If you don't reload now, you might want to consider it

[bigfug]

All well and good until the Progressive Socialists decides to ban importation of any, and all, firearms related products made outside the U.S. borders.

The 2A won't help us then.

Except all their factories and manufacturing is done inside the US? Do you think they are buying the names, and moving all production overseas? CZ's are made in KS. Hell, Glocks arent made in Austria anymore either.

 

[CHenry]

I aint buying this news

 

[mtnboomr]

Except all their factories and manufacturing is done inside the US? Do you think they are buying the names, and moving all production overseas? CZ's are made in KS. Hell, Glocks arent made in Austria anymore either.

True, but many of their components are still made overseas. While not all, even a percentage that get stopped would create a massive product shortage.

 

[XYZ]

True, but many of their components are still made overseas. While not all, even a percentage that get stopped would create a massive product shortage.

Just like the ‘chips’ that shut down the automotive industry.

 

[ClintC]

Yes a lot of parts and components come from overseas is because it’s cheaper to get and manufacture over there. Just like computer chips. We have the tech and people that can do it in the US. I will say it will price a lot of people out of the market.

 

[HiredHand]

Most people will not be well served buying reloading equipment.

 

[bas402]

If you haven’t been reloading then this is not the time to start unless you shoot at least 3k rds/yr.(in which you would already be doing it) and have a ton of money and have solid connections on supplies. Reloading doesn’t save you money unless you are shooting wildcats and or several thousand of rds/yr.

 

[bigb159]

Interested in learning, but I am finding the costs to get set up with equipment I'll keep for 5-10 years to be prohibitive. Cost benefit is just not there.

 

[swampratt]

Cheapest way today I did some googling.
$40 Lee classic loader for .308
$50 lb of IMR 4064. or blc-2 for $37
11 each for primers.
27 cents each for bullets


So that 1 lb of powder at say 42 gr for each case.
7000 gr in a lb.
166 loads you can make.
Go with .223 rifle and get to use less powder about 25gr usually.
280 loads from that.

So the powder at 166 loads will be 30 cents a load.

So 30+11+27= 68 cents for a single reloaded .308 round.
So right about $14 for a box of 20 308.

Yea you need brass cases but that is leftover from the box of 20 you have bought anyway.
And the Lee classic loader that is a neck sizer only.

Yes you can get more expensive bullets and you can also go way cheaper if you shoot cast bullets and use red dot powder.

I started with the Lee Classic loader and got 3/4" groups from my 30-30 same for my .308 and 30-06.

I then got a deal on a bunch of 30-06 brass but it would not chamber in my gun because it was machine gun fired.

I had to get a real press and real dies.

Snowball begins.

I did not trim my cases when using the field loader and I only cleaned then by boiling them with clear coolaid and then rinse them out and Qtip them clean.

I did not even have a load book just the instructions that came with the Lee classic loader.
And the lee yellow dipper that came with the loader.

Too simple.

If you shoot pistol and cast bullets yourself you can make ammo very cheap even today.

 

[retrieverman]

Like Swampratt said, there’s cheaper ways to get into reloading, but most people think they need a full set up just to start.