how beneficial for 9mm?

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wondering how much money saved for reloading 9mm?

I pay about $24-29 per 100rounds depending on what I buy at Walmart.

not looking for super accurate loads just some plinking stuff.
 
My basic plinking ammo costs me about 11¢/round. Premium type stuff, about a quarter.

But....

How much it costs me has very little to do with what it might cost you. Lots of vaiables to consider. You've got your obvious differences in components, then are other things you may or may not wish to factor in. Start-up costs, your time investment, buying in bulk, casting?

If cost savings is your only goal, you may get bored quick. But if you are like me, cost is the reason you start, but pure enjoyment is the reason you continue.
 
ohihunter2014 said:
wondering how much money saved for reloading 9mm?

I pay about $24-29 per 100rounds depending on what I buy at Walmart.

not looking for super accurate loads just some plinking stuff.
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For me it saved quite a bit. Powder was 30 bucks and I would probably get 1,000 rounds from it give or take. A bag of bullets were 20 bucks for 100 fmj rounds. Brass was just what I reuse each time. If you take in account for your time you would loose money on it, but from everything I have used before I started reloading, the cheaper the ammo the +- grn of the charge varied from round to round which really annoyed me. I more or less have OCD so I like each bullet having the same charge each and every time.

In summary,

time + bullet + powder nets a negative return.
If your looking for your own custom load then it out weights the lost of a few bucks and some time.

I do buy some factory rounds from time to time just to get the brass and if I run short on time to any loads.

Just my 2cents...which isn't worth much these days :)
 
"You save money reloading" :what::what::what: Me I don't save a dime anywhere I just shoot 4 times as much. :evil::evil::evil:
In all honesty I enjoy reloading very much so I can't complain. :D:D:D
 
well I'm going to be getting into a private range 5 min from home so I want to shoot 4x more, lol. I figure I could save some money by reloading them.
 
CZ9shooter
If cost savings is your only goal, you may get bored quick. But if you are like me, cost is the reason you start, but pure enjoyment is the reason you continue.
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I hear that there are some who have android-like discipline that can choose the correct combination of tools and work area the first time :D

I, on the other hand, have spent money I didn't "have to" spend, but I "had to" spend it to find out I didn't "need to" spend it :evil:

I also have had more fun than a barrel of monkeys finding out what I have found out by learning to reload as well as cast bullets. For me, it is definitely not about money saving or money spending. It is about learning and producing the most I can with my available resources.
 
My current loads are about the same as others. But I'm setting on a little over 3,000 I've cast that need coating. That's where the savings happen. I will cast up enough throughout the year to last and wont have to pay full price for bullets. But adding the price in for my own would only skew things.

You save more loading lead and coated over plated. But with free shipping from the bullet works and the already low cost its not much more cost. Around $8 per 1k on 9mm 115gr
 
Agree with everyone

Yes... it can save some Money.. assuming yer time is free..

But its more of a Hobby for me.. and the Accuracy of my rounds are far better than factory rounds... and I like that
 
a good reloading cost calculator here;
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=590793&highlight=reloading+calculator

Hand loaded ammo will almost always cost less on a per-round basis than factory fodder. Many people will include an amortized cost of equipment int their per-round cost. I don't. We don't include the cost of our time, because this is a hobby, a pursuit worthy of it's own time.

You may find that there is more money pouring out of your wallet though, for more equipment and also for the much higher rounds-shot count! Oh, and then you'll need to buy more guns to load for. I just bought a SP101 .357, because when I got rid of the GF, her .357 went with her. So I had this set of dies sitting around....
Sure! It is absolutely normal to spend >$550 to get a gun so that I can justify keeping my $30 die set! Well, I wanted one, too.
She took her Swedish Mauser with her too.
I'm in the market for a M38 Swede. Gotta keep the dust off my 6.5x55 dies!
:)
 
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Anyone who reloads to save money is kidding both themself and you. Stan, a reloaded since 1960 and set up for about 30 calibers and with about 50 molds. Seven metallic presses, five shotshell presses and a whole bunch of 310 dies and tong tools.
Like my little farm, if I live to 500 I might start saving. Deer are now down to about $2500 each based on land price.
Love it. Not complaining. Not dependent on shops, elections or laws.
 
ohihunter2014 said:
wondering how much money saved for reloading 9mm?

I pay about $24-29 per 100rounds depending on what I buy at Walmart.

not looking for super accurate loads just some plinking stuff.
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I am looking for super accurate loads, but that doesn't mean they have to cost a lot. Here is my current match load break down per round.

124gr precision delta JHP- buy 2000 at a time they are 8.9c.
S&B primers from Cabelas on sale in bulk 2.4c.
Using a lot of Autocomp right now but most any powder is going to be about 2c.
9mm brass is free all over the place if you will bother to pick it up.

So about .13c per round or about half or less of what you are paying for bulk stuff. Im using a rather cheap Lee Loadmaster press that I spent some time working on but now runs really well, bought it used for $125 bucks.

The big difference in my ammo and the bulk stuff is the accuracy, mine shoots groups like this from a rest at 25yds:

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Even if it cost me more to reload than buy bulk ammo I would still reload. If I use coated lead instead of jacketed bullets for plinking ammo my cost goes down even more and accuracy doesn't suffer all that much. If I were to start casting my own bullets, cost per round would go down quite a bit more.

My advice: Learn to reload.
 
Considering the cost of components I have on hand (but have yet to assemble), 9 mm will cost me roughly 22 cents per round using jacketed bullets.

But like many others here, I don't reload for reasons of cost. If I was doing that, I would be "paying" myself much less than minimum wage and I would have to report myself in to the Department of Labor.

I reload because I want to know what I am shooting. I want to make the decisions balancing bullet weight and powder charge to optimize performance. I want to put my fingers on every component and know how the final product was assembled.
 
Whether for accuracy or plinking, you can tailor your loads the way you want.

I like the 124/125 gr. weights. And I don't have to wonder if somebody has them in stock when I go into the big town. :)
 
I've vowed I won't be reloading 9mm until either
a) 9mm isn't easy to get
b) I finally get that Dillon 650

I generally stock up when I can get ammo for $0.20 to $0.21 a round. A case or two will last me a little bit.

I can reload it for about $0.12 to $0.13 depending on the quantity of projectiles I buy. Saving $0.07 to $0.09 a round isn't worth my time on a single stage.

I'll focus my reloading time and effort to the more expensive rounds like .30-06 or .38 Special.
 
CZ9shooter said:
My basic plinking ammo costs me about 11¢/round. Premium type stuff, about a quarter.

But....

How much it costs me has very little to do with what it might cost you. Lots of vaiables to consider. You've got your obvious differences in components, then are other things you may or may not wish to factor in. Start-up costs, your time investment, buying in bulk, casting?

If cost savings is your only goal, you may get bored quick. But if you are like me, cost is the reason you start, but pure enjoyment is the reason you continue.
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Very well said - - - -
 
My reloads using Berry's or X-treme 115 grain bullets run about 12 cents/round......$12/100.

I don't do it for money savings, I do it so I can shoot twice as much ammo for the same cost as factory, lol.
 
RMR bullets/S&B Primers/ Powder is a little pricey but $28 a lb /Range pickup brass

Pretty much like mstreddy, about 12 cents a round, so half the cost of 100 round value packs at Wally World.
 
I cast my own 125 grainers. I figure my per round figure is .02 for the primer, .012 for powder and the bullet is about .01. Let's call it .04 per round. The reality is that bullet cost me less than a penny. Granted, molds, lube sizer and the press etc was an initial investment. But that $2.00 box of fifty applies to .38 and .45acp loads. That equipment paid for itself awefully fast. Casting your own is key. I understand many have constraints that prevent casting, but man does that change the "is it worth it?" question. My Glocks run aftermarket barrels, my Browning HP is bone stock. I load about 4.2 grains of bullseye over said cast bullets on free range brass. They run a little over 1100 fps and shoot much better than I can! If I bought plated, that bullet goes to about .08. Depending on the volume you burn through a week/ month/year, still may be worth it. I'd avoid fmj for range use all together.
 
I now load for the 9mm since there are three in the family who shoot it.

124gr Cast loads cost me just under 10 cents a round, $4.97/50 rounds.
124gr Coated loads cost me just over 10 cents a round, $5.27/50 rounds.
124/125gr FMJ loads cost me just over 14 1/2 cents a round, $7.39/50 rounds

Considering when I can find them 115gr FMJ 9mm ammo round $14/50 near me I know it's worth it especially since I like 124/125gr bullets much more than the 115gr ammo usually available in the stores.

I can load Speer GDHP ammo for under 27 cents a round, $13.38/50. Trying finding even a box of 20 for double that price.
 
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