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Year ago( 40+ ) I reloaded 20 gauge shells mainly for hunting.
I always bought factory loads for my trapshooting.
15 or so years ago, my sons started trapshooting and when they first started, factory shells were ( if I remember) as cheap as, and lots easier than reloading.
Then they got older, and started shooting lots (3,500- 5,000) shells a season. I bought a MEC 600 Jr. At a yard sale. ( this was a brand new machine) and had thoughts of reloading practice loads for them. This idea was just that, an idea. Loader is still unused and in the garage in it's original box.
They neither one shoot anymore and I don't shoot very much. If I or they do shoot, we just buy a flat of new shells.
Now since I've retired, I cleaned a little out of the gun cabinet and traded for a bolt- action .223 rifle.
This gun is a blast to shoot!
I'm saving once fired brass just in case I start reloading it.
QUESTION
Is reloading .223 brass worth saving maybe 1 cent a round over buying bulk ammo and investing in all the equipment to do so?
I always bought factory loads for my trapshooting.
15 or so years ago, my sons started trapshooting and when they first started, factory shells were ( if I remember) as cheap as, and lots easier than reloading.
Then they got older, and started shooting lots (3,500- 5,000) shells a season. I bought a MEC 600 Jr. At a yard sale. ( this was a brand new machine) and had thoughts of reloading practice loads for them. This idea was just that, an idea. Loader is still unused and in the garage in it's original box.
They neither one shoot anymore and I don't shoot very much. If I or they do shoot, we just buy a flat of new shells.
Now since I've retired, I cleaned a little out of the gun cabinet and traded for a bolt- action .223 rifle.
This gun is a blast to shoot!
I'm saving once fired brass just in case I start reloading it.
QUESTION
Is reloading .223 brass worth saving maybe 1 cent a round over buying bulk ammo and investing in all the equipment to do so?