gonoles_1980
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I bought new brass for my 357 and 44mag because I wanted to shoot softer than the full house loads, and the brass is easy to collect. Never did a cost analysis to see if buying new ammo would have been cheaper. But then I didn't want to shoot full house loads either, or go through enough factory loads to get the amount of brass I wanted.
Now for my wife's 380, it looks like buying new ammo and just reusing the brass is cheaper for several reasons, the biggest being, much of her brass runs out onto the range and can't be retrieved.
What kind of decision points do you guys use to determine whether to buy new brass, or just new ammo to build up your brass stockp
Now for my wife's 380, it looks like buying new ammo and just reusing the brass is cheaper for several reasons, the biggest being, much of her brass runs out onto the range and can't be retrieved.
What kind of decision points do you guys use to determine whether to buy new brass, or just new ammo to build up your brass stockp