Favorite cost calculator no longer online

[esheato]

My favorite cost calculator is no longer online.

I used the thing all the time. It was the one at 10xshooters.com that had the "how many boxes of ammo would it take you to break even on the cost of the press" at the bottom.

If you go to 10xshooters.com text appears that says "This website is closed."

I saw the one at handloads.com and EGC, but does anyone have any downloadable ones for Excel?

Thanks,

Ed

 

[Sport45]

That was a good calculator. I ran some of my numbers for giggles and grins but then never went back.

I figure my "investment" in reloading equipment as sunk cost now and don't worry anymore about payout.

 

[rsrocket1]

I really liked this too.

Bummer, the website is closed. :banghead:
But you can cheat.

Google it and save the cached page in your folder. Save it as "web page complete"
You can run it locally from your computer.
Don't lose it!

If this violates any rules or policies, please forget what I said.

 

[MrOldLude]

I always made my own spreadsheets in google docs. Doing a little math and plugging in formulas isn't hard.

 

[rcmodel]

http://www.handloads.com/calc/loadingCosts.asp

rc

 

[esheato]

Sweet! I saved the cached versions.

It was my favorite version for new handloaders because they could see exactly where the point of breaking even was.

 

[amlevin]

Calculators are nice but does anyone really "save" enough to offset the cost of their equipment?

Seems like just when I think I have amortized the cost the manufacturers come up with another "must have" tool or device

 

[gamestalker]

Well, I think if a person can live without all the new bells and whistles every time one is developed, you'll deffinitely reach pay dirt. If you've been loading for as long as myself and a bunch of other's here, you deffinitely find your loads producing black ink in the P&L statement. I load on single stage presses too, so my start up costs are greatly reduced, but so is my rate of production, which no doubt has an effect on how fast you reach the black. There is a bunch of other variables too though!

 

[beatledog7]

I load on single stage presses too, so my start up costs are greatly reduced, but so is my rate of production...

It would take me forever to get a progressive press working in any sort of way by which I'd be confident that the rounds are properly built and safe. Besides, I want to clean my primer pockets and prime by hand. So the increased production rate, for me, would be difficult to achieve.

 

[LiveLife]

Calculators are nice but does anyone really "save" enough to offset the cost of their equipment?

You bet! I have reloaded over 300,000 rounds and may go over million reloads before I die.

So, if I average factory ammo price between $12/50 for 9mm to $28/50 for 45ACP ($0.24/round to $0.56/round), cost savings is substantial when I am averaging $5.50/50 for 9mm reloads to $6.50/50 for 45ACP reloads. And chances are, cost of factory ammo and reloading components will only go higher in the future.

Factory 9mm/45ACP:
1,000,000 rounds x $0.24 = $240,000
1,000,000 rounds x $0.56 = $560,000

Reloaded 9mm/45ACP:
1,000,000 rounds x $0.11 = $110,000
1,000,000 rounds x $0.13 = $130,000

So, if I shoot one million rounds before I die, that would be cost savings of $130,000 to $430,000+ over my life time (dang, you could buy a house with that much savings!).

 

[ArchAngelCD]

Calculators are nice but does anyone really "save" enough to offset the cost of their equipment?

That depends upon whether you shoot more because it costs less to load. When I was buying ammo I would spend what I could spend at the time. When I started reloading I would spend the same amount on components but shoot all that ammo too. Instead of shooting only 50 rounds of .38 Special, .357 Magnum and .45 Auto I could now shoot 200 to 250 rounds each for the same cost. Like most of us I really didn't save any money but I got to shoot a heck of a whole lot more for the same price!

An even bigger bonus was finding out how much I really liked reloading. I think I would continue reloading even if I stopped shooting although I doubt I would ever stop shooting.

bds,
Those are some impressive numbers. I truly hope you get to that 1,000,000 round goal!

 

[jgiehl]

beartoothbullets.com has LOTS of calculators

 

[Rule3]

I use a slide rule

You mean there isn't "an app" for this yet???