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ScottRiqui · July 5, 2012, 07:38 PM

For those of you with progressive presses, are you ever intimidated by how much it costs to run them "full-tilt boogie" for a few hours straight?

Looking at my .45 ACP load, it would be about $140/hour (assuming 1,000 rounds per hour), and that's with cast bullets and neglecting the price of cases entirely.

I realize that you're getting a lot for the money compared to factory ammo, but it was still a little bit of a shock to run the numbers.

July 5, 2012, 07:38 PM	#1
ScottRiqui Senior Member Join Date: January 27, 2010 Location: Norfolk, VA Posts: 2,905	"Feeding the Beast" For those of you with progressive presses, are you ever intimidated by how much it costs to run them "full-tilt boogie" for a few hours straight? Looking at my .45 ACP load, it would be about $140/hour (assuming 1,000 rounds per hour), and that's with cast bullets and neglecting the price of cases entirely. I realize that you're getting a lot for the money compared to factory ammo, but it was still a little bit of a shock to run the numbers.