allaroundhunter
Member
Hey guys,
I recently started shooting 3-gun, and with the cost of ammo, I am trying to make it as cheap as possible.
Currently, I can buy .223 ammo for about $0.24/round and 9mm for about $0.15/round (both per 1,000 rounds). That translates to me spending roughly $400 + shipping (about $435 total).
My question is, if I get into reloading for these two calibers, what can I expect to spend per 1,000 rounds of each? Would it be worth doing?
And for those of you that load either/or .223 or 9mm, what powder do you use/would you recommend using? I plan on shooting 62 gr FMJs out of the .223 for competition/practice and 115 or 124 gr FMJs in 9mm. And how much powder would y'all estimate it take to reload 1,000 rounds of each?
I also just inherited a .38 Super so I feel that getting into reloading would be good, and I have always wanted to start for my .308. The only things keeping me back are that being in college I don't have a whole lot of time to reload.
Now that I am shooting 3-gun I plan on loading about 1,000 rounds of each (.223 and 9mm) whenever I go home if I do start reloading so that I don't have to keep going back every weekend.
Sorry for the extremely long post, y'alls input is greatly appreciated!
I recently started shooting 3-gun, and with the cost of ammo, I am trying to make it as cheap as possible.
Currently, I can buy .223 ammo for about $0.24/round and 9mm for about $0.15/round (both per 1,000 rounds). That translates to me spending roughly $400 + shipping (about $435 total).
My question is, if I get into reloading for these two calibers, what can I expect to spend per 1,000 rounds of each? Would it be worth doing?
And for those of you that load either/or .223 or 9mm, what powder do you use/would you recommend using? I plan on shooting 62 gr FMJs out of the .223 for competition/practice and 115 or 124 gr FMJs in 9mm. And how much powder would y'all estimate it take to reload 1,000 rounds of each?
I also just inherited a .38 Super so I feel that getting into reloading would be good, and I have always wanted to start for my .308. The only things keeping me back are that being in college I don't have a whole lot of time to reload.
Now that I am shooting 3-gun I plan on loading about 1,000 rounds of each (.223 and 9mm) whenever I go home if I do start reloading so that I don't have to keep going back every weekend.
Sorry for the extremely long post, y'alls input is greatly appreciated!