I asked similar questions when I was getting ready to start and it is not a simple answer because cost can vary so much depending on what u buy and at what cost u can get components. It would be years of shooting for most people to ever break even. If you don’t enjoy the thought of tinkering with reloading, don’t do it. I enjoy the process and the other aspect is I have not seen a 300 wsm factory round in almost a year on the shelves.Let’s say hunting loads for .308, for a person with zero equipment purchasing new. In your experience have many rounds did it take to break even than buying lower end, American made ammo (say core lokts). Thanks
Let’s say hunting loads for .308, for a person with zero equipment purchasing new. In your experience have many rounds did it take to break even than buying lower end, American made ammo (say core lokts). Thanks
I will never "break even".
-You have a hard to find off the shelf caliberHow much is your time worth to clean, prep, and load? Most reloaders fail to ignore labor costs in their cost evaluation?
Only a few reasons to reload:
-You enjoy reloading as a separate hobby
-You’re a true top level competitor
-You’re on a fixed income and unable to work.
Agreed with some of the folks up above- You never break even. Unless you have the discipline to stick to the basics. You can get a single-stage press and crank out cheap practice rounds. I started reloading to save money- went down the rabbit hole of designing the best rounds for my rifle pretty quickly. Except for practice .223. I even bought a single stage to accompany my progressive just to make getting caps out before cleaning brass faster. By the time it's all said and done you'll still be glad you did it.