9mm Training ammo.

[sigstroker]

You will NEVER "save" money reloading. Reloading/handloading is a hobby into itself. If you get into the hobby, you will shoot more, have control over your ammo, be able to tailor ammo to one specific firearm, have better (or worse) ammo than you can buy (depending on your QC), etc.

You can - you just have to buy enough stuff and then not use it for 20 years. Then the crap behaves like a mini stock market. My penny primers, six cent Winchester jacketed bullets, and $200 Dillons make me able to reload for very cheap.

[robledor]

I'm also reloading at
$35 per 1k of 147 grain 9mm bullet
$30 lb 244
$35 primers from 4 years ago
I think I'm good to go

[M76]

You will NEVER "save" money reloading. Reloading/handloading is a hobby into itself. If you get into the hobby, you will shoot more, have control over your ammo, be able to tailor ammo to one specific firearm, have better (or worse) ammo than you can buy (depending on your QC), etc.

^^this^^

Reloading is rewarding in ways other than money spent or saved

[CSACANNONEER]

You can - you just have to buy enough stuff and then not use it for 20 years. Then the crap behaves like a mini stock market. My penny primers, six cent Winchester jacketed bullets, and $200 Dillons make me able to reload for very cheap.

I'm still working on some $7.50/K primers I bought about 6 years ago and some $10-$30 8lb jugs of powder that I picked up at the same time. That doesn't mean that I have "saved" money. I spent well over $1K that day. The fact is that if one is trying to "save money" by reloading, they won't save anything unless they consider it a hobby and don't include their time to gather components, equipment and the time it takes to prep brass and reload. If they are only trying to save money and value their time at $XX/hour, they won't save a cent and will end up selling their reloading equipment and components at a loss.

[smoothy8500]

Even at todays prices, reloading is still cheaper than whatever ammo we are seeing for sale.

[CSACANNONEER]

Even at todays prices, reloading is still cheaper than whatever ammo we are seeing for sale.

It will take a long time to break even if one counts their investment in equipment. Even if they only feel their time is worth minimum wage, they will NEVER break even if they try to include the time they've invested in the hobby.

[stormvet]

It will take a long time to break even if one counts their investment in equipment. Even if they only feel their time is worth minimum wage, they will NEVER break even if they try to include the time they've invested in the hobby.

My equipment has paid for it self many many times over.

The time factor is not huge concern for me, as I don?t designate a certain amount of time to it. If I got nothing going on for the next 30 minutes I?ll do a little reloading. Waiting for the wife to get ready, I?ll do a little reloading. It?s Sunday all the chores are done, wife?s talking to her sister on the phone I?ll do a little reloading. Agree it does take time, but it never really cuts into my time too much. When I first started decades ago, yeah I spent way too much time with it. Now it?s more of something to pass the time with when I got nothing going on.

[sigstroker]

I saw Winchester 9mm for $200 per thousand, complete loaded ammo. I think I posted it but it got deleted, like a lot of my other ammo postings. My Winchester buckshot post was deleted too, so I'm essentially being told the mods don't like my ammo posts.

[hambam105]

That 9mm reload you have in your magazine right now might be the round you need when the SHTF.

Match day or practice day, recreational power factors are no longer an issue. Standard pressure loads.
Not over, not under. Hard cast or jacketed bullets only. No more cheap bullets or ad hoc assembly practices.

The ability to focus & pay attention to detail is a desirable skill. Always stay sharp and be professional.