Subj : Re: 45 acp amo
To   : Gamgee
From : Moondog
Date : Sun Sep 12 2021 10:52 am

  Re: Re: 45 acp amo
  By: Gamgee to Moondog on Sat Sep 11 2021 06:17 pm

 > -=> Moondog wrote to Weatherman <=-
 > 
 >  >  Ch> Does anyone have a good deal on some 45 acp target amo?
 > 
 >  > I roll my own.
 > 
 >  Mo> Reloading is the best way to go if you shoot alot.  You can
 >  Mo> invest several hundred in equipment, but it will pay for itself
 >  Mo> in no time.
 > 
 > Actually, it's realistically several thousand, and it will take quite a
 > long while to actually make that "pay for itself".  Don't get me wrong,
 > it's a great idea, and I do it myself, but it's not really that much
 > cheaper, especially if you factor in the value of your time.
 > 
 > 
 > 
 > ... All hope abandon, ye who enter messages here.

I'm not sure if I mentioned before it depends on the grade of ammo you are
producing.  Match grade/ benchrest ammo will save you more money than
recreating 9mm hardball or 55gr .223 for plinking.  I used to break even when
I reloaded shotshells, then when I began producing specialty loads such as lig
hter recoiling 1oz loads for the 12 ga, it really paid off because I don't
know of many places you can find them.

Regarding hundreds or thousands, it also depends on how far you go.  I don't
run a Dillon progressive.  My presses are single stage.  If I shot IDPA or
steel challenge, I would probably invest in a larger press than can put out
several hundred rounds an hour.  For now, it's smaller batches of ammo for
ladder testing.  I would like to dial in a nice 77gr Vmax load that will let
me reach out to the woodchucks and raccoons at the edge of the woods.

---
 þ Synchronet þ The Cave BBS - Since 1992 - cavebbs.homeip.net

.