If you're 97 years old, don't bother trying to save any money doing reloading.
BUT..............
If you're a young guy, think of reloading as being a lifetime experience. Translate the write off of costs over decades, and it's easy to save money. I started reloading in 1975. And I barely ever buy any factory ammo in all of those years. If I get a new gun.... I buy the tools and molds and other parts to feed it. I can build my own mmo for every gun I own. Even my relatively recent purchase (two years ago now) of the 500 S&W Magnum. I now have 8 molds for that, and have fired over 2,000 rounds through it. Not as many as E/C but that's a lot of savings!
The fun of shooting your own ammo.............. PRICELESS!
BUT..............
If you're a young guy, think of reloading as being a lifetime experience. Translate the write off of costs over decades, and it's easy to save money. I started reloading in 1975. And I barely ever buy any factory ammo in all of those years. If I get a new gun.... I buy the tools and molds and other parts to feed it. I can build my own mmo for every gun I own. Even my relatively recent purchase (two years ago now) of the 500 S&W Magnum. I now have 8 molds for that, and have fired over 2,000 rounds through it. Not as many as E/C but that's a lot of savings!
The fun of shooting your own ammo.............. PRICELESS!