Um, and I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but the idea that handloading will save you money is a blatant, flat out, dirty stinkin' LIE!!

Sure you can handload a box of ammo for 1/3 the cost of factory ammo which seems like a great deal, until you realize that you're going to the range twice as often with twice as much ammo! Then you start going to the range just so you can shoot off the ammo you've already handloaded so you can free up the brass because you got a new tool that might shrink your groups by a fraction of an inch. Did I mention that the new tool that you just absolutely couldn't live without cost you $40? [8D]

So in the end you're probably not going to "save" any money. But what the heck, you're getting 3 or 4 times as much trigger time, and your rifle is probably going to be more accurate than ever before, and reloading is a lot of fun in itself, so it's still worth it. Just don't try using that logic with your wife, or she might turn it around on you so she can go buy 15 new pairs of shoes she'll never wear. My best advice is to pay cash, hide the boxes the stuff came in and throw them away when she's not home, and pretend like you've owned everything for years and it's just been boxed up in the garage...and that's my story and I'm sticking to it!

Mike