LiveLife
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Reloading 9mm savings is relative to how much you shoot and what you shoot.I'd still answer the OP by saying that if I am going to spend my money and time loading, I'd rather spend it on something more interesting than 9mm ... More savingsWhy load 9mm ammo?
I started building 9mm AR carbines during the "Great Component Shortage" of 2013 when 22LR prices went above $5/50, just about the cost for me to reload 9mm with components I bought in bulk.
I also found AR based 9mm to offer same manual of arms training and drill practice as AR15s at close defensive distances and for plinking with acceptable accuracy from various powders (Sub 1" 10 shot groups at 25 yards and 2" 10 shot groups at 50 yards).
Since then component prices have gone up but buying in bulk, my reloading cost was still kept around $6/50 or about half the cost of buying factory.
So if you shoot around 500 rounds a month, cost savings could be:
- $60/month or $720/year (pre-pandemic pricing of $12/50)
- $270/month or $3240/year (post-pandemic pricing of $33/50)
And if you shoot 9mm PCC instead of .223/5.56, your cost savings could exceed $10,000 a year.
I am glad that I got set up for large volume 9mm reloading and CMMG 22LR conversion bolts for my AR15s as I got to stock up for retirement when primers were $20/1000 and copper plated RN/HP 22LR were selling for $16-$19/500 and now can shoot as much as I want without worrying about finding ammo.
So yes, I am glad I reload 9mm as I am saving over $10,000 a year every year until ammunition prices come down.
After spending over $176,000 on reloading 600,000+ pistol rounds and untracked amount of rifle rounds the past 26 years (I told my wife I saved her like $150,000+ over buying factory ammo), I am going to tell my wife that I will be saving her additional $200,000 in the next 20 years.
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