Yes I know I'm a post whore anyway

 

So another thing I was looking into was shotshell reloading since I already have the press, all I would need to buy is a new charging bar. So I started looking into reloading a bunch of shells that I already have from ammo that I had bought.

 

If I did my calculations right by taking prices off of cabelas.com now that doesn't include shipping or anything, I just wanted base prices but.

 

For a 2-3/4 #8 1-1/8 wt light load target shot, I can buy brand new federal top gun for like 7 bucks per 25. that gives me a shell price of .28 cents.

 

If I were to reload that same shot, using an old hull, im looking at .99 cents a shell. Thats just insane.

 

No wonder everyone is saying they don't reload shotshell these days. Its cheaper to go buy them brand new.

yes you can buy new cheaper, but if you reload magnum rounds it is cheaper.

 

i reload all my upland bird hunting rounds.

 

remington game loads are cheap i buy them by the case.

yeah it seems to be that way, what a shame that you can't even reproduce most of it for cheaper than you can buy it.

 

maybe someday the price of lead will come down some more, but even the powder isn't that cheap either. for a light load, I was looking at like .50cents just for the charge, thats insane.

The Remington game loads by the case area good deal. I still have a few left. For upland I like the Win Super X High Brass #6 shot.

where do you guys do your bird hunting at? My brothers father-in-law belongs to a club i've been thinking about joining but I'm not sure if my talent level deserves joining a club at this point. I'm kinda looking for somewhere to go and try my luck first before i go joining a club just for bird hunting, any ideas??

look in the fish & game digest for your local WMA.

 

do you have a bird dog?

Remington - Gun Club target loads are a good alternative to reloading at this time. Dicks usually has them for $5.97/box (if you buy by the case). Also there is a rebate from Remington for $1.00 per box ($100.00 max). The cost of lead shot has taken the savings out of reloading.

look in the fish & game digest for your local WMA.

 

do you have a bird dog?

 

 

no bird dog over here, just a big fat lazy chocolate lab thats dumb enough to try and get himself shot instead of the bird

 

I've never bird hunted, so im pretty much a newbie to all of this. Is it a must to have a bird dog to make the birds get airborne, or are there other ways of doing it. Any good places to read a very simple information on bird hunting, nothing too technical for me please

 

and yes, reloading shotshell is crazy expensive, might as well just buy them brand new and save the hulls and hope the prices go back down.

I used to hunt Clinton when I lived farther north. Now I hunt Assunpink. A dog is not mandatory if there are a lot of misses and fly overs, but when the action slows it makes life a lot easier.

Walmart usually has the 100 pack 2 3/4" 12 Ga x 7 1/2 for $20-$22

For a 2-3/4 #8 1-1/8 wt light load target shot, I can buy brand new federal top gun for like 7 bucks per 25. that gives me a shell price of .28 cents.

 

If I were to reload that same shot, using an old hull, im looking at .99 cents a shell. Thats just insane.

Something is wrong with this calculation, price per round is too high!

yeah my leadshot off of cabelas was too high. I ended up getting a lead shot price somewhere else, and it was like 40 cents cheaper. It still came out to be about .50 cents a round versus like .30 cents for store bought so I think ill stick with store bought for the time being.

For a 2-3/4 #8 1-1/8 wt light load target shot, I can buy brand new federal top gun for like 7 bucks per 25. that gives me a shell price of .28 cents.

 

If I were to reload that same shot, using an old hull, im looking at .99 cents a shell. Thats just insane.

Something is wrong with this calculation, price per round is too high!

 

nevermind apparently I can't use a calculator correctly at night.

uhhhh unless I am doing something terribly wrong with the calculator, which is a great possibility but 7.00/25 is definitely .28

uhhhh unless I am doing something terribly wrong with the calculator, which is a great possibility but 7.00/25 is definitely .28

The above calculation is correct

haha its ok Dan. When I saw your post im like wait I know I'm not that good at math but that just doesn't look right. I was going to say, if you can reload em that cheap I'll give you all my hulls to reload.