Well here goes nothing..

[CJ]

Decided to load some buckshot loads for my next hunt. I'm just tired of paying the high price for buckshot. Loaded some Winchester Universal 12ga hulls with 23.0gr unique w/ a WAA12 I cut the petals off, 9 00 buckshot pellets with a piece of cardboard on top for a good crimp. Should be around 1200fps give or take. I wanted to load some low recoil cheap 2-3/4" buckshot.

According to my calculations I can load 70 shells for $26.00. Not bad, $0.37/each compared to $0.90/each retail - or more than twice as cheap. And I can control all aspects.

I've got 100lbs of lead and I think I'll get a caster and cut that price down to $0.08/each.

[Denny]

Man... I've got to get into the reloading hobby. I spent a mint on my last vacation.

[jtm98snake]

250 rd Royal Rio 00 Buck for for $100. That's roughly $0.40 a round. I think my time is probably worth more that the $.04 per round I'd be saving.

http://www.sgammo.com/product/rio/250rd-12-gauge-rio-high-power-00-buckshot-9-pellet-1

[CJ]

250 rd Royal Rio 00 Buck for for $100. That's roughly $0.40 a round. I think my time is probably worth more that the $.04 per round I'd be saving.

http://www.sgammo.com/product/rio/25...hot-9-pellet-1

Rio is garbage quality though, I have a bag of those. You do have to pay $20+25 to ship that also. Its all knowledge motivated, understand the ammunition master the weapon. If I was looking to swing dicks the money invested in those shells would cover the cost of a caster and cut the cost to half of even that.

[Nash B.]

And once you get the load figured out, it doesn't take hardly any time at all to run a hundred rounds through a shotshell press (or a progressive press for metal cartridges).

[CJ]

And once you get the load figured out, it doesn't take hardly any time at all to run a hundred rounds through a shotshell press (or a progressive press for metal cartridges).

Hey Nash, have you ever loaded brass 12ga shells like WW2 old stock?

[Nash B.]

No, just plastic.