Is It ECONOMICAL To Reload Anymore?

[Japhy]

Now i am re-interested to find the cost to reload .45
I would weigh that vs the cost of everything. I could easily shoot 100rds / week if there was sufficient savings over factory to cover the cost of a basic press and dies in 6months

[Diver43]

Now i am re-interested to find the cost to reload .45
I would weigh that vs the cost of everything. I could easily shoot 100rds / week if there was sufficient savings over factory to cover the cost of a basic press and dies in 6months

Of all places check Amazon and marketplace for your area. Beware online sales. Lots of scammed selling reloading supplies

[Varmintmist]

Now i am re-interested to find the cost to reload .45
I would weigh that vs the cost of everything. I could easily shoot 100rds / week if there was sufficient savings over factory to cover the cost of a basic press and dies in 6months

FB marketplace is a pretty good place. Gunshops in the area might know someone selling out. I picked up a box with a single stage Lyman, 4 sets of dies a powder measure, scale, and a bunch of other stuff for one kid and a pretty similar box for another, I am pretty sure I dropped a hundred bucks each.I have 2 single and a turret mounted that I paid less then 100 total for.

[Freezer]

LGSs usually have good deals, I picked up a Lyman turret press for $50 a few months ago. That said the Lee Anniversary Kit isn't a bad place to start and has the fastest payback. Lee is the VW of the reloading world and it will get you accurately from point A the point B. You can upgrade as your interest in the hobby grows. With a single stage press you can load about 100 rounds per hour compared to 400 rounds per hour for a progressive press. I set up my die and perform one step at a time for 500 rounds, then move to the next step. Priming can be done in your living room chair while watching your TV. Since I no longer have a man cave I use a hand tool while sitting in my recliner. I have to admit it's kind of cool.

[CPJ 2.0]

Before my time, but I have paid $17-18 per thousand.

But I’d really like to pay $10 per thousand.

[Wambli Ska]

I sold every box of 1,000 I’d bought for $15 for $300+ during the last panic. Made a killing

[JunkCollector]

Granted it's vintage but among these were 8 unopened ones for 25 bucks for all of them
All were still good.
The opened ones are lawn fertilizer

I go with yes

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[Zee]

Why lawn fertilizer? They make cool fireworks.

[JunkCollector]

Why lawn fertilizer? They make cool fireworks.

If I knew how yeah/maybe
If I looked it up...big brother.
Probably have a new shrub or poison ivy

[Freezer]

I used to perform skits for the Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts. One year I did a pirate theme and made a wrapped in lantern 3" dia ABS cannon. I used gun powder and duct tape for sound effects. A couple lug nuts wrapped in lantern wick, dipped in kerosene on a pulley, a thin copper wire and we shot the campfire to get it started. I also used a book of matches and rocket engine igniters to light the campfire, remotely. A tablespoon of gunpowder in a tissue set above the igniter with a couple tablespoons of kerosene in a baggie made a great way to start the troops campfire. Gosh I miss those days!

Alas my BIL got into a bunch of trouble for making PVC firecrackers....just saying