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Guess the question to the guys that are reloading, are you shooting that much or just enjoy playing around with the different loads?
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Loaded rounds are invariably cheaper than the equivalent factory round.
Handloaded ammo is tailored to my guns, for whatever purpose I desire, often in ways that can not be bought. Less recoil, more power, lighter bullets, longer OAL, etc.
Handloaded ammo is almost always more accurate.
"Stockpiling" enough supplies for whatever crisis I might want to be prepared for costs 1/3 or less than the same amount of ammunition.
I get to shoot a lot more.
The satisfaction in knowing I
made it, instead of just pulling the trigger.
For me, no way it's been cheaper to reload. I've got more money in equipment than I would have spent on ammo in the rest of my life. But I'd have never shot as much as I do, or learned as much as I have, or had the satisfaction of seeing previously mediocre guns shooting 1/2 MOA, or the satisfaction of hunting with my own loads, or owned the guns I do... you can't buy .243AI ammo and 357sig is way too rare and expensive...
Worth every penny, and much more.