He never said the brass was free (that would've stuck in my head as I responded to postings),, but he did say his figures were "provided he doesn't have to pay for the brass" same difference as free I'm sure. Based on that I'm aware a subtraction of around 4 cents would be necessary.. Thanks for pointing that out. Based on that I can only assume he's purchasing bullets for 18 dollars a hundred from a local retail store and isn't aware bulk bullets should cost 8 to 9 cents a round for plated 9mm bullets... (if you can find them)
Not sure how to get FREE brass... Maybe I'll have to reload for another 15 years before I can figure it out. I generally only sell around 9 to 10 thousand rounds a year and reload about 1500 rnds for myself...(I reload my own brass so I dont have to constantly buy new brass for myself..) So I do pay for the 9 to 10 thousand rounds a year I sell or barter with. I live in the country and shoot down at the bottom of the canyon's.. Occaisionally I go to an outdoor range. The rules of the range won't allow me to pickup any brass except my own... However, if I am shooting next to someone and that person gives me permission to pick up their brass.. the range owner usually doesn't say anything. I do have a lady friend who is a criminal investigator for the IRS. Her job requires her to carry a .40 sw and requires her to to shoot at least 200 rnds at the government range once every 3 months.. I did ask her a couple weeks ago.. next time she is at the range to find out what they do with the brass. The rounds are provided for her for free. I'm just positive they have it reloaded or it's sold to someone.. but I do have her checking on it for me.
I baiscially use 5.4 grains of Winchester 231. This gives me an average of 1182 fps through my berretta. Which comes to 1296 rns for the same 1lb your using. Which again as I mentioned earlier is roughly 3/4's of a lb of powder per thousand.
If I don't include brass... right now. My price to reload 9mm is 1.2 cents per round for powder. 3.8cents per round for primer(with tax) and 9 cents per round for the bullet. Or 14 cents per round. So I obviously don't have as good of resources as you. (again,,, maybe in another 15 years I'll figure out how to shave off those last 2 pennies a round)
I had known in my heart that you were at least twice.. the reloader I am.. long before I responded.. I guess I was off by 1 year..
