Range Profit

[awshoot]

I went to the range yesterday and when I was heading out, my wife asked me how long I'd be gone. When I said "it depends on whether there's much good brass lying around", she scoffed at me and rolled her eyes. I came back with 276 pieces of Norma .223 brass and she was still unimpressed until I showed her the current prices for empties (midway and brownells shown in pic below).

Anyway, I spent $17 on 150 .380 reloads, $31 in 100 commercially produced 5.56, $2 on a coffee, $6 in gas, and still came out ahead. ;-)

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[No_Regerts]

Nice! Better odds than the casino and a lot more fun!

 

[DizzyJ]

Nice score!

When obummer was in office, brass was a lot harder to come by!

Nowadays, not so much!

 

[bbbass]

Nice! Better odds than the casino and a lot more fun!

Yeah, don't shoot yer load/wad in a casino!

 

[Member 5605]

Now sell it so you actually make the profit.

 

[DivCurlGrad72]

I usually pay about $0.30/round for factory (Federal, Hornady) .223/5.56 ammo, yet Norma brass is going for $0.54/piece. I'm curious, what justifies this price?

 

[awshoot]

Now sell it so you actually make the profit.

No way. I've bought nice brass for all my bolt action rifles ... so if I have nice brass, I guess there's no other choice but to get a bolt gun to match. ;-)

 

[FordPrefect]

I usually pay about $0.30/round for factory (Federal, Hornady) .223/5.56 ammo, yet Norma brass is going for $0.54/piece. I'm curious, what justifies this price?

Match brass maybe? I've got 300 pieces of Lapua Match that usually goes for about $60 per 100 new. I've also got 300 pieces of 308 Win Lapua brass that's almost $90 per 100.

 

[awshoot]

I usually pay about $0.30/round for factory (Federal, Hornady) .223/5.56 ammo, yet Norma brass is going for $0.54/piece. I'm curious, what justifies this price?

Tighter manufacturing tolerances make each piece more consistent with the others -- this helps reduce variables that can have an effect on a load's performance and at least theoretically help you build more accurate ammo. I've used plenty of Hornaday, Federal, and others, though I put more work into those cases.

 

[bbbass]

I usually pay about $0.30/round for factory (Federal, Hornady) .223/5.56 ammo, yet Norma brass is going for $0.54/piece. I'm curious, what justifies this price?

Tighter manufacturing tolerances make each piece more consistent with the others -- this helps reduce variables that can have an effect on a load's performance and at least theoretically help you build more accurate ammo. I've used plenty of Hornaday, Federal, and others, though I put more work into those cases.

Nah! It's because Norma has big brass ones...