I watched this video on reloading .38 SPL SWC and counted all the ways to screw up. Then I counted the potential screwups that seemed (to me) potentially dangerous to shooter when he pulls the trigger. Came up with mis-measure charge, double charge, seat bullet too deep. Miss any?
I tried to guess at how long it would take to reload 100 rounds starting with dirty picked-up-off-floor brass, using that press, which I think you call a single stage press? I guessed 2 hours if you only ever reloaded that one load, so didn’t have to reset and recalibrate everything. About right? 100 rounds of factory .38 SPL SWC costs around $60, more or less. I’m slowly trying to figure out the dollars and cents of this.
I’m not ignoring the other reasons to reload or not, but the economic part is calculable so I’m trying to calculate it.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=oYfttMkTmoM&feature=share