DustyGmt
Member
So I've been wanting to reload my brass for a long time and have saved up thousands of spent .223/5.56 brass and after about an hour of searching around Scheels, Midsouth, Natchez and ammoseek even with the brass in hand, just those 3 components comes out to roughly $450 per 1K loaded cartridges.
What gives, that's retail. I priced out the cheapest I could find, just standard 55gr bullets from berry's. Not trying to load high performance ballistic tips or anything.
I can see myself enjoying the activity of reloading but not saving ANY money seems pretty stupid when case quantities are plentiful, yet expensive. I just can't believe that even with having the brass on hand which should make up at least 1/4 or more of the total cost of a loaded cartridge, it's still not even beating the cost of even the cheapest bulk ammo. If I didn't have the brass I'd expect the price would be closer to $600/1K rounds and the estimated cost of all these components doesnt even include shipping, then i imagine you can tack on another $50-$70 at least. This isn't making any sense to me, did I just find the worst most overpriced components?
If anybody could point me in the right direction as to where I might go to find a couple good sites to buy components from to make reloading enjoyable and at least somewhat economical.
What gives, that's retail. I priced out the cheapest I could find, just standard 55gr bullets from berry's. Not trying to load high performance ballistic tips or anything.
I can see myself enjoying the activity of reloading but not saving ANY money seems pretty stupid when case quantities are plentiful, yet expensive. I just can't believe that even with having the brass on hand which should make up at least 1/4 or more of the total cost of a loaded cartridge, it's still not even beating the cost of even the cheapest bulk ammo. If I didn't have the brass I'd expect the price would be closer to $600/1K rounds and the estimated cost of all these components doesnt even include shipping, then i imagine you can tack on another $50-$70 at least. This isn't making any sense to me, did I just find the worst most overpriced components?
If anybody could point me in the right direction as to where I might go to find a couple good sites to buy components from to make reloading enjoyable and at least somewhat economical.