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Well finally did it...sold all my reloading stuff !! Anyone else shooting factory ?
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<blockquote data-quote="Coyote_Hunter" data-source="post: 1875765" data-attributes="member: 110773"><p>Those factory prices are TODAY'S prices at midwayusa.com. Some are SALE prices with considerably reduced prices. The ones I checked were LESS than Cabela's prices.</p><p></p><p>Crazy? That's one reason I reload. Just checked Sportsman's Warehouse for their prices are similar:</p><p>$29.99 for Hornady 140g ELD-X ($3 higher)</p><p>$34.99 for Hornady 143g ELD-X ($6 higher)</p><p>$49.99 for Nosler 129g ABLR ($9 lower)</p><p>$34.99 for Bqrnes 127g LRX ($2 lower)</p><p></p><p>Didn't amortize the cost of my equipment? I've been reloading for 38 years. Let's say I have $1,000 in my reloading equipment, which I've built up over the 38 years and includes dies to reload 26 different cartridges. Amortized over the years, that comes to $26.31 per year. Amortized over the 20,000-25,000 bullets I've reloaded over that time (based on primers consumed) it comes to $0.04 to $0.05 per round - so add $1 to my estimated reloading costs. A person setting up to reload on the cheap, can recover the equipment costs pretty quickly depending on what is being reloaded and how often that person shoots. At $18 per box savings with the Hornady 140g ELD-M, $200 in equipment costs are fully recovered with the first 12 boxes reloaded. A person can get started reloading for under $125 if they choose to. That would take only 7 boxes to fully recover the equipment costs.</p><p></p><p>Didn't factor in my time? Why should I? For all intents and purposes, I'm retired and have nothing but time. Even when I was working I considered reloading a hobby - like fishing, skiing, hiking, hunting, reading or playing games or going to the movies or taking my wife out too dinner. It was ***MY*** time, to do with as I pleased. Unlike most (and maybe all) of my other hobbies, reloading saves me money as as I enjoy it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Coyote_Hunter, post: 1875765, member: 110773"] Those factory prices are TODAY'S prices at midwayusa.com. Some are SALE prices with considerably reduced prices. The ones I checked were LESS than Cabela's prices. Crazy? That's one reason I reload. Just checked Sportsman's Warehouse for their prices are similar: $29.99 for Hornady 140g ELD-X ($3 higher) $34.99 for Hornady 143g ELD-X ($6 higher) $49.99 for Nosler 129g ABLR ($9 lower) $34.99 for Bqrnes 127g LRX ($2 lower) Didn't amortize the cost of my equipment? I've been reloading for 38 years. Let's say I have $1,000 in my reloading equipment, which I've built up over the 38 years and includes dies to reload 26 different cartridges. Amortized over the years, that comes to $26.31 per year. Amortized over the 20,000-25,000 bullets I've reloaded over that time (based on primers consumed) it comes to $0.04 to $0.05 per round - so add $1 to my estimated reloading costs. A person setting up to reload on the cheap, can recover the equipment costs pretty quickly depending on what is being reloaded and how often that person shoots. At $18 per box savings with the Hornady 140g ELD-M, $200 in equipment costs are fully recovered with the first 12 boxes reloaded. A person can get started reloading for under $125 if they choose to. That would take only 7 boxes to fully recover the equipment costs. Didn't factor in my time? Why should I? For all intents and purposes, I'm retired and have nothing but time. Even when I was working I considered reloading a hobby - like fishing, skiing, hiking, hunting, reading or playing games or going to the movies or taking my wife out too dinner. It was ***MY*** time, to do with as I pleased. Unlike most (and maybe all) of my other hobbies, reloading saves me money as as I enjoy it. [/QUOTE]
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