And I was floored. Maybe the place I was looking had inflated prices, but I was quite surprised.
My little buddy is getting old enough to start tagging along and becoming my little hunting buddy. I have always wanted to reload my own shotgun shells, but before I started buying stuff, I figured I would do some math.
14 bucks for 100 hull's
5 bucks per lb of lead shot
31 bucks for 1000 primers
22 bucks per pound of powder
12 bucks per 250 wads.
Doing 1oz loads with 30 grains of powder (I'm not an expert, but trying to over estimate), the cost of a box comes out to 15.75 per box, 12.25 without having to buy the hulls.
Am I missing something here, or are the numbers in the right ballpark, and commercially produced shotgun ammunition is cheaper?
My little buddy is getting old enough to start tagging along and becoming my little hunting buddy. I have always wanted to reload my own shotgun shells, but before I started buying stuff, I figured I would do some math.
14 bucks for 100 hull's
5 bucks per lb of lead shot
31 bucks for 1000 primers
22 bucks per pound of powder
12 bucks per 250 wads.
Doing 1oz loads with 30 grains of powder (I'm not an expert, but trying to over estimate), the cost of a box comes out to 15.75 per box, 12.25 without having to buy the hulls.
Am I missing something here, or are the numbers in the right ballpark, and commercially produced shotgun ammunition is cheaper?