So i was figuring cost per round for my 45 acp rounds and this is what i get
Bullets cast 230 grain lead i cast my own: $5.50 per 100
Lube PC harbor frieght red: $8 per 1000
bullet total $6.30 per 100
Cases once fired $44 per 500 divided into 12 reloads.
i can get 15 to 20 reloads on brass but i do loose a few brass in the grass: and i had to cover shipping for the brass
do get a lot of free brass at the range though. which i did not figure in. (saves roughly a penny a round with free brass.)
Powder ( im gonna pay $26 per lb to cover hazmat on primers and powder ordered at 8lbs at a time and 12k primers) $26 per lb
( powder charge is 5 grains )
Primers $20 per 1000 ( ginex primers )
total per round is $0.10 per round or $5.08 per box of 50 or $50.79 for 500 rounds.
I did leave out electricity and labor of course but in my free time i would most likely be using electricity anyways on something else.
cheapest i can find steel cased is .25 cents a round without shipping cost. makes it all worth while, and my ammo is way more accurate than steel cased junk. really see the saving with my .45 colt and .308 Winchesters with factory ammo running at or over a dollar per round
Bullets cast 230 grain lead i cast my own: $5.50 per 100
Lube PC harbor frieght red: $8 per 1000
bullet total $6.30 per 100
Cases once fired $44 per 500 divided into 12 reloads.
i can get 15 to 20 reloads on brass but i do loose a few brass in the grass: and i had to cover shipping for the brass
do get a lot of free brass at the range though. which i did not figure in. (saves roughly a penny a round with free brass.)
Powder ( im gonna pay $26 per lb to cover hazmat on primers and powder ordered at 8lbs at a time and 12k primers) $26 per lb
( powder charge is 5 grains )
Primers $20 per 1000 ( ginex primers )
total per round is $0.10 per round or $5.08 per box of 50 or $50.79 for 500 rounds.
I did leave out electricity and labor of course but in my free time i would most likely be using electricity anyways on something else.
cheapest i can find steel cased is .25 cents a round without shipping cost. makes it all worth while, and my ammo is way more accurate than steel cased junk. really see the saving with my .45 colt and .308 Winchesters with factory ammo running at or over a dollar per round
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