I was in Academy sporting goods store today. They are now carrying a very limited selection of reloading tools and components.

They wanted $35 for 100 new R-P .223 unprimed cases. That's 35 cents per round. I could walk 12 feet away and pay the same price for one of those cases with a bullet, powder and primer in it.

And I seem to also remember a bag of 250 fired unprimed cases for $43. They were sized, decapped and trimmed, but still.

And this is for a caliber you can pick up by the pound at a range.

Ouch.