I too have older components and components that I have purchased on sale. I have primers that I paid $50.00 bucks for a sleeve of 5,000 which I realize is no longer available. I use bulk surplus powders both new and pulldown that costs $10 to $12.50 per pound, this is still available. I cast my own bullets using free lead from our indoor range that I get when helping with clean up.
Now getting to the costs using 45 acp as a base
Primer----------------------$ .01
Powder---------------------$ .009
Case-----------------------$ .n/c
Bullet-----------------------$ .n/c
One round-------------------$ .02?
Box of 100 rounds $2.00
That is a pretty fair savings.
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