We did it with reloading ammo, and ended up with about $5,000.00 in cool Dillon gear, but we made a concious effort at it, reloading over 2-3 million rounds by hand. We also wrote off a number of guns "as it was necessary to have firearms of different calibers for testing purposes". All in all we worked about 4000 hours in three years, paid for all of our hunting trips, and firearms with the profits, but there was a substantial effort. If you don't meet that criteria, don't even try it. playing with uncle Sam ain't worth the trouble.