Yup, I sure do with my 28 and 410!!28 guage i save a small fortune . besides i like reloading . 12 guage not a huge saving but still do it .
28 guage i save a small fortune . besides i like reloading . 12 guage not a huge saving but still do it .
Using the cost calculator offered on the ATA website, 12 Gauge, using Promo..Ched 209..CB wads and 1 1/8 oz. shot from Hummison Mfgt. Not allowing anything for hull cost..
Savings would be $ 1.223 per box (using factory cost shells at $5.50 + Tax)
Now cut that 1 1/8 oz down to 7/8 oz and see what you save.
Are we really saving anything? when you can buy $58.00 flats for Trap/sporting clays
No. For the plain jane target loads, reloading costs more.
I also cut to 7/8 and save.
You can also save by keeping your eye on the obituaries for old trap shooters who have passed.
How do you figure that? See post #7.
I used this calculator http://www.trapshooters.com/rlcalcadv.htm
I also bought 5000 primers @ 40/1000 8 bags of #7.5 shot @ 40.00/bag,
Then there were the 20,000 wads I bought, and the .045 per once fired AA grey hull.
I stand by my numbers![]()
Is that how you found your latest apartment?![]()
I never pay for hulls. If and when I buy factory, I never calculate them against my reloads. There are enough hulls to be had for free, because many think that saving hulls is not worth while
I load AAs, STS, and Gold Medal no more than 3 times and the cheap stuff I load only one time. I would probably sell my once fired AAs if some one offered me .045
Actually I lied a bit. Every once in a while I will see a trapper about to dump a tub fresh picked batch of mostly new hulls in a dumpster. For a tip they gladly transfer the batch to the back of my vehicle. My club only picks and sells hulls at the big shoots. The rest of the time they get hauled to the land fill.
My unloaded hull collection seems to be growing and I have still a large cache of once fired old style AAs.
Loading for me is a saving.
Is that how you found your latest apartment?![]()