.45 ACP reloading – Worth doing?

[five.five-six]

I make cast .45acp for well under $10/100 including tax and shipping

[gau17]

Reloading never saves money, you just get to shoot more!

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[Full Clip]

I make cast .45acp for well under $10/100 including tax and shipping

Tax? I think you could save on that as well.

[lpspinner]

If you paid tax on your lead bars/ingots, then you have to figure that into your cost per casted boolit.

[five.five-six]

Tax? I think you could save on that as well.

I buy precast moly coated 230 grain for about a nickel a piece

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[area51]

Once you have the equipment, it's more than worth it. You can make a custom load, with your bullet of choice, velocity, cleanliness, and recoil impulse. I can load 230gr ZERO JHP's over WSF/WST for about $0.17 per round, and Bear Creek 230gr RN's for around $0.13 per round using the brass I have collected over the past few years.

You like zero or bear creek better ?.

[M27]

You like zero or bear creek better ?.

I know your not asking me but I love bear creek 230gn flat nose sitting on tight group, probubly one of my favorite loads.

[GrayWolf09]

Only if you want better accuracy for less cost.

[CGT80]

Reloading .45 has gotten me to .12 a round. And, that's BEFORE I started casting. Now that I am, I'm not so sure how to calculate how much per round.

I am loading light 45LC rounds for $8 per 100 with my cast bullets. I didn't pay for the lead I have right now, but I can buy lead from another forum for $1 per pound shipped. It comes in clean ingots. It would take me about $40 worth of lead to make 1000 45 bullets at 270 grains, plus a few bucks in lube. My labor is free. The same exact bullet with the same exact lube can be bought online for about $189 per 1000. In that case, my labor and equipment cost saved me $149.

You can make the numbers say what you want if you manipulate things. The bottom line is that I have spent less money to make my ammo and shoot the volume I do, than if I had bought factory. I wouldn't shoot 150 rounds of 460 and 45LC in one afternoon, after a competition (also 300-400 rounds of 9mm), if I had to pay retail prices. I have the time and means to load my own.

If you make $100k or better per year, you may not have the time, and you probably can afford to buy factory. Some people may not shoot often enough to justify it, and may not be interested in loading their own.

[bohoki]

you can really save when you start casting