I have an old MEC reloader, a really basic one. I started reloading 12g when I started shooting trap a decade ago, but I only shot for 1.5 seasons before I went to college. Now I'm starting to shoot again and started reloading as well. I still have shot and powder from way back then, but it shoots just fine. Pigeons seem to turn to powder more often with the reloads than they do with the $22/100rnd packs from Walmart, but there's no difference in my break rate, the cheap-o stuff just produces bigger chunks. I think if I were to compare hit rates for 2000 pigeons each I'd probably find some small but statistically meaningful difference but for practice I don't think it matters.
Anyway, I've been told my a friend of my fathers that it's actually more expensive to reload right now than it is to buy new from Walmart. Is this true? It's been so long since I've bought supplies that I'm completely sure. I found what I think is my receipt from buying them last time, and if I do the math right, each reload is costing me between 16 and 20 cents. Walmart's are obviously about 22 cents a round.
Is lead and powder so much more expensive right now that I really shouldn't be reloading after I run out of my current stuff? I don't see how Winchester can be selling theirs for less than what the cost of lead and powder is.
Ham
Anyway, I've been told my a friend of my fathers that it's actually more expensive to reload right now than it is to buy new from Walmart. Is this true? It's been so long since I've bought supplies that I'm completely sure. I found what I think is my receipt from buying them last time, and if I do the math right, each reload is costing me between 16 and 20 cents. Walmart's are obviously about 22 cents a round.
Is lead and powder so much more expensive right now that I really shouldn't be reloading after I run out of my current stuff? I don't see how Winchester can be selling theirs for less than what the cost of lead and powder is.
Ham