Jim Taylor
Reloading Costs
Thursday, July 11, 2024, 06:45

This is based on already having the equipment to reload.
You might check my math. I have been known to screw up adding and subtracting.

.45 ACP
Bullseye 1 pound = 7000 grains
a 5.0 grain load would make 1400 loads from 1 pound
at $47 per pound the powder costs a little over .033 cents per shot
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1000 primers @ $100 per thousand = $10 per hundred which is .10 cents per shot (as I write this on July 11, 2024 Natchez has primers for sale from $75 per thousand to $90 per thousand with no Haz-Mat charge)
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Bullets 230 gr. FMJ $25.00 per hundred = .25 cents per shot
Powder .033
Primers .10
Bullets .25
That's a bit over .38 cents per shot or $38 a hundred.

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.45 Colt
18.5 gr. 2400 = 378 loads per pound.
That is 12 1/2 cents per shot for powder or $12.50 per hundred shots
$.10 per primer = $10 per hundred
I scrounge my lead so the bullets only cost me time
$22.50 per hundred

BUT - you will not save any money reloading. You will be getting more shots per dollar than buying loaded ammo. And you can create ammunition that is not available from commercial loaders.