Don Fischer
New member
So as a follow up to a "discussion" in a previous post about whether it is worth while to reload 9mm given the prices you can get the cheap stuff at . . . I conducted at bit of research.
At a casual pace I can easily reload 150 9mm in an hour. (using turret press) So the math is easy. At a savings of ten cents a shot, (an easy to achieve savings) my time is now worth $15 an hour. At 12 cents a shot savings my time is now worth $18 an hour.
Okay, so imagine a part-time-in-retirement job you enjoyed that you could do anytime you want, as much or little as you want, and you get paid $15 to $18 buck an hour for it. And you don't even have to leave home.
Is it worth it . . . ?
Life is good.
Prof Young
Amazing! Either way the money is coming out of your pocket. Look at it this way, by loading your own you can shoot more for the same money but it's likely you'll shoot enough more that it will cost you more to reload. I think the only way to save money reloading is to shoot cast bullet's. Well that was when lead was free at the tire store. I have a lifetime supply for myself and not much out of pocket. Used to go to the store and stop at the tire store on the way by! Now if you want to save money reloading, become a high volume shooter. Of course then you spend more than when you were a low volume shooter. I got into casting because the bullet's for handgun ammo were just to expensive for as much as I wanted to shoot. Free lead and a Lee mold fixed that right up. Now after all these years I have less than $100K invested in shooting handgun's. The equipment will be paid off soon!