Re: Reloading Cost/Benefit Analysis: 9mm, 45 ACP, .308, .223
Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2008 3:02 am
Buying new brass is only worth the expenditure for hard to find brass like .45 Colt, 7.5 Swiss etc.
Common brass like .45 acp or .40 S&W is basically free at any outdoor range, folks who don't reload are almost always willing to give you their brass if you ask nicely. I have bought once fired before for when I wanted 1000 pieces of matched brass to simply load up and put away. John at brassmanbrass.com is a good source.
For low pressure straight walled cartridges like .45 acp you can load them forever. Most folks loose them long before they wear out. I have .45 acp brass that is over 60 years old.
Common brass like .45 acp or .40 S&W is basically free at any outdoor range, folks who don't reload are almost always willing to give you their brass if you ask nicely. I have bought once fired before for when I wanted 1000 pieces of matched brass to simply load up and put away. John at brassmanbrass.com is a good source.
For low pressure straight walled cartridges like .45 acp you can load them forever. Most folks loose them long before they wear out. I have .45 acp brass that is over 60 years old.