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A clarification on the calibers goes as, .220 swift, .260, .300RUM, .270 win, and 30-06
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Shouldn't take long at all with those calibers.... My first caliber was .308, which doesn't save much, if you shoot only cheap ammo.... However, good hunting ammo is $30+ a box, and I can reload it for under $15 a box. My second caliber was 9mm... still not a big money saver, but I reload it for about $7 a box vs $12 at the store, which is enough of a savings for me. I recently started reloading 30-06 for my dad... I did the math, and counting the dies, turret, case trimmer (lee) a pound of varget, and the first 100 primers and bullets, he would save something like $35 on the FIRST 100 rounds, and $80 on each hundred after that......
According to my spreadsheet, I have spent $550 on reloading "hardware" (which includes by turret press, and turrets/dies for .308, 30-30, 30-06, .300 savage, 9mm, and .380 auto, plus the case trimmers, and other misc stuff) and $629 on components.... of course, $300 of the components money was in stocking up on primers... I figure those are the only part that would really be hard to get if things go bad come November so I have been trying to buy a couple boxes a month.....
So, while I have not yet "broken even" on the money I have spent buying reloading gear/components, I like to think of it kinda like an ammo buying discount club.... The cost to "buy into the club" was the price of the press/dies, which I have already spent, so now each time I need more ammo, I spend $30-$60, and get 100 rounds of rifle or 250 rounds of pistol.... which would cost me $150 for rifle and $60-$100 for pistol If I were buying factory stuff. Just the .308 I shot last year would have cost around $250 buying factory stuff.... plus many hundreds of 9mm, and now I have started reloading .380 auto, so should get some good savings out of that too.....