RE: 2009 pricing for reloading .30-06
Reloading with a 165 gr. Nosler Accubond's cost me about 75 cents per round, just like cjohnson3006 states. To reload a round with 165 gr Sierra Gameking BTSP's, it's about 55 cents per round.
I figure that I can reload a round for about 1/3 the cost of a Federal Premium round. That's pretty good savings, and a lot of fun.
I also have to agree that reloading is addictive. I started out with shotshells, and then moved to metallic cartridges. Now, I spend almost all of my time reloading for rifle cartridges. It's a great hobby.
Just like it's more fun to catch a fish on a fly that you tied, it's more fun to harvest an animal with a round that you loaded.
BTW -- congrats on the new rifle.