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<blockquote data-quote="Rez Exelon" data-source="post: 3503535" data-attributes="member: 5800">You know how I look at it .. it&#039;s a numbers game&nbsp; what&#039;s the cost of all startup cost, materials, etc versus the cost of new ammo. Let&#039;s say on average a round of 9mm is 70 cents right now (I&#039;ve seen higher and lower in stores) versus the cost of reloaded.Primer is .05Brass is .025Powder is .025Bullets are .07So about 17 cents a piece for a 53 cent differential. Now let&#039;s at someone got a Dillon 550 new setup in 9 and assume 200 of other basic supplies. That&#039;s like 800 or so.Divide that by .53 to re cost recovery point and hats a pretty modest 1600 is rounds.Shift the math downward to a &quot;normal&quot; ammo cost of around 21 cents and the payback is much longer at 13000 rounds. I personally think ammo will stay high for a minimum of 4 years because of, well, I&#039;ve watch the right panic before. Which, to be fair 1600 would be a lot if you are new at reloading, but I cranked that out in the last two days in a few hours. So if you&#039;re spending it anyways might as well have more capability, and good equipment won&#039;t go down in value.Edited for clarity/grammar after I typed it on my phone.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rez Exelon, post: 3503535, member: 5800"] You know how I look at it .. it's a numbers game what's the cost of all startup cost, materials, etc versus the cost of new ammo. Let's say on average a round of 9mm is 70 cents right now (I've seen higher and lower in stores) versus the cost of reloaded. Primer is .05 Brass is .025 Powder is .025 Bullets are .07 So about 17 cents a piece for a 53 cent differential. Now let's at someone got a Dillon 550 new setup in 9 and assume 200 of other basic supplies. That's like 800 or so. Divide that by .53 to re cost recovery point and hats a pretty modest 1600 is rounds. Shift the math downward to a "normal" ammo cost of around 21 cents and the payback is much longer at 13000 rounds. I personally think ammo will stay high for a minimum of 4 years because of, well, I've watch the right panic before. Which, to be fair 1600 would be a lot if you are new at reloading, but I cranked that out in the last two days in a few hours. So if you're spending it anyways might as well have more capability, and good equipment won't go down in value. Edited for clarity/grammar after I typed it on my phone. [/QUOTE]

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