Can you believe the $$ savings!!

[Teknys]

Even though our component cost have gone up, esp powder and primers. I spent a few hours in the reloading room yesterday and figured cost for what my son and I did. I compared to Federal Premium Ammo from Cabelas, I used $52.97 worth of components and if I paid for the ammo it would have been $272.00 plus shipping. I saved $219.00!!!

I tried the saying "I think I can afford another gun after a couple of reloading sessions" to my wife and she just laughed and said "After my new counter tops!!!!". I think I'm stuck.

Point is: Even though component cost is up, so is factory ammo. I know you can go to Wal-Mart and pick up the std caliper rounds still pretty cheap, but thats not the type of bullets I shoot, or as much fun. Bivwak has helped getting bullet cost down, buying 2nds.

 

[DrMike]

It is always cheaper to hand load, and you will shoot more because you will enjoy it more.

 

[Idaho_Elk_Huntr]

Bullets are hurting my cost at the moment. I cant get what I want from Nosler Pro Shop or Bivak. Cant get new or seconds. I love the Accubonds but for anything 30 Caliber its $39 per box here. Boxes of 100 Interbonds $42. I have used Nosler all my life and if they cant keep me stocked I think Im going to give Hornady a try. I have to get something.
Now I have primers that I have paid $23 a brick or less and havent paid more than $17 for powder so cost in still low. But im not paying $39 for a box of Accubonds again

 

[FOTIS]

It is always cheaper to hand load, and you will shoot more because you will enjoy it more.

Roger that.

 

[.405]

My cast pistol bullets cost me very little to make. Only the labor I put into them.Plus some of the bullets are unavailable to buy right now.

 

[baltz526]

I have been saving lots of money. With the nearly 20 trips to the local shops to buy primers, powder, .22 shells. I have spent less than $40 total. The shelves are still empty every time i look. Online availability of .22 shells was zero last time i looked. unless i wanted to spend over $0.10 per shell.

 

[Charlie-NY]

Just like everyone else, I really enjoy shooting my handloads. However, I also love to handload. It may sound ridiculous but I just enjoy handloading. Even if there wasn't a great saving in handloading i'd still do it just for the shear enjoyment of producing high quality precision ammo.

Other than rimfire ammo, I haven't bought a single round of factory ammo in decades and that's just the way I like it.

 

[fireroad]

Bullets are hurting my cost at the moment. I cant get what I want from Nosler Pro Shop or Bivak. Cant get new or seconds. I love the Accubonds but for anything 30 Caliber its $39 per box here. Boxes of 100 Interbonds $42. I have used Nosler all my life and if they cant keep me stocked I think Im going to give Hornady a try. I have to get something.
Now I have primers that I have paid $23 a brick or less and havent paid more than $17 for powder so cost in still low. But im not paying $39 for a box of Accubonds again

Have you tried midwayusa? They have been running reloading sales on and off for the past couple months. I picked up two boxes of AB for about $22/box...pretty close to the interbonds. I think they are still on sale for 23 or 24.

 

[longwinters]

I figure it cost about 1/2 the 1st time and its cheaper after that with re-using the brass. And I too love reloading.....except trimming brass-hate that much.

I have enough stuff to last for quite a while unless I would start shooting again almost weekly. I have cut my shooting way back and am hoping for easier acquisition and perhaps a bit cheaper prices in the future.

Long

 

[JD338]

It is always cheaper to roll your own. I shoot more so I spend more. I shoot a lot of Nosler seconds so that in its self os a big savings.

JD338

 

[russ808]

+1 on the Nosler 2nds. +1 on the brass trimming.

 

[jhunter1010]

Bullets are hurting my cost at the moment. I cant get what I want from Nosler Pro Shop or Bivak. Cant get new or seconds. I love the Accubonds but for anything 30 Caliber its $39 per box here. Boxes of 100 Interbonds $42. I have used Nosler all my life and if they cant keep me stocked I think Im going to give Hornady a try. I have to get something.
Now I have primers that I have paid $23 a brick or less and havent paid more than $17 for powder so cost in still low. But im not paying $39 for a box of Accubonds again

HA, you shouldnt be complaining about your bullet prices, 50 accubonds up here,(northern bc) cost atleast 55$, and 100 interbonds is still 67$
any powder up here cost 30-33$ and primers are 6$ for 100 :!:
prices are still climbing

 

[Antelope_Sniper]

Yep, I shoot nosler seconds, and military surpluss powder. I bought....well... a good amount of surpluss powder back when you could get it for $3.65 a pound. That was including hazmat delivered to my door.