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    Reloading costs calculator

    Following on from the other thread, i thought i would post

    Just getting back into reloading myself (and saddling myself with huge debts for the outlay (all my kit is in a storage container in the UK) )

    This is a very handy app that will immediately calculate the cost per round and allow you to compare it to buying factory ammo.
    It also has reloading data too.


    https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...stant&hl=en_GB

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    Its not that hard to work out, does it really justify an app
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    All I know, or care about, is that I can afford to reload and shoot, whereas if I didn't, I couldn't.

    For me, that's it.

    Next thing - if there isn't one already - is an APP that helps you to find an APP.

    tac

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    What it wont tell you is the cost of gains in accuracy and reliability from a handload against factory, or factor in time.

    I worked it out ages ago and even leaving these out of the equation it was a no brainer, particularly given how much 556 I was getting through.
    I'm a maggot in another life you know

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    Quote Originally Posted by Parabuteo View Post
    What it wont tell you is the cost of gains in accuracy and reliability from a handload against factory, or factor in time.

    I worked it out ages ago and even leaving these out of the equation it was a no brainer, particularly given how much 556 I was getting through.
    Try shooting .45-70 Govt the way we do most weeks at a bazillion £££ a hundred. I can cast my own bullets, load my own loads with 30gr of whatever for around £24/C.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tacfoley View Post
    Try shooting .45-70 Govt the way we do most weeks at a bazillion £££ a hundred. I can cast my own bullets, load my own loads with 30gr of whatever for around £24/C.

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    Yea, it works out a bit more with 77gr SMKs Tac but its still a bloody sight cheaper overall, and gives match quality ammo for less than milsurp. Factor in that I have not paid for brass for a year or two and have a couple of thousand GGG 5.56 once fired cases to get through and its cheaper still. Like I say, in most cases its a no brainer.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Parabuteo View Post
    Yea, it works out a bit more with 77gr SMKs Tac but its still a bloody sight cheaper overall, and gives match quality ammo for less than milsurp. Factor in that I have not paid for brass for a year or two and have a couple of thousand GGG 5.56 once fired cases to get through and its cheaper still. Like I say, in most cases its a no brainer.
    I have around 250 .45-70Govt cases that refuse to wear out with the low loads I shoot.

    Lapua brass for the .308s and 6.5, and Grafs for the 7.5s. 7mm stuff is RWS from the late 80's that is still going strong.

    My 1000 nickel .357Mag cases, bought in 1996, occasionally get frilly at the top, but again, because they are not over-worked in reloading, seem to be going of forever.

    tac

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    I like reloading. QED.
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    I enjoy reloading (just as I enjoy fly tying); the app won't have an enjoyment adjustment to the calculation. If you have to worry about the cost then you really shouldn't be doing it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ruger_shooter View Post
    I enjoy reloading (just as I enjoy fly tying); the app won't have an enjoyment adjustment to the calculation. If you have to worry about the cost then you really shouldn't be doing it.
    As I noted earlier, if I didn't reload, I sure as heck couldn't afford to shoot ANY centrefire stuff.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tacfoley View Post
    As I noted earlier, if I didn't reload, I sure as heck couldn't afford to shoot ANY centrefire stuff.

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    personally i like reloading as it gives the user satisfaction......its not just pulling the trigger its all the little stages leading up to it

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    PPU ammo in my 22-250 i could not beat by reloading my own

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    Quote Originally Posted by ratshot5 View Post
    PPU ammo in my 22-250 i could not beat by reloading my own
    Sir, I'd be amazed if careful handloading and development could not beat any factory load. Are you basing your opinion on fact?

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    Quote Originally Posted by DesG View Post
    I like reloading. QED.
    Me too - it's a hobby in itself. The shooting is merely there just to use the ammo lol.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tacfoley View Post
    Sir, I'd be amazed if careful handloading and development could not beat any factory load. Are you basing your opinion on fact?

    tac
    Likely he is talking cost wise and is probably right if you factor in reloading time, brass costs, electric for tumbling etc.
    Thanks for looking

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