This is not a pursuit for the use of bullets for target practice or benchrest shooting but I can pass along my 11 cents worth. To date I have over $2200 invested in trying to swage my own bullets. I've got a lathe with SOME tooling, some steel, and high hopes. I've made a swage press($200 for materials). Haven't made the first set of dies. If you have to buy jackets , they will cost you 11 cents alone. Lead at $1 a pound will cost you 2-3 cents per bullet not including what it takes to get it from a glob to the correct shape. Die set $400 and up.Without a lot of free stuff gathered or captured, the simple answer is no. Milspec bullets are another alternative. Keep an ey out for specials at Widener's ...
http://www.wideners.com/itemview.cfm?dir=278|284|315 .....
for specials on bullets.