For 30 cal, buy a five pound sack of 0 buckshot. Deprime your case, load it with 5 grains of unique (or so, remember that fast powder is very delicate, a little more could lead to disaster, this is why you should do
one cartridge at a time so nothing is double charged!!!!!!!!
) over a large rifle primer. Seat the 0 buck flush with the top of the neck with your strong thumb (for gorillas) or small (lead, brass, rawhide, wood) hammer, this will leave a tiny little lead "o". Put some LLA or water pump grease, or the like on top...let it dry overnight, or not. No filler is needed. This should get you about 1000 fps. Kills coons deader than need be, usually a one shot proposition! Try that with a 22lr!! I use this same load for other small game. No leading at these speeds. Expect 1" groups at 25-30 yards. I am not sure how it could get much cheaper (1400 rounds per pound of Unique...my math comes to .06 cents a piece assuming you have the brass already, which will never wear out at these speeds
) or easier...leave your fancy Dillon press at home...hopefully where it gathers some dust, cuz you be shootin and not loadin friend! That is satisfying!!
PS If you are using your Lee Measures the .7cc one is the ticket for this
PSS If you cast your own with a Lee $20 .311 roundball mold it would even be cheaper, and the mold would pay for itself in the first 1/2 pound of powder ( 0 buck is $21 or so a box--49 grains a piece, around 150 per pound means a little over 700 in the five pound sack)
Lee .311 rb mold = $20
5 pounds Hornady 0 buckshot = $21 (will need two box's per pound of powder)
1 pound Hercules Unique=$18
1000 primers=$30
$90 or so for 1400 rounds of fun! And it won't grind your rifling off like military ball will.
FYI there are 7000 grains in a pound
