As a rule of thumb reloading costs are about half of the economy brands of factory ammo. That of course doesn't include the gear to get started or the brass. You can easily determine if it makes sense by using $500 for a basic setup for several calibers. Then figure out how much you might shoot in a year. If you shoot $1000 worth of factory ammo in a year you break even in a year. $1000 in 2 years you break even in 2 years and so on.

That's not why I do it however. I enjoy reloading as much as I do shooting so naturally I'm going to reload.

STICKY STICKY STICKY!

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