Interesting. Is buying 9mm significantly cheaper than reloading .45 for those of us who value our spare time?
I think if you have the means to buy in bulk far enough ahead... and you have a 3 year old that is a handful, the proposition pays off.
Later in life when I can hand HIM the rake, and I can go pull levers in the garage while listening to the baseball game, maybe.
(can't do it with football, can't not pay attention to the football)
My 45ACP recipe-
200 grain LRNFP bullets - $64 per thousand
Winchester large primers - $25 per thousand (Wolf are $18 if I wanted to save a few more $$)
Hodgdon Clays powder - $12 per pound - .57 pounds per 1000 = $7
Total - $96 per 1K
All of this is purchased in bulk, typically 5K at a time, and I pickup the empties at the range.
I enjoy reloading and have a press that is capable of doing 500 per hour so it is not a huge amount of time. If I spent the amount of time I do on forums or watching TV then I would have millions of rounds loaded. The quality of ammo is well worth it to me as well but I understand that reloading is not for everybody.
-Seconds Count. Misses Don't-
I recently ordered 50,000 rounds of Federal AE9DP (115gr FMJ American Eagle) so probably mostly that this year...