Is it worth it economically?

[Furncliff]

My take..... if you want to play golf it's going to cost you waaaay more than reloading. I don't count the cost of die's presses and tools because when I die my heir's will sell it off and do just fine. So that leaves the expendables, bullets, powder and primers. Really it's a pretty cheap hobby unless you shoot 15,000 rounds/year.

I didn't start this madness to save money, I wanted more accurate ammo for pistols and pistol caliber rifles. I got that.

As far as being a sedentary hobby... I reload standing up.

 

[Wildbillz]

If you were to leave right now and go to the store. How long would it take you to get there. Buy a couple of boxs of 9mm or 223Rem and get back home.

I can walk out to the reloading bench and load 100 rounds of 9mm in about 30 minutes. A little longer for 223Rem due to having to lube the cases if I don't use the ones that are all ready sized.

I decided a long time ago not to be denied the use of my guns due to no ammo. I have keept a stock of primers powders and bullets for all calibers that I shoot. I even have dies for some that I don't shoot anymore just incase someone I know needs a helping hand one day. A set of reloading dies is one if not the first accsorys I get for a new gun (if I don't all ready load that caliber). I can even load 5.45x39 ammo if I need to, but it would take a little work.

WB