I am interested in reloading .223, .308, .45acp, and 9mm.

How much do you save per 1,000 rounds by reloading each of these calibers versus buying good quality new ammunition?

The only way to save money is to not shoot anything,once you start down this road you are in deep do do.ask me how I know!
45 years of reloading ,but I am trying to hold back a bit.

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Originally posted by 45 Cal:
The only way to save money is to not shoot anything,once you start down this road you are in deep do do.ask me how I know!
45 years of reloading ,but I am trying to hold back a bit.

But we just keep shootin up everything you load up!

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Originally posted by Mars_Attacks:

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Originally posted by 45 Cal:
The only way to save money is to not shoot anything,once you start down this road you are in deep do do.ask me how I know!
45 years of reloading ,but I am trying to hold back a bit.

But we just keep shootin up everything you load up!

Its a sickness,being around my Forum friends don't help.Living next to the getto don't help but at least they know I shoot and they heard dat old sob will shoot you,so far so good.

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Originally posted by deepocean:
I am interested in reloading .223, .308, .45acp, and 9mm.

How much do you save per 1,000 rounds by reloading each of these calibers versus buying good quality new ammunition?

What's "good quality new", WWWB? A close ball park is 1/2 of the cost of WWWB & it will better quality, more accurate ammo. THis is assuming you have brass or have saved all that factory stuff you have been shooting, so it's free, and does NOT include the cost of equip. Equip. cost will vary quite a bit depending on speed/volumn, $300-$1500, slow/low vol. to fast/high vol.

What's "good quality new", WWWB? A close ball park is 1/2 of the cost of WWWB & it will better quality, more accurate ammo. THis is assuming you have brass or have saved all that factory stuff you have been shooting, so it's free, and does NOT include the cost of equip. Equip. cost will vary quite a bit depending on speed/volumn, $300-$1500, slow/low vol. to fast/high vol.[/QUOTE]

You make a good point--"good quality new" is open to discussion. I was thinking along the line of Blazer Brass for the pistol calibers I mentioned, and I think this is often more than WWWB.

When I reload I would like our loads to be the highest quality and most accurate loads possible. This may mean it costs more than a standard factory load. I am fine with that. I am just curious how much we will need to spend on components to approach the very best factory loads.

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Originally posted by deepocean:
When I reload I would like our loads to be the highest quality and most accurate loads possible. This may mean it costs more than a standard factory load. I am fine with that. I am just curious how much we will need to spend on components to approach the very best factory loads.

ACtually, even my cheapest reloads better most cheap factory stuff for accuracy by far. You can even duplicate several carry loads like GoldDots, GoldenSabers, etc. There is litle down side to rolling your own.

I find I save half on .45acp. Maybe about a third on 9mm. If you compare both to Winchester White Box. And that is buying FMJ projectiles. One draw back to owning HK.

My 45-70's are $1.25 each t buy.
$0.28 to load.

You will not save money but you will shoot more and better ammo

I don't know what the savings is today because of increases but 2 years ago I could load 4 1/2 boxes of 9MM for the price of one good box over the counter.

My 45 loads cost ~ 8/9 cents per. don't think i've "saved" money though just shot more.

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Originally posted by dragonblood:
My 45 loads cost ~ 8/9 cents per. don't think i've "saved" money though just shot more.

You may have shot more, but you certainly saved on a per round basis. When I was shooting CAS, I shot 2K-3K/mth. No way was I able to do that on factory ammo.