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I wonder is labor rates are ever factored into this reloading cost
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Joe,
Here's the skinny on handloading.
Lots and lots of us handload for many of the same reasons we shoot.
It's enjoyable & it's a challange to produce the best possible load @ the most reasonable component price.
I can't honestly say I enjoy loading as much as I do shooting,,,but I enjoy it a damn sight more than cleaning !
I'd no sooner put a labor charge on loading than I would put a labor charge on shooting.
YMMV - as I'm sure it's going to from person to person.
I swear some of the benchrest shooters I used to see at Kelbley's (a big time benchrest range here in Ohio) used to spend way more time at the bench fretting over a portable laoding press and case trimmer, than they did putting bullets downrange. I think they got a lot more pleasure from the handloading.