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sv_libertarian wrote:
Why not roll your own? I've got everything but dies to do my own. I paid about $90 for a Lee kit that has everything from press to scale. Just add dies.
A big +1 on Rolling Your Own. I just did a quick count of ammo for my CAR-15. I was able to build over 4500 rounds for just over $600 out of pocket expense. Compare that to buying new (even cheap or surplus) at prices averaging over $400 per thousand. I figure that I would have at least $1600 invested in the same number of rounds of surplus military from either central america or europe.
Same for pistol. I am just about to start a marathon session and build somewhere between 6,000 and 9,000 rounds of 9mm.
OK, so it did cost me about $1200 for my reloading setup (Dillon XL-650 with casefeeder and support items) but I am able to load "free" brass to my spec's for a fraction of the cost of New as well as cranking out 1,000 rounds every 1-1/2 hours.
There is nothing worse than being down to your last thousand rounds or so.:what::what: