Ammunition & Hand Loading > Cartridge and Shotshell reloading
Research on Reloading 9mm
jonm:
--- Quote from: jthhapkido on May 26, 2012, 04:48:47 PM ---Precision Delta is a little cheaper, true. The $78/K price is for the 115s, though. It is $81/K for the 124s (if ordering over 10K.) Still slightly cheaper than MG, though.
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You are right. I got my weights mixed up.
bkoenig:
If you guys are interested in a bulk buy I have a dealer account with Graf's because of my C&R license and I can usually get some good deals. I need some more 9mm so I'm probably going to be putting one in soon. I've been shooting Missouri Bullet Co. cast bullets but I'm tired of scrubbing lead from my bore, so I think I'm going to switch to Berry's plated bullets. Just depends whether my cheapskate nature wins out over laziness ;D
I don't have the numbers anymore, but I once calculated my savings for 9mm and it was pretty significant. I also shoot a lot of oddball stuff, so reloading is the only way to go there. You won't find .577 Snider on the shelf at Cabelas. My 45-70 gets fed 540 grain cast lead bullets and black powder. I could buy those loads, but they would probably cost $30-$40 a box.
Like jth said, you really don't need to figure the cost of brass, especially for shooting handguns. I've never bought unfired 9mm brass, and I have plenty of it still laying around waiting to be cleaned.
I really need a progressive press, but right now I use a Lee turret press for handgun. I can crank out about 200-250 rounds per hour. I usually just split it up over the course of several days and do all my 9mm loading for the year at once.
jonm:
--- Quote from: bkoenig on May 26, 2012, 09:42:06 PM ---If you guys are interested in a bulk buy I have a dealer account with Graf's because of my C&R license and I can usually get some good deals.
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Let me know. I have almost shot out all of my 124gr Berry's and would love more.
OnTheFly:
jthhapkido,
18,000+ rounds this year?! :o I'm going to have to find another source of income if I'm going to every become competitive. :'(
Thanks for the reply. You have confirmed what I suspected regarding savings through reloading. You can't just buy in bulk. You have to buy in BULK to make reloading cost effective. Thankfully, my friend has a nice progressive press that he said I could use. We will see how that works out and if it messes up any of the reloading he is doing. That will save considerably on the initial outlay of cash. The only remaining question is where will the money come from to shoot THAT much even if I save money on reloading.
Fly
OnTheFly:
One additional question for jthhapkido. How much research went into the powder weight (or any other reloading factors) to come up with the load you shoot? Like I said earlier, my friend can work the details to the Nth degree, but I can't imagine it is necessary to be that precise for handgun reloading.
Fly
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