Reloading costs calculator

[tacfoley]

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.

tac

[Parabuteo]

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.

tac

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.

[tacfoley]

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

[DesG]

I like reloading. QED.

[Ruger_shooter]

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.

[tacfoley]

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.

tac

[loiner1965]

As I noted earlier, if I didn't reload, I sure as heck couldn't afford to shoot ANY centrefire stuff.

tac

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

[dodgyrog]

I like reloading. QED.

Me too - it's a hobby in itself. The shooting is merely there just to use the ammo lol.