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Message: <blockquote data-quote="NikatKimber" data-source="post: 855264" data-attributes="member: 423">Yes, it's worthwhile. It goes one of two ways, you shoot a little, so you spend an hour or so a week reloading, shoot a few on the weekends, and that's that. Or you shoot a LOT, and consequently reload a lot.If you're the first case, you can get a turret or single stage, it takes a little longer per round, but you're not loading thousands of rounds at once, most likely a hundred will be the most at one setting, so not a big deal. A basic turret press and set up will be paid off quickly even at the low rate you will be loading.If you're the second, you need a progressive, and a good one at that. You want to load several hundred an hour, because you will likely shoot several hundred a week. Again, at this rate, you will pay off the loading equipment quickly. IE, I can load .38/.357 for .15 cents per round jacketed, or <.10 cents for cast lead.Excluding the loading equipment, just the component cost can be estimated to be about half the cost of loaded ammo (for anything other than 9mm). Rifles (other than calibers available as milsurp) maybe even less than that; a third or so the cost of loaded ammo. IE, I load .243 Win for less than .50 cents a round with Hornady VMax bullets. Even Rem CoreLokt at Walmart is almost $1 a round.</blockquote>