Rye Miles #13621 Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 (edited) http://www.handloads.com/calc/loadingCosts.asp Leave the case figure zero Edited January 8, 2017 by Rye Miles #13621 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Crimes Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorado Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 My cost per round is about $0.03 or $33.71/1000 Neat. I'm cheap! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warden Callaway Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 My cost per round is about $0.03 or $33.71/1000 Neat. I'm cheap! Wouldn't that cost only cover the primer? Do you make your own bullets and powder? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster Ron Wayne Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 My cost per round .069 or 3.46 /69.14/1000 Not so bad if you look at 200gr 44 specials are 46.00 a box of 50 in the store ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michigan Slim Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 0.039/round. Not too shabby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorado Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 Wouldn't that cost only cover the primer? Do you make your own bullets and powder? I cast my own bullets, I have a couple hundred pounds that I've collected and melted down that didn't cost me anything. I use very little powder in my .38's. I just plugged in what the powder cost me and what I get for my primers and that's what it came up with. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Barleycorn, SASS #76982 Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 I cast my own bullets, I have a couple hundred pounds that I've collected and melted down that didn't cost me anything. I use very little powder in my .38's. I just plugged in what the powder cost me and what I get for my primers and that's what it came up with. Do you count your bullet casting time as $0? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabez Cowboy,SASS # 50129 Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 The cost of casting needs to include fuel , and bullet lube adds too ... I have several tons of free lead,,,,, but I burned a gallon of gas to pick it up ,,,, so it's Cheap not Free... And when I'm casting ,,, I'm not making money fixing Guns .... So cast Bullets ain't free but sure CAN be worth doing ... Long-range bullets and those for FCD come to mind ... Jabez Cowboy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorado Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 I picked up most of the lead while working and from friends in construction that didn't want to pay for disposal, far as I'm concerned it's recycled waste even been paid to cart some off. Cost of acquisition=0. Casting's a hobby. I use it to have something better to do than watch the idiot box. Time spent =+1. Sure the fuel costs some but it's a negligible amount. Bullet lube is cheap. $5-7 for a tube that'll lube 1000+ bullets? Molds were gifts so... yeah no cost there. Far as I'm concerned it's about near free as it gets. My only real cost has been brass, primers, and powder. Somehow I have more brass than what I've bought by a couple of hundred rounds. I get good deals on primers and powder. Shooting my cowboy loads has turned out to be fairly cheap. That's why I like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creeker, SASS #43022 Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 Wow. You guys are amazing. My light little 105 gr 38 specials cost 8 cents a piece. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warden Callaway Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 I too have hundreds of pounds of lead and dozens of molds, sizing dies, lubricant, etc. Now that I'm retired, I have plenty of time. But I find it tedious and boring work. I cast round 44 balls for my 51 Navys but buy Badman Bullets for the rest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Boy Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 Do you count your bullet casting time as $0? Same as costing reloading time as $0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imis Twohofon,SASS # 46646 Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 With more expensive primers and bullets Im still at $.09 per. Way better than $.45 or so for factory. All equipment was amortized out years ago. Thanks Rye Miles Imis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabez Cowboy,SASS # 50129 Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 Up here .38-40 Cost about 175 dollars per hundred to buy ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, For smokieless... For $1.75 Canadian per shot... If I buy bullets from local caster and load with Goex 3F my per Shot cost is 27 cents .... Smokeless loads buying bullets my cost per shot is 15.25 cents ... If I cast and lube my own and load using Goex 3F I can get the cost down to just under 20 cents per shot ... This is for full case loads of powder ..... No added substances .... Jabez Cowboy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michigan Slim Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 I enjoy casting. The sound of a bullet hitting the water bucket sounds just like money. Got some invested in molds but those are free after the first casting session. Lead was free. I cast for those that get it to me but I still call it free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted January 10, 2017 Author Share Posted January 10, 2017 Wow. You guys are amazing. My light little 105 gr 38 specials cost 8 cents a piece. Gamer!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griff Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 $0.106 per - $5.29/50 - 105.84/1000 for 185 grain 45 Colt when I cast. $0.163 per - $8.14/50 - $162.73/1000 when I purchase the 200 gr 45s. And you can't just plug a $0 in for case cost. Get real. You have to figure out the number of reloads you get on brass, because unless you have a no-cost steady source of replacement brass, it ain't free. I just ball-parked the 45 Colt brass to be good for around 20 reloads. And I think that's a pretty conservative estimate. $0.134 per for the BP rounds, as I cast those. Even if I purchased new brass each time I loaded, I'm still at only $16.96/50 buying brass, primers, powder, cases & bullets (already lubed). Basically HALF the cost of new ammo of the same bullet weight, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creeker, SASS #43022 Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 Gamer!!! Hey, between bullet and powder that's almost 108 grains added to the cartridge case. And figure five in each pistol and ten in the rifle... That's a couple thousand grains per stage. What am I? Hercules? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted January 10, 2017 Author Share Posted January 10, 2017 Hey, between bullet and powder that's almost 108 grains added to the cartridge case. And figure five in each pistol and ten in the rifle... That's a couple thousand grains per stage. What am I? Hercules? Ha ha do you shoot them all at the same time??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunder Creek Kid Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 I hope I did something wrong or I'm not gonna be able to shoot many matches this year. It says my black powder 44-40 loads are costing me $30.13 per round. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted January 10, 2017 Author Share Posted January 10, 2017 (edited) I hope I did something wrong or I'm not gonna be able to shoot many matches this year. It says my black powder 44-40 loads are costing me $30.13 per round. I figured my old BP rounds with 32 grs of BP, $27.00 for primers and $100.00 for bullets and got $9.32 for a box of 50 Yea you did something wrong!!! Edited January 10, 2017 by Rye Miles #13621 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheyenne Ranger, 48747L Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 mine was 3.8¢ each. I enjoy all parts of this, wet tumbling brass, casting and loading. Sometimes more than shooting I think Oh, and powder coating; that's the latest fun part of all of this cr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt Kirk Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 Cool tool..... used it to determine extra cost of TrailBoss I compared Titegroup ($20/lb) vs TrailBoss ($18/9oz -> $32/lb) Primers $33 for 1000 = .033ea CastBullet $60 for 1000 = .06ea (158gr 38spl) Ga Arms, L38A Cost Per Bullet: Titegroup is 10.36¢ each and TrailBoss is 11.07¢ each I also calculated cost manually and came to same conclusion... Been shootin TrailBoss since I started in CAS back in 2010, never tried anything else.... but I stick with it due to safety factor...with progressive loader I have gotten distracted with brass or cast bullet and accidentally double loaded - what a mess with powder overflow....but that stopped me cold, cleaned up, and restarted with more focus.... This has occurred several times in 6 years / 8000 rounds of loading....TrailBoss keeps me safe.... I'll pay the extra penny per round... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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