Originally Posted by
bofe954
For about $700 you can have a square deal B set up for 9mm, tumbler, scale calipers and whatever you need, new. You may get tired of the square deal B, or branch out into other calibers. If you do you can sell it, Dillon raises prices every year. In 5 years you might sell it for what you paid.
For 10K rounds:
Cheap 9mm seems to be about $200 per case so $2000.
To reload premium ammo:
$975 for 11,250 montana 124gr JHP
$115 for 8lbs solo 1000
$260 for 10K CCI primers
$60 shipping
$700 dillon
equals $2110.
That's assuming you've been saving some brass. So 10K rounds you are about even. You have 1250 bullets left and plenty of powder, so for about $30 you can have another case. Your equipment is paid for and the next 10K rounds is $1400 vs $2K. You can also load a lot cheaper if you want. You could cut $300 if you could shoot lead.
The square deal B isn't the greatest, but it's a fast progressive press for pretty cheap. You may outgrow it and upgrade but if you use for a year or two you'll be more than even.
It is also a lot cheaper and easier to stockpile components than ammo, and when people are crying about no ammo on the shelf for whatever reason you can be at the range.