I have found the .380 is very hard to find and when you find it, it is more expensive than my .45 ammo. I pay 14.97 for my Blazer Brass target ammo at walmart, when I have seen the .380, it is at least that high or more.
I hope that you are picking up your brass for that price, well for any price actually. I would reload it.
I do pick up my brass but I have not got into reloading yet, I usually shoot a box of 50 through my 45 about every other trip to the range, I have a couple of 9mm's and a .40 I also shoot, ammo is a little cheaper.
thanks for the tipHonestly, the best place to start is with some books on the subject. Also, go to a local shop and ask around for someone experienced in it that would be willing to show you the process. I've done that for a number of folks over the years - if you lived closer I'd offer to do so for you. The main thing is to go one step at a time and TAKE YOUR TIME.
The shop I deal with, last time I was in there I spotted an older reload manual and bought it. The shop owner looked at me funny - he knew I'd been reloading a LOT, and asked why I was buying it. I asked him how many manuals HE had (he's a competition shooter and reloads himself). He grinned, and said a LOT - but that most gathered dust. I asked him the last time he looked at one of 'em, and he admitted that he'd done so within the past week.
You'll find that a lot of times, folks will "test" you to see just how serious you are about reloading. If they don't feel you're serious enough about it to be concerned with doing it right, they'll tend to put you off. If they decide you're "real", they'll do a LOT to help ya. In this case, he put the book on the counter an' told me to give him a coupla bucks for it - WELL below what the book is worth.