet.
40gn bullet, 12gn Lil'Gun, small pistol primer.

[FlyinBryan]

45acp because its the only pistol round i load.

1lb of powder goes a long way in 5 grain increments.

plus i get 225 grain tc hardcast bullets for 84bux a thousand at my local supply store.

[Snapping Twig]

38spl and 45acp. I cast for all my pistols, so with such a low lead cost, the only difference is the powder. 5g W231 for the 38spl and 5.3g for the 45acp. 44spl and 45lc aren't much more costly at 7g W231 for the 44spl and 7.5 for the 45lc.

[XD-40 Shooter]

2 years ago I bought (3000) Ranier bullets from Midway, 155 grain 40 S&W, for $225, 4 lb keg of Unique for $60, and 3 bricks of CCI primers for $60. That comes out to 11 cents/round, I'll take it.:D I've still got 1500 of these rounds left.:)

[zxcvbob]

Your gonna hate me for this, but it's .45 Colt. :neener:

230 grain bullets cast from lead scrounged at the range, 7.5 grains of Promo powder, Wolf LP primers. (this is a +P load, but not ridiculously so.) Costs less than 5¢ per shot. If I could find a commercial load equivalent to this, it would be almost $1 per shot.

[ants]

380 auto. It's tiny. All the components are small and cheap. And it's fun for the whole family to shoot.

[gandog56]

38 special DEWC with 2.5 grains of universal. Great prictice round for my 357 mag.

[dmftoy1]

7.62 x 54R . .the only thing I'm paying for is the primers.

314299 sized @ .313 cast from wheel weights
18 grains of 2400 picked up for free at Gander Mountain using cc points.
WLR primers. (.024 cents apiece)

The brass cost me $40 which sucks a bit . . but i figure amortized over how ever many loadings I can get it'll be pretty cheap.

My .45 acp loads will be even cheaper as that brass NEVER seems to wear out but I haven't been able to pick up "free" powder at Gander Mountain for it yet. :)

Have a good one,
Dave

[Pilot]

9MM and .38 Spl.

[qajaq59]

30-30 win with cast bullets and Unique powder. They shoot quite accurately at 50 yards.

[Griz44]

Right now, 45ACP. I have retired my 38 super, but will buy a new one next month. (I am waiting for my FFL to arrive.) I cast my own boolits, load into range brass, so electricity, powder, primers, lube and cleaning stuff are my major expenses. I figure my costs at this point are around .08 per round with everything figured in except my time.

[TexasSkyhawk]

.38 Special with a cast .358 105 gr SWC, or .380 with a cast .358 105 gr SWC sized down to .356.

The .38 spcl rounds are loaded with 3.4 gr Bullseye and the .380 rounds are loaded with 3.2 gr of AA#2.

I've got a source for free wheel weights, so the boolits I cast cost me zilch. I have who-knows-how-many brass cases around, and I've been buying primers and powder forever and stockpiling.

The primers I'm using, I bought back when they were less than $10/thousand. Eight pound keg of Bullseye cost me less than $65 when I bought it.

Figure it's costing me about .02¢ a round to shoot.

Even at today's prices, most of my handgun rounds only cost me whatever primers and powder cost. I stockpiled on long gun bullets as well back in 1992 during the Clinton/Bush election. Had a bad feeling and was right.

Been stockpiling ever since and will continue to do so.

Jeff

[Kosh75287]

Prolly my .45 ACP practice load. 4.6/Promo(RedDot)/225TC or 230 LRN. I haven't bothered to calculate the cost per round. Delivered to my door, the Promo was $101.87 for 8 pounds. If one assumes $12.75/pound, then the powder charge costs 0.84 cents. I'll have to look at what I paid for everything else.

[RustyFN]

I'll be an odd ball here. For me it's 45 auto Because I cast my own bullets and don't cast for 9mm yet. It cost me $30 per 1,000 for 45 and $80 per 1,000 for 9mm.
Rusty

[Linear Thinker]

9mm for me. I bought 30K of 115gr FMJ Israeli bullets from Natchez/Spartan in 1991 or so, at $30/K. Primers cost $8/K back then, and Accurate #5 powder was $70/8lb. With my free labor, and fully amortized reloading equipment, the cost is 5 cents per shot.

The cost is about to go up, I am almost out of bullets, and the prices nearly tripled since those days. Will still be cheaper than retail, unless I start pricing my time.
LT

[DaveInFloweryBranchGA]

.45ACP, I also cast my own and buy in bulk. Last I knew, I was well under $2.00 a box of 50. It may have crawled up over that with price increases, but because I buy in bulk, it'll be two more years before I know for sure.

Dave

[ds/ks]

I cast 158gr. for .38spl. and .357mag and 240gr. for .44 rem mag and 230gr. for 45ACP. {38's 4gr bullseye} {357mag 6gr.unique} {44's 11.5gr herco} {45ACP 6.5 unique} All freebee wheel weight metal.

[evan price]

I just got my end of a group buy on primers and powder plus a large shipment of bulk cast bullets.

The cheapest target ammo for me to load is 9mm at $66/thousand. 125-gr LRN, Wolf SP, 4.0gr of Titegroup. Free range brass.

Most expensive target lead is .44 Magnum at right around $96/thousand. 240-LSWC, Wolf LP, 9.5gr of Titegroup. Free range brass.

[DWARREN123]

I only reload 40 cal. I reload for 2 GLOCK pistols and a Hi-Point carbine. Rainier 165gr plated bullets or Magnus 165gr JHP's in various cases and now using Magtech primers over 7.5gr of Longshot powder.
These are clean, accurate loads. The GLOCK's require the OAL to be closer to min than max.

[subierex]

9mm, 125gr LRN over @ 3.8-4.0gr of 231. Just finished up 300 rounds yesterday.

/as always, consult published load data first