Re: [HoE] Cost to repack own ammo?

[Prince Nightchilde <nghtchld@applink.net>]

Adam Krump wrote:

>      I was reading The Wasted West, and it says that you need a few things to
> repack your spent shell casings. The first is a bullet press, some lead (to make
> the actual bullets), smokeless powder, and percussion caps. Now for 50 units of
> powder it costs $50, and it costs $100 for the percussion caps. So, not
> accounting for the bullets and casings, it costs $150 to make 50 rounds, of $3
> per round. But, buying new rounds costs $1 each round. Am I missing something
> here, or are the costs for the materials out of whack?

Well, mass production usually makes something less expensive, so that's what I
attributed it to.  <shrug>

Marshal Nightchilde