heypete
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I just ordered 960 rounds of 30.06 from CMP for $192 ($38 shiping)
Just for the powder and primers to hand load 960 30.06 it would cost $184.
I was about to question your pricing on reloads, but I did the math myself and was somewhat surprised at the cost. Your math is pretty much dead on.
My local dealer stocks IMR 4064 for $23/lb. Primers are about $18/1000 for CCI 200 Large Rifle Primers (and I have about 800 left).
My pet load for .30-06 is 49.5 grains of powder pushing a 150gr bullet. Loading 1,000 rounds requires 49,500 grains of powder, or 7.07 pounds. Powder costs alone, assuming I buy in one-pound increments and excluding taxes, are $162.61. Primers would bring the cost to about $180, excluding taxes.
Yikes. That's more than I thought, but far cheaper than commercial loadings. (About $3.60 per box of 20, not including bullets or taxes.)
I should buy some of that milsurp while it's available and cheap. My Garand and Remington 700 love it, and I hoard brass, so it works out.