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<blockquote data-quote="Rez Exelon" data-source="post: 4351668" data-attributes="member: 5800"><p>Reloading is a numbers game. For exmaple, if I was going to make 9mm right now:</p><p>* Primed case - 8 cents</p><p>* 125gr JHP projo - 12 cents</p><p>* Powder - 4ish cents</p><p></p><p>So probably around 25 cents per round. Compared to probably a dollar per at the store for JHP. I could do FMJ for the same price, but why? I figure in this case it's a savings of 75 cents per case. If I have a progressive and I can make 500/hour then that is "worth" $375 in savings. A fairly good return on my time. </p><p></p><p>Switch that to .223 and then numbers are still fairly close on cost, but the comparison to M193 or SS109 is more like 15 cents different. So that shifts the "worth" to around $75. </p><p></p><p>Now, run the numbers again assuming I was making 100/hour on a single stage. That changes the hourly rates down to $75 and $15. Not bad, but not nearly as great for the time. </p><p></p><p>If I swap the Dillon into single stage mode, I can still load the obscure stuff as well. It's easy to crank out 100 375H&H or 45/70 or 416 or whatever in that mode. And 100 rounds of that is much more worth my time in the savings department anyways.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rez Exelon, post: 4351668, member: 5800"] Reloading is a numbers game. For exmaple, if I was going to make 9mm right now: * Primed case - 8 cents * 125gr JHP projo - 12 cents * Powder - 4ish cents So probably around 25 cents per round. Compared to probably a dollar per at the store for JHP. I could do FMJ for the same price, but why? I figure in this case it's a savings of 75 cents per case. If I have a progressive and I can make 500/hour then that is "worth" $375 in savings. A fairly good return on my time. Switch that to .223 and then numbers are still fairly close on cost, but the comparison to M193 or SS109 is more like 15 cents different. So that shifts the "worth" to around $75. Now, run the numbers again assuming I was making 100/hour on a single stage. That changes the hourly rates down to $75 and $15. Not bad, but not nearly as great for the time. If I swap the Dillon into single stage mode, I can still load the obscure stuff as well. It's easy to crank out 100 375H&H or 45/70 or 416 or whatever in that mode. And 100 rounds of that is much more worth my time in the savings department anyways. [/QUOTE]
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