New price list just in. $4,800 for a new machine with a 3-4 month lead time. I'm glad I bought my two years ago.
YOU WILL NEVER GET A PAYOUT AT THAT PRICE. The difference between new ammo and reloads is so small you will never recoup you investment. Very sad but true. Roger C.
Well maybe not. I paid $1,250 with hydraulics and another one for $850. Both were like new. I shouldn't have sold the third one for $1,200 to a good friend but oh well. You could say I stole both of 'em.
Taking todays average of $11/box for factory shells, reloading using Todays component prices ($6.85/box) you would have to load 115 flats to pay for the loader based on savings between factory & reloads. I'm not a high volume shooter (35 flats/year) but that would be about 3 years. But, like dawg, I paid less than a quarter of the current price for mine 2 years ago. Better ROI than most things now. If you use the many reloading cost calculators available you will have real numbers - it's not all gloom & doom!
You'll never recoup the cost of a 1st class plane ticket either, but it's worth every penny. If you want to pay the price and can afford it, why not? Never eat beans & rice so your kids can eat steak & lobster.
Reloading is not always about saving money. Have 3 loads that I shoot that are light 1 oz. from 1100 fps to 1200 fps. I can't take the recoil and cannot readily find one oz. loads. For me it is about being able to create the load I want. But will say glad I bought my 3 Spolar loaders two years ago. I was lucky I guess.
My 3+ yo Spolar has paid for itself, both $ wise and enjoyment wise. Current inventory of components equals $4.25 to $5.00 per box. Clays loads are 7/8 oz #8 for practice, 1 oz #8, 1 oz #7.5 and 9/8 oz #7.5 for matches. Each at 1225 fps for trap and 1290 fps for sporting clays. Pheasant load is 9/8 oz #5 at 1475 fps. If my inventory of any load is low, a pleasant time in the shop pulling the handle is much better than internet shipping or local shopping, if available.
I bought my first Spolar used for $600, then the next one was $1000 but it came with the hydraulic unit.
Purchased my Spolar probably 15 or 16 years ago. Sent it to Spolar last Fall for a complete rebuild/updating and almost spent what I paid for it new - but its updated and works perfectly.
