Who is Shooting More Than Me?
 

between now and early October I'm forecasting tho shoot 5,750 rounds of shotgun shells. This is only registered and non-registered shoots. Does not include practice (probably another 1,000)

My trend line per month:
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I shoot more than you. Last year was 12,000 shells, this year will be closer to 14,000. From January 1st to April 1st, I've shot 6,000 shells

nice, you reload? What shotgun(s) are you using?

I am in for at least 12,000 shells this year between trap and sporting clays. Registered, non-registered, practice, fun and etc...

The only way I can do this is to reload.

So we know where your retirement accounts are! Ammo baby!

Please don't make me think about this. I will quit shooting if I actually calculate how much I shoot.

Are we talking about trap, skeet or sporting clays ?

For practice/fun, registered NSCA, trap club shoots, skeet, etc....both in my guns and those of others (does include rounds shot thru mine by others).



Month Rounds
Jan-12 922
Feb-12 643
Mar-12 1171
Apr-12 1105
May-12 1334
Jun-12 942
Jul-12 900
Aug-12 959
Sep-12 1055
Oct-12 732
Nov-12 1373
Dec-12 969
Jan-13 1284
Feb-13 997
Mar-13 973


Average: 1023.9 over the last 15 months. Mostly 12 ga., but the 20s do come out and play every so often.


I'm fortunate to be able to shoot a fair amount...but still a bit envious of those who run 1k plus in shells/targets in competition alone..they're troopers! Then there's guys like YSR who get to travel to all sorts of cool places and then shoot...

300-400 shells a week is all i can afford. I dont reload.

Ya, I buy powder and shot buy the 55 gallon drum, and I get 8-10 reloads with my win AA or rem gun club hulls. I use 17.6 gr of Alliant Extra-Light with a clay busts CL0078-12 wad and Fiochi 616 primers. I shoot a browning 625 sporting, but I'm buying a kolar max skeet in the next month or so! Reloading is the only way I can shoot as much as I do, the older guys at the club got me started and than I saved and made the investments to get everything in bulk

For you 12g reloaders: how much does each reloaded shell come out to be (not counting reloading equipment, just raw materials)? Assume shells are free.

Factory 12g shells cost me about $.25/ea. Then again, i only shoot about 50-100 shells/month.

I'm at $2.50-$3 a box, but I'm loading loads that would cost approximately $10 a box from the local range

How are you able to get it that low per box? Are you buying reclaimed shot and military powder..?

Wads: $9.99 per 500 = $.50 a box

Primers: $20 per 1000 = $.50 a box

Hulls: Free

Powder: $12 per pound when bought in bulk = $.76 a box

Shot: $.55 a pound for bulk, reclaimed, redropped, regraphited lead = $.751 a box

Total cost= $2.51 per box. If I have to buy hulls, that will take me to the $3.50 a box range

You buy it locally, online? I've seen powder is 8 lb kegs, but not a drum. 55 gal drum of shot must literally weigh a ton.

I contact the company I want to buy from and place a group buy order in bulk. I shoot skeet 3 times a week with about 20 different guys, all of whom reload and who have resources to do group buys

Very nice. I don't shoot that kind of volume to justify reloading 12g, but I'll put that info on the back burner... maybe one day.

I buy all of my reloading supplies in bulk as well. I am fortunate to get all of my components from Oregon. The shot is new and I buy 8# kegs of powder. I reload for between $3.00 to $3.50 for shells equal to a AA or STS.

My loads are 1 oz #7.5 or #8, Cheddite primers, Downrange wad, gun club or STS hull, and 18 grains of Hodgdon clays. I load on a MEC 9000 progressive and can get a flat done in a little over an hour. If you don't buy in bulk, it may not be worth it to reload.

This exactly