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<blockquote data-quote="WoodsCraft" data-source="post: 4351187" data-attributes="member: 51836"><p>I own multiple progressives which I am not using, the cost of components has made bulk production of range ammo not economical. I've done the math a lot and there is no savings anymore , even if you bought the components before covid price spikes you can't replace those pre rona components for the same prices. Everything I am loading now is for obscure / hard to obtain and expensive calibers . If its 5.56, 7.62 or 9mm I am just buying it.</p><p></p><p>In fact I am seeing lots of progressive presses that have come up for sale pretty reasonably . To each his own but I am not tossing dollars away to save pennies. A good example is primers $89 - 99 plus tax buy all you want . in 2019 those same primers were 1/3 cost .</p><p></p><p></p><p>Assuming you have usable cases already to load you're going to spend .48 cents at today's pricing to load a single round of 5.56 with a 55 grain FMJ bullet. I can buy 5.56 in bulk for .46 cents a round and I can buy match grade ammo for just under $1.</p><p></p><p></p><p>When I buy reloading components in bulk it's either 8 to 16 pounds of powder at a time or none , and primers in the same fashion. If you're not doing it that way then you're doing it wrong because you're not even saving pennies over just going to the store and buying it.</p><p></p><p>The golden days of loading bulk ammo are gone but each their own .</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WoodsCraft, post: 4351187, member: 51836"] I own multiple progressives which I am not using, the cost of components has made bulk production of range ammo not economical. I've done the math a lot and there is no savings anymore , even if you bought the components before covid price spikes you can't replace those pre rona components for the same prices. Everything I am loading now is for obscure / hard to obtain and expensive calibers . If its 5.56, 7.62 or 9mm I am just buying it. In fact I am seeing lots of progressive presses that have come up for sale pretty reasonably . To each his own but I am not tossing dollars away to save pennies. A good example is primers $89 - 99 plus tax buy all you want . in 2019 those same primers were 1/3 cost . Assuming you have usable cases already to load you're going to spend .48 cents at today's pricing to load a single round of 5.56 with a 55 grain FMJ bullet. I can buy 5.56 in bulk for .46 cents a round and I can buy match grade ammo for just under $1. When I buy reloading components in bulk it's either 8 to 16 pounds of powder at a time or none , and primers in the same fashion. If you're not doing it that way then you're doing it wrong because you're not even saving pennies over just going to the store and buying it. The golden days of loading bulk ammo are gone but each their own . [/QUOTE]
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