Concur re the time v money issue. Presuming apples to apples-- 85.00 @1000 for some plated bullets. 25@ thousand for primers and 20@ pound for powder., I am at 125 @ thousand. I am presuming 0 for picked up brass. It takes me about 3-4 hours to go from the keyboard to having 1000 boxed rounds on a stock 550 or SDB. Even at min wage for the 3-4 hours, at my scale of production, it is essentially a wash when reloadable, brass cased 115 FMJ practice ammo can be had at 180ish @1000 all day long.