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Well, trying to quantify what each bullet is gonna cost you is rather difficult to do, simply because the cost of the components alone isn't close to what you have invested.
The more you shoot and the more expensive the ammo is your loading for will generally mean more of a value gained.
Some things your forgetting: 1) Primers 2)initial investment in equipment and 3) Time (if you value your time and labor as anything).
With most pistols your not going to be experiencing much of an accuracy improvement as you would with rifles. And generally you're just gonna be reloading light target ammo for practice.
with auto pistol, powder goes a long way, light target loads will be 6-7 grains of unique or similar powder (1pound=7000 grains~1000rds).
Your brass will have different service life depending on the gun your shooting it with, how hot the loads you're firing are, the quality of the brass itself and finally how good you are at reloading and not overworking your brass. So if you figure you're getting an average of 5 reloads per brass you can figure that you're only spending 1/5 of the original investment in brass per round. However you don't truly recoup that untill you've actually reloaded a whole lot.
But, auto pistol brass is pretty easy to come by, you can usually scavenge all the brass you'll ever need from your local pistol range.
The real question is, how much ammo will you have to reload to recoup the money invested in your initial equipment. And to be honest most people never will. But the good news is, it can be a rather enjoyable hobby, and it usually makes you a better shooter. The bad news is, if you get hooked on it and are already hooked on the firearm side of it, it can lead to a whole lot of money being tied up in your reloading/safe room.
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