Reloading Cost / 100

[Deano]

I work as an anesthesiologist by day, and a football official by night. I can't count the number of times I've given up a high paying surgery case to a colleague in order to make it to my football game on time. I figure I've lost thousands over the years, but it's a passion, and you can't measure that in dollars and cents. Do what you love, forget the calculation of cost.

[downtownv]

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.

Here, stop burning brain cells!

Save this it's the best!

http://handloads.com/calc/loadingCosts.asp

[garyb]

for what it's worth, I took up home brewing (beer) in 1995. At first I was thinking I could make really nice ales much cheaper than the moderately priced retail products. That proved to be true almost immediately, and with proper care and ingredients, I could match some pretty fine imports. Could I produce my own for the same or less cost per serving than budmillercoors? Not really, but pretty close. I could produce a much superior product than the typical megabrew swill though ... at least considering the comparison of real, true beer (pre-Prohibition) to the rice/corn swill forced on us today. For the last 5 years or so of life changing events, I can no longer dedicate the amount of time necessary to brew my own ... and I do miss my IPA, Brown, Summer Wheat, Porter, etc., and may return to it some day. There's a whole lot of satisfaction and rewards for taking something through all the processing stages. Reloading is much the same to me, although it can be broken into very short time expenditures with no losses. Until component prices totally sky rocket, and availability becomes zero for the reloader (yes we're pretty close to that now), both range fodder and quality hunting and target rounds can be produced cheaper than most factory offerings in either category. Whether cheaper or not, it's almost impossible to put a price on the personal satisfaction of such important hobbies.

JD

WOW... so did my dad and I. We had Quafalogy sessions where we taste tested various brews we made with friends and family.....got trashed in the end. We enjoyed brewing our own for many years. Lots of good beer. I'm glad you brought that up. It made me revisit the good days. My dad still brews his own. Nothing better than a good home brew. AS good as micro breweries. Thanks for sharing that.

[garyb]

Here, stop burning brain cells!

Save this it's the best!

http://handloads.com/calc/loadingCosts.asp

Cool. Thanks for sharing. I will try this out. Thanks. Brain cells are limited....haha..

[garyb]

http://handloads.com/calc/loadingCosts.asp

Bawanna,
Can you please make this site a sticky in the reloading section. Good site for reloaders. Thanks.