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DarylS
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Re: So a friend bought a .458...
09/04/10 01:18 AM

Grandslam are Speer bullets. Ammo companies use other makes of bullets, for sure. Perhaps if he knew what loading cost, he might go that route.

Hmmm - $179.00 for 20 rounds - $8.95 each.

Let's see in actual cost for components.
- $3.00 for the most expensive bullets sold here
- $0.30 for powder
- $0.05 for primer
- $1.60 per case
= $4.95 per round
Still seems high, but it adds up with the premium bullets & new brass.

Looks like reloading might be the better way to go - no case cost after the first and with range pickup, none when using short or long mag brass.

Bullets are expensive - but - that cost can be reduced to a mould and WW metal for factory duplication ballistics. Lube is cheap maybe a penny per case.

How much shooting can a person do at those costs for factory ammo?

No wonder people who shoot only factory ammo shoot so little.

bullet = $0.00
lube-- = $0.01
powder = $0.30
primer = $0.05
case-- = $0.00

total handloaded cost per round = $0.36

Yeah - that looks better.

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Daryl

"a gun without hammers is like a Spaniel without ears" King George V

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So a friend bought a .458...	Shackleton	08/04/10 11:22 AM
Re: So a friend bought a .458...	500grains	10/04/10 11:55 PM
Re: So a friend bought a .458...	Shackleton	11/04/10 02:26 PM
Re: So a friend bought a .458...	KILLERtj	26/04/10 06:51 AM
Re: So a friend bought a .458...	DarylS	26/04/10 09:31 AM
Re: So a friend bought a .458...	KILLERtj	26/04/10 11:37 AM
Re: So a friend bought a .458...	bwananelson	26/04/10 11:11 PM
Re: So a friend bought a .458...	375shooter	10/04/10 12:40 PM
Re: So a friend bought a .458...	NitroX	09/04/10 09:06 PM
Re: So a friend bought a .458...	mauserand9mm	08/04/10 01:42 PM
Re: So a friend bought a .458...	DarylS	08/04/10 07:26 PM
Re: So a friend bought a .458...	controlled_feed	08/04/10 08:01 PM
Re: So a friend bought a .458...	Shackleton	09/04/10 12:49 AM
Re: So a friend bought a .458...	DarylS	09/04/10 01:18 AM

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