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A reloaded round will always be less expensive than a factory round
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i thought about that right after posted the thread. i shouldve titled it "how much cheaper".
 
wow. ive just been wondering because i thought i saw 1000 primers for 100$ and 100 bullets for 100$,
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Sure there are some people that are price gouging.
But if you don't buy at that price, (and I sure wouldn't) the seller is stuck (and hopefully chokes to death on the stuff) :barf:
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How much cheaper to reload, as others have said depends.

I received some lead pipe for free.
In the calibers that I cast, I can be as cheap as $.03 a round.
If I have to buy bullets, then it's closer to 20¢
This is for 45 Colt where factory rounds can be as much as $50/box.
 
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Col, if you get into this I think you're going to find it brings more enjoyment to your shooting.

I'm in the garage nearly every night. If I'm not loading, I'm prepping cases and listening to the radio. Good quiet time.

What part of town did you say you lived in?
 
kostyanj said:
$18 in 2003 is 22.77 now (roughly the cost of tulammo primers today) according to the Bureau of labor statistics. That's only 10 years. Also the poster never said they were tul or otherwise.

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They are Winchester. For purposes of standardization, I only buy Winchester primers--well, except that I did buy some Federals and Tul for experimentation.

This particular box of 1000 I'm referring to was purchased in 1997 (I had written the date on the box). Now that I'm not so poor I tend to buy them in cases of 5000 instead of individual 1000's.
 
Wish I had written a date on mine. The Winchester primers I'm currently using say $12.97 on a white box. Anybody remember when they changed to the blue boxes?
 
TenDriver said:
Col, if you get into this I think you're going to find it brings more enjoyment to your shooting.

I'm in the garage nearly every night. If I'm not loading, I'm prepping cases and listening to the radio. Good quiet time.

What part of town did you say you lived in?
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im in the whitesburg/airport rd area. yes i cant wait to get some equipment. im out of "gun stuff" to do right now and ive actually been steel wooling my factory ammo that doesnt meet my "shiny enough" criteria. very fine steel wool of course
 
tendriver,
i will need an extra set of eyes at some point. probably sooner rather than later
 
the point is not how expensive it is, it is that you actually have it. If you buy into the panic and have to have those primers (10 cents a piece) you will still have bullets to shoot. If you sit around and wait for ammo to show up, you will still be paying that price or more and might not have anything to shoot anyways. Plus the driving around, calling, waiting in line... etc. Do you want the bullets now or do you want to wait to go shooting. Like everyone said, if you shop around for components you can reload for much less than factory. I got stuck buying .223 projectiles for .12 cents. That hurt, but I am still reloading .223 with premium bullets for 5 bucks a box with Varget/AR Comp/Pro Varmint/Reloader 7, Winchester primer, and topping it with a VMax or Hornady SP. I paid way to much for some 308 bullets and that is costing me a whopping 7.35 per 20. That hurts but oh well, that is a serious last resort gun and I don't shoot it that often. That is less than 1/2 price of the best deal I could get on a thousand rounds of factory. I guess I am ok with that
 
I cast, size and lube my own bullets from lead scrap I manage to find. I use brass I pick up at the range or folks give to me. At the moment I load 9mm and .40 at about .09 per round.

I found 600 lbs of scrap lead a couple months ago, I picked up a boatload of 9mm brass at the range. Then my son gave me a coffee can full. Next a buddy gave me another coffe can full.

My situation is unique, not everyone has these resources. I'm not adding in cost for time or electricity.

My problem is primers and powder, stock is getting low.
 
Availability is a big deal for me with my more recent caliber obsession. You can't seem find 300BLK anywhere these days except that marked up to $1.00 or more per round. Even using quality components acquired pre-panic, my hand loads are typically $0.50 or less. With pulls/blems & homebrew brass they run $0.20 - $0.30 each & I get to shoot as much as I like...

Nick
 
Amen brother. I've got to stop buying factory ammo or my wife is going to prematurely end my shooting career :)
 
Reloading components have gone up in price, but for many cartridges reloading is now the only viable option. There simply *is* no ammo locally, and no way to bring it in from the lower 48.
 
I load my target loads in 40 cal for about 18cents a shell ,that is buying plated flat points for 128.00 per 1000.If I put a top grade jacket hp it cost me about 30 cents per.My 45s are just a little higher but close to those numbers I dont buy brass just powder and bullets and primers wont pay over 31.00 per for 1000 primers , have plenty of old stock and buy new when price is right.My 460s can cost anywhere from 40 cents to 50 depending on what I want them to do.I never keep tabs on what it cost me to load because I luv doing.Am sure over the years have saved alot but then again probably not because I shoot alot more because I can ,Cant say I would shoot near as much if I was buying factory ammo.
 
What is ironic is that during this time of scarcity, when everything is often overpriced, is PRECISELY when my friends at church are FINALLY willing to learn how to reload!-- because otherwise, they will have nothing and they have finally realized it.


I think two or three of them have finally gotten their presses in, and I have outfitted them with very modest amounts of powder, cases, and primers and bullets where needed.

My approach has been to give them just enough to get them going, lest they feel "flush" and fail to work towards ordering something on their own. One gal at work took up tactical AR15 work and just ordered five THOUSAND bullets to load.....and she actually found me and her both some VARGET a month back! She will be making scadzillions any day now!

I'm very impressed that y'all have been able to buy primers at normal prices in this midst....I have enough but have seen virtually none to buy at reasonable prices.
 
Can still plan on saving 50% (or more) for a given quantity of ammo, with the caviat that you scrounge free brass or at least collect and re-use all your brass. Brass is expensive.

In actuality, you will not save any money. You will -at least- shoot twice as much for the same money.
 
Obviously, reloading is much cheaper for some of us than others. Some of us bought in large quantities years back so have lower loading costs.

If you want a real answer to your question, you'll have to do the work yourself. Find out what YOU can get components for, for the calibers you want to load, and do the math. No one here can really tell you what it's gonna cost YOU to reload.

I'd be willing to bet that the vast majority here feel it's economically feasible, and we have the plus of being able to load ammunition that CAN'T be bought anywhere.
 
I started loading 2007or 08 started loading for a 44mag becouse of the price of ammo for it. Now I load for everything I shoot. over time picking up componets and dies when needed eather locally or ordering. I decided to start casting my own Boolits around 2010 or 11 at the time I was able to get all the lead I wanted or needed at the range so lead was free except for my time. My loading mentor decided to start down sizeing and sold me every ting that he had accumulated over 20 + years of loading at a very reasonable price also another friend (Gave)me all his loading equipment and componets at today's prices (not the inflated prices) I'm guessing close to 5000.00. I was at a garage sale and was able to pick up close to 10,000 primers and 2000 bullets most are 55 grain FMJ and the rest are 55 grain varment bullets all for 200.00 this was just 2 months ago.
All this time I've been picking up brass at the range trading some that I don't use for what I want.
So for me it's a lot cheeper for me to load my own and I have custom ammo for my guns
I did a break down on how much it cost me to load 9mm per 50 rds it was under $2.00 and for 44mag it was just over $5.00 per 50.
Flip
 
The cost of my .223 reloads is nominal, but I haven't had to buy components since the crisis began and brass is available. Reloading is the only reasonable way to shoot my .458. Factory ammo is $80 to $100 a box. Even with the component bullets being expensive, a dollar round is much more affordable.
 
Whatever is it you chose to load it'll come in at roughly half what factory costs.

Want some really cheap lead bullet ammo? It'll cost about half to load it than buying cheap lead bullet ammo off the shelf.

Want some premium bullet hunting ammo? About half. Competition quality ammo? About half.


Whatever it is, roughly half what you'd buy it's comparison for off the shelf.
 
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