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I've read here and on other sites how, *at the moment* it really doesn't make financial sense to reload shotshells, what with the price of standard/value pack shells or flats of 10 boxes....
I'm a metallic cartridge reloader, reload primarily .45 ACP and .45 Colt, and for those cartridges, it *does* make financial sense for me to reload
I've been figuring out costs on reloading for 12 and 20 gauge, starting with 20, as it's my current favorite gun, but when I went to one of the online cost calculators, I was dismayed when I plugged in the numbers...
(prices for components from my local gun store, all prices approximated)
Wads; $25 for 250
Shot; $35 for 25 lbs
Powder; $16 for 1 LB (just to start off and keep costs down)
Primers; $35 for 1000
trying to recreate the Winchester WinLite loads, 7/8 oz shot and around 13 grains of powder, the price per box was around $6.00, a decent savings over the $10/box KTP sells them for, things looked good at first, but then, just for S&G, I plugged in the approx. settings for the 2.5 dram equivalent Federal general purpose shells
17 grains powder, 7/8 oz shot roughly cost about $6.15 per box, KTP sells the general purpose shells for $6-7 per box (right now they're on sale for around $6/box), they sell flats of 10 for about $60....
so, for general purpose shells, it's not much cheaper than reloading my empties to simply buy a flat every other week (my second part time job pays me about $70 for one day of work)
Don't get me wrong, I'm still gonna' learn to reload and keep my eyes open for a good used 12 Ga press as well, reloading's an important skill to have, especially when the price of ammo inevitably goes up again, i'm just not in *as* much of a rush to get into reloading, I might buy primers one week, a bag of shot a bit later, wads a couple weeks later, powder a few weeks after that, interspersed between stocking up on flats of 12 and 20 gauge, and just stock them in the back of my ammo/reloading stash for when I need them and shoot the commercial ammo for now
I was looking forward to saving some real money here, but looks like that's not the case at the moment, shotshell reloading (and reloading in general) are good skills to have, but at the moment, any money saved will be illusory
Darnit, I was looking forward to saving money and shooting more, just like with my .45's...
I'm a metallic cartridge reloader, reload primarily .45 ACP and .45 Colt, and for those cartridges, it *does* make financial sense for me to reload
I've been figuring out costs on reloading for 12 and 20 gauge, starting with 20, as it's my current favorite gun, but when I went to one of the online cost calculators, I was dismayed when I plugged in the numbers...
(prices for components from my local gun store, all prices approximated)
Wads; $25 for 250
Shot; $35 for 25 lbs
Powder; $16 for 1 LB (just to start off and keep costs down)
Primers; $35 for 1000
trying to recreate the Winchester WinLite loads, 7/8 oz shot and around 13 grains of powder, the price per box was around $6.00, a decent savings over the $10/box KTP sells them for, things looked good at first, but then, just for S&G, I plugged in the approx. settings for the 2.5 dram equivalent Federal general purpose shells
17 grains powder, 7/8 oz shot roughly cost about $6.15 per box, KTP sells the general purpose shells for $6-7 per box (right now they're on sale for around $6/box), they sell flats of 10 for about $60....
so, for general purpose shells, it's not much cheaper than reloading my empties to simply buy a flat every other week (my second part time job pays me about $70 for one day of work)
Don't get me wrong, I'm still gonna' learn to reload and keep my eyes open for a good used 12 Ga press as well, reloading's an important skill to have, especially when the price of ammo inevitably goes up again, i'm just not in *as* much of a rush to get into reloading, I might buy primers one week, a bag of shot a bit later, wads a couple weeks later, powder a few weeks after that, interspersed between stocking up on flats of 12 and 20 gauge, and just stock them in the back of my ammo/reloading stash for when I need them and shoot the commercial ammo for now
I was looking forward to saving some real money here, but looks like that's not the case at the moment, shotshell reloading (and reloading in general) are good skills to have, but at the moment, any money saved will be illusory
Darnit, I was looking forward to saving money and shooting more, just like with my .45's...