The Firearm Blog » price http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog Firearms not Politics Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:13:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Cost savings of factory vs. reloaded ammunition http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/06/26/cost-savings-of-factory-vs-reloaded-ammunition/ http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/06/26/cost-savings-of-factory-vs-reloaded-ammunition/#comments Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:21:48 +0000 Steve http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/?p=6917 The SurvivalBlog have published a blog post detailing the cost savings of hand loaded vs. factory ammunition based on the ammunition and component prices as of this month.

Aside from price, reloading also allows you produce better quality ammunition and tune the load for accuracy in your particular gun.

Thanks to Solomon for sending me the link

]]> http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/06/26/cost-savings-of-factory-vs-reloaded-ammunition/feed/ 19 Cost of big bore ammunition http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2008/02/27/cost-of-big-bore-ammunition/ http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2008/02/27/cost-of-big-bore-ammunition/#comments Wed, 27 Feb 2008 09:05:32 +0000 Steve http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2008/02/27/cost-of-big-bore-ammunition/ Have you ever wondered how much big bore ammo cost? Here is a list of cartridges from a few manufacturers. It is not a scientific sample, I have not taken into account quality of the brass or bullets. I am sure by hunting around you could find cheaper prices (ha, no pun intended).

The reason many are very expensive is that they are not mass produced, unlike the .405 Winchester and .375 H&H.

Cartridge Bullet weight Cost/round
S&H 2 Bore Blackpowder Express 3500 grains $79*
.700 Nitro Express 1000 grains $50
.600 Nitro Express 900 grains $36
.500 Nitro Express 570 grains $14.0
.500 Jeffery 535 grains $17.00
.475 No. 2 Jeffery 500 grains $19.75
.500/.465 Nitro Express 480 grains $13.25
.450 Rigby 480 grains $11
.450 No. 2 Nitro Express 480 grains $17.50
.450 Nitro Express 480 grains $12.50
.404 Jeffery 400 grains $42.50
.416 Rigby 410 grains $3.32
.405 Winchester 300 grains $3.23
.357 H&H 300 grains $7.40

* Cost of bullet+brass unloaded, includes shipping cost.

Sources:

Winchester
The Firearm Blog
Kynoch Ammunition

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