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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: 1877462" data-attributes="member: 110773"><p>In an earlier post, I listed the cost of my reloads vs current factory offerings. I am relisting them here for purposes of illustration (read so I don't have to keep going back to the other post).</p><p></p><p>Hornady 140g ELD-M</p><p>$8.02 = reload</p><p>$26.39 = Hornady Match</p><p></p><p>Hornady 143g ELD-X</p><p>$11.65 = reload</p><p>$28.99 = Hornady Precision Hunter</p><p></p><p>Nosler 129g AB Long Range</p><p>$13.69 = reload w/ H100V</p><p>$14.20 = reload w/ StaBall</p><p>$58.99 = Nosler Trophy Grade 129g AB Long Range</p><p>$43.99 = Nosler Trophy Grade 142g AB Long Range</p><p>$46.99 = Federal Premium 130g Terminal Ascent (Out of stock)</p><p></p><p>Swift 130g Scirocco II</p><p>$16.25 = reload</p><p>$41.99 = Norma 130g Swift Scirocco II</p><p>$41.99 = Federal Premium 130g Scirocco II (Coming soon)</p><p></p><p>Barnes 127g LRX</p><p>$19.40 = reload</p><p>$36.99 = Barnes VOR-TX 127g LRX</p><p></p><p>The comparisons seem fairly straight forward, but that is somewhat deceiving. The factory ammo costs do not include time and costs required to acquire the factory ammo or the fact that factory ammo is purchased with post-tax dollars. The money saved by reloading is the equivalent of pre-tax dollars and it is something that can be done at the reloader's convenience.</p><p></p><p>The following assume a job working 40 hours a week, 52 weeks a year with a two-week paid vacation – a pretty common scenario. It also assumes a 22% federal tax bracket, 5% state taxes and 7.5% Social Security tax (my case). That means the government is taking 32.5% of gross income – also a common case. Sales tax is about-9% in my state, further increasing the out-of-pocket cost of factory ammo..</p><p></p><p>Take the Hornady 140g ELD-M Match ammo. Add in a 9% sales tax and the out-the-door, out-of-pocket cost is $28.76. That is $20.74 higher than my reload cost. To put $20.74 in my pocket at work, I'd have to earn $30.73 per hour – same as the take-home pay for a job paying $63,918.40/year. </p><p></p><p>The out-the-door cost for the Nosler 129g ABLR load is $64.30 with a 9% sales tax. I can save $50.61 reloading the same bullet. That is equivalent to a $74.98 hourly rate or $155,953.78 annually.</p><p></p><p>Real costs for the others will fall somewhere between the Hornady and Nosler examples. Another reason to reload, hang the cost, is to create loads that are not duplicated by any factory ammo. I shoot a fair number of those.</p><p></p><p>I've always figured I work to live, not live to work. When I am reloading I am doing something I enjoy and saving money at the same time. I do it when I please, at a time I choose. People that insist I don't save money just don't know *** they are talking about.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Coyote_Hunter, post: 1877462, member: 110773"] In an earlier post, I listed the cost of my reloads vs current factory offerings. I am relisting them here for purposes of illustration (read so I don‘t have to keep going back to the other post). Hornady 140g ELD-M $8.02 = reload $26.39 = Hornady Match Hornady 143g ELD-X $11.65 = reload $28.99 = Hornady Precision Hunter Nosler 129g AB Long Range $13.69 = reload w/ H100V $14.20 = reload w/ StaBall $58.99 = Nosler Trophy Grade 129g AB Long Range $43.99 = Nosler Trophy Grade 142g AB Long Range $46.99 = Federal Premium 130g Terminal Ascent (Out of stock) Swift 130g Scirocco II $16.25 = reload $41.99 = Norma 130g Swift Scirocco II $41.99 = Federal Premium 130g Scirocco II (Coming soon) Barnes 127g LRX $19.40 = reload $36.99 = Barnes VOR-TX 127g LRX The comparisons seem fairly straight forward, but that is somewhat deceiving. The factory ammo costs do not include time and costs required to acquire the factory ammo or the fact that factory ammo is purchased with post-tax dollars. The money saved by reloading is the equivalent of pre-tax dollars and it is something that can be done at the reloader’s convenience. The following assume a job working 40 hours a week, 52 weeks a year with a two-week paid vacation – a pretty common scenario. It also assumes a 22% federal tax bracket, 5% state taxes and 7.5% Social Security tax (my case). That means the government is taking 32.5% of gross income – also a common case. Sales tax is about-9% in my state, further increasing the out-of-pocket cost of factory ammo.. Take the Hornady 140g ELD-M Match ammo. Add in a 9% sales tax and the out-the-door, out-of-pocket cost is $28.76. That is $20.74 higher than my reload cost. To put $20.74 in my pocket at work, I’d have to earn $30.73 per hour – same as the take-home pay for a job paying $63,918.40/year. The out-the-door cost for the Nosler 129g ABLR load is $64.30 with a 9% sales tax. I can save $50.61 reloading the same bullet. That is equivalent to a $74.98 hourly rate or $155,953.78 annually. Real costs for the others will fall somewhere between the Hornady and Nosler examples. Another reason to reload, hang the cost, is to create loads that are not duplicated by any factory ammo. I shoot a fair number of those. I’ve always figured I work to live, not live to work. When I am reloading I am doing something I enjoy and saving money at the same time. I do it when I please, at a time I choose. People that insist I don’t save money just don’t know *** they are talking about. [/QUOTE]
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