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Reload Ammunition To Reduce Costs

You can learn to safely build and reload ammunition for your firearms from supplies that you can legally obtain.  You will need the right equipment, but that too can be easily obtained.

Reloading brass cases that you can either pick up at the range or purchase online or in some outdoor stores will dramatically reduce your cost of ammunition.  I have seen a reduction in excess of 58% in the cost of my ammunition vs buying the same commercially manufactured cartridge.

Reload Ammunition To Improve Accuracy

Your accuracy will improve for reloaded ammunition for the following reasons:

  1. The quality of your supplies will be much better
  2. As long as you don’t take shortcuts you will have more consistent powder loads
  3. You should inspect every cartridge that you build, thus increasing the quality of the ammunition
  4. You will be able to make adjustments to the power charges to best fit your firearm

Reload Ammunition Is A Marketable Skill

Reloading is a skill that will have significant value in a WROL situation.  Ammunition will be in short supply and could be the currency traded by many for food.  The ability, knowledge and tools needed to build ammunition will be a commodity in itself.

Obtain the tools, knowledge and supplies now while you can.  The costs will never be lower than they are now.  When needed, these will be in high demand.

Read more to learn how you can dramatically reduce your ammunition costs.

Reloading and Building Your Own Ammunition an Important Part of Prepping

Reloading ammunition

For any serious prepper reloading ammunition is a key component of prepping. This is the most effective way of creating enough ammunition to supply their needs now and after WROL begins. Do not neglect this very important aspect of prepping.

Reloading Ammunition

Reloading ammunition

Reloading a Cartridge Now that you have cleaned and returned the cases to original manufacturer specifications you are ready to build cartridges. The following steps go much faster than case prep. If you use a single stage press you will accomplish each of…

De-prime and Reshape Cases

clean cases for reloading

Reshaping the Brass Cases and Removing the Old Primer The steps of de-priming and reshaping cases are done by a single die.  When the cartridge is fired the brass expands to fill the firing chamber of the gun.  It must be returned to…

Case Prep Using the Frankford Arsenal Case Trim & Prep Center

Frankford arsenal case prep center

Case Prep is Essential for Quality Reloading Case prep is more than just cleaning brass.  It actually is an essential part of the reloading process.  True case prep will bring the brass back to manufacturer’s specifications and provide a stable platform to build…

Clean Cases Are Essential For Reloading

Clean brass cases

  Never Reload Dirty Cases Clean cases are critical to your finished product. Cleaning, inspecting, resizing and preparing the brass to receive a new primer, measured powder, a new bullet and crimp are where I spend the most time during the entire reloading…

3 Reasons To Reload And Build Ammunition



How Long Does It Take To Reload Ammunition?
