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<blockquote data-quote="technetium-99m" data-source="post: 1477122" data-attributes="member: 3615">You can buy quality jacketed 115gr bullets for about $76/K to your door, call primers $30/K, maybe $10 for the powder, and $30/K for cases if you don&#039;t pick them up after you shoot them.&nbsp; Realistically you&#039;re going to get 3-4 loads per case depending on how anal you are about picking them all up.&nbsp; You have spent $150 to load 1000 rounds of 9mm leaving the cases after shooting.&nbsp; You can save even more using less expensive projectiles like cast lead or moly coated.The savings aren&#039;t as big as other calibers with 9mm but it&#039;s still cheaper than buying at wallyworld.&nbsp; Shoot 1000 rounds a month and you&#039;ll pay off your equipment pretty quickly.As to the question about which press to buy.&nbsp; For 800-1000 rounds a month get yourself a progressive press, loading pistol ammo on a single stage is just terrible if you value your time at all.&nbsp; Anything from Dillon will make you happy, from the square deal to the 1050 they don&#039;t make a bad press, they just get more complex as you climb the ladder.&nbsp; A 550 would be hard to beat for your needs.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="technetium-99m, post: 1477122, member: 3615"] You can buy quality jacketed 115gr bullets for about $76/K to your door, call primers $30/K, maybe $10 for the powder, and $30/K for cases if you don't pick them up after you shoot them. Realistically you're going to get 3-4 loads per case depending on how anal you are about picking them all up. You have spent $150 to load 1000 rounds of 9mm leaving the cases after shooting. You can save even more using less expensive projectiles like cast lead or moly coated. The savings aren't as big as other calibers with 9mm but it's still cheaper than buying at wallyworld. Shoot 1000 rounds a month and you'll pay off your equipment pretty quickly. As to the question about which press to buy. For 800-1000 rounds a month get yourself a progressive press, loading pistol ammo on a single stage is just terrible if you value your time at all. Anything from Dillon will make you happy, from the square deal to the 1050 they don't make a bad press, they just get more complex as you climb the ladder. A 550 would be hard to beat for your needs. [/QUOTE]

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