Lead shot on Vancouver Island......any?

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So about 2 months ago i jumped head first in to shot shell reloading, mainly for my three 410's but a little for the 12's as well. For some reason I thought it would be just as easy as getting my components for my brass reloads.... just go on down to my local(ish) wholesale sports and load up, well holy crap was I wrong :bangHead:. As if shells and wads weren't hard enough to find, not to mention the limited powder selection. I have come to believe there is know shot for sale on this dam rock! Closest place i have found it is at bass pro in Vancouver for 80$ per bag not including the ferry.
So my mind starts to wonder as does after a long day...what do i do... make my own?? not a bad idea already have a small lead pile..... mabey buy a whole pallet as that is the only way it becomes affordable with the cost of shipping the heavy ####...... plus i would be set for a while.
Cant be the only person facing this dilemma, any thoughts from my fellow islanders? How did you over come this or did you?
cheers and thanks for reading my rant
René
 
Lead shot is so damn expensive these days its not worth it all! same with steel shot as well. By the time the tax man gets his cut and then shipping you can buy premium shotshells for half the price.

I have a MEC jr that I only use to reload fun things like batteries or clay. Stuff like that.

Target loads I just buy Win AA and steel I buy Win Blindside. I cant even make as cheap as I can buy them off the self. uggghhhh

My 375 H&H is another story
 
Will definitely try budget when they reopen next week. Tryed contacting a couple local gun clubs they have been know help....still thinken about ordering a pallet, so far it's the cheapest at 60 a bag. Just don't know if any one else would want to buy a bag or two off if I would be sitting on to the whole lot
 
Or buy a mold and cast your own. Then the cost will be ridiculous, lead is about 1$/lb. Makes more sense casting lead shots than lead bullets imho.
 
You might want to look up "sitsinhedges"'s posts on Pigeon Watch forum from UK about making a shot maker. I bought most of the fiddly stuff (nozzles, programmable controller with thermocouple and Solid State Relay) from eBay. Got a 240 volt 8" range element and manual controller at Home Hardware. Still haven't got to the welding up of the tray, but essentially molten lead dribbles out the nozzles, rolls down a bit of a lip and drops into a coolant container. Several U-Tubes about these kind of shotmakers. I feed two 28 gauge over/unders, so once my stash of #8 and #5 "store bought" shot is gone, I will be making my own from wheelwrights on hand - unless, of course, I find some more shot a local gun show.
 
And for birdshot check the Littleton Shotmaker. If shots are so scarce in your area, you could easily produce enough to sell some and recoup your (modest) investment.
 
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