Its not that hard to work out, does it really justify an app
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
Its not that hard to work out, does it really justify an app
Do nothing, achieve nothing
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
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
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'm a maggot in another life you know
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
I like reloading. QED.
[I]DesG
Domani e troppo tardi
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.
email...... stephenbarrow@ntlworld.com
PPU ammo in my 22-250 i could not beat by reloading my own