Price Per Box on your Reloads

[RustyFN]

Pray tell, where are you getting 1000 primers for $15 these days?

Brand? Shipping costs? Tax?

Powder Valley or Graf's with a C&R license. Here are some normal prices at Graf's without the C&R discount.

MAGTECH PRIMER SMALL PISTOL 5000/CS
Our Price: $132.99 $99.99 SALE!

SELLIER & BELLOT PRIMER SMALL PISTOL 5000/CS
Our Price: $132.99 $99.99 SALE

Powder Valley prices.

WOLF LARGE PISTOL PRIMERS (KVB45)- per 1000 Yes $15.50

WOLF SMALL RIFLE PRIMERS (KVB223)- per 1000 Yes $15.50

WINCHESTER 231 - 8 LBS. Yes $118.00

WINCHESTER SUPER-TARGET (WST) - 8 LBS. Yes $117.00

I also see adds a lot for free hazmat if you order 32 pounds of powder or 15,000 primeres if I remember right. If you have to pay shipping and hazmat it only adds $1 per thousand when you order 50,000 primers.

I'm not trying to discourage you from reloading, because I think it's great, and a fun hobby. However, I think some of the guys in this thread are either full of it, or using supplies they purchased 20 years ago.

The prices above are todays prices.
Powder for 1,000 rounds = $10
Primers for 1,000 rounds = $16.50
your own cast bullets = free
total for 1,000 rounds = $26.50

Don't blame us because you don't know how to shop.

 

[kingmt]

Rusty

I thought I was doing good until I read that. I kinda like the jacked tho.

 

[slowr1der]

All of my components have been purchased in the last year. The powder can not be found anymore but was so cheep it didn't come to a half of a cent per round(wish I would have bought more then 8lb). Primers 2 cent from PV with free shipping & hazmat, brass free, bullets 20 cent for V-max or Nosler from Wal-mart(I did forget to include tax & gas since it was a local purchase). $4.40 per 20. The 243 is actually a little cheeper because I bought the V-max at $15 per 100 but to replace them is $20. Those M19 bullets were cheep & so was the FMJ.

Sorry if you don't know how to buy smart. I'm cheep so if I know it is going to be used I don't mind buying in bulk. Who can't use 3K bullets or 8lb of powder? With the free hazmat I only bought the 5K primers because I could do better on powder. The only canister powder I have is a 8lb of Bullseye & 4lb of Red Dot that I bought before I know how to save money.

Some/most of my powder has no data. I work up my data myself. It isn't for most but you can still get close to my prices with canister powder because everyone can buy in the same places & amounts I do.

So, it's powder that the rest of us can't buy at a price anywhere near that. I also don't think the majority of us can get the bullets for that price, as my local Walmart sells them, but not for $15 a box for either of those. The primers, I agree that you can get for that price, or slightly less if you don't factor in shipping or hazmat.

As for not knowing how to shop most of you guys are listing stuff from Powder Valley, and while maybe the offer free shipping and hazmat if you order enough at some times, I've never seen it. I've seen it with Grafs, but their prices are quite a bit higher in most cases. Many are also saying free for the cast bullets. This is great if you cast your own, but there are a lot of guys that don't. This is also saying you get your lead for free, which unfortunately isn't the case with everyone. You also aren't getting FMJ similar to what you'd buy at the store for these prices.

I'm not saying you can't order $1000 worth of stuff at a time and cheapo bullets and get your cost down somewhat, without ordering a super large quantity like that, and without using lead bullets, or cast bullets, it doesn't seem like it's easy to get that cheap. However, a previous poster did point out how he got the cost down to $5.50 a box with FMJ, and that's pretty impressive. A lot better than I'd have expected. This still isn't as low as some guys are claiming, but it's pretty decent.

 

[RustyFN]

As for not knowing how to shop most of you guys are listing stuff from Powder Valley, and while maybe the offer free shipping and hazmat if you order enough at some times, I've never seen it. I've seen it with Grafs, but their prices are quite a bit higher in most cases. Many are also saying free for the cast bullets. This is great if you cast your own, but there are a lot of guys that don't. This is also saying you get your lead for free, which unfortunately isn't the case with everyone.

We never said everybody could reload for the exact same price that we could. The question was " price per box on your reloads " and when we told our price you basically told us we were full of BS. If you read some of our posts you will see that anybody that shops smart and wants to put out a little effort can load very close to our price.

 

[jcwit]

Try being the Procurement Officer for an RV company for a few years or even a lowly buyer/Purchasing Agent, you'll very quickly learn how to get to the bottom dollar an most anything you wish to buy.

Worked in purchasing since I was 13 years old till the last 20 years when I owned my own company, retired at the age of 58 and have been enjoying it for 10 years now.

Pricing and buying is an art!

 

[David E]

What are sources for FMJ bullets have good prices for 9mm, .40 and .45?

The best I've found is Precision Delta where .45 230's are $119 per 1000 shipped. .40 180's are $115 and 9mm 147's are $85

You can knock off $4 per 1000 when you buy 10,000 at a time.

 

[kingmt]

I said you can't buy the one I use because it was so cheap even people that didn't like it bought it up. There is still cheap powder out there. The trade off is sometimes you have to work up your own data but most of the time someone has already done the work for you. The powder is a small part of the cost anyway.

I'm not going to count it again but I think I figured it at the $20 a box. When I bought them they were & $15. Like I said there is no private club I belong to & anyone can buy at the same prices.

I don't spend $1000 at a time but I do spend $300 most of the time. I hate paying shipping so I try to buy as much as I can on one shipping just like I try to get everything in one trip so I don't pay the gas for another trip.

 

[WhistlinDixie]

I get what you are saying, Slow. However, even if i completely ignore that abilities that reloading gives me (saving on other rounds like 45 acp, loading lighter loads for new shooters I teach, getting more accuracy than WWB, etc) 13 dollars a box savings is still nothing to sneeze at.

 

[David E]

No one has a better price for FMJ's?

 

[mo841]

reloading for my 500 S&W mag cost me $59/50 rounds. that is buying everything from my local reloading gun shop. I have recently found everything I need alot cheeper online and when I have the money to buy in bulk I should be able to cut it down to $24/50 rounds.

 

[res7s]

My favorite loads come up like this.

30-30(the powder and primers didn't have a hazmat fee or shipping, Primers $20.00/1000, Powder PROMO 85.00/8lb)
6.0gr of Promo, Ideal 308241 RN PB bullet, free brass, $39.11/1000 rounds, $1.96/50 rounds, $0.039/round.

44 magnum(powder and primers same as before)
6.0gr Promo, 318gr GC SWC, free brass, $66.10/1000 rounds, $3.30/50 rounds, $0.066/round.

40 S&W(primers bought same as before, powder NATO AA#7 $80.00/ 8lb)
7.8gr AA#7(NATO powder), Lee 401-175-TC, free brass, $31.84/1000 rounds, $1.59/50 rounds, $0.032/round.

357 magnum(primers same as before, Powder NATO AA#7 $80.00/8lb)
10.0gr AA#7(NATO powder), 158gr SWC(have three boxes that I traded for, basically free) free brass, $35.18/1000 rounds, $1.76/50 rounds, $0.035/round

30-30(primers same as before, powder got on trade figure $10-15.00/pound, went with $25.00 in calculator)
33.0gr W748, Ranch Dog TLC30-165-RF 175gr GC(GC's were $19.00/1000), free brass, $156.86/1000 rounds, $7.84/50 rounds, $0.157/round.

30-30(primers same as before, powder got on trade(free) going with free on this one)
29.0gr IMR-4895, Lyman 311041 172gr GC(GC's $19.00/1000), free brass, $39.00/1000 rounds, $1.95/50 rounds, $0.039/round.

30-30(primers same as before, free powder)
30.0gr IMR-4350, RCBS 30-180-FN 196gr GC(GC's $19.00/1000), free brass, $39.00/1000 rounds, $1.95/50 rounds, $0.039/round.

 

[Sport45]

The ammunition I reload is free.

I figure the components I have stockpiled in the garage and on the closet shelf as a sunk investment. It's not like I can make any money selling the stuff.

My reloading hobby, othe the other hand, can get a little pricey.