Reloading Cost / 100

[garyb]

Assuming that brass is reused and there is no cost for brass:
Powder: 1 pound = 7000grains. Assumption 6 grains powder per 40cal round = 1166.7 rounds of powder in a 1 pound can. At approx. $30 / lb powder / 1166.7 = $0.0257 or 2 1/2 cents a round for powder

Primers: Approx $32 / 1000 = $0.032 or 3.2 cents per round

Bullets: $258 / 2000 = $0.129 or 12.9 cents per round

.129 + .0257 +.032 = $0.1867each or $18.67 per 100 rounds (+ brass).

Don't know if anyone ever took the time to figure out how much it costs them to reload 100 rounds, but this is the last estimate I came up with for my 40's.

[muggsy]

You forgot to include your time. When I retired I was making about $25 per hour.

[garyb]

For a hobby? Really? I'm not selling the stuff for a business or profit. I'm retired too but I'd never figure my time into the cost of anything I enjoy (ie, hobbies). I've spent the last month in the woods hunting, but would never factor the value of my time based on my prior wages, into the venison I harvest. I enjoy hunting and venison.

[Bawanna]

Time is priceless, your just talking about wages which is never enough and always more than it should be.

[rahmann62]

I just had a friend reload some 9mm for me. He charged me his cost, $15.50/100. I supplied the brass.

[garyb]

Sounds about right, comparing to my numbers for the 40/100. Plus you can fine tune custom loads to get just what you want. Fun stuff.

[ZardozCZ]

Reloading Cost / 100

Time is priceless, your just talking about wages which is never enough and always more than it should be.

Depends on which line on the paycheck your name is on.

Time is a river that flows to it end, then the real journey begins.

[yqtszhj]

That's about what I figured recently. It was a tad more to reload .45 but it tells me I was about right.

I'm always saving my brass but haven't started reloading yet. I'm waiting for someone to offer me 1000 .45 rounds for free then I'll get the powder, Primers, and reloading equipment.

[RevRay]

You forgot to include your time. When I retired I was making about $25 per hour.

Muggs, that's not fair ... it's a labor of love.

[b4uqzme]

we figured the price of our gear - including the boat and the house we dock at - and came up with about $2,324.00 per pound for Lake Erie walleye. Any takers?

[Harrylee]

Reloading for me was always too save some money and in the process you will find some loads that are more accurate than others. Thru the years I used buy my bullets, everything I have I can shoot lead in. So after last couple of years sending so many rounds down range(8000 the year before and don't know this year) I thought it was a good time to get into casting. I made some deals with some garages and get their wheel weights and melt them down and doing it ever since. RevRay said it in a nutshell it is a labor of love, the amount of time it takes is a enormous amount of time but at the end I did the whole process and saved. Paying a little more for powder and primers around here but I can put a box of 50 45 Acp for $3.50 that’s $7.00 per hundred. And for all that work I can go shooting all the time. There are so many things we can not count our time for, in a dollar amount. So for the souls that put there time and effort into reloading I tip my hat to all of you. Just cast 1200 45's and have 1200 loaded, need to do some 38's and 9mm next. I refuse to pay $30 + dollars for a box of range ammo. So call me hard headed or thrifty this is my way of doing and dealing with the ammo shortage and gouging

[yqtszhj]

I would love to do What HarryLee is talking about. Time to cast, reload, and most of all more range time.

Can anyone give Mr. Time a call and get me about 6 more hours added to the day? I need about 4 more hours for myself and I'll give the wife 2. Too much to do, too little time. I'm going to try and fix that next year. Too far along in 2013 to stop this year.

[muggsy]

Time is priceless, your just talking about wages which is never enough and always more than it should be.

I came to and equitable arrangement with every employer that I ever worked for. They always paid me twice what they thought I was worth and half of what I thought I was worth. It seemed to work out.

[muggsy]

Reloading for me was always too save some money and in the process you will find some loads that are more accurate than others. Thru the years I used buy my bullets, everything I have I can shoot lead in. So after last couple of years sending so many rounds down range(8000 the year before and don't know this year) I thought it was a good time to get into casting. I made some deals with some garages and get their wheel weights and melt them down and doing it ever since. RevRay said it in a nutshell it is a labor of love, the amount of time it takes is a enormous amount of time but at the end I did the whole process and saved. Paying a little more for powder and primers around here but I can put a box of 50 45 Acp for $3.50 that’s $7.00 per hundred. And for all that work I can go shooting all the time. There are so many things we can not count our time for, in a dollar amount. So for the souls that put there time and effort into reloading I tip my hat to all of you. Just cast 1200 45's and have 1200 loaded, need to do some 38's and 9mm next. I refuse to pay $30 + dollars for a box of range ammo. So call me hard headed or thrifty this is my way of doing and dealing with the ammo shortage and gouging

Harry, no one ever saves when they reload. You do shoot more, but you spend like a sailor on shore leave. Gary also didn't mention the cost of his reloading equipment. It reminds the of the business man who lost money on every business deal, but made up for the loss in volume. I'm only kidding with you guys again. I have a very warped sense of humor. I never knock a man for enjoying what he does. Remember, I too, am a reloader.

[garyb]

b4ugzme,
I love walleye fishing. Best eating fish on the planet. I'm in. Same type of scenario for deer hunting and the cost of a pound of venison. But the meat is the icing on the cake. It's the fun of the hunt or the fish. You're making memories that will last forever. (That's why I'm sitting behind this computer this morning...haha. I feel like I'm cheating today, but I could not wake up at 3:30 to go out in the cold again this morning. Felt good to sleep in and recharge my batteries for an evening hunt. Can only go so many days in a row before a rest is in order. You simply can not put a price for your time on something you really enjoy. That's one of the things life is all about. )