Reloading cost calculator

[ericire12]

Here:
http://www.hoplocate.com/tools/PistolReloadingCalc.aspx


This is what it looks like...

[Solus]

Now that is  handy.

What Larry Potterfield needs to do is add our favorite loads to our account and have the components linked to his product database prices.

Not only would he give you the cost for your loads at his current prices, he could set it up so you could order what you need for a given number of rounds from him..

[TAB]

that does not take into account wear and tear on the reloading eq.  so the actual numbers will be higher.

[ellis4538]

You also get more than 4 loadings per case if you pick up your brass.  Sometimes you hit the jackpot and find someone else's brass.  With the # of rounds reloaded I don't think there is any way to figure wear and tear and if you have Dillon their repair policy is second to none.

Richard

[Timothy]

Question from a layman...

At what point in the loading process do you recupe the cost of the equipment using .45 ACP as the example.  Retail it's running about 35 bucks per hundred WWB or about 35 cents per cartridge.

Anyone?

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[bryand71]

That is a handy thing to have.

[Solus]

that does not take into account wear and tear on the reloading eq.  so the actual numbers will be higher.

Say $2400 for a nicely equipped reloading bench.  Figure it will last 10 years.  That is $240 a year or $20 a month.

If you load 500 rounds a month, it will add $0.04 (4 cents) per round

[billt]

My RCBS Rock Chucker was bought in 1976, and I still have many dies from that time. Shell holders, powder scales, bullet molds. All will be producing ammo long after I'm gone. Properly used and stored reloading equipment will last a lifetime.  Bill T.

[Pecos Bill]

Say $2400 for a nicely equipped reloading bench.  Figure it will last 10 years.  That is $240 a year or $20 a month.

If you load 500 rounds a month, it will add $0.04 (4 cents) per round




$2400 for equipment is NOT a nicely equipped reloading bench that's a blasted expensive bench. I've seen folks leave a shop with Dillon equipment (a lot of Dillon equipment) plus 2 or 3 sets of dies (Dillon) plus cases, bullets, primer, and powder for less than a grand. When do you recoup all your investment?     When you do let me know>   My reloading bench is an on going project and absorbs money on a regular schedule.

Pecos

[alfsauve]

I still have my Herter's press from 1970.   Still works.

Just ran my .40 S&W through the calculator and I'm running 17cents a round.   The cheapest ammo I'd buy (forget blazer and wolf) is 31 cents!  At 500 a month,   the dies are paid for in the first 2 weeks.     Oh yeah, reloading saves money.

BUT, as important as cost is, being able to tailor the load can be more so.   My .40SW runs just at the 175 Power Factor, so I'm not shooting anything beyond what the rules require.    And, I'm planning on starting to reload 9mm not to save money, but to just meet PF and not any more. 

By the way, I've gone through 3,000+ rounds of "purchased" 9mm in the past 2 years, and kept most of the brass......what do I cost them out at for reloading?  Zero is my thinking.   So my 9mm cost will be powder, primer and bullets only.

Also, I've never bought .45ACP Brass.     All of which has been given to me by other shooters.    (Though I admit I don't shoot it as much and am down to a measly 800 rounds.)


I will admit if I push towards 1000 reloads a month a Dillon will be on the wish list, which might cut into the savings a bit.