How much money did you spend on buying reloading equipment and also reloading components ? Immediately after you bought all your equipment you are $##### in the "red". How many rounds fired before you go from being in the "red" to actually saving money ? How much money did you spend on new brass ? How much money did you spend on once fired used brass ? How much free "range brass" did you acquire ? Don't bother trying to assert a hard cost at your brass, there's NO way to accurately assign a "cost" for brass. You are welcome to try and argue and convince me your "saving money" but you won't.