Economics plays a big part in the decision to hand load
In my first year of loading my own ammo, I spent about $25 per loaded cartridge!
Everyone will say, "Oh, you can start out cheaply with basic equipment".
That's exactly how I started........ the 1st week. Then things got expensive. Hand loading your own ammo is fun and cheap but ONLY if you don't figure in the cost of the :
Rockchucker press
RCBS powder measure
bullet puller
media
media sifter
vibratory brass cleaner
work desk
manuals
50 bins for brass, bullets etc.
bin shelving
10-15 sets of dies
electronic scale
loading blocks
ammo boxes
chamfer tool
reamer
case prep station
Lock-N-Load AP Progressive Press
locking collars
case lube
case neck lube brush
primer strip loader
hand priming tool
100 hours of reading about hand loading
100 hours of testing load recipes
100 hours of record keeping
Ballistic software
another press
Fireproof cabinet for loaded ammo/powder/primers
subscriptions to 5 handloading Mags.
Chronograph
shooting bench
Your own shooting range (400 yd. min.)
$10,000 Atty fee for divorce
$25 case of beer to celebrate
Dillon 650
Dillon case feeder
6 new rifles in various 'wildcat' calibers
More reloading items 'cause your free to do whatever you want!!!!
I love loading my own. My $15,000 worth of reloading equipment is only an investment. If my kids don't want it when I die then they can sell it & consider it their inheritance.