Originally Posted by
Spanners
My advice, take it for what you will, is you will never even pay for the gear making run of the mill projectiles
22, 7mm, 30cal - the range on the shelf is huge and by the time you take materials into account and the time involved in each step and setup, you're going backwards
You also have about 0.0000001% of the market
3 die processes for a FB 22.. Forgetting making and cutting wire, washing cores etc
I can sell Winchester 55gr SP all day for $25/100... Work out your hourly rate on making them after costs...
HPBT 5+ processes
The only way to get even close is something different, a better mouse trap or something rare.
I've got over $10k in swaging gear for 2 calibers..have waited over 2 yrs for some of the tooling and am only at the stage of starting production now after testing and changes.
Gear will never get paid for I believe, it's basically an expensive interest/hobby