NON reloaders how do you do it?!!!

[Bfish]

Yeah, you gotta buy your ammo online. I got 223 brass for $311 a case to my front door. And some buddies of mine (not me sadly) got 9mm brass at $205 a case to their front door... I have enough handgun brass now and almost enough rifle brass built up that I will however soon be in the market for a reloader... However I have so much to learn about it first!

 

[hps]

Yeah, you gotta buy your ammo online. I got 223 brass for $311 a case to my front door. And some buddies of mine (not me sadly) got 9mm brass at $205 a case to their front door... I have enough handgun brass now and almost enough rifle brass built up that I will however soon be in the market for a reloader... However I have so much to learn about it first!

BFish, where!!??? 9mm

 

[Bfish]

BFish, where!!??? 9mm

I asked my buddy the same thing! And had the same response haha. I call him and he started with "Well you're going to be mad..." to make a long story short I got left out on the order...

Yesterday he said he would check his email conformation to see who he got it from for me. Because if it's still there you better believe I'll be ordering a case also! I'll let you know. He said he'd let me know tomorrow. I can't remember what brand they got but it was nice manufacture new ammo. Freedom sells their new stuff for about 210 give or take but you still have to ship it! And apparently what they got is "nicer." But yeah ill let you know

 

[theslasher]

I make a 50 rd box of 115 gr plated 9mm for $6.07. 230 gr plated 45 acp for $7.09.
Anyone who says it isnt worth it has more money then brains obviously....

 

[Mark-DuCo]

I make a 50 rd box of 115 gr plated 9mm for $6.07. 230 gr plated 45 acp for $7.09.
Anyone who says it isnt worth it has more money then brains obviously....

Or they have other things they would rather spend their time on. I don't consider myself to be without brains for spending the few extra bucks on a box of shells if I can use the extra time to do stuff with my family, or help at the conservation club, or side projects that I can sell to make more money than I would save by reloading.

 

[Fordtough25]

By not shopping at Dick's?

That's a big 10-4, I haven't been there since they pulled their AR's off the racks last year.

 

[LP1]

Wow, what kinda of components are you buying? I'm notta bulk buyer and I'm saving way more than that!
LB of powder $23-25
1000 lead bullets $80
1000 primers $34
that's $137 give or take a few $$ for 1000 rds am I missing something? brass is range pick ups
Maybe im missing somethg.

The last time I bought 9mm lead bullets, they were such crap that I gave up on lead. Plus, I often shoot a Glock, so lead is not the best choice. Plated 9mm bullets usually cost about 12-14 cents each, and FMJ are even higher. Powder and primers are about what you quoted, maybe even a little less. Final cost is around 20 cents per round, assuming that one already has the brass. If one needs to buy brass, then the cost probably exceeds buying store ammo.

Even at 8 cents per bullet for lead, you are still looking at around 12-14 cents per round (not counting the cost of brass), so I might save $5 on a box of 50 rounds. Counting my effort bending over and picking up brass and time spent using my handloading equipment, it just doesn't make economic sense. I could do it faster if I spent several hundred on a progressive press, but that would increase the cost per round.

I'm not saying that reloading is a bad idea, but it's like most hobbies - you get a custom-made product and the satisfaction of doing it yourself, but you probably aren't really saving any money.

 

[LP1]

I make a 50 rd box of 115 gr plated 9mm for $6.07. 230 gr plated 45 acp for $7.09.
Anyone who says it isnt worth it has more money then brains obviously....

That reloading press wasn't free. And the components for 9mm plated cost more than 12 cents each unless you are buying several thousand at a time.

 

[Snapdragon]

I make a 50 rd box of 115 gr plated 9mm for $6.07. 230 gr plated 45 acp for $7.09.
Anyone who says it isnt worth it has more money then brains obviously....

Unless, of course, you don't shoot often enough to recoup your investment in the equipment. Then you might have some brains after all.

 

[findingZzero]

My reloading involves tequila not lead. If I did both, I'd probably shoot my eye out.

 

[indiucky]

Do you lay down every time you say "worsh" or just when the shop is closed?

After hours bro....

 

[rvb]

as far as the time it takes, it really depends on your equipment, etc.

The last few years I've gone through about 5k 9mm and 2k .223. Total time invested? Probably less than 30 hrs per YEAR. That includes time pulling the handle on the press (~18 hrs), brass prep, loading primer tubes, etc. Saving several hundred dollars for that amount of effort is most definitly worth my time.

I do most of the loading in the winter, and rarely touch the press in the summer.

-rvb

 

[hps]

Saving around $100-$120 per 1000!! yea I'm all for it.
2 kids in school, I'll spend 1hr at the table a couple nights a week. It works for me.

 

[theslasher]

I pay $75 shipped for 1000 plated 9mm's from xtreme. I sit down and 1 hr and 15 min later I have 500 rds of ammo thats 1/2 the cost and lots better than factory. And thats 9mm's. 1/3 the cost on 45's. Dosent take much time away from my family. Make me laugh when people pull the family card.. It takes too much time from my family!! Whatever... I remember being 6 years old helping my dad make ammo.. Ill never forget it!!

 

[Robjps]

I reload, but the cost savings aren't that much (maybe a nickel per round for 9 or 45 if I'm lucky). When my time is factored in, it's not worth it just for the money saved - you have to like doing it. When buying ammo, I just shop carefully at Walmart, Meijer, and online.

I save a ton price per round but then i buy online in large bulk. There is no place local that has reloading supplies the closest is 40 mins away. If i bought from them id be paying more then Wal-Mart prices. Example 2k 38spl wadcutters cost me like $200 to make my own.

 

[Mark-DuCo]

Did a quick search and found this calculator that was pretty close to what I was thinking my free time is worth to me.

http://programs.clearerthinking.org/what_is_your_time_really_worth_to_you.html#.U77MbLFvvnh

It is probably because I just don't shoot several thousand rounds a year, but for me reloading just is not worth it. I wish I did shoot enough to make reloading worth my time, but I just have to much going on.

 

[Slawburger]

Volume makes a difference.

 

[searpinski]

by cringing everytime we pull the trigger lol. still better then spending it on smoke or booze lol.

pretty much this, except i spend a fair amount on whiskey, bourbon and scotch

 

[Beowulf]

as far as the time it takes, it really depends on your equipment, etc.

The last few years I've gone through about 5k 9mm and 2k .223. Total time invested? Probably less than 30 hrs per YEAR. That includes time pulling the handle on the press (~18 hrs), brass prep, loading primer tubes, etc. Saving several hundred dollars for that amount of effort is most definitly worth my time.

I do most of the loading in the winter, and rarely touch the press in the summer.

-rvb

So, assuming by several hundred you meant somewhere between $200 and $500 and you spend $30 hours a year, you basically taking a job "paying" between $6.67 (below minimum wage) and $16.67 an hour to load ammo.

If that's a good deal for you, then perfect. If that's a bad deal for you, then it isn't.

Of course, that's leaving out side benefits, like being able to make your own subsonic ammo, if you shoot suppressed (which is more expensive than range ammo) and being able to keep rolling your own during a shortage crisis (though I guess you could stockpile cheap factory ammo to get the same benefit, substituting money for time during times of plenty).

 

[MisterChester]

Because I don't have the time or the energy to do so.