BTW, I looked at Academy when I was in there last week and even their cheapest promotional loads were over $5 a box. I looked around on the web for 3.25-1.25 loads and the cheapest I found were over $10 a box. I can still load my recipe for under $5 a box and know that they are good shells. If you have to buy a loader and hulls and get started loading it will take a long time to break even, but if you are like me and already have everything, then loading does put you ahead.

If you are content for your gun to go bang, then the promotional shells will be fine. But if you want to have good ammunition it's still cheaper to make it.


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