Cost Savings for .40S&W

[duncan]

TrueBlue1776 said:

Per 1000

Primers 27.00
Pound of Longshot 19.00
Case of Ranier 155's 78.00
I spend about 124.00 per thousand

It's sad that I can't do much better than that.

With Berry's surcharge, it's a $100 or so for most of the 40SW bullets. Montana Gold rounds at about $110 and they are FMJ.

It's about $150 to reload a thousand for 40SW, 10mm, 357 sig, 45 acp.

For the same quality, it's about $250-300 for 1,000 commercially made rounds if you buy range ammo.

So why doesn't that math work for you.

You can buy used reloading equipment for cents on the dollar if you are patient. Pawn shops are great too.

If you save $100 plus per 1,000 for reloading, you cost including equipment should get you to breaking even in several months depending on how much and what you shoot.

Reload some 44 mag ammo for you save a lot of $$$$ fast.

Why reload, because you want more accurate and more affordable ammo.

$15/box of 50 * 20 =

 

[FieroCDSP]

I always end up shooting twice as much. Negates my cost savings.

 

[wally]

I always end up shooting twice as much. Negates my cost savings.

Big +1

--wally.

 

[Redneck with a 40]

Here's my most recent cost breakdown on 40 S&W ammo :

3000 Rainier 155's = $225 with free shipping (midwayusa).
4 lbs of Unique = $58 (sportsmans warehouse)
3 bricks of primers = $60 (gun show)

Total cost for 3000 rounds = $343 divided by 3000 = 11.4 cents/round or $5.70/50. Commercial ammo runs $12-$16/50. This is HUGE savings.

Recently the cost of Ranier's has gone up on Midway's site, I beat the price increase. 3000 Rainier's is now $269.

Lets look at 357 magnum, which I'm also reloading.

2000 Remington SJHP's = $150 including shipping (midwayusa)
4 lbs Unique = $58 (sportsmans warehouse)
2 bricks of primers = $40 (gun show).

Total cost for 2000 rounds of 357 mag ammo = 12.4 cents/round or $6.20/50. Factory Remington 158 grain soft points go for, are you ready? $30/50!This is an 80% savings.

Recently the 357 bullets went up in cost as well, they are now $149/2000 + shipping. I beat the price increase again.

The cost of the equipment washes out after a couple thousand rounds, so why not reload? Screw these rediculous factory prices, which will only go higher I might add.

 

[TexKettering]

I haven't purchased any reloading equipment yet(I bought another gun instead) so I have to wait until I get some more money saved up, but I will do it for sure.