I am often asked if it saves money to reload. My answer is no. If you are getting into reloading to save money you are going to be disappointed. 223 ammo is so cheap you sometimes can't reload for the price of factory ammo, not to mention the hassle of those little cases. I handload for to attain the accuracy and velocity I want in a particular cartridge/gun. I have a 35 Whelen A.I., which you cannot buy factory ammo and a couple of outside the norm cartridges for which available factory ammo stinks.

I typically shoot about 800 rounds a year, not including pistols which I don't reload. I save money on a per round basis, but I know I would never shoot as much with factory ammo.