question about reloading 9mm

[Guest Boonie]

would i be better off just buying ammo rather trying to reload for a 9mm?

[Guest bkelm18]

I don't reload but from what I have heard its hard to recoup the costs when reloading 9mm.

[Guest sling]

It costs me roughly 12 bucks to reload 100 9mm... compared to what is WWB at walmart now? 26 bucks\100?

So, the cost savings are there... and you get the satisfaction of making better and more accurate rounds than most factories can produce.

Brass is usually free if you have access to a range.

[Guest Grout]

What sling said.5 years ago 9mm was cheap enough that it was not worth the trouble to reload it. Not any more.

Edited September 7, 2008 by Grout

[SpacemanSpiff]

It costs me roughly 12 bucks to reload 100 9mm...

That's the price that I figured out for the 9mm I reload. I have a single stage press, so the initial start up price is low, but is more time consuming than progressive presses. Progressive presses would be a higher start up cost but you crank out the bullets faster.

The question really is, is the money that you are saving with reloading, worth the time that you spend reloading?

Currently, I reload 9mm, .40 S&W, .45 acp, .38spl, and .357 mag. So I guess my answer to that question is Yes.

[Oh Shoot]

It costs me roughly 12 bucks to reload 100 9mm... compared to what is WWB at walmart now? 26 bucks100?...

Last I bought was 8/11, was 19.97 + .10 ammo fee + 1.90 tax = 21.97

Thing is, don't reloading supplies go up about same % ?

- OS

[Guest sling]

You mean the components? Yeah, they go up too but not as much.

Its cheap when you buy your bullets online. I usually buy mine from Zero bullets.

Price is 79.67 \ 1000 shipped.

http://www.rozedist.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=RZD&Product_Code=R126-A&Category_Code=ZBJ-9MM

Tell me you cant beat that with a stick.

[I_Like_Pie]

If you buy bulk bullets and use fast powder you can reload CHEAP. I still (by shopping around) can reload 124 grainers ahead of Unique and Wolf bulk primers for less than $5 for box of 50.

Only thing that really costs is the time spent reloading. Easy to justify when it is raining all day long, but it hasn't done that in a long, long time.

Get your C&R FFL for $30....sent copies to Midway, Brownells, and Graf & Sons. Shop the deals and you can shoot cheap.