Your very welcome.. .and the coated lead bullets from Precission mentioned above includes shipping.dws1117 wrote:Thank you very much!Diode wrote: I will say this though, I shoot much better with my loads than the Wally World pratice ammo.
For those that reload .45ACP, 308 Winchester and .223.....
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DustinB wrote: You would need to load 3158 .45 bullets to break even from a $600 equipment purchase.
txinvestigator wrote: how long would it take to load 3158 bullets?
SRVA wrote: "About 5 hours"
HA!cloudcroft wrote:"...I don't shoot that often for $$ to be an issue. "
Cyphur & I will go thru about 3158 rounds of .45 in roughly 2.41 hours, provided we stop for a (Diet) Coke!
I believe we went thru almost $120 of ammo last time we went out, and that was for a "gun test."
THAT is why we want to get into reloading....

Appreciate the numbers.....
Besides, we would rather put that money to something of value, like more guns.
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If you're shooting that much you would be the target market for the Dillon 650 or even the 1050.The Marshal wrote:DustinB wrote: You would need to load 3158 .45 bullets to break even from a $600 equipment purchase.txinvestigator wrote: how long would it take to load 3158 bullets?SRVA wrote: "About 5 hours"HA!cloudcroft wrote:"...I don't shoot that often for $$ to be an issue. "
Cyphur & I will go thru about 3158 rounds of .45 in roughly 2.41 hours, provided we stop for a (Diet) Coke!
I believe we went thru almost $120 of ammo last time we went out, and that was for a "gun test."
THAT is why we want to get into reloading....![]()
Appreciate the numbers.....
Besides, we would rather put that money to something of value, like more guns.
~Bill
I will be going with the 550B only because I will be reloading multiple calibers and from what I understand the case-feeder doesn't work for rifle rounds yet anyhow. The 650 looks real nice but I don't think I need it.
I go through 300+ rounds of .45ACP an outing, on average. I'd go through more if I had more, but .45 is not cheap. If I hit the rifle range, its usually 20-40 rounds of .308. I don't think I'd go through more than 800 rounds of 45 a month at the most, which at 10k a year, a 550B would do just fine. Also add in time for the rifle range(where I shoot far less quantity) I think I'd come out to about 12k rounds a year, again, that being the very top end.
For me, the reloading gig would pay off rather quickly.
I go through 300+ rounds of .45ACP an outing, on average. I'd go through more if I had more, but .45 is not cheap. If I hit the rifle range, its usually 20-40 rounds of .308. I don't think I'd go through more than 800 rounds of 45 a month at the most, which at 10k a year, a 550B would do just fine. Also add in time for the rifle range(where I shoot far less quantity) I think I'd come out to about 12k rounds a year, again, that being the very top end.
For me, the reloading gig would pay off rather quickly.
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Very cool, thanks! I am reloading .45acp's for $5.70 per 50Jacob Staff wrote:http://www.handloads.com/calc/loadingCosts.asp
About my cost too. I think I have that beat just a few cents.

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At 10K rounds per year of .45 ACP, it's worth thinking about casting your own bullets. If you use wheel weights as raw material, then material cost for 200gr bullets is less than 1.5 cents. To be pessimistic (lots of wastage, etc), even if you assume they cost 2 cents, that's only $20 per thousand, which is $200/year instead of the $700/year that another poster estimated for store bought bullets ($70/thousand).cyphur wrote:I don't think I'd go through more than 800 rounds of 45 a month at the most, which at 10k a year, a 550B would do just fine.
That's not a lot of money saved, really, but $500 per year is an extra case of good wine and an extra case of reasonably decent scotch per year, with a few six packs of Sierra Pale Ale thrown in for good measure. Now that I'm retired I find that little things like that add up :)
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Unfortunately my shooting habits have slowed to a halt over the past few months, so casting my own bullets is not only outside the scope of my willingness but also impractical for the gain. They say time is money, and in this case I am willing to buy bullets :)
Even down the road when my shooting habits hopefully pick back up, I will buy the bullets.
At this rate I'll be lucky to shoot 5k rounds this year - but we'll see how things go.
Even down the road when my shooting habits hopefully pick back up, I will buy the bullets.
At this rate I'll be lucky to shoot 5k rounds this year - but we'll see how things go.