Remanufacturing Ammo

Does anyone know of a place that reloads ammo using customer supplied brass? Had some done by Chad on this forum that worked very well in my Glenfield. But the cost was more than I would pay for factory ammo, so looking for another potential source that is more economical. Looking to get about 100- 200 30-30W reloaded with 150gr round or flat nose projectiles. Any information you can provide will be appreciated. Thanks

Keep in mind, there are Reloads and then there is "custom" ammo or maybe it should be called "hand loads".

I'm of the opinion that Chad is not the "reload" source you are looking for.
He'd be in the custom category.
He's going to command a higher price than an ammo plant churning out reloads.

I also don't have a suggestion where to go.

If I'm shooting a 30-30 (which I do), then I'm buying the Hornady or I'd be calling Chad.
I happen to buy the Hornady. I don't shoot enough to justify loading it.
The Hornady works great for me.

Sell the brass and buy factory ammo.

Have you considered reloading yourself? No matter where you go you will have to pay for the powder, bullets and primer. The one time investment of reloading equipment more than pays for itself unless you know that 100-200 rounds is a lifetime supply of ammo for you. The Lee kit will give you years of service for $133 and each caliber will run $30-40 per die. Those are one time investments and you’re done. If you want to chase the long range target world you would want to upgrade some of it. The truth is this kit will produce better ammo than you can ever buy from the factory.

Kit: https://ads.midwayusa.com/product/4...8iJSB3wIVA77ACh0ryAvBEAQYASABEgIaRPD_BwE

Dies: $33 at midway for Lee pacesetter 30/30 dies

Yes, there are rounds that are fairly inexpensive to begin with as a new round. The 30-30 is one of them. You can find new 30-30 ammo for $.78 to $.82 per round on-line. That's a low cost round to start with. When you reload them, the materials cost is not that high, but when you add in the labor to reload them (clean the cases, full length size the brass, and reload the round), it will often increase the over all cost of the ammo to about the cost of the new rounds, or sometimes exceed the new price. BUT.... the reloaded rounds are certainly much better quality than the factory new ammo. And the powder charges inside are controlled to much tighter tolerances. Is this tighter tolerances needed on a 30-30 round fired out of a lever gun? Probably not. There are other rounds that make reloading the fired brass much more cost effective, like a 300 Win Mag, 28 Nosler, or some other more high end rounds. As a custom loader, the 30-30 is one that would be hard to make up the difference in cost to make it cost less than the factory new, since the new ammo is already a low cost.

For example, if I were to buy the 4 needed components to load 30-30, my dealer cost is at $85.20 per 100 rounds. This is the exact cost of the materials to make 100 rounds of ammo. This doesn't include any shipping or tax to get the materials in, just the actual cost of materials. Factory new ammo is already less than this cost. So the 30-30 is a round that is difficult to allow a cost savings when reloading it. The 223 is another one like this.

100 pieces 30-30Hornady brass- $47
100 Hornady 150 RN bullets- $23
Powder- $12 for 100 rounds
Primer- $3.20 per 100
Total- $85.20 in materials

Like others have said with a low cost round like the 30-30 I would either pick up reloading myself or just buy new factory ammo.

Basic reloading is a very simple task. I started making my own when I was 12 or 13 with my dad peeking over my shoulder to make sure I didn't blow myself up... not that he would have known, he didn't and still never has reloaded.

or keep the brass if you ever plan to load your own, I can't imagine anyone reloading for you for less than factory new especially in lots of 100. If you had 1,000+ pieces of brass, you could get better quality than factory and maybe at the same price, maybe
just buy factory ammo

Nuproffesor, a caliber specific Lee Loader might be your kind of cheap. I bought one in 30-30 and gave it to my BIL who wanted to try loading. We did about 10 rds on his kitchen table one morning just to see how it worked. Pretty easy, not much too it. Midway sells them a little cheaper, just having problems with the link.


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Academy has Monarch for $13.99 a box of 20. That is about as cheap as you are going to get. I would think that you are going to be hard pressed to get anything cheaper than that...even in the bulk reload department.

Nuprofessor, the best option you have is to get the gear and load what you want yourself. It is a pretty simple process that any good loading manual explains. The vast majority of hand loaders are only willing to load for themselves and close family. A few will also load for very close friends. For most of us, the liability that comes with producing ammunition for others, is a serious enough deterrent that we just dont do it.