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At least, not for range ammo for common pistol calibers. I can buy 9 mm and .45 ACP FMJ's for .20 & .25 a round, I can't match that even with cheap bullets and free brass, and that's ignoring my time, too. So how do you guys do it? Are you buying components in such vast quantities that the volume discount makes it viable, or do you just not care? Or are you willing to spend the time, assuming you can break even on cost, just for the control? Mostly just curious, later.
Dave
At the moment, unless you're shooting exotic rifle ammo, or have an excellent deal on components, there's really no reason to reload. I say this as an ammunition manufacturer and producer of automated equipment for ammunition loading. Given my cost structure for components, I can edge out commercially produced ammo by about 20% for most of the commodity calibers. Mind you, I'm paying about 1/3 to 1/2 what most of you are paying at-retail for components, and that's the best I can do.