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Offline hillbill

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ROA per shot cost
« on: September 26, 2010, 02:02:10 PM »
was doin some work on the calculator on shot cost of my ruger old army.im giving about 17.00 buks a pound for the powder,3f swiss,5 buks per 100 for the caps.40 grns powder per shot is 10.29 cents per shot and caps 5 cents per shot, bullets i cast myself out of scrap lead i already got for free so im not counting it.looks like 15 1/4 cents per shot. felt wads i made myself with bore butter on them, add a penny for them. rounded off to 17 cent a shot. does that sound right to yu guys?
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Re: ROA per shot cost
« Reply #1 on: September 26, 2010, 03:55:26 PM »
i am still shooting powder i bought 15 yrs ago bulk for $3.00 a pound,  My caps were purchased by the thousand when my buddy opened his store.  $5.00 a thousand.  (I bought ten rolls)   the bullets are wadcutters that I mold myself.  Even a 22 RF doesn't get cheaper than that.  i shoot just slightly over 30 grains of fffg.  i figure it costs me about 2 cents.   
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Re: ROA per shot cost
« Reply #2 on: September 27, 2010, 03:48:25 AM »
I was in the local gunshop Saturday. Primers were 5.99 + tax. Black powder is non existant and Pyrodex is $26.50 at Wally World. Last scrap lead I bought was 57 cents a pound. It's about the same cost as my centerfire handloads. Black powder shooting used to be cheap.  :o Not now.
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Re: ROA per shot cost
« Reply #3 on: September 27, 2010, 05:21:48 AM »
One can reload centerfire cartridges to produce comparable ballistics for considerably less than the cost of feeding a muzzleloader. Centerfire primers are about half the cost of percussion caps. Black and smokeless powders are similar in price per pound but you'll use 5 times as much powder per shot. Lead is a wash since a given amount of lead can be cast into balls or bullets. I did calculations like this 40+ years ago and it was as true then as now. You never could shoot a muzzleloader for "less than the cost of .22's" unless you got almost everything free, percussion caps alone cost more than .22 LR's.
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« Reply #4 on: September 28, 2010, 01:51:31 PM »
I was in the wrong Wal Mart the other day. I was in a different one in another town today and walked by the black powder section. Pyrodex was only $19.97. Of course the higher priced store is my local store.
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Re: ROA per shot cost
« Reply #5 on: September 28, 2010, 02:46:04 PM »
I always shop Wally World for B/p stuff just after B/p season, their stuff; powder, caps, and assorted sabots are usually around 40% off.
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Re: ROA per shot cost
« Reply #6 on: September 28, 2010, 04:34:38 PM »
 For me, the savings over rimfire & centerfire shooting is number of shots fired. When out plinking or target shooting with cartriges, I can easily burn through several hundred rounds. With BP, I'll generally shoot a lot less due to the time it takes to load.
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Re: ROA per shot cost
« Reply #7 on: September 29, 2010, 05:12:53 AM »
Definitely cheaper by the hour!
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Re: ROA per shot cost
« Reply #8 on: October 05, 2010, 03:43:31 AM »
Must be nice to have a Wally World that stocks BP supplies let alone any other reloading stuff. Around my area you are able to buy some shotgun ammo and a poor selection of CF stuff.
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