I've been going through quite a few .357 Magnum rounds, and I think the next 1000 I want to load myself. Comparing the price- if I were to try to buy Winchester white box ammo from Wal-mart for about $17.5 per box, it would cost me $350 for 1000 rounds.
Or I could pickup bullets for about $100-150 for 1000, primers looks to be about $20. 1lb of accurate arms looks to be about $20, I have no idea how much powder I'd need for 1000 rounds, but 8lbs (surely enough?) looks to be about $120. I already have the 1000 winchester cases. So assuming the most expensive of those options, I'd still be saving about $10, and most deffinately getting higher quality ammo. Do these numbers sound reasonable? Roughly how much poweder would 1000 rounds of 357 Magnum require?
I'm tempted to buy one of the kits from midway to start my reloading. I could spend about $250 for this RCBS kit: http://www.midwayusa.com/eproductpage.exe/showproduct?saleitemid=646599
Or I could hunt down everything I need separeley, and I imagine that would cost more than that kit. Any opinions?
L J
Or I could pickup bullets for about $100-150 for 1000, primers looks to be about $20. 1lb of accurate arms looks to be about $20, I have no idea how much powder I'd need for 1000 rounds, but 8lbs (surely enough?) looks to be about $120. I already have the 1000 winchester cases. So assuming the most expensive of those options, I'd still be saving about $10, and most deffinately getting higher quality ammo. Do these numbers sound reasonable? Roughly how much poweder would 1000 rounds of 357 Magnum require?
I'm tempted to buy one of the kits from midway to start my reloading. I could spend about $250 for this RCBS kit: http://www.midwayusa.com/eproductpage.exe/showproduct?saleitemid=646599
Or I could hunt down everything I need separeley, and I imagine that would cost more than that kit. Any opinions?
L J