Home 2009-12-31 2009-09-25 2009-06-11 2009-05-18 2008-12-10 2008-01-15 2007-12-06 2006-10-18 2006-09-05 2006-08-27 2006-08-25 2006-08-15 2006-08-07 2006-05-07 2006-05-05 2006-05-04 2006-05-01 2006-04-30 2006-03-29 2006-02-07 2006-02-06 2005-12-30 2005-11-14 2005-11-05 2005-09-27 2005-09-13 2005-09-12 2005-08-21 2005-08-12 2005-08-02 2005-07-23 2005-07-05 2005-07-03 2005-07-02 200506/ 200504/ 200503/ 200502/ 200501/ 2004/ | 2006-09-05: Finally ordered the Dillon 223 conversionAfter ordering the Dillon 650 recently, I was trying to avoid buying a bunch of reloading equipment right away. That attempt was largely futile, as I noticed the other day that my supply of 223 reloads from Ammo Bros was running low. Now, their ammo is cheap ($175/1k) and cycles well, but reloading can get even cheaper. With the cheapest possible components, it's technically possible to get all the way down to $87/1k rounds when reloading.A more realistic reloading figure is $100/1k rounds. Counting components and all, I should be able to recoup the 223-specific part of my investment once I've loaded 3.3k rounds. That's a year and a half worth of shooting at the very most. Another point is that Ammobros is $175/1k, but that's only when they have the 1k ammo cans. Smaller cans run considerably higher per round. |