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As one that started late in life in reloading/handloading (January, 2011), the only thing that makes me believe that my "math is retarded" is that I waited so long to begin.

The "math" thing is just not understood. My first couple of years was spent in a beginner's learning curve, only on a couple of calibers. I shot all of what I loaded during that time period until my loading skills began to reach the point that the loaded inventory started building up. After a couple of years, and continued buying components, the cost savings became apparent and I started reloading for 6-7 different cartridges that went to the range with me. Now, I have a couple hundred loaded rounds on hand for each of the less used cartridges, four or five hundred rounds for each of the most often used cartridges, and enough components on hand to load at least a couple thousand various rounds.

I'm reduced down to only one trip to the range per week. and then only shoot about 50-60 rounds ... but I still load 50-100 rounds most weeks. If I were depending on factory ammunition, even if were magically available when I wanted it, I'd have to reduce my shooting by 30-50%.

jd