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kimber

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  1. Much like rifle/pistol reloading, the bullet (slug) is the most expensive part. A Lee 1oz slug mold, and a Lee production pot, should run about $70 and that is paid for once you reload about 125 shotgun rounds. I cast 1000 of them this winter, all out of scrap wheel weights, and it took about 12 hours of being a slave to the melting pot. But the cost breaks down like this : you get, at 24 grains of powder per round, about 280 rounds out of a pound of powder. A pound of powder costs about $20. 250 wads runs about $5. Primers run about $5 per hundred. So for under 40 bucks you've just lo
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