Excuse me for being slow, but I not sure what N/m means but I'm going to assume your question is for me. Edited -- Now I get it -- Never Mind.
I've been wondering what was wrong with my computer as I received an email notice with a reply from you but couldn't find it anywhere in the thread. You must have edited your post prior to me seeing it for the first time.
The cost of brass has to be figured into the reloading equation somewhere. If you save brass from your fired factory ammunition, that brass was a substantial portion of the cost of the original ammo and so should be figured into the calculation. I've been reloading for so long that my usual method is that I don't buy any factory ammo when I buy a new firearm in a different caliber. I just buy brass & components and assemble my own ammo from the start. CCH has changed that somewhat for me as I want factory ammo in my EDC but carry ammo is so expensive that I usually only fire enough of it to confirm POI and functioning. This means that I'm not generating enough fired brass for reloading and have to come up with more from some source. The only way brass wouldn't need to be accounted for is if you have friends who don't reload and can get them to save their brass and let you have it for nothing (my personal favorite).
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