need small pistol primers??

[Lloyd Smale]

What a deal!!!

https://www.wholesalehunter.com/Product/Details/11100277 

[neckisred]

Wow!!!!!!! Makes me feel a little better about what I paid for Remington 7-1/2's and 9-1/2's this spring.

[Land_Owner]

I'm sitting on a GOLD MINE!  Who knew that guns, ammo, and reloading components would turn out to beat the Stock Market in retirement?

[Buckskin]

That's insane.  Another option, same site a little more reasonable, yet still 5x what it should be.

https://www.wholesalehunter.com/Product/Details/11442022?fs=1

[sbilson]

Don't need any THAT bad!!

[Ranger99]

There's somebody somewhere that
will pay it and giggle at others that
won't pay that

I've already been ridiculed because
I won't pay 60-80 dollars for a pound
of powder

[O-mega]

I wouldn't pay 1/4 of that, I would resort to reloading primers with snap caps (also getting scarce)before paying that much.

[Land_Owner]

Not that I am selling but:

Make Hay While The Sun Shines.

[Ranger99]

JMHO-  there's a point ( to me) that
things like loading your own ammo
isn't cost effective.  You can buy
ammo off the shelf that's as good
as what 80% of people that load
can make. 
When I've discussed this topic
with others,  they always forget
to include their time.
It's the most valuable thing we all
have because everyone only has
a limited amount

[O-mega]

JMHO-  there's a point ( to me) that
things like loading your own ammo
isn't cost effective.  You can buy
ammo off the shelf that's as good
as what 80% of people that load
can make. 
When I've discussed this topic
with others,  they always forget
to include their time.
It's the most valuable thing we all
have because everyone only has
a limited amount

Reloading was never about saving money, it's about shooting more for the money spent.  And also shooting when everyone else is looking for unobtanium.  Yes, you can buy custom rounds, and many off-the-shelf ammo that is very accurate, at least enough for most purposes.  But when you reload, you can custom load for your particular needs/wants like accuracy, power, or sound level even.  And one more thing, reloading, and casting your own, is as much a hobby as shooting.  So my time is not included in that process, just like I don't include it when hunting or fishing.

[orerancher]

JMHO-  there's a point ( to me) that
things like loading your own ammo
isn't cost effective.  You can buy
ammo off the shelf that's as good
as what 80% of people that load
can make. 
When I've discussed this topic
with others,  they always forget
to include their time.
It's the most valuable thing we all
have because everyone only has
a limited amount

Reloading was never about saving money, it's about shooting more for the money spent.  And also shooting when everyone else is looking for unobtanium.  Yes, you can buy custom rounds, and many off-the-shelf ammo that is very accurate, at least enough for most purposes.  But when you reload, you can custom load for your particular needs/wants like accuracy, power, or sound level even.  And one more thing, reloading, and casting your own, is as much a hobby as shooting.  So my time is not included in that process, just like I don't include it when hunting or fishing.

Heck, I only Shoot, so I can Cast and Load.....

[Land_Owner]

What is our time worth (to no one other than ourselves) when it is spent in a recreational pursuit?  I do not own a 48-foot Marine Diesel boat, but I rent one, its Captain and Mate, when we want to go deep sea fishing.  No one "pays me" to sit there and fish, but fish we do for 8 or more hours, and sometimes we even CATCH fish.  We get back to the dock and I don't have to clean fish or the boat, just pay my part of both the days wage plus tip to the Mate. 

If I OWNED the boat, woah Brother.  That would be a horse of a different color and it brings on unwanted things like (the accursed) Insurance, mortgage or lien, storage, inspection, maintenance, upkeep, licensure, etc.  All of these bring a certain cost that exceed my happiness in driving away from the dock with fish filets and the memory in digital pictures of another Good Day on the water.

Hobby time is decompression time, recovery from stress time, FUN time, and it is "not for sale" or the FUN goes right out the window along with its therapeutic value.  We purchase reloading equipment so that we can SHOOT MORE for less cost than the retail value, shot for shot, and we get to amortize and KEEP the bullet manufacturing equipment, making us INDEPENDENT, so long as we maintain a supply of expendable components.

I talked to a guy at the local Marine Parts Store yesterday after he had quipped, "It's expensive here."  I said these materials are the price of our RECREATION and at what point do we draw the line between the DIY effort to make trailers, motors, and boats work rather than pay someone to fix them, or WORSE, sit, broken down, at the dock or at home? 

Just DO IT...and I don't mean purchase unwisely.

Repetitive reloading processes (some easy, some more difficult) that make me tired from the tedium include trimming cases, pouring cast boolits, and changing dies or tool heads in the progressive or single stage press with all of the tweaking.

I bought additional tool heads (mostly) and change a caliber's dies all at once.  Reloading for 10 calibers (and for some 10 is a drop in their bucket), stockpiling consumables over time, and ENJOYING myself in the reloading effort is my Return on Investment, or else I wouldn't do it at all.  I get energetic periodically and go on a casting "jag" that'll last two to four day through multiple calibers and thousands of boolits in each caliber - then I am done for a while in that.  Prep'ing cases is, meh, just part of the effort.

I lost my Mentor, shooting, hunting, and Good Time Buddy of 30-years and still have that HUGE hole in my heart.  I am not back yet to shooting, but honestly, the rest, which took two plus years to process before I could carry on, is therapeutic. 

[Mule 11]

I told my son the reason I load my own ammunition is because I can make ammo any way I want to fit my needs and not have to accept what is offered at the store like the rest of the crowd. Amazing array of weights, profiles, powders, and velocity levels to fit my customized needs. Good luck buying that off of the shelf at walley world.

[Lloyd Smale]

JMHO-  there's a point ( to me) that
things like loading your own ammo
isn't cost effective.  You can buy
ammo off the shelf that's as good
as what 80% of people that load
can make. 
When I've discussed this topic
with others,  they always forget
to include their time.
It's the most valuable thing we all
have because everyone only has
a limited amount

Reloading was never about saving money, it's about shooting more for the money spent.  And also shooting when everyone else is looking for unobtanium.  Yes, you can buy custom rounds, and many off-the-shelf ammo that is very accurate, at least enough for most purposes.  But when you reload, you can custom load for your particular needs/wants like accuracy, power, or sound level even.  And one more thing, reloading, and casting your own, is as much a hobby as shooting.  So my time is not included in that process, just like I don't include it when hunting or fishing.

yup about anyone here can afford to buy a couple boxes of 9mm at even 50 bucks a box. But some of us take 3 times that much ammo out a couple times a week. If i didnt reload and didnt shoot and all i wanted to do was buy a box of factory ammo to keep in my defense gun or guns it wouldnt be a concern. At least not a big one. But like omega i load to be able to shoot more and i enjoy casting and loading and shooting so i dont factor in time. Cool thing is its a hobby that saves me money. Unlike every other hobby I have that cost me money.