Man, the price of ammo is rising...Reloading?
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I have some 9mm bullets that I bought for under 2 cents each! Brass was kinda free, primers go for under .02 and powder goes for under a penny. I guess that means I can load my own for about 5 cents each. .05 x 100 = $5.00 !! I f you had to buy bullets at todays prices ~ .05 and brass first time around .05! That makes it $13.00 per hundred for the first load and then $8.00 per hundred after that. JM2c
About $55 per thousand for 115 or 124gr bullets.
about $16 for a pound of titegroup powder (works pretty spiffy in 9mm)
about $25 a thousand for small pistol primers.
price of brass varies. For good 9mm brass that has been cleaned, expect at least $30 per thousand.
Once you have a decent supply of brass figure about $0.09 per round. So about $90 a thousand.
about $16 for a pound of titegroup powder (works pretty spiffy in 9mm)
about $25 a thousand for small pistol primers.
price of brass varies. For good 9mm brass that has been cleaned, expect at least $30 per thousand.
Once you have a decent supply of brass figure about $0.09 per round. So about $90 a thousand.
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Initial set up cost can be from $200-$300 up to infinity, you can get a quality set up for less than $500 for reloading pistol cartridges in quantities good enough to be worth doing, people go through a lot of pistol cartridges, a lot more than rifle cartridges, for just about any rifle but an AR anyways!
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Here's a good place to start: http://www.brianenos.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=664
Here's a good place to start: http://www.brianenos.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=664
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I have the Dillon XL650 with casefeeder. Excellent set-up. I like the "powder check system" and think that it makes it worth it to go to the 650 model. I shoot 9mm in an AR too, so I like loading my own for that too! Buy a good loading manual and read it like you "should" the Bible.
The cheapest setup you can get that is even remotely worth bothering with is a lee turret kit + a tumbler + dies + powder measure upgrade + bullet puller + calipers
That's what I started with about 4.5 years ago and it cost me about $280 then.
If i were starting over i would have just gotten a progressive press off the bat. Starting from zero and getting a progressive plus all the goodies you need to use it safely, you are probably talking $700.
if that'd buy enough ammo to not worry about it for a year or so, then reloading probably isn't for you.
That's what I started with about 4.5 years ago and it cost me about $280 then.
If i were starting over i would have just gotten a progressive press off the bat. Starting from zero and getting a progressive plus all the goodies you need to use it safely, you are probably talking $700.
if that'd buy enough ammo to not worry about it for a year or so, then reloading probably isn't for you.
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