02-22-2023, 01:55 AM
Guys:
My SWAG based on a decent reloading kit like the Hornady is that initial outlay will be about $650.00 which will include a set of Hornady Grendel dies, a pound of powder, a hundred decent bullets in the 120 grain range, a hundred primers, and a hundred pieces of Lapua brass.
The cost of factory loads ranges from just under two dollars a shot to over three. Two dollars a round is about average I think.
Anyone who doesn't get at least ten shots from a piece of Lapua Grendel brass is either hot loading it badly or is using a set of Lee reloading dies.
The cost to reload a round is about $.10 for the brass, .15 for the primer, .15 for a thirty grain charge of TAC, and $.50 for the bullet. Round it up to one dollar a shot for the handloaded round.
So, a guy ought to have paid off his press and hardware in about 650 rounds fired of decent ammo using decent brass.
For some, 650 rounds of ammo is a gigantic amount and they wouldn't shoot that much in three years.
Competitive shooters will go through 650 rounds of ammo in a week or two and that is being conservative.
Sure, items can be debated and costs of powder, etc but I figure the differences in cost between factory loads and handloads will be in the dollar a shot arena.
LR-55
My SWAG based on a decent reloading kit like the Hornady is that initial outlay will be about $650.00 which will include a set of Hornady Grendel dies, a pound of powder, a hundred decent bullets in the 120 grain range, a hundred primers, and a hundred pieces of Lapua brass.
The cost of factory loads ranges from just under two dollars a shot to over three. Two dollars a round is about average I think.
Anyone who doesn't get at least ten shots from a piece of Lapua Grendel brass is either hot loading it badly or is using a set of Lee reloading dies.
The cost to reload a round is about $.10 for the brass, .15 for the primer, .15 for a thirty grain charge of TAC, and $.50 for the bullet. Round it up to one dollar a shot for the handloaded round.
So, a guy ought to have paid off his press and hardware in about 650 rounds fired of decent ammo using decent brass.
For some, 650 rounds of ammo is a gigantic amount and they wouldn't shoot that much in three years.
Competitive shooters will go through 650 rounds of ammo in a week or two and that is being conservative.
Sure, items can be debated and costs of powder, etc but I figure the differences in cost between factory loads and handloads will be in the dollar a shot arena.
LR-55