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Reloading:Is it worth it?
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<blockquote data-quote="Hunter 257W" data-source="post: 4973788" data-attributes="member: 12277"><p>Yeah it used to be worthwhile to load shotshells. I started reloading with shotshells back in 1976 when my Father got me a MEC 500 loader. Shot was something like $10 or $12 a bag, powder less than $10 a pound. You could load a lot cheaper than factory. Once I got out of school got a job started buying powder in 8lb kegs, primers by the case and wads in cases of 5,000 so the price per shot dropped even lower. My favorite load of 1 oz shot, 16 grains Red Dot and a Pattern Control wad was dirt cheap to shoot and I shot about 500 per week for several years. Got lucky and bought about 10,000 empty 12 gauge hulls for about $180 in an auction one time so have a lifetime supply. Shot kept creeping up with inflation as expected for a number of years then suddenly it jumped from about $25 to over $50 a bag in one leap. Ever since that point it really hasn't been worth loading shotshells anymore. You can buy the "dove load" shells cheaper from about any place that sells ammo. I still have enough shot to load about 4,500 shells but have used mostly factory loads for several years anyhow.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hunter 257W, post: 4973788, member: 12277"] Yeah it used to be worthwhile to load shotshells. I started reloading with shotshells back in 1976 when my Father got me a MEC 500 loader. Shot was something like $10 or $12 a bag, powder less than $10 a pound. You could load a lot cheaper than factory. Once I got out of school got a job started buying powder in 8lb kegs, primers by the case and wads in cases of 5,000 so the price per shot dropped even lower. My favorite load of 1 oz shot, 16 grains Red Dot and a Pattern Control wad was dirt cheap to shoot and I shot about 500 per week for several years. Got lucky and bought about 10,000 empty 12 gauge hulls for about $180 in an auction one time so have a lifetime supply. Shot kept creeping up with inflation as expected for a number of years then suddenly it jumped from about $25 to over $50 a bag in one leap. Ever since that point it really hasn't been worth loading shotshells anymore. You can buy the "dove load" shells cheaper from about any place that sells ammo. I still have enough shot to load about 4,500 shells but have used mostly factory loads for several years anyhow. [/QUOTE]
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