should I start reloading this round??????
My personal feeing is absolutely. I ordered the dies and some components at the same time I ordered the rifle. Just have to make some empty brass out of the 195 I got.
My feeling is that given the small case size and low bullet cost that this round could be reloaded for well under a dime a round not counting brass.
Call it 2.5 cents for bullet with shipping, 3 cents for powder, 1.5 cents for primer. (I am not up to speed on primer costs so I may be off there, I have 20,000 left form a large purchase several years ago).
So, 7 cents a round roughly.
40 cents for loaded ammo, minus 7 cents for components (our cost) gives us a brass "purchase price" of 33 cents each.
The PS90 is rumored to have trouble with brass where the coating is gone. That remains to be seen in my opinion, but even if its true, let us say we get 4 loads out of brass in addition to the factory load. So, 33 cent brass cost diveded by 4 gives us 8.25 cents per use in brass cost.
8.5 cents brass cost plus 7 cents for components.
That's 15.25 cents a round for 4 reloadings.
That's $7.62 a box. Would you buy all you the SS195 you could get your hands on for 8 bucks a box?
If we get more than 4 loadings out then we are even farther ahead.
I am buying a Five Seven handgun. The handgun is reported to work fine with brass that has lost its coating.
So, if I aassume I get 8 loads out of brass, first 4 going to the PS90 then 4 through the Five Seven, my costs drop to 11.25 cents each or an average cost of $5.63 a box.
Now, I am set up for reloading already minus dies so I didn't have to include cost of equipment.
But for me, it's a no brainer to reload this round and do it in a big way.
