Like others said it's very satisfying to kill a deer with your own hand loads. I started loading for my 45/70 in the beginning because it was aggravating to find what the ammo i was shooting at the time. So I bought what I needed and got started. I was paying $2.26 a round. Reloading buying new brass itnwas I'm for about $0.97 a round plus the 45/70 noe has a round tailored to it's short barrel and went from shooting 3"groups with any thing off the shelf to I can almost cover 3 shots up with A quarter. Now I load for my 308,45/70, mine and my brothers 30/06 rifles. It's fun to see what each rifle likes and to how accurately it'll shoot a certain round. And you can have as much ammo as your willing to load up for your rifle.