Improve Accuracy. Commercial ammunition must adhere to specific safety standards. Also, bullets must be seated far back enough in the brass to fit just about any magazine. Many believe accuracy is improved when the bullet is seated a little farther out. More importantly, by reloading your own ammo, you can use components that work for your exact gun and that perform properly for your desired application.
Have Fun. Many people reload their own ammo simply because they enjoy it. Shoot More. Many of you may be wondering about the cost of reloading 9mm rounds vs. Just be aware that those supplies are the minimum of requirements. However, today is all about the costs associated with actually sourcing and pressing your own 9mm ammunition. Therefore, this article discusses what is need from a materials and labor perspective for reloading.
The following sections are dedicated to the sourcing, organization, and delivery fees associated with 9mm reloading supplies.
Reloading any cartridge, from 9mm to blackout, requires these same basic components. Although some materials costs will vary, other costs will remain unchanged. When it comes to reloading 9mm ammunition, you need 4 fundamental supplies. First, you need to acquire brass casings. Purchasing fresh from the factory brass is going to cost more than sourcing used brass.
Even better you can pick up brass from the ground at your local range — just clear it with the RSO first. Second, you need to acquire smokeless powder. The cost of powder will vary by brand and amount of powder you purchase.
Third, you need the bullets — the actual projectile. Finally, you need the ever elusive primers — small pistol primers to be exact — when reloading 9mm ammunition. As with just about anything else, the more you buy the less you pay per unit.
Reloading 9mm ammunition is no different. Buying any of the components listed above in bulk is going to lower your cost per round. Conversely, if you buy the minimum amount usually in lots of your average cost per round is going to be higher. Because I bought some raw materials in bulk, my costs are going to be lower and it is important to remember this when doing your own calculations. Another way to lower the cost per round is to recycle your casings. After shooting your reloads you can collect your brass back up to deprime and reload again later.
You can still find OK range ammo and the price will eventually go back down. Unless you are going to shoot a lot it is not really IMO worth getting a reloader. But, I have a Dillon and if anything breaks I just call them and they send a new part no charge. I am the second owner and they don't care. A great company. HansGruber Hellcat. I hand load for two primary reasons and many less significant reasons. I load for handguns because I'm able to reduce recoil and handgun stress.
It doesn't take a lot of velocity to punch holes in paper. Kids enjoy shooting reduced velocity loads. I load all of my big game ammo. It's infinitely more accurate and consistent than factory ammo.
My big game loads print very tiny groups. For a big game hunter who's satisfied with factory ammo and with a box of 20 lasting several seasons, hand loading wouldn't make economic sense. SATRP said:. BangBang said:. I have a number of reloading apps on my iPad, but my favorite is probably Reloading Assistant.
It has a handy calculator set up to calculate reloading costs for you. Enter the variables bullets, primers, powder, charge weight, cases and it spits out cost per quantity. Next it has fields to enter factory loaded ammo to generate a comparison cost. Besides the handy calculator it has thousands of recipes, most of them from the major public sources. How much are u saving by reloading. Thread starter T28w Start date Dec 10, T28w Senior Member.
Joined Dec 10, Messages Anybody care to chime in about how much u can save reloading. If I just wanted to duplicate the factory load what would it cost. I also understand cost savings is not why most reload. MallardSX2 Senior Member. Joined Feb 24, Messages I dont save much on my rifle hunting loads, but I save a TON on pistol and shotgun shells.
I can shoot 9MM cheaper than I could even buy. I make my own bullets and drop my own shot. Rieckman Junior Member. I don't think there is a rule, but if you break it down it's fairly simple math. It ends up being just shy of like 90 cents a shot with no brass cost. It ends up being roughly 62 cents with no brass cost. Joined Oct 22, Messages The cost savings is one thing. The ability to have the ammo you want, that shoots great in your rifle, when you want it, is also worth something too.
That being said I would agree with previous post that rifle may not be huge savings but handgun ammo for sure is roughly half the price. Provided you don't pay inflated prices for components. I have significant savings when I reload my. Doghed Senior Member. Midway price for box of Jbehredt Senior Member. Joined Mar 4, Messages 1, Location Colorado. If you actually assembled all of your components you would be money ahead per round or per fly.
The things is you end up sitting on piles of supplies that cost more than you would have actually spent on ammo or flies. Then you die and your family gives it all away for free or pennies on the dollar. Rich M Senior Member. Joined Jun 14, Messages 2, Location Orlando. Imo, you get premium hunting loads for the price of target ammo.
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