Here is the cost per bullet! - The Firearms Forum

frosty · 01-21-2004, 11:42 AM

140 lbs @ 32.00 equals the following.....

158 grns each is...0.0051 per round
230 grns each is...0.0075 per round
250 grns each is...0.0081 per round
300 grns each is...0.0097 per round

Not bad at all I would say considering I just payed $15.95 for a box of 500 158 grn RNFP.

I AM HAPPY.

inplanotx · 01-21-2004, 03:48 PM

Simply Amazing, huh? Now that you have the cost per bullet, figure out the load you'll use and figure out the cost per round.

tuckerd1 · 01-22-2004, 07:53 AM

Do you guys ever try to include the cost of the equipment? Maybe some formula with a depriciating value built in!

It is cheaper but in the long run you spend more money because you shoot more.

Casting, reloading and shooting. A great stress reliever.

BTW, I've got over 300 pounds of pure lead and linotype ingots in coffee cans waiting to be cast. But, it has been years since I touched the casting equipment.

inplanotx · 01-22-2004, 08:47 AM

Linotype. There is something I haven't heard in years. When I was a kid, my father owned a printing equipment sales company. He used to sell Linotype type casting machines. These had melting pots on them that could hold 100 pound ingots of linotype lead. It was a chain feed with level sensing. I had access to all the ingots I could get away with. Now there is some great casting material. Sure wish I could find it here.

That is the reason I add 50/50 bar solder to my wheel weights. Brings them up to linotype hardness.

As far as depreciation of equipment, I use the cost of my reload vs store bought and take the difference as machinery cost.

tuckerd1 · 01-22-2004, 10:30 AM

Inplanotx, I got my linotype from a printing shop that was closing. Got what they had left for free. Makes some good bullets.

Crpdeth · 01-22-2004, 01:10 PM

Tuckered, all I do is keep notes of my reloading expenditures and also a list of all my completed reloads, some day I'll tally it all up, and do a comparison with factory ammo prices to kinda see what I've saved.

~Crp

tuckerd1 · 01-22-2004, 03:03 PM

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Originally posted by Crpdeth
Tuckered, all I do is keep notes of my reloading expenditures and also a list of all my completed reloads, some day I'll tally it all up, and do a comparison with factory ammo prices to kinda see what I've saved.

~Crp

I was just trying to be cute.

Original equipment cost really doesn't matter. It is a new enjoyable hobby and you have better quality control and diversity built in. If I didn't spend it on this I would spend it on something else. Enjoy it because you do save money if you shoot a lot.

01-21-2004, 11:42 AM	#1
frosty V.I.P. Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Texas Posts: 374	Here is the cost per bullet! 140 lbs @ 32.00 equals the following..... 158 grns each is...0.0051 per round 230 grns each is...0.0075 per round 250 grns each is...0.0081 per round 300 grns each is...0.0097 per round Not bad at all I would say considering I just payed $15.95 for a box of 500 158 grn RNFP. I AM HAPPY. __________________ BEER POCKET BOOK ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS -->

01-21-2004, 03:48 PM	#2
inplanotx Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Texas Posts: 8,897	Simply Amazing, huh? Now that you have the cost per bullet, figure out the load you'll use and figure out the cost per round. __________________ Last edited by inplanotx; 01-21-2004 at 03:49 PM..

01-22-2004, 08:47 AM	#4
inplanotx Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Texas Posts: 8,897	Linotype. There is something I haven't heard in years. When I was a kid, my father owned a printing equipment sales company. He used to sell Linotype type casting machines. These had melting pots on them that could hold 100 pound ingots of linotype lead. It was a chain feed with level sensing. I had access to all the ingots I could get away with. Now there is some great casting material. Sure wish I could find it here. That is the reason I add 50/50 bar solder to my wheel weights. Brings them up to linotype hardness. As far as depreciation of equipment, I use the cost of my reload vs store bought and take the difference as machinery cost. __________________ Last edited by inplanotx; 01-22-2004 at 08:49 AM..

01-22-2004, 01:10 PM	#6
Crpdeth Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Location: Location Contributor Posts: 8,247	Tuckered, all I do is keep notes of my reloading expenditures and also a list of all my completed reloads, some day I'll tally it all up, and do a comparison with factory ammo prices to kinda see what I've saved. ~Crp __________________ Our greatest pretenses are built up not to hide the evil and the ugly in us, but our emptiness. The hardest thing to hide is something that is not there. ~Eric Hoffer

01-22-2004, 07:53 AM	#3
tuckerd1 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Paint Rock Valley, Alabama Posts: 3,147	Do you guys ever try to include the cost of the equipment? Maybe some formula with a depriciating value built in! It is cheaper but in the long run you spend more money because you shoot more. Casting, reloading and shooting. A great stress reliever. BTW, I've got over 300 pounds of pure lead and linotype ingots in coffee cans waiting to be cast. But, it has been years since I touched the casting equipment.

01-22-2004, 10:30 AM	#5
tuckerd1 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Paint Rock Valley, Alabama Posts: 3,147	Inplanotx, I got my linotype from a printing shop that was closing. Got what they had left for free. Makes some good bullets.