Rave Me a Cheap Shotgun Load

[CourtenayBoy]

Looking to see how cheap I can put together trap loads. Something 1oz or 1 1/8 oz #7.5-9 at over 1200 fps

Looking at Red dot powder but I bet there is something cheaper. What primers, wads, hulls etc?

 

[Ganderite]

Cheapest is factory ammo, on sale.

 

[NZClaybuster]

promo powder, home made shot, clay buster wads, fiochhi primers...
try not to pay retail, should be under $4 per box..
17ish grains of powder, 1ish oz's of shot, scavenged hulls, new primer and wad.... ymmv

 

[Maritime Storm]

In 12ga you're not saving money. Load because you want to, because you can control the quality of your ammo, but not because you want to save money.

 

[CourtenayBoy]

Cheapest is factory ammo, on sale.

When I crunch the numbers, you are correct

 

[CourtenayBoy]

promo powder, home made shot, clay buster wads, fiochhi primers...
try not to pay retail, should be under $4 per box..
17ish grains of powder, 1ish oz's of shot, scavenged hulls, new primer and wad.... ymmv

Promo seems hard to find. Thanks for the $4 target

I have lots of lead kicking around and a lee 420 melter and tons of old hulls. I guess it is really powder/wad/primer im after

 

[BattleRife]

The cost of the shot is everything. Retail price is something like 18 cents /oz. If you can find a better way, you stand to make a huge difference.

Everything else is a fraction of that, and it would take a lot of scrounging and cutting coupons to save a penny here or there.

 

[JohnnyPython]

By my last calculations, reloading 12ga is around $85 a flat. Does not include your time.

 

[joehunt]

If you have lots of time and a place to do it, make your own shot. And you can make shells cheap.
If not buy factory ammo.