@jaguar0405 in addition to
@OkieMike ’s question about quantity you plan to reload, I’ll ask the question for the other side of that coin: How accurate do you need this ammo to be?
You can spend a ton of time and money chasing 0.1MOA improvements in ammo, and on gun parts too of course, but if you’re not already at the point where the ammo is the LIMFAC, it may not be worth it from a financial perspective.
There’s nothing wrong with doing it anyway to learn a skill, and to better understand how changing a component can change the way your gun shoots, but understand going in that this is a very deep rabbit hole if you’re doing it to chase accuracy improvements vs. just using good factory ammo.
Most of my reloading is done to destress (not as important now that I’m retired…again!), and because I like having the ability to control my supply of ammo to some extent. Most of my reloads are just for plinking or for popping pigs inside 100 yards, so I don’t need to chase perfection…minute of pig suffices for the vast majority of my needs.
I do go overboard and get ridiculously anal on a couple calibers for longer range shooting though, and for those I take my time and measure, and remeasure every single component during the process. Even with those, I’m not really saving any money even discounting my time…saving maybe $1 per round vs. the premium ammo I run in those guns…but I like performing the process itself and get a lot of satisfaction seeing the finished product made by my hand.
Being able to produce my own ammo when I can’t find what I want in my local stores, or even online is a nice bonus too. I’ll buy components in bulk when I can find them and just set ‘em aside for when needed…peace of mind is worth a lot to me.
