Reload or buy bulk????

[slayer1962]

reloading

First I reload because your reloads will outperform all but the most expensive premium grade ammo. second the cost does not hurt as much. third I reload when I have time and always have components on hand. so no ammo shortage for me when everyone else was looking I was reloading by the thousands

 

[rwsmith]

The more you shoot....

Even buying new stuff, I still save a ton reloading. It really comes fish to how much you shoot & what calibers. Shoot 223 & 9mm, you save less. Shoot 308, 45acp,10mm, 357sig, any of the magnums, you can save enough to buy a new 650 in a year.

The more you shoot, the more you save.

 

[carpriver]

I have only been reloading for about 10 years. I reload 9mm, 38spl, 357 mag.S&W, 44spl,44 mag. 45acp, 45 colt, 5.56/223 and just started loading the 308win. I enjoy shooting and I enjoy reloading. I am able to tailor my loads to my needs or how lite or heavy I want them. When My granddaughters are visiting I can load some lite loads for them so they enjoy their time shooting. The more shoot the more I learn about reloading.

I have learned a lot about loading the 308 win. about the sizing the case. I am loading for a bolt rifle and the brass I got was fired in a semi auto or auto rifle so a full sizing was needed and that was anew step for me. sizing, trimming, champhering, the removing the primer crimp etc. but I have a fine round that is accurate. Do I save money, maybe.

 

[snowman]

Finally, it's a real shame the joke that "you won't save any money reloading, you'll just shoot more" has taken such root.

Finally, a breath of fresh air re this issue. Thank you, Twoboxer.

Andy

 

[fredj338]

Yes, using today's prices, you can load bulk 55gr 223 for less than 20c per:
Hornady 55gr - 0.08
S&B srp - 0.025
H322 or sim - 0.08
All bought in some bulk of course, like 5k primers, 8# of powder & 5-6k bullets. That includes shipping if bought online. If you buy once fired brass, add another penny per rd, amortized over 6-8 reloads.
If surplus powders make a come back, cheaper still. Buy components now, in 5 yrs your cost will be cheaper still.

 

[Porc1148]

I'm a newbie . Have been reloading only about 2years now. I shoot 9mm. I am retired and have time to pursue this as a hobby. I shoot about 200 rounds per week. I use a Lee turret press and dies. Paying about $33 for a Winchester white box twice a week gets expensive. I don't count the pennies saved per round I just enjoy reloading my own ammo.

 

[Magload]

I love to eat fish and always bought my fresh fish at the local fish market. One day while walking I saw some guys catching fish from the pier and thought hey I could buy a pole, some hooks and bait and eat really fresh fish real cheap. Well I caught fish okay and seems the best time was later and later at night. So a friend says let's buy a small row boat and get away from this pier a catch some bigger and different fish. A year later we caught bigger fish but had to go out farther and farther then the little boat developed a small leak that kept getting worse and the poles were too light. So we ponied up our money fixed the boat and bought better tackle. Last time out in that boat we could see some bigger better boats farther out catching more fish. We knew if we wanted more and different fish we needed more boat and more poles, fish finders, radar, GPS, bait tanks. Today I'm setting in the cockpit of a lovely 60' Rybovich with more poles and equipment than I can use and you know I still only like two kinds of fish and buy it at the same fish market, but I know a lot about fishing. Not a true story

Ha been there do that for real but those trips 60 miles off the coast sure made the fish cost a lot per pound. Now the gold 4/0 and 6/0 reeel and rods hang from the gun room ceiling and I am thinking of trading them for guns. Don