Re: can you still save money reloading 30-30 ammo
[Re: Canvasback2]
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09/16/22 01:56 PM
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danny clifton
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I use 35 grains of H335 and 150 grain hornady round nose. No clue what equipment and powder etc costs now. But cheap 30-30 ammo is a buck fifty a round. I spend less than that
Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
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Re: can you still save money reloading 30-30 ammo
[Re: Canvasback2]
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09/16/22 02:18 PM
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Yukon John
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I don't look at it as a money thing. When I want ammo, I want it now! If I can load it, i do. More of an availability thing with me.
Act like a blank, get treated like a blank. Insert your own blank!
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Re: can you still save money reloading 30-30 ammo
[Re: Yukon John]
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09/16/22 03:25 PM
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I don't look at it as a money thing. When I want ammo, I want it now! If I can load it, i do. More of an availability thing with me. Same here Yukon John. Plus the added accuracy from handloads (typically). That, or I just usually have terrible luck getting factory ammo to shoot well. I've only had ONE rifle that ever shot factory ammo well, and it was a cheap T/C Compass. That rifle has no business being priced so low, compared to how well it shoots!
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Re: can you still save money reloading 30-30 ammo
[Re: Canvasback2]
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09/16/22 03:36 PM
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Questions How much do you shoot Do you want something special What kinda accuracy do you need You trying to prep ? Single mutipe rifles ? All of this is gonna factor in if you only shoot 20-40 rd a year....no real point You wanting to load anything special? Reduced loads ,heavy cast , certain bullets ? If so then yeah could be good You want sub MOA accuracy or is good nuff ....good nuff ? If so we have some options either way You a prepper they to stock pile ? You shooting these in a single rifle or multiple?
I save money reloading just due to the face by the time I found ammo that does what I want in my rifle I've probably gotten $200 in 29rd boxes just testing.
Last edited by Wolfdog91; 09/16/22 03:41 PM.
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Re: can you still save money reloading 30-30 ammo
[Re: Canvasback2]
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09/16/22 03:47 PM
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Like wolfie said. Range brass is free. That is usually 60% of your cost. After that, your costs goes way down. During the off season, use cast bullets. 30/30 casings last for at 12 reloadings or more. Lots of different powders work. Still working on an old jug of RL7. Not the cleanest, but goes bang and brings home the venison or pork. Sarge
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Re: can you still save money reloading 30-30 ammo
[Re: white17]
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09/16/22 03:56 PM
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Wolfie: Care to translate ?
You a proper they to stick pile ? are you a Prepper as in person who stocks a lot of stuff for when the manure hits the fan Stock pile
America only has one issue, we have a Responsibility crisis and everything else stems from it.
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Re: can you still save money reloading 30-30 ammo
[Re: Canvasback2]
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09/16/22 04:32 PM
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I priced some stuff out and if you can find it
1lb of LVR powder 40 dollars 200 rounds worth of powder about 20 cents a round 100 bullets 45 dollars 45 cents a round primers I am going to figure those at 10 cents a round if you can find them but to be fair it could go 13 cents a round
brass I will assume you have your own and saved it for a while
98 dollars in supplies for 100 rounds + tax and shipping because the powder is enough for 200 rounds adding another 45 in bullets and 13 in primers you can make 200 rounds for 156 dollars or 78 cents a round as long as you have the brass already.
now equipment costs
16 dollars for Lee modern reloading second edition I put this first on the equipment list for a reason
180 dollars challenger press kit
52 dollars Lee 4 die deluxe 30-30 die set
12 dollars Lee quick trim die 30-30
260 dollars in equipment cost + tax and shipping this is still quite close to the 300 dollars I used to tell people you would have to start reloading + components
this will let you turn out rounds
it looks like lever evolution rounds when in stock sell at about 2.40 a round
how many rounds will you make can you amortize the cost of the equipment out over that and feel right about it
if you make 1000 rounds you have 26 cents a round in equipment cost
so cost to make 1000 rounds is about $1.04 a round plus your time
at 2000 rounds it falls to about $0.91
of course there is some load development cost and a dropped primer here or there but this should give you an idea of how many rounds you would need to make to make it worth your while and of course your time
America only has one issue, we have a Responsibility crisis and everything else stems from it.
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Re: can you still save money reloading 30-30 ammo
[Re: Yukon John]
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09/16/22 08:11 PM
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I don't look at it as a money thing. When I want ammo, I want it now! If I can load it, i do. More of an availability thing with me. x2
Till that day.....
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Re: can you still save money reloading 30-30 ammo
[Re: K91773]
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09/16/22 09:29 PM
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The main reason I reload 30-30 is because I am a huge fan of the Speer 170 gain hotcor bullet and the only way to get it is to load, and they have been backordered for 2 years I ordered some of the 150s because it didn't seem like I was ever going to get 170s again
America only has one issue, we have a Responsibility crisis and everything else stems from it.
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