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Equipment & Gear => Guns and Ammo => Topic started by: Pete112288 on March 07, 2014, 04:07:04 PM

Title: Would it save money to have someone reload for me?
Post by: Pete112288 on March 07, 2014, 04:07:04 PM: I dont have the money to get into reloading like I want to and really am tight for being able to buy factory ammo this year. (Not looking for pitty, thats just how it is, haha) I was thinking about asking a family friend if he could reload some for me if I gave him the supplies (he already has the right dies and such). I would get the bullets, primers, and powder, and would clean up all the once fired brass I have. Just need them loaded. If I got the basic hunting bullets in 150 or 165 grain, primers, and powder would I really save that much per round or per box? Even if I were to pay him for his time and work? Its 30-06.
Title: Re: Would it save money to have someone reload for me?
Post by: Timberstalker on March 07, 2014, 04:15:37 PM: If you are trying to spend the bare minimum you won't do it by reloading. You will have to buy one pound of powder, at a minimum. This will be $25 or more if you can find it.

Buy one box of factory ammo and you will be way ahead.
Title: Re: Would it save money to have someone reload for me?
Post by: cwuwildcat on March 07, 2014, 05:36:50 PM: I reload, but would never do it for someone. I don't want it on my head if I double stuffed the powder and something went wrong. I also wouldn't use something reloaded by another individual. Just my :twocents: Maybe ask him to teach you and supervise you on his equipment.
Title: Re: Would it save money to have someone reload for me?
Post by: fowl smacker on March 07, 2014, 05:53:37 PM: Quote from: Timberstalker on March 07, 2014, 04:15:37 PM
If you are trying to spend the bare minimum you won't do it by reloading. You will have to buy one pound of powder, at a minimum. This will be $25 or more if you can find it.

Buy one box of factory ammo and you will be way ahead.
Not sure where you're getting this logic from! Simple answer is YES, you will save $ in the long run. Of course starting costs could be cheaper if you buy 1 box of factory ammo compared to 1 lb of powder, 100 bullets, 100 primers, but likely not by much. Price per rd, you are saving a bundle. I reload my 300wsm for approx $.33 a rd, for a like factory rd (winchester supreme), I'd be looking around $2.75 a rd. Doesn't take many rds to make up the initial cost.
That said unless its your dad/brother, very close relative, I'd never shoot someone else's reloads!
Title: Re: Would it save money to have someone reload for me?
Post by: Timberstalker on March 07, 2014, 06:10:50 PM: Quote from: fowl smacker on March 07, 2014, 05:53:37 PM
Quote from: Timberstalker on March 07, 2014, 04:15:37 PM
If you are trying to spend the bare minimum you won't do it by reloading. You will have to buy one pound of powder, at a minimum. This will be $25 or more if you can find it.

Buy one box of factory ammo and you will be way ahead.
Not sure where you're getting this logic from! Simple answer is YES, you will save $ in the long run. Of course starting costs could be cheaper if you buy 1 box of factory ammo compared to 1 lb of powder, 100 bullets, 100 primers, but likely not by much. Price per rd, you are saving a bundle. I reload my 300wsm for approx $.33 a rd, for a like factory rd (winchester supreme), I'd be looking around $2.75 a rd. Doesn't take many rds to make up the initial cost.
That said unless its your dad/brother, very close relative, I'd never shoot someone else's reloads!

I get the logic from reading his post correctly. He appears to be tight for funds right now. The cheapest solution for him would be factory. If he was looking for a 5 year investment then buy the reloading supplies.
Title: Re: Would it save money to have someone reload for me?
Post by: elkaholic123 on March 07, 2014, 06:21:08 PM: Quote from: fowl smacker on March 07, 2014, 05:53:37 PM
Quote from: Timberstalker on March 07, 2014, 04:15:37 PM
If you are trying to spend the bare minimum you won't do it by reloading. You will have to buy one pound of powder, at a minimum. This will be $25 or more if you can find it.

Buy one box of factory ammo and you will be way ahead.
Not sure where you're getting this logic from! Simple answer is YES, you will save $ in the long run. Of course starting costs could be cheaper if you buy 1 box of factory ammo compared to 1 lb of powder, 100 bullets, 100 primers, but likely not by much. Price per rd, you are saving a bundle. I reload my 300wsm for approx $.33 a rd, for a like factory rd (winchester supreme), I'd be looking around $2.75 a rd. Doesn't take many rds to make up the initial cost.
That said unless its your dad/brother, very close relative, I'd never shoot someone else's reloads!
I think your math is way off on your price to reload :dunno: just a box of 50 bullets is $25.00 at least :bash: If powder was $25.00 per pound and you put 50 gr in each load it would be $0.17 per round just for powder, Thats $0.67 per round not counting brass or primer and that is very conservative :twocents:
Title: Re: Would it save money to have someone reload for me?
Post by: 87Ford on March 07, 2014, 06:30:45 PM: I am intending to start reloading this summer. Still putting my equipment together. I was aware that powder is in short supply, and man, that's the truth. Trying to find some Reloader 22, but it's apparently nowhere to be found. :dunno:
Title: Re: Would it save money to have someone reload for me?
Post by: bobcat on March 07, 2014, 06:34:19 PM: It depends how much you're going to shoot. You should practice often anyway, so a person could easily go through 200 rounds in a year. You could load that many for $100. (I'm not sure how Fowl smacker does it for .33 per round) but factory ammo would cost at least $400 for that much, so you could save $200 by reloading.
Title: Re: Would it save money to have someone reload for me?
Post by: Pete112288 on March 07, 2014, 07:05:05 PM: I could have said how much (roughly) could I get for say $100 if I were to have the family friend do it or show me how to on his equipment vs going and spending $100 on factory ammo? Reloading equipment is at the top of my list for my next big purchase, probably next years tax return if I cant talk the whole family into all of them putting in for one christmas/birthday gift for me haha. Thats how I have got my gunsafe, my muzzleloader, my blacktail shoulder mount paid for, and my 12 gauge slug gun. I tell em they dont have to get me anything but they insist on it and they promise they wont spend more than $15-$20 so when they ask what I want I tell em just one thing and if they all put $10-$15 then the math works out great for combined christmas/birthday gift. But I will get off my tangent there haha. thanks for the :twocents: everyone
Title: Re: Would it save money to have someone reload for me?
Post by: Rick on March 07, 2014, 07:06:53 PM: http://leeprecision.com/reloading-kits/lee-loader-rifle/ (http://leeprecision.com/reloading-kits/lee-loader-rifle/)

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Title: Re: Would it save money to have someone reload for me?
Post by: Pete112288 on March 07, 2014, 07:13:44 PM: Oh wow, I have never seen that reloader before. Thats pretty cool.
Title: Re: Would it save money to have someone reload for me?
Post by: Atroxus on March 07, 2014, 08:53:25 PM: Quote from: cwuwildcat on March 07, 2014, 05:36:50 PM
I reload, but would never do it for someone. I don't want it on my head if I double stuffed the powder and something went wrong. I also wouldn't use something reloaded by another individual. Just my :twocents: Maybe ask him to teach you and supervise you on his equipment.

:yeah: From what I have read on this and other forums, most people will not reload for anyone but themselves and family members, for liability reasons. If my best friend asked me to reload for him, or sell him reloads, I would tell him "No, but if you want to learn, you can borrow my reloading books then after you have read up, I will let you use my press and dies ."
Title: Re: Would it save money to have someone reload for me?
Post by: Fl0und3rz on March 07, 2014, 09:01:06 PM: Quote from: Atroxus on March 07, 2014, 08:53:25 PM
Quote from: cwuwildcat on March 07, 2014, 05:36:50 PM
I reload, but would never do it for someone. I don't want it on my head if I double stuffed the powder and something went wrong. I also wouldn't use something reloaded by another individual. Just my :twocents: Maybe ask him to teach you and supervise you on his equipment.

:yeah: From what I have read on this and other forums, most people will not reload for anyone but themselves and family members, for liability reasons. If my best friend asked me to reload for him, or sell him reloads, I would tell him "No, but if you want to learn, you can borrow my reloading books then after you have read up, I will let you use my press and dies ."

:yeah:

I would supervise a friend, but not load for them.
Title: Re: Would it save money to have someone reload for me?
Post by: bobcat on March 07, 2014, 09:09:23 PM: I wouldn't have a problem reloading for a friend. I had an uncle and a family friend reload for me when I was a kid. Honestly I just don't understand what the issue would be. It's not difficult to load cartridges that are just as safe as any you would buy in the store. You could also load them below max for slightly less velocity and less recoil than the factory ammo.

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Title: Re: Would it save money to have someone reload for me?
Post by: wildweeds on March 07, 2014, 09:25:12 PM: I saw 20 pounds of reloader 22 this morning as I was buying 2 pounds of shotgun powder.........

Quote from: 87Ford on March 07, 2014, 06:30:45 PM
I am intending to start reloading this summer. Still putting my equipment together. I was aware that powder is in short supply, and man, that's the truth. Trying to find some Reloader 22, but it's apparently nowhere to be found. :dunno:
Title: Re: Would it save money to have someone reload for me?
Post by: j_h_nimrod on March 07, 2014, 09:49:03 PM: I agree with Bobcat. Reloading for someone else does not bother me. Someone learning is more likely to make a mistake anyway. This country is retardedly worried about any possible liability to the detriment of reason. If the gun shoots with factory ammo why worry?

Who here has ever had a catastrophic failure from a reload?