Originally Posted by
loiner1965
you wont save money you just shoot more lol
There's certainly a fair bit of this in it!
I started reloading about two years ago, when I quite unexpectedly became enthused with target-rifle shooting after joining a new club intending to use their range for the odd bit of stalking/foxing-rifle zeroing.
Anyhow at that point, as folk have remarked, it became clear that the amount I'd be shooting as well as the quest for better-than-factory accuracy for the target-rifle made investing in some decent gear (a couple of hundred quids'-worth for a RCBS kit and Mitotuyo vernier) seems sensible. Because I then had the gear, since then I've probably spent another couple of hundred on various dies (and other odds and sods, many of them not strictly needed) as I've increased the range of calibres I load for (started with .308 target, then on to .303, .270, .223, .243, .308 stalking-rifle, .357mag. I've just got dies for .22-250.)
The stock of bullets, powder and primers on hand is certainly another couple of hundred quid tied up.
At the opposite end of the spectrum, and I emphasise I've no experience of this, I understand that using a Lee Loader costing £30 or so a man with a rifle and a supply of once-fired brass from it can knock out small batches perfectly-servicable rounds without too much trouble. Anyone who's tried this might be able to add some more detail - but depending on the OPs circumstances, this approach might be a better bet than a bench-full of costly gear.
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