Cheaper reloading?

[Norfolk Deer Search]

A lot cheaper than Carp Fisherman re-baiting:
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You only buy that if you’re a mug

 

[shakey jake]

You only buy that if you’re a mug

What carp bait? Agree

 

[Rutland lad]

I remember a time when PPU first started coming in and it was £11 a box for 20 243 100gr - you literally couldn’t load them for less, and I was lucky in that they shot very well in my rifle.

I load for pretty much everything centrefire now, the cost saving is still there but not as much as it was - but the precision is the reason and I find reloading with some good music on can be very therapeutic.

Regards,
Gixer

A man I can relate to

 

[Bowland blades]

is that not also true for buying ammunition?

Not if you purchase of components near everything can be sent ( indeed all can be sent if you get them sent via RFD )

 

[enfieldspares]

I found a receipt in the bottom of my reloading gear box that showed I’d paid £17 for 1000 Fed210 primers - if only they were that now!

Yes. That is absolutely how much cheaper they were back in the day. 100% true. Had a trade stand at Pistol '82 or whatever and took one hundred thousand CCI primers. Something like sixty thousand small pistol and forty thousand large pistol. With the intent of selling them at £10 per thousand (TEN POUNDS PER ONE THOUSAND) and making £2 profit per thousand for a quick turnover. When I go there to set up at 8.00am some had already started setting up and their primers were posted as being £8.50 per thousand.

 

[Liveonce]

This mornings little effort .17 hornet ready for the rabbits later this week cheaper than hmr as had components pre covid

 

[Liveonce]

Yes. That is absolutely how much cheaper they were back in the day. 100% true. Had a trade stand at Pistol '82 or whatever and took one hundred thousand CCI primers. Something like sixty thousand small pistol and forty thousand large pistol. With the intent of selling them at £10 per thousand (TEN POUNDS PER ONE THOUSAND) and making £2 profit per thousand for a quick turnover. When I go there to set up at 8.00am some had already started setting up and their primers were posted as being £8.50 per thousand.

london armoury cci small pistol £10 and a tub of N310 £12. cast and lube 38sp bullets and go shoot, they were the days

 

[Heym SR20]

I can’t help feeling that the ammunition industry would much prefer us to all reload.

Shipping and stocking components is easy and not much paperwork.

With ammunition costs of shipping plus all the paperwork is a pain in arse right through the whole supply chain from the manufacturer via importer to distributor and then out to individual emporia. And as a consumer this all ends up on your expense. Volume can and will help reduce this cost, but requiring secure shipping of ammunition is always going to be expensive.

By contrast component parts are much much simpler and easier.

 

[Liveonce]

I can’t help feeling that the ammunition industry would much prefer us to all reload.

Shipping and stocking components is easy and not much paperwork.

With ammunition costs of shipping plus all the paperwork is a pain in arse right through the whole supply chain from the manufacturer via importer to distributor and then out to individual emporia. And as a consumer this all ends up on your expense. Volume can and will help reduce this cost, but requiring secure shipping of ammunition is always going to be expensive.

By contrast component parts are much much simpler and easier.

powder at 1.3c is far more expensive and complex to ship in to the u.k. than ammunition at 1.4s