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<blockquote data-quote="swampratt" data-source="post: 4157458" data-attributes="member: 15054"><p>Cheapest way today I did some googling.</p><p>$40 Lee classic loader for .308</p><p>$50 lb of IMR 4064. or blc-2 for $37</p><p>11 each for primers.</p><p>27 cents each for bullets</p><p></p><p></p><p>So that 1 lb of powder at say 42 gr for each case.</p><p>7000 gr in a lb.</p><p>166 loads you can make.</p><p>Go with .223 rifle and get to use less powder about 25gr usually.</p><p>280 loads from that.</p><p></p><p>So the powder at 166 loads will be 30 cents a load.</p><p></p><p>So 30+11+27= 68 cents for a single reloaded .308 round.</p><p>So right about $14 for a box of 20 308.</p><p></p><p>Yea you need brass cases but that is leftover from the box of 20 you have bought anyway.</p><p>And the Lee classic loader that is a neck sizer only.</p><p></p><p>Yes you can get more expensive bullets and you can also go way cheaper if you shoot cast bullets and use red dot powder.</p><p></p><p>I started with the Lee Classic loader and got 3/4" groups from my 30-30 same for my .308 and 30-06.</p><p></p><p>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.</p><p></p><p>I had to get a real press and real dies.</p><p></p><p>Snowball begins.</p><p></p><p>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.</p><p></p><p>I did not even have a load book just the instructions that came with the Lee classic loader.</p><p>And the lee yellow dipper that came with the loader.</p><p></p><p>Too simple.</p><p></p><p>If you shoot pistol and cast bullets yourself you can make ammo very cheap even today.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="swampratt, post: 4157458, member: 15054"] 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. [/QUOTE]
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