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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: 1878450" data-attributes="member: 110773"><p>Just contacted a custom ammo maker. Sample packs of 40 rounds each cost about $350 each and it may take multiple packs to find a good load for a particular rifle. Or I could send them a rifle and they would do the load development for it. (For a substantial fee.)</p><p></p><p>Even if I sent them very specific build criteria, the cost of 100 rounds shipped to my house would be $1,200-$1,350 depending on the specific components used.</p><p></p><p>My rifle ammo is every bit as good as what I could purchase from a custom ammo maker and better than what I would probably get from most. The value for my reload time can be calculated as follows, based on my building 100 rounds:</p><p></p><p>$1300 Cost of custom ammo per 100</p><p>-$ 200 Component and amortized equipment cost per 100</p><p>======================================</p><p>$1100 per 100 finished cartridges</p><p></p><p></p><p>I once built .45-70 bullets using a Speer African Grand Slam Tungsten Solid. Those bullets cost over $5 each, or $500 per 100. (I only bought 5.) Other than that, the most expensive bullets I use have been about $1.00/100, The $200 per 100 allowed above is therefor VERY generous.</p><p></p><p>Since I can build 100 cartridges an hour in a walk, the value for my reload time, at least for my rifle cartridges, works out to a healthy $1100/hour in post-tax dollars.</p><p></p><p>In pre-tax dollars it works out to be a satisfying <span style="font-size: 22px"><strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">$1,630/hour</span></strong></span>. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Think I'll keep reloading.<img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😁" title="Beaming face with smiling eyes :grin:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f601.png" data-shortname=":grin:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Coyote_Hunter, post: 1878450, member: 110773"] Just contacted a custom ammo maker. Sample packs of 40 rounds each cost about $350 each and it may take multiple packs to find a good load for a particular rifle. Or I could send them a rifle and they would do the load development for it. (For a substantial fee.) Even if I sent them very specific build criteria, the cost of 100 rounds shipped to my house would be $1,200-$1,350 depending on the specific components used. My rifle ammo is every bit as good as what I could purchase from a custom ammo maker and better than what I would probably get from most. The value for my reload time can be calculated as follows, based on my building 100 rounds: $1300 Cost of custom ammo per 100 -$ 200 Component and amortized equipment cost per 100 ====================================== $1100 per 100 finished cartridges I once built .45-70 bullets using a Speer African Grand Slam Tungsten Solid. Those bullets cost over $5 each, or $500 per 100. (I only bought 5.) Other than that, the most expensive bullets I use have been about $1.00/100, The $200 per 100 allowed above is therefor VERY generous. Since I can build 100 cartridges an hour in a walk, the value for my reload time, at least for my rifle cartridges, works out to a healthy $1100/hour in post-tax dollars. In pre-tax dollars it works out to be a satisfying [SIZE=6][B][COLOR=rgb(0, 0, 0)]$1,630/hour[/COLOR][/B][/SIZE]. Think I'll keep reloading.😁 [/QUOTE]
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