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Powder. $14 for 1 lb Unique or Bulseye $14.00/7000 = .002 per gn

.38 Brass = 0.00 Free
Primer = .01
Bullet 148 lead swc = .03
Powder 3 gn. = .006

38 Spl = 4.6 cents a round

Powder. $16 for 1 lb 4064 or 14.00/7000 = .002 per gn

30-06 brass. = free
Primer. = .01
Bullet 150 gn FMJ = .05
Powder $16/7000
46 gr x .0023. = .106

30-06 per round 16.6 cents

Aaaah! The days of yesteryear!
 
PWC said:
Powder. $14 for 1 lb Unique or Bulseye $14.00/7000 = .002 per gn

.38 Brass = 0.00 Free
Primer = .01
Bullet 148 lead swc = .03
Powder 3 gn. = .006

38 Spl = 4.6 cents a round

Powder. $16 for 1 lb 4064 or 14.00/7000 = .002 per gn

30-06 brass. = free
Primer. = .01
Bullet 150 gn FMJ = .05
Powder $16/7000
46 gr x .0023. = .106

30-06 per round 16.6 cents

Aaaah! The days of yesteryear!
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Yeah, and back in 1984 $15/hr was a very good wage. These days they pay unskilled high-school dropouts that much to refuse to flip burgers.

Welcome to 2022.
 
I actually got half a box from a guy shooting a 38 revolver last weekend. All PMC once fired, never hit the ground brass. First time I've ever seen anyone other than me shooting it. I have some old 22 ammo from 2014. It's marked the same as now.
 
johnjohn said:
Now days either no one shoots .38's anymore or they never let it hit the ground.
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Oh, I suspect the Brass Buzzards are on it like stink.

I shoot out in the NV desert, at an ad hoc range near Laughlin. There is a guy that comes out there probably twice a day to scavenge what brass is there... and I'm sure other ranges have the same.
 
I can find the occasional stray .38 Spl or .357 cases a few at a time here and there at the range, while 9mm smothers the whole ground everywhere. Last time I filled a large ziplock bag with hundreds of once fired cases and only gave up because my back hurt.
 
johnjohn said:
The comment about .38 special brass being "free" made me think about the days of going to the range and the ground was covered with it. Now days either no one shoots .38's anymore or they never let it hit the ground.
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Both. 9mm has taken a huge piece of the 38 market, and not a single piece I've found has been in large piles... if you shoot 9mm having less than a 5 gallon bucket sitting in standby is just silly. Same for 223.
 
I used to load my 12 GA trap sells for about $2.50/box. Now, over $8 and closer to $9. Powder is around $250/8#, primers $60/1000 and shot is $54/25# and that is before tax. Maybe Brandon will give us a reloading component tax holiday.
 
GBExpat said:
Ayup ... the nickel that each 7,92x57 reload cost my Dad & me in 1968 would be 42¢ now. <sigh>

OTOH, those 1968 wooden-barrel-stacks of filthy/greasy-ass milsurp rifles only cost $84 in 2022 bucks, so maybe a Time Machine would be worth the trip. ;)
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I’ve been selling some of them here recently. Got $325 for a $40 Carcano. Don’t hurt my feelings any.
 
When I graduated HS in ‘62, a $2.50/hour job was big stuff. Grad college in 67 a new Biscayne, Fairlane or F100 was $1900 but the radio was extra as were the auto, ac, etc.
I got a teaching job at $5700/year, $371.37 take home. Didn’t buy many guns other than a 24D Savage for $55 and used it for everything.
 
I still have the empty 2 pound can of Herco with a Wal Mart Clearance sticker on it: $9.50. I just used up the last of the metal can of Win AA452 on some of the most accurate 45acp rounds I've ever shot. I think the price tag on that can was $7.95 from a little mom n pop hardware store. We would get 100 count boxes of small rifle primers for $1 a piece and load them into every shell that would take them. Never had a non-fire out of 38 special, 9mm, 38 super, or 380 using small rifle primers. Heck, I think my dad even used SRPs for a box of .32Smith n Wesson "long" we reloaded one time. For years we wouldn't bother re-loading 9mm because heck...why would you re-load when Federal or Winchester White Box could be purchased for $7 per 50 rounds? 1000 round bricks of Federal Lightening .22 would run you $12 and tax at the local Farm n Supply.

The manufacturer's and whole sale'ers have made RIDICULOUS profits over the course of the 2019-present ammo/component shortage and if you have even the slightest idea about big business, the people raking in the profits don't give a rip about the lack of supply, or their customers. I don't see prices coming down to REASONABLE levels for years.
 
No doubt prices are up (significantly) over recent years. I (like most of you) am not happy about it.

However, if your shooting is high volume then reloading is still the way to go compared to off the shelf ammo prices. Just not the bargain it once was. Like so many things including food, gas etc.
 
1984? I think the hyperinflation of the Carter years was about over but don’t recall exactly. I know I got a mortgage in ‘79 at 11.9% and still felt lucky in ‘84 to be investing in my own home. Monthly payment was ~$1600 I think.

I was about to leave the FBI after 12 years and was moving to DOD. Wasn’t reloading (didn’t even know you could) and was about to buy my own ammo for the first time. Had an ‘82 Volvo and ‘66 Vette.
 
FWIW; Fortunately for me, I started reloading out of curiosity, and to this day I could not say how much my handloads cost (1969, as I emptied a cylinder of 38 Special brass, "I wonder if I could reuse these?") . If I could determine what they cost I believe that would rob me of some fun, trying to figger $$$...
 
PWC said:
Aaaah! The days of yesteryear!
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2019 reloading:

9mm brass - Free
Primer - $.02 S&B
Bullet - $.08 RMR with 5% THR discount
Powder - $.008 ($110/8 lbs Promo shipped using 4.3 gr)
9mm = $5.40/50 rounds

45ACP brass - Free
Primer - $.02 S&B
Bullet - $.12 RMR with 5% THR discount
Powder - $.008 ($110/8 lbs Promo shipped using 4.3 gr)
45ACP = $7.40/50 rounds

2022 reloading (Never thought shooting 45ACP was cheaper than 9mm :eek::rofl:):

9mm brass - Free
Primer - $.08 Any available
Bullet - $.09 RMR with 5% THR discount
Powder - $.015 ($200/8 lbs Promo shipped using 4.3 gr)
9mm = $9.25/50 rounds

45ACP brass - Free
Primer - $.055 Winchester LP (Sportman's Warehouse)
Bullet - $.16 RMR with 5% THR discount
Powder - $.015 ($200/8 lbs Promo shipped using 4.3 gr)
45ACP = $11.15/50 rounds

45ACP brass - Free
Primer - $.055 Winchester LP (Sportman's Warehouse)
Bullet - $.10 MBC 200 gr SWC Bullseye #1 with 5% THR discount
Powder - $.015 ($200/8 lbs Promo shipped using 4 gr)
45ACP = $8.50/50 rounds
 
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