on December 22, 2009 4:52 PM
Primer: .0255
Bullet: .1385
Powder: .0537
Brass: .0333
Total: $0.2510 per round. I left out shipping, so you can add another cent or two there. It's hard to figure shipping costs exactly because I try to combine as much as possible onto one order. It's probably less than a cent per round in actuality.
Most people don't include brass in their reloading breakdown, but I bought 3000 fired shell cases for $100 a couple of years ago, so I'm going to include it. (Which is a great price in today's market.) I probably have enough of my own fired shell cases that I didn't really have to include it in the cost, but I felt like it anyway.
Compare that to new 5.56 TAP: $1.0975 per round before shipping.
That's a savings of $0.8465 per round. I just loaded up 100 this afternoon, so I saved almost $85. Nice!
Bullet: .1385
Powder: .0537
Brass: .0333
Total: $0.2510 per round. I left out shipping, so you can add another cent or two there. It's hard to figure shipping costs exactly because I try to combine as much as possible onto one order. It's probably less than a cent per round in actuality.
Most people don't include brass in their reloading breakdown, but I bought 3000 fired shell cases for $100 a couple of years ago, so I'm going to include it. (Which is a great price in today's market.) I probably have enough of my own fired shell cases that I didn't really have to include it in the cost, but I felt like it anyway.
Compare that to new 5.56 TAP: $1.0975 per round before shipping.
That's a savings of $0.8465 per round. I just loaded up 100 this afternoon, so I saved almost $85. Nice!
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