New to reloading. Thoughts and opinions needed and welcomed.

[IggyBcool]

Thats a pretty good break down, what would it be for .45?

[IggyBcool]

Ted, PM sent.

[Dolomite_supafly]

Thats a pretty good break down, what would it be for .45?

13 to 15 cents a piece providing you have the brass. Again that is for cast, it would be more for jacketed.

Dolomite

[Guest BobPayne44]

Thats a pretty good break down, what would it be for .45?

here is a pretty good online calculator

Handloading Cost Calculator

[Jonnin]

Thats a pretty good break down, what would it be for .45?

Its really about the same for all calibers of pistols -- just go online and price the slugs you want to use. The rest of it is pretty close assuming you are a tightwad and use hot powders in your larger calibers. For example there are ultra hot powders like accurate #2 that just a few grains will load a .45, or there are weak powders that you need more than twice as much per shot. But if go you "tightwad" on us, assume about 3.5 grains average per shot, 1 primer, free brass, then you have some $30-40 per thousand + your bullet costs. To get the lower price means you bought bulk primers and powder, while higher assumes you bought a small amount per go on a budget. So that is $1.5 to $2 per box + your bullets. If you cast your own bullets from cheap lead, that could be a very low amount, and if you buy fancy competition target bullets with copper plating and so on it could be over $100 per thousand. The bullets are the real cost on anything bigger than 9mm, where the shipping for lead, amount of copper, and other issues begin to really crank up the price in a hurry. I think my last set of high quality large rifle bullets was $40 for 100 shots, and my last batch of medium quality 45s were right at $100 for 1000.

[Magiccarpetrides]

All this reloading talk has got me back out researching....question though....anybody have an Academy nearby know if they sell reloading equipment? If so I might wait til the grand opening in Knoxville to catch some deals...otherwise it will be search and save.