The benefits of reloading
Whether to reload or buy factory-loaded cartridges depends on a person’s individual circumstances, attitude to hunting, what stage they are at in their hunting and other factors.
If you reload, the per unit cost of ammunition, taking into account cases, powder, primers and projectiles is usually considerably cheaper than buying loaded rifle rounds. However, when you consider the cost of reloading equipment such as presses, dies, scales, calipers, case length trimmers, funnels, reloading blocks as well as the reloading components, then it’s going to be a while before you break even. And this will depend a lot upon how many rounds you shoot.
Plus, you will probably have to spend a reasonable amount of time reloading the cases and going to the range and testing those loads. If you only go hunting a few times
