Here is a breakdown of my cost per round for .45 ACP (not including equipment costs):
Bullets: Less than $.01 (I cast my own)
Primers: $0.03
Powder: $0.02 (actually $0.017)
Cases: free (I use range brass)
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Total cost per round: $0.05
Cost per fifty: $2.50
And that is not just practice rounds, those are used for IDPA. My carry load uses a heavier SWC but everything else, including the cost, is the same.
I sure wish I could find out where Dave gets primers for $20 per thousand, then I could get my cost per round down to 4 cents.
For perspective on that cost per round, CCI minimags cost me $0.07 per round...
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Jim
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"That rifle hanging on the wall of the working class flat or laborer's cottage is the symbol of democracy. It is our job to see that it stays there."
- George Orwell
Last edited by DrHenley; 07-10-2011 at 02:34 PM.
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