The Firing Line Forums - View Single Post - Anything better than 32 Mag or 32-20 for reloadable "22"?

Kernel · March 24, 2001, 07:34 PM

Cheaper than Dirt has Federal .32 Mag 20rds for $6.32, not including shipping. A box of 50 rds of .22LR will run about 89 cents at Walmart. In this one example comparing inexpensive "over the counter" ammo the .32 Mag is over 17 times more expensive. While it is true that by buying in bulk and using the cheapest possible components one could load pistol ammo for $2.50 a box it is somewhat misleading - it doesn't take into account the cost of the brass, the hundreds of dollars invested in reloading equipment, or the considerable amount of time involved. If you assign a value to these intangibles, say one dollar per box (this assumes your time is worth one-tenth what a counter person makes at McDonalds), then your cost is still around 4 times the cost of cheap .22LR ammo. That's were I was coming from. -- Kernel

March 24, 2001, 07:34 PM	#8
Kernel Senior Member Join Date: November 21, 1999 Location: Madison, WI.... "78 Square Miles Surrounded by Reality" Posts: 923	Cheaper than Dirt has Federal .32 Mag 20rds for $6.32, not including shipping. A box of 50 rds of .22LR will run about 89 cents at Walmart. In this one example comparing inexpensive "over the counter" ammo the .32 Mag is over 17 times more expensive. While it is true that by buying in bulk and using the cheapest possible components one could load pistol ammo for $2.50 a box it is somewhat misleading - it doesn't take into account the cost of the brass, the hundreds of dollars invested in reloading equipment, or the considerable amount of time involved. If you assign a value to these intangibles, say one dollar per box (this assumes your time is worth one-tenth what a counter person makes at McDonalds), then your cost is still around 4 times the cost of cheap .22LR ammo. That's were I was coming from. -- Kernel