Greetings
And never forget the oppertunity to be able to readily shoot any caliber that you come across.
Last time up north there I fired hundreds of 50-95 rounds. Last time I looked it would have cost me a stagering $88 per 20 round if store bought.
But I bought 50 peices of 50-95 brass for $76 shipped. Already had a 350 grain .515 mold, primers, 3F and 5744.... So figure 300 rounds at $88 per 20 would come to $1320. I recon I could have resold the brass so lets say $1000 to fire 300 rounds. Cost me $680 + $25 shipping for the rifle. $76 for the brass. Another $43 for the dies. I figure I was spending a whopping 30 cents to reload a round. So lets say $100 for 300 rounds. That brings me to $848 rifle included.
So I have saved $152 over the cost of just buying 300 rounds of 50-95 ammo. Plus I have a fine and fun shooting 1876 replica to boot.
Why with that $152 of savings I bought the 515450 hallow base NOE mold and still had about $25 left over to fund reloading those 50 pieces of brass 3x each. And when we again compare my reloading costs to what 150 rounds of store bought 50-95 would be why I have another pocket full of cash or about 300 one dollar bills.
To bad those $300 dollars do not materialise from thin air though. Like my wife keeps pointing out.. Just how are you saving money when all you do is spend it ? My response is.. Just wait until I start selling all these fine investment items off. You'll see !
The only hope I can see though is to never buy any firearm that requires another different mold. Stick to the calibers I have... Unless of course a 40-60 or a 22 Hornet lands smack dab in my lap !
Mike in Peru