Greetings, I am looking at beginning to reload my ammos. especially my .45 ACP. For those of you who reload, what and where exactly do you buy and what is the price? I took a look at a few places and it is almost the same price than what I would pay at wally... I am sure I must have something wrong: For qty 1000 - CCI primers 25$ - Winchester bulk bullets 110$ powder 8 pounds 169$ ( I have no idea how much ammo you do with 8 pounds...hehehehe) That makes 304$ for 1000 rounds + the press I would have to buy + my time. At wally, 100 .45ACP winchester is about 30$. Thank you
Please don't take this wrong, but your math is flawd. 1. you left out brass case's 2. you get more than 1k rounds out of a pound of powder 3. you left out the cost your reloading dies and press 4. Even if you didnt reload, if you shoot a lot then reloading is much cheaper than any ammo you could buy on the open market. I been reloading my 45acp for several years now and I can reload my 45's for between $6.50 & $8.00 per 100.
tj2000, I am looking to buy the Dillon 550B and the dices for 9mm and .45ACP. Frankly, I am trying to figure out the reload process. A lot of general info on the web, but not much specifics. A few questions: Where do you buy your stuff to reload? How often can you reuse brass usually? What exactly do you use as primer and bullet? I saw a lot of different bullets. I just want to make holes in paper with my reloads. Thank you