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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)
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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
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So we know where your retirement accounts are! Ammo baby!
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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... Last edited by RayPDA; 04-04-2013 at 5:36 PM.. |
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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
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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.
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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
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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. |
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I'm at $2.50-$3 a box, but I'm loading loads that would cost approximately $10 a box from the local range
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How are you able to get it that low per box? Are you buying reclaimed shot and military powder..? Last edited by Thefeeder; 04-04-2013 at 11:55 PM.. |
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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
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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.
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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. |
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