Cost of Reloading
I just bought 100 rounds of .30/06 ammo on the auction side (5 boxes) for $137.54 which includes shipping, sales tax, & fees. I looked up what the components would cost (without shipping, sales tax, & fees) and I came up with $157! Even if I take away the cost of new brass @ $55, I guess we can't save much by loading our own anymore.
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I haven't bought any new components in 4 plus years .I started casting about 9 years ago. Based on that and the costs I paid years ago, my reloads are still 50 % or so of new .. Nowadays it's not so much cost reduction but being independent of politically caused shortages . The added bonus is tailoring a load to a specific gun . Bonus points for shooting guns whose ammo is unobtainable or to expensive to buy
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Samehere. When primers were $30/1000 and powder was $25/pound, it was a no brainer. Now, not so much.
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I reload for my hunting rifles mainly because I can get consistent long range accuracy making my own ammo.
Reloading components, mainly large rifle primers and several powders are not readily available and expensive. Some of the reloading powders have not been in stock for approx 4 years and prices inflated when found.
Price of reloading components has severely reduced my shooting time at the bench rest.
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For me it's all about accuracy in my 30-30, however last year my hunting partner told me he wanted to try his dad's old Win. 94 in .32 Special, but $80 a box for ammo was a bit steep, so I offered to make some up if the components could be found. Bullets proved to be scarce but found one source online. Picked up four boxes of once-fired brass at a gun show for twenty bucks. Happened to have reloading dies altho I've never owned a gun in that cal. So I made some test loads & some proved to be more accurate than these old eyes can see with open sights so I loaded him a couple of boxes with more available if he wanted. Just a couple reasons to reload…..
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Years ago I reloaded shotshells, and my cost was $5 a box, the guys at the range wouldn't reload because they could get a box for $7. I quit when I couldn't find red dot powder and lead chilled shot went thru the roof. I still have about 35 reloaded boxes left.
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The days of the $9.95 Lee loader and $16.95 Lyman 310 tool complete with dies are long gone. Penny primers and $2.50 per pound powder are also a thing of the past. Hodgedon bulk was as low as 99 cents per pound. Ha! I bought wheel weights for 10 cents a pound but you could buy already cast .38s and.45's for 3 - 4 cents apiece. Big name hunting bullets were around five bucks a hundred. Checking my latest Natchezz catalogue I venture to say that a beginning reloader would need a minimum of $325.00 just to get started loading one caliber. Plus postage!!! But, to be relevant, I was making $1.72 per hour driving truck in 1962 which was pretty good money in the hills of Pa. back then!! Eddie
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I paid 85 bucks for a thousand Federal large rifle primers at a small gun show in Georgia.That was the only large rifle primers I had found in a long time.When I bought a couple of 10mm pistols,I bought 10mm ammo for 20 bucks per 50 rounds from the popular firearm company in SC. No way I could reload 10mm if I had to buy brass for $20 a box.
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Since the brain dead President and the string puller for him are out of power, why is the cost of components still so high and hard to find? Trump is doing everything he can to eliminate all the gun problems the two idiots created and doing a very good job. I would think that the prices and availability would be changing. But, they are not. Anyone have any ideas why?
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You asked why reloading components scarce as hens teeth?
I SUSPECT it's maybe due to the wars. (Ukraine and Israel burning lots of power and primers)
Military contracts????????????
But several of the Alliant powders, made in Sweden have not been available in USA for 3 years.
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I never gave that a thought. I fully see how that will have a large influence on our powder supply.
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Conspiracy. We ain't seen nothin' yet…
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