How cheap per round can the following cartridges be reloaded?

[GoatFarmer]

.223 Remington?
.22-250 Remington?

 

[ZX9RCAM]

Maybe you can find a YouTube video for us....

 

[Axxe55]

Kind of reminds me when the fox sneaks into the hen house!

 

[andre3k]

I'm still at about 11 cents/rd for 55gr 223 SP. This is with LC brass, Hornady 55gr SP, Wolf Primers and WC844 powder. As my supplies deplete this cost will increase. I'm still loading from components purchased 10+ years ago.

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[Bisdak]

For .223.

Around $0.25/round these days if you can find the components.

I’m at around $0.17/round. And that’s recycling my own brass and some components were bought before the madness.

 

[Lonesome Dove]

All depends on components and how cheap you can get them. Buy in bulk and buy used.

 

[baboon]

And here I always thought reloading was about making the best ammo for you money!

 

[Brassguy]

I’m currently at about 5 cents a round because I got a 55 gal drum of once fired brass for $20 and the components I got for dirt cheap as a local gun Shop when bankrupt and liquidated their assets for pennies in the dollar.

But this was just a case of being in the right place at the he right time.

 

[xdmikey]

The best place to be!

 

[TexMex247]

Pre-panic, 18-22 CPR. Now, not even possible. You would be lucky to find any decent amount of projectiles or primers all assuming you are using your own once fired brass. For almost 2 decades fmj bullets for the 223 were still about 8 cents each. I doubt you will find any for less than 12 cents per round. Primers were a penny a piece before Y2K maybe 1.5. Here lately 4 cents each is the new normal. If/when you can find them . It seems powder is the only thing still available and it's gone up from $8/lb(serious bulk buying) to $22/lb. even in 8 lb jugs.

So all told it's gone from 20 CPR to 30 based on todays prices. Much more if you get away from bulk bought fmj bullets

 

[V-Tach]

Don't know and haven't really tried to figure it out....I don't reload in effort to save money......other reasons yes......save money no....

 

[satx78247]

.223 Remington?
.22-250 Remington?

GoatFarmer,

I've NEVER loaded a single round of .22-250 (I'm a devotee of both the .250 & .300 SAV cartridges) & see LITTLE reason to load any, as I have rifles in the 2 "old-school" Savage calibers & am pleased with both. = The .250-3000 SAV will do almost anything that the .22-250 will do AND "bucks the wind" better.

I would GUESS that I can reload 5.56NATO for about 15 cents per round (Truthfully, I've NOT tried to figure out a "per round cost" as the 5.56mm cartridge uses LITTLE powder. = An 8 pound jug of powder will load a GREAT NUMBER of 5.56mm rounds.), as I get all the 5.56 "once fired" brass that I will ever need FREE from the same Garand match shooter who gives me his M2 brass.
(He does NOT reload & the "last load" of cases that I picked-up from him was over 1000 Lake City M2 cases.)

Note: Aside from the fact that Lake City brass is good quality, it does not have a caliber on the case head. = I use it to fireform 9.3x62mm.

yours, satx

 

[avvidclif]

Kinda like asking how high is up???

 

[ZX9RCAM]

Kinda like asking how high is up???

Or, "how long is a string"?

 

[satx78247]

Or, "how long is a string"?

ZX9RCAM,

My beloved grandfather used to say that "It's about as long as a well rope."
(I cannot say how LONG that a well rope is.)

yours, satx

 

[sergeant69]

Or, "how long is a string"?

no...."how long" is a chinaman

 

[6shooterTX]

223 can be reloaded very cheaply, if you buy in bulk. But this only applies to "normal" times, as in not right before a presidential election or worldwide pandemic . In those situations, nothing can be reloaded "cheaply."

 

[popsgarland]

Yesterday at Scheels in The Colony, 223 bullets were $16.99 for a 100 count 60 gr. box.

A box of Hornady 223 REM, 53 gr was 21.99 for a box of 20.

 

[TJjerry]

Or, "how long is a string"?

Answer: Twice 1/2 its length

 

[deemus]

Using old stock I am at 9 cents per round.