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Message: <blockquote data-quote="rockchalk06" data-source="post: 3975041" data-attributes="member: 40794">There is no bottom. At least not that I have found.A decent press, standard FL dies, once fired brass, a good bullet and some time, you will be able to out perform most factory ammo just by finding something your specific rifle likes.Your initial cost of everything is going to make you stroke out, but if you look at it like a hobby and not a means to just produce ammo, it's not as bad. One of my work shooting buddies started up right before rona hit. He's a prepper and wanted a means to produce ammo should factory just dry up. We went cheap on everything, spent weeks searching for used stuff to just be able to produce a round that went bang and would hit a 10" target at 100 yards. He got started for around 150 bucks as he used his own brass, but he's not loading ammo that will shoot any better or worse than factory stuff. Just loading as a means to have it if needed. I don't recommend this route. You will just chase your tail and frustrate yourself trying to make your rifle shoot.I found 100 rounds of .300 PRC Match ammo for 2.38 a round. My initial investment of tools to load it was about 350-400 dollars. My first loads were 3.30 a round and the second go around will be 2.30 a round. That didn't include the stuff I already had to handload, that was just dies and tools for that round.With 6.5 Creedmoor, you can be prepared to spend around 400 dollars on the initial startup to load 100 rounds of ammo. That is a ton of factory ammo you could have bought and not spent all the hours. Not trying to discourage you at all with that. Most people handload to do what factory ammo wont in their weapons.</blockquote>

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